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huffdaddy
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Mashimaro
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 Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: Korea - cultural trendsetter |
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| huffdaddy wrote: |
| proudly proclaiming itself as "Dynamic Korea" in its main tourism slogan. |
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Korea "proudly proclaims" itself to be many things. Shame no one outside of Koreans believe the hype. |
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Real Reality
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Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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The title of the article is Seoul hesitant to end N. Korea projects.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061021/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear_427
Stingy image could hurt Korea in long run: Foreign aid buys influence, experts say
The Pyongyang exception
One unique aspect of Seoul's foreign aid situation is that its contributions to one country in particular -- North Korea... "Still, money going to the North is coming from the same taxpayers' pockets, so in the end there is less money to be used for foreign aid."
by Brian Lee, JoongAng Daily (May 2, 2005)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200505/01/200505012207497139900090409041.html
Koreans Look Outward to Seek Better Life: Increasing Number of Technicians, Other Professionals Join Emigration Tide
By Chung Ah-young, The Korea Times (October 27, 2004)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/special/200410/kt2004102718575545250.htm
Korean Labor Productivity Lags Behind Advanced Nations
Chosun Ilbo (September 13, 2006)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200609/200609130024.html |
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gang ah jee
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:57 pm Post subject: Re: Korea - cultural trendsetter |
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I don't know about the rest of Asia, but when I lived in Hanoi, Korea seemed pretty influential. People seemed genuinely impressed that I'd lived in Seoul, and everyone liked making jokes about how I must have liked it because Korean women were so beautiful. Vietnamese singers ripped off tunes from Korean pop (which were probably ripped off from somewhere else), everyone watched Korean soap operas daily, and so on and so on. |
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shevek
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:38 pm Post subject: Re: Korea - cultural trendsetter |
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| gang ah jee wrote: |
I don't know about the rest of Asia, but when I lived in Hanoi, Korea seemed pretty influential. People seemed genuinely impressed that I'd lived in Seoul, and everyone liked making jokes about how I must have liked it because Korean women were so beautiful. Vietnamese singers ripped off tunes from Korean pop (which were probably ripped off from somewhere else), everyone watched Korean soap operas daily, and so on and so on. |
I agree....not only Vietnam though...Inner Mongolia too. |
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gang ah jee
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: Korea - cultural trendsetter |
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| shevek wrote: |
| I agree....not only Vietnam though...Inner Mongolia too. |
Yeah, I mean it's better than nothing. |
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just because
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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One of the K-teachers I work with told me on friday that Kimchi is now a world food...
I told her that before i had came to Korea(and I had lived in japan and been all over Asia) I had never heard of Kimchi and nobody i knew had ever mentioned it...
She seemed genuinely shocked and that i was lying or trying to make her angry....
| mashimoro wrote: |
| Korea "proudly proclaims" itself to be many things. Shame no one outside of Koreans believe the hype. |
This sums up what i am saying exactly..... |
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JongnoGuru
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| just because wrote: |
One of the K-teachers I work with told me on friday that Kimchi is now a world food...
I told her that before i had came to Korea(and I had lived in japan and been all over Asia) I had never heard of Kimchi and nobody i knew had ever mentioned it...
She seemed genuinely shocked and that i was lying or trying to make her angry.... |
No problem with all that being true and Korea still being a rising cultural power and trendsetter. Just tell the K-teacher that it's thanks to her and her fellow (wrong word?) world-class K-hawties that Korea's managed to achieve the level of global prominence and prestige it has. Kimchi, sure, lots of waegooks will never like it. No problem. In the end, though, kimchi's just a dish you throw on the table and eat, whereas K-hawties.... uh... let me rephrase that. |
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