While reading The Asia Pages, I had a thought. It’s not the first time I have had this thought. In fact, I have this thought quite often:
Do you ever get the feeling that Korean really, really WANTS to be the victim of a terrorist attack, if for no other reason than it would somehow legitimize Korea as a really significant and important country?
Comment by Ziggy Freud
30 August 2005 @ 11:03 am
I often think that Korea just wants the world’s attention. No matter how it gets it. If it can get that attention through hosting the Olympics or World Cup, then fine, but they’re willing to do/suffer/complain about just about anything to get that attention.
Anything to have pictures of Seoul on the front page of the NYT or IHT.
It’s like a nation jumping up and down waving its arms shouting: “Hey, don’t ignore me! Yo, over here! Pay attention!”
I admit to having been wrong about Korea before, but yeah, I have the same cynical feelings you have described. I think anyone who has lived here more than 6 months is probably the same way.
Comment by Ben Affleck
30 August 2005 @ 8:12 pm
I like when there’s a big event in Korea and the Korean media does reports on the international media coverage of the event. It’s like the mirrors in the subway, Korea’s too vain to resist stopping and staring at itself.
Comment by Silly Sally
31 August 2005 @ 5:47 pm
Jeff, are you saying an entire collective entity such as the tribe of Korea would crave a collective attention? Maybe so, and why Korea has the highest percentage of bloggers in the world.
You are quite the pensive thinker: wondering if the little “Taco Bell” in Itaewon was a rip-off.
Comment by Allan
1 September 2005 @ 7:37 am
Question: Define the center of the Universe?
Any Korean: Me!
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