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Originally Posted by MMM
That is very true. Koreans, especially Korean boys, have great pride in their country. For some reason they have...interesting beliefs about what what has been invented in Korea. I have heard teenage boys tell me that ramen, the computer, cars, etc... were all invented in Korea.
In general, Japanese do not have that that same nationalistic or patriotic attitude.
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I was so shocked as a little kid when I found out Ramen was actually Japanese. And that the current Korean educational system is based off of the Japanese one as one of the leftovers of the colonization. There goes my nationalistic pride. XDD
I don't know WHY we Koreans are so nationalistic. It's very strange. Maybe it's because Korea in general was always very small and not given very much attention since a long time ago. As far as I know, out of the three East Asian countries, Korea is the only country that never invaded other places; it was always being invaded. Maybe being nationalistic is a way to compensate for such 'weakness'...?
In any case, I personally think that's not very good. A lot of little Korean children are influenced into becoming nationalistic, to an extreme. One example would be the Dokdo issue between Korean and Japan. A lot of children despise the Japanese because of this. Another time was when there was a Japanese in our class in elementary school, and some Korean boys would always gang up on her and tell her to get out of Korea. O_o;; Why are children being exposed to all of this negative, racist issues? I understand that people should be proud of their heritage, but this isn't pride, at all. This is something that little children that are 7, 8, 9 years old shouldn't be concerning themselves with. Cheesy as it sounds, children are the future, and especially in this age of globalization, they shouldn't be holding onto such narrow-minded views. =[
But in general, Japanese are viewed as very cool in Korea. The cases above were the extreme ones.
Once again, I kind of went off in a whole new direction. Sumimasen. ^0^;; But yes, Koreans are very nationalistic.