I’m Korean and even if Korea doesn’t reunite as one country, I hope the borders open up so that Koreans on both sides can travel freely within the peninsula.
Korea is really great. After 30 years of colonial rule, after liberation, the country was devastated by the Civil War and the country was divided in half. Nevertheless, it became a strong country. Korea seems like an underrated country. I hope that the Korean people will meet soon after reunification.
My grandpa fought in the korean war. He said seeing the starving North Korean children was the saddest thing he ever saw, he gave them all his rations. I hope they can reunite
@@DudetaketheBus did the sanctions make North Korea create death camps where they punish entire families and 3 generations for speaking out against the government?
@@siyoonlee7944 Japan and SK still hate each other after what Japan did to Korea before and during WW2. The only reason they're allies is because the US are allies with both of them
I am currently rewatching Crashlanding on You. I am aware that it is romantized, but the small North Korean group of soldiers ended up being my favourite side characters ever. I love their (re)actions. In the end we are all human.
I will disagree Well you can't cross the DMZ because people will die because off landmines. They would tp travel through ships and planes which would damage Alot of south korea airlines economy.
Korea's history is some of the saddest int he world...really sucks how Korea split up because of constant bullying from different countries..They are survivors truly..
@@junlee7237 no they succeeded in 1910 more than 25 years before wwII or even WWI to begin with. Before 1910 Japan already had influence over Joseon maybe in the last couple of decades before it was forced to annex. After winning the Russo-Japanese War, Japan's influence in the region exploded. No one in Europe expected Japan to win. When they did, Russia the only european power with stable presence in east asia lost influence. Thats when Japan began to set the stage to annex Korea, invade manchuria, then china, and then the rest of east and south east asia.
Erick Ayala, keeping Kim as supreme leader of Korea, in a ceremonial role like the remaining monarchies of Europe, may be the best way to do a peaceful reunification.
@@DireShorts I think the people in North Korea could overthrow the Supreme leader Kim Jong Un with the help of South Korean Troops and US Troops and aircraft carriers surrounding North Korea. It'll scare the CCP away 😈
You only need one reason to unify Korea. All the people of North Korea could actually live a more or less normal life instead of constantly fearing for life if you just look the wrong way.
like i dont wanna be the one to break the party but i dont see korea unifying anytime soon cause of china. if for whatever reason kim regime collapses i dont see xi just sitting still not doing anything and allow south korea an american ally just to take over more land and allow us to put its troops on the border with china.
As a german, I can say that we are still dealing with the economic and psychological fallout of reunification 30 years later. The east is still lagging behind economically, with young people leaving for western cities and old people feeling betrayed and left out, joining radical fringe parties. And that is despite a much smaller initial gap in living standards and a much less extremely brainwashed populace. And despite the very popular and thriving capital of Berlin being smack in the middle of former east Germany. While I still think it was ultimately the right choice (and would be for Korea as well) and while we are now - after 30 years - slowly starting to see a halt, and maybe even a reversal in the decades long brain drain from east to west, there is no denying that this is a long and arduous process. The people who think that a united korea would just add up the resources of both countries seamlessly are delusional. It'll easily take a full generation, maybe more, to reap the benefits
I'm afraid of the hardships ahead not only for my sake but also for my children amd their children. But I have a strange feeling that reunification will be unstoppable someday
I actually think that the reunification of Germany has in the end rendered those extremist parties much less a threat to the democratic system as they cannot thrive nationwide - the west provides a firm democratic footing. Whereas here in Czech Republic (and all over the V4 states, to be honest), we don't have that and as a result, the extremists have found a very sound footing. As for the United Korea, they are much more geopolitically challenged than Germany at the time of reunification - I believe you will agree that such steps in your county wouldn't be possible at the time if Czechoslovakia and Poland were to remain Soviet puppet regimes. With Korea it is similar. If the regime there was to collapse, I can imagine China and possibly even Russia would preemptively strike and tried to snatch NKs nuclear arsenal in a bid to preserve the balance of power that currently is in their favor.
I feel bad for you man, be invaded much time, be divided into half, also killing each other, imagine how great that 80 million people in single country
You Koreans do nothing for this issue. You can at least sign an inter-Korean peace agreement that guarantees the movement of people, goods, investments, and tourism, and stops war between two different regimes. Every country maintains its political system, one socialist and the other capitalist
@Jasi Duy Nguyễn thank you, as a Korean I ofc want to see my country reunited, but it’s really not that easy as 2 of the comments from here say it is. It takes money, power and a lot compromises to get the Kim family to want to reunite, cuz it’s not like they’re going to surrender out of nowhere just because south wants to. Like do they really think that Kim is gonna give away his power for the good of his people? Yeah that’s never gonna happen, and south can’t just start a war I mean we’re afraid to cuz it could start a world war and the use of atomic bombs which is a terrible idea so we really can’t do much about it (￣ー￣)
TH-cam User3937 Well, he didn’t show up to an important event. An event that marks the anniversary of the foundation of North Korea. North Korean leaders don’t miss stuff like that unless they have to
Not for long, automation will make huge strides in 2020, not to mention that with this covid-19 depression many industrial jobs and services will be lost and replaced by robots and AIs.
Also to add to his comment. Just like how many manufacturers moved to Asia it’s predicted that many will begin to move to South America. They moved to China since it was cheaper but it’s starting to get expensive their too.
Less multinational, mostly korean. If we start one country two systems here, basically ALL korean companies will move thier (mostly chinese and vietnamese) manufacturing bases right into north korea, and north koreans who already distrust forieners would not accept multinational corperations vs the korean companies who already have a language advantage.
@@joshuaspath6923 Well, I live in South America and I don't think the multinationals are going to send their factories here, we have 20th century-style labor legislation, not to mention a lot of costs, like insufficient infrastructure and less stable regimes, not to mention that many countries protect its industry producing for the domestic market, even multinationals. I think the multinationals and theirs factories will return to Europe and the USA due to automation, but they will not generate many jobs, and there will be more restrictions on industrial exports from countries like China, Japan and Korea for the West.
TheBraveGallade don’t forget the South Korean corporations called chaebols. Even if North Korea started trading and diplomatic relations with the south. I bet they’ll move their factories into North Korea for cheap labor
Unified Korea will possess the rare combination of being a military, nuclear, economic *and* cultural powerhouse. Edit: The replies under here are cancer
@Abhyuday Singh jaat Korea still has a very unique culture. In a way South Korea is similar to Japan, because their culture is essentially a blend between traditional Korean culture and modern western culture.
If there ever is reunification, imagine what a nightmare the DMZ would still be though. I'm sure there will be countless land mines all over the place.
It'll most likely stay as a natural park with strict off-limit zones. At least we'd have an excuse to not deforest the place like what's happening in the Amazon.
PaPa Told Me Too without a leader North Korea would collapse because everyone would fight each other for the spot as the new leader because they don’t have voting
China needs to be unified too rather than BS propaganda from US. Taiwan and HK is China. In all your examples, the winner of civil war ruled the country. The Kuomintang lost and ran away. Even confederates admitted defeat and joined the Union.
@@jkjkjk100 Actually KMT didn´t run away but flee. And if you really want to reunite why don´t you do so under the democratic government of Taiwan? Don´t get blended by Xi´s word. He is not interested in invading Taiwan for the peoples´ sake but because he, like most politicians, is craving for power, influence and money. He doesn´t even care about you! He only accepts you as long as you follow him. If you should ever hav an opposing oppinion to what he wants you are in a bad situation. Such a thing can not happen in a democratic country. So the best thing is if China just leaves Taiwan in peace. Because both nations can be happy and peacefully as long as they don´t attack each others.
She dosnt need to be scary when she can order your death by her unwavering fanatical loyalist who would do it ether way just for slitting her. The irony of this comment is it came off sexist and that would be her failing as well. North Korea is exstreamly sexist unless she changes it quick or gets hitched her power rise would be short and swift
OK, so a few things to consider: 1. They would never keep the nukes. 2. A United Korea would not have the largest standing military in the world, because the reasoning behind both countries' vast militaries are due to a fear of the other. If such a fear was eliminated due to reunification, conscription laws would be eased. In addition, the North Korean military would not just up and join the South Korean one. That's not how it works. 3. The Korean taxpayer likely wouldn't actually be suffering too much. As Korea would try to remain neutral, China, Japan, and the US would pour in economic investments and infrastructure projects into the north to try and gain the good graces of the new powerful Korea. Edit: Octato92, thanks for that piece of info: Yes, it is likely at the date of reunification, the united Korean military would be the largest standing in the world. However, it would be gradually downscaled, so the military might of both Koreas combined is not really a positive attribute that a united Korea would possess permanently.
