| Abstract: | This study targets the criticisms and articles related to Korea published by the Liberty Times, one of the three major newspapers in Taiwan, over the last five years, and investigates from what perspective and in what way the Liberty Times reported events in Korea and evaluated the problems Korea was facing. The reason why the Liberty Times was chosen as target for discussions is because it has been found that over the last five years, the Liberty Times, a press medium with a strong tendency toward political independence for Taiwan at all times, published more discourses on Korea compared to the other two major newspapers, China Times and United Daily News, and looked at Korea from a different angle. This also indicates that Taiwan people are changing the way they regard Korea.Among the Korea-related reports recently published by the Liberty Times, the reports on the change of the Chinese translation of Seoul, the capital of Korea, from "Hancheng" (Han City) to "Shouer", take up the majority, followed by the topics related to the sovereignty over Dokdo, and investigations of past historical events, such as the Cheju April 3rd Incident and the 1980 Gwangju Uprising. Other issues such as historical liquidation of Japanese colonialism and post-IMF rapid economic growth, as well as general issues on the history, culture, and politics of Korea, are also included.In this study, the most popular topics covered by the Liberty Times will be introduced in order, and the perspective behind these discourses will be analyzed. Although this type of investigation seems to lack organization and detailed planning in terms of the selection of the topics, given the characteristics of press media and the timing factor, the realism and concreteness can be ensured because the reports are based on the news in Korea.
本文是以台灣三大報之一『自由時報』最近五年的韓國相關評論文章作為討論對象, 考察它是以何種視角? 如何報導韓國? 以及如何評價韓國的問題。之所以選擇『自由時報』作為討論對象, 是因就最近五年包括『中國時報』、『聯合報』在內的台灣三大報初做整理, 發現『自由時報』的韓國論述相較之下要來得多, 而且『自由時報』一向是追求台灣獨立傾向非常濃厚的平面媒體, 在看待韓國時帶有與其他報紙不同的新視角, 而這點也正反映出台灣看待韓國的視角正在改變當中。『自由時報』近年來有關韓國的報導, 當以過去稱作漢城的韓國首都, 中文標記改為首爾的話題最多, 其次為與獨島有關的主權擁護問題, 再來是與4.3濟州事件、8.15光州抗爭等過去歷史有關的真相調查問題, 此外還有日據殖民時期的歷史清算, IMF以後急速成長經濟、韓國歷史、文化、政治等一般的問題。 這篇論文卽是就『自由時報』談及的這幾個頻度較高的主題, 依序首先介紹它的內容, 再分析它所論述的背後視角。由於報紙所具有的媒體特性以及時事性的關係, 這樣的考察, 固然在主題的選定上顯得比較缺乏體系, 多少有些便宜行事, 但也因為它是以韓國消息為報導對象, 更顯現出他的現實性與具體性。 |
