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.

February 20 – March 30, 2008

Reportage of Tran Thanh Lan’s death

Even before Tran Thanh Lan’s mother visited Korea, Park Kyong Ju consulted local media reports in Vietnam and interviewed civic groups to write a special article. Tran Thanh Lan’s mother, Huan Kim An, received the diary when she visited the police station in Korea. On the same day, the diary was sent by fax to Park Kyong Ju. At the time, Bhu Thi Tuan, the editor-in-chief of the Vietnamese site of Salad TV (formerly Migrant Workers Broadcasting Station), an Internet media company operated by Park Kyong Ju, completed the first translation. The diary written in handwriting was difficult to translate due to some typos. Park Kyong Ju wrote a follow-up article about the death and diary until the deceased’s mother left the country. She wrote and reported a special article about this death and diary. The ID that wrote the article, Maebama, is the pen name of Park Kyong Ju when she was a reporter.

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

박경주는 쩐탄란의 모친이 한국을 방문하기 전부터 베트남 현지 언론 보도자료를 참고하고 시민단체를 인터뷰하여 기획 기사를 작성하였음. 쩐탄란의 모친 후안 김 안이 한국을 방문하여 시민단체와 함께 경찰서를 방문했을 때 유품으로 일기를 전달받음. 당일 쩐탄란 사망사건 진상규명대책위의 의뢰로 박경주가 팩스로 일기를 수신함. 당시 박경주가 운영했던 인터넷언론사 샐러드TV(구 이주노동자방송국) 베트남어 편집인 부티투안이 초벌 번역을 완료함. 손글씨로 적은 일기는 일부 오타로 인해 번역이 어려웠다. 박경주는 고인의 모친이 출국할 때까지 이 사망사건과 일기에 관한 후속기사를 작성하여 보도했다. 기사를 작성하고 영상뉴스를 보도한 ‘매바마’는 박경주의 필명이다.