The ultimate pro gamer move is if the military commits a coup against Kim and rapidly deploys all of their troops to the northern border. That way they could retain power by defending against china and Korea gets to reunite.
United Korea is difficult. China and Russia dont want to lose North Korea as their geographical base, and Japan dont hope it because United Korea can be her strong rival. Moreover, some Koreans disagree with the unification.
lol, no you don’t, it would be disastrous for Vietnam. NK would be a direct competitor to your country if the US sanctions are removed. No, if you’re Vietnamese, you want them separate - realpolitik
They don't have the appetite to unite the way you guys did. You guys thrashed a superpower, kicked out a regional bully and suffered millions of deaths, injuries and ailments over time due to American use of chemical weapons. South Koreans won't do anything that the US does not allow. Period.
Well, I don't think I agree on this one... The subject is just too complex. I'm german and I can say: The east and the west here is stil split even tho there are no boarders anymore. The east tends to be poorer than the west but the west does not care too much about it. Also the mindset of the older generation is still the same. A lot of germans complain how much the reunification had cost west-germany, even tho people from the east were always used as super cheap worker because they had no other choice, since many of them lost their jobs when they reunited. So the problem is that you can not just go and do 1 plus 1 to melt two countrys together. If NKR has now a big military, you can be pretty sure, that the number won't be the same after NKR does not exist anymore. Instead everyone will struggle and it'll take many many years till everything has set to 'normal'.
I think the situation is quite different though. When East and West Germany reunited, the Warsaw pact was well on its way to collapsing and no major power really had any incentive to invest in the region except for Germany itself. Meanwhile both China and the US would probably want to invest heavily in North Korea since both of them would want to have a united Korea on their side.
Pretty much. Eastern Germany has like the most neo-nazis in the country. Of course since they lived through both nazism and communism. Now they want to go back to nazism due to Merkel bringing hundreds of thousands of migrants in large packs
@@MadMan3498 Not exactly. With information about the foreign world dumped into North Korea, many of its soldiers would likely turn against its own country for a better life for themselves
If the 2 Koreas are unified, the North Koreans can finally have a better life and this unification will be an important, if not the most important event in the history of the Korean Peninsula.
China, Japan, Korea should have form a united Economy. But every time these three countries become friendly, for some reason there must be something happen to break the relationship...
I wish Korea unified under the rule of the south. They would be a prosperous country enriched in food, technology and military. The Kim Dynasty oppresses its own citizens
"Both were led by 2 very sweet looking old men, but don't that that deceive you. They were both 🔥😾Ruthless😾🔥 dictators who both dreamed of reuniting Korea, under their own regime."
I am a South Korean. I really want to reunification. But the situation of international politics is never simple. Really doubtful, I could watch the United Korea. In my opinion there would be three steps for getting reunification 1. Collapse of China (Economy or Political reason) 2. Collapse of Kim Dynasty 3. The will of younger generation for reunification We, Korean, really need your attention. Please pay attention to Korean peninsula and cheer for us.
China is not going to collapse any time soon so a quicker and more likely path would be: 1. The Chinese dragon fully awakens ( already well under way ) 2. The end of American global domination (already well under way ) 3. Agreement for a neutral Unified Korea 3. North Korea forced to open itself up to the international community 4. Collapse of the Kim dynasty 5. Reunification
The "unification" of West and East Germany was rather an annexation. The economy and industry that could have competed with the Western companies was simply wound up, plundered and flattened. Also the socio-political advantages and achievements that the East had were simply ignored in the typical Western arrogance and also flattened. With regard to North Korea, however, the question is what advantages and achievements this state should have over the South. The few news and reports that leak out of the country paint a bleak picture. Human experiments on prisoners, famines, an indoctrinated and strongly suppressed population, operations without anesthesia, etc. etc.
@PATTON The only thing India is a superpower in and will ever be is tech support scamming lol oh and China is not jealous of India, their economy is way better and their army is better
@@akasg06 Hirohito was emperor up until his death in 1989. What is actually wrong with this is that Hirohito didn't conquer Korea. It was Emperor Meiji.
I'm a Korean. I believe that unification of North and South Korea should be a result, not a goal. It is not easy for countries with different ideologies to merge. I believe that North and South Korea can travel with the goal of peace and common interests, and that exchanges come first. In addition to the national division of the Korean Peninsula, the ceasefire also resulted in the division of the country, preventing people from freely traveling to each other. I think resolving this national division comes first. Then, I think we can achieve national unification in the distant future.
Size doesn't matter even this communist have the largest army on the world. There many ways to reduced that number and destroy them strategically and tactically completely.
Things that I hope happens in my lifetime: -The Beginning or the Industrial/Modern Revolution of the combined African and S. American countries -Finding large amounts of water in our solar system and off of earth -The beginning of mining asteroids -Unification of Korea
@Vincent Elfel because a unified Korea would be a military and economic powerhouse and disrupt the region. South Korea is already one of the worlds top economies, combined with North Korea’s land, resources, and population for labor and you have huge opportunities for growth. I think back in the 19th or early 20th century, I read a quote that Japan felt the need to conquer Korea as soon as possible because it was like a dagger aimed at the heart of Japan, which makes sense geographically.
No this is changing... View in Japan is pro unification. China low key wants a unification... But not a violent one. N.korea is too unstable and presents a nuclear threat in its current state which can implode the whole region, with aftermath of 25 million refugees, that will be like vietnam in 70s all over again. Also US influence in Asia is not what it used to be. If USA imposes sanctions on any East Asian country like it does to Iran, it will have not much effect because you can always turn to China for trade
South Korea have advanced science, huge economy, Good military technology, Good gadget maker, Good car maker, extremely educated people and great cultural influence. North Korea have natural resources, undeveloped area, good misslie system and good nuclear weapons. So if they United, they could be a great power like Germany.
James it is very very unlikely that South Korea would be ok with selling nuclear weapons to terrorists, they would most definitely dismantle the weapons, not sell them
@@anakso In what way? Any country taking the steps to reunification will do so in a collaborative way. That means dealing with the nuclear issue during negotiations and no selling them off beforehand. The north isn't that batshit crazy despite what the media says.
@@wanderer10k Yes, but if you're say a high ranking general for a regime that is crumbling around you as people are protesting in the streets, uncertain if you're even going to be able to stay in the country without being tried for crimes against humanity, are you going to turn down a few million from another rogue state for a couple of nuclear weapons you have no use for anyways? It's not that either state would be selling nukes, it's that in the chaos of a country disintegrating and being absorbed by another that the lack of order would enable an enormous amount of arms, even nuclear devices, to be sold off by whoever used to be responsible for maintaining them. The same thing happened in East Germany, despite careful and fairly effective efforts to destroy as much former East German military equipment as possible or given/sold to "sensible" countries, lots of small arms certainly made their way to places like Bosnia where they definitely were not sent as aid.
In South Korea, there is an organization that studies various scenarios in preparation for unification. Just as South Korea controls the coronavirus well, they will be overcome one day after reunification.
As an university student who had worked as a student reporter in the ministry of unification in South Korea, your positive prediction makes my heart warm. To come true the prediction, I would study hard to make two Koreas one Korea again, which, in my hope, will have good effects on the other countries.
That will never happen at all the two countries will never unite at all if it did south Korea will become a communist country south Korea would loose their freedom that they have had for years would be gone.
I really hope we’re lucky enough to see a United Korea in out lifetimes; even though they have a lot of differences it would still be really interesting to see this region unify
4:11 north korea is not an "absolute stalinist monarchy" they are an absolutist totalitarian regime ruled by the kim dynasty. you were correct in the "absolute" part, but stalinism is not the practice of the north korean regime in north korea, the form of "communism" they practice is called "juche" which was heavily influenced by stalinist thought, but with a mix of other philosophies as well, particularly trotksyism and maoism. not to mention, they are technically not a monarchy either. in many authoritarian regimes, the dictator may pass leadership down to his or her family members and it not be a monarchy. to be a legitimate monarch, one must profess this publicly. north korea may be a de facto monarchy, but many prefer to classify it as a "hereditary dictatorship"
Juche may also be influenced by State Shintō, as it was practiced in the Japanese Empire for which Korea was a constituent part. Under this ideology the Emperor was considered a divine being. I don't think Juche was influenced by Trotskyism; didn't Trotsky argue against 'socialism in one country'?
