なぜ韓国人は、嫌われるのか？

Hey, there.

I've been enjoying your posts for last several days. Although there are a couple of things that I don't agree, you took the words right out of my mouth for the most part.

I want to ask you a few things because you seem to be a very wise person with unbiased knowledge.
I have met people all over the world thanks to my father who happened to work in different places like SaudiArabia, Korea, theUS, Indonesia, France, and Panama.

Among about 3000 people I've made friends with, -i'm 23 yrs old btw- Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese, Cantonese, Japanese-koreans, Japanese-americans, korean-americans, and chinese-americans were most interesting. Maybe they're from countries around Korea, or maybe I wanted to confirm how much valid what I learned in school is. I was curious how they think of one another, how they "categorize" themselves, etc.

I've thought Japanese people were more openminded and not so exclusive compared to Koreans. Well, that's how I felt from my Japanese friends. However, my belief has become tainted as I grow older reading newspapers, listening to other people who had come across Japanese ppl, oh and by reading this thread.

I'm not saying Koreans are any different. We still have a long way to go.

And as I get to know more and more about the two countries, it seems almost impossible for two to be good friends in national scale.

Although there still is some racism, I think the U.S. is the most open country, who is ready to accept other cultures, and willing to mingle. I guess it was exposed to such issues so early in the history.

I see both Korea and Japan a couple of dozen years behind the US in terms of human rights and 'living together as a human kind.' This is how I think right now. I get disgusted by both. I did try to change but it was me who ended up hurt.

How do you think? do you think we have a good chance of being 'mature' in near future? What's your take in this anti-japan and anti-korea syndrome?