The Consequences of Korean Extremism
Worsening inter-Korean relations means that both North and South Korea will become far more vulnerable to neighboring powers’ strategic maneuvers. As a result, growing hostility between North and South may prove far more lethal to the well-being of all Koreans than former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun’s recent tragic suicide and Kim Jong-il’s futile nuclear fireworks.
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SEOUL – Once again, the Korean peninsula is experiencing one of its periodic bouts of extremism, this time marked by the suicide on May 22 of former president, Roh Moo-hyun, and North Korea’s second test of a nuclear device. Roh’s suicide is a disaster for his family and a national shame, while North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s nuclear blast is something of a temper tantrum, but one which may have dire consequences for the two Koreas and the world.