Recent pictures of North Corea.

Holy crap. i'm Corean myself and its really disturbing to see what my life would be like had Douglas MacArthur and America not intervened.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/recent_scenes_from_north_korea.html

You cant even spell it right!

-Facepalm-

America is the only country that spells Corea with a "K". It was originally spelled with a "C" until the Japanese forced to change it to a "K" so they could walk first in the Olympics (during the forced oppressive Japanese annexation in the early 1900's). I guess its a pride thing.

Yeah, I have some resentments against the Japanese and so do a lot of people. But, I'm not gonna go there.

America is the only country that spells Corea with a "K". It was originally spelled with a "C" until the Japanese forced to change it to a "K" so they could walk first in the Olympics. I guess its a pride thing.windsofwang

http://www.goldsea.com/Air/Issues/Corea/corea.html

there ya go

http://www.goldsea.com/Air/Issues/Corea/corea.html

"Japan's annexation of Corea didn't become formal until 1910, but for all practical purposes Japan had become the power that regulated Corea's relations with the outside world in 1897 when it defeated China in a war over Japan's ambition to exercise control over Corea. The only other power willing to contest Japan's supremacy in the Corean peninsula was Russia. When it was easily defeated by Japan at Port Arthur in 1905, the annexation of Corea became a fait accompli. Anxious to avoid a costly Pacific conflict, President Wilson ignored the pleas of a delegation of Corean patriots and their American missionary supporters and turned a blind eye to Japan's acts of formal annexation and colonization of Corea. During that period Japan mounted a campaign to push for the "Korea" useage by the American press. Why? For one of Japan's prospective colonies to precede its master in the alphabetical lineup of nations would be unseemly, Japanese imperialists decided."

America is the only country that spells Corea with a "K". It was originally spelled with a "C" until the Japanese forced to change it to a "K" so they could walk first in the Olympics. I guess its a pride thing.

Yeah, I have some resentments against the Japanese and so do a lot of people. But, I'm not gonna go there.

windsofwang

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it was Europe that started to spell it Korea instead of Corea due to linguistic study of how the whole name derived from.

there ya go

Ravirr

Beat me to it! :x

Am I the only one who didnt see anything really disturbing? At all?Matt-4542

That is one messed up country.FamiBox

I'm not from there, but that could be offensive.

[QUOTE="Matt-4542"]Am I the only one who didnt see anything really disturbing? At all?elblanquito_81

well i saw miltary everywhere, huge highways with no cars

lolol, Corea. I'm from "Corea" but I think it's actually spelled Korea!Kikouken

No the orginal way is Corea.

Am I the only one who didnt see anything really disturbing? At all?Matt-4542

Thats because photographers aren't allowed outside the small boundaries of the capital city of Pyongyang which is only a facade of the starvation and famine outside. Oh, and don't forget the Auschwitz-esque concentration camps.

Check out this movie trailer based on the plight of North Corea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRO2R-bQcG8

lolol, Corea. I'm from "Corea" but I think it's actually spelled Korea!Kikouken

as the tc said, it was originaaly spelled with a "c".

[QUOTE="Matt-4542"]Am I the only one who didnt see anything really disturbing? At all?elblanquito_81

America is the only country that spells Corea with a "K". It was originally spelled with a "C" until the Japanese forced to change it to a "K" so they could walk first in the Olympics (during the forced oppressive Japanese annexation in the early 1900's). I guess its a pride thing.

Yeah, I have some resentments against the Japanese and so do a lot of people. But, I'm not gonna go there.

windsofwang

Every western country in the world spells it with a 'k'. I dont know of one that spells it with a 'c'.

[QUOTE="windsofwang"]

America is the only country that spells Corea with a "K". It was originally spelled with a "C" until the Japanese forced to change it to a "K" so they could walk first in the Olympics (during the forced oppressive Japanese annexation in the early 1900's). I guess its a pride thing.

Yeah, I have some resentments against the Japanese and so do a lot of people. But, I'm not gonna go there.