Meanwhile every citizen of Taiwan (Republic of China) have always thought China (People's republic of China) is a foreign country. China/Taiwan is just another cold war story, same as north/south korea, with a reversed power balance.
@@hallowwin2721 But Taiwan is not even bordered With China. Plus Taiwan don't want to be part of China cause while Taiwan is one of the most happy well respected country in the world. China is a communism that the world will never respect them for all the dark shady things they have done. WHO in their mind would even be happy to be Chinese apart from those brainwashed maggots themselves. 🤫
I'm totally sure a Korea unified under the South would quickly be on the verge of superpower, remember that after WW2 South Korea was a 3rd world nation mostly based on agriculture and the leaps forward they've been able to make in less than a century and with at least 3 geopolitical burdens around (NK, China, Japan) are simply mindblowing.
@senni bgon it would become the most powerful country in the world Edit: I was under the impression asean was economic bloc that many Asian countries across the continent, not just the southeast Asia, so no it wouldldnt the most powerful country in the world
It would be totally opposite. North Korea is not like East Germany with technically skilled people and some sort of established industries. South Korea would have to spent considerable time (1-2 decades) to stabilize and develop North Korea.
@@GeneralBass That you should pick up a history book and learn about the many, many wars between the various nation states that now make up modern Germany. Wars which led to hundreds of thousands of Germans emigrating to North America to escape the fighting to the point where German ancestry is the most common amongst White Americans.
@@DomWeasel According to the many history books I read, the last civil wars of Germany happened 150 years ago, well before the concept of modern total war was introduced in WW1 and WW2. They didn't have mass mobilization, machine guns and air raids back then. Of course people still died but modern wars tend to be more destructive to the civilian population than ever before. For example, 2 in 3 people who died in the Korean War were civilians. There were massacres and war crime committed by both sides. And many of the victims or their families still survive today. By comparison, nobody in Germany remembers the German War of Unification. Some Germans might disapprove of Bismarck's policies but they wouldn't resent him for the death of their great-great-great-granduncle. Germany's situation is very different from Korea where the wound of civil war is bigger and fresher.
Well, West and East Germany were separate for decades and when they finally united, the west part of the country had to support the east for years because the East was in much worse shape than the west. In Korea, we would have a similar situation. If they unified, the south would have to support the north because the south is in much better shape financially than the north.
I don't get why you'd look forward to that mate, this video covered pretty well just how dangerous a time that would be, and the world is already tense enough as it is, even in the relatively peaceful time of 2 years ago things were heating up.
I'm saying this now. As a Korean myself that has lived in America almost my entire life, I 100% believe Korea deserves to be reunited. While, I do think that North Korea as a political entity, and a cultural time capsule is very interesting, I just can't help but want the Koreas to be one. It isn't fair that the peninsula has suffered for almost 70 years now, and it's just constantly being manipulated by the greater world powers. I know that reunification would create bad blood and that the millions of soldiers and land mines and such would be disastrous. I know that neither of the Superpowers would be okay with it. I don't care. I just want these people that have endured so much through history to get a break...
@The virtuous man And you think China would be the same? I do not like a lot of what America has done, believe me my country has suffered a lot through them when they occupied the Philippines and their brutality towards the natives back in the late early 20th century but they are way, way better than what China would offer. Hell at least you could make protests about in America and how its policies are being run but not in China as they would more silence any criticism or do much worse .
@The virtuous man not us citizen or Chinese but china just fucked up the entire world trying to cover up the coronavirus to maintain their illusion of a perfect country, so I disagree. also not to mention the billions of corrupt Chinese money taking over real estate everywhere yeah they definitely fucking up the entire world. USA isn't perfect take a look at how fucked up and divided their county is right now politically and more deaths from covid but I still prefer this over the ccp anyday
The virtuous man lol no the u.s. is not even following there own orders and laws if it was the nation would only be doing stuff even the north American continent as it is in there founding laws to govern not to get involved in any non continental wars.
Although the Chinese government has ostensibly supported the reunification of Korea, the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean peninsula and the denuclearization of the peninsula are real preconditions for China to agree to the reunification of Korea. In the past, the Korean peninsula had nothing to do with China, and China had no choice but to do so .
@@pamirojopmrj7427 Although the Chinese government has ostensibly supported the reunification of Korea, the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean peninsula and the denuclearization of the peninsula are real preconditions for China to agree to the reunification of Korea. In the past, the Korean peninsula had nothing to do with China, and China had no choice but to do so .
@@joohunkang5030 The Korean war was a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet union. The flames of war came within China's borders, depriving China of the opportunity to reunify itself. China has objectively bought a period of peace, but it is also a victim.
@@joohunkang5030 South Korea and China are in a similar situation. Although the country is divided and the military sovereignty loses, but objectively obtained the economic assistance of the United States.
분단으로 인해 가장 안타까운 것은 바로 이산가족분들... 가족들이랑 수십년을 서로 보지도 못하고..ㅠㅠ The saddest thing is separated families. They can't meet their families for decades even if they want to...
"Do you want reunification?" is the wrong question. "Who should have North Korea if it collapses?" is the right question. If asked this question to South Koreans, more than 90 percent would say "South Korea."
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@@belledenuit1992 the shock therapy refer to the brutal transition toward capitalism in 1990s former eastern bloc (unemployment ,corruption ,wars, crimes ,and inflation )
I don't understand this logic... Korea has been a united country (also tributary to China) for centuries, they would be Ok with it. Honestly it's better than having an unstable barking dog (who just happen to have nukes) at your doorstep.
I pray one day korea would be reunited into one country 🙏🏾 The reunited korea would be a blessing to north korea cause the population is suffering under extreme poverty, repressive regime and depression 😭😔! Greetings from zambia 🇿🇲👋🏾😊
Why is North Korea so good at Geometry?
Because they have a supreme ruler.
Stop
Dang.
Why are you everywhere in TH-cam 😂
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Ok mustache man.
Korean are just victims of the Cold War. They suffered so many wounds and pains. I wish them to be united peacefully.
Cold war divided Korean peninsula and it was Japan who benefited the most.
@@edl3800 true
You have really warm heart. Thank you from korea. bro. 😁
@@levanngannou1297 which Korea?
@@Waftey North Koreans can't use Internet bro....
I’m Korean and even if Korea doesn’t reunite as one country, I hope the borders open up so that Koreans on both sides can travel freely within the peninsula.
First have to fall Kim memebers
Kim Dynasty: NEVER!!!
If the border open up, Kims Dynasty will soon collapse, it's impossible. The only solution may be to restart negotiations with North Korea.
@@孙策-h5m
>chinese characters
>communist flag on the pfp
say no more
Beijing to Seoul by Train
Korea is really great. After 30 years of colonial rule, after liberation, the country was devastated by the Civil War and the country was divided in half. Nevertheless, it became a strong country. Korea seems like an underrated country. I hope that the Korean people will meet soon after reunification.
Me: I wanna go to the UK.
Friend: United Kingdom?
Me: No, United Korea.
I don’t think they would name the United country as that or it would be a lot of confusion
@@feister2869 it’s just a joke
Red Gaming YT Ik I like to ruin people’s fun
@@feister2869 they would just name it korea
Ok i know they would name it Korea , but still uk sorry sounds funny 😂
This video is actually a pretty accurate assessment of the current situation in my country. Well done!
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@@Biocube101 He is south korean
So you are either South Korean or your Kim Jong Un
My bet is Kim
Korea is a beautiful country and someday I mean really someday it needs to unified in one and with this flag only 🇰🇷
@@ihatefortnightgivemeareaso5659 ha
My grandpa fought in the korean war. He said seeing the starving North Korean children was the saddest thing he ever saw, he gave them all his rations. I hope they can reunite
Then people wonder why North Koreans hate Americans after what our country put them through I don’t blame em.
@@playboiqwerty2395 South Korea is an economic power house. Communism destroyed North Korea.
@@hobsdigree2 no, sanctions by the US put them where they're at. Look at Russia for reference.
@@DudetaketheBus did the sanctions make North Korea create death camps where they punish entire families and 3 generations for speaking out against the government?
North Korea and China still run concentration camps, with millions of victims
China and Japan: *confused screaming*
true
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Aren't Japan and South Korea close allies?
