• duderium [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Unpopular opinion here, but North Korea sank the Cheonan and has bombed the South several times in the last ten or twenty years (Yeonpyeongdo, for instance). The North would probably argue that these were defensive actions. If you look at a map, Yeonpyeongdo is clearly well inside North Korean territory, and I believe the Cheonan was destroyed not far from there, either.

    That being said, American imperialism is not the answer, and Korea would be unified and prosperous if not for the United States.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Korea

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I mean, those just sound like border disputes with its imperialist-occupied neighbor. It's not the same as invading other countries halfway around the world.

      I don't know if it was the Cheonan, but I recall that there was one South Korean ship which was likely sunk by a North Korean sea mine but which the South claims was attacked, in order to save face for going into a sovereign country's waters and getting owned.