I think part of is this: * gratitude for the war, which is part of that nation's foundation. ask a Turk about the War of Independence or Ataturk, for another somewhat-recent example. * Korea is surrounded. there's Japan (US ally), North Korea (hostile to all), China (on-again off-again friendliness to US)
>Being white is special. Seen as better. I heard something similar in a program about Cambodia - the upper classes were more white (they were of Chinese ancestry, I think), hence that perception there.
>If they speak English well, propaganda says they will have good jobs and be respected. - well, if they speak Korean, then they'll be understood by the Korean diaspora and businessmen who learned the language. - if they speak English (or Chinese), then they'll be potentially understood by a much larger % of the global population. (which goes back to your comment about China)
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Date: 2009-03-13 06:58 pm (UTC)* gratitude for the war, which is part of that nation's foundation. ask a Turk about the War of Independence or Ataturk, for another somewhat-recent example.
* Korea is surrounded. there's Japan (US ally), North Korea (hostile to all), China (on-again off-again friendliness to US)
>Being white is special. Seen as better.
I heard something similar in a program about Cambodia - the upper classes were more white (they were of Chinese ancestry, I think), hence that perception there.
>If they speak English well, propaganda says they will have good jobs and be respected.
- well, if they speak Korean, then they'll be understood by the Korean diaspora and businessmen who learned the language.
- if they speak English (or Chinese), then they'll be potentially understood by a much larger % of the global population. (which goes back to your comment about China)