The unknown wisdom of the small nation
by Nikolai Ott
When asked who was afraid of a nuclear war, only two students in the room raised their hands: a Swiss woman and a British man. The rest of the students, mostly South Koreans, looked at most a bit resigned, and the South Korean professor nodded in agreement as he noted the absence of hands. “You see,” the shaven-headed Korean now turned to the Swiss woman with a bright smile, “everyone here knows war, but we are still optimists.”