SEOUL – Once again, the Korean peninsula is experiencing one of its periodic bouts of extremism, this time marked by the suicide on May 22 of former president, Roh Moo-hyun, and North Korea’s second test of a nuclear device. Roh’s suicide is a disaster for his family and a national shame, while North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s nuclear blast is something of a temper tantrum, but one which may have dire consequences for the two Koreas and the world.
首尔－朝鲜半岛又一次遭受周期性极端主义浪潮的冲击，本次的标志性事件是5月22日韩国前总统卢武铉的自杀和朝鲜的第二次核试验。卢的自杀对其家庭是个灾难，对其国家是个耻辱，而朝鲜核爆炸则是领导人金正日火爆脾气的某种体现，以上事件是对于两个朝鲜族国家，乃至整个世界来说都有很严重的后果。