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	<title>Comments on: International marriage&#8211;a Mongolian&#8217;s ticket to slavery?</title>
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		<title>By: yan</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/10/international-marriage-a-mongolians-ticket-to-slavery/#comment-34870</link>
		<dc:creator>yan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 15:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry for answering that late, I only saw this post yesterday. I guess the topic actually deserves a bit more seriousness than I devoted to it, and maybe more insight into the dynamics of South Korean family life than I have. But then, the quoted article didn't make it too easy to contribute something worthwile. Fortunately there are always other bloggers who might have more insight or treat the topic more seriously.

I'm not really sure whether any form of education beyond the recommendation to use common sense from time to time might be of any help, either. But certainly some hints on what to expect, how to avoid serious trouble and, most seriously, whom to contact in case of problems would be much more useful than asking questions noone will answer in the negative.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry for answering that late, I only saw this post yesterday. I guess the topic actually deserves a bit more seriousness than I devoted to it, and maybe more insight into the dynamics of South Korean family life than I have. But then, the quoted article didn&#8217;t make it too easy to contribute something worthwile. Fortunately there are always other bloggers who might have more insight or treat the topic more seriously.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not really sure whether any form of education beyond the recommendation to use common sense from time to time might be of any help, either. But certainly some hints on what to expect, how to avoid serious trouble and, most seriously, whom to contact in case of problems would be much more useful than asking questions noone will answer in the negative.</p>
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		<title>By: Chosun Ilbo piece on Vietnamese brides sparks anger in Vietnam at The Marmot&#8217;s Hole</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chosun Ilbo piece on Vietnamese brides sparks anger in Vietnam at The Marmot&#8217;s Hole</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] An attache at the Korean embassy in Hanoi has apologized for the article, as has the journalist who penned it. Groups also protested the piece in Seoul. Interestingly enough, one of the things that irked some people was the fact that in the problematic photo, the Korea man&#8217;s face cannot be seem, but you can clearly see the faces of all the Vietnamese women. This mess was probably something that was bound to happen&#8212;almost two months ago, one Korean blogger wrote into ZDNet Korea to complain about the way in which marriage brokers were blatantly commercializing Vietnamese women in their advertisements. Another interesting thing to note is that Vietnam isn&#8217;t the only country bitching about Korean men marrying/disrespecting their women. As noted before here, some Mongolians are reportedly upset about their women become the &#8220;slaves&#8221; of Korean husbands. Then there was MBC&#8217;s report about anti-Korean sentiment in Mongolia, which is at least in part due to perceived disrespect for the flower of Mongolian womanhood, including these photos (NOT work safe) that sparked considerable resentment. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] An attache at the Korean embassy in Hanoi has apologized for the article, as has the journalist who penned it. Groups also protested the piece in Seoul. Interestingly enough, one of the things that irked some people was the fact that in the problematic photo, the Korea man&#8217;s face cannot be seem, but you can clearly see the faces of all the Vietnamese women. This mess was probably something that was bound to happen&#8212;almost two months ago, one Korean blogger wrote into ZDNet Korea to complain about the way in which marriage brokers were blatantly commercializing Vietnamese women in their advertisements. Another interesting thing to note is that Vietnam isn&#8217;t the only country bitching about Korean men marrying/disrespecting their women. As noted before here, some Mongolians are reportedly upset about their women become the &#8220;slaves&#8221; of Korean husbands. Then there was MBC&#8217;s report about anti-Korean sentiment in Mongolia, which is at least in part due to perceived disrespect for the flower of Mongolian womanhood, including these photos (NOT work safe) that sparked considerable resentment. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Zhang Fei</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/10/international-marriage-a-mongolians-ticket-to-slavery/#comment-32765</link>
		<dc:creator>Zhang Fei</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Marmot: &lt;i&gt;But modern Korea is a complex place, and popular images derived from Korean Wave dramas perhaps don’t do the best of jobs conveying the difficulties of life in Korea’s agricultural villages or its industrial suburbs.&lt;/i&gt;

I think most people who have been exposed to homegrown TV programs understand that the material aspect of life is exaggerated in soap operas - it's just standard escapism - just as they cast people who look like movie stars, they also feature sets that are way more lavish than the types of characters featured could afford, if they were real people with real jobs. Some Mongolians may think that average Koreans live like the people they see in Korean soap operas. But in time, many of them will adapt, like every other category of immigrant. 

