28/2/2018 Koreans are extremely different people. (3)


Koreans take an extremely hostile attitude when facing a Japanese team in sporting events. A reason is that they have received anti-Japanese education. Then, do they really dislike Japan? The answer is not necessarily ‘Yes.’ So many Koreans visit Japan every year. Very few Korean residents in Japan return to Korea. There are many Japanese restaurants run by Koreans in America and Europe and the owners pretend to be Japanese. Many other Koreans are said to pretend overseas to be Japanese too.
              Koreans criticize Japan for the case of ‘comfort women.’ They claim that the Japanese army took Korean women away and forced them to become its ‘sex slaves.’ This claim is based only on a fiction forged by a Japanese writer. This is most puzzling. There is no evidence for such cases. Why did not they examine the cases and offer enough evidence?
Korea (has) had actually a widespread culture of prostitution. The culture had spread so broadly into society that many Korean women often had demonstrations for ‘legalization’ of prostitution. It is also noteworthy that Korea has been a major supplier of prostitutes to the world.
Comfort women were nothing but prostitutes, which existed in many countries including Korea for many years before, during, and after WWII. Korea is a country where prostitution flourished most prominently in the world. Why do only those Koreans who were engaged in the business during WWII demand apologies and money from Japanese government? What suffering did they have? They received enormous amounts of income and most were very friendly to Japanese soldiers. Most people including soldiers had incalculable suffering in those days.  
There is no evidence that the Japanese army forced Korean women to become its ‘sex slaves.’ In contrast, there is evidence that the Korean army raped many Vietnamese women during the Vietnam War. Thousands of Lai Dai Han are the results.
It is obvious that Korea is not qualified to criticize Japan for the case of ‘comfort women.’ It should criticize itself. I would like to add that the fact that Koreans do not have true freedom of speech has made Koreans choose a wrong subject of criticism.

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