Saturday, March 01, 2003

New Things to Boycott
Turkey
Turkish Delight
Turkish Baths
Turkish Cotton
Atrios

Here on the streets of Seoul, young and old demonstrators alike agreed that changes in the schools had contributed to the generational split in attitudes toward North Korea and the United States. The American role in ending Japanese colonial rule in 1945 and in halting the North Korean invasion five years later is barely taught in the schools these days.
Chung Young Sook, a 33-year-old middle school teacher at the demonstration this evening, said North Korea was less of a threat to peace than the United States. "It's not fair that only the U.S. can have nuclear weapons — the U.S. is not the police of the world, it does not represent democracy in the world," she said. NY Times

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