Essay On Korean Unification

For over a hundred years, Korea has always been invaded, influenced and fought over by its large neighbors, but Korea fought back as one united nation. It can be dated back to 1904, when Japan and Russia, the two large powers in East Asia at that time, fought for control of the country. Russia was defeated and Japan used its victory to annex Korea in 1910. Then, World War Two came about, dismantling the power of the Japanese Empire and Korea became a victim of the Cold War. Korea was divided into two spheres of influence, along the 38th parallel. While Japan surrendered, the United States and the Soviet Union swooped in to claim the Korean peninsula. The United States claimed the South of the divided land, while the Soviet Union claimed the

Since the peninsula would be under the rule of one government, it can have reformed foreign policies, international trade and political rule that can benefit the economy of the peninsula. As a unified region, there can be more movement of people around the region, enabling more employment opportunities and more businesses that can impact both the export and import sector positively. Korea will be more economically powerful and stable to trade internationally, and this will increase the standard of living in Korea, thereby raising the GDP of Korea. The collaboration of the armed forces would be another great benefit because of the unification. The current North Korean army consists of almost 2 million people along with the large amounts of artillery they own. If they combine the two armed forces, this will make Korea a larger power in the East Asian region, than it is today. Overall, Korea will be able to compete more in international trade with the combined economic gains they will achieve from unification and also be a stronger power together, which will cause their neighbors such as China and Japan, to increase national security and watch out for the rise in power of the unified

By hosting peace talks, South Korea can inform the North Korean regime of the benefits of a democratic rule and gain their interest of collaborating the two separated regions, into one unified Korea under the democratic rule of a combined Korean government. There can be many benefits as a result of a peaceful unification. The most important benefit is that there would be no war between the two regions. This would save a lot of bloodshed, the lives of innocent civilians and the extensive amount of resources such as money and reformation of the infrastructure that would be caused by the war. Also through a peaceful unification, the Korean region will have to join the International Nonproliferation Treaty, and this will either seize or suspend the nuclear weapons already owned by North