burnout in Asia

Do they belong to South Korea of Japan? The international community seems to side with Japan. But living as an expat in Korea for the last 5 years has provided ample attempts at indoctrination to contend against such claims. My trip there was filled with an epic amount of humorous nonsensical revisionist history and propaganda. Despite the unintentional comic relief, I enjoyed a paid trip mid-work week and gained some poetic perspective on the disputed rock outcropping (ahem, "islands").