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[cgirl]

Hi everyone,

Given the current state of affairs between North and South Korea (ie. the broken peace treaty, cut phone lines, threats etc) would you still consider moving to South Korea? I am supposed to be moving to Anyang on April 1st, but all the news surrounding North Korea�s threats are making me really nervous about moving there. I would really appreciate any opinions or advice anyone has about the current situation. Also, does anyone think it could be resolved in the next month or so? (as in at least the peace treaty is reinstated)

Thanks in advance!!

[ewlandon]

I think that north and south korea will resolve their differences by april 1st. But you probably shouldnt come because your parents will be very worried for your safety, you will be moving into a war zone.

[Daelim]

The streets in South Korea's towns and cities are lined with armored tanks and soldiers waiting on news of the first North Korean bomb to strike.

Food is short in stores and supermarkets the length and breadth of the country. Milk is almost impossible to get.

Constant air raid sirens keep worried civilians awake at night as they are tested for the upcoming battle.

Okay, enough of that. There is going to be no war, no bombs, no fighting... nothing to worry yourself about.

[Burndog]

I imagine that it will all be resolved within a few days.

Party pies and cake on the DMZ, and finally...a unified Korea!

Hooray!

[T-J]

OP the "current" situation has been going on for the last sixty years. It isn't new and it isn't going away anytime soon.

It has actually been much more tense at several points over the last 22 years that I've been here.

Google. Read. Learn.

[ttompatz]

[Seoulman69]

I'll be honest, OP. Right now I wouldn't bother. Is it worth potentially being blown up just to pay of some student debts? It's unlikely but there is the chance that things could go to shit here very quickly. Most of the posters here are hardened to the antics of the North but I know a lot of people who are getting worried about the current situation.

[No_hite_pls]

[saram_]

The situation is a little more delicate right now.
The North is more than likely going to make some kind of provocative act relatively soon. ( An all out attack is very very unlikely though)
Some experts are saying the time will be right after the current military exercises end..
It's just speculation but you can get the sense there is more caution than normal given recent events.. And the caution is very real!
The Korean Foreign minister described the situation as very grave on the peninsula at the moment.

I'd hold out..

[BigBuds]

Yawn! What? North Korea saber rattling again. Yawn!

Nothing to see here. Move along.

[Ranman]

Just more grandstanding by the North Koreans. The small elite of their country are pissed that they can't get their expensive cars and whiskey, and Kim Jong-Un has to make himself look powerful to his own people.

I wouldn't worry about it, to be honest. It's been far worse here over the past two decades. I'd even say it's more promising that China supports the sanctions too. They're getting tired of NK's crap as well.

I'd stay away from teaching near the border though.

[Paddycakes]

To all the newbies who are paranoid about North Korea...

In all candor, some of your fellow foreigners pose a much greater, real and immediate threat than the North Koreans ever will.

You think Kim Young Un is whacked, wait till you see some of the disgruntled lifers you're going to come across.

A lot of them are much scarier than any NORK scud.

[tran.huongthu]

[Kiwigoddess]

I have been keeping up with what is happening too as I intend to head over next month also. I read earlier tonight that now North Korea is targeting a small island. Is this because they bit off more than they could chew with previously threatening the US? It seems their target has shrunk....considerably.

[cgirl]

As has been previously pointed out North Korea has a long history of making ridiculous threats against the US. But they more than likely do not have the capabilities of bombing the US, and if they ever did then they are basically ensuring their destruction. On the other hand, they have attacked South Korea�s islands before so we know they are capable. This is more what I was asking in my question I guess...I know nuclear war is highly unlikely but it seems that this time if North Korea were to bomb an island South Korea wouldn�t sit back and do nothing. As an outsider, war seems like a possibility which is why I was wondering what foreigners living in South Korea were thinking and feeling about the situation...