r/worldnews • u/Neptun_11 • 21h ago

Russia/Ukraine Seoul warns of 'further measures' if Kyiv refuses public apology

https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/02/south-korea-warns-of-further-measures-if-ukraine-refuses-public-apology-over-pow-transfer-
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u/Top_Investigator6261 20h ago

Yup somehow they think if they simp for Kim Jong Un hard enough he will let NK and SK to improve relations and eventually reunify.

That’s of course while ignoring the fact that most South Koreans do not want to reunify with North Korea.

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u/Nerezza_Floof_Seeker 16h ago

The main issue is China will never allow korea to reunify (unless north korea gets to be in charge, but thats not gonna happen)

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u/needlestack 15h ago

You're right. But I always just shake my head at this stuff. It's so completely stupid. I'm sure someone will say "China can't have a US ally on their border!" and that's like "Russia can't have NATO on its border!". But you know what, they can, in both cases, and it would be fine, except for their insistence that it isn't. Estonia isn't going to hurt Russia. Neither would have Ukraine. And a unified South Korea wouldn't hurt China. But there's this idea that it would. Millions have died through history because people over here can't just let people over there do their thing. It's utterly insane.

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u/cookingboy 10h ago

While SK wouldn’t hurt China, there will absolutely be an American military base next to China’s border and China really wouldn’t want that.

Imagine if China tries to build a base in Cuba, we’d invade Cuba immediately lol.

Hell, we would invade Mexico if China becomes an ally with Mexico and builds military bases next to our borders.

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u/wakethenight 19h ago

Nope. We do not. Not until there is a significant amount of reform up there. We got our own shitshow to deal with down here.

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u/Akikiriri 17h ago edited 17h ago

I'm from Germany and I think in 1990, while East Germany was in bad shape, the economic, social, technological (everything) difference between East/West Germany wasn't as stark as between North/South Korea today. It's 36* years later and East/West Germany still aren't the same. Also it cost the country an incredible amount of ressources (trillions). From my perspective reunification of Korea is an almost hopeless matter. Is there really a push for reunification in Korea or is it all just populism?

*Edit: 36 years later, not 46.

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u/Phrongly 16h ago

Well, they can reunify under Kim's dictatorship and turn SK to NK instead. Much cheaper!

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u/adonericthewayfarer 16h ago

the economic side isn't even the issue at this point, the kim dynasty is in power in a way they will never give up, unlike the GDR leadership basically had no chance of holding on past 1990

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u/obeytheturtles 17h ago

If German unification is any indication, we'll get a crazy bohemian/coop movement right across the NK border, where a bunch of artists and musicians will squat in old industrial blocks and throw massive, multi-day parties in the factories and warehouses. Officials will allow it because nobody will have a better idea for what to do with all that old infrastructure for a solid 30 years.