Korea Reunification Hong Kong Style

I call upon the United Nations to retroactively ratify a 99-year lease on the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Then on July 27, 2052 North and South Korea will reunite as Hong Kong did with China in 1997. Britain’s lease on Hong Kong expired after 99 years. A peaceful transition ensued. Politics with North Korea needs a game changer. Tic-tac-toe is a competitive game of Xs and Os. Responding with Xs to Xs is a game changer.

The “all in” lease bet gives ordinary Korean people a stake in the game, a game misplayed by leadership. Consider two sealed chambers, of high and low pressure, separated by a pane of glass. A hammer will turbulently equalize the pressure, but a regulated leak gradually equalizes the pressure.

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a theory of motivation that includes security, social, and esteem needs. These needs are at play in the game with North Korea. The lease gambit amounts to the best strategy. As long as the Korean people have no stake in the game, jokers are wild.

Think of humanity as an organism with a history. Wounds that never healed exist at Cuba, where Columbus started a colony, at Korea, torn between China and Japan, etc., but the Hong Kong wound healed.