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jamiemexi



Joined: 13 Feb 2010

PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:13 pm    Post subject: Job related - Is South Korea going into a war? Reply with quote

Just curious...

Lots of people are teaching overseas, most of my friends are concerned if S. Korea is going into a war. Is that something to be afraid of? Say if you're over there teaching and there's a war? How do the teachers get shipped back to their country?
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Ramen



Joined: 15 Apr 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Job related - Is South Korea going into a war? Reply with quote

jamiemexi wrote:
Just curious...

Lots of people are teaching overseas, most of my friends are concerned if S. Korea is going into a war. Is that something to be afraid of? Say if you're over there teaching and there's a war? How do the teachers get shipped back to their country?


I just heard a loud siren go off just a few minutes ago. I think S. Korea is being bombarded with something from N. Korea.

I also heard 6 jet fighters whizzing across the sky. I don't see any cars on the streets either.

We are doomed! Confused
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questionmark



Joined: 11 May 2010

PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's the most recent message sent out by the U.S. Embassy in
S. Korea:

The U.S. Embassy Seoul transmits the following information through the Embassy's warden system as a public service to all U.S. citizens in the Republic of Korea. Please disseminate this message to U.S. citizens in your organizations or to other U.S. citizens you know.

The North Korean sinking of a South Korean Naval vessel on March 26, 2010, has raised concerns and inquiries regarding security for residents and visitors to Korea. The Embassy�s current assessment of the security environment for U.S. citizens in Korea is that recent events do not pose an imminent threat to the public safety of the American community at this time. However, we recommend that U.S. citizens review the information on Disaster Preparedness in the current Country Specific Information (CSI) for Korea.

U.S. citizens residing or travelling in Korea should continue to pay close attention to current events, and monitor the Embassy website, http://seoul.usembassy.gov/, for any changes in the security environment. The U.S. Embassy in Seoul provides citizen services to the public during regular business hours 9:00 to 11:30 am, and 1:30 to 3:30 pm Monday through Friday, with no services Wednesday afternoons.

In the event of an emergency situation or change in security situation, U.S. Embassy Seoul will immediately notify the American community in Korea through our warden email system. If you did not receive this message directly via the U.S. Embassy�s warden email system, we encourage you to subscribe to our warden messages concerning travel and security, as well as the monthly Embassy newsletter, simply by providing us your email address via the Consular Section's website at http://www.asktheconsul.org.

For the latest security information, U.S. citizens traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department's Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov, where the current Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings, and Travel Alerts can be found. Up-to-date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the United States and Canada or, for callers outside the United States and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays). U.S. citizens are also encouraged to read the Country Specific Information for Korea, available on the Embassy's website at http://seoul.usembassy.gov, and also at http://travel.state.gov.

U.S. citizens living or traveling abroad are encouraged to register with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate through the State Department's travel registration web site at https://travelregistration.state.gov/ibrs/ui/ so that they can obtain updated information on travel and security. U.S. citizens without Internet access may register directly with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate. By registering, U.S. citizens make it easier for the Embassy or Consulate to contact them in case of emergency. For additional information, please refer to "A Safe Trip Abroad" found at http://travel.state.gov.
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egrog1717



Joined: 12 Mar 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Job related - Is South Korea going into a war? Reply with quote

Ramen wrote:
jamiemexi wrote:
Just curious...

Lots of people are teaching overseas, most of my friends are concerned if S. Korea is going into a war. Is that something to be afraid of? Say if you're over there teaching and there's a war? How do the teachers get shipped back to their country?


I just heard a loud siren go off just a few minutes ago. I think S. Korea is being bombarded with something from N. Korea.

I also heard 6 jet fighters whizzing across the sky. I don't see any cars on the streets either.

We are doomed! Confused



LMAO...

Today is the 15th of the month...

