Korean react to "History of Japan" 

In the 11:37, what he means is Korea had been China's tributary state from the Qing establishment in 17th century. So while Korea is given full autonomy on domestic affair, their military and foreign policy must alligned with Qing's China, making it de-facto a vassal state. Nice video btw, you gave feedback that makes it a good reaction video.

Kudos to you for being calm and objective throughout the reaction while also voicing your opinions as a Korean.

Rising sun flag was the Japanese military's flag, and Japan have never used this as a national flag. Foreigners often use this flag as a Empire of Japan's flag but Empire of Japan's flag is the same as the current Japanese flag.

As a japanese, hope Korea and Japan go well together

15:50 The bombs were dropped on 6 Aug. ("Little Boy", Hiroshima) and 9 Aug. ("Fat Man". Nagasaki). It took several days of negotiations, but on 15 Aug. the Emperor broadcast the announcement that Japan would accept the Allies' terms of surrender, and fighting _mostly_ stopped. That's called V-J Day in the USA, Canada, and other places. The formal surrender document was signed on 2 Sept.

Very interesting video! I know a bit about the history of Japan from my own casual research and from watching Bill Wurtz's video, but it was interesting to see the perspective of Korea's history with Japan. It really shows that the two countries have a long and difficult history involving both positive exchanges of culture and commerce but also negative exchanges of war and domination. It's kinda like learning that a celebrity had an abusive relationship with an ex-spouse, it makes you realize that a lot of public image can be constructed to obscure the dark sides, and you need to see from other perspectives to learn that everything has its positives and negatives. Great video, dude!

国旗問題とかサッカーの選手が差別ポーズしてそれ隠すために始まったのに笑える

The first article in the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the First Sino-Japanese War is "China recognizes definitively the full and complete independence and autonomy of Korea, and, in consequence, the payment of tribute and the performance of ceremonies and formalities by Korea to China, that are in derogation of such independence and autonomy, shall wholly cease for the future." So, it is natural to assume a certain kind of ownership of Korea by China as the video says though Korea was not a part of China.

Koreans when the sun has rays: 😡 Koreans when the sun has no rays: ☺️

1:15 - I've watched approximately all of the History of Japan reaction videos, and you are the only reactor who knows the proper pronunciation for this proto-Korean nation. I feel like this is essential, secret knowledge that cannot be obtained anywhere else. That's not literally true; surely it's other places, too. But this is very good work, and you deserve more recognition for it.

"thats freedom" lmao that one got me good

You should react to history of the entire world I guess now if you haven’t already seen it lol

History major here majoring in Asian history. Korea never viewed the Qing as a suzerain. It is only the Qing that made those claims because of the aftermath of the Joseon-Manchu war. Also, Korea still viewed the Qing or the Manchus as barbarians that took over a country and that is why the vassal relationship was just a claim by the Qing in its annals, but it was never taken at its value in Korea. Korea always had its own autonomy even during the aftereffects of the Joseon-Manchu wars that ended in a stalemate. The Manchu Qing knew this so the first 200 years of the Joseon-Qing relationship was Qing Emperors trying to gain appeasement of the Joseon court in order to legitimize their rule of China

It's interesting how much you know about Japan, being a Korean citizen. Is Japanese and Chinese history taught in Korean schools?

The flag is different from that of the Nazis. It is from ancient Japan. It's very sad that it was polluted by the war. Just as we cannot know the depth of Western history from the perspective of nationalism, they cannot know the depth of East Asian history. In the comment section, many people talk as they knew after a little research. Sorry for my poor English. It is not an attack on the poster. I also have to know more.

Han（漢）Dynasty did conquer Korea but they let Korea be independent Country. So actually China once was “the boss” of Korea but not “Owner”.

