Unfortunately there are plenty of people in South Korea that actually believe this nonsense, fortunately they are a small, but vocal minority:
South Korean and U.S. warships, including the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Carl Vinson (C), sail in waters off the South’s east coast during joint drills against North Korean provocations on March 22, 2017. (Yonhap)
North Korea on Friday urged South Korean political parties, organizations and people from all walks of life to rally against the U.S. and war via its nominal political party’s letter of plea sent to them in an apparent bid to defend its stance on tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
“All the parties and people from all walks of life in South Korea should rise up in the anti-U.S., anti-war struggle for peace, clearly seeing through the nature of the U.S., the chieftain of aggression and disturber of peace,” the letter, sent by the Central Committee of the Korean Social Democratic Party, said.
Inter-Korean relations remain so tense due to the ongoing South Korea-U.S. “rehearsals for a “nuclear war” which have gone beyond the critical phase, said the letter, carried by the North’s Korean Central News Agency. The rehearsals refer to Foal Eagle and Key Resolve against North Korean provocations that began on March 1 for a two-month run in the South. [Yonhap]
@Flyingsword, the traffic accident was back when many Koreans thought unification was near and nationalism was at an all-time high due to the World Cup. Things have definitely changed since then. Most Koreans have sobered up to the idea they were duped by the Kim regime except for the hard core leftists.
The US beef protests were not as blatantly anti-US as the traffic accident. No protesters were storming US bases, firebombing US bases, kidnapping soldiers, stabbing soldiers, etc. during the beef protests. The left wing protesters directed their violence towards the police and the Lee Myung-Bak government.
Going back to the traffic accident and the anti us beef protest i would say the minority is not that small.
@Flyingsword, the traffic accident was back when many Koreans thought unification was near and nationalism was at an all-time high due to the World Cup. Things have definitely changed since then. Most Koreans have sobered up to the idea they were duped by the Kim regime except for the hard core leftists.
The US beef protests were not as blatantly anti-US as the traffic accident. No protesters were storming US bases, firebombing US bases, kidnapping soldiers, stabbing soldiers, etc. during the beef protests. The left wing protesters directed their violence towards the police and the Lee Myung-Bak government.