Anxiety in Seoul as Civilian Deaths Are Reported

New York Times by MARK McDONALD | Nov. 24, 2010 (Investigative Report)

The forests on Yeonpyeong Island were still ablaze on Wednesday afternoon when news broke that rescuers had recovered the burned bodies of two civilians, casualties of the ferocious artillery exchange a day earlier between North and South Korean military units.

“This is extremely serious,” said John Delury, a professor at Yonsei University in Seoul. “In all my conversations today, the first thing people are saying is, ‘We don’t want ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Living
Topics: War, North Korea, South Korea, Refugees
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Posted by: Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Nov 23, 2010 - 10:12 PM PST
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Edited by: Samuel W. Velsor IV - Nov 24, 2010 - 8:51 PM PST

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 by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Nov. 24, 2010

A good look at the people in South Korea who have more "Spine" then I bet we would.

Kwak Kyeh-nyong, a lighting designer, said the situation certainly had him worried. “It felt quite serious last night, and I was thinking that if a war started, I ... More »

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