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  • And you are from either of these Koreas?

    I personally would not ask an American which Korea he is from (“which Korea an American was from”) but I had extensive conversations about the separation of the countries with actual Koreans. I commented about my personal expierience.

    Edit to add: I rather have my brain fall out from open-mindedness than one that shrivels up like a raisin from ignorance.


  • North Korean refugees do exist and even if its more likely to meet a South Korean, wouldn’t it be discrimatory and erasing to just assume all Koreans you meet are from the south?

    Especially since South Koreans normally don’t make the distinction of north and south but talk about one Korea. In my expierience, foreign born Korean don’t do this, but Korean born Koreans do.


  • I personally find it worse, if city names are very different. Like Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (…) as Bangkok. Most Thai people just say Krung Thep, why can’t the rest of the world? I mean, they only changed the name in 1782…

    Or Italians call Munich ‘Monaco’ which is really confusing because there is literally a country not that far away.