(Every 15th they have civil defence drills... The sirens go off, cars and people are supposed to stop and get off the street, maybe some planes go flying by if you're lucky... 5 minutes later it's life as usual)

OP - Not this time... Norks are scaling down their threats, RoK has been scaling down it's plans to piss off the North... Hell even the Won has bounced back up a bit in the last two days... Life goes on
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tanklor1



Joined: 13 Jun 2006

PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes! No one should come here at all. We're all booking flights out to either China,Japan or Taiwan.

We have no intentions of protecting our jobs because of the failing world economy by telling new teachers about the North Korean propaganda that we are forced to deal with on the day-to-day basis and not about the awesome opportunity that these jobs present to us.

So, you shouldn't come over here, not even if a "School" offers you a job with a free apartment. It's really a North Korean labor camp opened on sewing Nike tennis shoes.
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jamiemexi



Joined: 13 Feb 2010

PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good information. THANK YOU!


questionmark wrote:
Here's the most recent message sent out by the U.S. Embassy in
S. Korea:

The U.S. Embassy Seoul transmits the following information through the Embassy's warden system as a public service to all U.S. citizens in the Republic of Korea. Please disseminate this message to U.S. citizens in your organizations or to other U.S. citizens you know.

The North Korean sinking of a South Korean Naval vessel on March 26, 2010, has raised concerns and inquiries regarding security for residents and visitors to Korea. The Embassy�s current assessment of the security environment for U.S. citizens in Korea is that recent events do not pose an imminent threat to the public safety of the American community at this time. However, we recommend that U.S. citizens review the information on Disaster Preparedness in the current Country Specific Information (CSI) for Korea.

U.S. citizens residing or travelling in Korea should continue to pay close attention to current events, and monitor the Embassy website, http://seoul.usembassy.gov/, for any changes in the security environment. The U.S. Embassy in Seoul provides citizen services to the public during regular business hours 9:00 to 11:30 am, and 1:30 to 3:30 pm Monday through Friday, with no services Wednesday afternoons.

In the event of an emergency situation or change in security situation, U.S. Embassy Seoul will immediately notify the American community in Korea through our warden email system. If you did not receive this message directly via the U.S. Embassy�s warden email system, we encourage you to subscribe to our warden messages concerning travel and security, as well as the monthly Embassy newsletter, simply by providing us your email address via the Consular Section's website at http://www.asktheconsul.org.

For the latest security information, U.S. citizens traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department's Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov, where the current Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings, and Travel Alerts can be found. Up-to-date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the United States and Canada or, for callers outside the United States and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays). U.S. citizens are also encouraged to read the Country Specific Information for Korea, available on the Embassy's website at http://seoul.usembassy.gov, and also at http://travel.state.gov.

U.S. citizens living or traveling abroad are encouraged to register with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate through the State Department's travel registration web site at https://travelregistration.state.gov/ibrs/ui/ so that they can obtain updated information on travel and security. U.S. citizens without Internet access may register directly with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate. By registering, U.S. citizens make it easier for the Embassy or Consulate to contact them in case of emergency. For additional information, please refer to "A Safe Trip Abroad" found at http://travel.state.gov.
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Steve_Rogers2008



Joined: 22 Mar 2010

PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

all things being equal, it's probably be safer to be near Busan than Seoul... but if worse comes to worse, and you do get taken prisoner, just gie 'em name, rank and serial number.....


and learn to say, "You cannot win. You have little Cha-chis.... not giant American Cha-chis..... Laughing


all the better if you can relay that directly to Kim jong-il
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Ramen



Joined: 15 Apr 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Steve_Rogers2008 wrote:
all things being equal, it's probably be safer to be near Busan than Seoul... but if worse comes to worse, and you do get taken prisoner, just gie 'em name, rank and serial number.....


and learn to say, "You cannot win. You have little Cha-chis.... not giant American Cha-chis..... Laughing


all the better if you can relay that directly to Kim jong-il


What's that?
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Kaypea



Joined: 09 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A lot of people think that the "OMG war time!" talk was pre-election propaganda to make people vote for the Grand Party, and people did.
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hari seldon



Joined: 05 Dec 2004
Location: Incheon

PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Koreans have long lived with the nightmarish possibility of a devastating war, but the likelihood of conflict increases when all communications are cut off as they are now, says Daniel Pinkston, a regional analyst based in Seoul for the International Crisis Group, a think tank.

