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North Korea is Asia’s wild card

By James Jay Carafano
Published January 19, 2014 5:00am ET
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North Korea is Asia’s wild card
Lately, South Korean President Park Geun-hye has tried to dial down the anti-Japanese tone in Seoul, but many South Koreans now rate Japan as a security threat on par with, or exceeding, North Korea or China. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool) | Jung Yeon-je

Waves of enemy troops crested the horizon. The nervous young lieutenant turned to his trusted NCO and asked what they should do. “I don’t know about you,” replied the sergeant, “but I’m going to run like hell.”

The Korean Peninsula was home to one of the Cold War’s hottest conflicts. Combat raged for three years, and the Korean people have lived under a cold peace ever since.

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