Japan and Korea, GIVE UP and shake!

[Yuusuke]

Originally Posted by Nendoroid

Korean BBQ is where it's at.

I like american style! lol

then again i'm not really a fan of bbq

[xYinniex]

I actually prefer korean food over japanese.
Its much spicier =)
Korean BBQ is amazinng. =)

actually, the younger generation of japanese love the korean. =) the massive success of DBSK and other korean pop bands are increasingly popular in Japan.

[Nendoroid]

Every dinner there's always something spicy on the table. :P

[Odin]

They say time heals all wounds. Well anyone who has ever suffered a serious injury know that this statement is far from true. However, maybe with time we can become accustomed to the old aches and the pain becomes less intense. Also with any serious injury care and attention must be given or else the wound festers and infects otherwise healthy tissue. So to is the case with Korea and Japan. Time is slowly erasing the old animosities, but the pain and the memories are not quite gone.

Although this is being discussed at as though this is an issue of ancestry, there is still a small percentage of the population that did live though such days. They can never be completely gone as long there are those among us who were their during the bad times. Likewise their children harbor many of the same feelings as their parents. Those who are currently 35 to 50 years old grew up in a time when communications between these two countries was nothing like it is today. Before the age of personal electronic communication the Sea of Japan posed as a serious barrier for the vast majority of the population. All contact between them was either through government to government or though business trade. Hence it was not unusual, that the only thing a Korean might hear about the Japanese was what they were told by their parents. The same would be true of a Japanese child growing up in the same time period.

Thankfully this, animosity is begging to slip away at an increasing rate. For those of us who exist withing the modern framework of communication, it is easier to reach out and speak to the man we have been told is our enemy. We should never forget the past. However we should never hold the sins of past over the children of the present, or of the future!


P.S. Not to offend our Japanese friends, but Korean food does indeed ROCK!

[ozkai]

Originally Posted by xYinniex

I actually prefer korean food over japanese.
Its much spicier =)
Korean BBQ is amazinng. =)

actually, the younger generation of japanese love the korean. =) the massive success of DBSK and other korean pop bands are increasingly popular in Japan.

Yrep, Korean food is YUMMY!!

Picked my partner up todaay from her Cathay pacific flight at Cairns Airport. She had a ball in Korea and hasn't stopped talking about what she had for lunch and dinner night and day :-)

[xYinniex]

Originally Posted by ozkai

Yrep, Korean food is YUMMY!!

Picked my partner up todaay from her Cathay pacific flight at Cairns Airport. She had a ball in Korea and hasn't stopped talking about what she had for lunch and dinner night and day :-)

oh man. GINSENG CHICKEN. GAH. craving.

[Nendoroid]

Remember everyone, don't consider Korean BBQ; Korean BBQ until you've eaten it home-made or in an actual legitimate resturaunt. Most Korean BBQ places will serve you decent plates of meat, but you have to get the best of the best to really 'taste' it. And I'm serious, it literally tastes and has a huge difference in texture.

[ozkai]

Originally Posted by xYinniex

oh man. GINSENG CHICKEN. GAH. craving.

I got some Ginseng Chewy, yummy, but that bloody dried Korean squid and fish just does not do it for my taste buds. It tastes like cat food smells!

[ozkai]

Originally Posted by Nendoroid

Remember everyone, don't consider Korean BBQ; Korean BBQ until you've eaten it home-made or in an actual legitimate resturaunt. Most Korean BBQ places will serve you decent plates of meat, but you have to get the best of the best to really 'taste' it. And I'm serious, it literally tastes and has a huge difference in texture.

Indeed.. Very tasty and then we have the sauce.

[TalnSG]

With an almost even mix of Japanese-American and Korean-American friends I would say that the animosity has faded considerably ..... unless the actual subject of it is raised. They enjoy each others food and music, but if the conversations drift to any history (not just this century), cultural traditions, or anythign political the tension escalates quickly. And with those who are Korean born among our circle of friends it can be a very serious issue, even in the 20-30 year old age bracket.

When the recent flames resumed over Dokdo, you didn't see the usual group of Japanese-Americans in k-town for a while. And who could blame them - they were openly made unwelcome.

But even the nationalistic rivalry between these two doesn't compare with what I see between the two of them versus the Chinese.