Taegukki

Every western country in the world spells it with a 'k'. I dont know of one that spells it with a 'c'.

[QUOTE="Taegukki"][QUOTE="windsofwang"]

America is the only country that spells Corea with a "K". It was originally spelled with a "C" until the Japanese forced to change it to a "K" so they could walk first in the Olympics (during the forced oppressive Japanese annexation in the early 1900's). I guess its a pride thing.

Yeah, I have some resentments against the Japanese and so do a lot of people. But, I'm not gonna go there.

-kaz3-

Every western country in the world spells it with a 'k'. I dont know of one that spells it with a 'c'.

There is no c in the Korean alphabet. There is a g, which can be pronouced as a k, and there is a k.

haha he cant even spell his nationality.... wow funny thing I've seen read dayballeralex90

Koreans spell it with a "C". :)

I guess you didn't bother to read all the other posts. Huzzah for ignorance.

[QUOTE="-kaz3-"][QUOTE="Taegukki"][QUOTE="windsofwang"]

America is the only country that spells Corea with a "K". It was originally spelled with a "C" until the Japanese forced to change it to a "K" so they could walk first in the Olympics (during the forced oppressive Japanese annexation in the early 1900's). I guess its a pride thing.

Yeah, I have some resentments against the Japanese and so do a lot of people. But, I'm not gonna go there.

Taegukki

Every western country in the world spells it with a 'k'. I dont know of one that spells it with a 'c'.

There is no c in the Korean alphabet. There is a g, which can be pronouced as a k, and there is a k.

[QUOTE="Taegukki"][QUOTE="windsofwang"]

America is the only country that spells Corea with a "K". It was originally spelled with a "C" until the Japanese forced to change it to a "K" so they could walk first in the Olympics (during the forced oppressive Japanese annexation in the early 1900's). I guess its a pride thing.

Yeah, I have some resentments against the Japanese and so do a lot of people. But, I'm not gonna go there.

-kaz3-

Every western country in the world spells it with a 'k'. I dont know of one that spells it with a 'c'.

You think thats bad?

Japan native name is Nihon.......

Haha junior its spelt Korea.....TheBeast789

can you read previous posts? it was already established that it is spelled with a c as well

You think thats bad?

Japan native name is Nihon.......

Thechaninator

China in mandarin is also very different from the English name, but I don't think people should really care though, its just a name.

[QUOTE="Taegukki"][QUOTE="-kaz3-"][QUOTE="Taegukki"][QUOTE="windsofwang"]

America is the only country that spells Corea with a "K". It was originally spelled with a "C" until the Japanese forced to change it to a "K" so they could walk first in the Olympics (during the forced oppressive Japanese annexation in the early 1900's). I guess its a pride thing.

Yeah, I have some resentments against the Japanese and so do a lot of people. But, I'm not gonna go there.

-kaz3-

Every western country in the world spells it with a 'k'. I dont know of one that spells it with a 'c'.

There is no c in the Korean alphabet. There is a g, which can be pronouced as a k, and there is a k.

I majored in Korean at university...BTW, in Korea they call their country Hanguk, its actual name.

[QUOTE="Thechaninator"]

You think thats bad?

Japan native name is Nihon.......

Lonelynight

China in mandarin is also very different from the English name, but I don't think people should really care though, its just a name.

Corea and Korea are both ok,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Korea#Outside_East_Asia

When romanizing Korean, the "K" sound can only be substituted with a "G". Like "gimchi" instead kimchi. Substituting the k/g with a "c" is incorrect. Just because it sounds the same when spoken doesn't mean it's correct when written. Shad0ki11

Exactly. The sound 'g' can also be pronounced as a 'k' in certain words.

[QUOTE="Lonelynight"][QUOTE="Thechaninator"]

You think thats bad?

Japan native name is Nihon.......

lonewolf604

China in mandarin is also very different from the English name, but I don't think people should really care though, its just a name.

It means middle kingdom if you don't know.

Guys, who the **** cares?...

Anyways, the pictures are quite nice...I loved the one with the lone female soldier walking down a road.