Hi, Dorothy and others,
This is chong from Hong Kong In-media. We've written up a letter and send it
to the Film Council.
Please see the letter as below.
Thanks.
in solidarity with all of you,
chong
Dear Sir / Madame,
We should like to express our deep concern regarding the Council's decision
to close down MediACT, South Korea's first public media center.
As an independent media organization in Hong Kong, our members visited
MediACT in 2005 and 2008 respectively and find the center contributing both
to the development of media education and to the democratization of media
system in South Korea. MediACT's work has inspired a large number of public
and independent media organizations in Asia and all over the world. The
shutting down of the center would hinder the development of citizen media
sector, imply a setback to the freedom of expression and democracy in South
Korea. In fact in the past few year, MediACT has successfully promoted
Korean's indepedent film and video to the world and earned its reputation
among the global independent and public media community.
Hong Kong In-media
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Dorothy Kidd <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Gaby, Becky and others:
> MediAct has not only been important in South Korea in leading the
> development of autonomous community based media, support for public service
> media, and supporting citizens' expression on the Internet. They've also
> been incredibly good world citizens, bringing people from all over to Korea,
> and acting in solidarity with groups everywhere.
>
> Yes, petitions are limited. Useful perhaps for first level attention.
> However, as Gaby points out, international pressure, especially at embassies
> and consulates in the northern hemisphere where trade agreements are being
> negotiated could be very important. South Korea has a pending trade deal
> with the US, and is also in negotiations in Canada, right? (Becky, tell me
> if they've already signed) .
>
> Will update you on similar efforts in the US.
>
> Facebook page is below:
>
>
>
> "http://www.facebook.com/l/205ff;www.gopetition.com/online/33662.html.
>
> thanks Gaby, Sasha and everyone else,
>
> Dorothy Kidd.
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:42 AM, G G <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Becky,
>>
>> On 10-01-27 9:41 PM, "Becky Lentz" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> > Yes, thanks as well. I signed the petition yesterday, but I'm curious
>> how
>> > effective online petitions like this are. Is there any way to follow
>> what
>> > happens with it (next)? Are there other actions available? How does one
>> > intervene in policy in S.Korea from such a distance, i.e., from Canada?
>>
>> G here. I'm sure MJ will update us on the progress.
>>
>> According to a recent message from him, they hope to gather much
>> international support they can use in their own protest efforts (esp.
>> personal comments will help, many people, what kinds of institutions,
>> etc.)... I gather they are trying to challenge the process by which KOFIC
>> chose to select an unknown and apparently brand-new organization over
>> MEDIACT. If I understand correctly, KOFIC is supposed to be independent
>> from
>> the Ministry of Culture, but the process shows that they are in fact
>> tightly
>> controlled by the ministry. MEDIACTs goal now is to get them to cancel the
>> decision (to not support MEDIACT, the obvious choice) and officially
>> announce an apology.
>>
>> You may want to consider working the S.Korean embassy in Canada and yes, a
>> phonecall to Korea from Canada (probably much better than e-mail).
>> > 3) Call KOFIC's Chairman Cho, Hee Moon 82-2-958-7521
>> > or email: [log in to unmask]
>> > cc: [log in to unmask]
>> There is also a list of others below.
>>
>> For all it's worth, I'm also going to send copies of my research in which
>> I
>> wrote about MEDIACT.
>>
>> So long.
>> G
>>
>> PS: The legal name under which mediact reorganized and applied to KOFIC is
>> <Korean association of visual media education.>
>> -----
>> Korean Film Council
>> http://www.kofic.or.kr/ (Korean Site)
>> http://koreanfilm.or.kr/ (English Site)
>> Tel_ +82-2-958-7500
>> Fax_ +82-2-2179-9801
>>
>> Head of KFC
>> Cho, Hee Moon
>> [log in to unmask]
>> Tel. +82-2-958-7521
>> Fax. +82-2-958-7546
>>
>> Dept of Promotion
>> Director Lee Gun Sang
>> [log in to unmask]
>> Tel. +82-2-958-7551
>> Fax. +82-2-958-7560
>>
>> Person in Charge Joo Sung Choong
>> [log in to unmask]
>> Tel. +82-2-958-7555
>>
>>
>> Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
>> http://www.mcst.go.kr/main.jsp (Korean site)
>> http://www.mcst.go.kr/english/index.jsp (English site)
>> Minister, Yu In-Chon
>> tel. +82-2-3704-9000
>> fax. +82-2-3704-9009
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Dept. of Moving Image Contents Industry
>> Director Park Hyung Dong
>> tel. +82-2-3704-9671
>> fax. +82-2-3704-9689
>>
>> Person in Charge Kim Min Jung
>> Tel. +82-2-3704-9676
>>
>
>
>
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> Department of Media Studies
> University of San Francisco
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