North Korea launches rocket: Initial reports indicate that it failed

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Mr Khan said:

Rath said:

superchunk said:
Can't we just jump in and take them over. Its worked so well with Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

It's pretty much inevitable that North Korea will actually reunite with the South. Both countries have common cultures and history and want to eventually reunite (and I find it much more likely that the communist regime will collapse than South Koreas government).

It's just that nobody wants it yet because it will destroy the South's economy.

It's the same problem as "austerity" though. The plight of the North Korean people is only going to get worse by all accounts, and the longer they wait to deal with the inevitable, the worse it will be in the dealing.

Not that i advocate war with North Korea to re-integrate it, but it's going to have to be done.

Germany managed to steer EU rules and economy to make other members pay the bill for its reunification. SK could persuade other Asian nations to form an Asian Union and do the same.