How should South Korea respond?
It looks like the crazy NoKos did indeed sink the South Korean ship, killing 46 sailors. Anyone have a good idea how Seoul should respond to this? I wonder if a year-long international ban on all North Korean ship traffic, including merchant ships, might be the way to go.
It looks like the crazy NoKos did indeed sink the South Korean ship, killing 46 sailors. Anyone have a good idea how Seoul should respond to this? I wonder if a year-long international ban on all North Korean ship traffic, including merchant ships, might be the way to go.
It looks like the crazy NoKos did indeed sink the South Korean ship, killing 46 sailors. Anyone have a good idea how Seoul should respond to this? I wonder if a year-long international ban on all North Korean ship traffic, including merchant ships, might be the way to go.
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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