North Korea, having been removed from the terror watch list and will soon be dealing with a less "hard-line" president, has threatened South Korea once more. South Korean president Lee Myun-Bak has taken a much more stern approach to North Korea and for this whoever runs North Korea has threatened "retaliatory action".
None of this is surprising. North Korea has never given South Korea any reason to trust it, only to fear it. North Korea keeps its people frightened with illusions of South Korean and American invasion (as well as starved for food, medicine and information). North Korea also ratchets up the tension whenever it wants something and it may just get that from an admittedly pro-appeasement American president.
None of this would matter if South Koreans are happy having a separated Korea. Refugees from North Korea and senior citizens who remember a united Korea still hang on to the dream of being one country and giving human rights to the voiceless masses but reunification means for most South Koreans an economic downfall and mingling with a culture divorced from their own. If this is so, then the South Koreans should pull out of the six party talks, cut off aid and bulk up their military budget. The war is still not over.
One former North Korean agent believes that a kidnapped Japanese woman may still be alive in North Korea. These claims are not uncommon. If the Iron Curtain is ever lifted in North Korea, many kidnapped Japanese citizens may be found.
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