@@siyoonlee7944 yes
@@siyoonlee7944 Japan and SK still hate each other after what Japan did to Korea before and during WW2. The only reason they're allies is because the US are allies with both of them
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I can imagine a North Korean going to an Internet cafe after the reunification and thinking it some sort of nuclear database bunker.
One defector actually said something similar on sk tv
Internet Cafe's don't exist in NK, but cafes and internet (For the rich) exist there.
I'm from North Korea.
@@Willybean08 ummm.... I think you're misunderstanding something here 동무
I am currently rewatching Crashlanding on You. I am aware that it is romantized, but the small North Korean group of soldiers ended up being my favourite side characters ever. I love their (re)actions. In the end we are all human.
@Mind traveling Sagittarius Yeah ofc I'm not currently living there
“Could keep Kim around for a while.”
Yeah.
Greg Thompson if a while means a few more days 😳
Welp! That aged well
He got Corona.
@@materiagrezza9331 no, he got a heart problem and his surgeon messed up, now he's in critical condition.
@@ehs1452 Wait, seriously?
Koreans are very beautiful!
I hope to see strong, rich and happy United Korea in my life time.
some are ugly, this is true for every country (sad fact)
@@wirmaple7336 feelsbadman
@@wirmaple7336 hehe
I will disagree Well you can't cross the DMZ because people will die because off landmines. They would tp travel through ships and planes which would damage Alot of south korea airlines economy.
Korea's history is some of the saddest int he world...really sucks how Korea split up because of constant bullying from different countries..They are survivors truly..
What about Poland
@@Larry_Alvarez Korean is kinda like the Asian equivalent of Poland. Politically and geographically
poland intensifies
@@junlee7237 no they succeeded in 1910 more than 25 years before wwII or even WWI to begin with. Before 1910 Japan already had influence over Joseon maybe in the last couple of decades before it was forced to annex.
After winning the Russo-Japanese War, Japan's influence in the region exploded. No one in Europe expected Japan to win. When they did, Russia the only european power with stable presence in east asia lost influence. Thats when Japan began to set the stage to annex Korea, invade manchuria, then china, and then the rest of east and south east asia.
Arab world: First time?
“They may even keep Kim around for a while”
Well....
*NORTH KOREA, BEST KOREA*
Erick Ayala, keeping Kim as supreme leader of Korea, in a ceremonial role like the remaining monarchies of Europe, may be the best way to do a peaceful reunification.
NORTH KOREA IS [redacted] AND HAS CAUSED MANY [redacted] PLEASE [redacted] ME
Comrade Kodi thats a rumor our government in south said that but retracted our statement. News spread like wildfire in the west
Oweniee 21 NORTH KOREA IS GREAT AND HAS CAUSED MANY PUPPIES PLEASE DONT HELP ME
I wish Koreans, both north and south, the best for their future.
Under North Korean rule of course
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@@DireShorts I think the people in North Korea could overthrow the Supreme leader Kim Jong Un with the help of South Korean Troops and US Troops and aircraft carriers surrounding North Korea. It'll scare the CCP away 😈
kim un johhnnyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
@@DireShorts As a South Korean, I think that's awful.
You only need one reason to unify Korea. All the people of North Korea could actually live a more or less normal life instead of constantly fearing for life if you just look the wrong way.
Hi
Hi
But they don't know that because they have no access to the outside world. So currently it is normal the way they know it.
like i dont wanna be the one to break the party but i dont see korea unifying anytime soon cause of china. if for whatever reason kim regime collapses i dont see xi just sitting still not doing anything and allow south korea an american ally just to take over more land and allow us to put its troops on the border with china.
As a german, I can say that we are still dealing with the economic and psychological fallout of reunification 30 years later. The east is still lagging behind economically, with young people leaving for western cities and old people feeling betrayed and left out, joining radical fringe parties. And that is despite a much smaller initial gap in living standards and a much less extremely brainwashed populace. And despite the very popular and thriving capital of Berlin being smack in the middle of former east Germany.
While I still think it was ultimately the right choice (and would be for Korea as well) and while we are now - after 30 years - slowly starting to see a halt, and maybe even a reversal in the decades long brain drain from east to west, there is no denying that this is a long and arduous process. The people who think that a united korea would just add up the resources of both countries seamlessly are delusional. It'll easily take a full generation, maybe more, to reap the benefits
I'm afraid of the hardships ahead not only for my sake but also for my children amd their children. But I have a strange feeling that reunification will be unstoppable someday
I actually think that the reunification of Germany has in the end rendered those extremist parties much less a threat to the democratic system as they cannot thrive nationwide - the west provides a firm democratic footing. Whereas here in Czech Republic (and all over the V4 states, to be honest), we don't have that and as a result, the extremists have found a very sound footing. As for the United Korea, they are much more geopolitically challenged than Germany at the time of reunification - I believe you will agree that such steps in your county wouldn't be possible at the time if Czechoslovakia and Poland were to remain Soviet puppet regimes. With Korea it is similar. If the regime there was to collapse, I can imagine China and possibly even Russia would preemptively strike and tried to snatch NKs nuclear arsenal in a bid to preserve the balance of power that currently is in their favor.
As a Korean, I also believe it will take a generation or two to fully stabilize the unification.
Fulgrim88 thank you for your insight. It’s interesting to see it from that angle. Hopefully everything irons out within the next few generations.
Fulgrim88 what about Berlin? Berlin is East
Have you ever tried North Korean food?
Neither have the North Koreans.
But they eat dirt
@@insulam821 I love you marry me have my babies
Oof
Dog?
Bengal and ireland want's to know your location.
I'm suprised
Many foreigners know our historical situation well .
Thank you to your attention
I feel bad for you man, be invaded much time, be divided into half, also killing each other, imagine how great that 80 million people in single country
@@afdalridwan3813 basically the poland of Asia lol bullied throughout history
@@greg2146 yep lol
We know you guys were tributary state of China and then occupied by Japan we know 👌
You are absolutely right. As a Korean, I blame on our lack of leadership in the past!!
I am Korean and I want to see my country reunited soon! 🤝
You Koreans do nothing for this issue. You can at least sign an inter-Korean peace agreement that guarantees the movement of people, goods, investments, and tourism, and stops war between two different regimes. Every country maintains its political system, one socialist and the other capitalist
@@oussamav5927 how is it this guys fault his government doesnt want peace
@@oussamav5927 lmao you really think kim would accept? He knows his country his shit
@Jasi Duy Nguyễn thank you, as a Korean I ofc want to see my country reunited, but it’s really not that easy as 2 of the comments from here say it is. It takes money, power and a lot compromises to get the Kim family to want to reunite, cuz it’s not like they’re going to surrender out of nowhere just because south wants to. Like do they really think that Kim is gonna give away his power for the good of his people? Yeah that’s never gonna happen, and south can’t just start a war I mean we’re afraid to cuz it could start a world war and the use of atomic bombs which is a terrible idea so we really can’t do much about it (￣ー￣)
@@oussamav5927 go outside
I think Kim Jong Un's heart surgeon saw this and felt inspired
Dear Kim, you don't have to eat your heart out. Start healthy kiddo
I do hope so .
I accept there are more arseholes in the world than you can count but one less is always a plus
unfortunately north koreans dont have internet access, or at least they definitely don't have access to this video
Actually that surgeon is China's best doctor sent to lead the surgery.
he isnt dead,thats a rumour,south korea says kim jong un is fine
South and North Korea unified.
Japan: smokes nervously on the sidelines!
very accurate
China: Thats not fair
Korea: I'm not trying to be
Lol
Imperial anime army time
When you look at North Korea’s nukes and say “That’s a lot of nukes” and then you look and Russia and USA which both have aprosimitly 7k nukes each
They’re only saving it for a rainy day... don’t worry about it.. I- it’s fine.
I mean u need only 2-3 nukes to fully demolish an entire nation while fuckin mother earth too. So...
Even 1 nuke is 1 nuke too much.
@@Alternatives_UniversumYea that will cause too much damage too
60 nukes is enough to blow your country or state.
In essence:
It would be disastrous in the short run, but amazing in the long run.
