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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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 Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:06 am Post subject: New Lonely Planet Korea book |
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anybody seen it? I picked it up this past week and man do they rip some things Korean.
There is a great bit on p.49 on all this "Hub of Asia" stuff. It says that Korea will never be one because of all the things we've mentioned here and thensome
then it gives the Times and Herald an "F" for their news coverage and saying all its good for is for Koreans to learn English
finally it rips arirang tv for giving a santised version of korea
all dead on though
just wonder how the locals will react |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Who knows. Maybe such a prodding from an international publication may provoke some reflection. I remember the UK one ripped into the food and service industries there in the 1990s, and both have improved somewhat since. |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:52 am Post subject: |
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| jaganath69 wrote: |
| Who knows. Maybe such a prodding from an international publication may provoke some reflection. I remember the UK one ripped into the food and service industries there in the 1990s, and both have improved somewhat since. |
Deservedly so. I miss my fish and chips. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 7:44 am Post subject: Re: New Lonely Planet Korea book |
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| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
| just wonder how the locals will react |
Mass protests in front of Kyobo to stop selling it, then setting the books and themselves on fire |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:53 am Post subject: |
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I have the last version and restaurants seem to have a special reverence for me when i go to a place in it.
Get out of Seoul, people. |
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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 Apr 22, 2007 11:30 am Post subject: |
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Geoje Island in an old version had 'one of the most beautiful coastal drives in all of Asia'
Geoje Island doesn't exist at all, according to the newest Lonely Planet  |
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