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홍콩인들은 어떤 한국 동화책을 좋아할까?
What Korean fairy tales do Hongkongers enjoy? More eyes on Korean children’s books after the release of It's Okay to Not Be Okay In 2004 and 2012, Cite Bookshop and Eslite Bookstore of Taiwan both launched in Hong Kong, bringing along the Taiwanese reading trend. These bookstores featured children's book sections with numerous fairy tales. This was when the “fairy tale craze” began in Hong Kong. Since the 1990s, the children’s book market in Hong Kong went through a recession for a decade that seemed nearly impossible to revive. However, after the 2010s, Hongkongese publishers and bookstores began to promote and sell children’s books around the world. For a long time, the Hong Kong children’s book market was led by Taiwan, Japan, and some Western countries. Picture books were especially popular. Interest in Korean children’s books began to grow since the release of the TV show It’s Okay to Not Be Okay through Netflix in 2020. The show became so popular, affecting children’s books in drawing the attention of the Hongkongese market.
Professor Zhiying Chen, Hong Kong Shue Yan University
파편화되고 간소화된 타이완 교과서 속 한국 역사
Fragmented and simplified Korean history in Taiwanese textbooks Taiwanese students' low interest in Korean history Taiwanese are quite familiar with Korea. Samsung mobile phones, bulgogi, Korean fashion, and Korean TV shows are consumed in the everyday lives of people. However, if one asks how much they know about the history and culture of Korea, the answer is certain. Taiwanese textbooks have been covering only an insignificant amount of Korean history since long ago. They slightly mention the conquer of Goguryeo during the time of the Sui and Tang dynasties, when describing Chinese history. The Korean War takes up a larger proportion, relatively, but it still does not take up a page. In 2019, the Taiwanese government published a new curriculum outline. The original outline had changes in describing Korean history. The intention was to include Korean history in the chapter on “China and East Asia” in high school history textbooks. This textbook revision was a big step forward, as high school students were now able to learn Korean history officially at school. The inclusion of Korean history in textbooks can lead to the understanding of Korean history. However, several years after the revision of textbooks, the impact does not appear so pleasing. Teachers say that students learn only fragments of Korean history. Students memorize the content like robots just to pass exams, so they have little understanding of what they are learning. Some teachers even say that students are indifferent to Korean history and that they lack interest. What should be the reason? What could be the problem?
Professor Tzu-shu Lin, Soochow University, Taiwan
『중국 소재 고구려 유적과 유물』 10권 완간, 15년의 기록
The Kingdom of Koguryo Ruins and Artifacts in China Records of 15 years in 10 volumes Historical ruins of Goguryeo far away from home Finally, in 2021, the final volume of The Kingdom of Koguryo Ruins and Artifacts in China was published. The journey began in 2007, so it took 15 years to complete this long race. All of the co-researchers have become around 60 years of age, and research associates have acquired their Ph.D. and become mid-level researchers. I can say that our research team has spent at least half of their lives as a researcher on this project. Goguryeo ruins and relics dispersed in the northeast region of China are critical for studying the history of Goguryeo and systematizing Korean history. They are precious cultural assets that humanity must share together. Investigation and research on these ruins were led by Japanese scholars in the early 20th century and Chinese scholars since the 1950s. There was rarely a Korean scholar who academically studied these ruins in the early 20th century. After the national liberation, the division of the two Koreas and the cold war system have made it impossible for Korean scholars to even get to the northeast region. In 1992, with the establishment of diplomatic ties between Korea and China, the passage for Korean scholars to access Goguryeo ruins and relics opened, but carrying out a direct investigation was almost impossible due to China’s regulations. Subsequently, Korean scholars had no choice but to perform academic research based on investigations done by Japanese or Chinese scholars. However, many investigation reports and research papers were dispersed in different publications and sometimes out of print, so researchers or the public interested in history had difficulty accessing the materials they needed.
