Comments on: North vs. South: Can Two Koreas Reunite?

By: Mohammed AL-Saedi

Mohammed AL-Saedi — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:58:51 +0000

Adherence to Principles of National Reunification Called for
Pyongyang, October 14 (KCNA) — The three principles of national reunification set forth by the Workers’ Party of Korea– independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity–are the most just and patriotic principles, says Rodong Sinmun Thursday in a signed article.
It is the invariable stand of the WPK to achieve the country’s reunification on the principle of national independence, the article says, and goes on:
The June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration correctly reflect the desire and demand of all Koreans for rejecting foreign forces and realizing the independent reunification by the united efforts of the nation. The adoption of these declarations, a reunification program common to the nation, and the admirable success made in the inter-Korean relations after it are a vivid demonstration of the validity and vitality of the WPK’s principle of independent reunification.
It is the consistent principle of the WPK to reunify the country in a peaceful way.
The WPK has waged a dynamic struggle for national reunification under the banner of peaceful reunification over the past 60 years. The proposal for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo advanced by President Kim Il Sung at the 6th Congress of the WPK is the most patriotic and just proposal which embodied the principle of peaceful reunification. Nothing is better than the federation proposal in realizing national reunification. All Koreans at home and abroad are now making a vigorous struggle to materialize the federation proposal clarified in the historic June 15 joint declaration, zealously supporting it. This goes to prove the validity of the WPK’s principle of peaceful reunification.
It is the fundamental principle of national reunification advocated by the WPK to realize the country’s reunification by pooling efforts of all Koreans.
The WPK regarded patriotism and the spirit of national independence as basis for national unity. The 10-point programme of great unity of the whole nation advanced by Kim Il Sung and the five-point policy for great national unity set forth by General Secretary Kim Jong Il on the sacred road for national unity have served as the banner of national reconciliation and unity and as the guidelines of action.
“By our nation itself”, the idea of national unity, became a steadfast idea common to the nation and solidarity and alliance among the Koreans of different strata at home and abroad for national reunification have grown stronger than ever before on a nationwide scale. This is a shining fruition of the WPK’s energetic efforts for achieving the country’s reunification through the concerted efforts of the nation.

By: Blood Rose

Blood Rose — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:39:07 +0000

YES THEY WILL REAUNITE AND IT WILL HAPPEN!

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:59:07 +0000

The problem is that Germany benefitted from Egon Krenz realizing that the old-line Ulbricht-Honnecker style of rule was not going to hold, particularly after the news of the velvet revolutions sweeping across Europe and the Tiananmen Square massacre became public knowledge in the DDR stirring up defiance from the people. That, and the ease of defection from East Germany (through Hungary and other Eastern Bloc nations that were opening their borders to the West — and being returned to East Germany in an attempt was not a death-penalty offense) in the final days before the Wall’s fall were the major factors in the border collapse and the reunification of Germany.
North Korea has no Egon Krenz, there are no velvet revolutions occuring in its neighbors, and even if they were, the excruciatingly-controlled North Korean media would not note them. And it is atrociously difficult to leave North Korea — you can’t just hop a train to the “socialist neighbor” China and then hole up in the South Korean embassy … and if you had, you would be returned to North Korea and shot as a traitor. Sadly, there are no hopeful historical paralells between 1989 Germany and 2009 Korea. All we can hope for is that whoever succeeds the obviously dying Kim Jong-il is much saner than he.

By: ElleSTL

ElleSTL — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:52:29 +0000

Why is there nothing about the skirmish between the NK and SK battleships today?

By: The_Mick

The_Mick — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:00:37 +0000

As long a China wants a buffer between a strongly Westernized society (S. Korea), N. Korea will remain intact.
When China decides it no longer needs it, N. Korea will collapse – there’s so little holding it together other than China now.

By: United We Stand

United We Stand — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:47:19 +0000

They will reunite and anybody who thinks they will not are enemies of peace.

By: Rick McDaniel

Rick McDaniel — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:20:44 +0000

Anything is possible, but NK is a dynasty, being handed down to sons, and is a little different situation than with Germany.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:28:24 +0000

They’re never going to reunite. Their political positions are mutually exclusive, and the Korean War has left them permanently scarred.