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Text 551 Proposal for the merger of North and South Korea (Part 1)

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    If North Korea and South Korea are to unify, the first question is what the new country will be called.  Except for East Asian countries, most national languages ??in the world are partly North Korean and Korean. For example, English is preceded by North and South.  However, in East Asian cultural circles, great importance is placed on names. If the new country is called North Korea, Koreans will definitely not be willing to call it South Korea, and North Koreans will definitely not be willing to call it South Korea.

    So when Kim Il-sung was still here, he proposed that the name of the country should be called the Democratic Federal Republic of Korea.  However, there is also a cognitive gap between North and South Korea in history. North Korea believes that the first unified country in the history of the peninsula was Wang Goryeo, while South Korean historians believe that it was Unified Silla.  Moreover, Goryeo started in the north and Silla started in the south. This is another directional thing.

    Of course, in fact, the name Goryeo was spread to all over the world a thousand years ago. Now most countries call North Korea, which is actually the transliteration of Goryeo.

    Putting aside the issue of the country's name, North Korea itself agreed to reform its own political system. The Workers' Party will transition from North Korean GCism to social democracy, accept a multi-party system to a certain extent, and formulate a multi-party democracy.  The road map plan for the election will bring North Korea closer to today's "mainstream" political system.  After the party ban was imposed, North Korea stipulated that only those with North Korean registered residence could have the right to vote and be elected. Even if South Koreans wanted to become North Korean citizens, it would take 15 years to obtain full political rights.

    Of course, if South Koreans want to get involved in North Korean politics, they can also use wooing, economic means, etc. However, in this regard, North Korea has also taken certain precautions to ensure the independence of local politics.

    North Korea has made major reforms and concessions in its own political system, which requires South Korea to make concessions on certain issues. The most important and least important one is that Kim Dae-jung personally nodded and agreed to the new unified Korean nation-state, called  The Korean Federation changed the Republic of Korea to an administrative region of the Korean Federation, called the South Korean Administrative Region.  Similarly, the Democratic Republic of Korea was renamed the Administrative Region of North Korea.

    Speaking of which, in fact, Koreans do not necessarily reject the word North Korea at all. They claim to be Koreans, and the country¡¯s largest-circulation newspaper, Chosun Ilbo, also uses the title North Korea.  Furthermore, Sanhan itself refers to the southern region of the Korean Peninsula, and never refers to the entire North Korea.  In Chinese circles, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are accustomed to calling North Korea North Korea. This is actually taken for granted and ideological, and lacks historical common sense.

    The newly established Korean Federation will allocate relatively large autonomous powers to the administrative regions. In fact, there will not be much change in the internal affairs of North Korea and South Korea.  The main features of a unified country are the establishment of a central federal government that unites the north and the south; a unified representative institution, the Congress; a unified national army; and a unified fundamental constitution that is superior to local laws.

    On the formation of the central government, North Korea and South Korea have had a relatively fierce debate.  South Korea supports universal suffrage based on population and uses the current democratic system in South Korea to elect the president of the Korean Federation, who will appoint cabinet members and be responsible to the president.  The benefits to South Korea are self-evident. First, South Korea has a larger population than North Korea, so it is more likely to win the presidential seat. Secondly, the cabinet appointed by the president is basically South Korean, so the power of the central government is basically delegated to South Koreans.  What was obtained will definitely make North Korea extremely dissatisfied.

    The plan proposed by North Korea is the one given by Qi Yiming before, which is to let the Congress conduct indirect elections to produce a president. If the president is from North Korea in one term, he will be from South Korea in the next term. The number of other cabinet ministers is equal from the north to the south.  , the respective factions provide lists and are appointed by the president.  In this way, a relative balance can generally be achieved.

    When relations between the North and the South are harmonious, such a system is more likely to be accepted by both parties. However, if there is opposition between the North and the South, serious buck-passing and wrangling may occur, causing the government to idle and reduce administrative efficiency.  Of course, as time goes by, the northern and southern administrative regions may have the same interests and political opinions merge. Then in the congressional elections, the barriers between the north and the south will actually be broken down by the political parties. At that time, the North-South rotation plan will almost be  It¡¯s time to change to party rotation.

    North Korea doesn't pay much attention to negotiation skills, so it insists on insisting on this point. It makes no sense for them to accept South Korea's presidential universal suffrage based on population base. South Korea also knows that it is almost impossible for North Korea to accept this system that is obviously a self-cutting system.  Impossible. After two days of entanglement, South Korea relented and promised to remain open to other political systems.

