Leave it to the Hankyoreh to harsh on everyone’s gibun:
Why watch football when there’s quality anti-American agitprop to write?
Funny thing is, as much as the Hani laments how the nation seems to have forgotten the fourth anniversary of the deaths of Sin Hyo-sun and Sim Mi-seon, two middle school girls who were accidentally crushed by a USFK armored vehicle on June 13, 2002, mark my words the Hani will be deafeningly silent on June 29, which will mark the fourth anniversary of the 2002 naval battle with North Korean patrol boats in the West Sea that left six South Korean sailors dead.
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“the Hani will be deafeningly silent on June 29″
Mr. Marmot, that’s kind of a given, isn’t it? I do like that touch of adding the “Dae-Han Migook” call of Korea’s neocolonial overlords though.
Right on, Robert. The motive behind that cartoon is disgusting.
I was actually at the Hani yesterday when they were talking about that cartoon, and it was agreed that it was inconsistent with what the Hani has been saying about the two girls.
“it was agreed that it was inconsistent with what the Hani has been saying about the two girls” Yet they went ahead and published it.
Koreans used (good Koreans still do) to remember the Korean War on 25th of this month.
To make Koreans forget about Korean War, KimDaeJung and Kim Jungil started the Kwangju Freedom day on 15th of this month. Their aim is to overshadow and erase the 25th of June from Koreans’ memory.
Like any other year, Korean Commies will do their powwow on 15th at Kwangju. About 1500 (real!) NK Commies will come down to SK for this occasion. Many of them will speak out against the US and will advocate the total US withdrawal from the peninsula.
There is one thing these Commies have forgotten. The World Cup. On 15th of this month, most Koreans will be immersed in World Cup, totally ignoring these Commie propaganda and their festivities at Kwangju.
I wish the World Cup could come every year to bust these Commies’ useless harangues. If you happened to be at Kwangju, just kick some soccer balls to these Commie meetings. Or, Army should accidentally shoot some cannons or missles to Kwangju, the city totally f***ed up and filled with Commies.
Kwangju citizens should move to NK. Just bus ‘em or load ‘em to trains. Whatever way possible, just move ‘em to NK.
Why might Koreans see a difference between the girls’ deaths and the soldiers’?
I walked into a bar just as the Czechs were scoring the final goal against the US. Man, the absolute sheer joy on the Korean women’s faces… (Of course, they were embarrassed when they realized that I saw their reaction. They hoped I was Canadian). Makes you wonder where all the resentment comes from.
Like for the official English version:
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_entertainment/132232.html
Everytime I see some cartoon from this paper, it just seems so random and meaningless. Almost like they’re randomly shouting out “FAG!” to try and get someone’s goat.
Speaking as a cartoonist, that is. I don’t give a crap about the politics of it.
What is “The (World Cup) excitement has also been a convenient distraction from what is going on in the area” supposed to mean? A distraction from the ongoing big nose occupation?
It’s great that the Hankey is now in English so this nonsense reaches a broader audience and shows what delusions a large segment of Korean society are operating under.
baduk, you sound exactly like my Father and the commentors on the Chosun digital edition.
That said, and you being a self proclaimed Christian who says that US troops are in South Korea because of God’s guidance,
let me ask you this,
If you assume that all of North Korea is communist, and you add Honam to it, that makes most of South Korea a commy region. Do you accept that or even like the idea of it? I don’t. And I don’t believe it is.
Kim Dae Jung is also known as Gae Dwae Joong, by many, my father included. He’s supposed to be the most corrupted politican who ever lived.
Like it or not, during Kim’s and Roh’s rulings, Christians from America and South Korea were actually able to enter North Korea legally and give humanitarian aid and preach the gospel in some fashion. Was this possible at all under other Presidents? The answer is no. Also like it or not, after massive layoffs, South Korea came out of the IMF era, pretty good. I am hesistant to credit economic success to any administration’s particular economic policies, though, because the ups and downs of it do cycle every decade. You can luck out by being there at the right time.
Which South Korean President is not suspected of having Swiss bank accounts and money tucked into a safe place, which was essentially taxed from the citizens of South Korea? I am thankful to Park Chung Hee for not being like Marcos, and actually using some foreign aid for South Korea, and not 100% for himself. In moments like that, I feel proud to be South Korean.
I was a Kim Yong Sam fan. It made no sense to me when his son was caught with all sorts of witnesses coming out that he took a lot of money here and there. Kim Yong Sam. Protestant Christian, no military ties, all Yong Nam background. Kind of disappointing, to me personally.
