A Comparison of German and Korean Division: Analogies and Differences
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The comparative analysis shows striking similarities in the post-war security situations of Germany and Korea, simultaneously leading to artificial separation and the deep-freezing of the division into cold war confrontation. Once division was established, two different systems and mentalities developed. In the end, both the GDR and the DPRK thoroughly failed economically. But although Korean division has endured until now, the situation in the Korean peninsula still looks very much like the German situation of the 1980s. Once the artificial inner Korean border falls, North-South migration is bound to occur, and the ROK will face similar political and economic challenges as the FRG did in 1990. More revealing than the similarities are the regional and national differences, however, which may explain why unification took place in Germany, but not in Korea. Both the mutual trust built up over nearly 20 years of détente and the FRG’s deep Western multilateral integration were preconditions and facilitators in the process of reunification. The differences also imply that unification will be much more difficult for Korea, since the DPRK is in absolute and relative terms much poorer and larger.
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The comparative analysis shows striking similarities in the post-war security situations of Germany and Korea, simultaneously leading to artificial separation and the deep-freezing of the division into cold war confrontation. Once division was established, two different systems and mentalities developed. In the end, both the GDR and the DPRK thoroughly failed economically. But although Korean division has endured until now, the situation in the Korean peninsula still looks very much like the German situation of the 1980s. Once the artificial inner Korean border falls, North-South migration is bound to occur, and the ROK will face similar political and economic challenges as the FRG did in 1990. More revealing than the similarities are the regional and national differences, however, which may explain why unification took place in Germany, but not in Korea. Both the mutual trust built up over nearly 20 years of détente and the FRG’s deep Western multilateral integration were preconditions and facilitators in the process of reunification. The differences also imply that unification will be much more difficult for Korea, since the DPRK is in absolute and relative terms much poorer and larger.
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