서울외신기자클럽이 50주년을 맞아 발간한 책으로, 60명의 외신기자들이 한국을 취재하며 느낀 어려움과 즐거움을 회고하는 글들을 실었다. 한국전쟁, 박정희, 전두환 독재정권, 광주사태 등을 취재한 기자들의 생생한 회고가 담겨있으며 한국과 한국인들 바라보는 시각이 어떻게 변해왔는지 살펴볼 수 있다.
Contents
PREFACE
I. HERMIT KINGDOM
BETHELL'S TALE
NINETEENTH-CENTURY STYLE
THE FIRST KOREAN WAR
BEDSIDE AT A REVOLT
HOW JAPAN COVERED KOREA
JAPANESE CORRESPONDENTS IN KOREA
II. FORGOTTEN WAR
GLORY AND TRAGEDY Some Won Prizes, Others Died
LIFE AND DEATH OF A CORRESPONDENT
TRAVELLER'S TALES: COVERING THE WAR IN KOREA
FROM INVASION TO ARMISTICE
FROM DAY ONE
WAR OF SCOOPS
A WOMAN AT WAR
CRY PEACE
THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY OF NO GUN RI
MYSTERY CORRESPENDENT
SAVING WAR ORPHAN
III. DICATORSHIP UNDER FIRE
HOTEL KCIA
FLASHBACKS
FIRST RED CROSS TALKS
AN INSPIRING STORY
NIGHTMARE COME TRUE
SHOTS ARE HEARD
THE BANG-BANG BRIGADE
A DARK CHAPTER
IV. TIME OF REBELLION
FROM PARK TO REVOLT
IMAGES OF HORROR
EYEWITNESS
KOREA'S TIANANMEN
WITH TERRY AT THE CRUNCH
SEVEN YEARS LATER
V. TIME OF TRANSITION
THE MANIPULATOR
LOOKING AHEAD
AFFAIR OF THE HEART
AT WORK AND PLAY
DEMOCRACY PROTESTS
FROM DJ TO THE DMZ
MY FIRST FOREIGN CORRESPENDENT
INTO THE 80's
FIREEN, FLORISTS AND FREE SPEECH
MEMORIES, FIRST AND LAST
VI. GLORY, SHOCKS AND SCANDALS
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
OLYMPICS TO WORLD CUP
YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
INTO THE IMF ERA
UNDER IMF CONTROL
KOREAN VS. JAPANESE CONFLICT AND COOPERATION
THE FALL OF SCIENTIST HWANG WOO SUK
COVERING FOR TELEVISION
ON THE BIRGHT SIDE
FILM IN FOREIGN EYES
BICULTURAL JOURNALISM
VII. TO THE NORTH
LOOKING BACK: INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS
TO THE BOSOM OF THE GREAT LEADER
FOURTH TUNNEL
DATELINE PYONGYANG
COVERING NORTH KOREA
A MATTER OF ACCESS
NEW BEGINNING THAT WASN'T
THANK YOU, NORTH KOREA
U.S. MEDIA AND THE KOREAN PENINSULA
VIII. DEFENDING CORRESPONDENTS
HOW THE SFCC BEGAN
HOW THE SFCC BEGAN
HOW FREE THE PRESS?
NAMES AND FACES
HITE BEER AND THE DEFENESTRATOR
BATTLING THE SYSTEM