As N. Korean Threats Intensify, First Signs Of Jitters In The South -- Washington Post
SEOUL — This bustling South Korean capital has been defined for decades as a place of traffic jams and luxury shopping malls, long days of work and longer nights of drinking rice liquor. Residents rarely behaved as though their routines could be upended in minutes by the Kim regime to the north and its 10,000 artillery pieces.
But after years of largely ignoring threats from North Korea, some residents say they are becoming a bit jittery, with the ascension of an unpredictable young leader in Pyongyang and levels of hostile rhetoric not seen since the early 1990s.
Coffee shops here are still packed, and pop music pulses from storefronts, but South Koreans’ concerns are palpable in quieter moments. Their phones buzz with news updates on the North’s latest moves — its declaration of war; its announcement of plans to restart key nuclear facilities; its barricade of a joint industrial complex near the border. Children ask their parents what would happen if fighting broke out and where they would go for safety.
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My Comment: Among my many South Korean friends, I see a generational difference and altitude towards the current crisis. The older generation know what is possible, and are deeply concerned where this is heading. The younger generation is (to put it bluntly) in denial .... they do not see any conflict happening. As to what is my own personal take .... if I was living near the DMZ, I would be taking an extended vacation or planning to move far away from the border.
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I know a guy whos doing engineering contract work on the S.Korean border... To say he's shitting himself and wants to get out as soon as possible is an understatement.
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