In a house full of anger and selfishness, lives a family of four. The mother and father, who think that one parent is better than the other, separate in the middle. The mother takes the daughter and the father takes the son. Even if the parents think exactly the opposite, the two children do not want such a separation and would like to become a whole family again. Instead of becoming one happy family, the parents decide to ignore the children's thoughts and the daughter and son will never see each other again. Similar to this family, the divided countries of Korea know that millions of people want to ease the pain of divided families but are still hesitant to act. On the surface it is easy to say that the divided Koreas should reunite so that the family can be together again. However, it has been shown that there are also negative effects on reunification. Therefore, should North Korea and South Korea reunite as one country? This question is important to ask because when asking two nations separated by a war like Korea to reunite, it is important to know whether they should take the time to analyze the benefits and risks of reunification or accelerate it. According to this encyclopedia, “North Korean troops invaded the South in June 1950 and the Korean War began. Fighting continued until the armistice was signed in July 1953. Neither side achieved complete victory” (“North Korea” 373). The separation between North and South Korea occurred more than half a century ago, which gives both Koreas more than enough time to analyze the requirements of reunification. Both Koreas, as well as their foreign countries, knew that millions of families had been separated after the Korean War, yet they were still hesitant to act. Sou... half of the paper... you get more freedom. Furthermore, a Democratic/Republican China could ally itself with countries that did not join, such as Japan. The only reason China and Japan don't get along is because China was communist. Now, if China became a full republic, it would become an ally of its enemies, such as Japan. This means that if a reunified North Korea encouraged China to change from communist to republican/democratic, China would also be Korea's ally. Therefore, Korea should reunite as one country. Putting all this together, it seems that Korea should come together as one country. While reunification might cause China to stop helping North Korea, it might also encourage China to stop being communist. If this happened, China would become an ally of united Korea and would no longer have a reason why it should stop financing Korea..