In South Korea, which is a much less conservative environment, politicians do not take their wives around with them as much as their American counterparts do. Showing pride in your wife is thought of as juvenile bad form. There's a special pejorative for people who do it.


As quoted in "The Top North Korean Expert Explains What Happened to Kim Jong Un's Uncle" (16 December 2013), by Isaac Chotiner, New Republic

Brian Reynolds Myers Quotes

In South Korea, which is a much less conservative environment, politicians do not take their wives around with them as much as their American...

In South Korea, which is a much less conservative environment, politicians do not take their wives around with them as much as their American...

In South Korea, which is a much less conservative environment, politicians do not take their wives around with them as much as their American...

In South Korea, which is a much less conservative environment, politicians do not take their wives around with them as much as their American...