33. South Korea Not Worried

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/04/why-south-koreans-arent-worried-about-nuclear-war/274947/

               Donald Kirk is the author of the article "Why South Koreans Aren't Worried About Nuclear War." The author says that South Koreans are generally very puzzled when asked if they are worried about North Korean war threats. Germany, different from South Korea and North Korea, has come up with peaceful settlements to a single unified nation. South Korea does not completely ignore North Korean threats; both sides come up in the news. However, k-pop news become actually more popular. "South Koreans, living in a dream world of peace and prosperity, are deaf to noises that suggest the dream could turn into a nightmare." The United Nations has continuously taken sanctions on North Korea and if N. Korea would attack S.Korea with missiles, the United States would interfere. During the presidency of Bill Clinton, North Korea had agreed to shut down a reactor. However, North Korea has recently restarted the nuclear reactor. The author summarizes North Korean threats to: "the North will go only so far - and no further."

                 The author of the article Donald Kirk uses several rhetorical strategies in his writing. The author's purpose is informative explaining how South Koreans are not really worried about North Korean war threats. The tone is somewhat playful and in a way, very sarcastic. The author uses a cause and effect pattern to explain the South Korean ignorance. The cause would be North Korean threats and the effect would be South Korean ignorance. The author tries to explain why this happens: South Koreans are used to so many threats and they feel safe with the US by their side. The author uses a ironic tone when saying how kpop knews outweighed North Korean threats and quotes how people say there would be no way anyone would be able to leave in case of war. The author also includes information from background - Bill Clinton and the Geneva agreement. The author also compares North Korea and South Korea with Germany.