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North vs. South Korea: How Bad Could a War Get?

May 27, 2010 - 11:25 am - by Stephen Green
Amy
2010-10-14 14:53:16

Living in S. Korea, let me be the first to tell you that no one here wants anything to do with a war with the north. Life is pretty comfortable here, people go about their daily lives much as any place in the States I’ve lived (albeit with much crappier drivers). You’d have to be crazy to want to risk your job, nice clothes, coffee breaks at Starbucks, evening darts/pool game at the bar to go to war with a desolate neighbor run by nut jobs. The S. Korean’s aren’t crazy. They remember a time, only a short couple of decades ago, when their own county was 3rd world. It’s now highly developed. They don’t have any interest in going back to poverty and hardship.