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I am sure you're right and I hope the old saying "where there is a will, there is a way" is true, but the numbers paint a very bleak picture. Even if the will i

I am sure you're right and I hope the old saying "where there is a will, there is a way" is true, but the numbers paint a very bleak picture. Even if the will is there, as GP said: > South Korea doesn't have the money or the economic poweress help the DPRK like West Germany did with East Germany. Realistically, a merger has to make sense for the chebols/conglomerates, right? Edit: also where do China PR and Japan stand on unification? I've read claims that neither is very fond of it?

mikeash 9y ago
It's worth pointing out that East Germany was one of the most (maybe the most) prosperous countries in the Soviet sphere, whereas North Korea is horrendously poor. To put some numbers on it, the East German GDP in 1989 was about $160 billion, with a population of about 16 million, so about $10,000 per capita. North Korea's GDP is about $12 billion with a population of about 25 million, for a per-capita GDP of about $600.