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S. Korea restarts propaganda broadcasts after soldiers injured by alleged N. Korean land mines

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Readers Respond

Readers Write: Many heroes behind South Korea's rebirth; Is US gun lobby selling fear to sell guns?

07/01/2013 8:00 am ET Letters to the Editor for the July 1, 2013 weekly print magazine: As a Peace Corps volunteer in Chuncheon in the 1960s, I watched my impoverished students work long hours to succeed. Nearly half a century has made the Korea of my memory unrecognizableMany hearts and hands have supported Korea鈥檚 rebirth. US gun violence has decreased, but most Americans think the opposite. That's because good marketing from the gun lobby (in this case, fear of violence driving desire for protection) leads to a predictable increase in demand.