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Korean blogger Hold the Elevator posted a pictorial history of the development of Korea’s paper bills, from 1902 to the present. Give it a look.
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Good Lord, but the Netizens are all atwitter about the use of English on the new 10,000 won bill.
Blah, just use W100,000 bank checks. ATMs rock!
I’m sure the use of English is so horrible, after the Korean currency reading “Yen” for so many years. GMAFB. English is the standard language of choice for business. Korea is simply trying to modernize.
What a slap in the face, a $300 million payment, and a $200 million loan for “war-time atrocities” as a result of the 1965 treaty. Retributions for absolutely humiliating your country’s women for 35 years should be Trillions, not millions.
A fair payment to Korea would be a few islands like Dokdo and Kyuusyuu for Japanese war-time retributions. Perhaps, Taiwan, China, and the Philippines would be interested in Hokkaido or Okinawa.
Make it “10,000 clams” then.
I might make a small issue out of Starbucks using “신아민 퍼더” instead of real-Korean(tm) for their signs but griping over such on the money is a bit like the norks grumbling over their “min jok” concerns since much of business done in the world is done in English — like it or not.
The new bills look good.
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