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Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Wed Feb 14, 2018 11:16 amby mrswdk
North and South Korea may still officially be at war, they may have thousands of artillery and missiles pointing at each other across the DMZ. But one thing can unite them like nothing else, a collective desire to beat Japan.
Speaking to the Korea Times, South Korean high-school student Min Seung-won summed up the mood: "I was initially against North Koreans joining our team, but the match against Japan means a lot to us as a nation. I hope the North and South Korean players can come together more unified because of the historical tension, to win the game against Japan."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43057184
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Thu Feb 15, 2018 9:00 amby betiko
Wuttt? They are playing unified i hockey for the olympics???
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:55 amby mrswdk
Yup. they fielded a Unified Korea team. They're getting very chummy with each other these days, despite the shrill commands from Mike Pence that they should stay separated and hate each other.
Love saves the day!
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:45 amby waauw
The two sides of Ireland should do the same if they ever face England.
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:50 amby Dukasaur
The two sides of Germany should do that if they ever face Russia.
Oh, wait, I think they did.
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:49 pmby mrswdk
waauw wrote:The two sides of Ireland should do the same if they ever face England.
The Irish rugby team is a whole island of Ireland team. Always has been.
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:49 pmby waauw
mrswdk wrote:waauw wrote:The two sides of Ireland should do the same if they ever face England.
The Irish rugby team is a whole island of Ireland team. Always has been.
That's possible, I've never watched rugby.
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Thu Feb 15, 2018 2:06 pmby saxitoxin
waauw wrote:mrswdk wrote:waauw wrote:The two sides of Ireland should do the same if they ever face England.
The Irish rugby team is a whole island of Ireland team. Always has been.
That's possible, I've never watched rugby.
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Thu Feb 15, 2018 2:34 pmby mrswdk
waauw wrote:mrswdk wrote:waauw wrote:The two sides of Ireland should do the same if they ever face England.
The Irish rugby team is a whole island of Ireland team. Always has been.
That's possible
It's fact.
saxitoxin wrote:waauw wrote:I've never watched rugby.
SUCK IT
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:44 pmby Thorthoth
I haven't heard anything about Taiwan letting the mainland play on its teams...
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:42 pmby karel
its all a joke,south is paying 6 mil to have that scum shit from the north to come over,south feels that way we should leave south Korea then
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:48 amby Dukasaur
karel wrote:its all a joke,south is paying 6 mil to have that scum shit from the north to come over,south feels that way we should leave south Korea then
Yeah, because building bridges and hoping for peace is such a terrible idea.
](./images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall")
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Sat Feb 17, 2018 2:51 amby waauw
Dukasaur wrote:karel wrote:its all a joke,south is paying 6 mil to have that scum shit from the north to come over,south feels that way we should leave south Korea then
Yeah, because building bridges and hoping for peace is such a terrible idea.
One can however wonder how far diplomacy with a nation like N-Korea can actually go. What can be accomplished apart from a status quo?
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Sat Feb 17, 2018 10:49 amby Dukasaur
waauw wrote:Dukasaur wrote:karel wrote:its all a joke,south is paying 6 mil to have that scum shit from the north to come over,south feels that way we should leave south Korea then
Yeah, because building bridges and hoping for peace is such a terrible idea.
One can however wonder how far diplomacy with a nation like N-Korea can actually go. What can be accomplished apart from a status quo?
Very little, in the short term. In the long term? A lot.
A war posture is sustained by maintaining an US vs THEM attitude. Discovering that THEM has a lot of the same hopes and fears as US do goes a long way toward breaking down that attitude. Little cultural exchanges did a lot to defuse tensions during the Cold War, and ultimately helped bring about the end.
Glastnost and
perestroika came from a generation of Russians that had sat on their balconies listening to the Beatles.
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Sun Feb 18, 2018 10:23 pmby Thorthoth
Dukasaur wrote:waauw wrote:Dukasaur wrote:karel wrote:its all a joke,south is paying 6 mil to have that scum shit from the north to come over,south feels that way we should leave south Korea then
Yeah, because building bridges and hoping for peace is such a terrible idea.
One can however wonder how far diplomacy with a nation like N-Korea can actually go. What can be accomplished apart from a status quo?
Very little, in the short term. In the long term? A lot.
A war posture is sustained by maintaining an US vs THEM attitude. Discovering that THEM has a lot of the same hopes and fears as US do goes a long way toward breaking down that attitude. Little cultural exchanges did a lot to defuse tensions during the Cold War, and ultimately helped bring about the end.
Glastnost and
perestroika came from a generation of Russians that had sat on their balconies listening to the Beatles.
https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/ ... .jpg&w=480South Korea (& wife) on the left, North Korea on the right.
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Mon Feb 19, 2018 7:14 pmby notyou2
karel wrote:its all a joke,south is paying 6 mil to have that scum shit from the north to come over,south feels that way we should leave south Korea then
Yeah, lets let the guns settle it.
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Mon Feb 19, 2018 8:31 pmby Army of GOD
So SK, NK and China all hate Japan, NK and China like each other, SK hates NK and China and Japan hates all of them
Eastern Asian politics is confusing
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Mon Feb 19, 2018 9:02 pmby Maxleod
Japan and South Korea co-hosted the 2002 football world cup. Nobody cares about the winter olympics.
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:32 amby mrswdk
Army of GOD wrote:So SK, NK and China all hate Japan, NK and China like each other, SK hates NK and China and Japan hates all of them
Eastern Asian politics is confusing
SK doesn’t hate China, it loves China! (^0^)
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:23 pmby Thorthoth
Army of GOD wrote:So SK, NK and China all hate Japan, NK and China like each other, SK hates NK and China and Japan hates all of them
Eastern Asian politics is confusing
You left Taiwan out of your East Asia analysis. Was that an accidental oversight or mainland censorship propaganda?
Re: Two Koreas united by mutual revulsion towards Japan
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Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:24 amby Army of GOD
Too complicated
