The US always thought that North Korea would collapse after 1990 like East Germany did. But they underestimated nationalism. They underestimated it with North Vietnam too. East Germany was a made up country with no history. North Koreans view their country as the legitimate/historical Korea and they view South Korea as the US-backed made up illegitimate country. The US is controlling and corrupting the people down south! We need to save them!
And they are not wrong or brainwashed. Even in the Korean language, North Korea is called Choson and South Korea Daehan. Choson is the historical term for Korea dating back to the mongols while Daehan is a made up word after the 1950 partition.
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