Comments on: Keep Praying for the Korean Hostages http://www.noelheikkinen.com/2007/08/03/keep-praying-for-the-korean-hostages/ Home of Noel Heikkinen's thoughts, audio, photos, video, etc. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill Green http://www.noelheikkinen.com/2007/08/03/keep-praying-for-the-korean-hostages/comment-page-1/#comment-104168 Bill Green Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:55:05 +0000 http://www.noelheikkinen.com/2007/08/03/keep-praying-for-the-korean-hostages/#comment-104168 While I find the lack of coverage disturbing (especially when one notes that even international networks, such as BBC World, are by-and-large ignoring the story), I'm also not surprised. Afghanistan is old news, for one, and the primary focus of the world has long since shifted to Iraq. On top of that, with all the bad news of bombings and deaths and whatnot constantly flowing out of the region, I think many have become numb to the whole thing. I know several people (myself included) who have a hard time remembering when the news wasn't a 50/50 split between Iraq (and, simultaneously, how everything is Bush's fault), and the latest celebrity melodrama. That all being said, the BBC has an interesting article full of quotes from South Korean's on how they view the incident. You can read it <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6924373.stm" title="Koreans react to hostage killings" rel="nofollow">here</a> While I find the lack of coverage disturbing (especially when one notes that even international networks, such as BBC World, are by-and-large ignoring the story), I’m also not surprised.

Afghanistan is old news, for one, and the primary focus of the world has long since shifted to Iraq. On top of that, with all the bad news of bombings and deaths and whatnot constantly flowing out of the region, I think many have become numb to the whole thing. I know several people (myself included) who have a hard time remembering when the news wasn’t a 50/50 split between Iraq (and, simultaneously, how everything is Bush’s fault), and the latest celebrity melodrama.

That all being said, the BBC has an interesting article full of quotes from South Korean’s on how they view the incident. You can read it here

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