<p>And as an american citizen, you have no obligation, legal or moral, to that country or anyone there. I cringe every time I hear reasoning like this. Frankly all your dad has to say is MYOFB. I don’t let ANYONE push me around. And that includes the population of a small country.</p>
<p>^Random comment…but as a Korean I wanted to clarify something. I don’t know if you’re Korean (though judging by your post I’d say not) or if you’ve ever lived in Korea, but that is, in some strange broad sense, a part of culture (bad word choice). It is easy to say that when you’re American and have no knowledge of the situation. But South Korea is a country that has, literally, been fighting a war for fifty years that has yet to end. The Korean War was left at a stalemate and has yet to be officially declared over. Thus, we are a country that can go to battle (NOT war…since the war was never finished) any time, and with our own blood, nontheless. That is why Korea has such a strict military draft. With a dwindling population, we cannot afford an emergency draft, nor are we in a situation where we have the luxury to resort to one.</p>
<p>I know this sounds absurd and exaggerated. Were I not a Korean, I would probably think the same thing. And I’m certainly not saying that American citizens (even if they are Korean) should go do service they have no obligation to do. But the truth of the matter is, with the ridiculous number of draft dodgers who use ridiculous methods (gain excessive weight, flee to another country, get huge tattoos, bribe people) to avoid the service, you can’t blame people for feeling disdain towards a lack of military service (just to be clear- person in question is a US citizen, so I’m not saying he deserves this).</p>
<h2>Instead I’m saying that it wouldn’t hurt to think twice before telling anyone from a country that you barely know that they should tell a system to f*** itself. Most Korean men are proud to serve in the obligatory military service, because in our country, it is a duty and a necessity for the welfare of the Korean Peninsula as a whole.</h2>
<p>Now back on topic- </p>
<p>*hi i’m Korean too! yay!</p>
<p>anyone go to one of those Foreign Language schools in Korea?* </p>
<p>I do ^_^</p>
<p>(Sorry to revive an old thread, but Koreans need a home somewhere)</p>
<p>Hi I’m in my second year in a Foreign Language High School in Seoul, Korea… and I’m planning to go to an American college [applying next year].</p>