People tend to overlook the fact that North Korea's economy collapsed at about the same time as South Koreans lost faith in their own state. The late 1980s and early 1990s were a time when South Koreans were questioning the very legitimacy of their republic. Brian Reynolds Myers
Because of the Korean free trade agreement, South Koreans who want Oregon blueberries are gonna see their prices go down because we will be getting rid of a 45 percent tariff on this Oregon product. Ron Wyden
Foreign investors did not build South Korea - South Koreans developed their country; the Germans built their economy, an economy that was once in ruins. The Germans suffered a lot but now they are the best. Aliko Dangote
South Koreans who have seen and praised the mass games should remember the hardship of tearful children. Teachers drive them hard with curses and orders to repeat and repeat. When the children return home in the evening, they can hardly walk. Kim Il-sung
South Koreans would rather see their state's security compromised than risk their own prosperity. Let's not overestimate South Koreans' attachment to their own state, which a sizable but influential minority still considers illegitimate. Brian Reynolds Myers
South Koreans do not consider the integrity of their state important enough to go to war for. Brian Reynolds Myers