A story of unification for teenagers in a time of crisis on the Korean Peninsula.
Publication of "So, Peaceful Unification!"

As peace on the Korean Peninsula is threatened and the will of young people for unification weakens, a story of peaceful unification has been published for teenagers, the future leaders.
"So, it's Peaceful Unification!" (Hada Junior) consists of 36 engaging stories centered around three themes: the division of the Korean Peninsula, friends in North Korea, and peaceful unification. It helps young people understand the issue of unification easily and naturally.

The Korean Peninsula is still in a state of armistice, a temporary halt to the war.
We live in fear that war could break out again at any time.
The Korean Peninsula, including the area near the Military Demarcation Line, has become the place with the largest concentration of military forces in the world.
The DMZ and its surroundings are littered with landmines, and heavily armed soldiers are firing at each other.
In particular, the maritime border in the West Sea is not fixed, so there remains a risk that unexpected conflicts could occur at any time.
North Korea's military threats, including nuclear weapons and missiles, continue to grow.
---p.30

Even in unified Germany, there were difficulties at first.
West Germans and East Germans would fight, teasing each other by calling each other "Ossi" (meaning lazy) and "Bessi" (meaning show-off).
But now, 30 years later, we understand each other better, and there's less discrimination based on where we're from.
In fact, in the 2010s, people who grew up in East Germany became the president and chancellor of Germany.

---p.46

What has the relationship between South and North Korea been like so far? As of 2024, the two Koreas have met and discussed a staggering 667 times, supporting and interacting with each other in various ways.

---p.48

Just because we become one 'again' doesn't mean we have to go back to the way we were before.
South and North Korea will become one again based on liberal democracy and a market economy.
We can say that it is 'unification' in which all people living on the Korean Peninsula in the future create a new community together.
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North Korea's market is a little different from ours.
It's rare to see families like ours going together to see things and have snacks.
It's mostly older women who sell things, and mothers who come to buy things.
It is difficult for men to do business in the market because they have to go to a fixed job.
In addition to the people selling goods, there are also 'grasshopper vendors' who wander around selling goods, people who deliver goods, and people who manage the market.

---p.70
North Korean young people have to go to the military for a long time after graduating from high school.
Men serve in the military for nearly 10 years, and women serve in the military for about 7 years.
So, there are fewer opportunities to date.
Still, young people can't hide their feelings for each other, right? They say that when you like someone, the man usually approaches first and says, "Let's be friends!" (meaning, "Let's date!"), and that's when the relationship begins.

---p.78

North Korea also makes YouTube videos and shows them to people in other countries.
In 2019, a North Korean woman named Eun-ah introduced Pyongyang in English on a channel called Echo of DPRK.
Since then, other North Korean friends like 'Yumi' and 'Songmi' have also created vlogs showing daily life in North Korea in English or Chinese.

---p.98

Above all, we need to escape the current situation where we live like an “island nation that is not an island” in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, which has been cut off at the waist.
We used to live on a peninsula surrounded by the sea on three sides and connected to the continent to the north, but now the middle of the Korean Peninsula is divided.
When unification happens, we will be able to travel by train, car, or bicycle across the vast plains of Manchuria in China and Siberia in Russia.

---p.117

It is also true that unification requires money.
This is called the 'cost of unification', and it refers to all the costs involved in preparing for and achieving unification, as well as in unifying the economy and society thereafter.
However, this cost can vary greatly depending on the method and timing of unification.
If North Korea suddenly falls into chaos or unifies suddenly like Germany, it will cost a lot of money.
However, if we live in peace for a long time, interact with each other, and prepare for unification step by step, we can reduce the cost significantly.

---p.126