..however, since S. Korea buys things from China, I think China should have a big wall around it (not like a physical version of that would happen, but a boycott version would). That place is like the mega version of N. Korea. It has its nouveau-riche (sp?) as does, I'm sure those who work for the dictator in N. Korea in their smiley, happy people show they put on for dignitaries, but it has its slave labor and it has million more miles and kilometers (figuratively speaking) than N.Korea. They are pretty much human rights abuse central over there as they abort their girls (where's our feminists there--I think there's just, like, Farrah Fawcett--sp?--on that), rough up and kill underground Catholics and Tibetan Buddhists, make their own people work in dangerous mines, and send poisonous food and toys to America. They and Russia (another one that, like China, slipped one under us after their apparent decommunization) have been making viruses that shut down defense systems and what not.

Don't buy made in DPRK or Made in China, unless you have no other options, or much less go there (unless you have family there)! I think we can do without fireworks on Independence Day. It blows my mind blue-collar workers go to places like Walmart for cheap foreign food and stuff, thus supporting an exportation of their much needed jobs to China which, in turn, makes making a living more difficult. Then, we all go and buy fireworks made in China (by people who probably have missing fingers) for the 4th of July. Where's the patriotism in that?

This is not against Chinese or N. Korean individuals (though we should be careful what kind of people from there get in as it seems Chinese military looking people having been sneaking into the US with the Mexicans or causing trouble on the border there according to watchdogs). I am fine being kind to them, but fear getting a virus if I get e-mail from one as their computer may have it and it might send one to me without the user's knowledge. Being kind to people from trouble nations is the way to make peace; trade agreements and these 2 nations as friends thing only helps the enemy, in my opinion, because I really don't see how a country like N.Korea or China really wants peace the way they treat even their own people. I think we need a great wall around China, economically, at least. However, we want to buy cheap stuff for our convenience and so our leaders will oblige.
Koreans and fellow Americans, be patriotic and buy ROK or American, respectively, or at least from countries with the best, but at least, least-worst, human rights records (all but radical Islam nations have abortion, so you can't have it 100%, but you can get as close as possible) of available options.

Buy fair-trade products when possible if you buy 3rd world things. A Greater Gift and Ten Thousand Villages are reputable companies for this. Things come from family-run small operations and not from sweatshops. My best hackysacks were bought from the latter place's store in KC!