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This is the second time that they are evacuating. the difference now, at least they have warning. nearly a month ago there was none before north korean artillery shells landed in a stunning attack on the village killing two civilians and two south korean marines. the village today, silence. few signs of life except for military trucks patrolling and waiting. not everyone is leaving. this woman hasnt been told to stop selling ferry tickets off the island or when the military drills will be. she w...

She will stay behind, she says. for her and the several dozen others still here, these bunkers are where the military says she can find cover. she wonders why it has to be this way. if we carry out the drills, she says, north korea has said it will retaliate even more strongly. going ahead with the drills knowing this is pretty much picking a fight with them. as the ferry streams to the korean peninsula, these elderly neighbors reflect on their divided homeland and the cost of a war that never t...