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Originally Posted by pgardn
And in South Korea this incident was all over the newspapers. The citizens were in shock and ashamed. The basic jist I got from the South Korean side was, "Holy Cow, say it aint so, we cant be like them". This was a National humiliation to them. Its like the whole country took it as their fault, its quite amazing. Again, cultural differences. It appears that some Asian socities take responsibility very seriously.
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I understand he was not technically a citizen, but the kid had lived here since he was what, 8 years old? If I was a South Korean, I'd be feeling that hey, the US had him for 16 years and SK had him for 8- he's all the US's. South Korea has nothing to worry about in that respect...