Lee Sook-jong
Korea Herald, June 10
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1236102,00.html

"A new inter-Korea nationalism, advocating rapprochement and reunification is on the rise. Even the current stand-off over North Korea's nuclear programme has only strengthened South Korea's anti-American sentiments. South Koreans blame the Bush administration for defining North Korea as one member of an 'axis of evil' and creating military tension on the Korean peninsula.

"Although American officials repeatedly deny any intention of a planned preemptive strike against the nuclear sites in North Korea, some Koreans view relocation of American troops away from the demilitarised zone as a preparation to minimise US casualties in the case of war. A significant number of South Koreans criticise the United States for being preoccupied with its anti-terrorism and non-proliferation agendas without heeding its ally's desire for peace ...

"For ... South Koreans, the assured ultimate victory ... in a war with North Korea is not preferable to the current status quo, if one considers civilian casualties in the hundreds of thousands."