When it comes to Joseon-China, it is... complicated. Joseon got along fine with the Ming, fighting together against the Japanese in the Imjin War. This ended when the Later Jin (which became the Qing) rebelled and won against the Ming. King Injo supported the Ming and, in retaliation, the Qing invaded in 1627 and 1636. Korea lost and King Injo had to publicly submit to Hong Taji (Emperor Taizing). China didn't absorb Joseon but made it an independent tributary and the two nations got along fine for the next 250 years. After the Donghak Peasant Revolution amd Japan defeating China, Japan forced China to 'recognize Korea's independence' which really meant 'look the other way while we take control of the country for ourselves.'

So you also came to watch him react to Japan conquering Korea 🤣

Hello Youngwoo , nice reaction.

interesting c: I wish there was a "History of korea, I guess" in the same fashion (or maybe more precise so that no one is offended huh..)

I think by “previous owner China” meant that it was a tributary state/country of China. It was its own country but had to offer tribute.

Once upon a time, I owned a copy of Tekken 2. Baek was my guy. Only reason I know how to say it. Heh

A fellow Gintama enjoyer

Also I've been to Korea many times,wonderful people,beautiful country,exceptional culture💖

Knock knock. Who's there? It's freedom. Haha loved that.

청나라말기때 무능한 조선왕궁에서 하던짓보면 중국의 속국이어도 할말없는 상황이었죠. 공식적으로 속국은아니었지만요.

旭日旗の憎しみの始まりはいつだっけなぁ！？

4:10 thats a very good way to put it , same but different, but still the same.

I would recommend reacting to Extra History's Korea: Admiral Yi

I get a little laugh when people mispronounce names foreign to them, but I also know I would be the same if I tried to pronounce a word in a language foreign to myself. Back when I was a kid, everyone around me would say the Japanese city was called Hi-ro-shi-ma, but in reality Japanese pronounce that city as Hiroshi-ma. So I have much respect for people who try to pronounce a word from a foreign language only to get it wrong. It shows much more for how they try to discover a different culture and appreciating it even if they get a few things wrong.

Korea was once been colonied by china

Lol, I was waiting for your reaction to the pronunciation of baekje, it's so bad.

Also I think the word you were looking for with the pirates was raiding or raiders

Bill Wurtz also did “History of the Entire World, I Guess.” It does leave a lot out but still covers a lot. Worth a look! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9k1z9VNC98U.html

16:48I think Americans at the time saw the potential of the Japanese military as a great force and they wanted to have a powerful army force to help them fight their enemies in Asia, which at the end Japan just decided to do no more wars for the foreseeable future.

I wondered about the pronounciations of the 3 korean kingdoms, cool!

16:08 Fun fact: After WWII, Japan was forced to relinquish their military and land and Japan was technically "obliterated". The US actually offered the authority of monitoring the reconstruct of a new Japanese government to the leader of China (R.O.C.), Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang refused and ask only for the Chinese territories that Japan had taken before WWII to be given back to China. With no one wanting to babysit the Japanese lands, Uncle Sam went in himself and hence modern day Japan was born and why they are so buddy buddy with the US now.

Awesome brother, I'm glad you mentioned what you did about the flag. Also, love your perspective and don't be afraid to pause. The whole point we watch the video is for your opinion.

August 15th is actually called the National Liberation Day of Korea. The day marks the annual anniversary of the announcement that Japan would unconditionally surrender on August 15, 1945. All forces of the Imperial Japanese Army were ordered to surrender to the Allies. Independent Korean governments were created three years later, on 15 August 1948. The atomic bombs were dropped on August 6th and 9th.

English was not from Latin it has other roots, but the romance languages are, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and so on. English has a Germanic base, not similar at all with Latin.

Korea and Taiwan were part of Japan once. they fought together against wester Europe white. However Japan couldnt protect chousen Korea after war. They still splite countries North and South. China support North Korea. Japan help South Korea.

On the comment about Gintama, it's not *quite* the same era. In the Gintama universe, instead of the United states showing up, it's aliens, and the rebellion to overthrow the shogun fails, so the Edo era continues

2:22 the word is pirating Lol

The other big reason America was rebuilding Europe and Asia was more practical- the end of WWI. America had tried to warn every other nation that they were setting the stage for another war. Also, that money was often coming back to America since we were not leveled during WWII.