History Professor Yeo Ho-kyu, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
임시정부, 광복을 맞이하다
The Korean Provisional Government Sees Liberation Activities of the Korean Provisional Government in Chongqing Right after the bombing in Shanghai and Hongkew by Yoon Bong-gil in 1932, the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea(“Provisional Government”) left Shanghai and settled in Chongqing in September 1940. Chongqing was the provisional capital and the transportation hub designated by the Nationalist Party of China in 1937, after the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Provisional Government established the Korean Liberation Army after settling in Chongqing with the support of the Chinese government. The Provisional Government that organized the Korean Independence Party, Provisional Government, and Korean Liberation Army reformed the cabinet minister-centered system to a premier leadership system to effectively perform an independence war. In 1941, the left-wing powers, including the Korean National Emancipation League led by Kim Seong-suk and the Chosun People’s Revolutionary Party led by Kim Won-bong, also joined the Provisional Government, comprising a left-right coalition government. In July 1942, the Korean Volunteers Army of the Chosun People’s Revolutionary Party was incorporated into the Korean Liberation Army, which was reformed as the first regiment of the Korean Liberation Army. In October of the same year, some leftists played a part in the Provisional Government through the election of the Korean Provisional Congress. In 1940, during the promotion of the left-right coalition, the Korean Liberation Army performed joint operations with the US and Britain, engaging in independence diplomacy with allied countries. As a result, a resolution to “realize the Korean independence through appropriate procedures” was adopted at the Cairo Conference participated by the US, the UK, and China, after three years in 1943.
Kim Guk-hwa, research fellow at KIMOS, Independence Hall of Korea
조선총독부의 고적 조사와 ‘역사 만들기’
Investigation of Ancient Ruins and “History Making” of the Governor-General of Joseon The publication of “History of Japanese Invasion” by the Northeast Asian History Foundation issues a compilation of systematical research on the Japanese invasions of the Korean peninsula and Japanese imperialism in detail. The compilation written by academic experts is composed of data, research, and reading materials, divided into four categories: politics, economy, society, and culture. Through the History of Japanese Invasion Series, we introduce our readers a book among the compilation.
Lee Sun-ja, senior researcher at the Institute of the History of Christianity in Korea
하와이의 사진신부, 천연희
Cheon Yeon-hui, A Picture Bride in Hawaii Picture bride Cheon Yeon-hui goes to Hawaii Cheon Yeon-hui (1896–1997) arrived at Honolulu Harbor on June 20, 1915, the year she turned 20, as a picture bride of Gil Chan-rok (1866–1954) who worked at a sugarcane field in Hawaii. She was born in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, and lived in Bibong-dong. Cheon was different from other picture brides, who were rumored to be from poor households and uneducated. Her family was financially stable, and Cheon graduated from a girls’ school during the period of the early 20th century when women rarely received formal education from schools. Her school teachers even tried to stop her when she volunteered to become a picture bride. However, money or marriage was not what she wanted. Her wish was to explore the unknown world and live in a country of freedom. As Cheon arrived in Honolulu after she turned 20, she had to wait for approval of entry at the immigration office. Excited to see her husband Gil, a janitor relayed shocking news, saying that her husband-to-be was a 50-year-old macule (old man in Hawaiian). Cheon spent sleepless nights shocked by the news and met the groom after a week. She felt hopeless and devastated by the fact that she was trying to marry an old man when she was just 20 years old.
Ham Han-hee, professor emeritus at Jeonbuk National University
인권존중 조직문화 조성을 위한 인권영향평가 실시
NAHF Conducts a Human Rights Impact Assessment for Nurturing a Culture that Respects Human Rights The Northeast Asian History Foundation (NAHF) conducted a human rights impact assessment (HRIA) to become recognized as a leader in human rights management in 2022. The HRIA 2022 comprised 10 sections and 115 indicators in total to identify potential human rights risks. Taken by only one department in the previous year, 10 departments participated in the assessment in 2022, and a survey on human rights aareness for employees to determine their level of human rights was newly conducted.
Kim Cheol-hong, Director of NAHF Human Rights Education Research Center
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