Letter from Korea: September 1997

In Korea: ‘Ich Bin Ein Sidewalker’

By Rolf Potts

U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen recently called the Korean peninsula “one of the dangerous places on earth.” Considering that I live on the very tail-bone of that peninsula, I should probably be worried.

I’m not.

After all, South Korea is building sidewalks.

To fully appreciate the momentousness of this development, one must stroll the streets of Pusan at rush hour. As the only major Korean city … Read more »