Yep Korea/Goryeo was forced to bow and sent tributes to Mongol khans and even Goryeo kings must married Mongol khan's daughter at that time.

Bro sounds salty😂

Pillaging. That is the word you were looking for when you mentioned the Japanese piracy.

The only time I can see korea being considered part of china was as a vassal state while the Mongol Chinese dynasty had invaded , somewhere around the 1200-1300s?

I kinda understand your view, Korea was never part of China but then maybe a Chinese person may say different depending on what they were taught. In my view as a neutral, China may have had a claim in some places around the boarder area, but that would be what I think would be closer to the truth. But in the areas now known as South Korea, I believe those places were entirely owned by Koreans. But once again, I am just a neutral outsider looking in and trying to find commonality between both sides of history.

React to"9shocking fact from the Qur'an".

Thoughts from Koreans: Japan = Pirates. Was Japan really powerful enough to cross the ocean and ravage Korea? Wouldn't it make more sense to think that Wakou were bandits from around the Korean Peninsula?

Chaekogha Gafokhuo palhua Damomu Groh Beko Juao Tyabhang

Thoughts of Koreans: Japan did not have the same level of civilization as China and Korea. In other words, it's the same as Indonesia, where Koreans look down on it as a country below Korea.

아마 previous owner China라고 한 부분은 청나라에 종속된 조선을 말하는 것으로 생각됩니다. 서양에서는 동아시아의 조공국과 속국 개념을 가끔 식민지나 로마시대 속주와 헷갈리는 경향이 있더군요^^;; 물론 학자들 중에서도 진지하게 병자호란 이후의 조선을 청나라의 영역으로 넣으시는 분들도 계시긴 합니다. 조선이 청의 속국이었다는 걸 부정하기 힘들고, 청나라 때 조선의 종속도가 명나라 때보다는 확연히 높았기 때문인데, 영상 제작자가 그러한 관점의 정보를 수집했을 가능성이 있습니다. 게다가 당장 일본이 강화도 조약 때 내세운 명분이 청나라로부터 조선을 '독립'시킨다는 것이었기 때문에 서양인 입장에서 owner라는 표현을 악의적으로 썼다고 보기는 어렵겠지요 ㅎㅎ 그와는 별개로 동학농민운동과 청일전쟁의 발발년도인 1894년에 한국을 conquer(정복)했다는 표현은 명백한 오류로 보입니다. 물론 일본군이 한국에서 본격적인 영향력을 펼치기 시작한 때이기는 하지만, 엄연히 1897년에 대한제국이 선포되고(일본 제국의 입김으로 세워진 국가라고 하더라도) 친러 노선을 타기도 하다가 1905년에 와서야 러일전쟁 패배로 러시아가 손을 떼고 일본이 을사늑약으로 외교권을 강탈해 가는데 1894년부터 조선을 일본의 영향권으로 표시한 것은 잘 이해가 가질 않네요.

I was kinda surprised in both cases he didn't mention the heinous atrocities of Germany and Japan in WW2.

It's telling about the relationship between Korea and China when Korean kings needed to be in good terms with the Chinese emperor to be left alone and allowed to mind their own business in running Korea. I guess the relationship is a lot like the one a bunch of countries have with the United States- technically not a part of America, and you'd piss off a lot of Koreans if you told them their country is "owned" by America- but they're in the sphere of influence. I guess Bill Wurtz wanted a short-hand to describe the relationship between Korea and China, and "vassal" or "tributary state" has too much nuance involved in it. The long and short of it is- if Koreans flipped off China back in the day and didn't recognize the Chinese Emperor's authority the way Japan didn't by having their own Emperors with hookers and blackjack, the Koreans would've had bad times, because China.

Slight misconception on your part saying english base is latin, as its based on a germanic language. The proper point would be comparing any of the romance languages that are based on latin eg French, Spanish, Protugese, Romanian, Italian and the like.

