[PEN-L:1283] Speaking of Korea II

[valis <valis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Gotta check between the lines in those sneaky imperialist encomia:
The Japanese left Korea a high literacy rate in _what language_?
Consider Czech, which nearly disappeared from formal use during the
two centuries following the Battle of the White Mountain (1620).
The depth of hatred between Korean and Japanese students I have observed
here suggests a history of attempted cultural genocide.
                                                                   valis


Quoth Michael Perelman:
> I would always defer to Marty in matters of S. Korea, but I thought that the
> Japanese left a legacy of a high literacy rate.  I was not thinking of higher
> education.  Am I wrong in this?
>
> Martin Hart-Landsberg wrote:
>
> > Just a quick response to Michael's comments below:  I do not think that
> > Japan left much of an education system.  At least not one that Koreans got
> > much out of