The Third World War?

Being Korean, this is an issue that holds great importance to me. My mother still resides in South Korea. To catch you up, on Nov. 23, North Korea shot missiles toward South Korea. Specifically, Yoenpyeong island. They shot at least 200 missiles. South Korea also shot 80 missiles as a counterattack.  Because of this artillery fire, South Korea had at least ten injured and four deaths. South Korean civilians who live in Yoenpyeong were sent to a shelter. This shocking news reminds me of the Korean War and it even makes me worried about my mom and relatives who still live in South Korea. My mom said that everyone is afraid of the war.

After I saw the news about North Korea attacking South Korea, I was very surprised and realized that Korea is still under the threathen of the war. After the Korean War ended in a truce, Korea got separated into North and South. They were proclaimed as a separated and independent countries. Over the last fifty years, they have tried to become one country and South Korea especially tried to help North Korea a lot in terms of finance and communication with other countries. But most of people I know in South Korea tell me that there is not going to be another war in Korean territory, because every country has their eyes on North Korea and I believe that North Korea knows how much negative impact there will be on themselves if they embark on war. In my opinion, I think that North Korea tries to threathen other countries by attacking South Korea. In North Korea, Jung-eun Kim (who is the third son of Jung-il Kim) was appointed as the next leader recently becuase of Jung-il Kim’s illness and age. Therefore, I think Jung-il Kim wanted to see his son’s  strong leadership skills before he actually gives his authority to him. Other than the reasons that I have said, there are many assumptions why North Korea attacked South Korea suddenly. Hopefully, North Korea and South Korea can solve their problem in peaceful way.

This is the video which outlines the damages South Korea got from North Korean artillery.