Kim Jon un: *Is in grave condition after a surgery*
RLL:
Radian Capitalist propaganda
Hahaha I was thinking the same thing
Stonks
@@Noctis198 yeah
TH-cam User3937 Well, he didn’t show up to an important event. An event that marks the anniversary of the foundation of North Korea. North Korean leaders don’t miss stuff like that unless they have to
1:02 "large pool of cheap unskilled labor"
Multinational Manufactures: oh yes daddy talk dirty to me
Not for long, automation will make huge strides in 2020, not to mention that with this covid-19 depression many industrial jobs and services will be lost and replaced by robots and AIs.
Also to add to his comment. Just like how many manufacturers moved to Asia it’s predicted that many will begin to move to South America. They moved to China since it was cheaper but it’s starting to get expensive their too.
Less multinational, mostly korean.
If we start one country two systems here, basically ALL korean companies will move thier (mostly chinese and vietnamese) manufacturing bases right into north korea, and north koreans who already distrust forieners would not accept multinational corperations vs the korean companies who already have a language advantage.
@@joshuaspath6923 Well, I live in South America and I don't think the multinationals are going to send their factories here, we have 20th century-style labor legislation, not to mention a lot of costs, like insufficient infrastructure and less stable regimes, not to mention that many countries protect its industry producing for the domestic market, even multinationals. I think the multinationals and theirs factories will return to Europe and the USA due to automation, but they will not generate many jobs, and there will be more restrictions on industrial exports from countries like China, Japan and Korea for the West.
TheBraveGallade don’t forget the South Korean corporations called chaebols. Even if North Korea started trading and diplomatic relations with the south. I bet they’ll move their factories into North Korea for cheap labor
Unified Korea will possess the rare combination of being a military, nuclear, economic *and* cultural powerhouse.
Edit: The replies under here are cancer
@Abhyuday Singh jaat The amount of Kpop stans that canceled me on twitter is astonishing
@Abhyuday Singh jaat Korea still has a very unique culture. In a way South Korea is similar to Japan, because their culture is essentially a blend between traditional Korean culture and modern western culture.
@Abhyuday Singh jaat Christianity preserves traditional culture, freedom, family and human rights. Korea was smart to become a Christian nation.
@@bruceli9094 ya
we can see it in Canadian churches
@@bruceli9094 Nope !
If there ever is reunification, imagine what a nightmare the DMZ would still be though. I'm sure there will be countless land mines all over the place.
It'll most likely stay as a natural park with strict off-limit zones. At least we'd have an excuse to not deforest the place like what's happening in the Amazon.
if korea was unified, the middle will be like bosnia
“North Korea could collapse seemingly overnight.”
Hmmmmm
Not really it’s a warriors nation
PaPa Told Me Too without a leader North Korea would collapse because everyone would fight each other for the spot as the new leader because they don’t have voting
yea this dude is insane. he doesn't know a damn thing about korea.
They’ve been saying that for decades.
@@abdo19code he doesnt know a damn thing period. He even admits it himself.
🇩🇪 Germany: *reunified after 41 years*
🇻🇳 Vietnam: *reunified after 21 years*
🇾🇪 Yemen: *reunified after 19 years*
🇮🇹 Italy: *reunified after 2 years*
🇨🇳🇹🇼 China-Taiwan: *want reunification??*
🇮🇳🇵🇰🇧🇩 India-Pakistan-Bangladesh: *want reunification??*
🇰🇷🇰🇵 Korea: *soon.... soon.... SOON....*
____________________________________
🇨🇭 Switzerland: *grab popcorn*
*Syria is crying behind*
each of these countries has managed the division differently, comparing them is difficult. then I don't remember that Italy was divided into two parts
@@mrthud2479 Italy was divided and had a civil war during WW2. Germany propped up one side and freed Mussolini. It's obvious which side won.
China needs to be unified too rather than BS propaganda from US. Taiwan and HK is China. In all your examples, the winner of civil war ruled the country. The Kuomintang lost and ran away. Even confederates admitted defeat and joined the Union.
@@jkjkjk100 Actually KMT didn´t run away but flee. And if you really want to reunite why don´t you do so under the democratic government of Taiwan? Don´t get blended by Xi´s word. He is not interested in invading Taiwan for the peoples´ sake but because he, like most politicians, is craving for power, influence and money. He doesn´t even care about you! He only accepts you as long as you follow him. If you should ever hav an opposing oppinion to what he wants you are in a bad situation. Such a thing can not happen in a democratic country. So the best thing is if China just leaves Taiwan in peace. Because both nations can be happy and peacefully as long as they don´t attack each others.
Kim Jong Un: *Dying*
His sister: "Hippity Hoppity NK is my property."
Real Life Lore: "What if Korea united"
A woman ruling a dictatorship? Fat chance. Nothing against women but they don't intimidate men unless men let them. It's just natural law.
Kim Han Sol will rule NK and i hope he would reunite Korea back
@@MrDosonhai North Korea is quite matriarchal so I could see it happening
She dosnt need to be scary when she can order your death by her unwavering fanatical loyalist who would do it ether way just for slitting her.
The irony of this comment is it came off sexist and that would be her failing as well. North Korea is exstreamly sexist unless she changes it quick or gets hitched her power rise would be short and swift
@@MrDosonhai lol UK has had a female monarch for a century
I came here to pay respects to Korea's people and humanity, regardless.
Your video is wholesome and brilliant.
But Koreans don't pay respect to anyone, lmao. The South is completely racist and the North is crazy.
OK, so a few things to consider:
1. They would never keep the nukes.
2. A United Korea would not have the largest standing military in the world, because the reasoning behind both countries' vast militaries are due to a fear of the other. If such a fear was eliminated due to reunification, conscription laws would be eased. In addition, the North Korean military would not just up and join the South Korean one. That's not how it works.
3. The Korean taxpayer likely wouldn't actually be suffering too much. As Korea would try to remain neutral, China, Japan, and the US would pour in economic investments and infrastructure projects into the north to try and gain the good graces of the new powerful Korea.
Edit: Octato92, thanks for that piece of info: Yes, it is likely at the date of reunification, the united Korean military would be the largest standing in the world. However, it would be gradually downscaled, so the military might of both Koreas combined is not really a positive attribute that a united Korea would possess permanently.
The ultimate pro gamer move is if the military commits a coup against Kim and rapidly deploys all of their troops to the northern border. That way they could retain power by defending against china and Korea gets to reunite.
China and Russia would do the same thing by pouring in money as well since both nations don't want US on their doorstep.
@@Maliett Believe or not, a large reason why Kim is still in power is because most of the NK population support him.
Well they will keep it.
Reason: China
I think they keep the nukes, it would allow Korea to be independent and neutral
CNN: Kim in grave danger after surgery.
RealLifeLore: What if Korea united into 1 Country?
P.S. Just find out that I've created a word "danfmger"
CNN fake news
"danfmger". Did you have a stroke?
For real man I'm been in the dark here
Alen Paul Trump is fake news
Here we go again
This thread is about to get ♋️
that was my first thought too lmao
Then a lot of drama in “Crash landing on you” wouldn’t happen.
Lol 🤣🤣
Good drama though
Nice reference
OML haha tru... love that drama haha
Was searching for this comment, lol
United Korea is difficult.
China and Russia dont want to lose North Korea as their geographical base,
and Japan dont hope it because United Korea can be her strong rival.
Moreover, some Koreans disagree with the unification.
From Vietnam, I wish they can reunify. Best wishes to Korean people.
lol, no you don’t, it would be disastrous for Vietnam. NK would be a direct competitor to your country if the US sanctions are removed. No, if you’re Vietnamese, you want them separate - realpolitik
@@lonelywanderer3558 k
@@lonelywanderer3558 what the heck is that bullshit?
True friend vietnam. Thank you all the time.
They don't have the appetite to unite the way you guys did. You guys thrashed a superpower, kicked out a regional bully and suffered millions of deaths, injuries and ailments over time due to American use of chemical weapons.
South Koreans won't do anything that the US does not allow. Period.
Well, I don't think I agree on this one... The subject is just too complex. I'm german and I can say: The east and the west here is stil split even tho there are no boarders anymore. The east tends to be poorer than the west but the west does not care too much about it. Also the mindset of the older generation is still the same. A lot of germans complain how much the reunification had cost west-germany, even tho people from the east were always used as super cheap worker because they had no other choice, since many of them lost their jobs when they reunited. So the problem is that you can not just go and do 1 plus 1 to melt two countrys together. If NKR has now a big military, you can be pretty sure, that the number won't be the same after NKR does not exist anymore. Instead everyone will struggle and it'll take many many years till everything has set to 'normal'.
