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DCJames
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Kuros
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| During a similar survey carried out in 2007, 58 percent of respondents said they have favorable opinions of the U.S. |
What accounts for the jump?
I'd say Kim's antics. |
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catman
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| During a similar survey carried out in 2007, 58 percent of respondents said they have favorable opinions of the U.S. |
What accounts for the jump?
I'd say Kim's antics. |
For sure. Back in 2002-2003 the Norks were their brothers while they Americans were the evil foreigners who divided the peninsula. |
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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: Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Back in 2002-2003 the Norks were their brothers while they Americans were the evil foreigners who divided the peninsula. |
Americans were the evil foreigners who ran over their girls with a tank.
A class of teenage girls asked me in 2003 at a museum whether I was from America. I said I was from Canada and they all looked surprised, wide eyed, and delighted, bursting out in applause. (I thought it had less to do with where I was from than where I wasn't from. They cheered the non-American.) |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| catman wrote: |
| Back in 2002-2003 the Norks were their brothers while they Americans were the evil foreigners who divided the peninsula. |
Americans were the evil foreigners who ran over their girls with a tank.
A class of teenage girls asked me in 2003 at a museum whether I was from America. I said I was from Canada and they all looked surprised, wide eyed, and delighted, bursting out in applause. (I thought it had less to do with where I was from than where I wasn't from. They cheered the non-American.) |
Everyone loves America because of hamburgers and Disneyland! The remaining 22% must be people who just wanted to play games and skew the results. |
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ManintheMiddle
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Good post, OP.
Previous polls have also shown a generation gap between those with memories of the Korean War (or of elders who experienced it firsthand) and the younger generations (who are also influenced by socialist professors in Seoul).
I'd like to believe it's not a see-saw result indicative of an ongoing love-hate relationship with America. I'd also like to believe that Kuros is wrong about it being the result of recent DPRK back peddling but I'm afraid Kuros is probably correct.
In fairness to South Koreans, it can't be easy having a huge foreign military presence in their midst for so long. One doesn't need to be nationalistic to resent our presence. (Even the Germans and Japanese occasionally get tired of it). But then again, I'd hope that even the young can view it as a necessary evil and recognize that even now a few Americans are dying and tens of thousands more sacrificing time from their families to protect their freedoms.
Maybe the South Koreans are just fickle? |
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Summer Wine
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: Next to a River
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| A class of teenage girls asked me in 2003 at a museum whether I was from America. I said I was from Canada and they all looked surprised, wide eyed, and delighted, bursting out in applause. (I thought it had less to do with where I was from than where I wasn't from. They cheered the non-American.) |
Man, you had it lucky.
I really caught it then.
I guessed it rubbed me the wrong way because they never asked me, they just judged me. 
I guess they need to educate the Koreans, 1 person = not american, 2 people = buddy system (american)  |
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