North, South Korea exchange fire

[electric mole]

North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire Tuesday after the North shelled an island near their disputed sea border, killing at least two South Korean marines, setting dozens of buildings ablaze and sending civilians fleeing for shelter.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101123/ap_on_re_as/as_koreas_clash

[Amplifier]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11818450

Pictures and video clips on the BBC

[kuro808]

I am beginning to think that we might have a second Korean war but its also could be N. Korea trying to get attention of the world media

[J-Triumf]

Technically the first one is still going on. North and South have always been in a state of war since 1950...it's just a matter of when they'll start shooting at each other full-time again.

I'd love to see a united Korea within my lifetime (preferrably under the South's rule, of course), but unfortunately it seems like a lot of destruction will have to happen beforehand.

[kuro808]

Technically the first one is still going on. North and South have always been in a state of war since 1950...it's just a matter of when they'll start shooting at each other full-time again.

I'd love to see a united Korea within my lifetime (preferrably under the South's rule, of course), but unfortunately it seems like a lot of destruction will have to happen beforehand.

true, but I have heard from a lot of Korean professors that the only way there will ever be a united Korea, is when China turns on N. Korea and decide to invade. IMHO

[Amplifier]

It's seems reasonable to believe that loss of support from PRC would be the main contributor.

Unification is going to be a huge mess on the social/economic level. West/East Germany didn't have such a large disparity in income, quality of life, etc, and it's still not all roses and sunshine there 20 years later. Hopefully when it happens, they can apply some lessons learned.

[THUNDERDUCK]

It's still business as usual there, so my former students say.  I was there when the North Korean test fired their missiles toward Japan.  Didn't stop us from going out drinking that night.

[kuro808]

It's seems reasonable to believe that loss of support from PRC would be the main contributor.

Unification is going to be a huge mess on the social/economic level. West/East Germany didn't have such a large disparity in income, quality of life, etc, and it's still not all roses and sunshine there 20 years later. Hopefully when it happens, they can apply some lessons learned.

well there has been theories out there that if they do take another 20-30 years to try to unify, the languages will be difficult

[daigong]

cute North Korean soldier:


via http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/tension_in_the_koreas.html

[JFC]

cute North Korean soldier:
http://picroda.jphip.com/korean/jphip03601.jpg

Okay, just how easy would it be to make a "I'd sure like to invade HER borders" joke here?

[Scramasax]

^ You just did.