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agentX
Joined: 12 Oct 2007
Location: Jeolla province
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 Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:16 pm Post subject: Dokdo kills the new 100k won bill. |
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Apparently people in this country can't agree on whether to add a few dots to a small map.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200810/200810080016.html
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Dokdo Issue Delays New W100,000 Notes
The government is believed to have tentatively halted plans to issue W100,000 notes due to controversy over whether to include the Dokdo islets in the Daedongyeojido or Grand Map of Korea drawn by Kim Jeong-ho in 1861, which is to form the design of the back side (US$1=W1,329).
The government had decided to feature a portrait of independence fighter Kim Koo on the front and the Daedongyeojido on the back. But the fact that the original map did not contain Dokdo became a problem. Following outrage over Japan�s territorial claims to Dokdo in teaching guidelines published in July, there have been calls among Koreans to add Dokdo to the historic map.
Debate over whether to do this or not had been raging ever since. The Foreign Ministry and others said drawing Dokdo on the Daedongyeojido could trigger diplomatic problems due to criticism about authenticity. But they apparently faced stiff resistance from people who insist Dokdo be included in consideration of public sentiment.
One key official at Cheong Wa Dae said the government decided it was too difficult to choose a side in this issue and asked the Bank of Korea to halt plans to print the new W100,000 notes until a clear decision can be reached.
But the government will apparently print and circulate the new W50,000 notes as scheduled in early 2009. The front of the W50,000 note will feature a portrait of 16th-century writer Shin Saimdang and the back will feature a painting of ume flowers by 16th-century painter Eo Mong-ryong. |
Let's be honest here. Are people going to sit there with a microscope to see if Dokdo has been added on a small scaled down map of Korea? |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject: Re: Dokdo kills the new 100k won bill. |
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| agentX wrote: |
Apparently people in this country can't agree on whether to add a few dots to a small map.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200810/200810080016.html
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Dokdo Issue Delays New W100,000 Notes
The government is believed to have tentatively halted plans to issue W100,000 notes due to controversy over whether to include the Dokdo islets in the Daedongyeojido or Grand Map of Korea drawn by Kim Jeong-ho in 1861, which is to form the design of the back side (US$1=W1,329).
The government had decided to feature a portrait of independence fighter Kim Koo on the front and the Daedongyeojido on the back. But the fact that the original map did not contain Dokdo became a problem. Following outrage over Japan�s territorial claims to Dokdo in teaching guidelines published in July, there have been calls among Koreans to add Dokdo to the historic map.
Debate over whether to do this or not had been raging ever since. The Foreign Ministry and others said drawing Dokdo on the Daedongyeojido could trigger diplomatic problems due to criticism about authenticity. But they apparently faced stiff resistance from people who insist Dokdo be included in consideration of public sentiment.
One key official at Cheong Wa Dae said the government decided it was too difficult to choose a side in this issue and asked the Bank of Korea to halt plans to print the new W100,000 notes until a clear decision can be reached.
But the government will apparently print and circulate the new W50,000 notes as scheduled in early 2009. The front of the W50,000 note will feature a portrait of 16th-century writer Shin Saimdang and the back will feature a painting of ume flowers by 16th-century painter Eo Mong-ryong. |
Let's be honest here. Are people going to sit there with a microscope to see if Dokdo has been added on a small scaled down map of Korea? |
Short answer: Absolutely.
People would probably cut off their own fingers and set themselves on fire in front of the Japanese embassy if they made the bill without Dokdo. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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Yes.
Seoulsucker is right. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: Dokdo kills the new 100k won bill. |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
Short answer: Absolutely.
People would probably cut off their own fingers and set themselves on fire in front of the Japanese embassy if they made the bill without Dokdo. |
 what a canadian answer! |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:32 pm Post subject: Re: Dokdo kills the new 100k won bill. |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| seoulsucker wrote: |
Short answer: Absolutely.
People would probably cut off their own fingers and set themselves on fire in front of the Japanese embassy if they made the bill without Dokdo. |
what a canadian answer! |
I'm not your fwend, buddy!!! 
I'm American, BTW |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm American, and I agree with him. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
| I'm American, and I agree with him. |
So am I. I'm not sure where he was going with that. |
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Temporary
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| At the rate the Won is falling the money will be needed cause the man won bill will be used as asswipe. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:47 pm Post subject: Re: Dokdo kills the new 100k won bill. |
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| agentX wrote: |
| Let's be honest here. Are people going to sit there with a microscope to see if Dokdo has been added on a small scaled down map of Korea? |
Absolutely. VANK will be right there at the head of that long line. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:02 am Post subject: |
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| The mere thought of adding something to a historic map is insane. |
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Zolt
Joined: 18 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:06 am Post subject: |
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| Lol, if you add something to it, it's not a historic map any more! |
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Gollywog
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Debussy's brain
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:32 am Post subject: |
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Korea is a nation of f---ing obsessive compulsives.
F--- Dokdo. It's a couple of rocks. Korea doesn't own Dokdo. No one owns anything on the Earth. God owns the Earth. We are just borrowing it.
I don't usually use this expression, but
Korea, get a life! |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:55 am Post subject: |
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| Gentlemen, you miss an excellent opportunity to withdraw 100K notes, scratch out the little dot, or write "is this takashima?" on the bill. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:28 am Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| Gentlemen, you miss an excellent opportunity to withdraw 100K notes, scratch out the little dot, or write "is this takashima?" on the bill. |
I came here to say this. |
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Socks
Joined: 15 May 2008
Location: somewhere in here...
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:41 am Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
| Gentlemen, you miss an excellent opportunity to withdraw 100K notes, scratch out the little dot, or write "is this takashima?" on the bill. |
I came here to say this. |
If you are suicidal - my students almost killed me once - when I drew a Merrrnong (tongue sticking out) of the guy on the 1,000won note...
Obviously "Dokdo" was not considered part of Korea if Kim Jeong-ho in 1861 did not draw it on the Grand Map of Korea... |
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