(1)There was a poll in South Korea about reunification and it showed that young people don’t want it. Why is that?
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(2)That’s because it’s expensive.
(3)And I don’t think Korean polls should be asking this question, because it’s the wrong question.
(4)In times like this, no one has a choice.
(5)You can’t vote.
(6)If you told them they would have to pay 20% of their income in taxes for the rest of their lives, who would say yes? Of course, everyone would say no.
(7)The real question to ask in a poll is this.
(8)”If North Korea collapses, who should take its territory?
(9)(A) Japan, (B) China, (C) South Korea.”
(10)100% of the young people in Korea said, “We’ll take it.”
(11)I bet you’ll say.
(12)Another way to learn about reunification is to ask people in Korea about the
(13)It’s asking, “How far is Korea?”
(14)It doesn’t matter what you say about North and South Korea, you don’t have to ask.
(15)Without it, we’d say Korea is from the Yalu River to Jeju Island.
(16)That’s what Korea was from 668 AD until now.
(17)And that’s how unification can happen, it’s not a choice, it’s never going to be a choice.
(18)The idea of “do I want it or not?” is not the same as
(19)It’s the wrong question to put there.
(20)The question is, “How do you unify it?” Right?
I was born to a Korean father and an American mother.
Professor David Kang, a Korean-American expert on Korean history
His Korean name is Kang Chanwoong (康燦雄).