Yohan, Seedol, Yonghyun
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In three names The story of a man who lived three lives [SBS Special - Yohan, Seedol, Yonghyun] Winner of the Grand Prize at the 47th Korea Broadcasting Awards Viewers who have seen [Everywhere, Nowhere, Yohan, Seedol, Yonghyun] will likely have trouble sleeping due to the deep resonance this documentary leaves. Seedol, who used his whole body to stop neighboring farmers from spraying herbicide on their fields to save salamanders, and who erased deer footprints in the snow to prevent hunters from catching them in the winter; Yohan, who showed up at every important turning point in modern Korean history while fighting alongside the family group 'Hanul Life' of those who lost their lives in the democratization movement and uncovering the truth behind the suspicious death of Private Jeong Yeon-gwan, who was beaten to death by his superiors in 1987 for voting for the opposition party; and Yong-hyeon, who currently lies in a nursing home as a recipient of basic livelihood security despite suffering from the aftereffects of the torture and assault at the time and suffering pain all over his body, donated all the money he had. Ultimately, the strange and weighty life story of this man, who is one and the same person, makes all of us living in the present look back with reflection and contemplation. In a world where people say it's natural to live only for yourself and that living for others is foolish, why did he live such a sacrificial life? Who would know that I live like that? The SBS Special Production Team has put their heart and soul into publishing the book, “Yohan, Seedol, Yonghyun,” hoping that it will provide answers to the questions that readers may have had while watching the documentary. ※ A portion of the royalties from this book will be donated to Kim Yong-Hyeon’s rehabilitation treatment. |
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index
prolog.
one
Chapter 1.
An eccentric nature person living in a mountain village
Spring in Bonghwachi Village, Jeongseon
The weirdo of Bonghwachi, Seedol
Friends of nature
Seedol's Treasure Chest
Bonghwachi Guardian
Leaving Bonghwachi
People who remember Seedol
[My Relationship with the Old Man]
Chapter 2.
Helping young people who died under mysterious circumstances
Son's unjust death leaves an elderly mother without a smile
Suspicious events after death
The man who hid in the bedroom
Running around in every direction for the truth
The death of Private Jeong Yeon-gwan, who went to the National Assembly
Seventeen years of suffering
Hanul Life and Yohan
Chapter 3.
It was everywhere and nowhere
Myeongdong Cathedral in June
volunteer to be beaten up
Seedol encountered in the heart of Seoul
To save at least one more person
The seed was John
Chapter 4.
Three portraits in three names
Meet in an unexpected place
Why Yong-Hyeon Became John
Why John Became a Seed
Become a poet
Reunion after fifteen years
It's something that's natural for humans
Chapter 5.
There are more stars in the night sky that don't shine.
The final piece of the puzzle found in Japan
Ah! Silently kind people
[The world he dreamed of, we all]
Epilogue.
Flowers bloom because there are underground roots.
one
Chapter 1.
An eccentric nature person living in a mountain village
Spring in Bonghwachi Village, Jeongseon
The weirdo of Bonghwachi, Seedol
Friends of nature
Seedol's Treasure Chest
Bonghwachi Guardian
Leaving Bonghwachi
People who remember Seedol
[My Relationship with the Old Man]
Chapter 2.
Helping young people who died under mysterious circumstances
Son's unjust death leaves an elderly mother without a smile
Suspicious events after death
The man who hid in the bedroom
Running around in every direction for the truth
The death of Private Jeong Yeon-gwan, who went to the National Assembly
Seventeen years of suffering
Hanul Life and Yohan
Chapter 3.
It was everywhere and nowhere
Myeongdong Cathedral in June
volunteer to be beaten up
Seedol encountered in the heart of Seoul
To save at least one more person
The seed was John
Chapter 4.
Three portraits in three names
Meet in an unexpected place
Why Yong-Hyeon Became John
Why John Became a Seed
Become a poet
Reunion after fifteen years
It's something that's natural for humans
Chapter 5.
There are more stars in the night sky that don't shine.
The final piece of the puzzle found in Japan
Ah! Silently kind people
[The world he dreamed of, we all]
Epilogue.
Flowers bloom because there are underground roots.
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The seedlings bring food to the wild animals of Bonghwachi, which have to survive the harsh winters of Gangwon-do.
He farms a small garden in his front yard, but the yield is meager.
While growing crops, if animals or insects eat them, they are left alone to eat as much as they want, and then the remaining crops are harvested.
--- From "Friends of Nature"
One day, an unexpected letter arrived at the civic group People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy.
