Perspective

   Last class I was talking with my group project members. Our topic is going to be about the tension between North Korea and South Korea and how it affects different countries and people. Since I am from the United States I only know my perspective on the conflict between the Korea's. Now I know that my perspective is heavily influenced by American media, which is very biased, and I am shown little international news. I had a hard time understanding why China would want to make sure that nothing happens to North Korea. My two classmates that are from China explained to me that any missiles or fighting that happen in North Korea could also hit China since the two countries border each other. Also they told me that there are some Chinese citizens that live in North Korea and obviously no country wants its citizens to be harmed.
       This helped me to realize my ignorance in not realizing that the two countries have relations and its not as simple as just cutting off the relationship. I think that some of this stems from not being able to read articles from multiple news sources since I can only read one language and have the access to American news articles. In some ways the news creates propaganda to convince you of their side without explaining all the different perspectives that countries might have for their choices. My other classmate Daiki explained to me that there are several US military camps in Japan and that there could be missiles or fighting that happen in Japan just because US troops are occupied in Japan. I knew that there were troops in Japan but it never occurred to me that Japan could get caught up in this fiasco just because of that.
      Basically what I'm trying to say is that I need to keep a more open mind and think of situations from different peoples perspectives before making any conclusions. I think that most of the American populous can relate to this since on a daily basis I hear such ignorant people saying that the solution is just blow up North Korea and its that simple. Most of these people give little thought to the people that will be affected and that there has to be a better solution.