The Mighty Mighty North

Here is a great link to a funny comic strip about the North Koreans . Check it out.

What do you think? The way South Koreans mostly see it (unless your my friend BoHeon who reads way too many military sites) is that it's the North just being themselves and no need to pay too close attention to. They are the noisy person in the corner of the class you have long learnt to ignore. Whenever these little events take place there is little that changes here in Seoul to make the average person notice. The media does cover it but not in a scary "are you prepared?" (ala CNN, FoxNews, Sun Media)sort of way, there is no panic from the citizens.

That usually comes from the American army that keeps all the soldiers on base for a couple of weeks under a strict curfew. I like this because it empties out a lot of the restaurants and bars in Itaewon. (I'll write later about some retarded encounters I've had with soldiers later.)

So while the world works itself into a ball of frazzled nerves, I think they should watch and learn from the South Koreans. The South here is the one in the firing line with the most to lose. Seoulites understand that if attacked the city and country would be in chaos but the North simply won't do that because it's suicide. Having heard these saber rattlings many times before it just gets boring and redundant. Nothing will come of this unless America wants something to happen (another widely held view here).