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Originally Posted by Raellus
Agreed. South Korea is already an economic powerhouse. I think China would view a unified Korea as an even more dangerous economic competitor. Yeah, it would take a decade or two for the South to pull the North up to something approaching solvency, but once it does, look out! I mean, West Germany/Germany did something very similar in just over a decade or so.
And don't make the mistake of underestimating the NK military. Yeah, it's probably more bark than it is bite but we made the mistake of underestimating it once and we almost got our asses kicked as a result. Even if the NKs lost the conventional war fairly quickly, if/when it went asymetric, we could end up pacifying/stabilizing the North for a very long time. Throw in NBC weapons at some point and it could get very, very ugly before it was all over.
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True, just look at the status of Hyundai and Kia cars now. Twenty years ago, they were the butt of jokes, not much better than a Yugo in most people's eyes, although I've talked to some people who said even the early 1990's models held up very well. Mom bought a new Hyundai in 2004 because it was affordable, they are an alternative to people who cannot afford the new American or Japanese cars.
Chuck