[OahuBreeze]

Rut-roh! He's at it, again. Well, at least he's honest about his intentions -- forestall quick reunification because it will temporarily weaken the SK economy, and let the 22 million Korean brothers and sisters in the North continue to suffer and die for a few more decades under a regime that outdoes Orwell's worst nightmare. Probably not welcome news to the North Korean people (not like they get to read a real newspaper, anwyay...) -- another era of "lasting peace" that is. Personally, if I had that kind of lasting peace, I'd be searching hard for a weapon to secure my familiy's exit to some somewhere other than the ROK.

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[OahuBreeze]

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[AntiGuv]

Huh? "Temporarily weaken" hell - more like virtually collapse.. North Korea will require some $100 billion just to begin getting integrated with the South..

[maro]

Unfortunately, I doubt there are that many NK people left.

[Constantine XIII]

Ugh! Roh is dumber than a bag of hammers. *grrrr*

[Chu Gary]

After the dismantling of the "wall" in Germany, the former West Germany's residents had bitter feeling for years due to the cheap labor available in the East which gobbled up a LOT of jobs because they would work for schnitzels. The people from the East had poor work ethics, very low skills, etc. but they got all the jobs.

The SK folks have good reasons for wanting things to stay as they now exist.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

And we have 37,000 United States soldiers, airmen and a handful of Marines and sailors in the Republic of Korea, unavailable to participate in the War on Terror because they are hostages to the status quo. But not for much longer.

[xm177e2]

This shouldn't be at all surprising. SK leftists have always acted like they wanted the NK regime to remain in place.

[Steel Wolf]

Translation:

While our brothers languish under the yoke of an oppressive and murderous dictator, if they became free, it would be bad for us economically. It's safer and better for business if they just stay where they are.