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[AP News] South Koreans stay calm despite North Korea’s escalating threats

05/31/202403/30/2024 by 한국사람연구원

South Koreans’ security anxieties have long been kept in check by the U.S.-South Korea alliance and by past inter-Korean projects such as South Korean tours to the Diamond Mountain resort and the jointly operated Kaesong factory park, said Han-Wool Jeong, director of the Korea People Research Institute. Those joint economic projects, pushed by past liberal governments in Seoul, were halted as inter-Korean ties worsened under subsequent conservative governments. Jeong said many now believe South Korea’s security depends entirely on the U.S.-South Korea alliance.

| AP News | South Koreans stay calm despite North Korea’s escalating threats [interview] By Jiwon Song The Associated Press Monday, February 5, 2024 Article was updated Feb 5, 2024 … “South Koreans’ security anxieties have long been kept in check by the U.S.-South Korea alliance and by past inter-Korean projects such as South Korean tours to … Read more