to jim..i do speak korean but cant read or write...if thats waht u were asking.

i know my share of korean history both from the japanese side and the korean side....
no offense to all you military personals, but "I" think we are just two victoms out of the many countries out there of divide and conquer.
....dont get it the wrong way i think some americans are cool people, as long as they know what they are talking about.

Fair enough. We all have opinions, and they are only as good as our knowledge of the subject. Often people don't know both sides of every story, so their opinion could be less than accurate.
(I'm not sure what I said, but I meant well!)

Well, it only takes 40 minutes to learn to write Korean, according to a book I have. Maybe you would like to use it. It took me about a week without the book. Japanese takes longer, as they use two systems. Sort of like Printing and Cursive in English. Good Luck. Set up your computer from Windows XP and get a Korean keyboard for less than 10,000 Won and get to work!