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[Keepongoing]

What is Your Hope for Korea in the Future?

My hope:

1. That the US  Army leaves-I don't think we need to be here anymore. Let them fend for themselves.

2. That they would begin focusing more on fluency than on accuracy when learning English

3. That they would become part of the world community without needing to dissolve their culture

4. That they would be honest about how Korea and Koreans really are

[atomic42]

5. That "well-being" campaigns can no longer include cigarettes, pizza, fried foods, or ice cream.
4. That all Korean children actually retain some of the knowledge dropped on their little heads.
3. That Koreans start doing 60 Minutes specials on how rude it is to stare at the handsome foreigner with the large package.
2. That all churches, ministers, and congregations move to Jerusalem but get lost in the desert for 40 years along the way.
1. That all bongo trucks drive into the sea.

[Donkey Beer]

-more places start serving breakfast

-less hagwon hours

-no need for a special visa to do privates

-the alcohol selection improves

-more people start wearing deodorant

[Newbie]

As is already happening, I hope their "pure" blood lines continue to get diluted so I don't have to listen to any more crap like "I'm so special cuz I can count back 50 generations" ("sure, I skip a generation or two on the way, but hey, close enough")

[GoldMember]

As much as many Koreans hate it when we are critical about the place, being critical is not being anti Korean. The usual reaction from many Koreans, is to be offended, or to start attacking. A lot can be learnt by taking criticism on board, learning from it, and maybe improving this country.
Personally I wish all Koreans the best in the future, however the reality is that this country has been stagnant, and in fact has been going backwards, and will continue to do so unless there are some dramatic changes.
My predictions for the future,
Rising Unemployment
Rising Bankruptcies
Falling Population
Greater income disparity.

[sojourner1]

I hope they pay more attention to the environment in perspective of pollution and designing architecture that better fits into the natural environment like the way traditional architecture does such as Buddhist temples. Some of the newer constructions are looking rather nice so it is improving in visual appearances and quite interesting to see. I hope they develop and implement better ways of controlling pollution as they really do have a beautiful country when you look at the mountain sides, but the valleys are an eyesore with all those white wafer looking high rise buildings.

[bijjy]

That the environment will be cleaned up, smog reduced, and more trees planted in the city.

[LUCRETIA]

I wish more people would stop thinking that a) prostitution doesn't exist or b) it does but it's funny.

The country will really progress when wife-beating is considered backward and stupid and not an ok, inevitable and sometimes amusing piece of Korean culture.

I would love to come back to Korea one day and find that women here don't feel that they have to wear heals 24/7, or giggle like 12 year old girls, or choose between being a housewife or an office girl in some company.

[mercury]

(In the voice of M. Luther King Jr.)


I have a dream.......that all Koreans will learn to stand in a line. That azumas will no longer push others, no matter how much in a hurry they are. I have a dream, that koreans will not stare at people because of the color of their skin, nor because of their big units. I have a dream, that a teacher can walk hand in hand down any road with a hot woman, and not have a single agossi spit in anger. I have a dream, that the toilet paper in Korea will be used in the bathroom, and not on restaurant tables, and that koreans can flush it down the toilet, instead of throwing it in plastic blue trash cans, making azumas pick it up with their very hands. I have a dream.

[markhan]

How long you have been in Korea? I did notice that you are very negative concerning Korea. And without good reasons.
Can you explain it why Korea has gone backward?

Just last year, Goldman Sach, a highly regard investment firm, predict that Korea will rank second in GNP per Capital next to the US by year 2050.

Korean students, in terms of foreign student enrollement, rank no 1 in China, at least top 3 in US and Japan. In the next 15-20 years, you will see returnee students from said countries as well as Europe making hugh impact on Korea. No doubt Samsung, LG, and Hyundai have greatly benefited from the 1st generation of returnee Korean students.

Moreover, many leaders from diverse industries, including former GE CEO Jack Welch, futurist writer James Naisbitt and Alvin Toffler, financier George Soros, and just recently visited Warren Buffett (he has 5% stake in POSCO), as well as Noam Chomsky and NYT columinists, not to mentioned, many in the IT industry, have all commented that Korea has a bright future.

I majored in International Economics, so it is my interest to know such a thing.
On the other hand, I also like to hear opposing views.
What exactly is your reasoning behind such a pessismistic view on Korea?

[mercury]

[pest2]

That I, pest2, will never again be in it after Tuesday.

[lucas_p]

[Vicissitude]

My hope for Korea's future:

That all Koreans become fluent speakers of the English language...









so all waygookin TESLers can go home and get real jobs.

[mercury]