Korean reunification
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Hangul 조국통일 Hanja 祖國統一 Revised Romanization Joguk Tong(-)il McCune- Reischauer Choguk T'ongil

Korean reunification is a possible future reunification of North Korea and South Korea under a single government currently in progress. Image File history File links Unification_flag_of_Korea. ... The Unification Flag is used to represent all of Korea when North and South Korea participate together in sporting events. ... Jamo redirects here. ... Korean writing systems Hangul Hanja Hyangchal Gugyeol Idu Mixed script Korean romanization Revised Romanization of Korean McCune-Reischauer Yale Romanization Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... Korean writing systems Hangul Hanja Hyangchal Gugyeol Idu Mixed script Korean romanization Revised Romanization of Korean McCune-Reischauer Yale Romanization The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Reunification is the political unification of separate political entities which had previously been united. ...

With a total population of over 75 million, a reunited Korea would have a population size equivalent or larger than that of today's Western European powers. The large North Korean armed forces combined with the modern and well-armed South Korean armed forces, along with the possibility of becoming a nuclear power^[1], will make reunited Korea a prominent military power in the world. A reunited Korea will have the world's second largest armed forces, larger than the United States. North Korea's cheap and skilled workforce, large amount of natural resources and strategic location combined with South Korea's advanced technology, well-developed infrastructure and large capital would lead to decades of strong economic growth for reunited Korea, creating a major economic power in the world. Western Europe is distinguished from Central Europe and Eastern Europe by differences of history and culture rather than by geography. ... Korean Peoples Army refers to the armed personnel of the Joseph Stalin. ... The Republic of Korea Armed Forces (hangul: 대한민국 국군; hanja: 大韓民國 國軍; Revised Romanization: Dae-han-min-guk Guk-gun) or ROK Armed Forces, is the armed forces of South Korea. ... This article is about applications of nuclear fission reactors as power sources. ... Number of active troops per country This list of countries by size of armed forces displays national troop levels by active troop strength, number of Naval combatants, fighter aircraft and nuclear weapons. ... The workforce is the labour pool in employment. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the surface of the Earth for the first time and explore space. ... Not to be confused with capitol. ... World GDP/capita changed very little for most of human history before the industrial revolution. ...

However, there are some significant hurdles in this process due to the large political and economic differences between the two countries. Short-term problems such as large numbers of refugees from the North immigrating into the South and initial economic and political instability would need to be overcome. Long-term problems such as cultural differences, contrasting political ideologies and possible discriminations will also need to be resolved.

Division

Main article: Division of Korea

North Korea

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of North Korea The Korean peninsula, first divided along the 38th parallel, later along the demarcation line The division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from the 1945 Allied victory in World War II, ending Japans 35-year occupation of Korea. ... The national emblem of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea bears the design of a grand hydroelectric power plant under Mount Paektu, the sacred mountain of the revolution, and bearing the beaming light of a five-pointed red star, with ears of rice forming an oval frame, bound with... The politics of North Korea take place within a nominally democratic framework; in practice, North Korea functions as a single-party state. ...

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Current status

Eventual political integration of the Koreas under a democratic government from the South is generally viewed as inevitable by all parties involved, except perhaps North Korea. However, the nature of reunification, ie. through North Korean collapse or gradual integration of the North and South, is still a topic of intense political debate and even conflict among interested parties, who include both Koreas, China, Japan, Russia, and the United States.

Some political analysts and many Koreans would say the process of reunification has already begun,^[2] albeit at a very gradual pace, through the current process of reconciliation and economic cooperation between the two Koreas. On the other hand, current reality would seem to show otherwise, as the DMZ that separates the two Koreas remains heavily guarded and North Korea has yet to give up its nuclear weapons. Yet optimists point towards recent thaws in inter-Korean relations and unprecedented dialogue and cooperation between the Koreas as signs that, unlike in the past where Korea was caught between China, Japan, Russia, and the US, the Koreans are now taking reunification into their own hands.