It was a letter from Seedol, who had consistently gifted me boxes of vegetables grown with his own ‘natural farming method.’
Inside the envelope was a handwritten letter expressing his wish to donate his house and land in Bonghwachi, along with documents for the house and land in Bonghwachi.
--- From "People Who Remember Seed"
In the 1980s, there were many young people who died mysterious deaths, like Private Jeong Yeon-gwan.
An unjust death, the exact cause of death was unknown.
To find out the cause, John took off his shoes and set out.
Among the parents who had lost their children at the time, John was a strange person who was known but not known.
--- From "Helping Young People Who Have Suspicious Deaths"
A military soldier was killed during the presidential election process.
John told his grandmother and family that Private Jeong Yeon-gwan was beaten to death after disobeying his superiors' orders to vote for the ruling party candidate in the military absentee ballot.
If this is true, it means that high-ranking military officials were aware that the members of the association had voted for the opposition candidate, which means that the principle of secret ballot was not observed.
It was a serious matter that could lead to controversy over election fraud, which runs counter to democracy.
--- From "Running in all directions for the truth"
To prevent parents from suffering, John always accompanied them to rallies and protests, leading them from the front row.
On behalf of their parents, they were hit by police batons and taken away.
The parents said that they were grateful to John for that, but also felt very sorry.
So, he would scold Yohan, telling him that it was good to help him, but he should also take care of himself. Every time, Yohan would quietly smile and reassure him that he was doing it because he liked it, and that he should not worry.
--- From "Taking on Oneself the Job of Being Beaten Up"
Seedol, a natural person who worked hard to save lives at the site of the Sampoong Department Store disaster, became a cane and shield for parents who lost their children, and he was the young man who uncovered the truth about the death of Private Jeong Yeon-gwan.
--- From "The Seed Was John"
In June 2016, Yong-Hyeon was urgently transferred to a university hospital in Seoul.
It is said that he was unconscious at the time. An MRI scan revealed evidence of bleeding in Yong-Hyeon's brain.
Yong-Hyeon's doctor says that the brain hemorrhage was not caused by trauma.
He said that because he had been in an environment with a lot of stress and trauma in the past, those things might have had an impact.
Although he miraculously survived, the aftereffects of the cerebral hemorrhage turned his life upside down.
His right leg, which had been able to climb up and down the peak of Bonghwachi in one go, no longer had the strength to do so.
--- From "Meeting in an Unexpected Place"
Perhaps Yong-Hyeon's self-sacrifice to help others stemmed from the people around him? His unmarried mother, who dedicated her life to raising him and his siblings; the priests who defied the dictatorship and spoke out against it; and the young men who risked their lives to build a better future...
So, for Yong-Hyeon, living a life for others rather than for himself might have been ‘a natural thing to do as a human being.’
He farms a small garden in his front yard, but the yield is meager.
While growing crops, if animals or insects eat them, they are left alone to eat as much as they want, and then the remaining crops are harvested.
--- From "Friends of Nature"
One day, an unexpected letter arrived at the civic group People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy.
It was a letter from Seedol, who had consistently gifted me boxes of vegetables grown with his own ‘natural farming method.’
Inside the envelope was a handwritten letter expressing his wish to donate his house and land in Bonghwachi, along with documents for the house and land in Bonghwachi.
--- From "People Who Remember Seed"
In the 1980s, there were many young people who died mysterious deaths, like Private Jeong Yeon-gwan.
An unjust death, the exact cause of death was unknown.
To find out the cause, John took off his shoes and set out.
Among the parents who had lost their children at the time, John was a strange person who was known but not known.
--- From "Helping Young People Who Have Suspicious Deaths"
A military soldier was killed during the presidential election process.
John told his grandmother and family that Private Jeong Yeon-gwan was beaten to death after disobeying his superiors' orders to vote for the ruling party candidate in the military absentee ballot.
If this is true, it means that high-ranking military officials were aware that the members of the association had voted for the opposition candidate, which means that the principle of secret ballot was not observed.
It was a serious matter that could lead to controversy over election fraud, which runs counter to democracy.
--- From "Running in all directions for the truth"
To prevent parents from suffering, John always accompanied them to rallies and protests, leading them from the front row.
On behalf of their parents, they were hit by police batons and taken away.
The parents said that they were grateful to John for that, but also felt very sorry.
So, he would scold Yohan, telling him that it was good to help him, but he should also take care of himself. Every time, Yohan would quietly smile and reassure him that he was doing it because he liked it, and that he should not worry.
