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[NateD]

So, recently some news has surfaced about a potential conflict between North and South Korea. My girlfriend and I are scheduled to arrive in South Korea in a couple week sand we'll be staying in Gwangju for a year. Do you all think the news is cause to worry?

It definitely doesn't put as at ease with the whole situation. With other factors and our stress levels on the rapid increase, things say that now may not be the best time to head over there.

What are your thoughts on this?

[bogey666]

[MrRogers]

Nate D,

Acknowledging the situation is a good idea, though many people who live there totally ignore (subconsciously repress) the situation and go on with their lives. Some people who post on these threads will dismiss it as just sabre rattling and are in denial of their own vulnerability.

Nothing may happen - on the other hand - something could happen as it is very close and SK could be hit with a missile. One might want to google the Korean War and look at some of the photos to get a taste of the reality that happened - to the set everyday lives of people.

If you are worried about it - and it was something I worried about - maybe choose a different country - as there are many OTHER reasons to choose a different country (exchange rate, failing economy, corrupt bureaucrats and directors/supervisors, sh_tty living conditions, difficult culture) - is the whole thing worth it? Good question to ask yourself as you consider options. I was happy to get out of there before a bomb dropped, yes....

[Ya-ta Boy]

[pidgin]

Sign a contract on Cheju-Do for maximum distance and comfort

[bassexpander]

If you're South of Suwon, you'll be in pretty good shape.

If North Korea starts lobbing shots this way, it'll be their last. I think KJI knows this. Lee is just calling their bluff on the brinksmanship for handouts thing that KJI suckered SK along with under left-wing Noh.

I also see another sea conflict in the very near future. I'd also get a kick out of seeing SK's new destroyer taking out 15 NK targets at once -- something it's fully capable of.

[sobriquet]

Are people like the OP real or is it a merry band of trolls that come out of the woodwork once a year?


Or is this atypical American behaviour for anything outside of their small town?

[candyteacher]

in reality theres nothing to worry about! as for the smart ass answers ignore them you get alot of that here!

wow it would be interesting to find out how much people here actually knew about the korean war and the north/south sitsuation before they arrived in korea??

[Forward Observer]

When you hear the reports of U.S. military dependents leaving Korea in droves, along with Korean Americans, then you can start worrying. Anything else is a non-issue and will never affect you.

[IncognitoHFX]

[Xuanzang]

[IncognitoHFX]

[sarbonn]

[brento1138]

North Korea used to get away with scamming money, oil, and food aid from South Korea and the USA just because they have a million chemical tipped warheads aimed at Seoul. SK's new president is more of a realist, and knows that NK has just been making unfounded threats, chest-beating, and that none of it actually means they will ever attack Seoul.

If the Norks fired any of the very many rockets and ICBMs pointed at South Korea, North Korea would instantly be "the world's enemy" and the war would not be stopped until North Korea was completely and fully defeated... where NK is a radioactive wasteland where KJI and his cronies are captured Saddam Hussein style, trialed, and executed. KJI and the NK government do not want that final fate, so they probably won't ever attack South Korea since it is a lose-lose situation.

So, no, they probably won't attack unless they are suicidal death cult (which some analysts say is possible, but unlikely). The only possibility of a real attack is a renegade general who wants an end to his own gov' and realizes that disobeying the orders of his higher-ups and launching his own attack on the South will dismantle his own government. Some people in the army realize that may be the only way to end their people's hardships, though probably most in the high-up positions in the NK army live good enough lives.

So, possibility of an attack? 0.00000000000001 % chance. But it's still a chance. You willing to take it?

[PeteJB]