North Korea’s Provocations Have South Korea Again Calling It the ‘Enemy’

The use of the ‘e-word’ represents a reversion to the era in which South Korea’s defense ministry routinely applied that term after the North in 1995 vowed to turn the South into ‘a sea of flames.’

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South Korean army soldiers on patrol at Paju, near the border with North Korea, February 16, 2023. AP/Ahn Young-joon

Let there be no doubt: North Korea is the “enemy” of South Korea. While previous South Korean governments avoided applying such a nasty word to the North Korean leadership, the South’s military leaders now believe Pyongyang isn’t giving them much choice. 

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