Thursday, November 25, 2010

The Aftermath






Interestingly enough, the North Koreans who are currently visiting my parents in China have heard about the attacks on Yeonpyeong Island. Although they are in a land that has far more freedom to information than theirs, they still came to the conclusion that South Korea is to blame for the conflict. As they are currently in China, they probably have not seen North Korea's state operated media reports, but the mind that has been controlled for many years by propaganda automatically assumes without question "the other" as the evil perpetrator.

For more information: Ariel View at BBC
Slideshow at Reuters