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"That said, if re-unification, happens I imagine the progress in the North will be rapid, and the country as a whole will become an even stronger regional power
by atomical 16y ago
"That said, if re-unification, happens I imagine the progress in the North will be rapid, and the country as a whole will become an even stronger regional power."
South Korea is a prosperous country that has developed in a relatively short amount of time but North Koreans don't have the education or skill to compete in a South Korean economy.
- OstiaAntica 16y agoProgress was slower than expected when Germany reunified, and North Korea's poverty is deeper and its culture seems more profoundly damaged.
- eru 16y agoThere's still a cultural divide in Germany.
- bane 16y agoBehind the scenes, South Koreans talk about a staged reunification over decades. The first stage? Use North Koreans as cheap, manual, unskilled labor like we in the U.S. use people from Mexico and South America (that's actually how it's described). In a sense it's being tested right now in the Kaesong industrial area on the border. It gives the benefits of cheap labor, without having to use the Chinese.