Korean Job Discussion Forums

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

Some people seem to be fluent in Korean on here. Has anyone been on a hangeul message board where koreans talk about waegooks? See what they're saying about us?

I imagine there are a fair few koreans doing the vice-versa on here.

dogbert · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: Killbox 90210

Of course there are. One indicator of Korean public opinion is the comments found underneath stories on newspaper websites.

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

newspaper sites aren't really the equivalent of this board though are they?

I get the odd snippet of strange ideas koreans have against waegooks (e.g we have a 'meat smell' about us), but was basically wondering about common opinions about us, I can never really get that by talking to korean friends, because by default they know a lot about westerners already.

dogbert · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: Killbox 90210

Psy · Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Location: Hongdae

Wonderful site, I loved it. However, it's mainly comprised of gyopos, and those interested in K-Pop. Many of them seem very young (teenagers?)and they all seem to be completely fluent in English.

I haven't actually searched for boards or forums dedicated to koreans commenting on waegookins, but I'm sure there may be a few if you look hard enough. I doubt that they would spend much time on such boards and it would probably be pretty empty. Games and chatting seem to be the thing.

dogbert · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: Killbox 90210

Another equivalent is interest groups/forums/message boards connected to WWW portals such as Naver and Daum. Many have quite active discussions and high traffic.

For comments about foreigners specifically, there is a Daum cafe devoted to international relationships where this is a regular topic, for example.

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

Yeah I liked that site, although all that
"txt spk lol! U knw wht I Meen!? "
stuff gets right on my beeps.

Must be getting old.

Psy, are you named after the K-pop star I was reading about this morning?

jaebea · Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Location: SYD

Swiss, nah it's not just you.

I moderated one of those damn forums and it still grates.

KEKKEKEKEK

Bloody hell.

:)

jae.

Psy · Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Location: Hongdae

jaebea · Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Location: SYD

Hahaha, only in name.

There's a lot of competition between these forums, bragging rights and so forth I guess.

When people are shut down by zealous mods, they just move with their feet and take over another one.

The sheer number of stupid posts means that you really don't do much. There's only so much one man can do.. :)

jae.

dogbert · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: Killbox 90210

Just found this link on the "board games" thread:

http://cathartidae.blog-city.com/read/399731.htm

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

that site never works for me, it just times out.

dogbert · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: Killbox 90210

jaebea · Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Location: SYD

That last line is a killer.

It's sad to see, and if they want to miss out on ALL THE HOT CHICKS that will be playing games here, I don't see how that will be a problem.

Clowns.

jae.

shawner88 · Joined: 01 Feb 2003

I wonder how well that business will do. I hope it works out for them. I'd like to open a DVD bang someday. That's the life.