Reportage of Tran Thanh Lan’s death

Social Media Project, 2008

The mother of the deceased visits the place of her daughter’s death and weeps.

Reportage of Tran Thanh Lan’s Death (2008) is a social-media journalism project produced by Kyong Ju Park between February 20 and March 30, 2008. Before Lan’s mother arrived in South Korea, Park consulted Vietnamese local news reports and conducted interviews with civic groups to prepare a special feature. When Lan’s mother (Huan Kim An) visited the police station in Korea and received her daughter’s diary as a personal belonging, the diary was faxed to Park on the same day at the request of the fact-finding committee.

At the time, the first translation was completed by Bhu Thi Tuan, editor-in-chief of the Vietnamese service of Salad TV (formerly Migrant Workers Broadcasting Station), an internet media outlet operated by Park. Because the diary was handwritten and contained typos, translation required careful interpretation. Park continued reporting with follow-up articles and video news until Lan’s mother left Korea. The byline “Maebama” is Park’s reporting pen name; in Burmese, it means “Miss Burma.

From left to right in the top row of the picture

1. ~ 7. An article about the deceased’s mother’s visit to Korea reported Salad TV (former Migrant Workers Broadcasting Station, representative: Park Kyong Ju

1.The mother of the deceased visits the place of her daughter’s death and weeps.

2. ~3. Park Kyong Ju wrote and reported a special article about this death and diary. This image is data stored in the investigation data at the police station in charge of the investigation of the death case at the time. The ID that wrote the article, Maebama, is the pen name of Park Kyong Ju when she was a reporter.

4. ~5. The deceased’s mother is attending a press conference hosted by a civic group and demanding an investigation into the truth.

6. The original diary received by the mother of the deceased from a visit to the police station (the original diary was later lost)

7. An article about the deceased’s mother’s visit to Korea, reported in the Ho Chi Minh Women’s Newspaper in Vietnam Ⓒ the Ho Chi Minh Women’s Newspaper

쩐탄란의 사망사건 보도

2008년 2월 20일~ 3월 30일

〈쩐탄란 사망사건 보도〉(2008)는 박경주가 2008년 2월 20일부터 3월 30일까지 진행한 소셜 미디어 기반 보도 프로젝트다. 박경주는 고인의 모친이 한국을 방문하기 전부터 베트남 현지 언론 보도자료를 참고하고 시민단체를 인터뷰하여 기획 기사를 준비했다. 이후 고인의 모친 후안 김 안이 시민단체와 함께 경찰서를 방문해 유품으로 일기를 전달받은 날, 해당 일기는 진상규명대책위의 의뢰로 박경주에게 팩스로 전달되었다.

당시 박경주가 운영하던 인터넷언론사 **샐러드TV(구 이주노동자방송국)**의 베트남어 편집인 부티투안이 일기 초벌 번역을 완료했으며, 손글씨 원고와 일부 오타로 인해 번역은 난도가 높았다. 박경주는 고인의 모친이 출국할 때까지 사망사건과 일기를 둘러싼 후속 기사와 영상뉴스를 지속적으로 보도했다. 기사 작성 ID ‘매바마’는 당시 박경주가 기자로 활동하며 사용한 필명으로, 버마어로 ‘미스 버마(Miss Burma)’를 뜻한다.