tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post533459273829975952..comments2024-03-26T03:31:06.199-04:00Comments on Ask a Korean!: Ask a Korean! News: North Koreans Directly Connect with South Korea via Chinese Cell PhonesT.K. (Ask a Korean!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-116425600331122212010-01-18T04:14:27.658-05:002010-01-18T04:14:27.658-05:00This is great news; however, if I wasn’t living in...This is great news; however, if I wasn’t living in South Korea I’d be really confused by the following: “not everywhere in North Korea can one speak with Koreans” It sounds like the li’l dude has a no talking order in certain sections of North Korea. <br /><br />Other than in the title and towards the end of the article could someone not from the Koreas understand that it is referring to South Korea as Korea. Thanks to examples like those used in your article of the all-encompassing term, Korea, it isn’t quite as hard for me to understand why my friends, relatives, and fellow non Korean-Americans still continue to have so much trouble when telling the two apart when Koreans don’t differentiate enough between the two themselves (Well, I guess the north does). When they hear the term Korea overseas, it is usually in regards to something horrendous occurring in the North. While the term, South Korea, is bringing up more and more associations with solid products like LG, Samsung, Kia, Daewoo, and Hyundai. <br /><br />Give it a shot Korean, go around town and ask your average Americans what they associate “Korea” with and “South Korea” with. If they don’t say the li’l dud or the north when mentioning “Korea” alone, then they are lying.John from Daejeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431973044799010218noreply@blogger.com