http://rokdrop.com/2006/09/08/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner-again-2/ Korea From North to South Thu, 24 May 2012 06:32:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://rokdrop.com/2006/09/08/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner-again-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2990 Rise of Silent Pro-Japanese Majority in Korea? at ROK Drop Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:33:50 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=1648#comment-2990 [...] 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.  [...] [...] 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.  [...]

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