But should that be surprising--when in South Korea, which herself survived a Communist assault, there exists a myth that actually the Soviet Union is not directly hostile to them, not so much an enemy, not like North Korea. The South Koreans have also been doing their utmost to curry favor with Peking.
當南韓目前免於遭受共黨攻擊之際，又產生了一種神話，也不足為奇，誤認蘇俄並不仇恨他們，蘇俄不像北韓那樣是南韓的直接敵人。