Quote from: Ronnie Omelettes on August 20, 2019, 01:46:09 pmQuote from: Kayos on August 20, 2019, 12:54:46 pmBoycott Japan, maaaaaaaaaan! :OWhat's with the whole boycott Japan thing going on in Korea atm? One of my high level students spoke to me about it during summer camp. I know there was/is bad blood between Korea and Japan because of the past, but this is my 1st time seeing boycott Japan in Korea (in my 3 years here).When I was in England, someone mentioned about an article in the paper about some Korean petrol station not filling up Japanese cars and thought it was just some stupid one off thing.Then, refreshed after my holiday, I came back to Korea and am treated to a few banners in my small city with 'Don't go to Japan, Don't buy anything Japanese'. So did some reading up and realised it was just another childish thing that the Koreans and Japanese have, but this time started by the Japanese. It doesn't take much. There were also two Korean guys stood with signs at the crossroads near my school with a picture of a target on Abe. Then I was talking to one of my well-travelled Korean friends who will be in Germany over Chuseok and they asked if I was doing anything, to which I replied, 'maybe I'll go to Japan as it's really cheap', but the reaction was not a normal rational one. I don't know what nationalism does to people but it's really stupid, reactionary rubbish. I thought it was started here in Korea.Wasn't it the Korean government's decision to seize local assets from Japanese companies (or at least, those assets belonging to companies that existed back during the Japanese Imperial era and that had employed forced Korean labour) that started it all?
Quote from: Kayos on August 20, 2019, 12:54:46 pmBoycott Japan, maaaaaaaaaan! :OWhat's with the whole boycott Japan thing going on in Korea atm? One of my high level students spoke to me about it during summer camp. I know there was/is bad blood between Korea and Japan because of the past, but this is my 1st time seeing boycott Japan in Korea (in my 3 years here).When I was in England, someone mentioned about an article in the paper about some Korean petrol station not filling up Japanese cars and thought it was just some stupid one off thing.Then, refreshed after my holiday, I came back to Korea and am treated to a few banners in my small city with 'Don't go to Japan, Don't buy anything Japanese'. So did some reading up and realised it was just another childish thing that the Koreans and Japanese have, but this time started by the Japanese. It doesn't take much. There were also two Korean guys stood with signs at the crossroads near my school with a picture of a target on Abe. Then I was talking to one of my well-travelled Korean friends who will be in Germany over Chuseok and they asked if I was doing anything, to which I replied, 'maybe I'll go to Japan as it's really cheap', but the reaction was not a normal rational one. I don't know what nationalism does to people but it's really stupid, reactionary rubbish.
Boycott Japan, maaaaaaaaaan! :OWhat's with the whole boycott Japan thing going on in Korea atm? One of my high level students spoke to me about it during summer camp. I know there was/is bad blood between Korea and Japan because of the past, but this is my 1st time seeing boycott Japan in Korea (in my 3 years here).
Last month, Japan announced it would tighten control over three chemicals — fluorinated polyamides, photoresists, and hydrogen fluoride — that are crucial to producing semiconductors in Korea. Under new regulations, Japanese companies would need a license for each chemical to import them to South Korea, and the process could take up to 90 days.Semiconductors, a key material installed in most electronic devices, have long been Korea’s top export item, and a delay in their productions could pose a significant threat to its economy.
All of East Asia is in a state right now. Boycott-wise it seemed to start out as just another kerfuffle but its escalated into a spat. I don't care much for the anti-Japan stickers on the subway. I want my subway ride to be politics free. Also, I'm glad the locals protested the banners going up in Jung-gu. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/anti-japan-banners-seoul-public-outcry-190806084314476.htmlFrom my vantage point the main people not falling into this are Japanophiles and alcoholics who refuse to give up their Izakayas with the sake and the Kirin. While I'm against it, I also recognize that long after I'm gone, the Japanese will still be here and while, as a Westerner, I may think the Japanese are cute and cuddly and nice to everyone, I also recognize that they might be a different way to the rest of Asia.
Sorry, so you're saying I'm not allowed to hit up Lotteria after work for a Bulgogi burger?
Quote from: AvecPommesFrites on August 20, 2019, 03:31:08 pmSorry, so you're saying I'm not allowed to hit up Lotteria after work for a Bulgogi burger? Your bukkake days are numbered too, Frites.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X0X2eF6yJpI
Quote from: L I on August 21, 2019, 11:59:32 amhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X0X2eF6yJpIsigh...there went the nice low prices to Japan...
Better do a piece on Fukushima to get people's minds back on Japan!
All South Korean airlines – both full-service and budget carriers – now have cut back their flights to Japan amid escalating trade tensions between the two neighboring countries after Air Seoul Inc., Korea’s fledgling low-cost carrier with hefty reliance on Japanese destinations, has decided to suspend and reduce its operations to Japan. https://pulsenews.co.kr/view.php?year=2019&no=627126Following Korean carriers’ decision to roll back flights to Japan, each company has cut more than 180,000 seats monthly heading to Japan so far, which totals to about 2 million seats a year. Carriers rolling back flights to Japan plan to instead expand services to China and Southeast Asia to make up for their losses from rolling back their flights to Japan.
Prediction: More people visiting the Olympics will die of heat stroke OR transportation accidents OR "misadventure" than anything to do with Fukushima radiation.
