Korean Job Discussion Forums

[wiganer]

[jvalmer]

A united Korea wouldn't be a threat to anyone. Domestically they can be rabid nationalists and clamp down on foreigners living in Korea, but internationally they know where the power is. They, and every country in the region, need China economically and Korea knows it. That is assuming a united Korea is under control of the south.

[Junior]

[mc_jc]

US foreign policy regarding Korea these days is that the government DOES support unification. Unification would bring a larger market for American goods.
The US and Korea signed protocols in regards to what it would be like if and when the Korean Peninsula was reunified. It has been stipulated that a unified Korean state would still abide by the same accords and treaties they made with the US under the former government of the south. Also, Japan and Korea had signed countless non-aggression treaties that, although they bicker on everything from anime to Dokdo, there would never be open conflict between them- the US holds that treaty together under the tripartite alliance between all three nations.
The assumption that the US doesn't support reunification has been a rumor going back to the pro-democracy days in the 70's and 80's, when pro-North Korean agents infiltrated student unions. Such propaganda was reinforced by the quacky Noh Mu Hyun.
China is the only one who is afraid of reunification. They thought of themselves as the only window for the North Koreans into the outside world. They were able to regulate and control what North Koreans saw of their economic growth. If the peninsula was united, not only are North Koreans exposed to South Korean and American cultural and economic influence, it leaves a local window open for Chinese residents in that region to the growth and development from the other side as well.
According to military intelligence foresight into possible scenarios, if a war were to break out, it would most likely be instigated by the North Koreans, but as the UNC-USFK forces advance from the south, CPLA forces will be advancing from the north to block any advance toward Baekdu Mountain. In the end, you might see the same military standoff we all remember when the Americans and the Soviets advanced on Germany at the end of WWII. However, unlike the Soviets, the Chinese don't abide by the same "gentlemen's code" when provoked or harassed by the other side.

[Junior]

[mc_jc]

[atomicdeathmonkey]

What happens when re-unification happens though - it will have to be staged if only from an economic standpoint surely?

[Epik_Teacher]

No way in hell will Japan or China let Korea reunite in the next couple of decades. It's to their advantage to keep them seperate.