Columns I wrote in the late 1990s

I found the columns I wrote in the 1996 and 1997 when I started my poor student life in England. Here are the columns carried in Korean Journal published in England and circulated in Korean society in Europe.

Westminster Stories (in Korean)   Tony Blair(in Korean)  the City 1 (in Korean)  the City 2 (in Korean)

Christmas (in Korean) Royal Mail (in Korean)  Oxbridge Tales 1 (in Korean)

 Oxbridge Tales 2 (in Korean)  Oxbridge Tales 3 (in Korean)  Oxbridge Tales 4 (in Korean)

Oxbridge Tales 5 (in Korean)  Oxbridge Tales 6 (in Korean)   Newspapers Economy Section (in Korean)  

Devolution (in Korean)  Northern Island Part 1 (in Korean)

Caricature of Professor Hattori Hideo

This is the caricature of Professor Hattori Hideo, one of my best friends. He seemed not happy with his gesture but smiled a lot looking at his face drawn by Professor Koh of Sangmyong University.

Me seen by second year college student in 2008.

A group of students from Sangmyong University visited Fukuoka. And I had a honour to be a model for one of amateur painter. When I saw it, I thought instantly this wan not me but soon realized that I could be seen completely differently from the image I have had. I am not sure whether I was changed or I had a different image of mine from the beginning.

Fukuoka Version of Yasukuni Shrine-2nd of May 2008

In Fukuoka, we have Gouhoku Shrine, Fukuoka version of Yasukuni. I happened to have a glimpse of the Great Spring Ceremony of it. They have a variety of events including the 銃剣術（battle skills with guns) competition too. And recent interest of mine, the textbook. In Fukuoka, they have a group seeking "the truth of history" too.

Lecture For NGO group Global Action Plan-26 March 2008

Lecture at Global Action Plan.
I was invited to give a lecture on social development by the Seoul office of the international NGO group GLOBAL ACTION PLAN. Participants were all enthusiastic about the social problems in Korea, particularly environmental matters.

Visiting Korea in August 2007

Visiting Korea in August, 2007.
There is a lot of things to do in Seoul. I had to finish editing my book, giving a lecture at Seongkyunkwan University and participating in Workshop and so on. No time to hanging around. But I encountered interesting scenes. Cultural Festival unthinkable in the 1980s. Contrasting scenes of Japanese Embassy on the 15th of August and in front of Seongkyunkwan University where Japanese tourists are paying their homage to Yon sama...

With Students of Nanking University-May 2007

It was wonderful to give a lecture to Nanking University students for one week. Most of them were 1st and 2nd year undergraduates equipped with a reasonable proficiency of English.