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denistron
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 Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:22 pm Post subject: North Korea is a seperate country, right?! |
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I feel as if most people here consider North Korea and South Korea as one nation. When my students draw Korea on the board, they draw both the North and South together. If you watch the weather, the map shows both together. I've often seen images of Korea depicted this way.
Technically they are two separate nations. So what is going on here? Of course they have the same history and all that... my confusion is, do they actually think that it is one nation, or do they think it is one culture in two nations.
North Korea is defiantly not welcoming to the South. In fact, as a Canadian I would probably have more chance of going there then any Korean. |
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jaganath69
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, funny that. Was looking at a Korean poster for the 2006 World Cup the other day with all the participant countries highlighted. Funnily enough, Korea was shaded as the whole peninsula, when in fact the North and South enter different teams for the competition. |
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Apple
Joined: 29 May 2007
Location: S. Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Before the Berlin wall came down.. was germany two seperate countries? Korea is one country.. the north and south have seperate governments. |
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Matilda
Joined: 17 Jun 2006
Location: Gimhae gal
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Likewise, Miss Korea is not Miss South Korea... |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| In football (at least) its the DPRK and ROK. |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| South Korea would like for the world to associate the word "Korea" specifically with South Korea. That's why you can hear people say things like "I went to North Korea and then came back to Korea" and not "back to South Korea." |
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R-Seoul
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Location: your place
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Apple wrote: |
| Before the Berlin wall came down.. was germany two seperate countries? Korea is one country.. the north and south have seperate governments. |
Yes, Germany was definitely recognized as being 2 separate countries by itself and the outside world most obviously so when Erich Honecker made an official state visit to West Germany in 1987 complete with the national flags of both countries being raised as well as the national anthems of the two separated Germanys being played. Also all TV coverage (including the weather forecast) showed West Germany only, along with the little dot to its East signifying West Berlin. East Germany officially hardly ever even referred to itself as Germany the acronym DDR always being used.
Given Germany's dubious past all talk of one nation and nationalistic feeling in general were taboo subjects, it is only really since the WC last year that Germans have started talking openly about love of their country and not feel any stigma attached to flying their national flag.
Even today some 17 years after reunification there is still a feeling of Ossi & Wessi, and even in places like Berlin the two still don't see eye to eye.
Apple maybe you shouldn�t comment on topics you are clearly clueless about. |
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pdxsteve
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Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject: Re: North Korea is a seperate country, right?! |
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| denistron wrote: |
I feel as if most people here consider North Korea and South Korea as one nation. When my students draw Korea on the board, they draw both the North and South together. If you watch the weather, the map shows both together. I've often seen images of Korea depicted this way.
Technically they are two separate nations. So what is going on here? Of course they have the same history and all that... my confusion is, do they actually think that it is one nation, or do they think it is one culture in two nations.
North Korea is defiantly not welcoming to the South. In fact, as a Canadian I would probably have more chance of going there then any Korean. |
One country, divided into two different nations. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: North Korea is a seperate country, right?! |
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| pdxsteve wrote: |
| denistron wrote: |
I feel as if most people here consider North Korea and South Korea as one nation. When my students draw Korea on the board, they draw both the North and South together. If you watch the weather, the map shows both together. I've often seen images of Korea depicted this way.
Technically they are two separate nations. So what is going on here? Of course they have the same history and all that... my confusion is, do they actually think that it is one nation, or do they think it is one culture in two nations.
North Korea is defiantly not welcoming to the South. In fact, as a Canadian I would probably have more chance of going there then any Korean. |
One country, divided into two different nations. |
Do you even know what these words mean? |
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jaganath69
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Try one nation, two states. |
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caniff
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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From what I can determine (from living in the the ROK and reading about the North), they are clearly one people.
They just have differing systems in which to express their Korean-ness. |
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NAVFC
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:00 am Post subject: |
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| and the fact that one is ruled by a communist madman. |
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LuckyNomad
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:53 am Post subject: |
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| What nonsense. Of course Korea is one nation. Korea will be reunified. It may take a few more decades, but the division is only temporary. Unlike the American Civil War, in which 1 side wanted to be a seperate country, neither the north no the south really want to be seperate. |
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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:52 am Post subject: |
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| Matilda wrote: |
| Likewise, Miss Korea is not Miss South Korea... |
Egads!! She's a spy. |
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NAVFC
Joined: 10 May 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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| LuckyNomad wrote: |
| What nonsense. Of course Korea is one nation. Korea will be reunified. It may take a few more decades, but the division is only temporary. Unlike the American Civil War, in which 1 side wanted to be a seperate country, neither the north no the south really want to be seperate. |
hah! Right now the south very much wants to be a seperate country as reunifying right now would send the southern economy down the toilet.
and North Korea..they just dream of one dayi being able to invade and reunify the peninsula under North Korean communism. |
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