Love your topics! Reading them all as soon as I catch them. I traveled China for a whole month, I also got to experience Japan, I have never been in Korea . I have very similar thoughts as you mentioned.
Confucius was a CHINESE Thinker and prophet for mankind, every human being can relate to his quotes :
Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.
Thank you.
Absolutely you need to visit korea.