surging waves in West Sea..

Korea must stop being an avenue for international powerhouse competition..

If past experiences are any guide, the West Sea has been a powder keg for this divided peninsula. Even more ominous are the signs that the Sea is going to be a flash point of East Asia..

a recent act of Japan raised more than a few eyebrows here, indicating that it will deploy an Aegis destroyer to waters near the West Sea. Even more embarrasing was the response of Seoul. It didn't oppose Tokyo's push to send the battleship. Japan's intention to do that is to detect possible missile launches form North Korea..

A news agnecy quoted the official as saying, "It is in the best interest of national security to gurantee the freedom of navigation in open waters of the West Sea" the decision was the virtual toleration of the existence of another country's battleship right under Korea's nose under the pretext of stratigic consideration.