This will be a quick blog to write about the current events of North Korea's threats and such. NO PICTURES !!! What??? Are you serious Cliff??? Yeah.. no pictures.
Last week, the past president committed suicide because he was found guilty of embezzlement. He stole or filtered somewhere in the ball-park of $600,000 USD equivalent.. or so I've heard... In South Korea, it used to be socially acceptable for a person to commit suicide if they shamed their family in any way... This president was old school and decided to do himself in.. no more than 30 mins from our house in Busan. Everyone has been very upset and depressed over his death... even though... he stole their money... and committed suicide...
Now... what you may be all worried about is the current news about North Korea and the fact that South Korea is threatening to search their vessels... and if they do search the vessels... it will basically start a war...
The issues are here:
1) Yes... North Korea has been testing missiles lately... and yes... this is in direct disregard for the U.N... They have been short range missiles.. (130km or so).. and I'm guessing their main targets would be Seoul... or Tokyo... Busan is much smaller in comparison and hardly a hub for any military action.. Seoul or Tokyo ... These would make the biggest bang... We live about a 5 hour drive from Seoul... If anything were to happen... I'm hoping we would be able to jump on a plane (we live 15 mins from the airport) and get home ASAP...
2) They have also tested a nuclear bomb recently... with that said... it is a very primitive design of a nuke... They have the plutonium and science of the bomb down.. but it's been said that they are about 5-10 years from miniaturization... which basically means they won't be able to fly this sucker anywhere... If they set off a nuke.. it will either be self-destructive and take out the boarder.. or more likely a guerilla style attack where they drive the nuke on a "vessel" into japan or south korea... once again... we live far enough from these points of interest.. where I'm fairly confident we could get out quickly if planes were still leaving the airport..
3) Laura and I have both registered with the embassy and know where the consulate is in Busan.
and most importantly
4) The South Koreans just laugh at this "world news"... They say they are blowing things dramatically out of proportion and there is not much to worry about. They say they are nervous but still think North Korea is blowing smoke in order to get the UN and USA's attention in order to gain aid in exchange for ending their "nuclear" program.
So what are we going to do???
Think of it this way... when you're on a plane and you hit some turbulance... what should you do??
Freak out over it???
Just sit calmly and hope for the best??
I don't think so...
I generally watch the flight-attendants... if they look calm... I'm calm..
because they've been through this a hundred times before...