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mararowan · Joined: 29 Oct 2010

Hi,
I was just wondering if anyone who is in sk or going to sk is concerned about the nk/sk situation? In the U.S. media this issue of tues attacks in getting huge press saying sk is on the brink of war. People here think I am crazy for even considering a year there now. Any opinions on the other side would be great. Thanks!

Mariella713 · Joined: 22 May 2010

I'm not concerned.

DeMayonnaise · Joined: 02 Nov 2008

You're listening to the US media? Lol....we're on the brink of war with every country on Earth in their minds.

I'm not concerned at all.

carefulallthetime · Joined: 17 Jun 2009

not in the slightest. i'd say you have a million times better chance of being killed in a car accident in the US than in a war in SK.

balzor · Joined: 14 Feb 2009

The US is bringing a Carrier group in. That will put an end to this for a while

Steelrails · Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Location: Earth, Solar System

I'm concerned about drivers- drunk or normal, mopeds, kids on bikes, falling construction equipment, building collapses, insulting the bartender at the mob-run bar and getting beat up, food poisoning, and more.

But I am not concerned with North Korea.

Radius · Joined: 20 Dec 2009

decolyon · Joined: 24 Jul 2010

US media always over hypes these things. I remember the "bad relations" a few months ago all over American news. Didn't even make local news here.

I'm more concerned that this cold I've got is going to make my weekend plans a total bust. That's the bigger issue on my mind.

Once you learn that there wont be another war (at least until something dramatic happens to the relationship of the 6 nations) it becomes easier to shrug these kinds of things off.

Chris Hill was the top American negotiator for several years in the 6 party talks. He said once, that after a long day of negotiations and a few too many drinks, one of the NoKo negotiators let it slip. He said "We know America has hundreds of the newest technology nukes pointed at us every second of every day. We have, maybe 5. The technology that built them, decades old. What good are 5 old nuclear weapons against America's arsenal if not negotiating chips."

And he's right. They build a bomb, we give them a years worth of food to destroy it. They build two, we give them a years worth of oil. They build 5, we loosen trade restrictions so they can sell their poorly made products to Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Africa.

All this is just a way for them to put as many things on the table that the West has to pay to take off. The shelling and that brand new nuclear plant... really big negotiating chips.

stupified · Joined: 10 Jan 2010

Two months ago, in the US, my brother was a victum of a home invasion in my sleepy little hometown. The creep tied him up with a gun to his head and robbed him. The thug continued to rob the next house and killed the home owner, shot him dead in his front yard.

Scared of Norks?? Hardly. There's danger everywhere. Probably more so in the days ahead, due to hard times, yadda yadda. War between the two still seems intangible at this point. The US media doesn't know jack about this situation, nor much of anything for that matter.

discostu333 · Joined: 18 Nov 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3BO6GP9NMY

Says all you need to know about Western media and war.

mollayo · Joined: 11 Oct 2010 Location: At the my house

Everyone is so overly concerned about this, except for South Koreans. No one cares.

notinKS · Joined: 11 Jul 2010

I have an angry teacher in my office that likes to pick up stools and throw them while yelling at kids. I'm scared of her but not scared of North Korea.

le-paul · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Location: dans la chambre

Who knows if war will break out, only time will tell.

The biggest problem wont be war, it will the the mass panic that breaks out if people think they are in danger.

DorkothyParker · Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Location: Jeju

I'm concerned about how much money I will lose when sending money back home. :/

Besides, there's nothing I can do even if it did happen. I ain't got no money to go back.

AsiaESLbound · Joined: 07 Jan 2010 Location: Truck Stop Missouri

I got an email early this morning saying my mommy is worried and I should call her tonight for she is really concerned about the news saying Korea is on the brink of war. I don't see much to be concerned about, but I know eventually something will happen, because it is escalating by the North doing something and then the South and US get together to provoke them with military drills near the Northern Limit Line. Things can only go South from there with a foolish pattern like that's going on.