Four Years Later

You know there is a problem when you hear about a sea battle for the first time during its fourth year anniversary

On the eve of the final of the 2002 World Cup, six young seamen were killed in a surprise attack by North Korean patrol boats off Yeonpyeong Island in the West Sea and 18 others wounded. On the fourth anniversary of the tragedy, some of the survivors live with shrapnel too deeply embedded to remove, and in their nightmares they see their comrades shrouded in flame. The Chosun Ilbo tracked down on 10 of the wounded from the West Sea Battle of 2002, who were far away from football fans’ cries of “Dae-han-min-guk” that filled the city streets. Six agreed to speak on the record.

Is this the tunnel vision we have to deal with every four years?