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Gwangju News International Magazine for Gwangju and Jeollanam-do January 2011 Issue No. 107 Gwangju FC The Plight of the Moon Bears Kunsthalle Roundup 2011 GIC 1st Korean Language Class Weekday Classes Saturday Classes Level Days Textbook Level Textbook 서강한국어 1A 서강한국어 1A Beginner 1-1 Tuesday & Thursday Beginner 1-1 (Pre-lesson ~ Lesson 1) (Pre-lesson ~ Lesson 1) 서강한국어 1A 서강한국어 1A Beginner 1-2 Monday & Wednesday Beginner 1-2 (Lesson 2 ~ Lesson 6) (Lesson 2 ~ Lesson 6) 서강한국어 1B 서강한국어 1B Beginner 2-2 Tuesday & Thursday Beginner 2-1 (Lesson 5 ~ Lesson 8) (Lesson 1 ~ Lesson 4) 서강한국어 2B Intermediate 2-1 Tuesday & Thursday - Period: Jan.8 - Feb. 24, 2011 (Lesson 1 ~ Lesson 4) (Every Saturday for 7 weeks) - Class hours: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. - Period: Jan. 10 - Feb. 19, 2011 (Twice a week for 7 weeks) (2 hours) - Class hours: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (2 hours) - Tuition fee: 50,000 won - Tuition fee : 80,000 won (GIC membership fee: 20,000 won/ (GIC membership fee: 20,000 won/ year year and textbooks excluded) cash only and textbooks excluded) cash only * The tuition fee is non-refundable after the first week. To register, please send your information: full name, Note * A class may be canceled if fewer than 5 people sign up. contact number, working place and preferable level * Textbooks can be purchased at the GIC to [email protected] GIC is located on the 5th floor of the Jeon-il building, the same building as the Korean Exchange Bank, downtown. The entrance is located immediately to the north of the bank. Contact GIC office for more information. Phone: 062-226-2733/4 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.gic.or.kr 2 Gwangju News January 2011 What’s On Gwangju News On the Cover Publisher: Gyonggu Shin Editor-in-Chief: Maria Lisak Editors: Daniel Lister, Minsu Kim Copy Editors: Kyle Johnson, Kathleen Villadiego Coordinator: Karina Prananto Layout and Design: Karina Prananto Photo Editor: Debra M. Josephson Proofreaders: Austin Lewis, Jon Ozelton, Pete Schandall, Gina Covert, Kathleen Villadiego, Julian Raethel, Address: Jeon-il Building 5F, Geumnam-no 1-1, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-758, S. Korea Phone: +82-62-226-2733 Fax: +82-62-226-2732 E-mail: [email protected] 7 Registration No.: 광주광역시 라. 00145 Gwangju FC (ISSN 2093-5315) Printed by Logos (Phone +82-62-444-8800) Gwangju News Magazine is written and edited by volunteers. Special thanks to the City of Gwangju and all of our sponsors. Copyright by the Gwangju International Center. All rights reserved. No part of 18 this publication covered by this copyright may be reproduced in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, The Plight of the recording or otherwise - without the written consent of the publishers. Moon Bears Gwangju News welcomes letters to the editor ([email protected]) regarding articles and issues. All correspondence may be edited for reasons of clarity or space. 10 Kunsthalle Roundup Cover Photo Photographer: CNU Cover Photo: The snow scene in CNU campus, Gwangju 4 Gwangju News January 2011 January 2011 Issue No. 107 Featured Articles 7 Gwangju FC By Daniel Lister 10 Kunsthalle Roundup By Laurence Berridge 12 Photo Essay: Andong Festival By Simon Bond International Exposition Yeosu Korea 2012 14 By Lee Kee-eun What is Gwangju the Hub City Asian 16 Culture? By Selina Orrell Yoga Class 36 18 The Plight of the Moon Bears By Austin Lewis 20 Prevention of Perversion? – TSA Scanner Regular Columns By Julian Raethel 6 Local News: This Month in Gwangju 23 Korean Conflicts – Warning from 50 years By Jon Ozelton ago may explain Korean stalemate By Michael Bielawski 24 Photo Contest By Debra M. Josephson 30 Speaks Turns Five By Seth Pevey 26 World News Home Pages 32 Get Away By Rich Lee 28 World News: 2011 Global Preview By Gabriel Ward 34 Ice (and Inline) Hockey: Previously Unpopularly Sports in Korea 40 Language Study: Letters to KOTESOL By Dr. David Schaffer By Andrew Dunne Yoga Class Book Review: Deep Blue Night 36 42 By Elton LaClare By Marion Gregory Driving in Korea Restaurant Review: Muhan Sarang 무한사랑 37 44 By Gabriel Ward By Matthew D. Jenkins Diplomatic Gossip Korean Easy Cook Recipe: 잔치국수 Janchi Guksu 38 45 By Yang Hee-seon By Ted Clarkson Poetry Useful Korean Phrases 46 Verb ‘이다‘: to be VS Verb ‘아니다‘: not to be 43 By Kim Hyun-seung, Kwak Jae-gu, Ko Jung-hee By Jung Soo-a 47 Cartoon: Digby By Leroy Kucia 12 48 Living Tips: Tips for Working Visit (H-2) Photo Essay: By Marie Charmaine Pascual Igwe Andong Festival Cartoon: Dear Korea 49 By Jen Lee 50 Upcoming Events 52 Community Board Gwangju News January 2011 5 Local News This Month in Gwangju A brief roundup of news stories from in and around Gwangju Gwangju Citizens’ Football Club Launch 