Reunification

I'm aware this is opening up a can of worms, but I am also absolutely of the belief that all forms of art, should generate social commentary and real life discussions. 

On to the discussion I hope to have:

I am intrigued by the fact that young people in South Korea are not interested in reunification with Nth Korea, but rather, see it as irrelevant to their lives and a costly pursuit in foreign affairs. 

I'm baffled by this view, simply from the perspective that this would FINALLY mean the end of the war.  And potentially an end to Compulsory Military Service.  This DIRECTLY affects Korean youth.

I am also vaguely aware that the governments of the day in SK, swing between SK-Japan relations and SK-NK relations.  I'm intrigued to see how much of a political stance or political commentary Tempest will actually pursue.

I would love to discuss any informed insights anybody has to offer!

it'd be amazing if this kdrama actually sparked a social discussion about it, but i doubt that's gonna happen… the us is way too entangled with south korea right now (the biggest example being just last week when south koreans were literally waving us flags in the streets… for such a nationalist country, that's kinda weird). i'm not surprised they went with a heavyweight cast (all veterans who definitely have the means to survive any backlash).

Does NK want reunification? KJU doesn’t want to be controlled—especially not by the west, and SK is controlled (somewhat) by the US. 

NK is currently a force to reckon with; Nuclear Weapons , they are always working on nukes, no one really knows how developed they are in that regard

Sure, we see images of impoverished scenes from NK but no one knows the full scale of their capabilities. 

 And frankly, economically SK and NK are worlds apart, reunifying will take decades to stabilise, and with how conservative NK is, whew 

 (I’m just an outsider and this is my view on this topic(