Why Philippines was overtaken by the Koreans? you know why this why..

[b3ndz]

dili lang kay korea ra ang niovertake nato, pwerteng daghana, wa man tingale catholic-dominated country na daghan kwalta, correct me if i'm wrong ani.

[edgeknife]

dili lang kay korea ra ang niovertake nato, pwerteng daghana, wa man tingale catholic-dominated country na daghan kwalta, correct me if i'm wrong ani.

naa pod bay... sa italy, france, spain, and some parts of europe nga catholic countries... mga datu man na sila...

and nindot man gud sa catholic european countries dili mag apil apil sa mga government affairs dili parehas sa atoa... halos tanan nalang binuhatan sa gobyerno, whether right or wrong, mag apil apil jud... mang-hulga pa...

[Visual C#]

While we all enjoy in blaming our government for our mishaps, there is something that South Korea (please stop saying Korea as if it is one country; their Northern neighbors are completely different) that has a key advantage over us: geography.

Geographically, South Korea is a small country. It is easy for a government to enforce its will across such a small geography (compare it to Philippine geography). Their geography also makes it easy to implement reforms, undergo massive construction projects, and build a powerful industrial-military complex. The threat from their northern neighbor (North Korea) also forces them to shape up really quickly. Plus, the United States also gave significant aid and economic support to the country during the Cold War, just like Japan, as a way to show to the world how American-style capitalism is far superior. It was also a way for them to encircle the Soviets and their satellite states.

Ethnically, it is also a small country; they all speak Korean, and virtually everyone is of Korean ethnicity. There is very little room for inter-ethnic strife and struggle. They are just like Japan, and it was no wonder why they developed into the technological and economic powerhouse it is now.

The Philippines however, is a completely different story. We don't have a favorable geography, we have multiple ethnicities and languages/dialects (also a history of inter-ethnic strife), a history of multiple foreign invaders and domination, and we never have faced serious external threats that warranted a sea change in our socio-political environment; we instead accomodated these external threats because of our inability to unite (again because of our broken up geography). We are rich in minerals and natural resources, but a lot of these resources are largely untapped, because of difficult geography, requiring massive capital investment that we Filipinos don't have.

I'm not in any way saying that we should just leave things the way they are just because of these factors beyond our control; what I'm saying is that we shouldn't follow the Korean example or the Japanese example to the dot. They are vastly different countries than ours, so our solutions to these problems should also reflect that.

[Visual C#]

naa pod bay... sa italy, france, spain, and some parts of europe nga catholic countries... mga datu man na sila...

and nindot man gud sa catholic european countries dili mag apil apil sa mga government affairs dili parehas sa atoa... halos tanan nalang binuhatan sa gobyerno, whether right or wrong, mag apil apil jud... mang-hulga pa...

The countries you've mentioned, while "Catholic" before, are barely Catholic now. Italy, France, and Spain are secular in nature, and have been that way since the end of the 2nd World War.

[edgeknife]

The countries you've mentioned, while "Catholic" before, are barely Catholic now. Italy, France, and Spain are secular in nature, and have been that way since the end of the 2nd World War.

thanks for clarification on this.

i still thought most european countries are catholic countries gihapon... even in canada, they are not visibly a catholic country that used to be. parehas na sa USA ang canada...

[sgrnim]

siguro ma usab lng guro ta kung gubaton ta sa china.hehehe...atlest maka amgo ta.

[monroy]

siguro ma usab lng guro ta kung gubaton ta sa china.hehehe...atlest maka amgo ta.

Learn mandarin na lang ta

[kajrot1]

@ TS nice thread. interesting
kabaw ka TS? ang CEBU ang pinaka dato na probinsya sa pinas? if gusto sa whole country to rise
they should take us cebuano as an example. one gud example is our MUSIC compare sa mga taga manila singers like Eric santos , christian bautista tan awa gd na ila music puros Revive puros gaya2!!
unlike us bisaya we have our own and we labeled our music as BISROCK original na nag represent pa sa atong culture. mao kita na ing ani kay puros raman gd ta nag agad unsay naa sa laing nasud which is very ugly to look at.. tan awa gud ang JAPAN sama sa CEBU ang ilang music ilang product puros original dili copy cat. hope you get my point...

[kajrot1]

ang ako lng pasabot kay dba love our country?
so busa love our own and embrace our own culture..
d lang ta para aron ingnon "IN" kunohay wa rabay angay haha

" pare bili tayo damit!"
"~cge pre san ?"
"ahhh dun oh, yan oh!"
"~ ay pre LOCAL yan made in Philippines"
"ay uu nga noh ito nalang made in CHINA" ^_^
"~cge cge yan nlng para IN tayo " lols

[phil8s]

nice post ts. i agree..grabi gyd ang patriotism sa mga Korean sa sa ilang country...sa mga pinoy pd..love man pd nto atong nasud ang gali lng kai layo sa r kau kng itandi sa mga Koreans. usa pd nga nkpobre sa pilipinas kai archipelago mn gd ta..kng isa plang gyd ka.island...paspas gyd atong progress...apekto gyd ta ani sa atong geographical locations. naa pd nta koi ishare pd regarding sa pilipinas nganong pobre kau ta pro wla naku khbaw asa to ang link. hehe..basta2x...hinaut pa unta nga m.asenso atong nasud. God bless Philippines!!