Youngwoo you have an American accent. I find that interesting. I didn't know about South Korea independence day was on the same day as the atomic bombing of Japan.

It's strange how Korean and Japanese are very similar even though they are ultimately not related.

Bro the reason Mongols failed to take Japan was cause they underestimated the Japanese sea and Typhoons. Also they did take a few islands like Tsushima which belongs to Japan in present day

I do have to correct you there about English being based on Latin. That is incorrect. It's base is Old English, which is a Germanic language. The sentence structure and grammar is Germanic, yes there are more Latin based words in the English vocabulary then Germanic ones, but that is due to Christianity, which brought Latin and the Norman conquest which brought French. And French is a Latin based and derived language.

英語はわからんけどなんとなくこの人が動画にノーノーこれは違うとオレ流(韓国流)解釈を交えて訂正してるのかなと見える・・

English comes from Germanic, not Latin.

9:51 what is that on the horizon? -Its a bird- -its a cloud- ITS FREEDOM!

Well Korea was a vassal kingdom it bowed down to the Chinese emperor so yes and no it was independent but more or less answered to China

I think he was pronouncing 'Baekje' wrong on purpose for comedic effect ;)

lol, don't take history lessons from Donald Trump. He has a hard enough time with American history. Great video though. I appreciated the Korean background info. Really interesting stuff.

솔직히 약간 속상했어요.. 그래도 뭐 역사는 역사니까

2:17 peck-jeh Raiding

Do you wanna say like latin language.

He’s mispronouncing things on purpose because the spelling is so odd to the West.

The flag that some/most Koreans hate is the same flag that some of my family in the Philipines hate bc the Japanese killed my great granfather and tortured my family while they were hiding in their rice farm

Shogubok

learn also on korea's war atrocities to other asian countries. most Japanese soldiers are actually Koreans and they commit more war crimes than Japanese.

한국인 리액션도 올라오면 재밌겠다 생각했는데 알고리즘이 알려줬네ㅋㅋ

Korea was part of china but not as a conquered territory but as a vassal state in which china put a puppet emperor which has to pay tribute to the Chinese emperor, or else they will be invaded, but even though it seems china itself doesn't want to govern Korea directly so that's the relation ,

"Pek-jeh"? I think that sounds more like how an ignorant American would try to pronounce Baekje than that weird "Byekt" that Bill said. Really have no idea how that sound he made relates to the letters in the name.

13:12 Dude, it's not even a crime to wear that mark/flag. You don't really have to advise us not to use it you know?

Have you ever wonder why there is the Independence Gate in Korea ? I'm hoping you will study about Independence Gate. then you might have a chance to see the truth of Korean history.

i find it interesting that korean comes from chinese. why dont koreans use the chinese letters then? i dont know anything about korea, but from seeing alone, i can see that chinese and japanese are related somehow. but the korean alphabeth looks so different that i wouldnt have guessed korean comes from chinese. the same goes for the language. for my western ear, japanese and chinese sound somewhat close. but korean sounds totally different to me. in my opinion korean is a lot more harder for western people than chinese or japanese.

You didn't mention that the U.S. fought on Korean side, but the communist North got help from China. Then Russia threatened to get involved, so China,U.S.Sued for peace and decided to split Korea up and (save face). South Korea is free from communism with the military and economic (money) help from the U.S. you insinuated that the U.S. helped Japan but not Korea...that is not true(lie).. U.S. helped both..but Japan is united because it an island and Korea is split because it's not(island)..like YOU referred to earlier in your video.. Facts are Facts,let's keep them straight and above board and not muddle things up.....Thanks, no Nation is perfect especially the U.S.

wow , Koreans hate that flag?

