Thread: Moo Duk Kwan
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Old 08-16-2007, 01:08 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by GranFire View Post
well, considering history, early Korea has drawn a lot from China once held large territory now deep in the heart of the neighbor and to my surprise thumbing through a book on language history I learned that Korean is still spoken in large parts of Manchuria...so the Chinese influence is not that far fetched!

However, the more recent history points to a stronger Japanese presence in the MAs of Korea. And maybe a little political intervention. So the inconsistencies could stem from that area, he might have been what is usually discribed as 'collaborator' during the occupation.
They are called Choseon-jok and have been there for several hundred years. Recently while I was in Korea I watch a demonstration by Choseon-jok ladys. They demonstrated NUL, an ancient Korean see-saw game that was imported to Japan as well. I took photo's of them playing the game.

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