Rising tension on the Korean Peninsula is shattering fast the glimmers of hope for re-unity that followed ten years of progress under the Kim Dae-Jung and Roh Moo-hyun governments. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, through his flip-flops, and Kim Jong Il, with his renewed nuclear blackmail, both seem determined to see relations deteriorate.
最近朝鲜半岛的紧张局势迅速将金大中和卢武铉政府所做的半岛统一的努力彻底打破。韩国总统李明博接连的逆转行为，加上金正日重拾核讹诈，两国关系由此恶化。