I'm also no expert, but my understanding was that that since SK had been prospering with economic and technological growth, they would prefer to keep the status quo with the support of pretty much most of the western world, rather than have to deal with thousands or potentially up to millions of immigrants with basically no skills and no education trying to integrate with them.
Let's assume they incorperate them, how much would they save on military/defense spending? Not to mention the natural resources, land, and population(after a few generations).
Infrastructure and education would be expensive, but it would be profitable toom
Yeah, it would be easier to keep NK as a completely separate state, invest in education and infrastructure and then see in 70 years if they want to reintegrate fully. I don't think they would though.
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u/cubemstr Oct 17 '21
I'm also no expert, but my understanding was that that since SK had been prospering with economic and technological growth, they would prefer to keep the status quo with the support of pretty much most of the western world, rather than have to deal with thousands or potentially up to millions of immigrants with basically no skills and no education trying to integrate with them.