We were instructed to keep the dialogue as ‘academic’ as possible to prevent an international incident, but it was clear that as soon as we arrived that no matter what people thought of the US and its foreign policy, people could easily distinguish that from the American delegation. Some of them didn’t like America, but they all loved Americans. I was constantly surprised by the camaraderie between nations, with the South Koreans and the Chinese walking through the Korean War Memorial together as friends, seeing images of their countrymen kill one
We were instructed to keep the dialogue as ‘academic’ as possible to prevent an international incident, but it was clear that as soon as we arrived that no matter what people thought of the US and its foreign policy, people could easily distinguish that from the American delegation. Some of them didn’t like America, but they all loved Americans. I was constantly surprised by the camaraderie between nations, with the South Koreans and the Chinese walking through the Korean War Memorial together as friends, seeing images of their countrymen kill one