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Category Archives: Nationalism

Boycott Korea

23-Dec-07
A round-up of recent less favourable coverage. First, the Metropolitician's account of his 20 November arrest for being harrassed by a local racist is essential reading. He follows it up on 16 December with an equally explosive post with the simple warning message addressed to any foreigner thinking of coming to Korea to live and teach. Don't. Go to Japan or China instead. Other articles: Brian Deutsch in a 17 December article summarises some of the recent anti-foreign teacher coverage, in a post with a title too good not to re-use, while over at A Year in Mokpo another teacher provides a useful summary of racism and xenophobia in Korea. In a country which the local papers think is multiracial. Links (including some not terribly ...
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Hallyu and nationalism stories

13-Feb-07
A brief round-up of recent hallyu and nationalism stories. Rain's producer, Park Jin-young, says the word "Korean" should be removed from "Korean Wave". "I don't understand why the Korean wave is taken as the rah-rah material," Mr. Park said. "Now is the time to overcome nationalism, but instead we are intensifying that sentiment." Park has a similar message in the Chosun. Mark Russell has a good post about it here. The Korean women's speed-skating team apologize for their impromptu protest about the ownership of Mount Paektu. Follow some of the Marmot's links for the background. There are some fun photoshops of the protest here and here And on the subject of disputed territory in the North of Korea, some rather old news on how Korean ...
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Advice to Americans from their embassy: steer clear of massed Koreans

15-Aug-06
It's Independence Day. So I'll start with some advice emailed last Friday by the American Embassy to their citzens in Korea, and then consolidate a few related links on anti-americanism. August 15 is Korean Liberation or Independence Day, and civil gatherings and demonstrations are expected throughout South Korea. A large demonstration is scheduled to start at approximately 0900 hours on August 15 in the vicinity of Yongsan Garrison Gate #5 (near the Korean War Museum) and will continue as a planned march via public roads to Kyobo Small Park in the Gwanghwamun area of downtown Seoul, very close to the U.S. Embassy. The demonstrators are expected to focus on anti-American themes. The size of the demonstration is estimated from 6,000 to 8,000 ...
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Korean nationalism

16-Apr-06
The web is a great space for debate, and sometimes it grows out of nowhere. There's a lively discussion on Korean Christianity and nationalism going on at Koreanfilm.org right now, prompted by a seemingly innocuous interview with Park Chan-wook in the NY Times. What I like about Darcy's site is although tempers can get heated sometimes the debate usually is very civilised. Meanwhile there's an interesting discussion thread, prompted by the visit to Korea of a mixed race Korean-American sportsman, entitled "Gates of the Minjok" on Korean views on racial purity at the Metropolitician's blog. I haven't had a chance to absorb either of these discussions yet, so I'm posting these links so I don't lose them. I'll be going ...
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