So South Korean ability is very much limited to handle North Korean, you know, difficulties. So we don't want to see an immediate collapse of the North Korea regime.

So in Asia I want to make - I want to succeed to make a model of what success, practicing democracy, and market economy. Then that will give a good influence over Asian countries.

Unification is one thing, and stability in Northeast Asia is another thing.

So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future.

There is some sign that North Korea is changing recently. There is ongoing successful negotiation to have a military talk to Pyongyang, which has been stopped for seven years.

I think a major cause of present Asian economic difficulties that mainly come from, you know, lack of market economy.

You know, North Korea situation is far worse than East Germany, and South Korea is weaker than West Germany.