For the majority of our fellow citizens, North Korea looks like a black spot on the world map.In Western videos and photo North Korea appears to a country where there is sure to massive repression, hunger, non-labor and the oppression of other people.As befits a totalitarian system.However, South Korea seems to us quite safe haven of western development in Southeast Asia.In this regard, an interesting study of prominent Russian historians and orientalists (especially Andrew Lankova) on relations between the two parts of the country and how perceived by North Korea in the South and vice versa.First you need to turn to the recent past of this nation.
Korea: North and South
fate of the country has been difficult throughout the centuries of its existence: the dependence on China, and later from Japan.Liberation from colonial Japanese forces did not bring the long-awaited freedom Koreans.There have been installed occupation regimes of the USSR and the United States, separated by the 38th parallel.In this respect, the fate of Korea is very similar to developments in post-war Germany.Here, as in a European country, two world leaders had agreed to hold democratic elections in due course in the country and hand over power to the local government, elected by the people.However, as in Germany, when the time came the real action, it appears that each side sees the process differently.As a result, the agreement has not been reached.North Korea came under the authority of local communist elements.Here, 9 September, 1948 was formed the People's Democratic Republic.At the same time in the south runs the puppet government of Syngman Rhee, to form a legally independent republic a month earlier.Like the Germans, Koreans were originally believe that this situation is temporary, and the country will inevitably unite.Interestingly, in the first Constitution of the North of Seoul after the war, he was assigned the official status of the capital.With that, he really belonged to South Korea.
According to surveys in the south, most of the locals wanted to join.However, the same polls show, in the nineties and two-thousand years the number of supporters of unification in the south greatly reduced.North Korea is becoming less desirable for the southerners.So, if in 2008, a positive-minded citizens was 68%, in 2012 - only 53%.Interestingly, among the youth, has never known a single country, no success of the socialist camp, the number of negative mood even more.Causes of experts associated with the possible economic difficulties, which, for example, the unification of Germany has brought the same West Germans.The weak development of the East literally blow to their pockets.But the gap in economic well-being of the different parts of Korea even more!
experience neighbors from Taiwan
Thus, North Korea in 2013 are less attractive for the citizens of the south of the country and its people are perceived as less compatriots.Several similar situation is observed in Taiwan.After all, this island was also up to the middle of the XX century an integral part of the Chinese mainland.However, the civil war after the Second World War and the coming to power of the Communist Party of China in Taiwan, separated from the main part of the country.There with the help of the United States was able to gain a foothold losers Communists civil war, the government of the Kuomintang.Today, after a well-known economic and international success and growth of the living standards of the citizens of Taiwan are fewer identify themselves with the Chinese, is now forming a new nation.Perhaps the same goes Korea by North and South, which after decades of separation hardly know each other some affinity to the mentality and historical destiny.
