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friendoken
Joined: 19 Jan 2008
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 Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject: Korean things Japan has stolen |
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I have two Korean kids in my grade 6 class here in Laos. Last Friday we were talking about the time I visited Pusan for the cherry blossom festival while I was teaching in Korea.
They said, "Teacher, did you know that the Japanese came to Korea and stole our cherry blossom trees?"
"No, I didn't know that."
"It's true teacher, they steal everything Korean!" |
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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: Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Several Koreans in different circumstances (adult class, while travelling, a shopkeeper) have told me that Japan BROUGHT cherry blossom trees TO Korea during the Japanese occupation. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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That was what I heard, that the cherry blossoms came from Japan. Sort of like the red weed in War of the Worlds.
The Japanese did steal several national treasures, including the best bonsai trees from the best Korean gardens. It sounds like the kids are just a little mixed up. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| According to wiki, the cherry blossom is indigenous to Korea. |
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Paji eh Wong
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, there were all those people they stole during the pottery war. |
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greekvvedge
Joined: 19 Jun 2007
Location: Apkujeong
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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you could never know the truth about what is what....
koreans have also published texts that claim that samurai, geisha, sushi, kendo, karate, etc. all come from korea. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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The Japanese that are in Japan, are not the indigenous "Japanese" people.
Thats what I heard. Back in the Bronze age there are Japanese people, and the modern Japanese came in and flushed them out. |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:12 am Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
The Japanese that are in Japan, are not the indigenous "Japanese" people.
Thats what I heard. Back in the Bronze age there are Japanese people, and the modern Japanese came in and flushed them out. |
Right, the Japanese stole themselves from Korea. 
On a more serious note, I have also heard that theory. I think the idea is that before the ancient Korean Japanese came to Japan, the islands were mostly populated by the Ainu in the north and possibly Austronesians in the southern parts.
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:06 am Post subject: |
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The indigenous people of japan still live up in the far north. The people we know of as japanese came from -- mongolia? no idea.
I read at a temple in jeju that the cherry blossoms are native to korea but not to japan.
Anyways, japan stol a lot of ceramic technology from korea. Also, a lot of Buddhist culture went to Japan uring the baekje period. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:25 am Post subject: |
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| Japan has stolen the entire Korea itself before when it occupied about 100 years ago. |
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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: Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:35 am Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
The Japanese that are in Japan, are not the indigenous "Japanese" people.
Thats what I heard. Back in the Bronze age there are Japanese people, and the modern Japanese came in and flushed them out. |
the same is in Korea
go to the national museum in seoul and see PLENTY of artifacts from before the Koreans came, as koreans themzelves admit in the exhibition display literature
there were indigineous people here and died out well before the koreans came |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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| You forgot about Dokdo. |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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Japan stole Korea's common sense.
How about things Korea has stolen from Japan?
I'm not so sure about the traditional stuff, but there's plenty contemporary wise.
comic books, animation, video games, Rod Stewart haircuts for the young guys, food (ever notice how every kimbap chungook sells omurice and tonkatsu?), annoying pop music |
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