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The unavoidable spread of South Korean capital and information will put the North Korean government in a tight spot, to put it mildly.

— Andrei Lankov The Folly of an Inter-Korean Confederation (2015)

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Right now, no sane and unbiased person would be so stupid as to doubt that the North Korean state is very repressive.

The Folly of an Inter-Korean Confederation (2015)

North Korea is a problem, not only because of its fast advancing nuclear and missile program but also because of the sorry state of the country’s economy and its abysmal human rights record. It is a problem for us outsiders, but it is an even greater problem for the North Korean people themselves. As people are fond of saying in such situations that "something has to be done." But what exactly?

The North Korean elite does have some sources of hope. The elite itself remains, on the surface at least, remarkably united. The lack of a civil society and very strong social control makes the emergence of resistance difficult.

The Folly of an Inter-Korean Confederation (2015)

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