Suddenly some locals in S. Korea start to talk about war.
Previously, it is basically ‘politically incorrect’ to do so.
I see the abrupt change of their sentiment: the war was once casually dismissed, but no more. Political correctness is breaking down.
Japanese TV tonight showed ROK heavy duty tanks blasting the ever living hell out of some mountainside in Paju County up near the DMZ, as part of their military training. I believe the footage was shot day before yesterday. Said the South was on "war footing", and ended the story by saying such maneuvers certainly were close to the DMZ, probably loud enough to be heard by the KPA just across the MDL. If that's the case, then, good. And thank goodness they did not show Pyongyang Patty tonight, spouting some bile on Korean Central TV (North Korea), as they often do, with Japanese subtitles.
PS Last night TBS TV showed a great docu-drama, on the Korean Airlines midair bombing (1988) performed by NK female agent Kim Hyong Hee, Japanese voice-over of a South Korean drama it seems.