    Some officials in South Korea were originally very arrogant and believed that North Korea should be merged into South Korea like East Germany, canceling its own currency, closing its own government and People's Assembly. However, it is obvious that the situation on the Korean Peninsula is not the same as that of the two Germanys. North Korea hopes to reunify.  However, one's own dignity and interests cannot be damaged in the slightest.  After figuring this out, the South Korean negotiators did not dare to use too much coercion, because Kim Dae-jung said that if anyone proposed something that caused North Korea to withdraw from the negotiations, thenHe is a sinner of national reconciliation and national reunification. He wants to sue this official for dereliction of duty and demands that he be punished to the end.

    North Korea's proposal for the establishment of a central government was finally approved by both parties after certain modifications, because with their political wisdom, they could not come up with any better plan that would satisfy both parties and compromise.  An easy thing.

    The matters set up by the Congress also appear to be quite harmonious. The Congress of the Korean Federation will be a unicameral system, with half of the seats from the north and the south, forming a situation of even strength.  Congress still elects half of its members every two years, maintaining a balance of power.  This Congress does conduct unified universal suffrage, but because of this weird half-and-half setting, it is very likely that it will be extremely difficult to pass bills in the future.

    There were not many disturbances in the formulation of the Constitution. Issues such as government and parliament are the content of the Constitution. Except for things like social systems, basically the constitution of each country will not be used by another country.  What a big mess.

    At this stage, the reunification of the Korean peninsula will not go particularly deep. North and South Korea still enjoy relatively large powers. It may be the case that the chief executive of the administrative region or the president has greater power. If the policies proposed by the central government are contrary to the administrative regions below, it will not be eye-catching.  The district governor may refuse to implement it.

    In order for the power of the central government to be blessed and protected, naturally the federal military needs to be unified. The gun is in the hands of the federal government, so the federal government will naturally be tough in its words.  However, there are even more problems when it comes to the military unification of the Korean Federation.

    In fact, in essence, the bounden duty of soldiers is to obey. Even though soldiers may be from the north or the south, their obedience to the central government is the same.  There is no big problem if the generals are from the north or the south, because the selection of generals is more complicated than that of politicians. Incompetence of politicians is not a big problem. If the generals are incompetent, the army will be exhausted.

    The biggest differences lie in a series of issues such as the size of the army and the reconstruction of the command system.  As expected, North Korea proposed that if its 1.1 million troops need to be significantly dismantled, South Korea must pay sufficient demobilization costs and resettlement, and there is an unavoidable issue, that is, all US bases in South Korea must be cleared.  .

    South Korean officials are naturally a little confused, but they don¡¯t know that their president has already made an agreement with Qi Yiming. Once the reunification is successful, all US bases in South Korea will be left behind.  South Korean officials are not stupid either. Looking at the Chinese officials sitting next to them who look relaxed but are actually extremely serious, they understand that China will never allow the reunified North Korea to have American power on its soil, because that is inconsistent with China's interests.  China may not necessarily station troops on the Korean Peninsula, but it cannot allow Americans to station troops either.

    Similarly, reorganizing the unified army and reforming the national defense system are also good news for South Korea. Although the huge defense budget may not necessarily be cut much, a large number of troops can be reduced.  In the plan, the unified army established by North Korea and South Korea will have only 450,000 people. In the initial stage, it will be composed of half and half. Half of the troops will be North Koreans and half will be South Koreans. Their language and culture are the same, although they have different growth experiences.  , but I believe that after a certain period of integration, a stable combat capability can be formed.

    And what is most comforting to South Korean officials, especially the ruling Commune Party, is that once the national defense of North and South Korea merges, South Korea's painful compulsory military service system will basically end, and the system that has been complained by countless parents and made young people miserable will be abolished.  , will inevitably become a huge political bargaining chip for the Commune Party.

    It¡¯s just that the two sides have very different attributes in terms of military equipment and training methods.  North Korea mostly uses Soviet-made weapons, and then they copy or develop their own weapons based on Chinese and Soviet weapons, while South Korea mainly imports them from Western countries such as the United States.  Similarly, there are obvious differences between the United States and the Soviet Union in training models.

    This point is actually not difficult to solve, because China, as the host and mediator, has the experience of providing weapons to both sides. Qi Yiming also ambitiously hopes to take this opportunity to completely integrate the Korean Federation into China's weapons system  in the system.  Moreover, China¡¯s achievements in military reform and development have attracted worldwide attention, and it is only appropriate for China to guide the military of the new country to carry out reforms.  Therefore, North Korea and South Korea agreed to send a group of officer cadets to China to learn advanced training and military concepts and build a new national army.
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