Well, at least they’re cute

by Robert Koehler on March 7, 2013

in East and Central Asia, Korean Sports

Needless to say, the Korean netizenry was not amused. The Youtube comments are enlightening, too.

{ 71 comments… read them below or add one }

1 yangachibastardo March 7, 2013 at 9:07 pm

By far the cutest Ultras i’ve ever seen in my life, i guess i always hang out at the wrong games

2 yuna_at_marmotshole March 7, 2013 at 9:40 pm
3 Elise March 7, 2013 at 10:25 pm

Taiwan still lost the game. It’s Taiwan’s dream to beat South Korea on anything but they can’t so that’s why they are so frustrated, and it shows (their fans in the stands doing all kinds of immature racist actions to the point of nausea) before, during, and after the game. And why are there so many Japanese commentators in that video?

4 bballi March 8, 2013 at 12:03 am

You’re right, the ROK “won” the game. So who is Korea’s next opponent?

5 que337 March 8, 2013 at 12:09 am

I feel sorry for the Taiwanese announcer who could not restrain from crying after the game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_-w7eEhuaQ

6 wangkon936 March 8, 2013 at 1:14 am

This sucks. I was looking forward to Korea vs. Japan rematch in this year’s WBC. Now I have to wait four more years. Korea overlooked the Netherlands. How in the world do you loose to the freaking Netherlands?!?!?! 2-1 and you don’t advance. What kind of system is that? Crap.

Btw… I’ve never seen a country so happy after losing a game.

7 wangkon936 March 8, 2013 at 1:19 am

I kinda feel sorry for the players. They don’t get a chance to get military exemption.

8 cm March 8, 2013 at 1:43 am

The military exemption was never offered for this competition. That’s why everyone’s saying they didn’t even try hard enough, so they’re bums.

9 bumfromkorea March 8, 2013 at 1:44 am

Well, if they can’t get out of the prelims, I guess that means Japan wins the rematch by default.

10 bumfromkorea March 8, 2013 at 1:45 am

I assure you they were not my kin. ;-)

11 ChuckRamone March 8, 2013 at 3:26 am

if America took the WBC more seriously, would any of this even matter?

12 ChuckRamone March 8, 2013 at 3:29 am

ugh, can’t stand cats or hello kitty and especially not all the cutesy hello kitty crap that fobs love.

13 cm March 8, 2013 at 3:35 am

As long as Thailand doesn’t win, I’m OK with anybody else winning whatever this thing competition is.

14 yuna_at_marmotshole March 8, 2013 at 3:37 am

Me neither. Boggles the mind the brains behind idolizing such a bland character not even from their own country to base a whole airline on it – what’s expected of Island Chinese with idenitiy issues.

15 ChuckRamone March 8, 2013 at 3:56 am

The first thing fobs need to work on before coming to America is: not having a stupid layered, spiky hairdo; shedding all the cutesy clothing and accessories – especially the men!; and learning some Western social etiquette, e.g., boarding a train like a sane person, and not talking too loud, chomping food, spitting, etc. It’ll give Asians overall a boost in the image department, which is desperately needed in America and the rest of the West.

16 yangachibastardo March 8, 2013 at 4:15 am

One thing i will never understand about the Taemanese is why, with all the great food they have, they look so freakishly scrawny.

Another one is why they love scooters so much but i guess that, considering where i’m from, would be a major case of pot calling the kettle black

17 bumfromkorea March 8, 2013 at 4:37 am

Why Thailand?

18 j.kimchi March 8, 2013 at 5:53 am

Actually, baseball is where other countries would have a chance against the U.S. (besides soccer obviously).

Baseball, similar to football, has upsets all the time because the gameplay can be so volatile, the gameplay is so sudden/short, the “points” are at a premium (just 1 or 2 runs can win the game, meaning variance is much stronger here), and most important: In baseball, ONE player can dominate the entire game. ONE batter with ONE swing. Or more commonly, the starting pitcher. A great starting ace on a crappy team can destroy a great offensive team on any given day.

The WBC isn’t single elimination, but you at most play another country 2 times. Therefore, a baseball power country like Japan or D Republic or Venezuela with a great starting pitcher could beat the USA even though USA is probably #1 or at least #2 as far as top players.

