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[Binch Lover]

I've been seeing my gf for a few months now, and the mother has known since the start. She's fine with it, but the two of them were delaying telling the father cos they weren't sure what he'd say. Well, anyway, the mother told him the other day and his reaction was "That's fine, no problem... just as long as he's not from Jeolla-Do, it's ok with me!"

That cracked me up big time. Does everyone really hate Jeolla-Do people that much?? The father is from Chungcheon-Do by the way, not Gyeongsan-Do (not sure about spellings).

[cbclark4]

Don't know if it's because of the commies or the Indian Heritage.

[Darkness]

God damn commies!!!!!!

[Binch Lover]

Why, did the Communist party start in Jeolla-Do? I thought a lot of the people in the pro-democracy movement came from there, like Kim Dae-Jung for example. Surely that counts for something.

[rD.NaTas]

why cant we all just get along with jello

[endo]

I've heard the commie angle, but recently a Korean told me about Jolla's connection to Japan.


Supposedly the Emperor from Japan family line of decent originates from Jolla.


I've also heard (and perhaps for this reason) that Jolla people are rude and trustworthy.

[Saxiif]

[billybrobby]

aren't they a bunch of rubes with funny accents?

[Yaya]

Jeolla people have a reputation as being untrustworthy, and since they are alleged to have not helped the "saemaeul (new community)" movement of the 1970s, then President Park Chung-hee had the government discriminate against the entire region.

Jeolla women are easy to get along with, but I hear they'll dump a guy in a nanosecond if someone better comes along.

[laogaiguk]

[jvalmer]

A really really long time ago, they also sent many disgraced high ranking officials to Jeolla and Jeju.

But a large number of Jeollanian soliders and refugees ended up in Daegu during and after the Korean war.