In my view, the big problem for them isn't really their misapprehensions about the level of affluence in Korea - it's the deeply-prejudiced nature of Korean society, which will not only affect them personally, it will affect their children as well. It's not just the racial slurs, but the systematic disinclination to hire or do business with people of non-Korean stock. It is why ethnic Chinese have largely departed Korea, and it is why other foreigners would be wise to do the same.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marmot: <i>But modern Korea is a complex place, and popular images derived from Korean Wave dramas perhaps don’t do the best of jobs conveying the difficulties of life in Korea’s agricultural villages or its industrial suburbs.</i></p>
<p>I think most people who have been exposed to homegrown TV programs understand that the material aspect of life is exaggerated in soap operas - it&#8217;s just standard escapism - just as they cast people who look like movie stars, they also feature sets that are way more lavish than the types of characters featured could afford, if they were real people with real jobs. Some Mongolians may think that average Koreans live like the people they see in Korean soap operas. But in time, many of them will adapt, like every other category of immigrant. </p>
<p>In my view, the big problem for them isn&#8217;t really their misapprehensions about the level of affluence in Korea - it&#8217;s the deeply-prejudiced nature of Korean society, which will not only affect them personally, it will affect their children as well. It&#8217;s not just the racial slurs, but the systematic disinclination to hire or do business with people of non-Korean stock. It is why ethnic Chinese have largely departed Korea, and it is why other foreigners would be wise to do the same.</p>
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		<title>By: baduk</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/10/international-marriage-a-mongolians-ticket-to-slavery/#comment-32755</link>
		<dc:creator>baduk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lankov,

These days, all men, wherever they may be, are slaves to women, with the notable exception of homos.

Ever since women gain the economic power and taught by older homo females to enslave men, men have become their poodle, waiting eagerly for morsels of sexual pleasure they occasionally throw to our direction.  For those short moments of pleasure, we toil, fight and bleed.

We are the weaker sex.  We are the slaves.  We must make female robots!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lankov,</p>
<p>These days, all men, wherever they may be, are slaves to women, with the notable exception of homos.</p>
<p>Ever since women gain the economic power and taught by older homo females to enslave men, men have become their poodle, waiting eagerly for morsels of sexual pleasure they occasionally throw to our direction.  For those short moments of pleasure, we toil, fight and bleed.</p>
<p>We are the weaker sex.  We are the slaves.  We must make female robots!</p>
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		<title>By: Lankov</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/10/international-marriage-a-mongolians-ticket-to-slavery/#comment-32747</link>
		<dc:creator>Lankov</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>USED WRONG CHARACTRS. POST AGAIN
I love this: [[The officials of the MFMRO worry about their future lives, especially for the women. “Who knows? What purpose are foreigners marrying with Mongolian women?"]]  know, I know!!! But I will not tell them, these brave and viligant officials. And it is also great that they worry “especially” about women. So, men are not completely safe, too. Imagine a Mongolian man who become a slave somewhere in Vietnam!!! Enslaved by his Vietnamese wife.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>USED WRONG CHARACTRS. POST AGAIN<br />
I love this: [[The officials of the MFMRO worry about their future lives, especially for the women. “Who knows? What purpose are foreigners marrying with Mongolian women?"]]  know, I know!!! But I will not tell them, these brave and viligant officials. And it is also great that they worry “especially” about women. So, men are not completely safe, too. Imagine a Mongolian man who become a slave somewhere in Vietnam!!! Enslaved by his Vietnamese wife.</p>
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		<title>By: Lankov</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/10/international-marriage-a-mongolians-ticket-to-slavery/#comment-32745</link>
		<dc:creator>Lankov</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love this: &#62; I know, I know!!! But I will not tell them, these brave and viligant officials. And it is also great that they worry "especially" about women. So, men are not completely safe, too. Imagine a Mongolian man who become a slave somewhere in Vietnam!!! Enslaved by his Vietnamese wife.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love this: &gt; I know, I know!!! But I will not tell them, these brave and viligant officials. And it is also great that they worry &#8220;especially&#8221; about women. So, men are not completely safe, too. Imagine a Mongolian man who become a slave somewhere in Vietnam!!! Enslaved by his Vietnamese wife.</p>
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		<title>By: Brendon Carr</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/10/international-marriage-a-mongolians-ticket-to-slavery/#comment-32694</link>
		<dc:creator>Brendon Carr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There's only one solution to the hellish environment poor Solongo has gotten herself into -- leave that bastard and move in with me!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s only one solution to the hellish environment poor Solongo has gotten herself into &#8212; leave that bastard and move in with me!</p>
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