Angel Heart
Banned
Or a DPRK "wank"-thread if you like. Your challenge is to turn North Korea into a more prosperous and modern state. I know there is somewhere a thread with a DPRK tune-up but first I am more specific and second, I don't like hijacking threads. :/
Your earliest POD is 1953 after the Korean War. I realized that your best bet is to get rid of the "Kim-Dynasty". According to this site we had four factions in the North: The Soviet Koreans, the Yanan faction, the Domestic faction and the Guerilla faction which Kim Il-sung was part of. Naturally we have to get rid of the guerillas. So my questions are:
1. Which faction would be the perfect candidate to take over North Korea? How will this affect the DPRKs relation with her neightbours during the Cold War?
2. With a more reasonable leadership and a much higher standard, would we be today more steps closer to the Korean reunification?
3. How might the relations be today? Would the North still be so paranoid and try to compensate with their nukes?
4. Would this "über"-North Korea today have a higher population? Let 's say over 30 million instead of OTL's 23 million?
If you really want to, you can still try with Kim Il-sung leading the nation, but an improvement under Kim Jong-il is out of question. Your ultimate goal is to have a more wealthier and a more stable DPRK.
Rules:
1. This ATL DPRK doesn't have to be super rich like the ROK since it can be like Yugoslavia or the GDR in the 80s, but you'll get extra points if major North Korean cities look like this.
2. No Kim Jong-il! As said we can't expect improvement under him. Also as said, you can turn Kim Il-sung into a genius, but I would prefere if another of the four faction takes over in the 50s since it would be much more interesting.
3. This ATL North Korea should still have over one million active troopers. With a better economy it won't be much of a challenge to modernize the army, but it still may have outdated stuff and a poor power projection. (Have them at least the T-72 as their standard tank and the MiG-29 Fulcrum as their standard jet).
4. More a challenge than a rule. You'll get lots of extra points if you manage to have a militaristic society which is much more open to the outside world. More or less like the Soviet society in the late 80s. Let 's say, although they are trapped in their country, they still have (more or less) acces to South Korean and American pop culture.
5. Emigration should be like in the GDR. Not totally impossible but extremly difficult.
I would'nt be mad at you if you violate one or two rules to make North Korea a better place. Have fun!
Your earliest POD is 1953 after the Korean War. I realized that your best bet is to get rid of the "Kim-Dynasty". According to this site we had four factions in the North: The Soviet Koreans, the Yanan faction, the Domestic faction and the Guerilla faction which Kim Il-sung was part of. Naturally we have to get rid of the guerillas. So my questions are:
1. Which faction would be the perfect candidate to take over North Korea? How will this affect the DPRKs relation with her neightbours during the Cold War?
2. With a more reasonable leadership and a much higher standard, would we be today more steps closer to the Korean reunification?
3. How might the relations be today? Would the North still be so paranoid and try to compensate with their nukes?
4. Would this "über"-North Korea today have a higher population? Let 's say over 30 million instead of OTL's 23 million?
If you really want to, you can still try with Kim Il-sung leading the nation, but an improvement under Kim Jong-il is out of question. Your ultimate goal is to have a more wealthier and a more stable DPRK.
Rules:
1. This ATL DPRK doesn't have to be super rich like the ROK since it can be like Yugoslavia or the GDR in the 80s, but you'll get extra points if major North Korean cities look like this.
2. No Kim Jong-il! As said we can't expect improvement under him. Also as said, you can turn Kim Il-sung into a genius, but I would prefere if another of the four faction takes over in the 50s since it would be much more interesting.
3. This ATL North Korea should still have over one million active troopers. With a better economy it won't be much of a challenge to modernize the army, but it still may have outdated stuff and a poor power projection. (Have them at least the T-72 as their standard tank and the MiG-29 Fulcrum as their standard jet).
4. More a challenge than a rule. You'll get lots of extra points if you manage to have a militaristic society which is much more open to the outside world. More or less like the Soviet society in the late 80s. Let 's say, although they are trapped in their country, they still have (more or less) acces to South Korean and American pop culture.
5. Emigration should be like in the GDR. Not totally impossible but extremly difficult.
I would'nt be mad at you if you violate one or two rules to make North Korea a better place. Have fun!