If none of you have been keeping up on your International News (something I encourage you to do), S. Korea and N. Korea got into a little PT boat skirmish a few days ago. This hasn't happened in 7 years. But it did happen twice in 1999 and 2002.
With the U.S. scheduled for meetings in N. Korea this seems like a not so fortuitous time for this. But the mood here hasn't changed. South Koreans are just ignore it. They go about their daily lives like it never happened. This is so typical of their attitude towards anything North Korean. For example, whenever the test air raid sirens go off around the city. They don't even flinch. The sirens are deafening, too. And whenever I bring an article about the latest news out of North Korea they just shrug it off like they didn't even know. And maybe they don't. They simply just don't care.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/world/asia/12korea.html?_r=1
You can check up on the status of the recent skirmish and U.S. talks here.
Notes:
I have a day off today. My co-teacher squeezed this one for me. No one was going to be at school (national high school entrance test day). So, she convinced them to unshackle and release me into the wild.
So, I'm taking the time to go to Itaewon, the foreigners district, on this cold, nipply day.
Saw Inglorius Basterds last night. (I can't remember how it is mispelled or spelled in German) Gruesome but great. For those of your with a taste for Tarantino I suggest you see it. It was great in theaters. But I'm not sure if it was my favorite Tarantino. It was simply a very good movie.
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