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See the Korean Martial Arts (KMA) FAQ and the online search engine for back issues of The_Dojang at http://MartialArtsResource.com Pil Seung! Today's Topics: 1. Big chill (Ray) 2. for all my hapkido lovers (Jye nigma) 3. Taekwondo Peace Corps (Ray) 4. Mi Yi Hackworth? (David Weller) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:23:11 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] Big chill Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net South Korean Film's Reception Shows a Big Chill Toward North Evan Ramstad WSJ July 29, 2008 SEOUL -- Just three years ago, South Koreans were full of warm feelings toward North Korea. They spent billions of dollars on economic projects there, hosted the North's leaders for joint holiday celebrations and put one of its celebrities in TV ads, all part of the afterglow of political efforts to bridge their divided countries. A new movie here called "Crossing," the first by a South Korean director to portray the living conditions of North Koreans, seemed destined to take advantage of those feelings. Laura Yoo, who hasn't seen her father since he got stuck in the North in the Korean War more than 55 years ago, left a recent showing in tears. "I came here and I thought about him," she said. But Ms. Yoo turned out to be an exception, as the movie attracted far fewer people than its producers hoped. Its mediocre showing is another sign that South Koreans have turned cool toward the North after realizing their outreach was bearing little fruit. Aid agencies say this shift in sentiment is making it harder to interest people in helping out North Korea. "This is the least fashionable topic in South Korea," says Erica Kang, Seoul director of Good Friends, a Buddhist charity that works on hunger relief in North Korea. The change also stands to complicate international efforts to lure North Korea out of its isolation and end its strategy of wringing aid from others with military threats. An opening in the North could pacify a region beset by tensions for decades and, some hope, even lay a foundation for the two Koreas to reunite. The shift in sentiment made a difference in the presidential elections here last year. Voters chose conservative candidate Lee Myung-bak, who promised to attach strings to the economic aid South Korea had been providing to the North. This month, that sentiment hardened further after a North Korean soldier fatally shot a South Korean tourist at a resort the South had built in the North to boost its neighbor's economy. In light of broader challenges now facing South Korea as its export- driven economy copes with the global slowdown, many South Koreans consider further overtures to the North to be a luxury when they are so poorly received. "Every time we've made an agreement with them, they break it," says Choi Doo-hwan, 53 years old, a fruit-juice vendor in Seoul. Ten years ago, then-president Kim Dae-jung ended decades of hostility from the Korean War of the 1950s by developing a policy of economic and political outreach that was designed to spur North Korea toward openness and change. North Korea allowed videoconference reunions for some Korean families separated in the war's aftermath, but it did little else, falling far short of South Koreans' hopes. A turning point came in 2006 when North Korea tested new missiles and a nuclear weapon. It was in the warmer atmosphere that movie director Kim Tae-kyun four years ago began work on "Crossing," hoping to show ordinary life in North Korea instead of the political and military imagery that South Koreans had seen for years. A veteran of comedies aimed at teenagers, Mr. Kim spent more than two years to research and write the serious, fictional drama. To get details right, he interviewed more than 100 North Koreans who had fled the country and cast some as extras. "In the process of interviewing North Korean refugees and reading the literature, I did feel a very deep sense of shame as I realized how much I didn't know," Mr. Kim says. "Crossing" depicts the journey of a miner who makes an illegal trip to China in search of medicine for his wife. After almost being caught by Chinese police, the man joins a group of North Koreans seeking safety with a charity worker, not realizing that doing so has put him on an escape route to South Korea from which there is no turning back. He tries to reconnect with his wife and son, who become desperate without him, while adapting to his modern, wealthier new life in Seoul. Reviewers strongly praised the movie, with several noting it depicted North Korea in a way that has never been seen here. After a month in South Korean theaters, "Crossing" attracted only 900,000 viewers and hasn't made up its $4 million production cost, producers say. By contrast, the movie hit of the summer here, a cowboy adventure called "The Good, the Bad and the Weird," attracted 1.7 million people in its opening weekend. --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:14:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Jye nigma To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] for all my hapkido lovers Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt_oeDKtCs4&feature=related --__--__-- Message: 3 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:19:52 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] Taekwondo Peace Corps Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Taekwondo Peace Corps Training Course 29 Jul 2008 ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan will organize a Taekwondo Peace Corps Training Course from July 26 to August 17 here at the Rodham Hall. The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has allotted the course to Pakistan and a special team of international taekwondo experts have reached here to train the Pakistan players and coaches. The team comprises of Master Dae Hwa Park, Master Sang Jae Kim, Ms Yao Jeong Yoo and Master Ms Hyo Mi Cho. The opening ceremony of the course will be held on July 26, while the concluding ceremony will be held on August 17. Coaches and players from all over the Pakistan will participate in the training session. Four provinces, Federal capital Islamabad and departments – Pakistan Army, Pakistan Police, Pakistan WAPDA and Pakistan Railways– have been directed to send their players for training in this unique class. The idea of Taekwondo Peace Corps Programme was conceived and presented by WTF president Dr Chungwon Choue in a meeting with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Its main objective is to contribute to the promotion of world peace and enhance the image of taekwondo and the WTF in the international sports community. --__--__-- Message: 4 From: David Weller Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:27:24 -0500 To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Mi Yi Hackworth? Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net That's a hauntingly familiar name... Wonder if she is married to a rassler?? 3 black belts at age 15. Damn!! And here I was all happy and patting myself on the back for having ONE at age 53. I guess I am an utter failure .. :-( dave "sticking with one black belt and a nickel plated .357" weller On Jul 28, 2008, at 7:48 PM, the_dojang- request@martialartsresource.net wrote: > Andrea has been studying at the American Dragon Martial Arts > Academy in > Clermont, and said her Korean instructor, Mi Yi Hackworth, is great. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://the-dojang.net Old digest issues @ ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com/pub/the_dojang Copyright 1994-2008: Ray Terry and http://MartialArtsResource.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of The_Dojang Digest