Summits and General Assembly meetings

Following a summit meeting in Pyongyang from 13 to 15 June 2000 between the leaders of the two countries, the chairperson's of the Millennium Summit issued a statement welcoming their Joint Declaration as a breakthrough in bringing peace, stability and reunification to the Korean peninsula.^[3] Seven weeks later a resolution to the same effect passed by the United Nations General Assembly after being co-sponsored by 150 other nations.^[4] The Millennium Summit took place in the United Nations Headquarters. ... Spanish president in the General Assembly in New York Org type: Principal Organ Acronyms: GA, UNGA Head: President of the UN General Assembly As of 18 September 2007 Srgjan Kerim former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Status: Active Established: 1945 Website: www. ...

A scheduled General Assembly debate in on the topic in 2002 was deferred for a year at the request of both nations,^[5] and when the subject returned in 2003 it was immediately dropped off the agenda.^[6]

The issue didn't return to the General Assembly until 2007^[7] following a second inter-Korean summit held in Pyongyang from 2 to 4 October 2007. These talks were held during one the round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing which committed to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.^[8] South Korean name Chinese name Japanese name Russian name The six-party talks aim to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program. ...

Reunification strategies

The "Sunshine Policy"

Supporters of the "Sunshine Policy" argue that sanctions and threats from the governments of the United States and South Korea have harmed, rather than improved, prospects for reunification. They argue that if the North Korean government does not feel threatened by South Korea or the United States, it will have nothing to lose and everything to gain from dialogue and engagement with the outside world, and will have no reason to build weapons of mass destruction. Many argue that the only alternative to dialogue is an unacceptable military outcome. The Sunshine Policy was introduced by the Millennium Democratic Party under President Kim Dae-jung, and was continued by President Roh Mu-hyun. South Korea's Hyundai Asan played a major role in pioneering commercial links with the North. The Sunshine Policy was the South Korean doctrine towards North Korea until Lee Myung-baks election to presidency. ... For the Xzibit album, see Weapons of Mass Destruction (album). ... The Millennium Democratic Party is a political party of South Korea. ... Kim Dae-jung (born December 3, 1925) is a South Korean politician. ... Roh Moo-hyun (born September 1, 1946) has been the President of South Korea since February 25, 2003. ... Hyundai Asan is an arm of the Hyundai Group and a major investor in North Korea. ...

Korean Economic Community

It has recently been suggested that the formation of a Korean Economic Community could be a way to ease in unification of the Korean peninsula.^[9] Lee Myung-bak departing from the Grand National Party's traditional hardline stance has outlined a comprehensive diplomatic package on North Korea that includes setting up a consultative body to discuss economic projects between the two Koreas. He proposed seeking a Korean economic community agreement to provide the legal and systemic basis for any projects agreed to in the body.^[10] Lee Myung-bak (pronounced ) (born December 19, 1941) is the tenth and current President of South Korea (He is the currently serving the seventeenth presidential term since the establishment of the role). ...

A hard-line policy

Opponents of the "Sunshine Policy" argue that dialogue and trade with North Korea has done nothing to improve prospects for peaceful reunification, and have helped bolster the North Korean government, which is corrupt, undemocratic, and totalitarian. They feel that the North has no real interest in reunification, and is only trying to ensure its own survival.

It is also argued that South Korea has seen little benefit from engagement with North Korea, despite the transfer of large funds to the North Korean government by President Kim Dae-jung. Many also believe South Korea should remain prepared in the event of a North Korean attack. The Grand National Party is in favour of a hard-line position on North Korea. Hard-line policy supporters also argue that the help given to North Korea only continues the regime of Kim Jong-Il and that leaving it alone will eventually bring the collapse of North Korea, thus allowing the country to be reunified under the Republic of Korea. Kim Dae-jung (born December 3, 1925) is a South Korean politician. ... The Grand National Party is a conservative-leaning opposition political party in South Korea. ... Kim Jong-il (also written as Kim Jong Il) (born February 16, 1942) is the leader of North Korea. ...