--- From "Taking on Oneself the Job of Being Beaten Up"
Seedol, a natural person who worked hard to save lives at the site of the Sampoong Department Store disaster, became a cane and shield for parents who lost their children, and he was the young man who uncovered the truth about the death of Private Jeong Yeon-gwan.
--- From "The Seed Was John"
In June 2016, Yong-Hyeon was urgently transferred to a university hospital in Seoul.
It is said that he was unconscious at the time. An MRI scan revealed evidence of bleeding in Yong-Hyeon's brain.
Yong-Hyeon's doctor says that the brain hemorrhage was not caused by trauma.
He said that because he had been in an environment with a lot of stress and trauma in the past, those things might have had an impact.
Although he miraculously survived, the aftereffects of the cerebral hemorrhage turned his life upside down.
His right leg, which had been able to climb up and down the peak of Bonghwachi in one go, no longer had the strength to do so.
--- From "Meeting in an Unexpected Place"
Perhaps Yong-Hyeon's self-sacrifice to help others stemmed from the people around him? His unmarried mother, who dedicated her life to raising him and his siblings; the priests who defied the dictatorship and spoke out against it; and the young men who risked their lives to build a better future...
So, for Yong-Hyeon, living a life for others rather than for himself might have been ‘a natural thing to do as a human being.’
--- From "What is natural for a human being"
Publisher's Review
★★★ Winner of the 47th Korea Broadcasting Awards Grand Prize
Flowers bloom because there are roots underground!
“There is no price to pay for others.
A person who works like that even while hurting his own body.
“Of all the people I have seen up close, there has never been anyone like Mr. Yohan.”
Yoon Soon-nyeo (labor activist)
I simply followed the life of a man named Kim Yong-hyun, but after finishing the report, I felt like I had walked through the long tunnel of modern Korean history.
The production team confessed that they had a hard time making the documentary, feeling breathless and at times painful, wondering how to unravel each and every scene of his life, which was scattered like fragments, so serious and heavy.
In an interview with a media outlet, PD Lee Keun-byeol answered this question about what he ultimately wanted to say through the documentary.
“While covering this person, there was something I heard the most.
'Democracy is a splendid and beautiful flower, but we only pay attention to the person who made it bloom.
The story was that 'the countless people who became the roots and stems for that flower to bloom were not noticed.'
Through 'Yohan, Seedol, Yonghyun', I'm not simply trying to capture this man's great life.
There are many people who were arrested and beaten while participating in the democracy movement, leaving them physically exhausted and unable to lead a normal social life due to their criminal records.
These are people who have been forgotten without name or honor.
One of them is 'Yonghyun', and there are many other Yonghyuns in the world.
“The reason we focused on ‘Yong-Hyeon’ was not only because of the value of his sacrificial life, but also because we wanted to find another Yong-Hyeon and hear more of his story.”
In today's world where the word 'I' is taken for granted and has become more important than 'we', many viewers sympathized with Yong-Hyeon's story of dedicating his youth to 'you' rather than 'me' or 'we'.
In our modern history, there are countless people like Yong-Hyeon who fought for 'us' in places that were not visible.
Ordinary people with a dream of creating a better world have become the small roots that have blossomed into what we see today.
I sincerely hope that readers will be able to remember through this book the countless Yong-Hyeons who, though neither shining nor nameless, silently kept their place.
“I burst into tears after the broadcast ended.
“I was dazed by the final shock.”
-From the viewer reviews
Few people know that Seedol, who wandered the mountains barefoot, became a friend of nature, and tried to save lives at the site of the Sampoong Department Store disaster, and Yohan, a young man who cared for the families of young people who lost their lives during the dictatorship and the democratization movement, and tried to uncover the truth, are the same person.
The production team said that while making the documentary, they contacted many people here and there, and when asked, “Do you know Kim Yong-hyun?” there were many cases where people said they didn’t know, but when they saw a photo, they said, “Isn’t this person Yohan?”
Yong-Hyeon lived thoroughly under three names.
Those who remember Yong-Hyeon as Yohan do not know the name Yong-Hyeon, and those who know Yong-Hyeon as Yohan do not know the past appearance of Yohan, who participated in the democratization movement.
What does it mean for one person to live with three names?
That might have been possible because he didn't put forward or brag about his own story.
In our society, where only the shining stars are remembered, in a competitive society where even the smallest things are exaggerated and presented as personal achievements and only first place is pursued, Yong-Hyeon could have flaunted and highlighted the things he had experienced, but he did not do so at all.
So he was 'everywhere and nowhere.'
This book consists of a total of five chapters.
