President Park Geun-hye
Below: Leader Kim Jong-un
The
past couple of weeks I’ve been listening to the rhetoric of North – and South
Korea. I see Anders working with information about today’s situation and of
cause I realize that the tensed situation should not be taken lightly.
However,
I do believe that on both sides of the 38th parallel intelligent people
are in charge and that none of them wants to see their people suffer.
The
young North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his staff seem to challenge the
newly selected South Korean President Park, who in her installation speach mentioned many times that she wants happiness for the South Koreans.
Should we take
the situation lightly? I don’t think so! The escalating rhetoric can have an
effect on people’s reactions.
Still I have good hopes that
the situation calms down or maybe it’s a very strong wish that I want to come
through and believe in. Enough families have suffered for over 60 years. Isn’t
it about time that these two countries sign a Peace Treaty and focus on developing
their countries to a good life, happiness, for all their inhabitants? For me that would be
leadership of the highest level.
But lots of water has run
under the bridge and patience have been challenged so maybe it’s more realistic
to wish for a calmer rhetoric and focus on the 60 years of commemorating the Armistice
Agreement from 1953!
I hope to return to Sweden at
the end of September leaving a peninsula in peace!
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