NY Times reports "Koreans do not feel the fear of war"

Article: NY Times reports "Koreans do not feel the fear of war"

Source: Newsis via Nate

Some of the 47,000 residents who live here now say they have learned to accept the helicopters’ near-constant rattling of their windows, and the columns of tanks that sometimes block roads during training exercises, making their children late for school. They say they have also learned how to ignore the rows of concrete bunkers and guard towers along the highway they use every morning to commute to Seoul, 35 miles to the south. 

They just tune out the dangers and focus on enjoying their daily lives. 

“Korea is the most dangerous place in the world, but we are numb to it,” said Song Hyun-young, an employee in the real estate department of Paju city hall, which has jurisdiction over the town of Munsan. “If something happens, we will all die together, so I don’t really think about it.” [full article here]

1. [+157, -5] Then do they expect us to be sitting around locked up in our homes and shaking in our boots while pressed to the news and packing our bags?

2. [+124, -4] What do they expect regular citizens to be doing then?

3. [+81, -6] Do they want us to go bulk buy ramen boxes at the supermarket? Kim Jong Un wants us to do just that - stir up the masses in fear. It's better to just stay calm about it.

4. [+16, -4] Any man who's served in the army would fight if it called for it. There's definitely a feeling of fear but we all have people we love that we need to protect.

5. [+13, -3] It's not like we can choose what happens. Just gotta live life as it goes on. I do know that if a war really were to happen, I'll always be ready to serve at the front of the line.

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Article: NY Times reports "Koreans do not feel the fear of war"

Source: Newsis via Daum

1. [+1,904, -128] People probably won't feel that a war is really going on until a bomb drops in the middle of their city. Night clubs were bustling and filled with people even today.

2. [+1,410, -88] We've been fooled one too many times to cause a big deal over it...

3. [+1,133, -44] Going about our day to day lives alone is difficult enough

4. [+1,060, -29] We may seem passive about it but I know we're all feeling it in our hearts.

5. [+910, -74] I'm more scared about having to deal with my boss over dinner tonight than this damn war.

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