과거는낯선나라다

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  • OnApril28,1986,twostudents,twenty-year-oldKimSe-ji… OnApril28,1986,twostudents,twenty-year-oldKimSe-jinandLeeJae-ho,immolatedthemselvestodeath,shoutingslogans,“Nowar,nonuclearweapons,Yankeegohome,”“U.S.signthepeacetreatywithNorthKorea,”and“ExpelAmericanimperialists.”Thistookplaceinthemidstofapublicdemonstrationagainsttheforcedconscriptionofstudents,joinedbyapproximatelyfourhundredstudentsandheldattheSinrimcrossroadsfacingtheSeoulNationalUniversitymaingate.Themanneroftheirdeaths,theradicalnessoftheirslogans(theywerethefirstovertlyanti-AmericanstatementstobeheardinpublicsincetheconclusionoftheKoreanWar)deeplyshockedKoreansocietyatthetime.Twentyyearshavesincepassed.Theworldhaschanged.TheleadersofNorthandSouthKoreaareholdingasummitmeetingforthesecondtime.TheUnitedStatesisdiscussingthepossibilityofsigninganon-aggressionpactwithoneoftheerstwhile“AxisofEvil”regimes.FewKoreanslivingin1986couldhaveanticipatedallthis.Whataboutthedeathsofthesetwoyoungmen?Whataretheirfriendsandcomradesdoingtoday?Whathavetheyremembered,andwhathavetheyforgottenaboutthisshockingevent?Havetheychangedasmuchastheworldhaschanged?Willtheirfacesregistermasksofcomplacency,orcountenancesofdiscordance?“Historydoesnotflowawayfromus,ratheritwalkstowardsus.”Thefriendsandcolleaguesofthetwoyoungmenandthedirectorswitchthepositionsofaninterviewerandinterviewees,tooffertestimonialstotheelusivetruth.

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