somehow reunification is one of solutions to south korea declining population
You forgot the sister - the real tactician and devilishly cruel.
In Germany the reunification still is not fully done. There are still divides between former west and former east. There are still so many issues that can be pointed down to the reunification which was partially botched.
Another issue that wasn't mentioned is the rest of the Kim dynasty and the poor citizens that are imprisoned in those interment camps they would definitely need seriously help after being tortured by the regime
I'm not Korean but i do sincerely hope that the people of those two nations can be united once again as they have a shared history and much can be gained from the union for them
"His only known heirs," Kim Yo Jong: Am I a joke to you?
This may benefit south Korea more than the North. They are rapidly running out of people at working age!
As a Korean American (my parents immigrated to United Stated from South Korea in 1982), I would love to see the two Korea united especially under a free state and free government. But this will NEVER and I mean NEVER happen because the little rocket man would never give up his power and his dictatorship, so the only way this would happen is if another civil war broke out but if this EVER happen it 100% lead to another world war because we all know that China and Russia will 100% back the North Korean's while United States and Nato will back South Korea.
China wouldn't let the Korea's unify that easily. They will try to prevent this from happening in the first place. If all fails, they will annex North Korea.
That depends on which Korea would be in charge of the effort.
Wouldn't someone else in North Korea try to seize power? Saying they had to do it to protect the people.
They'd split again into West Korea and East Korea
I mean, we had this scenario before. Granted, East-Germans weren't nerly as indoctrinated as thee North Koreans would be, however we had an example of reunification. And South Korea would face enormous challegenes with tremendous amounts of money they would have too pump into the North. Germany alone spent about 1.5-2 trillion Euros into rebuilding East-Germany. And North Korea is probably in even worse conditions than the GDR was back then. This isn't a matter of months or years. Germanys reunification is still ongoing, with East-Germans being not fully on par with their Western counterparts. And we're already 35 years in. I think it is fair to say that reunification is a multi-generational process, with newer generations steadily growing up into this new country. North Korea would face the same issues. Probably worse due to the Kims basically looting their country on a daily basis. However, if the process is done right (and South Korea, do me a favor here, look very closely what Germany has done to prevent the failures freom happening again) and Korea doesn't go extict over it's low fertility rates, it has the potential to become the third or fourth largest economy in the world. Maybe South Korea should use the opportunity to lower the Jaebols influence in the process.
Laying mines that aren’t set to expire after a decade should have been be a Geneva Convention violation
this is aextremely opptimistic and naive look at a reunion
Reunited, and it feels so good Reunited 'cause we understood There's one perfect fit And, sugar, this one is it We both are so excited 'cause we're reunited, hey, hey ♫
Dismantling the DMZ before stabilizing N Korea would be a disaster for S Korea. It would create an unmanageable refugee crisis. Their best bet would be to increase food supply and infrastructure first before allowing free travel between the entire peninsula.
I lived in South Korea for five years, 2010-2020. One of the biggest fears for in the South was reunification. Politicians in Seoul understood it would bankrupt the nation. Also, if there was a flood of Koreans from the North, what would they do? What could they do? I'm barely scratching the surface on this subject that no Infographic can come close to stating.
That would be a full-fledged miracle.
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