Young-Koo Kim

Kim's Memoir Young-Koo Kim

This is an 80 year old retired jurist's autobiography. He has lived through the World War Two, Korean War, the Cold War, and the notorious ideological, and espionage War of the South vs North Korea. As a matter of a fact, prosperous South Korea has been defeated by the poor North Korea in this political and espionage war. As a junior naval officer he actually joined the bloody sea engagement to hunt the North Korean spy ship. Later, he studied law at Seoul National University, Law College. He had been a law professor in the faculty of KMU, from 1989 to 2004 This is a genuine record of encountering with many deep-hearted Koreans and many other honest and touching people whom he has met, as a soldier and later as a jurist. He loved them with genuine heart. Above all, he loves his country. In this book, he explains a few important historical facts and legal corollaries about Korea vs. Japan rivalry which we have not been heard from usual and easy materials. As free democratic nations Korea and Japan should have a keen and firm allied relationship. But with such deeply latent historical burdens Korea and Japan could not have any honest and fair neighborhood, never ever. His desperate point is that the only way for the people of Korea and Japan to overcome this burden is pursuing only the truth of history and political sincerity. In this book, he is telling about two pigeons. In this short story he tells us that every creatures including human being is pitiful. They have only a humble and helplessly week condition. But these week beings render and share the genuine care and affection each other and they can accomplish to reach the imposing and honorable world. This writer wants his intuitive hope to be spread and co-owned in between the earnest readers of this book.