Koreans also claimed that Japanese changed the spelling of Corea to Korea so that they could march first in the olympics. But the truth was just difference between English(Korea) and Latin(Corea, Coree). In fact, Korea was Corea at the Barcelona Olympic. Why the spelling changed Corea to Korea in early 20th century was gaining of English language area states influence such as UK,US.
The Rising East BY RICHARD HALLORAN Sunday, June 30, 2002
The World Cup soccer tournament jointly hosted by South Korea and Japan closed today without having noticeably eased the century-old animosity between the neighbors in Northeast Asia. There were a few signs of goodwill, such as Japanese cheering for the Korean team after their own team had been eliminated. Underneath, the grudges, particularly among the Koreans, remained. Indeed, it is no longer pertinent to write in an even-handed manner about the antipathy between Japan and Korea because most of the ill will is found in Korea. This is a lopsided, asymmetrical relationship. The palpable Korean hatred for Japan is deep-seated, pervasive and obsessive. Koreans who are rational about everything else can become irrational when Japan comes into a conversation. In contrast, Japanese often ignore Koreans or are indifferent to them -- infuriating Koreans even more -- although some younger Japanese profess to be interested in Korea. The conventional explanation for Korean antagonism is Japan's harsh colonial rule of 1905-1945. That, however, doesn't explain why Korean anger has lasted longer that the colonial period itself. Something deeper and hard to discern is at work here. Trying to psychoanalyze an entire nation is undeniably risky but may be permissible when applied to Korea's tightly knit society. Koreans have long had difficulty in dealing with outsiders, partly because of the geographic isolation of the Korean peninsula. It is, American GIs once said, tucked into the upper left-hand corner of the world.
More comes from having been overrun and subjugated for centuries by the Chinese, Mongols and Manchus, which led Koreans to draw back into the Hermit Kingdom and try to fend off foreigners. That lasted until the mid-19th century when Western nations demanded that Korea open up. Then the Chinese, Russians and Japanese fought over Korea, with the Japanese winning out and seeking to absorb Korea into the Japanese empire. All of this seems to have bred xenophobia into Korean society, the Japanese being the latest target. Korean antipathy showed up in myriad ways during the World Cup. Most Koreans resented having to share the spotlight as host with Japan and insisted that the tournament be called the Korea/Japan rather than the Japan/Korea World Cup. Korea's Web site and publicity largely ignored Japan. Japan was rarely mentioned in Korean TV coverage. When Turkey defeated Japan to eliminate the Japanese, Koreans applauded. When Japanese cheered for Korea as the Korean team advanced, Koreans said: "They Japanese are faking their support for the Korean team." There was evidence that the support was not faked. A professor in Japan asked over 100 of his students what they thought of the Korean performance in the tournament. About 70 percent gave positive replies, 22 percent were negative, and 8 percent said they weren't interested in Korea.
A Korean-American who lives and works in Seoul said privately: "Koreans are taught by their grandparents, parents and the educational system that the Japanese are evil. Hear this every day since birth and you have a running experiment of a Brave New World."
He said he had found an "enormous insecurity/inferiority complex" among Koreans. "They do not like the fact that their economic and political status in the world is inferior to hat of Japan and the United States. They do not like the fact that nobody in the world really pays attention to them. They do not like the fact that they are not a power in the world."
"Korea," he concluded, "is still a nation learning to deal with its economic, political and cultural development."
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Largest Korean cult Unification Church. "There, according to reports, Moon involved his congregation in an unusual ritual known as "blood separation," during which female members of the church were required to have sex with him to cleanse themselves of Satan's influence."
その2 Did you know that moderator should be fair and should not take side? According to your message, it is ok to post anti Japan but it is not ok to post anti Korean, eh? Otherwise you would delete all the anti Japanese messages too!
Perhaps you should start calling Korea Today instead of the Japan Today!
"JT Moderator: This is not on topic. It's a recurring anti-Korean rant that you try to post everytime such a topic comes up"
My posts have a lot to do with someone in the church using his powers to commit horrible crimes. It just happened to be so many Korean in the religion are using their powers to commit crimes.
その3 I kind of understand why JT deleted your posts. JT is in Japan, they can't get away from threat by Mindan or Chosen Soren even the owner is westerner. Do you know Fred Varcoe incident? He was fired by Japan Times because of writing about Korea's sex industry. In fact, Korean embassy threatened Japan Times.
That story - an introduction to Seoul - began with Fred reminiscing about being propositioned by a prostitute during his first visit to the South Korean capital.
He refused to resign and was fired on July 4 for, among other reasons, "insulting the honour of Korean women".
Fred's Korean wife received email death threats and the South Korean embassy in Tokyo twice visited the Japan Times to demand action.
Japanese and the Japanese themselves are basically no more or less prejudiced than Americans or Europeans. The Koreans, though, are a completely different matter.