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December 24, 2024

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North and South Korea should abandon the chimera of reunification

Tensions and nukes have made unification a pipe dream, and history shows shared culture does not require a single state

Editor’s note: The following article is an opinion piece by Tomasz Wierzbowski, an adjunct professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.


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