# How Big a Threat is North Korea, Really?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-threat-is-north-korea-really/607897>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 31, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-threat-is-north-korea-really/607897 "2011-12-31T00:48:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-threat-is-north-korea-really/607897/21 "2012-01-01T12:41:25Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> There’s an interesting relevant IMHO thread; [Do South Koreans Want Reunification?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=635901). The consensus these days seems to be “no way, it would be an economic disaster”.

I didn’t see much of consensus there. There were statements that S. Koreans didn’t like the idea that reunification would be costly and problematic. But those weren’t placed in the context of a war. I think S. Korea would not have a problem with shouldering the burden of reunification as the price for removing the N.Korean threat.

This is GQ, so I’m not presenting my opinions here as conclusions, just as a means of illustrating the known considerations in this problem.

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