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StudentInKorea
Joined: 29 Sep 2009
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 Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: He who lives in a glass house shouldn't throw stones! |
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The errors included a Kuwaiti schoolbook stating that Koreans speak Chinese and an Argentinian text describing Korea as having a tropical climate under which malaria is endemic. On the naming of the East Sea, most books use the "Sea of Japan." Another common inclusion is the simultaneous use of both the �East Sea� and �Sea of Japan� in other books. Instances of using only the �East Sea� were very rare.
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Saying that Malaria is endemic in Korea is not too far from the truth, although it might not strictly qualify as endemic:
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| Declared malaria free in 1979, there was a reemergence of the disease in the late 1990s. By 1999, the North Korean government reported a total of 100,000 cases, which tripled to 300,000 cases in 2001. Most cases were identified in the southern provinces. |
Again I feel like it's a case where they believe that Korea=South Korea. |
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aq8knyus
Joined: 28 Jul 2010
Location: London
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I still get asked whether I'm from South or North Korea by Europeans. Many people in the world are far more stupid than most here think. |
Why is that a stupid question? If you say you are Korean you could be either.
In regards to the OP I once read in the Yonsei level 3 Korean reading textbook that the popularity of gardening in the UK was linked to our depressing weather. I also read in a Korean newspaper describing London in the run up to the olympics that London was far less interesting than Seoul because everything closes at 2am.
It's always funny to read how you are viewed by outsiders, I say laught it off. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| aq8knyus wrote: |
| Yaya wrote: |
| I still get asked whether I'm from South or North Korea by Europeans. Many people in the world are far more stupid than most here think. |
Why is that a stupid question? If you say you are Korean you could be either.
In regards to the OP I once read in the Yonsei level 3 Korean reading textbook that the popularity of gardening in the UK was linked to our depressing weather. I also read in a Korean newspaper describing London in the run up to the olympics that London was far less interesting than Seoul because everything closes at 2am.
It's always funny to read how you are viewed by outsiders, I say laught it off. |
It is a stupid question. I couldn't be outside of North Korea if I was a North Korean (and it sounds like you need more information, son). |
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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Yaya wrote: |
| aq8knyus wrote: |
| Yaya wrote: |
| I still get asked whether I'm from South or North Korea by Europeans. Many people in the world are far more stupid than most here think. |
Why is that a stupid question? If you say you are Korean you could be either.
In regards to the OP I once read in the Yonsei level 3 Korean reading textbook that the popularity of gardening in the UK was linked to our depressing weather. I also read in a Korean newspaper describing London in the run up to the olympics that London was far less interesting than Seoul because everything closes at 2am.
It's always funny to read how you are viewed by outsiders, I say laught it off. |
It is a stupid question. I couldn't be outside of North Korea if I was a North Korean (and it sounds like you need more information, son). |
You could have shot two superior officers and defected (funny how an additional "a" would make this a silly statement) to SK! You could be an NK government official. You could be an NK athlete. You could be a spy.
Maybe people are obliged to ask in order to prevent them from telling you secrets.
Lots of reasons to ask. Maybe they're just bored.
But in general, yeah, Occam's Razor would work for you. |
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aq8knyus
Joined: 28 Jul 2010
Location: London
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Yaya wrote: |
| aq8knyus wrote: |
| Yaya wrote: |
| I still get asked whether I'm from South or North Korea by Europeans. Many people in the world are far more stupid than most here think. |
Why is that a stupid question? If you say you are Korean you could be either.
In regards to the OP I once read in the Yonsei level 3 Korean reading textbook that the popularity of gardening in the UK was linked to our depressing weather. I also read in a Korean newspaper describing London in the run up to the olympics that London was far less interesting than Seoul because everything closes at 2am.
It's always funny to read how you are viewed by outsiders, I say laught it off. |
It is a stupid question. I couldn't be outside of North Korea if I was a North Korean (and it sounds like you need more information, son). |
You can't be a North Korean if you are outside North Korea? Being North Korean isn't a state of mind, you are a North Korean whether you are outside of North Korea or not.
I mean considering the complexity of the problems of identity and nationality when it comes to Korea it is understandable. A curious person would simply wish to know how you identify yourself. Its like me thinking everyone with a North American accent is from the US, its better to ask just in case, sweetie. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Yaya wrote: |
| aq8knyus wrote: |
| Yaya wrote: |
| I still get asked whether I'm from South or North Korea by Europeans. Many people in the world are far more stupid than most here think. |
Why is that a stupid question? If you say you are Korean you could be either.
In regards to the OP I once read in the Yonsei level 3 Korean reading textbook that the popularity of gardening in the UK was linked to our depressing weather. I also read in a Korean newspaper describing London in the run up to the olympics that London was far less interesting than Seoul because everything closes at 2am.
It's always funny to read how you are viewed by outsiders, I say laught it off. |
It is a stupid question. I couldn't be outside of North Korea if I was a North Korean (and it sounds like you need more information, son). |
So no one ever escapes from North Korea? |
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StudentInKorea
Joined: 29 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 12:43 am Post subject: |
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| Yaya wrote: |
It is a stupid question. I couldn't be outside of North Korea if I was a North Korean (and it sounds like you need more information, son). |
If you had claimed that "I couldn't have spoken English as fluently as I do if I was from North Korea" I might have given you some leeway, but really, no North Koreans outside of North Korea? Using the same logic it would be impossible to meet a Swedish person in South Korea since there are fewer Swedes here than North Koreans. |
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