I highly suspect that Roh has tucked in some major dollars, too. Where is he from? Yong Nam. Why is that guy a commy? Is he some sort of Yongnam mutant?
I think you should accept the logical observation that whatever Yong nam does, Ho nam will do opposite, just for the sake of it.
And for the future, which may be far away, a united Korea must deal with a Korean who orignates from the North region who might one day sit as President of united Korea. Are we going to shoot him down because his grandfather was Kim Il Sung’s lackey? Must everyone come from Yongnam to be trusted as a freeworld lover?
By no means.
That said, as a Choong Chung province origin, I do definiately think Kim Dae Joong and Roh Moo Hyun made South Korea more anti American.
wjk,
I agree with what you say. I am not soft on Chun or No and I don’t think Park GunHey is a good presidential candidate.
However, Rho and his cronies continued KimDaeJung’s anti-American rhetorics while embracing KJI. This is dangerous. Very, very dangerous.
During Korean War, about 1/2 of SKs actually supported Kim IlSung’s communist government. This is why SKs got trounced by NK in the war. Not because of Soviet tanks! SKs imploded when NK attacked.
With these pro-North Commies in the South, SK will again implode when NK attacks. KJI is just waiting for the US to leave. Then, just a simple attack will destroy SK.
Unification will come; every one will serve KJI. If you don’t like this eventuality, kill these Commies when you can. Or, there will be no SK in near future.
-PS about God’s work in NK. God will work in NK no matter what. I do not believe that God wants SK to be a Communist nation to spread gospel to NK. SK can be a strong anti-Communist country and make NK collapse. That may be God’s plan.
With a heavy gap between the rich and the poor, SK can suddenly turn into a Communist country overnight.
Impossible? Drinking coffee in starbucks and watching Hollywood movies?
It happened in VietNam. When the US left, VietNam collapsed. It will happen in SK.
baduk: “I do not believe that God wants SK to be a Communist nation to spread gospel to NK. SK can be a strong anti-Communist country and make NK collapse. That may be God’s plan.”
I’m sure you know what God’s plan is. /sarcasm
I’m a Protestant Christian myself, but that was quite an ignorant statement.
In case you didn’t hear about it, here is the latest story of the widow (who left Korea for good):
http://news.media.daum.net/culture/health/200606/06/chosun/v12945017.html
She worked about 12 hours a day and made about $1500 a month. But she said that she was fine with her new life in America.
It’s a shame that Korea ignored her and other victims’ family like this…
I can understand Korean DRIVERS not being terribly discerning about traffic accidents, but when Korean media can’t discern between a traffic accident and a crime, it hits home why the media of Korea are such an embarassment to a proud country.
Well, usual Hany stuff. But it seems they will soon get what they pray for (the US witrhdrawal, I mean). And will feel quite sorry. Serve them right. People and peoples should pay for their stupidity and illusions, otherwise they can never learn what is stupid and what is not.
The English-language page of the Hankyoreh cartoon leaves one point wholly unexplained, that the US soldier is cheering Taehan Miguk, “United States of Korea”, a hint that ROK is an occupied country.
Lonkov and Antti posting adjacent comments. I just had to post here in the hope that some of that brainpower would find its way to me.
Robert, when did “harsh” become a verb?
From the Urban Dictionary:
I shouldn’t have used the preposition “on” though.
Are Hani cartoons a reflection of the paper’s editorial line or, like most Western newspapers, a reflection of the cartoonist’s beliefs?
Aletheia“Makes you wonder where all the resentment comes from.
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The post 9/11 gloating was even worse. At least the Koreans were embarassed about it so at some level they recognize such expressions of resentment aren’t very nice. When I first started teaching at university, I worried that the students might express anti-American sentiments directly to me in class or otherwise show hostility. They did not. They were polite, kind, and kept politics out of the classroom. Canadian teachers, however, did hear in class and read in student papers vitriolic remarks, for Koreans viewed them as a sympathetic audience. Korean anti-Americanism can be childish, but at least it is rarely personal.
I would sum up Korean attitudes towards America by this following story: While strolling through campus, I came upon an anti-American display. On a long table were emtpy Coke cans, McDonald’s wrappers, and various items of clothing adorned with the American flag. Now where do you think that Stars and Stripes apparel came from? Students’ wardrobes. And where those clothes end up after the demostration? Probably back in the students’ wardrobes. That is anti-Americanism in Korea.
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