# 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, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-asian-country-was-worse-wwii-japan-or-modern-north-korea/746873/20 "2016-02-24T13:36:03Z")

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> [@the\_diego](#):
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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.

Am I reading this correctly? 1995 Japan was more despicable than 1995 North Korea?

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