http://koreanunification.net/2007/08/24/regional-powers-and-korean-unification/ the DMZ will not last forever... or will it? Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:32:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://koreanunification.net/2007/08/24/regional-powers-and-korean-unification/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Mr. Joe Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:34:15 +0000 http://koreanunification.net/2007/08/24/regional-powers-and-korean-unification/#comment-38 From an expat with over 8 years in the country beginning in 1959- The greatest advantage of unification may be gold, iron, coal and other mineral resources the South needs. The disadvantages include the upheaval and ideology differences between a democratic people and a communist people who have been lied to for 55 years, and actually believe that the U.S. started the war and caused the separation. Young folks in the South think it will be great to unify with their "Brothers". It won't be that easy. It won't happen quickly, but the North would like to get some tourism money in Pyongyang. We'll predict there will remain a rift, as long as the gift giving and kissing up remains one-sided. Without great compromise, we won't see reunification. From an expat with over 8 years in
the country beginning in 1959-
The greatest advantage of unification may be gold, iron, coal and other mineral resources the South needs. The disadvantages include the upheaval and ideology differences between a democratic people and a communist people who have been lied to for 55 years, and actually believe that the U.S. started the war and caused the separation. Young folks in the South think it will be great to unify with their “Brothers”. It won’t be that easy. It won’t happen quickly, but the North would like to get some tourism money in Pyongyang. We’ll predict there will remain a rift, as long as the gift giving and kissing up remains one-sided. Without great compromise, we won’t see reunification.

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