The Irish language has often been viewed as a weapon by Irish Catholic and an enemy tongue by the country’s Protestants. But no longer, if some Irish have their way. They’re trying to reclaim the language for both sides, and take the politics out of it.
In most of South Korea, people are taking the North’s sabre-rattling with a big grain of salt. But on islands along the border, especially on Baengnyeong Island, people are a bit more tense. And all of the strong words are hurting the islands’ economy, as well.
Tensions remain at a fever pitch between the U.S. and South Korea on one side and North Korea on the other. But academics say the way to dial down the pressure is for American officials to reach out. But should the U.S. give North Koreans what they’re so clearly looking for?
Tensions on the Korean peninsula are running high, with North Korea vowing to take pre-emptive military strikes against South Korea and U.S. forces around the Pacific Ocean, while the South is promising to respond to any aggression with bullets first, and politics later.
A cyber attack hit South Korean broadcasters and banks Wednesday, causing computers to crash, display an error message, or worse. Though the origin of the attack could take weeks, intelligence officials aren’t ruling out North Korea as the culprit.