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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.

[Atavistic]

[R. S. Refugee]

[dogbert]

[Pyongshin Sangja]

I've spent a lot of time in Korea and have made numerous trips to both Cholla Provinces. Chollanamdo is a VERY different part of the country; everything from food (Overall, the best and most varied in Korea...if I have time in future I'll tell you about the Kalbi-sal meal I had in Mokpo...), dialect, physical envronment (The 'flattest' part of the country), and generally the easiest people to get along with...

All of the visits I made (4) to Gwangju were real hoots, especially a friend's (English) wedding to a 'local lass'. However, as a couple of posters have noted, the people there tend to be 'political'...

After having visited the MOST sobering monument I have ever been to in Korea - the MAY 18Th MEMORIAL/MONUMENT - it is easy to see why...NO other area of Korea has been as ruthlessly oppressed/suppressed as Chollanamdo: payback by the Seoul/Kyongsan elites for the temerity of the Cholla people in their opposition to the brutal military dictatorships of Park Chung-hee, Chun Doo-hwan et.al.

The MAY 18th MONUMENT is a place no one can visit (especially after viewing the video and photgraphic museum and coming face-to-face with images of unbelieveable brutality) and walk away from emotionally untouched - if not shattered...! The people of Chollanamdo - and Gwangju in particular - suffered horrendously at the hands of Chun Doo-hwan in May, 1980; the fact that that pschopathic piece of vermin excrement is walking around these days free as a bird must stick in their craw to an unimaginable degree...

The people of Gwangju led the way in the fight for (supposed) democracy in Korea, and fought, suffered and died alone...no support forthcoming from all the cities and people riding high in Korea today.

'Political'? F-ingOath!! And long may they remain so...they might just have to prod this country out of its stupor one day again.

If any readers of this site haven't been to the May 18th Monument, please try to do so...it'll give you another whole perspective on this country!