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Old 03-01-10 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Good heavens, she's thin. Poor girl....she may (?) suffering from malnutrition...I guess many of those stories about hunger and food shortages in the country are real.


actually that's not thin in South Korean standards.. girls in S. Korea are thinner because the society doesn't like chubby girls. my wife is 5ft 2 98lb.
Old 03-01-10 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by joe80
actually that's not thin in South Korean standards.. girls in S. Korea are thinner because the society doesn't like chubby girls. my wife is 5ft 2 98lb.
yep, about the same as my wife (spanish) and all her co-workers and friends are haters because they're jealous...they all hassle her, "why are you so skinny??? girl, you need to eat more!!!!"
Old 03-01-10 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by joe80
but seriously, i've went to many carribbean islands, few small south american countries and etc, and many of them don't even know where korea is. in Antigua at KFC, drive thru lady asked me 'korea? is that part of china? because you look like chinese'
do you keep telling everybody you're Korean everywhere you go?

is there a language difference between North/South Korea? Do they get along?
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They are normal size for Asian girls.
120Lb. consider fat there for sure.
Old 03-01-10 | 02:13 PM
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wow thats amazing. I have no clue how she can do that all day.
Old 03-01-10 | 02:17 PM
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Some people just have too much time on their hands:

http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/
Old 03-01-10 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by joe80
actually that's not thin in South Korean standards.. girls in S. Korea are thinner because the society doesn't like chubby girls. my wife is 5ft 2 98lb.
Wasn't that shot taken in Pyongyang, though? That is the North Korean capital...and a NK girl.

Yes, I know a lot of Asian people are short and thin, but that traffic-cop girl, to me, looked especially thin. Stories of hunger and food shortages in NK are legion, primarily because the government spends so much on the military and nuclear programs, while neglecting the general population.
Old 03-01-10 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by bagwell
I think they look hot...


That is called Goose-Stepping. It was made famous by Hitler's Wehrmacht (Army) and **** organizations, and, since then, has been the hallmark of a number of armies in Facist, Communist, and totalitarian societies.
Old 03-01-10 | 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
She is going to get hit sooner or later. Thats why we use lights here in the US
Hitting a cop in a communist country = near death experience

Almost experienced it once.
Old 03-01-10 | 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by lex
do you keep telling everybody you're Korean everywhere you go?

is there a language difference between North/South Korea? Do they get along?

no. people in foreign countries always ask me if i'm chinese or japanese first..

anyway language is same, but they have very thick accents. but we understand each other. think of it as austrailian english vs. american english.

we are so close, yet very far.
Old 03-01-10 | 09:49 PM
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What about the chick that goes and has a 'word' with the Mini driver; you have to wonder what she said to him.
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What I want to know is, how the hell is there a mini in North Korea?
Old 03-02-10 | 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Och
Isn't North Korea the evil one?
North Korea, isn't that the one on top? JK,
Old 03-02-10 | 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by NINEZeRO
What I want to know is, how the hell is there a mini in North Korea?
This. In a country where there's hardly any personal vehicles, the Mini caught my attention.
Old 03-02-10 | 08:41 AM
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feel really bad for people in the north especially the kids,,,people are staving to death while top people driving lambos and eating steaks,,,



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