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[Snowkr]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37244411/ns/world_news-asiapacific

Has anyone seen this? I think it was just released today.

On one hand, I'm really proud of the S. Korean gov't for doing this, but it's a little scary to me too. Whenever I would ask the Koreans what they thought of this mysterious naval ship sinking back in March, they would kind of act like they wanted to sweep it under the carpet.

Not anymore, it seems!

Any thoughts?

[Forever]

Its election time.

After the elections is more appropriate to sweep it under the carpet.

[LL Moonmanhead]

sometimes foreigners ignorance to things that are happening in Korea astounds me......

You know the Cheonan sank on March 26th, right?

And, since that day everyone has pretty much known Pyongyang had something to do with it.

I know the official investigation results were just announced this morning, but the fact you ask whether anyone has seen this makes me think you have only just heard about it...hmmmm.

Ignorance is bliss i suppose.

[ttompatz]

[Globutron]

Yeah they've been testing the waters (literally) over and over in the last 50 years or so. Motive....motive...

[nautilus]

[johnyv40]

I was really worried about this at first, cuz i came to Korea on April 29. So i have been here a little under a month. I pretty much knew the that the North had did, and was so concerned that I had my company put a "war clause" in my contract.
It is something to be concerned over and to watch, but if anything the North will start it not the south
I have brought it up to my adult students. Which consist of 2 25 year old, an 4 people between 40-60 years of age.
NONE of them are concerned that anything will happen. They say something like this happens every couple of years, and it will probably blow over.
Some of them wouldn't mind if it did apparently, cuz then they could reunite the Koreas. Then as they said Korea would become very mighty.

[Globutron]

Imagine if the North became part of the south. Imagine! Blows my brain

[johnyv40]

y the germans reconciled like 20 years ago or so

[Harpeau]

[drydell]

hmmm.. my instinct is to dismiss the more dark scenarios...

but some of the more informed analysts / DPRK watchers are saying that this time there is a good reason to be worried..

http://38north.org/2010/05/an-act-of-open-insubordination-implications-of-the-cheonan-incident-for-domestic-politics-in-north-korea/

Just because normal South Koreans - who know little about international relations- are used to North provocation and are not worried does not automatically mean there is never a reason to be concerned...

[tiger fancini]

South Korea will avoid war/confrontation with North Korea at all costs. Their economy is too important to them. If war happened, South Korea's economy would be completely screwed, and no South Korean wants to return to the 1960s. Terribly sad for the families of the dead navy guys, but that's the reality. Same for the US and China. War equals bad news for all the main players involved. The best thing that can happen is the death of Kim Jong Il, and a Chinese-backed puppet regime taking power in the North and essentially maintaining the status quo. This suits everybody involved in the affair, except of course the poor North Korean citizens.

[ttompatz]