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nickbauman
on April 20, 2016
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Kim and Park are kinda like Smith and Jones in the Anglo world. I suspect it's not the real names.
colanderman
on April 20, 2016
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Why would the author choose the same fake name (Kim) for two people? They're definitely their real names.
khuey
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Even more so. Something like 20% of Koreans are surnamed Kim. Park is another 8% or so.
mc32
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Apparently people used to buy in to more prestigious family names which lead to whittling down of Korean surnames.
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