The two Koreas have faced off again near their disputed maritime border, the first exchange of fire since last November when the lethal shelling of a South Korean island briefly brought the Cold War enemies to the brink of war.
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My students tell me that if the North really attacked South Korea, World War III would break out, and that our city would be attacked first because we have a U.S. base and a lot of South Korean military aircraft here. I had assumed that Seoul would be the first to take a hit, but really I have no idea. My students are Korean, and they've grown up in this climate, so they probably have a better sense of goings-on than I do. But then again, they're also still in middle school.
Regardless of what may or may not happen, I thought the article was brief enough not to be too overwhelming but informative enough to shed a little light on what took place on August 10th.
