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the gentleman said that he has grandkids that walk to school that way

That hit me hard. Foreign forces are in his country, nutjobs with AK's shooting at everything and everyone that doesn't live exactly by the rules of their medieval ideology, and this guy's main concern is still living his life as it should be and improving his family's lives.

Did you ever get a chance to participate in the community's life? Did your unit, I don't know, help build a bridge, or irrigation, or show up at school to talk to the kids?

Koreans and Chinese in general don't like each other. The kingdoms that would eventually become Korea have a long history of fighting wars of aggression and defense against the various Chinese imperial dynasties.

The cultures of the region tend to be very invested in their histories and tradition, so they won't erase 2,000 years of fighting after 60 years of (relative) peace...

I work with Africa in general and Nigeria in particular quite a bit, especially in the oil industry (I'm a recruitment consultant). I know a bit about the political and religious makeup of Nigeria, but what about ethnicity? Do all ethnic tensions also have a religious component, or are there problems between ethnic groups of the same religion?