User:Umaru16

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It is American imperialism that forces cooperation between South Korea and Japan in the absence of complete repentance, reflection, and compensation for American/Japanese imperialism.

The U.S. should officially end the Korean War, establish diplomatic relations with North Korea, and meet with Kim Jong-un to negotiate. The enemy of the United States is China, not North Korea. South Korea-U.S. military exercises that frighten North Korea should be stopped.


I recently found out that the Korean word 민족 is translated into 'race' in English. Almost all Koreans don't write or speak in that sense. 민족 should be translated as 'nation' or 'ethnic people', not 'race'.


When most Koreans say 민족(minjok), it's about "nation" or "ethnicity", not "race".

When South Korean liberals or leftists say, “We are one 민족, sharing the same blood,” it should be interpreted as “We are one 'nation'/'ethnic Korean', sharing the same blood.” It should NOT be interpreted as "We are one 'race', sharing the same blood".

Robert Kelly or BR. Myers has lived in South Korea for a long time, distorting "minjok" as "race," leading many Westerners to misunderstand South and North Korea.

  • Race=/=민족
  • Race = 인종
  • Nation or Ethnicity = 민족

No Koreans refer to themselves as "Korean race" (한인종/조선인종). Koreans refer to themselves as "Korean nation"/"Korean ethnicity" (한민족/조선민족).

Koreans have "national pride"/"ethnic pride" (민족[적] 자긍심), but they never have "racial pride"(인종[적] 자긍심).


To properly understand South Korean politics, it is necessary to understand that the term "[ethno-]nationalism" (민족주의) in South Korea does NOT have the same meaning as in the United States. The term 민족주의 was a key element of the anti-Japan Korean independence movement (반일 독립운동). Currently, most politicians in South Korea who refer to themselves as "[ethno-]nationalists" (민족주의자) are either liberals or leftists. 민족주의 is the identity politics of South Korea's mainstream liberals and leftists who support (partly anti-Japanese) justice for Japan and reconciliation with North Korea. South Korea's far-right promotes hatred of the Chinese, Muslims, feminists, and LGBT and advocates state-based ultranationalism, while denying 민족주의.

Therefore, the contents of the articles "Korean nationalism" and "Korean ethnic nationalism" in the English Wikipedia are completely false, and they are bullshit on the views of Brian Reynolds Myers, a right-wing South Korean scholar.

Please don't think I'm an advocate for the North Korean system or Tankie. I don't like Kim's monarchy and I think Kim monarchism very reactionary. However, North Korea's nationalism is not reactionary because it is based on post-colonialism. Above all, what made North Korea extremely closed was the historical misdeeds of neighboring powers such as Japan, China, and the United States. Therefore, we need a "sympathetic" attitude toward North Korea to some extent.


Donald Trump is a bad politician for Americans, but he has been on the side of the South Korean left-liberal at least when it comes to foreign policy related to South Korea, North Korea and Japan. He had a racist animosity toward the Japanese, but he was friendly toward North Korea. South Korean liberals have elements of anti-Japanese sentiment and sympathy for North Korea in different contexts, which have to do with post-colonialism. I hate the attitude of Joe Biden to force South Korea to be close to Japan and at the same time ignore the human rights of Japanese war crime victims in South Korea.

I am a supporter of Bernie Sanders and the Democratic Socialists of America, and I am never a supporter of Donald Trump. Western media, however, do not portray Shinzo Abe, who bullied South Korean liberals, as a fascist, but Donald Trump, who sided with South Korean liberals, as a fascist. The American media is overly pro-Japanese.