Comments on: FM Ban on UN candidacy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/02/10/fm-ban-on-un-candidacy/ Korea... in Blog Format Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:55:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mizar5 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/02/10/fm-ban-on-un-candidacy/#comment-29353 Mizar5 Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:47:52 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2415#comment-29353 As Secretary General, maybe Ban can finally bring a sense of globally responsible thinking to Koreans and do his part to end reactionary racist Korean nationalism. Don't you love far-fetched hypotheticals though? As Secretary General, maybe Ban can finally bring a sense of globally responsible thinking to Koreans and do his part to end reactionary racist Korean nationalism. Don’t you love far-fetched hypotheticals though?

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/02/10/fm-ban-on-un-candidacy/#comment-29340 sewing Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:58:36 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2415#comment-29340 Well, just search for it yourselves.... Well, just search for it yourselves….

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/02/10/fm-ban-on-un-candidacy/#comment-29339 sewing Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:57:57 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2415#comment-29339 Frig! That first link didn't get rendered properly at all! Trying once more. If this link doesn't work, well, screw it. No more comments after this—I promise! <a href="http://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=????&hw=1" rel="nofollow">http://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=????&hw=1</a> Frig! That first link didn’t get rendered properly at all! Trying once more. If this link doesn’t work, well, screw it. No more comments after this—I promise!

http://search.naver.com/search.....?&hw=1

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/02/10/fm-ban-on-un-candidacy/#comment-29338 sewing Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:53:22 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2415#comment-29338 Ah, there we go: <a href="http://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=????&hw=1" rel="nofollow">??????</a> (??????)—<a href="http://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=oegyujanggak&frm=t1" rel="nofollow">Oegyujanggak</a>. Okay, my work here is done. I'll stop spamming this thread now! Ah, there we go:

?????? (??????)—Oegyujanggak.

Okay, my work here is done. I’ll stop spamming this thread now!

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/02/10/fm-ban-on-un-candidacy/#comment-29337 sewing Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:48:55 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2415#comment-29337 Hmmm, on closer examination, "Oeguyganggak" cannot be mapped to ???... ??????? ?????????? Maybe "Oegyujanggak"—??????? Hmmm, on closer examination, “Oeguyganggak” cannot be mapped to ???… ??????? ?????????? Maybe “Oegyujanggak”—???????

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/02/10/fm-ban-on-un-candidacy/#comment-29335 sewing Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:45:51 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2415#comment-29335 Never mind: found an English <em>Chosun Ilbo</em> article from just this last Wednesday (Feb 8th) on the matter (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200602/200602080020.html">link</a>): <blockquote>Korea will take negotiations with France for the return of 297 historic Korean books looted from the Oeguyganggak royal archive to the government level at the end of the month. The French took the books from the Chosun-era library on Ganghwa Island off the west coast when they attacked Korea in 1866 for executing six French Catholic missionaries. Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon told a press conference on Wednesday the negotiations had been between experts from both sides so far but would now move on to the inter-government level....</blockquote> "Read the rest on your own," as you guys say.... Never mind: found an English Chosun Ilbo article from just this last Wednesday (Feb 8th) on the matter (link):

Korea will take negotiations with France for the return of 297 historic Korean books looted from the Oeguyganggak royal archive to the government level at the end of the month. The French took the books from the Chosun-era library on Ganghwa Island off the west coast when they attacked Korea in 1866 for executing six French Catholic missionaries.

Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon told a press conference on Wednesday the negotiations had been between experts from both sides so far but would now move on to the inter-government level….

“Read the rest on your own,” as you guys say….

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/02/10/fm-ban-on-un-candidacy/#comment-29333 sewing Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:39:41 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2415#comment-29333 Marmot, could you provide the original French version of the last question/answer (regarding the "royal Korean archives")? I found the <a href="http://www.lefigaro.fr/cgi/perm/archives/find?url=/cgi/perm/archives/form&rub=&Texte=ban ki moon&x=131&y=11" rel="nofollow">link</a> to the article on <i>Le Figaro's</i> website, but it's pay-as-you-go. I want to read up on this issue, but it might be easier with the French (or Korean, for that matter) search terms. (Or maybe dda can fill us all in.) Marmot, could you provide the original French version of the last question/answer (regarding the “royal Korean archives”)? I found the link to the article on Le Figaro’s website, but it’s pay-as-you-go. I want to read up on this issue, but it might be easier with the French (or Korean, for that matter) search terms. (Or maybe dda can fill us all in.)

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/02/10/fm-ban-on-un-candidacy/#comment-29322 sewing Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:30:51 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2415#comment-29322 If Ban wants to run for sec-gen, all power to him. I haven't followed his career closely enough to comment on his candidacy one way or another, although certainly the Uri Party's stance <i>vis-a-vis</i> North Korea would have to be considered. (Then again, their position may be considered an asset in UN circles.) Those who run are not always seen with universal adulation, even (or especially?) at home.... Brian Mulroney was the prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993, and right around 92-93, there were wide rumours that he wanted to become the next UN sec-gen. He was a capable PM and has had a long-lasting impact on Canadian politics, but to say he was not much loved by the early 90s would be to put it mildly. When this rumour came out, his running for the position was viewed rather cynically in many circles as an easy way out of his predicament at home. *** "LF ??Is there an end in sight to the long-standing dispute due to royal Korean archives housed in France claimed by South Korea?" What's that all about? I've never heard or read of such a thing.... is there a significant repository of Korean court archives in France!? If Ban wants to run for sec-gen, all power to him. I haven’t followed his career closely enough to comment on his candidacy one way or another, although certainly the Uri Party’s stance vis-a-vis North Korea would have to be considered. (Then again, their position may be considered an asset in UN circles.)

Those who run are not always seen with universal adulation, even (or especially?) at home…. Brian Mulroney was the prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993, and right around 92-93, there were wide rumours that he wanted to become the next UN sec-gen. He was a capable PM and has had a long-lasting impact on Canadian politics, but to say he was not much loved by the early 90s would be to put it mildly. When this rumour came out, his running for the position was viewed rather cynically in many circles as an easy way out of his predicament at home.

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“LF ??Is there an end in sight to the long-standing dispute due to royal Korean archives housed in France claimed by South Korea?”

What’s that all about? I’ve never heard or read of such a thing…. is there a significant repository of Korean court archives in France!?

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