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Subject: Any real Koreans on this board?
SGTObvious    4/27/2003 6:49:06 PM
Just curious- I have just read that Korea is the most broad-band connected nation, so I wonder if tany of this is read over in Dae Han Min Guk.
 
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SGTObvious    Welcome to the board, ROK_Navy   12/22/2003 8:36:00 AM
And thank you for the sites. I can read Korean, but very, very slowly- and I don't know many of the words. My language skills were better years ago when I was stationed there. I hope that you will be able to contribute, because you have knowledge the rest of us don't. I must disagree with you on one point- Koreans tend to be better at English than they admit. (Better than Japanese) But, you have a culture that tells people not to be too proud and boastful about skills. So, first question- what is your Opinion on Korean troops in Iraq?
 
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USN-MID    RE:Any real Koreans on this board?   3/28/2004 1:46:56 PM
Hey all...great board. I'm Korean American...born in Korea but educated here in NYC. SGTObvious, noticed you're from NYC. What part are you from? If you like Korean food, I personally have to say I think KTown Queens has better stuff/prices than KTown Manhattan. I also got 2 months of "unofficial" schooling in Korea every summer until I hit the 6th grade or so. Ever been to Kwangju? I spent my early years there and my folks still live there.
 
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SGTObvious    Hi USN-MID   4/12/2004 8:58:43 PM
I am in the Bronx. K-Town Queens... that would be in Flushing, right? I was never in Kwangju. The furthest south I was ever able to get to was Suwon. I was in the 2nd Infantry Division, and although I travelled around a lot more than the average US soldier (for fun and for "professional" reasons), it was almost always Seoul and the area between Seoul and the DMZ.
 
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USN-MID    RE:Hi USN-MID   4/17/2004 12:53:18 PM
Yup, Flushing. There's a great spicy bean curd soup place right outside the Main St subway if you're ever interested in lighting your asshole on fire. Did you get to see a lot of the sights while you were in Korea?
 
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SGTObvious    RE:Hi USN-MID   4/28/2004 10:35:40 AM
>>Did you get to see a lot of the sights while you were in Korea?<< Lot's of temples and palaces. I noted the plaques in front of many read like this: Built in... Burned by the Japanese in .... Rebuilt in .... Burned by the Japanese in... Rebuilt again in... etc. Lots of animosity. Also, the brand new 69 story Daewoo tower, the park in Seoul with the national library and the huge nearby open air market*(was it Namdaemun? I forget) the gates in Seoul and other landmarks, various mountains, one historic village, and more. I think I covered the northern part of the ROK pretty well. Being a city guy, I liked Seoul. Nice subways. Funny story about the market, which is evidence that there are two very different sides of Korean culture, one modern, one traditional, and they don't always agree. In one part of the market, people were selling live turtles. I mentioned this to two Korean friends. The modern Korean said: "Pets" The traditional Korean said "Food" .
 
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Nappy    RE:Hi USN-MID   4/30/2004 7:47:01 AM
Turtle soup is good.
 
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TheGreyBeard    Korean-Americans   5/4/2004 7:52:04 PM
I'm Korean American...I was born there, but my parents worked/travelled all over the world with the Army, Air Force, and Marines. I spend over 10 years overseas during the Cold War, in Germany, Korea, Spain, Oki, Japan, England...the list goes on. So, I am Korean in looks, but I'm American. So I guess I am not a "real" Korean, although I travel there frequently.
 
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USN-MID    RE:Hi USN-MID   5/8/2004 5:26:58 PM
'The modern Korean said: "Pets" The traditional Korean said "Food"' Lol it's so true. The thought of eating Fifi makes me sick(esp as my parents keep about 4 of them-as guard dogs), but my parents have absolutely no objection to it-as long as they're not breaking the law(like the idjits who had a dog farm over here in the States).
 
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ROK_Navy    RE:funny story about Pets and Food   5/9/2004 1:13:46 AM
There is a funny story between two white Koreans. [Robert Halley - American Korean, Ida - French Korean(I don't know her correct french name, sorry)] At korean comedy show, MC asked about dog-meat MC: Have you ever ate dog-meat, Mr. Halley? Halley: Of course. My Korean mother(-in law) cook Bo-shin-tang(dog soup) every summer for me. It's wonderful! Ida: Gross! How can you eat dog? It's too barbarous. Halley: What is barbarous? French eat snail, Don't you think it's barbarous? Ida: Dog is our friend! Halley: Snail is our friend, too! :) ================================================== Personally I don't like dog meat, and don't have a plan to change my tastes within 100 years. But I don't care whether people eat dog or not.
 
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chemist    RE:funny story about Pets and Food   5/10/2004 1:44:49 AM
Everyone draws the line somewhere. Here in the States some states are having trouble with people processing horses to eat. Personally, I could never eat Fido my dog or Fluffy the cat(Now, if it were after an appocalypse or something it might be another story, well, at least for the damn cat). Other people draw the line somewhere else.
 
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