Nervous and scared are how one man describes the feelings of people he knows in South Korea.

Tensions between North and South Korea are nothing new.

With threats of nuclear war, many Koreans living in our area are growing more and more concerned with every passing day.

Soon Pil Hong lives in Granger and owns the Seoul Garden Korean and Japanese Restaurant in Mishawaka.    

He watches a Korean television station every day to keep informed on the latest overseas.

He says, "They don't listen to us. China or Russia, neither Japan. They start making all the people mad."     

Hong has dozens of family members still living in South Korea.

Despite recent threats from North Korea he doesn't think the North will really attack the South.

Hong thinks its leader, Kim Jong Un, is just trying to convince North Koreans of his power.

Hong says, "They just don't know when to stop. His father and his grandfather doesn't know when to stop to try and attack South Korea but i hope some day they stop and realize they're hurting citizen people."

Hong's brother Min owns a business in South Bend. He takes North Korea's threats very seriously.    

Min hopes North and South Korea can avoid war and come to a peaceful resolution.
He says, "This is because of lack of communication between north and south. They need to send someone to North Korea to meet the leader Kim Jong Un and have a serious dialogue and that might be the first step."

As the days go by, both Hong brothers will spend their days in our area working and keeping an eye on what's happening in their native land.