Why don’t South Korea and North Korea reunite into one country again?

 

My Korean friend will soon have to go for military service.

It is the fate of all Korean men. 

Avoiding it is almost impossible.

This is because South Korea and North Korea are currently only in a ceasefire.

As of 2024, they are still technically at war.

As a result, my friend will soon have to go to the military.

Naturally, he says he doesn’t want to go.

He doesn’t want to waste a year and a half of his life.

Why were South Korea and North Korea, originally one country, divided into two?

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That’s right, the two countries did not split of their own will.

It was due to the influence of Russia and the United States after World War II that Japan withdrew from the Korean Peninsula, leaving it empty.

So why haven’t they reunited into one country by 2024?

They had to split for tragic reasons.

If they were to reunite, the ceasefire would end.

If they were to reunite, my friend wouldn’t need to go for military service anymore.

They’ve probably already forgotten why they were fighting in the first place.

But they remain divided and do not reunite.

Let’s think about why that is.

This is just my personal opinion.

I don’t know the real reason.

 

 

Because I am Fuji, not Kim Jong-un.

If you wanna know that exact reason, you should ask Kim Jong-un.

And when you asked Kim Jong-un, let me know that exact reason.

Because I wanna know that reason either.

But there is a precedent in world history.

A country that was once one was split into two and then reunited.

 

Yes, Germany.

Germany was divided into West Germany and East Germany by the Berlin Wall,

 

But after the Berlin Wall fell, it became one country again.

What happened to Germany afterward?

West Germany, which was more prosperous, took control, and East Germany lost power.

Now, here’s a question.

Which is more prosperous, South Korea or North Korea?

That’s right. It’s clearly South Korea, isn’t it?

So if South Korea and North Korea were to merge, South Korea would take control, and North Korea would lose power.

History has already proven us this.

Now, imagine this situation.

You are the king of a country.

Your country is very poor, and the people are dissatisfied with you.

But it’s okay!!

You are safe!!

Because you are the king!!

Your military always protects you.

But one day, your country decides to merge with another country.

You are no longer the king.

Naturally, the military that protected you no longer has a reason to do so.

Yes, in this country where the people are dissatisfied with you as king, you suddenly lose your bodyguards.

Now, here’s the question.

What do you think will happen to you???

That’s the point.

You can imagine it, right?

If you lost your power and military, people would come to you for revenge!!

There is no one left anywhere to protect you!!

People will come to capture you with weapons.

And

Probably, you would be like this.

It’s simply scary!!

That’s terrifying!!

So you absolutely don’t want to merge.

Anyone would feel the same.

I don’t wanna do it either!!

Therefore, the day when South Korea and North Korea become one country will probably never come.

To be safe for himself.

Certainly, he would maintain his own safety.

But he has sacrificed all others for his own safety.

He may have power, but he has no one who truly trusts him.

He would have no one who believed him.

So can he really say that such a life is truly happy?

Author Fuji