"Don't Worry; They are Just Trying To Get Some Rice" Mr. Park

I asked if I had anything to worry about because of recent events made by North Korea (ie:blowing up a Nuke underground) and my co-teachers all reassured me that the threat that North Korea is nothing. They believe they are just grandstanding to get what they want, more rice.

True, the current President Lee Myeon Bak inspires more hatred among most Koreans than Bush did with most Americans, and they blame him for the North's increased 'power stands' (because he imposed more sanctions against North Korea). But for the most part, they are not worried. And, to be honest, they had other things on their mind this week, like the death (suicide) of the late President Roh.

Now don't get me wrong, that doesn't mean we're not worried. We are. But according to the Koreans we know, North Korea has no legs to stand on. As a student of mine put it "If they (the North) blow up anything, then they really won't have anything. They don't have rice now. They won't get any rice in the future if they blow us up. We will all be dead." Well, I think that's the point, but anyways.

We have reviewed the evac requirements if we have to evac Korea. But as of now, and the way that I read it, Americans who do not have a Nuke possibly pointed at them, are freaking out more than the Koreans, who do. Ahhh Korea...