I think the situation is quite different though. When East and West Germany reunited, the Warsaw pact was well on its way to collapsing and no major power really had any incentive to invest in the region except for Germany itself. Meanwhile both China and the US would probably want to invest heavily in North Korea since both of them would want to have a united Korea on their side.
Pretty much. Eastern Germany has like the most neo-nazis in the country. Of course since they lived through both nazism and communism. Now they want to go back to nazism due to Merkel bringing hundreds of thousands of migrants in large packs
@@charliemasson4287 Implying a democratic korea, dominated by the south, would ever even be friendly with China lmao
You mean like how South Korea is more friendly towards China than the "democratic" Japan?
@@asuka7309 South Korea is already friendly with China, brush up on your geopolitics.
News: There are rumours that Kim Jong Un is about to die
RRL: Yes!
Atlantic 31 Real Rife Lore?
Then a similar guy or even worse takes his place, nothing changes.
Mark True, China nor the North Korean Army would ever allow unification or a true transition into democracy.
@@MadMan3498 Not exactly. With information about the foreign world dumped into North Korea, many of its soldiers would likely turn against its own country for a better life for themselves
irrelevantasian spoken like someone who has never read anything on North Korea
If the 2 Koreas are unified, the North Koreans can finally have a better life and this unification will be an important, if not the most important event in the history of the Korean Peninsula.
"Could even keep Kim around for a while"
LOOOOL DUDE HAHA ID BUY YOU A BEER MATE!
Me: "Yeah, uh about that"
Keep him around in his coffin
"Weekend at Bernies" style
and the latest North Korea rumor is the North Koreans are keeping him around in his coffin because there is no successor!
North and South Korea wants to unify
Japan and China: Are you sure about that?
😭
and america
And Russia
@@shirleyjiang5071 uP
China, Japan, Korea should have form a united Economy. But every time these three countries become friendly, for some reason there must be something happen to break the relationship...
I wish Korea unified under the rule of the south. They would be a prosperous country enriched in food, technology and military. The Kim Dynasty oppresses its own citizens
Yes.
@@daddy_1453 i mean…sure you’ve heard of the ways North Koreans are forced to live their lives right?
@@daddy_1453 You are super delusional
@@daddy_1453
Hello Mr. Kim
@@daddy_1453 defectors have stated what life is like there
“They wanted reunite Korea… under their own regime”
-wise words, by a wise man
Both were led by very sweet looking old men, but they were both ruthless dictators.
@@the_next_19 yes
"Both were led by 2 very sweet looking old men, but don't that that deceive you. They were both 🔥😾Ruthless😾🔥 dictators who both dreamed of reuniting Korea, under their own regime."
Oversimplified
This enraged korea's father who punished them severly
Real life lore: "What would happen if Korea united into one country?"
2020: "Write that down write that down!"
Just wait to the year 2045
@@itsblitz4437 and then few hundreads years
Is that a Charles The French reference?
@@itsblitz4437 i would love to see the day that north korea becomes a free country.
Definitely one Korea will be Super power NO. 2 after United States.
Perfect timing since Kim has a health scare right now
I wonder who would take over after his death.
@@sizanogreen9900 same
@@sizanogreen9900 military?
@@sizanogreen9900 Probably some general
@@merkelsagtne8075 or a new kim?
I am a South Korean.
I really want to reunification. But the situation of international politics is never simple. Really doubtful, I could watch the United Korea.
In my opinion there would be three steps for getting reunification
1. Collapse of China (Economy or Political reason)
2. Collapse of Kim Dynasty
3. The will of younger generation for reunification
We, Korean, really need your attention. Please pay attention to Korean peninsula and cheer for us.
China is not going to collapse any time soon so a quicker and more likely path would be:
1. The Chinese dragon fully awakens ( already well under way )
2. The end of American global domination (already well under way )
3. Agreement for a neutral Unified Korea
3. North Korea forced to open itself up to the international community
4. Collapse of the Kim dynasty
5. Reunification
How's Kim jong-un?
You should have worried for your birth rate more
Best wishes to Korea for unification from india 🇮🇳
And i hope my country also reunificate one day
@Abhijit Pathak not fully pakistan, Bangladesh, nepal,srilanka and afganistan also belongs to india
The "unification" of West and East Germany was rather an annexation. The economy and industry that could have competed with the Western companies was simply wound up, plundered and flattened. Also the socio-political advantages and achievements that the East had were simply ignored in the typical Western arrogance and also flattened.
With regard to North Korea, however, the question is what advantages and achievements this state should have over the South.
The few news and reports that leak out of the country paint a bleak picture. Human experiments on prisoners, famines, an indoctrinated and strongly suppressed population, operations without anesthesia, etc. etc.
North Korea Leader: *might die from surgery*
South Korea: It's free real estate
Yeeee free real estate for us
@PATTON are you ok?
@PATTON ohhhh..who ask????
PATTON you are bl-bluffing ri-right??? The human race can be that stupid
@PATTON The only thing India is a superpower in and will ever be is tech support scamming lol
oh and China is not jealous of India, their economy is way better and their army is better
"A united Korea could eventually overshadow even Japan."
Hirohito stepping out of his grave: I'm gonna do whats called a pro gamer move
You know Hirohito is still alive
@@akasg06 Hirohito was emperor up until his death in 1989. What is actually wrong with this is that Hirohito didn't conquer Korea. It was Emperor Meiji.
War crime time 🥳
By "eventually", he probably means after thousands of years.
PATTON are you oké?
As a korean now living in the United States, it was refreshing to see a video on this topic. Thank you!
I'm a Korean. I believe that unification of North and South Korea should be a result, not a goal. It is not easy for countries with different ideologies to merge. I believe that North and South Korea can travel with the goal of peace and common interests, and that exchanges come first. In addition to the national division of the Korean Peninsula, the ceasefire also resulted in the division of the country, preventing people from freely traveling to each other. I think resolving this national division comes first. Then, I think we can achieve national unification in the distant future.
Greetings from persia i wish Korea reunited soon I love Korean people
Imagine the cost of just unbrainwashing people, let alone educating them.
The German economic power barely survived the unification. It seems to be tough in South Korea.
Exactly. Especially the military starting when just toddlers they already know their code.
@@deamn46 yet look at Germany today. 4th economy in the world.
@@deamn46 Most estimates say it would cost 10-20x as much as East Germany.
Size doesn't matter even this communist have the largest army on the world.
There many ways to reduced that number and destroy them strategically and tactically completely.
Things that I hope happens in my lifetime:
-The Beginning or the Industrial/Modern Revolution of the combined African and S. American countries
-Finding large amounts of water in our solar system and off of earth
-The beginning of mining asteroids
-Unification of Korea
I'd love to see humans colonize Mars, as well as the birth of a super-intelligent AI
-canned bread that actually edible so i will be able to do the spongbob gag
@@iku_turso123 oh hell no
@@rockylucifer6720 wdym
All of those are very reasonable but i would add the first colony on the moon which is going to be somewhere around 2030 i think? Not sure right now
Japan and China will try their best to stop Korean reunification.
They might like to have a war : south korea vs north korea
yes，no coutry will agree them to reunification
@yy l Shut up! You are mean.
@Vincent Elfel because a unified Korea would be a military and economic powerhouse and disrupt the region. South Korea is already one of the worlds top economies, combined with North Korea’s land, resources, and population for labor and you have huge opportunities for growth. I think back in the 19th or early 20th century, I read a quote that Japan felt the need to conquer Korea as soon as possible because it was like a dagger aimed at the heart of Japan, which makes sense geographically.
No this is changing... View in Japan is pro unification. China low key wants a unification... But not a violent one. N.korea is too unstable and presents a nuclear threat in its current state which can implode the whole region, with aftermath of 25 million refugees, that will be like vietnam in 70s all over again. Also US influence in Asia is not what it used to be. If USA imposes sanctions on any East Asian country like it does to Iran, it will have not much effect because you can always turn to China for trade
i dont get why they don't merge. it is so beneficial for them. i swear i wish north koreans will be free.
I bet the Doctors that worked on Kim Jong Un surgery didn’t watch the class for it on Skillshare.
😂😂
Most likely
This mistake is going to cost them an arm and a leg, literally.
Kim Jong-un Our great leader! Are you okay?
But he is Brilliant!
Ironic that this video released at the time when Kim Jong Un was hospitalised and is experiencing a surgery
Really?
