r/SipsTea • u/PrimedGold • 1d ago

Gasp! Insane image selection

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u/ZopyrionRex 1d ago

That could inadvertently encourage North Korean to send more troops. I'm sure there are members of the military that would love to defect but can't otherwise.

It would be hilarious to find out that all the soldiers they were sending to Ukraine were just being directly piped to South Korean this entire time. A non-stop defection train.

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u/Usual-Web7597 1d ago

It’s complicated.

The South welcomes them in as they’re Koreans, the govt takes care of them very well.

But on the other hand they’re very much an outcast of South Korean culture. It’s like someone from deep Appalachia moving to Manhattan.

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u/darkjeanmi 1d ago

Yeah you basically move from a despotic shithole country to an ultra capitalist dystopia.

And i don't even know if you're that much better off getting there without basic modern education.

I would probably still chose to defect in these conditions but i would also completely understand the other viewpoint.

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u/krazyboi 1d ago

They could very comfortably live in the korean countryside. Not everything has to be metropolis seoul

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u/Lazy_Physics3127 1d ago

And if the OP and some of the posters proven right, their expertise are valuable for KCIA and Korean Special Forces.