Of Hanboks, Mongolian Wives and Suspicious Japanese Bloggers

by Robert Koehler on July 3, 2007

A bit conspiratorial now, are we? (Korean translation via Enjoy Japan here)

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1 tomojiro July 3, 2007 at 4:07 pm: Congratulations! it seems that you are becoming famous among some japanese right wing blogs (and to some extent on 2channel)!

Don’t know whether you are enjoying this fame.

To be fair,it seems sometimes your blog is quotated to justify their cause.

Their is a thin line between love and hate, as old wisdom says.
2 peninsular aborigine July 3, 2007 at 5:08 pm: If you are such a lard ass (as you say), why do you wear a hanbok? They tend to make guys with even a little bit of a paunch look as if they are in the family way.

PS: I really thought that that “I didn’t know they stacked it that high” comment on the other thread was really mean. I hope the house bookburner has shredded it.
3 dogbertt July 3, 2007 at 6:05 pm: IIRC Robert’s hanbok is not the “complex” kind, but more of the “simple” kind.
4 SomeguyinKorea July 3, 2007 at 7:24 pm: Japanese right-wingers are lunatics.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rogers/rogers156.html
5 BK July 4, 2007 at 12:18 am: ‘it seems that you are becoming famous among some japanese right wing blogs (and to some extent on 2channel)!’

I guess the Marmot has to trade in his hanbok for a kimono soon.
6 empraptor July 4, 2007 at 12:43 am: Hey, this guy says his wife is Mongolian. Let’s insinuate that she is actually Korean and that he’s hiding this to fake neutrality of his blog. It won’t matter what the truth is or that he has said she’s Mongolian. This is the internets. We say she’s Korean and that’s all that matters. And obviously we’re right since no married man could defy his wife and wear whatever damn clothes he pleases. And obviously, if his wife is dictating his choice of clothing, she must also be dictating his every word.

Flawless logic. Brings tears to my eyes.
7 Ut videam July 4, 2007 at 1:19 am: #6 –

And obviously we’re right since no married man could defy his wife and wear whatever damn clothes he pleases.

Wow, convergence. In this Yonhap News story from 2005 (which, coincidentally, I just posted about on the Britney Spears thread!), Mr. Koehler explains to the reporter about his choice of attire:

“It’s comfortable, looks nice and not particularly expensive. My (Korean) wife hates them, but I’ve been wearing them for six years, so I guess they’re part of the package.”

Incidentally, perhaps Yonhap’s parenthetical “Korean” here is fueling the flames of the conspiracy theories over on the east side of the East Sea (heh heh).
8 French Quarter July 4, 2007 at 1:22 am: There are people who are seriously discussing the possibility of the united nations of South Korea and Mongol.
http://www.donga.com/docs/magazine/shin/2007/06/07/200706070500073/200706070500073_1.html
This is a part of long-term plan to go to the Eurasian region. There also is a talk about the construction of railroads from South Korea to Europe via the Russia-Korean Peninsula railroad (TSR) and the Korean Peninsula railroad (TKR).
http://www.voanews.com/Korean/archive/2006-02/2006-02-27-voa14.cfm
http://www.irail.net/webzine/y2000/m25/themeplan/20030416/1_7139.html
9 virtual wonderer July 4, 2007 at 2:42 am: hahhaa… Korean Mongolian… Love the bold type.

세상을 미지근하게 지켜보는 블로그… Someone please explain what the original Japanese says, because I’m mystified at what it could mean…
10 French Quarter July 4, 2007 at 3:52 am: #8

Correction: I should have wrote “the connection of TSR and TKR,” not “the construction of railroads from South Korea to Europe.” TSR runs from Europe to near the Korean Peninsula.
11 ul July 4, 2007 at 5:34 am: Wow. That blog is just all about Korea bashing and then some. How can someone have that much negative energy? Those folks got to relax.

LOL I guess the Marmot’s Hole is getting some notoriety.
12 French Quarter July 4, 2007 at 5:52 am: #10

Made another mistake, replacing “said” with “wrote”:
wrote -> written
13 Robert Koehler July 4, 2007 at 9:21 am: And besides, doesn’t he know that some of the biggest Korea-bashers out there are married to Korean women?
14 MigukNamja July 4, 2007 at 9:25 am: Race and race-baiting. Gotta love it (not).

Robert, 유감이에요. Unfortunately, you’ve probably developed a thick skin by now.
15 shakuhachi July 4, 2007 at 9:33 am: Looks like you have been found out, Robert. Naughty boy!