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North Korea will no longer pursue reconciliation with South, Kim Jong Un says (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

I read a long time ago that German reunification was possible because the division was 2 generations long. They hypothesized that when you get to 3+ generations long it would be extremely difficult, which is where Korea is.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's hard to annex a nuclear armed country that has a well trained military, especially one that knows what the capitalist empire is up to.

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