One of those great differences is that no one polls North Koreans.
That sounds reasonable. Without looking at statistics, I’d guess that the number three religion in South Korea is Confucianism or Taoism. (Because of long term Chinese influence). There’s also been a lot of Japanese influence in Korea, but mostly causing bad feelings on the Korean side, so Shinto would not be on the radar screen.
Speaking as a Christian, even that doesn’t make any Biblical sense. I know that won’t stop people from keeping those opinions, but the whole idea of “I hate Jews because they killed Jesus” is completely idiotic.
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Poland has a long history of virulent anti-semitism, surviving into modern times, as witness this review of Jan T. Gross’s book,* Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland After Auschwitz*.
even sven, just out of interest where is liqour city? I ran a, er, thing, in Hong Kong for a while and enjoyed Tsingtao a lot - is this what you’re referring to?
I’m married to a Korean and have spent significant time there (typically a several weeks per year). Koreans are definitely very insular. Once you get out of the big cities, non-Koreans are very rare.
I have not heard any negative comments about Jews. They are simply not on the radar. It’d be like asking an American how they felt about Cossacks–a complete unknown. I have heard negative comments about blacks and gays.
I would guess Jews are lumped into a generic foreigner category. I don’t think the typical Korean would even know how to recognize Jewish culture or names as distinct from any other Westerner.
Of course they do. The polling process is very streamlined, that’s all : Dear Leader fills the answers himself to save his people from the hassle. Then he shoots those who answered wrong.
Heh, no such luck. I live in a small town in Sichuan province that is pretty much wholly dedicated to the production and consumption of baijiu, the most unholy liquid on the planet.
North Korea poles you.
Oh my god. I just had a flashback to a hangover after a memorable dinner in Guangzhou. I think I may be sick again.
Heh! That happens in Thailand all the time (except with Thai food). 
I’m a korean myself and I know what you all mean. It’s really all about the races. Even my parents, who they call themselves “Christians” do not like the categories of the races:
1)African-Americans
2)Philippines
3)sometimes whites
4)Mexicans
5)Indonesians
and etc.
At church, even all the women and men would gossip about a topic that includes all these races with disapproval and disgust. It makes me want to hurl about their misunderstood beliefs. That’s why I’m an agnostic person. I asked to my parents, “Why do you hate these types of people and sin constantly if you declared yourself as a Christian?” They said, “Because we’re human beings.” So I thought, “Oh, then even if I continue to sin and ask for forgiveness ‘Please forgive my sins’, that I will still go to Hell?” I find it bullshit. I even feel sorry for myself for being at church because of my parents. If anyone could answer me in a really understandable way about what are these ludicrous meanings in the Bible, please do so. I only believe in the part in how happiness could be gained.
All these racism is caused by fear. Although, I don’t really know why or what they have to fear about them.
However, I don’t hear anyone at church talk crap about Jews. Actually, they are very fond of them. The rest are what they don’t like…
Do Koreans like zombies?
People fear the strange, chances are if they actually had a chance to get to know people that they list as disliking they would discover that they are just the same. People are the same everywhere, barring differences in customs [with respect to cultures with strong rules on behavior like Rom[gypsys] Jewish and Jain that all have very strong rules on how to conduct pretty much everything =)]
You want to know who Koreans (of a certain age) really hate?
My daughter was a primary caregiver to her Korean grandmother as she was dying. They put a Japanese woman in her room…but only briefly. For over a year she’d been flat on her back, unable to do more than breathe. But when she had a Japanese in throwing and yelling proximity, she rallied more energy than she’d had in years. Keeping them together might have even exended my mother-in-laws life, but probably would have shortened the Japanese woman’s.
When I was in college, I dated a Thai woman of Chinese heritage. She and her family didn’t have any problems with me being White but she once told me it was quite common for her friend’s parents to refuse to allow their children to go out with Filipinos, Japanese, anyone outside their ethnic group. I found her attitude as a Chinese-Thai (her grandparents were from Canton) interesting. Generally she identified as Thai and had an equal number of Thai-Thai as well as Chinese-Thai friends. But once in discussing why Chinese do so well in Thailand and other societies she said “Let’s face it. Thais sit around all day, talk and do nothing. We Chinese work hard. My grandmother tells me on they were poor and starved. But they built the family business to be successful.” She also had a brand of Thai toothpaste called “Darkie” that had a drawing of a very Black man smiling with an impressive set of teeth.
I know American baseball players in Japan have found the best way to get an umpire’s goat in an argument isn’t to call him blind, SOB or homosexual. It’s to call him a “Korean”. I also knew one American who while stationed in Japan was invited to a Japanese woman’s home. When they opened the door, he was immediately hit in the face by a bucket of water thrown by the girls father. He said "I always told you that is what I would do if you ever brought an American
home. Luckily, eventually the father accepted him and the two got married.
You hate to say it but casual bigotry is quite common world wide in all races, religions ( or lack of),and sexes.
As far as I can see it this is not especially anti-Semitism but simple “everyone except Koreans”. Even my parents while not “hating” Mexicans, blacks, SE Asians, Chinese whatnot certainly think “Oh they’re dirty” and occasionally use mild racial slurs like the Korean equivalent of “darkie”. On the other hand we’re good friends with an agnostic Democratic progressive liberal Jewish family.
Also a lot Koreans (including South Koreans) are anti-American and may equate Jews with the US.
http://gypsyscholarship.blogspot.com/2007/02/lee-won-bok-far-countries-and-close.html