OPINION | 'To visit a country like South Korea as a South African is to be haunted by our backwardness as black people.' - Prince Mashele.
Crowds enjoy the Myeong-Dong district nightlife in Seoul. Despite its small size and ever-present national security threats, South Korea has a thriving economy with proper rule of law.To visit a country like South Korea as a South African is to be haunted by our backwardness as black people.
A former coloniser next door, Japan, hangs over South Korea like a dark cloud that reminds survivors of a recent cyclone that almost wiped out an entire population. The US continues to maintain a garrison in Seoul. On any given day, US military helicopters hover above the Korean sky, keeping a watchful eye on North Korea, observing the menacing global giant to the west , and monitoring the former coloniser in the north .
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