As I live and work in the Republic of Korea, I naturally have a certain immediate interest in the latest Donald Trump vs. Kim Jong Un saber-rattling -- as in, "Am I on the brink of being hustled to an airport with a one-way ticket out of Dodge?" On the other hand, in a land permanently in a state of low-simmering war -- no peace accord between North and South Korea ever having been signed -- one tends to fall into an unhealthy default assumption that since nothing major has happened before, nothing major will happen this time. In fact, to observe the demeanor of my Korean friends, colleagues, students, and neighbors is to be palliated to near-coma levels. Threats and agitations from the North Korean regime have been such a normal part of life in the ROK for so many decades that for a foreigner who has lived here and been immersed in the day-to-day life of Korean society long enough, it's hard to imagine what, short of a missile strike on Seoul (or perhaps more than...(Read Full Article)