Chapter 1 tells the story of Sidol, an eccentric nature person living in a mountain village, who protects nature and lives with his neighbors.
Chapters 2 and 3 take a closer look at John, who appeared at every major moment in modern Korean history, fighting alongside the parents of young men who were mysteriously killed under the military dictatorship.
Chapter 4 looks back at Yong-Hyeon, who collapsed in a nursing home due to the aftereffects of his past democracy movement, and how he became John and Sidol.
In the final five chapters, we look back on the countless brave men of this land who fought without expecting anything in return, dreaming of a better tomorrow than yesterday, and reflect on their significance.
Flowers bloom because there are roots underground!
“There is no price to pay for others.
A person who works like that even while hurting his own body.
“Of all the people I have seen up close, there has never been anyone like Mr. Yohan.”
Yoon Soon-nyeo (labor activist)
I simply followed the life of a man named Kim Yong-hyun, but after finishing the report, I felt like I had walked through the long tunnel of modern Korean history.
The production team confessed that they had a hard time making the documentary, feeling breathless and at times painful, wondering how to unravel each and every scene of his life, which was scattered like fragments, so serious and heavy.
In an interview with a media outlet, PD Lee Keun-byeol answered this question about what he ultimately wanted to say through the documentary.
“While covering this person, there was something I heard the most.
'Democracy is a splendid and beautiful flower, but we only pay attention to the person who made it bloom.
The story was that 'the countless people who became the roots and stems for that flower to bloom were not noticed.'
Through 'Yohan, Seedol, Yonghyun', I'm not simply trying to capture this man's great life.
There are many people who were arrested and beaten while participating in the democracy movement, leaving them physically exhausted and unable to lead a normal social life due to their criminal records.
These are people who have been forgotten without name or honor.
One of them is 'Yonghyun', and there are many other Yonghyuns in the world.
“The reason we focused on ‘Yong-Hyeon’ was not only because of the value of his sacrificial life, but also because we wanted to find another Yong-Hyeon and hear more of his story.”
In today's world where the word 'I' is taken for granted and has become more important than 'we', many viewers sympathized with Yong-Hyeon's story of dedicating his youth to 'you' rather than 'me' or 'we'.
In our modern history, there are countless people like Yong-Hyeon who fought for 'us' in places that were not visible.
Ordinary people with a dream of creating a better world have become the small roots that have blossomed into what we see today.
I sincerely hope that readers will be able to remember through this book the countless Yong-Hyeons who, though neither shining nor nameless, silently kept their place.
“I burst into tears after the broadcast ended.
“I was dazed by the final shock.”
-From the viewer reviews
Few people know that Seedol, who wandered the mountains barefoot, became a friend of nature, and tried to save lives at the site of the Sampoong Department Store disaster, and Yohan, a young man who cared for the families of young people who lost their lives during the dictatorship and the democratization movement, and tried to uncover the truth, are the same person.
The production team said that while making the documentary, they contacted many people here and there, and when asked, “Do you know Kim Yong-hyun?” there were many cases where people said they didn’t know, but when they saw a photo, they said, “Isn’t this person Yohan?”
Yong-Hyeon lived thoroughly under three names.
Those who remember Yong-Hyeon as Yohan do not know the name Yong-Hyeon, and those who know Yong-Hyeon as Yohan do not know the past appearance of Yohan, who participated in the democratization movement.
What does it mean for one person to live with three names?
That might have been possible because he didn't put forward or brag about his own story.
In our society, where only the shining stars are remembered, in a competitive society where even the smallest things are exaggerated and presented as personal achievements and only first place is pursued, Yong-Hyeon could have flaunted and highlighted the things he had experienced, but he did not do so at all.
So he was 'everywhere and nowhere.'
This book consists of a total of five chapters.
Chapter 1 tells the story of Sidol, an eccentric nature person living in a mountain village, who protects nature and lives with his neighbors.
Chapters 2 and 3 take a closer look at John, who appeared at every major moment in modern Korean history, fighting alongside the parents of young men who were mysteriously killed under the military dictatorship.
Chapter 4 looks back at Yong-Hyeon, who collapsed in a nursing home due to the aftereffects of his past democracy movement, and how he became John and Sidol.
In the final five chapters, we look back on the countless brave men of this land who fought without expecting anything in return, dreaming of a better tomorrow than yesterday, and reflect on their significance.
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- Date of issue: January 20, 2020
- Page count, weight, size: 272 pages | 398g | 132*203*17mm
- ISBN13: 9788957360415
- ISBN10: 8957360417
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