It is said that The People's Republic of China, 中华人民共和国, and South Korea, 대한민국, Daehan Minguk, are very reluctant to see the government of North Korea, 조선민주주의인민공화국, Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk, crumble. The reason would be that it might trigger floods of millions of refugees, which will be very difficult to take care of.
If this is so, it is immoral. The potential refugees currently starve in their own country. Unless the regime goes, the high death rate in the North will continue. Not toppling the North Korean government means that we indirectly kill a large number of innocent victims in the North, who otherwise could have been saved.
Take as a contrast the European way. Western Germany merged with much poorer Eastern Germany. Helmut Kohl denied it would cost anything, but most people knew better. And yet they went for it. And Eastern and Central European countries are being admitted into the European Union at a high speed. We know it costs, but it would cost even more to leave them outside.
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