Korean history is too sad to teach that your government decided to teach you fantasies instead. 2:16 Wrong. All archeological evidence and Chinese, Korean and Japanese documents agree that the southern part of the Korean Peninsula was a part of Japan. The Koreans invaded it. The earlier Japanese went back to Korean Peninsula to get it back, the later ones were Koreans wearing Japanese clothes. That’s what the original documents say. 2:56 Wrong. Read Chinese documents of the time. Chinese always look down on anybody regardless of themselves. But of the Korean and Japanese, Japanese were higher than Koreans. Koreans were always regarded as the lowest. There were some people that came from Korean Peninsula to Japan to teach architecture and others but they were not Koreans. They were not the Han Chinese either. The Korean Peninsula acted as just a corridor. 3:05 What? It was Japan that helped Baekje. Its prince was a hostage. It could well be that they were still Japanese genetically. 3:55 No. First, 倭 does not mean “dip shit” or even a derogatory term according to usages in 魏志倭人伝 or 詩経. On the other hand, Koreans as an ethnic group were called “濊”, or dip shit. But then again, do not worry, this is what the Chinese used to call everybody else. 4:55 Today, about 70% of modern Chinese words were created by the Japanese. Even their country name, 中華人民共和国, 人民 and 共和国 are Japanese words. 11:30 Since the time of the Yuan Dynasty, Korea was always a tributary state of Chinese governments for almost 1,000 years. It is Japan that freed Korea by Shimonoseki Treaty after Sino-Japan War. 12:50 You were waving this flag. It is only in the 21st century, the Koreans STARTED making a fuss about it for political reasons. Try to find any evidence to back up your statement. You will see none. Also, Koreans should thank Japan, not hate Japan, for modernizing the country. Your country was so hopeless and miserable that your ancestors ASKED Japan to annex and modernize. There was NO war, it was a signed deal, and it was an internationally accepted one.

haha salty korean,love it

Every time I watch an Asian person’s reaction to this video, I learn all-new info. RU-vid is evil but it’s also magical sometimes

I know you are Korean and don’t want to know the negative history of Korea.But find out when and why the Dongnimmun Gate in Seoul was built because you can speak English

dont hate kyokujitsuki flag

Why do you hate that flag? Did you say "with the flag" in the video? According to your words, the japanese must also dislike the American flag.

Tad avoidance of the atrocities of imperial Japan, but yea…

"fat man" lol, you're not talking about the bombs, youre talking about the americans

I think a lot of Americans (especially older ones) also see that older Japanese flag as being synonymous with nazis. They were allies under that flag with Germany and fought against the US and its allies under that flag.

Aaah good to know about the flag - so it's the same thing as Hitler's "Hackenkreuz" - I can't remember the English word for it. If you wear that here in Austria or in Germany...not good. If I remember right, you can even get imprisoned for wearing that. That and that one handsign Hitler always did What I wanted to say with that - thank you for that info about the flag, I really didn't know (and I studied Japanese studies for a bit 🙈)

Don’t make this video. You are exposing Japanese people to your content

I agree with the flag statement. For all intents and purposes, the Japanese battleflag is the same as the Nazi or Confederate battle flag. Also, any communist Russian or Chinese flag should be included for the amount of death and suffering that was caused. Unfortunately, it is only winners that decide history. So, with Germany being the only totally occupied axis country in WW2, they were the only ones that faced the full backlash of their atrocities. Japan pretty much got off with an apology.

Japan redesigned their flag in 1999. Why is the rising sun symbol offensive? In addition to conducting human experimentation, the Japanese exploited their victims as forced laborers, with the Japanese government coercing colonized women into a system of sexual slavery. The Rising Sun flag evokes memories of Japanese wartime atrocities.

You needed explaining about Japan invaded in Korea at 16 century, but they finally failed because navy commander ‘Lee Soon Shin’ cut out Japanese ocean route. Modern history, Japan killed Korean Queen and colonized Korea for 36 years. They killed so many innocent Korean civilians and stolen so many Korean national treasures. Some of them Japanese destroyed, such as 60% of Korean king palace in Seoul. They never apologized what they did in Korea and never teach about their dark history. Their economy development was hold two good chances by Korean war(1950) and Vietnamese war(1970’s). But their economy develop was stop for 30 years and had huge government debt now. Japan become the third world country again. You are right that Korea was never part of China.