Comments on: Where Is Home? http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/24/where-is-home/ Korea... in Blog Format Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:15:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: dokdoforever http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/24/where-is-home/#comment-92600 dokdoforever Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:34:23 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/24/where-is-home/#comment-92600 It must be very difficult to make the adjustment to S. Korea. But, I was surprised by some of Lee Chan's reactions - for instance, he was upset when a security guard ordered him or his male friend to take off his earrings when arriving in S Korea. I guess I can understand someone from a liberal western country getting angry about that, but I can't imagine that there are too many guys with earrings in N Korea. The nostalgia for the North, complaints about earrings, etc, makes me wonder how much I can believe about accounts of the North. On the other hand, some of his disillusionment with S Korea could be the result of overly high expectations about the place. It must be very difficult to make the adjustment to S. Korea. But, I was surprised by some of Lee Chan’s reactions - for instance, he was upset when a security guard ordered him or his male friend to take off his earrings when arriving in S Korea. I guess I can understand someone from a liberal western country getting angry about that, but I can’t imagine that there are too many guys with earrings in N Korea. The nostalgia for the North, complaints about earrings, etc, makes me wonder how much I can believe about accounts of the North. On the other hand, some of his disillusionment with S Korea could be the result of overly high expectations about the place.

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/24/where-is-home/#comment-91817 michael Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:10:40 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/24/where-is-home/#comment-91817 This show on N.K. is worth seeing if you can: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/channel/blog/2007/02/explorer_korea.html You really get a sense of how N.K. is like another planet. This show on N.K. is worth seeing if you can:
http://blogs.nationalgeographi.....korea.html

You really get a sense of how N.K. is like another planet.

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