This is why I think the NBA is the hardest to win a championship in. You have to go through 4 rounds of playoffs and win 4 of 7 games each round. Also, in basketball, you truly must be great to win…you can’t have a fluke home run, knockout punch or a kickoff return/interception to win the game. You can have buzzer beaters at the end, but you had to have stayed even for 48 minutes…

19 wangkon936 March 8, 2013 at 6:32 am

Really cm?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/worldclassic2006/news/story?id=2371821

If they had gone all the way, there is no doubt in my mind that the Korean players this year would have been given military exemption.

20 wangkon936 March 8, 2013 at 6:33 am

Yes. The Taiwanese are the yellowest “wapanese” of Asia.

21 cm March 8, 2013 at 7:00 am

That was 2006, the exemption was taken off the table for this tournament. For some reason, this tournament had less interest, with large number of key Korean players declining to attend in favor of attending spring training. No military exemption probably had a lot to do with it.

22 Baek du boy March 8, 2013 at 7:26 am

I dated a Taiwanese girl (about 25/26 yrs old) here in Australia and she would sometimes ‘meow’ instead of saying yes. Would you like a drink? “Meow” – while nodding and trying to look cute. She then played silent treatment for a whole day while we were on a trip when I told her not to meow at me.

23 wangkon936 March 8, 2013 at 7:33 am

I knew a Taiwanese guy that use to do that. Weird.

24 wangkon936 March 8, 2013 at 7:36 am

So, you’re telling me if Korea made it all the way and won the WBC by BEATING Japan that the Korea politicians wouldn’t have given it to them?

25 smallsignal March 8, 2013 at 7:54 am

For more viewing pleasure…

26 Cloudfive March 8, 2013 at 8:04 am

Why is it wrong to mention dog eating when Koreans actually do eat dog? I don’t see the big deal about crumpling a paper Korean flag either. Did they say something really insulting?

27 smallsignal March 8, 2013 at 8:15 am

Why do you sound pressed this much? What does eating dog meat have anything to do with that? If you eat beef, do they depict you like a cow? Would those Taiwanese do this to other dog meat consuming countries including China? Why am I even explaining anything…smh

28 TheKorean March 8, 2013 at 8:26 am

Don’t the Chinese eat more than dogs? Oh, I mean Taiwanese.

29 Cloudfive March 8, 2013 at 8:26 am

Honestly if Americans had a game against India and they made posters of cows on a plate or hamburgers, it wouldn’t bother me one bit. If other people mentioning something you do makes you feel ashamed, then maybe it’s time to stop doing it.

30 smallsignal March 8, 2013 at 8:32 am

This has nothing to do with dog ‘meat’. Depicting someone like a dog is an insult in their culture. What do you not understand? You are babbling irrelevant bs here. Stop.

31 que337 March 8, 2013 at 8:59 am

I guess he meant this:

32 wangkon936 March 8, 2013 at 9:00 am

The Taiwanese eat dog too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat#Taiwan

Apparently, they call it “fragrant meat” (香肉).

33 Gary Smith March 8, 2013 at 9:02 am

So what? At the last WBC Koreans had racist signs for Japanese people (쪽발이) and Dokdo banners. Now someone does it back to them and they cry? They need to stop annoying others with their over zealous nationalism first

34 GarySmiththecunt295929 March 8, 2013 at 9:17 am

fuck off you cunt, before you get your stomach eviscerated and your ugly face cut to ribbons, and your windpipe cut in two

35 GarySmiththecunt295929 March 8, 2013 at 9:17 am

fuck off you cunt, before you get your stomach eviscerated and your ugly face cut to ribbons, and your windpipe cut in two.

