One of the reasons South Korea is supporting the North Korean regime is that, when the Kim Jong-Il government collapses, a huge stream of refugees will come boiling across into South Korea.
Much like the situation between East and West Germany when the Wall came down.
It will be 100 times worse. North Korea is in much worse shape than East Germany was at the fall of Communism. North Korea has WMD's under their direct control, and a massive army with lots of guns and (in the event of a Kim collapse) no pay and no food.
"One of the reasons South Korea is supporting the North Korean regime is that, when the Kim Jong-Il government collapses, a huge stream of refugees will come boiling across into South Korea."
THIS is so true alloy.
But, I believe it also exposes the absolute selfishness of the South Koreans. They can eat, but don't really care that their so-called "brother and sister Koreans" have naught.
They talk a good fight, but they wouldn't do what is right and necessary to free the North. It would get in the way of watching thier plasma TV's and spending Saturday evenings out on the town.
That's fine with me, but I really feel they should drop the fuax concern for their cousins and misguided disdain for the United States as a cover for cowardess.
May not have been your point, but it's just an opinion I've held for a long time.