Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Won-dam, Paik

Titel

Unifier: that is who I am (acceptance speech on behalf of the Simsan Award)

Ist Teil von

• Inter-Asia cultural studies, 2021-09, Vol.22 (3), p.387-392

Ort / Verlag

Abingdon: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Taylor & Francis Journals Auto-Holdings Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Paik Ki-wan was a leading activist of the Korean unification movement and the labor movement. He passed away on 15 February due to chronic disease. During his grave illness, Shim San Prize was awarded to him on 10 November 2020, three months before his death. Therefore, the author, his eldest daughter, gave an award acceptance speech on his behalf. This essay was written for the speech. Paik Ki-wan has various names in South Korea, such as unifier, storyteller, street fighter, poet, white-haired warrior, Bulssam-ggun (revolutionist) grandfather. Whenever he was inquired to identify himself by the dictatorship and division ideology, he claimed to be a unifier. What he meant by unifier is a person who takes the lead in resolving the contradiction of division, which not only refers to the peaceful unification of the two Koreas, but also addresses the global division system that the US and the Soviet Union imposed on the globe during the Cold War era creating an all-around subordination structure in South Korea.