The commentary on page 25 -- on Koreans and Korea under Japan rule -- is extraordinary for how unfiltered it is. I suspect most Koreans back then would have objected.
I kept waiting for the shoe to drop on the Japanese occupation and should not have been surprised by how pro colonialism it was considering how many Japanese people were mentioned in a trip to Korea prior to that point. There a couple of somewhat recent Kdramas about the time which show how contemporary Korea depicts the time, Mr Sunshine and Bridal Mask, and many depictions of the murdering of the queen of Korea by Japanese assassins.
Agreed. Gross over-generalization back then but some truths be told about the somewhat more individualistic behavior in comparison to the Japanese mindset back then.