Proved to be false news by offical North Korean Media
@@dimmmmmmp because official north korean media is 100% accurate and totally not propaganda
@@surrenderfire6029 south Korean officials have reported that Kim is recovering.
@@nabeel9187 that's sad
I want to see the unification of Korea in my life time. And it should happen in peaceful ways by Korea.
Korea will be a POWER HOUSE if South, and North Korea are unified as an one nation.
They will be unified eventually.
I would be more worried how big the kpop community would become then
Shit you're right that would be absolute cancer
More worried about their hoards of pro gamers being bolster by 10 year army veterans
What if the north Koreans don't like K-pop?
@@theroaria8065 NK-pop with communist characteristics
@@chinesesparrows That sounds bomb.
“Kim Jong Un is in grave danger” RLL: I’m about to end this mans whole career.
PATTON stfu
I'll never die
@PATTON FAck u
PATTON why do you keep posting the same thing everywhere
@@KanyeTheGayFish69 because he's a bot
So, in a nutshell:
Early Unified Korea: crying Cheems
“Countries bulli me”
Late Unified Korea:
*M E G A S T O N K S*
Why did you reply here instead of commenting
More like "M E G A S T O M K S"
Korea, Vietnam, Syria are proxy wars for the USA and Russia
@@anoynmanonymous8304 the Vietnamese are lucky to keep their nation contact.
Korea after unifying: give me a few years.
Korea a few decades later: *WOKE.*
South Korea have advanced science, huge economy, Good military technology, Good gadget maker, Good car maker, extremely educated people and great cultural influence. North Korea have natural resources, undeveloped area, good misslie system and good nuclear weapons. So if they United, they could be a great power like Germany.
China must collapse first into pieces like USSR so korea can reunite peacefully
If this will happen:
*Where are you from?
-UK.
*United Kingdom?
-No. United Korea.
I think it would be just called "Korea"
Woooosh if not gay
United Republic of Korea
URK
@@themanohar3749 Sound the Chicom government would be making.
they would just say korea
"The nukes might be sold off to terrorists" - really? REALLY? FFS.
...yes? I think you might be misunderstanding that.
James it is very very unlikely that South Korea would be ok with selling nuclear weapons to terrorists, they would most definitely dismantle the weapons, not sell them
I think the implication is that the north would sell them before the south got them, but yes, it would be very strange for the south to sell them.
@@anakso In what way? Any country taking the steps to reunification will do so in a collaborative way. That means dealing with the nuclear issue during negotiations and no selling them off beforehand. The north isn't that batshit crazy despite what the media says.
@@wanderer10k Yes, but if you're say a high ranking general for a regime that is crumbling around you as people are protesting in the streets, uncertain if you're even going to be able to stay in the country without being tried for crimes against humanity, are you going to turn down a few million from another rogue state for a couple of nuclear weapons you have no use for anyways?
It's not that either state would be selling nukes, it's that in the chaos of a country disintegrating and being absorbed by another that the lack of order would enable an enormous amount of arms, even nuclear devices, to be sold off by whoever used to be responsible for maintaining them. The same thing happened in East Germany, despite careful and fairly effective efforts to destroy as much former East German military equipment as possible or given/sold to "sensible" countries, lots of small arms certainly made their way to places like Bosnia where they definitely were not sent as aid.
In South Korea, there is an organization that studies various scenarios in preparation for unification. Just as South Korea controls the coronavirus well, they will be overcome one day after reunification.
As an university student who had worked as a student reporter in the ministry of unification in South Korea, your positive prediction makes my heart warm. To come true the prediction, I would study hard to make two Koreas one Korea again, which, in my hope, will have good effects on the other countries.
HoiNam Superior Southern Chinese
🇹🇼Taiwan number one!
@HoiNam Superior Southern Chinese Life is not going your way always.
@HoiNam Superior Southern Chinese TAIWAN NUMBER ONE
Taiwan Number 1!!! 🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼
South Korea has really good food . 😋 I enjoyed everything there.
I hope you enjoy north korea too... with nuke factory
I'm South Korean and I really wanna unite
same i am south Korean and i want to get united hope japan doesn't ignore us or disrespect us
That will never happen at all the two countries will never unite at all if it did south Korea will become a communist country south Korea would loose their freedom that they have had for years would be gone.
Unless its under the rule of the North,of course
@Minhaj Shahriar yes they disrespects korea and koreans
@@robertmartinez8576 no they could unite
Thanks for giving me an insight for the future of unified Korea.
You're analysis and projection was the best among many things I've heard.
I really hope we’re lucky enough to see a United Korea in out lifetimes; even though they have a lot of differences it would still be really interesting to see this region unify
Hopefully blood less unification.
Shivansh NA impossible
@@Snp2024 *less blood
It’s not a region it’s a country
BigW722
I think the more likely scenario is China annexing North Korea
Japan: I am the most advance county
Korea when they United:Are you sure about that
Koreans are amazing people.
Screw you, YOU'RE amazing! I think I just fell into an eternal spiral of love♥
Yes. I am amazing
From the ones who don‘t know them well...
@@christinem4266 do you?
@@christinem4266 I've travelled in South Korea for a month and I have to say they are actually good people.
4:11
north korea is not an "absolute stalinist monarchy"
they are an absolutist totalitarian regime ruled by the kim dynasty. you were correct in the "absolute" part, but stalinism is not the practice of the north korean regime
in north korea, the form of "communism" they practice is called "juche" which was heavily influenced by stalinist thought, but with a mix of other philosophies as well, particularly trotksyism and maoism.
not to mention, they are technically not a monarchy either. in many authoritarian regimes, the dictator may pass leadership down to his or her family members and it not be a monarchy. to be a legitimate monarch, one must profess this publicly. north korea may be a de facto monarchy, but many prefer to classify it as a "hereditary dictatorship"
de jure, It is a Democratic Republic, but de facto, well, you summed It up pretty much
Juche may also be influenced by State Shintō, as it was practiced in the Japanese Empire for which Korea was a constituent part. Under this ideology the Emperor was considered a divine being. I don't think Juche was influenced by Trotskyism; didn't Trotsky argue against 'socialism in one country'?
well that just sounds like monarchy with extra steps
Its not stalinist its JUCHE COMUNISM
@@LRC92 Juche being influenced by state Shinto is ironic and rather disgusting considering the repression of the Japanese occupation.
I am a S Korean and my parents escaped N Korea during the Korean war. I've never thought N Korea was a foreign country.
me too.
Meanwhile every citizen of Taiwan (Republic of China) have always thought China (People's republic of China) is a foreign country.
China/Taiwan is just another cold war story, same as north/south korea, with a reversed power balance.
Hallow Win well we have a different story from China/Taiwan. No one in S Korea thinks North Korea is a foreign country. We just can’t go there.
@@hallowwin2721 But Taiwan is not even bordered With China. Plus Taiwan don't want to be part of China cause while Taiwan is one of the most happy well respected country in the world. China is a communism that the world will never respect them for all the dark shady things they have done. WHO in their mind would even be happy to be Chinese apart from those brainwashed maggots themselves. 🤫
I'm a S korean too and my grand fa escaped from North too, but I dont think NK is my country.
they are enemy
Love from turkey to korea. We were with you before and still are with you
I'm totally sure a Korea unified under the South would quickly be on the verge of superpower, remember that after WW2 South Korea was a 3rd world nation mostly based on agriculture and the leaps forward they've been able to make in less than a century and with at least 3 geopolitical burdens around (NK, China, Japan) are simply mindblowing.
Korea is lack of resources lol
@senni bgon it would become the most powerful country in the world
Edit: I was under the impression asean was economic bloc that many Asian countries across the continent, not just the southeast Asia, so no it wouldldnt the most powerful country in the world
It would be totally opposite. North Korea is not like East Germany with technically skilled people and some sort of established industries.
South Korea would have to spent considerable time (1-2 decades) to stabilize and develop North Korea.
@@sachinchauhan7775
And Germany still have suffered from the inequality between the west and the east.
South Korea invented samsung and many more technologies and for that they deserve heaven.
"They could even keep Kim around for a while"
Some brain surgeon: I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move
Stop Oh my god I can't breathe!!!
Lol
Wasn't it heart surgery? I could very well be wrong though
TAxel yes it was but it’s still funny
Lenin is still around in that mausoleum in Moscow.
