South Korean Politician Urges President to Play Modern Warfare 4 to Understand 'Devastation' of Potential Invasion

A South Korean politician has urged the country's President to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to grasp the potential devastation of a North Korean invasion.

In a report from Korean outlet The Herald Business, politician Han Dong-hoon urged President Lee Jae-myung to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to grasp how catastrophic things could be if the country was ill-equipped to defend against a North Korean invasion. He noted that the country should be actively preparing for any kind of situation, rather than simply hoping it never happens. He also pushed back against critiques of the game depicting an active all-out war between the two countries, believing that it should be a wake-up call to assess whether or not they're prepared for something like that to happen.

"I hope the image of a Seoul reduced to ashes in the game remains in the realm of fiction," he said.

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