North Korea's policy

North Korea's policy is to seek reunification without what it sees as outside interference, through a federal structure retaining each side's leadership and systems. Both North and South Korea signed the June 15th North-South Joint Declaration in which both sides made promises to seek out a peaceful reunification.^[11] // Description In August 2000, after over 50 years’ separation, members of the visiting groups of separated families and relatives in the north and the south had an impressive meeting with their own flesh and blood in Pyongyang and Seoul in August when the Korean people’s reunification zeal heightened after...

International views

China

The Chinese government's official stance is to support reunification under ‘peaceful’ means, although in reality reunification may have greater negative consequences to the Chinese^[12]. North Korea served as a strategic buffer between itself and the U.S.-influenced Japanese and South Korean governments, and the collapse of a communist regime may spark distabilisation effects within its own borders^[13]. A reunified Korea under current economic circumstances may deprive China from South Korean investment, which may have to be channeled to the improverished North instead. A potential mass exodus of North Koreans into Chinese territory is a major cause of concern for the Chinese government. The potential Korean claims to some areas of North East China are also seen by Beijing as a reason for trouble. State power within the government of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is divided among three bodies: the Communist Party of China, the state, and the Peoples Liberation Army, (PLA). ...

Japan

The Japanese government has expressed its support for eventual reunification of the two Koreas under a democratic government. Still, the current state of Japanese abductees by North Korea continues to be an issue with the Japanese. A group representing the families of abductees have expressed their disappointment in the 2007 inter-Korean summit.^[14] This situation is closely tied to Japan's disapproval of any attempt by the United States to remove North Korea from its terror list.^[15]

Russia

The Russian government wishes for a unified Korea, as mass emigration from North Korea is an issue for the Russian government.^{[citation needed]}

Hurdles in the process

Culture

The cultures of the two halves have diverged following partition, even though traditional Korean culture and history are shared. In addition, many families have been split by the division of Korea. The traditional culture of Korea is shared by South Korea and North Korea, but there are regional differences. ...

Economy

Economic differences between South Korea and North Korea also are a cause of concern. Korean reunification would differ from the German reunification precedent: This article is about the 1990 German reunification. ...

• In absolute terms, South Korea's economy is not as strong as West Germany's was.^{[citation needed]}
• In relative terms, North Korea's economy currently is far worse than that of East Germany was in 1990. The income per capita ratio (PPP) was about 3:1 in Germany (about US$25,000 for West, about US$8,500 for East).^{[16] [17]}The ratio is about 13:1 in Korea (over US$24,200 for South, US$1,800 for North, CIA Factbook 2006), although GDP estimates vary widely (see List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita). This income gap is rapidly increasing as the North Korean economy stagnates and the South Korean economy is characterized by moderate to high economic growth.
• While at the moment of the German reunification the East German population (around 17,000,000) was about a third of the West German (more than 60,000,000), the North Korean population (around 22,700,000) is currently around a half of the South Korean (around. 48,600,000).
• The North Korean population is far more culturally distinct and isolated than the East German population was in the late 1980s. Unlike in East Germany, North Koreans generally cannot receive foreign broadcasting, read foreign publications or travel overseas. Germany was divided for 44 years, whereas the Koreas have been divided for over 60, and have been technically at war for most of that period.
• The German economy still suffers (more than 15 years later) from rapid reunification, with the former West Germany heavily subsidizing the former East. In addition, some analysts warn that rapid reunification might bring the South Korean economy to the point of collapse. It would also bring a flood of refugees into South Korea, China, and other countries, causing a social and economic crisis.

The consequence of the economic differences is that many South Koreans, while desiring reunification in theory, want to delay the process of reunification until the Northern economy can be developed separately, having seen the results of the sudden reunification of West Germany and East Germany, and knowing the differences between the two Koreas. This article is about the state which existed from 1949 to 1990. ... PPP of GDP for the countries of the world (2003). ... The World Factbook is an annual publication by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with basic almanac-style information about the various countries of the world. ... This article includes two lists of countries of the world[1] sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year divided by the average population for the same year. ... For the historical eastern German provinces, see Historical Eastern Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a Communist Party-led state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ... This article is about the state which existed from 1949 to 1990. ...

