(Sunday Short Note)
By Mochtar Marhum
History in the making, High-stakes summit: Two Leaders, North Korea's Kim Jong Un and South Korea's Moon Jae-in met for the first time in more than a decade.
As a matter of fact, The two neighbouring countries have the same language, the same culture and the same family root but they have different pilitical ideology and devided political affiliation.
South Korea is a Democratic Country and North Korea is a Communist Country. The first is a welfare state and the second one is an underdeveloped country.
On the one hand, South Korea spends more state budget on the people welfare and social security. People in south Korea live in harmony and peace. They can enjoy welfare and social security provided by their government.
On the other hand, North Korea spends more budget on the weapons of mass destruction including the development of Nuclear Proliferation Program. Many people in North Korea are malnourished and suffered from malnoutrition related diseases.
Yet, to some extent majority of people in the two neigbouring countries have the same feeling and perception on the border conflict and the cold war.
They might have been feeling unsecure, hostile and tense for many years due to the conflict issues.
South Kore is an ally country of US and Western Powers and North Kore is an Ally Country of China and Rusia.
Will North Korea and South Korea end their Cold War after long history of hostility and Border Conflict.
Or will they break the state border and be a united state like West Germany and East Germany ?
The answers are on the hands of their Masters and Mentors, they are US, UK, Western Powers, China and Rusia.
Furthermore, it depends much on the two disputed countries and their own stakeholders including the United Nations (UN).
Finally, what lesson learned can Indonesia get from such historic meeting ?
Happy Sunday
Writer: A Free-Lance Columnist and Academic
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