Considering North Korea from the South

Weaver Adventure Blog for Week of March 8, 2013

So in addition to worrying about global warming, I am now convinced we are all experiencing global time warps.  How can it be March!?  Tempus fugit has become tempus fuggetaboutit!  But what can you do?

Speaking of worries, North Korea has been in the news a lot lately due to their underground nuclear tests, and that gets people asking me about the situation.  “Are we worried? “ “Do your colleagues worry about it?”  “Is it dangerous there?”  Et cetera.  Those are good questions, and my general answer (which may surprise you) for all three is, “Not really.”  But I thought I would put the question to a couple Cook people here and see what they had to say.  First, my buddy Dominic Lee.

Dominic’s perspective is quite unique as he actually visited North Korea several times some years ago when he worked for a German company.    

I also wanted to get the perspective of a younger person too (sorry Dom) so I found another buddy Jung-Hwan Park a.k.a. John.  He served as a guard at the DMZ for two long years (all South Korean men must serve in the military) and I figured he would have a unique perspective on the North.

Thanks to both Dominic and John for sharing their insights, and thanks to all who have asked about how we are feeling about the situation.  For now it seems stable and safe, and we Weavers are happy here in our adopted country.

Until next time,

Weaver