Olympic Dreams of a United Korea? Many in South Say, ‘No, Thanks’
- 6 years ago
Olympic Dreams of a United Korea? Many in South Say, ‘No, Thanks’
"But the Pyeongchang Olympics can go beyond South-North reconciliation
and provide clues to easing tensions and building peace on the Korean Peninsula." Analysts say a key turning point in attitudes toward the North came in 2010, when a South Korean naval ship was sunk by an apparent North Korean torpedo attack, killing 46 sailors, and North Korea launched a rocket barrage on a South Korean island that killed four people, including two civilians.
Supported by By Choe Sang-Hun SEOUL, South Korea — The last time South Korea hosted an Olympics, in 1988,
the North not only refused to take part, it blew up a South Korean airliner 10 months before the Games.
Kim said that Especially men in their 20s, about half of them, consider North Korea an outright enemy,
On Thursday, North Korean state media called on "all Koreans at home
and abroad" to support moves toward reunification and eliminate obstacles created by "outside forces," a reference to the United States.
"To young South Koreans, North Korea is someone they don’t want anything to do with." Polling experts say
that South Korean men in their 20s often get more hawkish after they finish their mandatory military service.
Park said that I personally wouldn’t welcome reunification
because it would create a burden for us, as we would have to help rebuild the North Korean economy,
"But the Pyeongchang Olympics can go beyond South-North reconciliation
and provide clues to easing tensions and building peace on the Korean Peninsula." Analysts say a key turning point in attitudes toward the North came in 2010, when a South Korean naval ship was sunk by an apparent North Korean torpedo attack, killing 46 sailors, and North Korea launched a rocket barrage on a South Korean island that killed four people, including two civilians.
Supported by By Choe Sang-Hun SEOUL, South Korea — The last time South Korea hosted an Olympics, in 1988,
the North not only refused to take part, it blew up a South Korean airliner 10 months before the Games.
Kim said that Especially men in their 20s, about half of them, consider North Korea an outright enemy,
On Thursday, North Korean state media called on "all Koreans at home
and abroad" to support moves toward reunification and eliminate obstacles created by "outside forces," a reference to the United States.
"To young South Koreans, North Korea is someone they don’t want anything to do with." Polling experts say
that South Korean men in their 20s often get more hawkish after they finish their mandatory military service.
Park said that I personally wouldn’t welcome reunification
because it would create a burden for us, as we would have to help rebuild the North Korean economy,
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