For years, [Munsan's] proximity to the DMZ has kept property prices low, making it attractive to Seoul’s poorer working class. Young military conscripts, many in their late teens, arrive in a steady trickle at the main railway station but life otherwise goes on. Gunfire and explosions can often be heard in the surrounding hills as the soldiers drill for war, says Englishman Sam Cowan, who teaches in a high school. “It sometimes gets to me,” he admits. “But then I’ll look at the local people getting on with their lives and know it’s going to be ok.”
That article might feel a little heavy, so here's an excerpt from a lighter article:
South Koreans have joked that they’ll know war is coming if [Samsung Chairman] Lee flees the country. One blogger wrote (link in Korean), “I guess it’s okay to set aside my war fears now that chairman Lee has returned to the homeland.”