"Germany didn't experience a violent civil war between the two sides that killed millions people"
Oh talking about Germany and civil wars....
What are you trying to say?
@@GeneralBass
That you should pick up a history book and learn about the many, many wars between the various nation states that now make up modern Germany.
Wars which led to hundreds of thousands of Germans emigrating to North America to escape the fighting to the point where German ancestry is the most common amongst White Americans.
@@DomWeasel According to the many history books I read, the last civil wars of Germany happened 150 years ago, well before the concept of modern total war was introduced in WW1 and WW2. They didn't have mass mobilization, machine guns and air raids back then. Of course people still died but modern wars tend to be more destructive to the civilian population than ever before.
For example, 2 in 3 people who died in the Korean War were civilians. There were massacres and war crime committed by both sides. And many of the victims or their families still survive today.
By comparison, nobody in Germany remembers the German War of Unification. Some Germans might disapprove of Bismarck's policies but they wouldn't resent him for the death of their great-great-great-granduncle. Germany's situation is very different from Korea where the wound of civil war is bigger and fresher.
Korean war wasnt even a civil war
Germ man?
Well, West and East Germany were separate for decades and when they finally united, the west part of the country had to support the east for years because the East was in much worse shape than the west. In Korea, we would have a similar situation. If they unified, the south would have to support the north because the south is in much better shape financially than the north.
Kim Jong Un: _in a really sick condition_
RLL: *Your time is up, my time is now*
Newby Ton the future is now old man.
Cuz the Champ is here！！！
If you want some, come get some
You can’t see me my time is now
I'm not Korean but I'd love to see a unified Korea one day!
Just wondering, if your korean why do you have an american profile pic?
@@dexterjettster3683 I literally said I’m not Korean...
@@MWB18 oh sorry I misread
감사합니다 저도 통일을 원해요.
I don't get why you'd look forward to that mate, this video covered pretty well just how dangerous a time that would be, and the world is already tense enough as it is, even in the relatively peaceful time of 2 years ago things were heating up.
I'm saying this now.
As a Korean myself that has lived in America almost my entire life, I 100% believe Korea deserves to be reunited.
While, I do think that North Korea as a political entity, and a cultural time capsule is very interesting, I just can't help but want the Koreas to be one.
It isn't fair that the peninsula has suffered for almost 70 years now, and it's just constantly being manipulated by the greater world powers.
I know that reunification would create bad blood and that the millions of soldiers and land mines and such would be disastrous. I know that neither of the Superpowers would be okay with it. I don't care.
I just want these people that have endured so much through history to get a break...
@The virtuous man And you think China would be the same? I do not like a lot of what America has done, believe me my country has suffered a lot through them when they occupied the Philippines and their brutality towards the natives back in the late early 20th century but they are way, way better than what China would offer. Hell at least you could make protests about in America and how its policies are being run but not in China as they would more silence any criticism or do much worse .
@The virtuous man not us citizen or Chinese but china just fucked up the entire world trying to cover up the coronavirus to maintain their illusion of a perfect country, so I disagree.
also not to mention the billions of corrupt Chinese money taking over real estate everywhere yeah they definitely fucking up the entire world.
USA isn't perfect take a look at how fucked up and divided their county is right now politically and more deaths from covid but I still prefer this over the ccp anyday
As a European myself who has lived his entire life in Jamaica this is how stupid you sound.
The virtuous man lol no the u.s. is not even following there own orders and laws if it was the nation would only be doing stuff even the north American continent as it is in there founding laws to govern not to get involved in any non continental wars.
Hyper_Ninja if you think that would be impressive. Some guy tried to unit all of Latin America. If he had succeeded they would’ve been strong.
Alternate title: Bullying kIM jONG uN for straight 10 minutes...
I expected the "The country would immediatly fall apart" phrase because of the StannisStan video.
@PATTON are u drunked?
@@muhammadhadi6565 Yes
PATTON Another fecking troll. Literally nobody asked for what you said.
@Tuperwear
That's so deep, man. I'm sure the billions of people living in those 2 countries will have their minds blown by that comment.
Do: what if all countries ending in “land” united
Landiland
Never
@GUSTAVO666BR Error1010010101010 HAHA
Countries ending with ia.
@@dualee we already have it.
USA: NO
China: NO
Japan: NO
Russia: NO
망할
Although the Chinese government has ostensibly supported the reunification of Korea, the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean peninsula and the denuclearization of the peninsula are real preconditions for China to agree to the reunification of Korea. In the past, the Korean peninsula had nothing to do with China, and China had no choice but to do so .
@@pamirojopmrj7427 Although the Chinese government has ostensibly supported the reunification of Korea, the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean peninsula and the denuclearization of the peninsula are real preconditions for China to agree to the reunification of Korea. In the past, the Korean peninsula had nothing to do with China, and China had no choice but to do so .
@@joohunkang5030 The Korean war was a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet union. The flames of war came within China's borders, depriving China of the opportunity to reunify itself. China has objectively bought a period of peace, but it is also a victim.
@@joohunkang5030 South Korea and China are in a similar situation. Although the country is divided and the military sovereignty loses, but objectively obtained the economic assistance of the United States.
I learn in school recently about Korean history, I hope the best for the Koreans
Random fact:
90% of the world’s population lives in the Northern Hemisphere.
4th
I saw this comment in another video today
SciFactsYT because most of the land is on the Northern Hemisphere
Thanks
I don't think it's 90% tho.. since Brazil and Indonesia is in the southern hemisphere
분단으로 인해 가장 안타까운 것은 바로 이산가족분들... 가족들이랑 수십년을 서로 보지도 못하고..ㅠㅠ
The saddest thing is separated families. They can't meet their families for decades even if they want to...
pop
I hope I'm still alive when the Korea's unify
don’t worry everything comes together it will just take time.
Well how old are you now? It could be plausible
you really should not since you probably will be drafted if thats the case.
I hope I'm still alive next month.
@@j.m.s_3285 I laughed too hard at this
"Do you want reunification?" is the wrong question. "Who should have North Korea if it collapses?" is the right question. If asked this question to South Koreans, more than 90 percent would say "South Korea."
Nobody:
Everybody: *KIM sIcK, RLl uPloAd cOinCidEnCe?*
Me:
WOAH WOAH WOAH!!! Let me get this perfectly straight: You comment something that is completely unrelated to the fact that I have two HAZARDOUSLY HOT girlfriends? Considering that I am the unprettiest TH-camr worldwide, it is really incredible. Yet you did not mention it at all. I am VERY disappointed, dear pluggo
My first thoughts when I saw the title lol
@@neeznh4571 I too thought of AxxL and his two hot girlfriends, even though he is the unprettiest TH-camr of all time.
Then seri Yoon and captain Ri would live a happily ever after
Agree
got that reference... you can go to swiss now...
What's that Swiss town again ?
@@PrograError and how will Captain Ri go to switzerland ?
What this reference about I'm curious
We must live together
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You mean India and Pakistan?
@@lisa-xc7yp
Was Tibet also part of India or not?
@@loyay3313 hope Tibet will be free one day.
@@lisa-xc7yp no, they are different country
@@lisa-xc7yp tibet free will be bhutan like country, it's nothing compared to prc that rich
I feel like culturally it’s too late to expect southerners and northerners to accept each other
North Korea falls
South Korea: hey Poland can I borrow some socks? Cause someone needs shock therapy!
I dont get it...
same
@@belledenuit1992 the shock therapy refer to the brutal transition toward capitalism in 1990s former eastern bloc (unemployment ,corruption ,wars, crimes ,and inflation )
Unfunny
@@oracle372 Realistic
"United Korea would infuriate china"
China: I'm gonna end this mans whole career
occupied korea
ǝʇᴉsqǝʍ uɐᴉlɐɹʇsnɐ uɐ ɯoɹɟ pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ɹǝʌǝu
Mock them by photoshoping their troop by pasting winy the pooh face on them actually it may start a wars oh China is so sensitive XD
United Korea would infuriate the US as well
I don't understand this logic... Korea has been a united country (also tributary to China) for centuries, they would be Ok with it. Honestly it's better than having an unstable barking dog (who just happen to have nukes) at your doorstep.
This video shows by far the best and accurate analysis of such scenario.
I pray one day korea would be reunited into one country 🙏🏾
The reunited korea would be a blessing to north korea cause the population is suffering under extreme poverty, repressive regime and depression 😭😔!
Greetings from zambia 🇿🇲👋🏾😊