Which is more likely?

Which will happen sooner?

Taiwan and China will probably happen quite soon but not under 1 government, maybe Taiwan can be same situation as Hong Kong? Also there is not much modern difference between the two. The modern cities of China are very modern.

South Korea and North Korean unification will happen but North Korea's economy must grow to a suitable amount. Unification will be very costly but in the long-term it will benefit the nation as a whole. Also cultural barriers are much more distant than the cultural barrier between Taiwan and China. North Korean people still wear hanbok everyday, use traiditional instruments and everything is so traditional under the communist government. Also media outside North Korea is never broadcasted so this is another barrier. In comparison North Korea is still living like 1950s minus the media. Also political tension may rise. North Korea's juche ideology is still quite similar to the society of South Korea except for the Communist and Maoist system and ideology. Maybe Korea will become a socialist and democratic country.

i truely believe someday china and taiwan will united as one.

probably taiwan becomes a territory of china, and work independently of their economic and entertainment.

i love to see that day to come. mama will be proud!

A lot of Taiwainese are pretty much independent and don't even consider themselves as a Chinese but Taiwanese.

Taiwan reports that over 2,000 Taiwanese businessman in China are missing, and 500 are confirmed dead. They don't know who killed them.

Taiwan always complaint that their brand names are stolen by Chinese in mainland without permissions.



Once N.korea is not seeing as a military threat to the region, the economic cooperation will move at light speed.

I won't be surprised if S.koreans travel to Beijing Olympics the next summer on Seoul -> Pyongyang -> Sinuju railroad connection.

Some mainland Chinese companies are applying for N.korea's kaesong industrial complex permit to openfactories there.

I would say reunification of Koreas is given. And depends on how fast N.korea denuclearize and become less of threat.

Taiwan and China unification will be difficult, the two will have more business partnership but that is about it.

Yes I forgot Taiwanese are against Chinese. I think many Taiwanese people want the country to become independant but some want unification.

North Korea's unification will not occur that easily. Remember the country's people are against Christianity (propaganda), and are only devoted to traditional Korea. North Korea is more friendly to Buddhists. South Korean Buddhists are allowed to go there for temple visits. Considering South Korea is 25% Chrisitan, 25% Buddhist and 50% athiest, this will be a huge problem for unifcation.

Also the economy will go down which has its positive and negatives. It will encourage more births but of course standard of living will worsen for the South Koreans. Reunification in the long term will benefit the whole of Korea and tourism industry will boom because of North Korea's mountain ranges and landscapes. However I think there will be much conflict between people, such as Buddhism vs Christianity (converting will become a huge issue). Both Koreas hope to reunify by 2020 and the world is supporting them now.

> Future relations between South and North Korea.


The agreement announced on August 8 declared that the forthcoming summit meeting aims to expand and develop inter-Korean relations to a higher level and serves as an occasion for the two leaders to discuss ways of opening the door to peace and co-prosperity, and the ultimate territorial reunification on the Korean Peninsula. This clearly indicates some major agenda to be raised in the historic meeting at the end of August.

The South Korean government seems to expect the summit to provide momentum for inter-Korean relations to be further improved and promoted. Since the first summit talks in 2000, the two Koreas have expanded their exchanges and cooperation, but North Korea’s test-firing of missiles last year and its recent nuclear bomb experiment have been a large stumbling block to economic cooperation between the two Koreas. As inter-Korean relations are now brought to a standstill in quality as well as in quantity, except the industrial complex in Kaesung, the two sides need to find out a breakthrough.


Analysts predict that the coming summit talks will chiefly focus on facilitating economic cooperation because such issues as the North Korean nuclear programs and the establishment of a peace regime on the peninsula should be discussed with other related countries, especially the United States and China.

Aside from the nuclear issue, the two leaders are likely to have more practical talks on armament reduction. It is also highly probable that the defense ministers’ talks, which have been suspended for seven years since September 2000, will likely be held if the scheduled summit creates a favorable atmosphere. The two leaders will also discuss the Northern Limit Line issue to prevent any possible military skirmish in the West Sea.

Other issues likely to be raised at the talks are South Korean war prisoners and abductees still alive in the North. South and North Korea have been at odds with each other over the past North Korean abductions of South Korean citizens. This issue awaits more sincere discussion between the two sides, as the families of those abductees have strongly called for the government to take measures for them to return home.

Predictions are that the two Koreas will reach an agreement on some joint economic projects, which require Seoul’s massive investment in the North. In this case, however, the next South Korean government will take the responsibility for the agreed projects as the presidential election will take place in December this year. In this sense, the summit talks should be held alternately in Seoul and Pyongyang.

In the 21st century, the world has already become a global village. But the two Koreas have been technically at war with each other for more than half a century since the Korean War ended in armistice in 1953. The Korean Peninsula is still divided south and north with different ideologies and regimes. Now is the time for the two divided halves to end antagonism and work together for reconciliation and cooperation. Hopefully, the upcoming summit talks will be an occasion to usher in a new era for peaceful reunification on the Korean Peninsula.

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