http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/03/19/korea.nazi/S. Korean Nazi spots draw protest
SEOUL, South Korea -- A South Korean bar and a pool hall that display Nazi symbols have drawn protests from a prominent Jewish human rights group based in Los Angeles.
The "Hitler Techno Bar and Cocktail Show," located in a main shopping and entertainment area in the southern port city of Pusan, displays photographs of Adolf Hitler as well as a flag, napkins and matchboxes with the swastika symbol.
The "Gestapo" pool hall is in a suburb of Taegu, southeast of Seoul and has similar decor, the Simon Wiesenthal center said. It demanded "intervention by the (South Korean) government in this matter." ......
I fully understand that Koreans want unification .... like German unification. So Koreans seek the same path as Germans....
http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/03/19/korea.nazi/
I don't know German history dilenmma, but I'm sure that there must be some similarity between 2 nations.
it sometimes causes riots, arson .......Finally,there is a wiki page thoroughly explains ﾂ債ｦ ( a K-national cultural trait )
as for during Annexation,Did their typical 恨 character changed ? NO
I admit this Han 恨 makes them strong enegy for Korean in the competition.However,Japan is not a competition with Korea like ballgame.I think it is a just Zero sum game each other.
That is, Korean standpoint improves by beating the other party because their spirit came from Han 恨.Han 恨 in the subconsciousness appears in the unconscious action,so does in the national character 恨.
an archaic Korean root meaning "great" or "leader"; transliterated into hanja as 韓, 幹, or 刊; see Names of Korea (!)
Samhan, three confederacies of chiefdoms on the southern Korean peninsula in the Proto-Three Han Kingdoms Period
Han (surname), a Korean surname (한, 韓 or 漢) also romanized "Hahn."
Han River (Korea) (한강, 漢江), a river passing through Seoul, South Korea
Han (cultural), a Korean cultural concept of lament
Korean language (한국어 Hankugeo) or Hangul (한글 Hangul)
The Sino-Korean characters (Hanja) that make up the name (朝鮮) are often translated into English as "morning calm," hence Korea's English nickname, "The Land of the Morning Calm." However, this translation does not necessarily convey the correct meaning of the name, for the character 朝 can mean both "morning" (read as zhāo in Chinese) or "dynasty" (read as chあo in Chinese), while the meaning of character 鮮 may translate to "fresh" or "savory," often used to describe rarity. Another explanation interprets the name as "the land where the fresh morning comes," indicating the country's location to the east of China. Japan, of which name translates to "the land where the sun originates" is situated further east to Korea, but it was not until centuries later than the foundation of Gojoseon that Japan got its recognition as a nation.
And, if I may add, how it relates to Japan.Just please let us know more about the history dilemma, epspecially aruguments for what may become of that in the near future.
Just please let us know more about the history dilemma, epspecially aruguments for what may become of that in the near future.
My opinion--and this is only an opinion at the moment--is that none of it should really matter. History is just that, and what can be in the future need not be acted on due to history. What do you think, Astroboy?
Ask your K friends the name of ancient Korean scholar Shin ( 申 or 辛 ) who spent nearly 20 years in present day Liaoning province ( formerly Liao-Dong peninsula 遼東半島 ) with a Ming Dynasty Han-Chinese ( *明朝翰林學士 named 黃鑽 ) linguist for his expertise in Mongol phonetics.Korea's Hangul was based on Mongol " Phaspa " script.
Liaoning - Wikipedia
Liaodong Peninsula - Wikipedia
* MDBG English to Chinese dictionary
Thank you, tokapi! I did not know this, very interesting indeed