Kimpo airport became Gimpo. Kyongbok Palace became Gyeongbok. Kimchi nevertheless still spelled Kimchi. Inexplicable. Pusan city one day renamed Busan. Pohang city though maintained Pohang. Taejon then unilaterally changed to Daejon. Taegu is now Daegu. Cheju airlines is Jaeju. Kyongju masquerading as Gyeongju but Mr. Kim ain’t labelled Mr. Gim. Fantastically unscrupulous perplexing for Chosun-mongering tourists fantabulous, do please not consider one day switching Korea to Gorea. Or else the world atlas’ll catch diarrhea if not gonorrhea.

JB Editorial Team

The Morning Goolies 「Daily Milk Delivery!」presented by Japan Broadcasting.net Corporation. 

The thinker is an avid fan of Chosun civilization, the closest neighbor of insular minded fish eater Giappone. “An excursion in Korea is always a delight, a discovery”, purrs our Glorious Editor in Chief, continuing, “But the Seoul authorities’ forceful change in romanizing local words back in 2002 has been, and still is quite troublesome for Gaijin tourists like myself as far as I am concerned. Just a self-serving pleasure for intellects and bureaucrats, is it not? Damnation!”.

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