South Korea’s Identity Crisis

November 22nd, 2011
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The perception of ‘threat’ has played a central role in South Korea’s short history. Born out of the Cold War divide between East and West, South Korea emerged into a world governed by insecurity, fear and division – not least on the peninsula it inhabited. Whilst this notion of threat has, undoubtedly, been central to

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  • Bobby Park

    fantastic piece. South Korea’s NSL is an embarassment and should be repealed immediately. As you rightly indicate, its a law based on some very vintage insecurities and I seriously doubt any average S. Korean is likely to be influenced duly by N. Korea.  Maybe if ROK allowed S. Koreans a better look at DPRK (i.e, closer visits to border areas) then ppl could see for them self how bad N. Korea actually is.

  • Bobby Park

    fantastic piece. South Korea’s NSL is an embarassment and should be repealed immediately. As you rightly indicate, its a law based on some very vintage insecurities and I seriously doubt any average S. Korean is likely to be influenced duly by N. Korea.  Maybe if ROK allowed S. Koreans a better look at DPRK (i.e, closer visits to border areas) then ppl could see for them self how bad N. Korea actually is.