How South Koreans feel about their neighbors in the North

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Twenty-five million South Koreans live in and around Seoul, just 30 miles from the border with North Korea.

The threat of North Korea’s missiles and its nuclear program would seem to have dominated their lives for years.

But most people in the South, especially the younger generation, appear to dismiss that threat, saying the harsh words from Pyongyang are just rhetoric.

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