Politics and ideology

Currently, political issues such as diametrically opposite forms of government cause most concern. Nevertheless, the attitude of the South Korean government towards North Korea has changed dramatically in the last few decades; during the Park Chung-hee administration, hatred towards the North Korean government was fostered in the civilian population. For example, a poster displaying two Korean characters (반공 /Ban-gong; 反共) meaning "Against Communism" or "Anti Communism" was posted on every schoolhouse wall. In contrast, a recent comic book published by a South Korean author detailing a less-than-flattering portrait of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was banned because the South Korean government feared that its publication could hurt reunification efforts. It should be noted that the North's own news service often refers to the South Korean government as a "puppet" government. This is a Korean name; the family name is Park Park Chung-hee (November 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) was a former ROK Army general and the leader of the Republic of Korea from 1961 to 1979. ... Kim Jong-il (also written as Kim Jong Il) (born February 16, 1942) is the leader of North Korea. ... A puppet state is a state whose government, though notionally of the same culture as the governed people - owes its existence (or other major debt) to being installed, supported or controlled by a more powerful entity, typically a foreign power. ...

In popular culture

The issue of Korean reunification was a central or implied theme in several productions, mostly South Korean:

• The 2005 film Cheon gun (천군; 天軍) or "Heaven's Soldiers", directed by Min Joon Gi, portrayed North and South Korean soldiers who travel in time to 1572 and join the 17th Century hero Yi Sun-sin in fighting the Jurchen tribes. This theme clearly uses the figure of Yi, venerated as a National Hero in both parts of contemporary Korea, to plead for Reunification.
• Yesterday (예스터데이) is a 2002 film set in 2020 in a unified Korea.
• 2009 Lost Memories, a 2002 film, stated a reunified Korea in the year 2008.
• Shiri (쉬리), a 1999 blockbuster has its male lead describing how the waters from both North and South Korea flow freely together, and how the fish called Shiri can be found in either water without knowing which it belongs to. It was the first major-release film to directly address the issue of Korean reunification.

Heavens Soldiers (Korean: Cheon gun, 천군; 天軍) is a 2005 commercial film from South Korea, directed by Min Joon Gi. ... Min Joon Gi is a Korean film director, who produced the 2005 historical/time travel film Cheon gun (천군; 天軍) or Heavens Soldiers, in which North and South Korean soldiers travel back in time from 2005 to 1572, with Halleys Comet, and join the Korean national hero Yi Soon Shin... North Korea, officially the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk; Hangul: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國), is a country in eastern Asia, covering the northern half of the peninsula of Korea. ... For other places with the same name, see Korea (disambiguation). ... Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ... This is a Korean name; the family name is Yi Pen name Yi Sun-sin (April 28, 1545 – December 16, 1598), also commonly transliterated Yi Soon-shin, was a Korean naval leader noted for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598) during the... The Jurchens (Chinese: 女真, pinyin: nǚzhēn) were a Tungusic people who inhabited parts of Manchuria and northern Korea until the seventeenth century, when they became the Manchus. ... Yesterday is a 2002 South Korean movie. ... 2009 Lost Memories (2002) (Hangul: 2009 로스트 메모리즈) is a South Korean SF action movie, directed by Lee Si-myung. ... Shiri (Swiri) is a 1999 Korean film written and directed by Kang Je-gyu. ...

See also

• Division of Korea
• List of Korea-related topics

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External links

• Ministry of Unification (South Korea)
• Trans-Global Highway and the Korean-Japan Friendship Tunnel
• "Good morning America, Korea is reunifying" A point of view by Christin Ahn, who was in South Korea in November 2005
• "Korean Peace Brigade in Brussels"
• The North-South Rail Link
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