Post # 2 more or less confirms something I heard a long time ago... that every national/racial group in this world secretly considers that their national/racial group is superior to every other national/racial group, whereas the Koreans KNOW that theirs is.
I know quite a few people who have worked in Korea (and some who are still working there). I think it would be true to say that very, very few (if any) wax lyrical about the experience.