a cease-fire...or is it?

It was really surprising to hear that North Korea released the female journalists.
Especially after charging them to years of hard labor. North Korea is such a conundrum. It's hard to wrap your mind around exactly what Kim Jong Il is thinking. Many may or may not know this, but what happened with the female journalists happens to South Koreans more frequently. Understandably, for people in the US we don't really think of or care all that much about it; simply because it just doesn't hit that close to home. However, there was a South Korean man that was captured by North Koreans, and is still being detained, far before the US journalists were arrested. He was arrested at the Gaseong Industrial Complex that the Koreas share on the accusation that he was speaking against the North Korean regime to one of the North Korean workers. Another incident happened last week, a South Korean fishing boat harmlessly and accidentally wandered 10km into North Korean waters and was captured and the people on the boat, arrested.
What I want to say is, this is nothing new, and I feel bad that people are far more aware of it when it only has to do with their own countrymen.
Obviously, the relationship between the Koreas is far more complex than any other countries relation with NK. Families are still separated. Some people desire reunification, while others would rather die than see the day. That still is not the best excuse for the US's blind eye on worlds current and social affairs. In Korea there is no getting away from getting news about all different events happening in other countries. However, general news awareness is very centralized in the US. This is one of the things that makes it interesting to be immersed in the culture and life here because now I am aware of things I, otherwise, would not be.