Comments on: Revisiting Nogun-ri (Nogeun-ri)

By: ????????

???????? — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:00:11 +0000

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By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:01:30 +0000

Wow…trackbacks from Corean sites. Could this be a new trend?

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:32:50 +0000

Thanks James for the tip.

By: James

James — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:24:39 +0000

A new "expert" has written a book which includes a section on how there is "a lack of accountability for crimes committed by U.S. troops" and the U.S. should apologize for Nogun-ri:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fb20081012…

She also seems to sympathize with the ridiculous North Korean position that Japanese people should not be upset about the abduction of their citizens today because Japan did bad things to Korea before they were born.

By: Jax

Jax — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:13:00 +0000

Just when I thought the improving Iraq situation was giving the AP cause to seek out the truth …

I logged out of Hotmail this morning and saw this weblink pop up on MSNBC …

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25999745

Considering MSNBC's gutter level reputation, it does not surprise that the AP would have to rely on this network to get this story going in the US.

By: The 58th Anniversary of the No Gun Ri Incident

The 58th Anniversary of the No Gun Ri Incident — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:03:54 +0000

[...] will be the 58th anniversary of the No Gun Ri incident and I have a special posting prepared for tomorrow that I highly recommend everyone check out. [...]

By: shattered

shattered — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:39:15 +0000

Wrong again "Tom".

1899, U.S. military slang for "Filipino" during the insurrection there, probably from a native word, or imitative of the babbling sound of their language to American ears (cf. barbarian). The term goo-goo eyes "soft, seductive eyes" was in vogue c.1900 and may have contributed to this somehow. Extended over time to "Nicaraguan," "any Pacific Islander" (World War II), "Korean" (1950s), "Vietnamese" and "any Asian" (1960s).

Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001 Douglas Harper

The term "gook" was already in use before the Korean war. However, I am sure the Americans would get a good laugh when a barefoot, toothless Koreans would walk out of his thatched roof hut to the US Soldiers, who towered over them, and started babbeling "Me Gook, Me Gook". I am sure quite of few of those noble warriers would answer, them. "Yes you are a g0ddamn G00K, now get lost!" and then roll over, and bust a gut in laughter.

By: Kerry Stevenson

Kerry Stevenson — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:06:32 +0000

Sorry Richard, but the term "gook" does not really come from the Korean word for people. It is in fact, the Korean word for "country." Roughly translated: Mi-kuk, or "beautiful country" is Korean for the U.S., Chung-kuk, or "central country" is Korean for China, Han-kuk is Korea, not Korean for the Korean people.

By: ROK Drop — Keeping the USFK Gravy Train Rolling Since 1950.

ROK Drop — Keeping the USFK Gravy Train Rolling Since 1950. — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:24:41 +0000

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By: Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:54:23 +0000

The term gook came from the Korean word for people. See the definition hanguk, Miguk, ect. Hanguk being Korean people. Just thought I'd make that clear! Now yes we did take it and make it into a slang to use against all asians that Americans have had to deal with since the Korean War.