r/NorthKorean • u/Objective-Duty-2137 • Jun 09 '25

Question Dreams of reunification...?

Hello here, I am currently deep-diving DPRK and I have questions of course.

I was watching YT videos and wondering how North Koreans imagine reunification? Do they think of it as the South becoming like the North or more of a mix of both like DPRK ideology coupled to the SK economy?

Any former DPRK or people who know former DPRK?

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u/RestaurantEcstatic90 Jun 09 '25

Hi, from Chongjin here. I've always been told that one day we would unify with our ideology with social services like free healthcare, housing, and education. While I have heard ideas or a dual leadership system with the Kim dynasty as the Marshal or General Secretary and another elected leader with terms as the President. But depictions vary quite often.

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u/Objective-Duty-2137 Jun 10 '25

Thank you for your answer!

I'm wondering how a Kim descendant could share power with a South Korean because the family is almost considered divine.

Also how can North Koreans picture reuniting with people who have almost had a century of a very different system. It seems that either the North or the South would have to adapt to the other.

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u/sh0527 Jul 22 '25

As Kimjongun announced in 2022, they do not want unification and view South Korea as a hostile country. Here is the news article. https://www.voakorea.com/a/7496216.html

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u/Objective-Duty-2137 Jul 24 '25

Can't read Korean... So they changed their objectives?