"Maxprop" wrote
Neither of you two seem to realize that the young folks in S. Korea (under
the age of roughly 30 or so) strongly dislike the US, and want nothing more
than a reunited Korea. Most feel the US is responsible for polarizing the
country and keeping it that way. They may be right, but chances are the
resulting united Korea would be a bit more like the north than the south.
That would be most unfortunate considering the huge economic impact on the
world that South Korea is currently experiencing.

I don't argue that you are right but the US had little to do with the
partition. Also S Korea isn't much more democratic than the north it's just
that the people are financially much much better off so they can afford more
freedom. A unified Korea *might* be more of an economic threat but again I'm not
sure -- the same was said about East and West Germany but the reverse has proved
true. The West nearly went bankrupt absorbing the much poorer East and the
contrast in Korea is even greater. Only time will tell.