36 GarySmiththecunt295929 March 8, 2013 at 9:17 am

fuck off you cunt, before you get your stomach eviscerated and your ugly face cut to ribbons, and your windpipe cut in two…

37 Cloudfive March 8, 2013 at 9:39 am

According to the National Assembly of South Korea, more than 20,000 restaurants, including the 6484 registered restaurants, served soups made from dog meat in Korea in 1998.[92][93][94]
In 1999 the BBC reported that 8,500 tons of dog meat were consumed
annually, with another 93,600 tons used to produce a medicinal tonic
called gaesoju (개소주).

http://www.petloverscompanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dog-meat-1.jpg

http://koreandogs.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/jeju08.jpg

http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00001lVHC1YwWHg/s/850/850/008-Korea-2002-Dogs.jpg

38 Bob Bobbs March 8, 2013 at 9:52 am

The NHL has the same playoff format.

39 wangkon936 March 8, 2013 at 10:05 am

14 year old statistics?

40 Cloudfive March 8, 2013 at 10:12 am

Couldn’t find more recent #s. Here’s an article from this year.

http://korea.stripes.com/news/fight-against-dog-meat-industry

There are two dog meat stores a few blocks from where I live. Dog meat consumption is probably similar, if not higher than in 1999.

41 GarySmithfoff5929529 March 8, 2013 at 10:52 am

would happily kick your face in and cut it to ribbons..

42 GarySmithfoff5929529 March 8, 2013 at 10:52 am

would happily kick your face in and cut it to ribbons…..

43 GarySmithfoff5929529 March 8, 2013 at 10:52 am

would happily kick your face in and cut it to ribbons

44 wangkon936 March 8, 2013 at 10:59 am

I remember a lot of banners about Dokdo, but not any “racist” signs or banners towards the Japanese. Do you have pictures?

45 Elise March 8, 2013 at 11:25 am

Because it was meant to insult Koreans in a derogatory way. Not to mention Chinese eat dogs too, so also very hypocritical. There were also printed material that had ethnic slurs against Koreans, in Chinese writing, which were distributed out by a Taiwanese national magazine. It’s not exactly a secret that these Taiwanese have an irrational hatred of Koreans bordering on unhealthy obsession.

46 Taipei March 8, 2013 at 11:44 am

There were few signs that they held up in the stands said “kill the Gaori Bangzi” (Chinese slur for Koreans, similar to “gooks”). Then there were signs with North Korean leader’s pictures calling on North Korea to attack and destroy South Korea. In a poll done in Taiwan recently, 71% of Taiwanese said they were happy that the North Koreans attacked South Korea (artillery attack and sinking of naval ship). When the South Korean national anthem was playing, the crowd booed it. Their baseball TV broadcast also amusingly at one point, showed Taiwan 2 – Dogs 0 before the Koreans went ahead for good. The Taiwanese have a nickname for Koreans – “dogs”. Tough to say why they hate Koreans so much, I don’t recall them Koreans invading Taiwan nor any other historical relationships/interactions that could have lead to friction . So this is really strange to me.

47 Elise March 8, 2013 at 11:53 am

Hell.. they eat anything that walks, talks, and barks. Even pills made out of human meat.

According to cloudfive, I can put that in a placard and hold it up for everyone and it wouldn’t be racist. It will be fine because it’s true.

48 Elise March 8, 2013 at 12:01 pm

He says he wanted to see Taiwan beat South Korea so bad, he’s praying and hoping that just this time once, let the heavens be on the side of Taiwan. Weird emotional moment for outsiders. Kind a pathetic if you ask me.

49 wangkon936 March 8, 2013 at 12:16 pm

Yes, but haven’t Korean announcers said similar things about Korea beating Japan?

50 Interesting March 8, 2013 at 12:55 pm

To the point of sobbing and tears? I don’t think so.

51 smallsignal March 8, 2013 at 1:09 pm

Now I understand why you sounded so irrelevant. You just wanted to use this chance to take out your anti-dog meat activism. ;)

52 Gary Smith March 8, 2013 at 2:13 pm

You got some issues….

53 Gary Smith March 8, 2013 at 2:16 pm

I was at the game in Anaheim, and one Korean guy had 쪽발이 painted on his back and unknowingly. The jump tron camera filmed him and focused on his back. And the whole stadium went nuts, so he kept filming him to get a crowd reaction not knowing why

54 wangkon936 March 8, 2013 at 2:24 pm

I was at that game. I don’t remember seeing that. However, it’s believable (not the jumbo tron part because I didn’t see it and I’m pretty sure I would remember if I saw it). One Korean guy was trash talking (I think) to Ichiro in fluent Japanese. I don’t know what he was saying, but Ichiro did respond, which surprised me.

