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People met on my backpacking171 - Foreigners Worrying About Korea
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We walked to the top of our eighth-floor hotel building to watch the sunset on the final day of 2023. The majority of visitors were from Malaysia, but the first Westerner we had encountered since coming was a Croatian tourist. He'd had a long-time buddy who lived in Seoul, so he knew the city well. He was on a 20-day vacation and heading to Southeast Asia. On his tour, he will stop at Seoul, Angkor Wat, Saigon and Chiang Mai, Thailand.
He was startled to find that we had spent 50 days in Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia, and other Balkan nations eight years before. The tale progressed. I informed him that Croatia was a wonderful country that got independence following horrific tragedies such as the Yugoslav War and ethnic cleansing. He immediately asked me. He went on to say, "Korea is the greatest country that suffered 2,000 years from China, 35 years from Japan, and defended against N. Korea's invasion." His great understanding of Korea astounded me. His next story astonished me even more.
He said that Koreans are dumb. It's because Koreans prefer communism than a successful Republic of Korea. He said that his parents had told him a lot about horrible life under the former communist dictatorship. I questioned him where he acquired his information about Korea since he stated he couldn't understand why Koreans who have freedom and wealth admire N. Korea and the communist dictatorship, the worst communist parties in the world. He claimed to have learned the facts from a buddy in Seoul. He further stated that he recently learned that the Republic of Korea, which Kim Jong-un indicated, is not of the same ethnic group, hence launching a nuclear assault is acceptable. It's uncomfortable to admit, but the fact that people all across the world are increasingly interested in Korea, including concerns about it.
As people pray for their blessings each new year, I hope that all Koreans will pray for Korea to become a stronger and wealthier country via television. Thus, I hope that no more foreigners, like the Croatians, are concerned about Korea in order to prevent North Korea from threatening to launch a nuclear strike on South Korea or the CCP, the communist dictatorship, from breaching South Korea's sovereignty again. It's our issue, not theirs. There shouldn't be any more shame on earth.
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