Just dorking around on the intarwebs trying to find contact info on my beloved Kim Yong-ik and, lo and behold, the Korea Journal has placed their archives on the web and there are 6 "new" pieces. Three are some kind of retread, so it may be that Kim was starting to coast in his late life. In any case, I'm excited to find them and the pieces are:
"Andy Crown" - Published in Nov. 1987: This is a pretty bad retelling of the "They Won't Crack It Open" story with the US lead cast as a Black Man. Nicely, this re-writing supports my contention that Kim is most effective when least overtly political.
"The Gold Watch" - Published in March 1989: This one is new to me and I will have to read it before comment.
"The School Bell" - April 1990: This is a chapter from "The Happy Days" (1960) published as a short story.
"The Smuggler's Boat" - March 1965: This is new to me, even though it is by far the oldest of the stories found here.
"Village Moon" - December 1983: This is a part (although a quick reading seems to catch some substantial differences) of the play "The Moon Thieves" which was written prior to 1982.
"Village Wine" - December 1983: A new one; a play featuring a US soldier in a Korean style house.
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