[kinetics]

North Korea is much poorer than East Germany was before reunification. Many South Koreans are too selfish to pick the tab for a sudden reunification (it will be a huge hit on their fickle economy). Their plan is to first get North Korea back on track on its own and then gradually reunify. I am not so sure if that's a good idea.

[garbageseeker]

Many South Koreans are too selfish to pick the tab for a sudden reunification

Many families were cut off during the Korean War in the 1950s. I would think that it would be much easier to integrate them into a capitalist society. In Germany, there was no such case. There are already some limited contact between families between the north and the south.