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United Korea Economy Could Pass Japan: Goldman Sachs

A united Korea — combining Asia’s fourth biggest economy with one of its poorest — could surpass that of Germany or Japan in economic might in the next 30-40 years, U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs said on Monday.

To the extent that this is true, the choices pose an interesting dilemma for the neighboring and other powers in the world: promote a divided Korea with belligerent DPRK as part of the picture or promote unification leading to a rising regional hegemon.