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Its really good that the people in this thread/forum are taking interest in this and have an opinion when most of the people around me in "solid space" dont give two shizs.

Whats interesting to note about all of this North Korea stuff is just that, all the stuff around it leading up to a possible event. What we have here is an exercise in control of social consciousness through social media, meme propagation, political manipulation and a whole host of other modern bs. Some of this is conscious ie. done on purpose with intent, whilst some of it is just the spinning of cultural efficacies such as the easy comedy target that is the crazy North Koreans.

 

In order for a political concern to gain a mandate its effective to have public backing. Attempts at controlling social consciousness in this regard has been amateurish as we have seen previously in the iraq war with the clumsy attempts of the Bush Bliar administration in convincing us that the Iraqis and Osama were in cahoots.

 

The last two proper border incursions served as a future warning after years of messing around;

 

• March 26, 2010: A South Korean naval vessel, the ROKS Cheonan, was allegedly sunk by a North Korean torpedo near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea. A rescue operation recovered 58 survivors but 46 sailors were killed. On May 20, 2010, a South Korean led international investigation group concluded that the sinking of the warship was in fact the result of a North Korean torpedo attack. North Korea denied involvement. The United Nations Security Council made a Presidential Statement condemning the attack but without identifying the attacker.
• November 23, 2010: North Korea fired artillery at South Korea's Greater Yeonpyeong island in the Yellow Sea and South Korea returned fire. Two South Korean marines and two South Korean civilians were killed, six were seriously wounded, and ten were treated for minor injuries. Approximately seventy South Korean houses were destroyed. North Korean casualties were unknown, but Lee Hong-gi, the Director of Operations of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), claimed that as a result of the South Korean retaliation "there may be a considerable number of North Korean casualties".

During this time there was a lot of press coverage and political outcry but a lack of public concern. Thats where the media pantomime comes in with a whole series of attempts at supporting and helping people give a fig about South Korea and demonising the bad guys North Korea. This is where the fun begins in meme control and propaganda.