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North Koreans love me--really!

I have a piece in today's Korea Times . CJL Surprise — North Koreans love me! By Casey Lartigue Jr. Irish novelist Oscar Wilde once quipped, ``Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.” I can’t help but conclude that my friends, while professing love and concern for me, believe that others are unhappy whenever I ``arrive.” When I was first leaving America to live and work in Taiwan, I was warned by friends that the locals might discriminate against me. I had a great time. Before I later left Taiwan for South Korea, I was warned by Korean friends and others in Taiwan that I might get discriminated here. Again, I had a great time. Things came full circle when I was leaving Korea to return to America. I was warned that rather than the preferential treatment I had received as a coll