# Which Asian country was 'worse:' WWII Japan or modern North Korea?

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**Created:** [February 23, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-asian-country-was-worse-wwii-japan-or-modern-north-korea/746873 "2016-02-23T12:19:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-asian-country-was-worse-wwii-japan-or-modern-north-korea/746873/19 "2016-02-24T07:00:12Z")

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The question is how would NK have acted if it managed to overrun the whole west Pacific. But it’s pointless to ask. Still Japan. Actually Japanese were most despicable 50 years after world war 2. But after other Asian countries managed to catch up in terms of production and Japan is now just a secondary player, they’ve become more tolerable.

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