April 19, 2024
Opinion

Why Seoul must not let Pyongyang off the hook for past aggressions

South Korea should not throw out the May 24 Measures without genuine signs from the North that it's ready to change

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In March of 2010, a single North Korean submarine slipped past the border and torpedoed a ROK naval vessel (the ROKS Cheonan), killing 46 sailors – many of them young conscripts and NCOs.

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