If war does break out, "there could be casualties like we've never seen," Pinkston says, as the North will "get off a lot of artillery" before being stopped, and there is the potential that chemical and even nuclear weapons could be used.

Yet for now, "people are going about their business and discount the possibilities," Pinkston says. "It may be denial, as the possibility is too horrible to imagine."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-06-01-korea-tension_N.htm

Living in Seoul is a bit like living next to an active volcano.
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fergalreid



Joined: 02 Apr 2010
Location: Dublin, Ireland

PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hari seldon wrote:

Living in Seoul is a bit like living next to an active volcano.


That hasn't erupted in sixty years. SK and NK are only marginally more likely to go to war than Taiwan and China. The American nuclear umbrella and thirty thousand US troops don't count for nothing.
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hari seldon



Joined: 05 Dec 2004
Location: Incheon

PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 3:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

fergalreid wrote:
hari seldon wrote:

Living in Seoul is a bit like living next to an active volcano.


That hasn't erupted in sixty years. SK and NK are only marginally more likely to go to war than Taiwan and China. The American nuclear umbrella and thirty thousand US troops don't count for nothing.
Volcanoes may remain dormant for a long period of time before they erupt.
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AsiaESLbound



Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri

PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 4:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It would come unexpected even though we all knew there was a situation brewing for quite some time. I wouldn't think a sea of fire is coming to a Korea near you anytime soon, but I could be dead wrong about that. No one expected civil war to erupt in Bangkok, Thailand, but it did. No one expected riots to happen in Greece practically shutting down tourism. Few expected America to bum rush Iraq at the beginning the war. No one expected WW1, WW2, Korean War, nor Vietnam, but they all happened and lots of people unnecessarily died over stupidity. Well, you get my point. There may or may not be a war. I know one thing. No one is going to say, "There's going to be a war. Would you like a free safe passage home?" One also would expect the kind Koreans to not harm you if a war was ensuing in their country, but I wouldn't count on that. One would also expect it's easy to hide, but you'd be surprised how there's nowhere to hide in a place like Korea. Especially so since you'd look so visible like an albino deer in the forest. Hard to say if it's going to happen, but the majority on this board feel the risk isn't even worth discussing. Get ready to get ostracized....
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hari seldon



Joined: 05 Dec 2004
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

AsiaESLbound wrote:
It would come unexpected even though we all knew there was a situation brewing for quite some time. I wouldn't think a sea of fire is coming to a Korea near you anytime soon, but I could be dead wrong about that. No one expected civil war to erupt in Bangkok, Thailand, but it did. No one expected riots to happen in Greece practically shutting down tourism. Few expected America to bum rush Iraq at the beginning the war. No one expected WW1, WW2, Korean War, nor Vietnam, but they all happened and lots of people unnecessarily died over stupidity. Well, you get my point. There may or may not be a war. I know one thing. No one is going to say, "There's going to be a war. Would you like a free safe passage home?" One also would expect the kind Koreans to not harm you if a war was ensuing in their country, but I wouldn't count on that. One would also expect it's easy to hide, but you'd be surprised how there's nowhere to hide in a place like Korea. Especially so since you'd look so visible like an albino deer in the forest. Hard to say if it's going to happen, but the majority on this board feel the risk isn't even worth discussing. Get ready to get ostracized....

In 1953 the two Koreas agreed to a cessation of hostilities or armistice. No peace treaty followed.

Last month, North Korea renounced the armistice. The state of war that existed before the armistice has therefore resumed.

Previously, North Korea said that the South's participation in ship inspections under UN Resolution 1874 would be an act of blockade and, therefore, an act of war.

Obviously most people discount the chances of a full blown war or even a serious border skirmish, but the North Korean regime is notorious for its unpredictable behavior.
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ajuma



Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!

PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 8:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

As long as NK and SK don't face each other in the World Cup, I think we're safe! Very Happy
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