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[andrew]

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[Swiss James]

I dunno, it's cool though eh? I've tried doing it but look like a proper tool.

[Koreabound2004]

I've found myself doing it a lot more these days, I can't stop it.

[jamielives2000]

fear of dong chim?

[peony]

really funny thread!

I've always wondered the same thing myself. My 2.5 yr old nephew has started doing it after he saw his grandpa doing it a few times

[funplanet]

Herr Adolf Hitler did it as well......any connection???

[Real Reality]

Did not the Japanese handcuff Koreans? Did they not tie their hands behind their backs?

[captain kirk]

The most people at one time, as a group, doing it was a bunch of government workers in suits on a break from work. My guess/feeling is it's an 'I'm on inspection tour' pose of a gentleman who doesn't do menial labour and thus doesn't need hands at the ready. They can be held behind back at rest. A kind of pose that says 'I have authority', don't use my hands, and have a big brain.

[hellofaniceguy]

It's called CYA! More ways than one!

[Swiss James]

[skinhead]

It's 'traditional'

And if ya do it, ya gotta go "Ahem"
This cute site explains it all in two languages http://www.hackerstoeic.com/html/mmove.htm?id=I_others_Brian&no=165

[pauly]

OMG, I must be more Korean than I realized. I've been doing that for a while now.

[desultude]

I think the women do it because that is the way children and other things are carried. Have you ever seen a ajjoshi carry a case of food on his back? Look at how the babies are carried. Next time you see and ajuma with her hands behind her back, and stooped a bit forward, imagine a baby there.

Anyway, that is my silly conjecture.

[Swiss James]

[desultude]