55 weiguk March 8, 2013 at 3:00 pm

Korean hockey team Anyang Halla beat the Japanese twice to become Asian champions 2 years in a row and despite protestations and requests from the team they couldn’t military exemptions for the guys. There is a list of sports and if your sport isn’t on it, it doesn’t count.

56 Charlie Haas March 8, 2013 at 3:48 pm

All the more reason why South Korea should support China. Dealing with these island monkeys burning with inferiority complex towards Korea seems to be a giant waste of time for the Koreans when they have other shits to worry about.

Let them do this. This will only tarnish Thailand’s reputation.

Oh, I mean taiwan. Sorry, I always get mixed up taiwan with much more respectable country Thailand.

57 Jeremy J. Goard March 8, 2013 at 3:56 pm

Taiwan can talk shit all it wants about any of our countries, until the day that we find our cojones, officially recognize it as a nation, and start calling our embassies “embassies” again.

58 hardyandtiny March 8, 2013 at 8:23 pm

cute?

59 Vijay March 8, 2013 at 9:26 pm

Japanese rock group sends hate message song to bunch of Korean grandmothers.

http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/society/201303/h2013030211514521950.htm

The death threat music video of the CD that was sent here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=560bR8-cNsI

60 que337 March 8, 2013 at 9:49 pm

The music video calls Koreans ‘Chon’: “チョン斬る!”(조선놈들을 쳐죽여라: Beat Koreans to death!). Another evidence Japanese call Koreans Chon.

61 ChuckRamone March 9, 2013 at 12:08 am

You have no evidence this happened.

62 ChuckRamone March 9, 2013 at 12:36 am

Hopefully she was hot at least.

63 Vijay March 9, 2013 at 7:41 am

Chinese Taiwanese girls being naughty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vg1Gm17GA28

More videos of Taiwanese taking out their frustrations on Samsung cell phones. I’m not sure what’s more funny, their Chinese language or their beating up of old cell phones (none of them are doing it to the latest smartphones, I wonder why?).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zfcA99WAtNI#at=104

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RnL2Nk7oil8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=smS-EhdNLIU

64 smallsignal March 9, 2013 at 9:54 am

It seems the girls gained fame in Taiwan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=TiDWRJINr7w

65 que337 March 9, 2013 at 10:06 am

They got TV interview and now seem to become celebs in Taiwan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TiDWRJINr7w

66 Gary Smith March 11, 2013 at 11:42 am

OK, I’ll find it and if I do then what?

67 Gary Smith March 11, 2013 at 12:00 pm

OK, clarification. I was at the Doger Stadium, Anaheim and San Diego games and mixed up the three (sorry it was 3 years ago). The incident occurred on March 17, 2009 in San Diego and with some goggling, I present you with Exhibit A: please see this link and read the comment from a Korean American posted 4 years ago (checkmate) =P. I’ll download the game footage, and since it was on the jumbo tron it should show up, and I’ll upload it on YouTube under the title: Korean Hypocrisy – Racist Japanese Slogans at WBC Yet Koreans Scream Bloody Murder When the Same Happens to Them (wonder if there is a charcter limit). Then I will wait for netizens to spin the story, make death threats in between their StarCraft sessions, and one butt hurt fanatic to set them-self on fire in protest at city hall. FIGHTING! TIK – this is korea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS9WJXUf7Tw

68 Gary Smith March 11, 2013 at 12:03 pm

It was the San Diego game not Anaheim, on March 17, 2009 I mixed up the two. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS9WJXUf7Tw — read first comment.

69 que337 March 11, 2013 at 12:26 pm
70 ChuckRamone March 11, 2013 at 1:04 pm

cool, you were right. go ahead and put it on YouTube. I couldn’t care less. I won’t bother to make one about the Taiwanese fans because I don’t care that much. your first post was purely anecdotal, that’s all I was saying.

71 Gary Smith March 12, 2013 at 10:32 am

yeah, but you were right in calling it out, it was anecdotal

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