2. Gwangju Subway Line 2 December 16 saw the launch of the newest team to join the K- The possibility of a League, Korea’s professional football (soccer) league. second subway line Gwangju Football Club, a publically owned and funded in Gwangju has once venture, will be the 16th team to play in the top league, and again raised its head, will play its first fixture in March next year. with a practicality and feasibility study The team will be funded by the public, and through taking place this sponsorship and marketing deals. Members of the public will December. be able to buy shares in the club (one person, one share), making it truly community owned. The next release of shares When the existing is expected in February 2011. Over 1,000 people attended the Line 1 was planned launch, held at the Kimdaejung Center. and built (the first stage opening in Previously, Gwangju was home to Gwangju Sangmu, the 2004, and the army team which is restricted to choosing players serving extended line their mandatory two years military service. This team will opening in 2008) it relocate, and now play out of Sangju, North Gyeongsan was part of a design Gwangju subway line 2-1 and 2-2 Province, starting in the upcoming 2011 season. which originally plan project donga.com expected the city to Related article on page 7 have three lines: Line 2 Gwangju’s Rail Transport being a circle line, and Line 3 running loosely North-South. Gwangju’s underground and overground railways have been However, due to low use of Line 1, concerns over excessive in the news this month. construction costs, and a massive budget deficit, the plans 1. Song-jeong Station Redevelopment for the second and third lines were put on hold indefinitely. Song-jeong Railway Station, in Gwangju’s western Gwangsan Currently though, the thought of a second line has been District, west of the airport, has been selected by the Ministry resurrected, albeit in a different form, and a feasibility study of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, to undergo a full- and public consultation is taking place to both gauge the scale redevelopment, which will transform the existing appropriateness and practicality of constructing a new line, station into a fully-fledged transit and culture centre. as well as gather public opinion on the issue. The proposal for the new centre will improve the station Three possible routes for the new line are being considered, (which lies on the KTX line between Seoul and Mokpo), with the featured proposal running North-South, connecting develop surrounding transport links, and also include Baek-un Junction, Chosun University, Gwangju Station, convention centre facilities, and various cultural attractions, Chonnam University, and the Il-gok and Cheomdan such as a performing arts hall, and the Namdo Food Town. neighborhoods. Once the planned KTX upgrades are completed in 2015, trains will be able to travel from Seoul to Gwangju Song- The viability of light-railway style above-ground links is also jeong in just 90 minutes. being examined. Gwangju Mayor Kang talked about the Ministry’s decision on The public study will give local residents the chance to give December 3, and expressed his desire that the new complex their opinion on the proposed schemes, as many are believed be the “best” in Korea. “Gwangju Song-jeong will not simply to be concerned over cost, and the city’s need for a second be a station, but be developed as a passenger transit center, line. with excellent transport links, logistics and distribution Should the plan be approved, the new line would open in facilities, as well as cultural facilities, becoming the most splendid, beautiful transit center in Korea,” he said. 2022. By Jon Ozelton 6 Gwangju News January 2011 Feature Gwangju FC new year typically brings hope and possibility Of course, Gwangju Sangmu is no more and despite to many, though perhaps the dawn of 2011 will the new team continuing to play at the stadium named A bring a greater slice than most for those who in honour of everybody’s favourite Dutchman, the have followed the fortunes of Gwangju Sangmu players and coaching staff have been substituted. football club in recent years. Of course, hope brings Sangmu – the tag given to the city designated the duty with it no guarantees, but the new management staff at of hosting the country’s military football team – is no Gwangju’s Guus Hiddink World Cup Stadium have longer required, as military responsibilities are for been working hard to ensure the upcoming season will Gwangju to deal with no more. be more prosperous than those in recent memory. As the army relinquished their grip on professional In no uncertain terms, the Gwangju-based soccer fan football in the city, a new team has been born, the will most likely hope to forget the trials and Gwangju FC.