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darrin312

Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Location: Kyopoville
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:57 am Post subject: South Korea is in danger of becoming the most xenophobic.... |
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Foreigners fear for safety in South Korea
Posted on Thursday, March 17 2005
Topic: Asia Pacific Articles
By Conor Purcell
The US embassy warns American citizens to stay away from certain parts of the capital Seoul as a homegrown campaign urges foreigners to leave...
Demonstrations against foreigners are planned and an online petition to keep foreigners out of the Republic of Korea has already received thousands of signatures.
Many foreigners are worried, some have already left. And all this because of a website?
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Read the entire story here.
Way to go korea! You are #1!!!!11 |
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diver
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:12 am Post subject: |
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About friggin time. I hope this story takes off. |
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Daechidong Waygookin

Joined: 22 Nov 2004 Location: No Longer on Dave's. Ive quit.
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:41 am Post subject: |
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Ever see one of those "Anti foreigner" guys?
I saw one handing out flyers outside COEX a while back. My wife told me "look, thats one of those anti foreigner people". I actually walked up to him and asked for a paper. As expected all he did was back away and was gone, walking away from me. And I was with a Korean woman, holding hands.
Really, all that stuff is old news anyway. |
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Mashimaro

Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: location, location
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:42 am Post subject: |
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yeah damn foreigners, if it wasn't for them korea would be hub of asia already.
I don't mind if korea expels us foreigners, as long as they realise we won't be buying any more hyundais or samsung or LG Let's see how the country functions without it's export dollars.
I suppose they would still have china, but it's only a matter of time before china has there own brands that are better than korean stuff |
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buddy bradley

Joined: 24 Aug 2003 Location: The Beyond
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:49 am Post subject: |
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I love e-mailing links like that back home. It makes me sound hard and tough.
Thanks for the link! |
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JongnoGuru

Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:50 am Post subject: |
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buddy bradley wrote: |
I love e-mailing links like that back home. It makes me sound hard and tough.
Thanks for the link! |
"Back home" usually finds them first and sends them to me. |
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hellofaniceguy

Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: On your computer screen!
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:50 am Post subject: |
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As much as I enjoy korea and koreans...koreans are their own worst enemy. They screw up a wet dream! |
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Daechidong Waygookin

Joined: 22 Nov 2004 Location: No Longer on Dave's. Ive quit.
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:53 am Post subject: |
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Thank god for the japanese. Who cares about some foreigners when the Japanese want to take Dokdo. |
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The Lemon

Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:11 am Post subject: Re: South Korea is in danger of becoming the most xenophobic |
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darrin312 wrote: |
By Conor Purcell
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The thing is, Connor Purcell has about as much journalistic integrity as the Cookie Monster.
apologies to peppermint. |
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indiercj

Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:14 am Post subject: |
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What a nice little piece of crap.
It beats the SBS report hands down.
I bet that Purcell guy wrote it on his way home from Itaewon at 4AM.  |
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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: Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:46 am Post subject: |
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The British flag flies next to the author's name, aptly. The tone of the article is a bit light, almost condescending.
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Today��s 20-something English teacher is tomorrow��s business man or investor. |
That's a stretch! Economic logic at its most reductively absurd. |
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whatthefunk

Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Dont have a clue
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:29 am Post subject: |
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So, are you all packing your bags and leaving? Jesus, I would. Nothing worse in the world than ignorant, bored college students handing out fliers at the train station...
But I do happen to agree that foreigner influence is the only source of trouble in this otherwise perfect country. If it werent for those damn foreigners, Korea would definately have the largest economy in their own little world. And there would be no crime cause as Real Reality points out continually, crimes commited by foreigners rise significantly every year while I have never read any articles about the number of crimes commited by Koreans rising thus proving that Koreans do not usually commit crimes unless being influenced by some corrupt English teacher who will soon be head of Samsung, after which he will funnel all the money out of the country leaving those good hearted Koreans poor and kimchi-less. Stupid foreigners. |
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shakuhachi

Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Location: Sydney
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:45 am Post subject: |
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I read the current affairs story that was linked by the OP. It seems factual enough. Lemon, what specifically about this article lack integrity? |
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Reflections
Joined: 04 Jan 2005
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 4:45 am Post subject: |
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Actually, I don't think that its in danger of 'becoming', because I think that it already 'has'.... |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 4:46 am Post subject: |
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Conor is an occasional poster on here. I like his writing.
I don't think foreigners are living in fear here just yet though- although they do experience the odd bit of in-your-face prejudice, (and a lot more behind -your- back prejudice.)
But nothing serious now: we're hardly the last remaining jews in 1930's Berlin. |
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