ProudKoreanGuy said...

ProudKoreanGuy at 01:50 AM JST - 26th August

(IHT/Asahi: August 25,2008)

Hoshino said Japanese baseball fans should not become despondent because his team was unable to medal at the Beijing Games.

"I want the fans in Japan to know that Japanese baseball is not really like this," Hoshino said. "It just happened that during the period of this…

Posted in South Koreans reach gold-medal game at 01:50 AM JST - 26th August
ProudKoreanGuy at 12:54 AM JST - 26th August

DanManjt, If Korea was not mono-ethnic, then it certainly was monocultural - and still is, to a great extent. Now, you may refute that as well by citing that Korea's or Japan's culture is just some vartiation of cultures adopted from elsewhere. However, if you want to be that specific,…

Posted in Ainu rise up from the margins of Japanese society at 12:54 AM JST - 26th August
ProudKoreanGuy at 11:56 PM JST - 25th August

Don't see why you should be surprised. The Chinese people and even their govt which I am cobstantly speaking out against, are bigger people than their little neighbors.

So, the Japanese should show that they are bigger than Koreans by accepting the name change, then.

Posted in S Korea to complain over use of 'Sea of Japan' in Olympic closing ceremony at 11:56 PM JST - 25th August
ProudKoreanGuy at 11:48 PM JST - 25th August

One more thing, neither North nor South Korea was allowed to be a member of UN until 1991, so there was no way that either could have officially filed for the revision of the name by itself, against Japan which already was a member since 1956.

Posted in S Korea to complain over use of 'Sea of Japan' in Olympic closing ceremony at 11:48 PM JST - 25th August
ProudKoreanGuy at 11:37 PM JST - 25th August

I believe Kim Dae-Jung proposed "Sea of Peace" and "Sea of Friendship" as the new name, which were simply ignored and scoffed by the Japanese government.

Posted in S Korea to complain over use of 'Sea of Japan' in Olympic closing ceremony at 11:37 PM JST - 25th August
ProudKoreanGuy at 10:51 PM JST - 25th August

Do you hear any of the countries around the 'South China Sea' complaining?

That's for those countries to decided whether it's accepatable to them or not.

Posted in S Korea to complain over use of 'Sea of Japan' in Olympic closing ceremony at 10:51 PM JST - 25th August
ProudKoreanGuy at 10:40 PM JST - 25th August

Just how did Japan "Make the rest of the world" call it the 'Sea of Japan'?

By abusing its higher economic status to demand that UN officially adopt the name "Sea of Japan".

Posted in S Korea to complain over use of 'Sea of Japan' in Olympic closing ceremony at 10:40 PM JST - 25th August
ProudKoreanGuy at 10:16 PM JST - 25th August

Call it whatever you want just don't impose it on other people.

And that's exactly what Japan did - making sure that it is recognized by the whole world as "Sea of Japan" - and THAT is the problem.

Posted in S Korea to complain over use of 'Sea of Japan' in Olympic closing ceremony at 10:16 PM JST - 25th August
ProudKoreanGuy at 10:11 PM JST - 25th August

The highlight: The S. Korean baseballer Lee Seung-Yuop's 2-run homerun in the 8th inning of the second match against Japan.

The low point: The Cuban taekwondo fighter Mato's kick to the head of the referee.

Posted in What, for you, were the highlights and low points of the Beijing Olympics? at 10:11 PM JST - 25th August
ProudKoreanGuy at 09:42 PM JST - 25th August

Well, if Korea is being petty, then why doesn't Japan act bigger and just let it be renamed as something more neutral other than "Sea of Japan" which connotes that it belongs to Japan? And I like how the Japanese pretend they had nothing to do with its official naming…

Posted in S Korea to complain over use of 'Sea of Japan' in Olympic closing ceremony at 09:42 PM JST - 25th August