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Republic of Korea (South Korea), which in the 1950s-1970s was one of the poorest countries in the world and a military dictatorship, making it less attractive to Korean diaspora in Japan than North Korea.

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"Neither side truly won, but in 1953 we have the formation of the 2 states that still exist now, the DPRK in North Korea and the ROK in South Korea."

As late as the 1980s, Korean diaspora in Japan were choosing to move to the DPRK, instead of South Korea · u/SunKilMarqueeMoon · ↑66 · 2024-08-06