Korean Job Discussion Forums

[bluelake]

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/02/09/pkg.vbs.korea.vbstv

[bassexpander]

Just watched all.. what ... 14 of those videos? Interesting and creepy at the same time.

This is very, very close to us. Within hours. Living. Breathing. Totally brainwashed.

What would it be like if the walls came down, or, gosh forbid, we were invaded?

[ChrisGuy]

That was very interesting, thanks for posting it!

Not quite sure what to make of that... people are people at the end of the day, but it would take decades of a free press before their opinions changed to represent anything that we consider 'normal'. Its a real testimony to how powerful knowledge is. I would love to see interviews with people that were free to say what they want.

As for invading... while the country has the numbers in its military, im not sure how a country without electricity readily available to the population, or transportation for the majority of its people (see the empty roads!) would have the resources to invade, or even cope if invaded...

[mc_jc]

I went to a Korean restuarant in Qingdao with a Korean friend and from the time I entered the place until I paid the check, I was speaking almost entirely in Korean. However, instead of feeling pleased to hear a laowai (waegukin) speak their language, they looked at me with distain without knowing why until I left the place. I found out later that the restuarant was entirely staffed by North Koreans and they didn't feel comfortable with me using South Korean words.

My question is- do they truly hate to hear the South Korean form of the language?
From my understanding, South Korean is mixed with many Japanese, English and German (the word for "part-time job" is actually German) while North Korean is almost all indigenous except for some words being borrowed from Chinese and Russian. From one article published a few years back, one reason North Korea bans South Korean TV shows is because they fear the language might be corrupted with words used in the South (aside from the obvious one in which to show their people how well Southerners live).

[rickpidero]

Great video, I'm surprised the guys didn't get arrested since they obviously didn't listen to anything their handlers said. I would love to go, I heard they are consider reopening the tours from the South sometime this year, for foreigners only.

[LosSeoul]

Vice and VBS are amazing. If you thought that was nuts you should check out there little trip to Liberia...

http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/the-vice-guide-to-liberia