Bill Gates ‘Rude’ Handshake With Koreans?
“Cultural difference or bad manners?” the Joongang Ilbo newspaper wrote. “A disrespectful handshake or a casual friendly handshake?” DongAh Ilbo newspaper wrote in a photo caption.
So what do you think? Is a hand shake using one hand and the other tucked in the pants pocket considered rude? According to Chung Jin-suk, secretary general at the Korean National Assembly, it is.
“Perhaps it was his all-American style but an open jacket with hand in pocket? That was way too casual. It was very regretful.”
What do you think of the photo of Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ shaking hands with South Korea President Park Geun-hye?
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Grow up Korea if you knew anything about Bill Gates that is his style. It has nothing to do with disrespect. Its simply an American with a kind gesture handshake. No wonder we had to come over there in the 1950’s and bail you out from North Korea. You people are way too sensitive and really, quite frankly, annoying. I am sad that we lost so many GI’s over there defending a culture that is so insecure and judgemental.