By I like Chinese food as much as the next guy, but this is ridiculous:
Fighting tooth and nail: Members of civic groups tear the Chinese flag in front of the Chinese Embassy in Seoul, Thursday to protest China¿s claims that ancient Korea originated from China. Beijing recently claimed Mt. Paekdu, the highest mountain on the Korean peninsula, as its own as it lighted sacred fires for the 6th Winter Asian Games on Wednesday.
5:33 pm on February 1st, 2007 1
[...] I tend to think that there isn’t a rise of a silent majority in Korea that gets along with Japan because the majority that gets along with Japan has always been there. The vast majority of Koreans aren’t flag eaters, bee stompers, finger choppers, or a host of other acts that ultra-Korean nationalists have done in the past to show their anti-Japanese feelings. Japanese tourists can be seen all over Korea and nobody bothers them likewise with Korean tourists that visit Japan where no one bothers them either. However, just because Koreans get along with the Japanese doesn’t mean they like them. The vast majority of Koreans I have met don’t like the Japanese, but have no problems with visiting Japan or even working there for that matter. Most Korean let there kids watch Japanese animation and on the streets of Seoul you can even see more Japanese cars than in the past. Despite media claims that would lead you to believe that Koreans hate the Japanese; Koreans don’t hate the Japanese, but they don’t like them either. [...]