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    South Korean dictatorship under the US Military govt ruling over them and massacring people?

    Historically South Korea has been more oppressive than North, right?
    They only got decent voting in the late 80’s or so.

    And North Korea was carpet bombed by USAmerica, attacked using biological weapons from Unit 731, subjected to brutal sanctions and routine threats.

    Like, did you know about this?
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/6/us-navy-seals-killed-north-korean-civilians-during-botched-mission-report

    If not, why?

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      Both countries started at similar places in the 1950s, but picked different economic management systems right?

      I guess we could sling mud can about how bad either country or its allies are, but the two countries have hugely different statistics indicating quality of life

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        Both countries started at similar places in the 1950s, but picked different economic management systems right?

        I was not aware that South Korea was completely destroyed and a fifth of its population exterminated

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            Yeah? Which history book taught you that South Korea was completely destroyed and a fifth of its population exterminated?

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        How would the countries start at the same place when USAmerica carpet bombed and even allegedly used Unit 731 biological weapons against NK? And all the sanctions too.

        More than the economical system, those aspects of not being bombed and sanctioned would be more influential on the growth of a country.

        Also, if you are USAmerican, did you know of that news that I shared? If not, why? What would you think would be the reason?

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          What good are sanctions from a country across a distant ocean when you share a land border and roads with your biggest trading partner and a global hegemon.

          I’m sure those NK Migs took only photos and left only memories on their flyovers during the war. Definitely no bombs

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            What good are sanctions from a country across a distant ocean

            I don’t know probably the 800 global military bases around the world, multiple client states and a sanction regime pushed through the UN amounting to an effective medieval style siege of the country.

            global hegemon.

            I don’t think you know what this means.

            I’m sure those NK Migs took only photos and left only memories on their flyovers during the war. Definitely no bombs

            Definitely equivalent to the global military superpower waging a campaign of extermination that destroyed all of the farmland, and structures killing between 1 in 5 and 1 in 4 of the population and leaving the rest living in caves. You are very smart.