Korea Independent Media Center

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giraffe wrote some days ago following:

"I'm worried about the survival of Korea Indymedia.

At our first general meeting, about 20 or 30 people came. Since that time, we've had about 5 general meetings and each time it happens, there are less people than the time before. It seems like the project is dieing one step at a time and that fact is breaking my heart...that fact is a rusty nail slowly driving itself deeper into my heart, one twist at a time.

There were only 5 of us at the last meeting. Because of the major absence of attendees, we were all hesitant to proceed with the meeting and the discussions. Everyone seemed drained of energy, including myself.

We are almost ready to apply to the global network! How can this happen? ...

I'm worried about the survival of Korea Indymedia."

no chr.!: well, when we made the first attempt to create IMC S.K. (late winter 2005) we agreed that there's a complete different initial situation for us (in S.K.) compared with the other IMCs, for example in "old europe".
as in germany: when IMC was established in 1999, the internet was like a "black hole" for the left/progressive/alternative.. movement. open spaces, media activism etc... - complete unknown (until today the "freeboard" is almost unknown/non-existent!!)!

so the IMC was established to give the groups/individuals (in opposition to the ruling system) a open platform to publish their opinions, reports... and to create an alternative, independent media network. etc, etc..

in S.K. the situation was(is) complete different! almost every activist group had/has its own home page, incl. a "freeboard"(게시판).. there are some central open spaces, like the freeboard in "jinbo.net", or in "nodong-ui sori", where everyone can publish his/her statements, reports etc...
so when you can read(and understand) korean you'll get a lot of informations - day by day. but you need to know the korean language! because in english you'll find almost NO independent infos, reports... only the bourgeois media (+hankyoreh) is writing daily in english (*).

although some alternative/progressive/radical left web-sites (**) have their own english sections - you'll find almost NO up-to-dated stuff there!

but there are many people "around the world" who are very interested in the daily class struggle (etc.) in S.K.

so we, as far as i remember (well, you should ask dope or mahbub, they must know..), agreed (2005) that IMC S.K. should be a prior tool for the activists (but also for "ordinary" journalists) 'around the world' to get independent ENGLISH informations about the daily struggle/current situation in S.K.

* until 2004 "jinbo.net" had its own english section (base21), but..  and the current english "newscham" section - just forget it!!(sorry)

** "anarclan", "sarangbang", "anti-war.." etc..