Non-Koreans:

[CrazyAnglican]

Great Idea for a thread Meggy!

What do average CC'ers know about the kingdoms of Silla, Paekche, and Kokuryo?

Also what do you guys know about the role of the Hwa Rang in unifying the Choson peninsula?


This one may die a quick death, but its really a good story if you look it up.

[btownmeggy]

Korea warred with Japan and China for a long time, but was also sometimes peaceful with them, and sometimes allied with one against the other.

They wore beautiful clothing in Ancient and Medieval times, though Koreans in general still dress pretty well today.

That's all I know about pre-20th century Korea.

[CrazyAnglican]

I've heard from some, that Korea's mountain ranges played a large role in keeping them from being permanently taken over by either Japan or China. They are a mountain people for the most part, and have the fierce independence shared by the Scots Highlanders.

[Stopper]

Pre-20th century Korea? The thing I like most, second only to the traditional women's dress, are the men's hats:



Oh, what the hell, this is what I meant by women's dress:

[static_ice]

eh my friend should know something about this, he spent 8th grade in South Korea

[Minister Masket]

Meh, I think I'm right in thinking that the north is run by a bad bad man, while the south is slightly better.

[I GOT SERVED]

Well, all I know is that South Korea and North Korea are like, at each others throats, or something like that.....

I should know more about this, considering that I go to school with about 100 Koreans....

[Stopper]

Does anyone, by any chance, remember the name of the (I think, Croatian) bloke who had that rather excellent picture of himself surrounded by about 50 Korean women in traditional dress?

It is (or, at least, was) in the pictures thread, but I don't know of any way of searching for it, without his name, at the least.

[btownmeggy]

Does anyone, by any chance, remember the name of the (I think, Croatian) bloke who had that rather excellent picture of himself surrounded by about 50 Korean women in traditional dress?

It is (or, at least, was) in the pictures thread, but I don't know of any way of searching for it, without his name, at the least.

I remember that picture. It was great. Around page 70, maybe?

[Stopper]

Does anyone, by any chance, remember the name of the (I think, Croatian) bloke who had that rather excellent picture of himself surrounded by about 50 Korean women in traditional dress?

It is (or, at least, was) in the pictures thread, but I don't know of any way of searching for it, without his name, at the least.

I remember that picture. It was great. Around page 70, maybe?

Hmm. I've pulled the "you should look at page [somewhere-in-the-middle-of-nowhere], it's so great", trick before, when the person then clicks "next" for 20 minutes to find nothing.

This isn't what you're doing now, is it?

[btownmeggy]

I found it. Guess what page it's on. Go ahead. Guess.

68!!!!! And at the end!!!

I'm incredible.

http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewto ... start=1005

[Titanic]

Lol, cool pic, but isn he Italian?

[Anarchy Ninja]

I watch X-Man and Love Letter on youtube but thats about it

[Stopper]

Eh, what? I'm impressed, meggy. All future half-forgotten posted-pictures requests will be going direct to you...

[Arbustos]

I'm Korean and I know almost nothing about my country

-Pyongyang
-Seoul=Most populous Asian city (0_0)
-38th Parallel
-Mongols (Kamikaze)
-Garlic-Eaters


That's about it.

[Titanic]

I'm Korean and I know almost nothing about my country

-Pyongyang
-Seoul=Most populous Asian city (0_0)
-38th Parallel
-Mongols (Kamikaze)
-Garlic-Eaters


That's about it.

Seoul is more populated then Shanghai and Tokyo. Never knew that...

[Arbustos]

I'm Korean and I know almost nothing about my country

-Pyongyang
-Seoul=Most populous Asian city (0_0)
-38th Parallel
-Mongols (Kamikaze)
-Garlic-Eaters


That's about it.

Seoul is more populated then Shanghai and Tokyo. Never knew that...

Yeah, I was surprised to... I wish I could remember where I got it from.

[Titanic]

I'm Korean and I know almost nothing about my country

-Pyongyang
-Seoul=Most populous Asian city (0_0)
-38th Parallel
-Mongols (Kamikaze)
-Garlic-Eaters


That's about it.

Seoul is more populated then Shanghai and Tokyo. Never knew that...

Yeah, I was surprised to... I wish I could remember where I got it from.

Wikipedia has it, I've seen their rankings before.

[btownmeggy]

I did not believe it, but you're totally right

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/bigcities.htm

[CrazyAnglican]

I didn't know that about Seoul either. Most of my knowledge about Korea comes from my study of Tae-Kwon-Do.

A few facts (I hope they are anyway) that I've come across:

1) the Koreans made the first armored (metal?) battle ship called "The
Turtle Boat" around the 1400's.

2) Budhism was spread throughout the country largely through the
efforts of a monk named Won-Hyo.

3) Members of a youth group named the Hwa-Rang (flowering youth)
played a pivotal role in unifying the entire peninsula the first time.

4) The first Japanese governor general of Korea was assasinated in a
train station (I think) by a Korean named Joong-gun. Joong-gun was
caught and executed in prison at the age of 32.

If I'm wrong on any of these please corrrect me. I've spent a little time studying this topic, but not nearly enough.

[Titanic]

I didn't know that about Seoul either. Most of my knowledge about Korea comes from my study of Tae-Kwon-Do.

A few facts (I hope they are anyway) that I've come across:

1) the Koreans made the first armored (metal?) battle ship called "The
Turtle Boat" around the 1400's.

2) Budhism was spread throughout the country largely through the
efforts of a monk named Won-Hyo.

3) Members of a youth group named the Hwa-Rang (flowering youth)
played a pivotal role in unifying the entire peninsula the first time.

4) The first Japanese governor general of Korea was assasinated in a
train station (I think) by a Korean named Joong-gun. Joong-gun was
caught and executed in prison at the age of 32.

If I'm wrong on any of these please corrrect me. I've spent a little time studying this topic, but not nearly enough.

Lol I do Taekwondo to. Its annoying remembering the meanings of all the patterns...

[btownmeggy]

2) Budhism was spread throughout the country largely through the
efforts of a monk named Won-Hyo.

Ah, Won-Hyo. They talk about him in THE HOST, ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES EVER MADE.

[Arbustos]

Oh yeah, one last thing I know about my country - and the extent of my knowledge on its language - is that Taekwondo translates to "way of hand and foot." I think.

[Stopper]

2) Budhism was spread throughout the country largely through the
efforts of a monk named Won-Hyo.

Ah, Won-Hyo. They talk about him in THE HOST, ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES EVER MADE.

Correction: ONE OF THE GREATEST MONSTER MOVIES EVER MADE.

(I was going to reproduce the picture here, but I was too tired and couldn't be bothered.)

Now that this topic has finally been steered to what it should have been about in the first place, ie Korean films, I would say that the best Korean movie I've seen was actually the first one I ever saw, A Tale of Two Sisters.

I've seen probably 30-40 others, and there have been plenty of very good ones, Oasis, Peppermint Candy, Take Care Of My Cat, Oldboy, Taegukgi, Sopyeonjge (sp?), just off the top of my head, but A Tale of Two Sisters has never really been surpassed, for me, anyway.

[CrazyAnglican]

I have to confess complete ignorance of Korean films.