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[flakfizer]

[Unposter]

For what it is worth, I have had two older Koreans who were children during the Korean War who practically broke down and thanked me for defending Korea during the Korean War even though I was not even born during that time and while I did have an uncle who served during that time, I hardly feel any responsibility or feel the need for thanks.

From my experience, the people who experienced the Korean War have a much different attitude toward the U.S. and other Western nations than the younger generation.

I would not expect the younger generation to be too thankful. It would be a little bit like Americans thanking the French for their help in America's Revolutionary War against the English. It is never going to happen!

And, for whatever it is worth, I have also met a surprising number of Koreans of all ages who do not like kimchi.

Korea is a country in great transition.

[Unposter]

Oh yeah and for the record, I have seen Koreans complain about Westerners speaking English but it was always when they were speaking really loudly.

And, yes, I have also experienced Koreans, usually old men, complain about Korean women with Western men, though I have not seen it in a long time.

[tzechuk]

I once had an older ajosshi telling me off for speaking in English to my daughter - we were on the train, in the first class compartment and we were quiet! He was pretty unhappy and yelled at me in Korean, my daughter looked at me (she understood almost every word he said, eventhough she was only 3). I calmly explained to him that I was not Korean, but Chinese, and if he preferred, I'd be happy to speak in Chinese to my daughter instead. He muttered something under his breath and went to sleep.

I continued to speak in English to my daughter.

[Steelrails]

Bulgogi, Spicy Pork, and Galbi that resembles the Bulgogi, Spicy Pork and Galbi we'd have at church back home.

Japchae as a dish sold at a restaurant, like back home.

I feel ripped off.