Le Monde, the leading media in France, reported April 2 that while North Korea has been building up its military power, the South Korean public is not showing any type of serious response of concern.
In an interesting article, Le Monde dedicated a full page on evaluating the North Korean threat and responses in the South.
The article quoted a Cho Ji-hoon, a 28-year-old employee of an automotive parts company, as saying that talks of war have been around for decades and that it will blow by in time.
In the South Korean capital of Seoul, which has a population of some 15 million, the threats of aggression from North Korea is generally ignored and they are living their lives as usual.
The shopping district of Myeong-dong in downtown Seoul is busy with local and foreign visitors and people on subway trains are relaxing while watching dramas on their smartphones, the report said.
“It is apparent that South Korean have become numb to threats from North Korea. This is rather surprising,” said musician Hahn Dae-soo.
