The characteristics of a single nation make the history of the Korean peninsula rarely appear in the history of other countries, and it is divided and turbulent because of ethnic contradictions. After the Second World War, the Korean Peninsula could have had the opportunity of independent development, but the inherent interests of the great powers plunged it into a state of division and long-term hostility between the North and the South.

After the end of the Cold War, both Korea and North Korea realized the limitations of reunification by force and began to adjust their respective diplomatic and reunification policies.

After World War II, the United Nations made a plan for the future trusteeship of the Korean Peninsula, and delineated two administrative regions along the 38th parallel, with the Soviet Union in charge of the north and the United States in charge of the south. The beginning of the cold war led to the emergence of 1948 two governments in North and South Korea.

In recent years, the younger generation of South Korea's support for the reunification of the Korean Peninsula has fallen sharply. In addition to ignoring historical memories such as the Korean War at that time or the lack of separated family members of the older generation living in Korea, economic factors are also one of the reasons why the younger generation in South Korea is unwilling to support reunification. The younger generation in South Korea believes that reunification with poor North Korea will drag down the development of South Korea.

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From September 2065438 to September 2004, DPRK Foreign Minister Lee Soo Yong attended the meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in new york, USA, and said that the only way to realize the North-South reunification of the Korean Peninsula is to co-exist the two systems according to the principle of confederation, and other ways are unrealistic.

In the political debate within the framework of the 69th UN General Assembly, Li pointed out: "South Korea should give up its remarks and ideas about the unrealistic plan for the reunification of the Korean Peninsula. The only possible way of reunification is confederation, that is, the two systems coexist. "

South Korea's Chosun Ilbo conducted a public opinion poll, and together with the Institute of Asian Studies of Seoul National University, conducted a public opinion poll on unification, politics and economy. The results show that 86% of the people believe that the DPRK and the ROK can achieve reunification, and the number of people actively looking forward to reunification has increased.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Korean Peninsula Issue