All Eyes On Korean Peninsula As Relations Hit 25-Year Low -- Sydney Morning HeraldA PAIR of binoculars in front of his face, scanning the rigid South Korean soldiers across the border, the North Korean officer engages in the daily ritual of the Demilitarised Zone. Despite the appearance of theatre, the tense scene is anything but, says renowned North Korea analyst, Andrei Lankov.
''We are in the most dangerous moment in Korean history of the past 25 years,'' he says.
In 15 months North Korea has carried out two ambitious military attacks on the South - one of which it denies - and analysts including Dr Lankov believe a third is imminent.
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My Comment: If war should ever break out on the Korean peninsula, there will be more casualties in one month (both U.S. and Korean) than what has happened in Iraq and Afghanistan combined since 9/11.
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