- Eung Sang Park's novel 'Dream of lantern festival' is a social novel based on a true story of facing the uncomfortable truth head-on. - IDEAL MAN LOVE STORY = Mayor of Seoul korea Wonsoon Park ~ public crime - 'Dream of lantern festival', a social novel by Eung Sang Park is published in English and made available on Amazon - A social novel that sheds light on the uncomfortable truth of sweat, tears and public crime. - A call to bring the Mayor of Seoul Wonsoon Park and his discriminatory actions to justice. Novelist Eung Sang Park published 'Dream of lantern festival', a social novel based on a true story about the reality of public crimes that stomp on the efforts made towards realizing one's dream. With a message that 'a society that stays silent on public crimes has no future', Park had published the novel Dream of Yudeung in a series in Gyeongnam Daily newspaper in 2013 when the city of Jinju and the city of Seoul were butting heads over a lantern festival. He sheds new light on the value and meaning of lanterns within the context of JinjuNamgang Lantern Festival and emphasizes the solidarity of Jinju citizens and their love for lanterns in the face of their conflict with the larger city of Seoul. 'Dream of lantern festival' addresses the issue of public crimes that go unnoticed by the public a real social evil but are often committed by deeply rooted practices of administrative bodies. It is a story about courageous citizens who face head-on the realities of politics where a violation of intellectual property rights held by the city of Jinju, that is, JinjuNamgang Lantern Festival, is committed by Seoul. It also reveals the prevailing selfishness among politicians of our times, those who look up to them as heroes, and the over 300 trillion Won worth of social cost resulting from such conflicts that no one is hold responsible for. The actual conflict that took place between the city of Seoul and the city of Jinju reached a climax in 2013 when the national government stepped in to resolve the issue but the then Mayor of Seoul Wonsoon Park placed the blame on Jinju till the very end, claiming their policy of staying within the bounds of the law. Even going so far as accusing the citizens of Jinju of libel and of having no interest in allowing the two cities to co-exist, Mayor Park made scandalous remarks that have come across as serious threats to the citizens of Jinju. In response, the city of Jinju rejected Mayor Park's offer to turn the Festival into one co-hosted by the two cities to grow it into an international festival and fought to reserve the unique heritage of the lantern festival of Jinju. The novel traces these efforts while bringing to light the social injustice caused by public crimes. In a way, it is the love story of Jinju citizens towards their lanterns. 'Dream of lantern festival' calls to attention the uncomfortable reality that public crimes persist while also relaying a love story of the youth that hold their dreams close to their hearts. The accomplices of the public crime, not to mention the entire country, had kept mum even when the intellectual property of citizens, the result of several decades of efforts was just taken away in an instant.

• published: 15 Aug 2014
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