Chinese and Vietnamese (ex-communist) political elites didn't need to flee. There's no obvious reason why Kim's team should have to.
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Replying to @slaavski @Outsideness
You see Kim's selfie pic? It's the face of a man on holiday. If he thinks, with good reason, that he can have an honourable retirement that resembles his Singapore trip, that could work.
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Replying to @TaeilEatsBacon @topynate
Why is unification the goal? It's the best way to squander the gains of Reform and Opening. Look at the horrible German precedent. Korea would be worse. ...
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Replying to @Outsideness @topynate
-- Denuclearization. LOL. Also irrelevant. -- Unification. A positively toxic way of screwing the Korean future. -- North Korean Reform and Opening (with Kim's gang re-branding as its guides). Yup, that's the one to focus on.
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... But that way the Norks are reduced to a massive welfare headache, rather than perhaps the most attractive untapped development dynamo in the world. (East Germany, but worse.)
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