Comments on: Naengmyun stories, pt. 1 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/12/07/naengmyun-stories-pt-1/ James Choung's home on the web Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:35:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: James Choung http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/12/07/naengmyun-stories-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-868 James Choung Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:31:40 +0000 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/12/07/naengmyun-stories-pt-1/#comment-868 Hi David -- yup, you're right. There's little genetic difference. Our grandparents generation would have a good number of relatives on either side of the divide. But difference in nutrition levels have made South Koreans taller than their counterparts to the North. Also, my father felt that the North was his homeland -- and so had few qualms about leaving the South, which was already a foreign land, to come to America. Hi David — yup, you’re right. There’s little genetic difference. Our grandparents generation would have a good number of relatives on either side of the divide. But difference in nutrition levels have made South Koreans taller than their counterparts to the North.

Also, my father felt that the North was his homeland — and so had few qualms about leaving the South, which was already a foreign land, to come to America.

]]> By: David http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/12/07/naengmyun-stories-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-857 David Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:36:21 +0000 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/12/07/naengmyun-stories-pt-1/#comment-857 Are North Korean and South Korean descent really that different, genetically speaking? I mean the border is rather recent and an arbitary result of war fronts rather than ethnic divides, right? Are North Korean and South Korean descent really that different, genetically speaking? I mean the border is rather recent and an arbitary result of war fronts rather than ethnic divides, right?

]]> By: linda http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/12/07/naengmyun-stories-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-642 linda Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:30:26 +0000 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/12/07/naengmyun-stories-pt-1/#comment-642 :) i totally know what you mean...i'm of NK descent too. i think i almost romanticize too much my grandfather's life story, but it's such an interesting part of one's history/identity, you know? do you like ?? ??? :) i totally know what you mean…i’m of NK descent too. i think i almost romanticize too much my grandfather’s life story, but it’s such an interesting part of one’s history/identity, you know?

do you like ?? ???

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