2016년 9월 27일 화요일

Response: South Korea reveals it has a plan to assassinate Kim Jong Un

The title of this article immediately caught my attention because it was about a plan to assassinate Kim Jong Un. To summarize the main content of the article, South Korea apparently has a concrete plan to get rid of the North Korean leader in times of desperation. Going far as to explain that it has accurate missiles that could target important government buildings to basically wipe out the North Korean government entirely. Being a South Korean, I have watched plenty of movies that involved spies on both sides of the Korean Peninsula and assassinations. One thing to realize before making any conclusions is that the spy network system for both sides are real. It's just a joke nowadays because the movies are mostly comedic and make fun of the matter. Anyways, the intended target of this article was to anyone interested in the Korean conflict. America is also really interested because North Korea had threatened not only South Korea but Guam. The writer seems to have an American bias to make North Korea look like a bully and its visions, disillusioned. The publisher, CNN also seems to have a similar bias because it is an American publisher. I feel like the purpose of this article was to gather more interest for the Korean conflict (using an interesting title as click bait) and warning North Korea that South Korea is prepared.

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  1. I noticed this article the other day and think it's very interesting.

    I'm wondering if South Korea legitimately has the capacity to kill Kim Jong Un or if the announcement was sent out more specifically as a threat (and possibly an empty threat).

    I like that you mentioned the way media (especially movies) have affected common view of the situation between North and South Korea. Do you think it causes a lack of situational awareness or that it lightens the topic so that people are not paranoid?

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  2. I'm impressed how you were able to mention how the movie "connected" to the real life situation in Korea right now. As a South Korean too, I really know how tense the things are getting. However, whenever South Korea does threaten North Korea due to their threats, I thinks it an "empty threat."
    Responding to Emma, I don't think the news media lightens the topic for the citizens but only gives update of how a war might start. I just think that the media is just giving a heads up for what might happen.
    Overall, I think Hoyoun did good

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