For the past few years, there has been an almost ceaseless drumbeat of insults, threats and counter-threats on the Korean Peninsula. From balloons to drones to loudspeakers to landmines to nuclear and missile tests – not to mention insults hurled against President Park Geun-hye and President Obama that are unrepeatable in polite society – there has been a slow but steady escalation of tension.
Seemingly having grown tired of the unpleasantness of it all, every side seems to be motioning for peace these days.
For the past few years, there has been an almost ceaseless drumbeat of insults, threats and counter-threats on the Korean Peninsula. From balloons to drones to loudspeakers to landmines to nuclear and missile tests – not to mention insults hurled against President Park Geun-hye and President Obama that are unrepeatable in polite society – there has been a slow but steady escalation of tension.
Seemingly having grown tired of the unpleasantness of it all, every side seems to be motioning for peace these days.
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