Comments on: Combating U.S. ‘misunderstandings’ begins at home http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/07/16/combating-us-misunderstandings-begins-at-home/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 4 Dec 2008 02:32:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: gorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/07/16/combating-us-misunderstandings-begins-at-home/#comment-20077 gorea Tue, 19 Jul 2005 07:36:10 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1813#comment-20077 surprised by some of the ?€œmisunderstandings?€? of Korea hahaha I have seen Koreans attitude like that on many other forums. surprised by some of the ?€œmisunderstandings?€? of Korea

hahaha
I have seen Koreans attitude like that on many other forums.

]]> By: dda http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/07/16/combating-us-misunderstandings-begins-at-home/#comment-20076 dda Sun, 17 Jul 2005 06:58:57 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1813#comment-20076 those papers blow that out of proportion and give it more coverage than it deserves given it?€™s rumor or hearsay or private comment. Reminds me the "Elle me casse les couilles" private comment by Chirac to an aide ?€“ when he was PM ?€“ during a France-England summit in Paris. Overheard by a French-speaking member of Team Thatcher, and immediately translated and forwarded to the press, it was blown out of proportion alright... :-) For the poor souls who don't speak French, what Chirac said means, literally, She's breaking my balls, which is not to be interpreted as Ma'am Thatcher having a vise-like, er, ?±°??œ?¸°, but being extremely irritating [like, d'uh]. Of course, if Chirac spoke the language of his [supposed] ancestors, Occitan, he wouldn't have been caught... :-) those papers blow that out of proportion and give it more coverage than it deserves given it?€™s rumor or hearsay or private comment.

Reminds me the “Elle me casse les couilles” private comment by Chirac to an aide ?€“ when he was PM ?€“ during a France-England summit in Paris. Overheard by a French-speaking member of Team Thatcher, and immediately translated and forwarded to the press, it was blown out of proportion alright… :-)
For the poor souls who don’t speak French, what Chirac said means, literally, She’s breaking my balls, which is not to be interpreted as Ma’am Thatcher having a vise-like, er, ?±°??œ?¸°, but being extremely irritating [like, d'uh].

Of course, if Chirac spoke the language of his [supposed] ancestors, Occitan, he wouldn’t have been caught… :-)

]]> By: kimbob http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/07/16/combating-us-misunderstandings-begins-at-home/#comment-20075 kimbob Sun, 17 Jul 2005 02:34:37 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1813#comment-20075 A very good point, oranckay. A very good point, oranckay.

]]> By: oranckay http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/07/16/combating-us-misunderstandings-begins-at-home/#comment-20074 oranckay Sat, 16 Jul 2005 21:46:55 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1813#comment-20074 Mr. Hong should lay part of the blame on his own paper, since at least before that Hong/Roh interview while back the Joongang played up those reports of anti-Americanism to the max for extra punch when trying to make Roh look bad. Pls note I'm not saying the reports were baseless. They never are. I worked at Chosun for four years and saw the phenomenon weekly; distorting the truth without telling lies. Something else they do is spin comments by US officials to their own taste. So for example, if someone is quoted by someone who maybe heard Rumsfeld say something that through the grapevine sounds like Rumsfeld really pissed at SK, those papers blow that out of proportion and give it more coverage than it deserves given it's rumor or hearsay or private comment. One of the effects of that is that it actually furthers anti-American sentiment in SK since the feeling you get is that American officials think they can still boss SK around. Instead of "this isn't wise international relations" it's "the Americans are displeased with us." Mr. Hong should lay part of the blame on his own paper, since at least before that Hong/Roh interview while back the Joongang played up those reports of anti-Americanism to the max for extra punch when trying to make Roh look bad.

Pls note I’m not saying the reports were baseless. They never are. I worked at Chosun for four years and saw the phenomenon weekly; distorting the truth without telling lies.

Something else they do is spin comments by US officials to their own taste. So for example, if someone is quoted by someone who maybe heard Rumsfeld say something that through the grapevine sounds like Rumsfeld really pissed at SK, those papers blow that out of proportion and give it more coverage than it deserves given it’s rumor or hearsay or private comment. One of the effects of that is that it actually furthers anti-American sentiment in SK since the feeling you get is that American officials think they can still boss SK around. Instead of “this isn’t wise international relations” it’s “the Americans are displeased with us.”

]]> By: R.elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/07/16/combating-us-misunderstandings-begins-at-home/#comment-20073 R.elgin Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:25:59 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1813#comment-20073 Mr. Hong has an uncanny flair for slap-stick comedy. He should consider a run of stand-up gigs on the Cat-skils circuit doing his "Oh-My-balancer of Asia!" shtick or that "Take my American threat, please!" I laughed so hard I had to take a liver pill and I absolutely *hate* liver. Mr. Hong has an uncanny flair for slap-stick comedy. He should consider a run of stand-up gigs on the Cat-skils circuit doing his “Oh-My-balancer of Asia!” shtick or that “Take my American threat, please!” I laughed so hard I had to take a liver pill and I absolutely *hate* liver.

]]> By: usinkorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/07/16/combating-us-misunderstandings-begins-at-home/#comment-20072 usinkorea Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:15:54 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1813#comment-20072 I thought the same as kimbob on each point. I would add that the vast majority of Koreans agree they want the (bastard) GIs out, they just disagree widely on the time frame - with most opting for when North Korea is no longer a threat. I haven't gotten the page that covered this story, but here are links to the series of special reports the JAD did for the 1 year anniversary of 9/11 - whose stated purpose was to inform its readers what Americans and others thought of the United States in the post terror attack world. It was mostly a hatchet job... ....well, check out my blog for the list since I can put the links up better there... www.koreasojourner.blog-city.com I thought the same as kimbob on each point. I would add that the vast majority of Koreans agree they want the (bastard) GIs out, they just disagree widely on the time frame - with most opting for when North Korea is no longer a threat.

I haven’t gotten the page that covered this story, but here are links to the series of special reports the JAD did for the 1 year anniversary of 9/11 - whose stated purpose was to inform its readers what Americans and others thought of the United States in the post terror attack world. It was mostly a hatchet job…

….well, check out my blog for the list since I can put the links up better there…

http://www.koreasojourner.blog-city.com

]]> By: ??¤ ?²??¨¹???? http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/07/16/combating-us-misunderstandings-begins-at-home/#comment-20071 ??¤ ?²??¨¹???? Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:11:06 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1813#comment-20071 I am reminded of Michael Horowitz's speech at the Hudson entitled: It Ain?€™t Christmas in Pyongyang: Will the Kim Jong-Il Regime Last? He made several of those same claims following No Mu-hyeons tour across Europe and America. The representative from the Korean embassy tried to deny that the relationships were strained and paint everything as being okay. It's a vicious cycle. I am reminded of Michael Horowitz’s speech at the Hudson entitled: It Ain?€™t Christmas in Pyongyang: Will the Kim Jong-Il Regime Last?

He made several of those same claims following No Mu-hyeons tour across Europe and America. The representative from the Korean embassy tried to deny that the relationships were strained and paint everything as being okay. It’s a vicious cycle.

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