Comments on: Korea’s First Russian Military Advisors http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/14/koreas-first-russian-military-advisors/ Korea... in Blog Format Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:18:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Frog in a Well - The Korea History Group Blog http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/14/koreas-first-russian-military-advisors/#comment-135205 Frog in a Well - The Korea History Group Blog Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:03:17 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/14/koreas-first-russian-military-advisors/#comment-135205 [...] The famous southern gate 남대문(南大門) of Seoul burnt down last week and a mood of national mourning quickly set in. A posting over at the Marmot’s Hole gives us a closer look at the Gates of Seoul. Also at the Marmot’s Hole are two interesting contributions by Robert Neff, including an interesting article looking at the celebration of Christmas in modern Korea and one on the impact of Korea’s first russian military advisors. [...] [...] The famous southern gate 남대문(南大門) of Seoul burnt down last week and a mood of national mourning quickly set in. A posting over at the Marmot’s Hole gives us a closer look at the Gates of Seoul. Also at the Marmot’s Hole are two interesting contributions by Robert Neff, including an interesting article looking at the celebration of Christmas in modern Korea and one on the impact of Korea’s first russian military advisors. [...]

]]> By: Frog in a Well - The Korea History Group Blog http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/14/koreas-first-russian-military-advisors/#comment-135204 Frog in a Well - The Korea History Group Blog Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:03:17 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/14/koreas-first-russian-military-advisors/#comment-135204 [...] The famous southern gate 남대문(南大門) of Seoul burnt down last week and a mood of national mourning quickly set in. A posting over at the Marmot’s Hole gives us a closer look at the Gates of Seoul. Also at the Marmot’s Hole are two interesting contributions by Robert Neff, including an interesting article looking at the celebration of Christmas in modern Korea and one on the impact of Korea’s first russian military advisors. [...] [...] The famous southern gate 남대문(南大門) of Seoul burnt down last week and a mood of national mourning quickly set in. A posting over at the Marmot’s Hole gives us a closer look at the Gates of Seoul. Also at the Marmot’s Hole are two interesting contributions by Robert Neff, including an interesting article looking at the celebration of Christmas in modern Korea and one on the impact of Korea’s first russian military advisors. [...]

]]> By: Jens-Olaf http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/14/koreas-first-russian-military-advisors/#comment-123560 Jens-Olaf Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:29:10 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/14/koreas-first-russian-military-advisors/#comment-123560 1901 arrived the German Journalist Siegfried Genthe in Seoul. He described the soldiers of Korea on several pages in his book "Korea Reiseschilderungen" (no English translation yet). And his impression was rather positive of them: "Höchst sonderbar berührt es, wenn man sieht, daß diese neugebackenen Verteidiger des Landes der Morgenfrische, die trotz aller gerügten äußerlichen Mängel ein sehr brauchbares und bildungsfähiges Soldatenmaterial darstellen, nicht einen Schritt marschieren können, ohne daß ihnen dazu Musik gemacht wird." He said the shortcomings of the army are only the surface but beneath the soldiers are good "material" only that it seems they are only able to march by making some music. 1901 arrived the German Journalist Siegfried Genthe in Seoul. He described the soldiers of Korea on several pages in his book “Korea Reiseschilderungen” (no English translation yet). And his impression was rather positive of them:

“Höchst sonderbar berührt es, wenn man sieht, daß diese neugebackenen Verteidiger des Landes der Morgenfrische, die trotz aller gerügten äußerlichen Mängel ein sehr brauchbares und bildungsfähiges Soldatenmaterial darstellen, nicht einen Schritt marschieren können, ohne daß ihnen dazu Musik gemacht wird.”

He said the shortcomings of the army are only the surface but beneath the soldiers are good “material” only that it seems they are only able to march by making some music.

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