Providing true peaceful unification comes to the Korean peninsula,

and true denuclearization happens there...

But for many reasons, one or both of them may not happen.

The U.S. may want it to happen.

But how about China and/or Japan? Will they really want it?

[Stories behind All These Shows between South & North Korea]

- and What kind of Reunification of Korean Peninsula/ do you want?

1. Story One - chosun.com editorial on 5/14/2018;

http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/05/14/2018051402983.html

2. Story Two (video) - 'stop that phony-baloney show, will you?'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2WeeZK-MbQ

PS;

By the way,

Tomorrow is 57th Anniversary Day of '5 16 Revolution' - which helped ROK as today.

Anybody remembers?

We do!! and we'll have a meeting 'Remembering President Park Chung-hee

And 5 16 Revolution' in Flushing, New York.

If anyone of you wants to join us, let me know, please.

I generally feel discussing unification at this stage is way- premature, especially if the discussion

is charged with emotion. Economically, politically, culturally SK and NK are far a part .

I think Moon JI slogan "우리는 하나다" is a premature one at this time.

Over many years, from time to time I have asked many Koreans and Korean Americans, including politicians 

what's 연방제, 국가 연합, 낮은 단계의 연방제, what's the preferred  mode of Unification for SK. and etc----

What is the preperation SK has done as a contingency plan in case of collapse of NK.

(I think there might be one or two in government sectors).

None gave a good answer in organized fashion for me to understand.  Even after reading some materials,

it was  difficult understand the differences. i.e.---No one seems to know,

Gradual exchange &  engagement between NK & SK, allowing free trade and travel, while remaining as

two different countries might be better one??---i.e mutual goal of de-facto unification with two independent countries   

before reaching smooth transition to "true unification", which may not happen in our life time.

Both China and U.S. are eager to offer economic aid to North Korea. In fact, they are

competing to keep her on their side. North and South Korean officials will meet at

Peace House in Panmunjum to discuss connecting East Seashore railroad reaching Russia.

Things are looking good so far. Even though unification is our wildest dream and far from

being a reality, "opening up to the real world" is good enough. It looks as if both North and

South Korean's life will be much better than what it is now.

Common representation in the international sporting events is a small step toward unification

among other things like free trade and travel. They are working on one team for world

ping-pong competition and Asian game this year.

우리 모두 한국정서에 빠져, 논리적 해결에 장애가 있다는 걸 잊었습니다. 대한민국 헌법에 이북도 한국영토라고 적혀 있습니다. 이북은 다르게 표현하고 있고요. 연방제며, 두나라며 하는 얘기는 헌법을 바꾼다는 전제가 있어야 하지 않을까요? 아니면, 남북대화는 사실상 대화를 위한 위장이죠, 엄격한 의미에서 말이죠. 통일이라는 한국정서는 국제적으로, 국제법상 통용이 아니 되는 것 아닙니까? 특히 강대국이 두 정권의 뒤에서 버티고 있는 한 말입니다. 여기에 일본이 어부지리를 얻고자 하고 있군요. 우린 하나이니까: 우린 같은 언어를 쓰니까: 우린 한반도에 사니까: 통일이 되어야 한다는 것은 한국정서 그 이상 , 그 이하도 아닙니다.우리 미국시민이 한반도가 이렇게, 저렇게 되면 좋겠다는 생각은 우린 아무래도 한국정서에서 벗어 나지 못하고 있다 생각합니다. 그렇게 좋은 정서라도(저도 그 걸 버리지 않을 것입니다만) 그 정서로는 남북문제 해결에는 힘들 것 같습니다.

헌법을 우선 바꾸자고 하면 어떠한가요? 그러한 용기가 있는 지도자가 한반도에 있을까요?   신백효

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