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special_k
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 Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:59 pm Post subject: Korean Liberation Day |
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| Is there anything special going on on Wednesday? I have my family visiting so it maybe be fun to do something cultural with them. Any1 know of anything fun to do on this day? |
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Scorpion
Joined: 15 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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Oh you mean the annual 'thank you America' parade? After atom bomb number one and atom bomb number two, Tokyo surrendered on August 14th. When is Korean liberation day again? August 15th you say! Oh those brave Korean revolutionaries. Drove the Japanese back into the sea they did. 
I'd like to see the parade to see just how their liberation is portrayed. Revisionism, Korea be thy name. |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Well at least it isn't as bad as the propaganda in the North. Kim Sung Il liberating the country etc......... |
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Steelrails
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| Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Probably it will look just like the parade the Americans throw the French for their help in the Revolutionary War. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
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| Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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| For most people it's just another day to go shopping. But if you want to do something holiday-specific, then go to the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul. Just expect big crowds and remember that the subway runs on the Sunday/holiday schedule.. |
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matthews_world
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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its also the day when Lee Myung Bak will pardon 5000 of this buddies busted on corruption charges saying the country needs their services
very typical of things here |
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Seoulman69
Joined: 14 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:48 am Post subject: |
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| Probably it will look just like the parade the Americans throw the French for their help in the Revolutionary War. |
Or the constant tributes to native Americans and quiet self reflection of the genocide of native Americans on Thanksgiving. |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Burn a Japanese flag, wave a dokdo is ours banner, and carry around a mock atom bomb.
| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
its also the day when Lee Myung Bak will pardon 5000 of this buddies busted on corruption charges saying the country needs their services
very typical of things here |
Not this year apparently. Good I say. The Democratic party is already whining that their members jailed for corruption need to be pardoned. |
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likeanyother
Joined: 05 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:36 am Post subject: |
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(Wasn't sure if this warrants a new thread, but thought I would err on the side of non-board clogging...)
How many of those who work at hagwons have to work on this day? I was initially told by my boss that this is a holiday, but now, lo and behold, it's a regular work day. Rather annoyed about that. Just wondering if most people have to work this day, or if it's a day off? |
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paquebot
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
Location: Northern Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:36 am Post subject: |
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| likeanyother wrote: |
| How many of those who work at hagwons have to work on this day? |
I work at a hagwon and will have the holiday off, same as the previous four years.  |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
| Probably it will look just like the parade the Americans throw the French for their help in the Revolutionary War. |
Would this be like the 1824/1825 50th anniversary tour of the US that Lafayette took as part of the celebration of independence, even after the outrages of the French Revolution and the semi-war against France we fought? You do realize that Fayetteville, North Carolina is named in his honor, don't you?
Methinks you want Americans to eat snails, truffles, and frog legs in honor of the French from way back when until eternity. Phooey. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:14 am Post subject: |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| Steelrails wrote: |
| Probably it will look just like the parade the Americans throw the French for their help in the Revolutionary War. |
Would this be like the 1824/1825 50th anniversary tour of the US that Lafayette took as part of the celebration of independence, even after the outrages of the French Revolution and the semi-war against France we fought? You do realize that Fayetteville, North Carolina is named in his honor, don't you?
Methinks you want Americans to eat snails, truffles, and frog legs in honor of the French from way back when until eternity. Phooey. |
They honored Lafayette, not France.
No, but expecting Koreans to honor America on Independence Day in Korea is like expecting Americans to honor France on Independence Day in America.
I don't expect a "Thank You France" parade in America. An American complaining about Koreans not giving their fair due to the nation that helped liberate them strikes me as a bit hypocritical. I'm fine with average Americans believing the myth that their poor farmers beat the cream of the British Army because America was the most important part of the British Empire at the time and Britain was only fighting America.
And given the coverage of WWII-related stuff I've seen on TV, I don't think people here are too delusional over things. However, I think certain prejudiced elements of the NET crowd might be a bit delusional about what Koreans think. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:45 am Post subject: |
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| They honored Lafayette, not France. |
Ah, I see quibbling is your game. OK.
Naturally, the country bumpkin Americans couldn't distinguish an American from a French nobleman who'd played a significant part in the early months of the French Revolution and caused such excitement. That is why when General Pershing landed in France in 1917 he said, "Lafayette, we are here."
Right. |
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