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North Korea would likely have a far more difficult time reunifying with South Korea, than East Germany did reunifying with West Germany.

Here's the tale of the tape:

North Korean man: 5 ft 5 in
North Korean woman: 5 ft 1 in

South Korean man: 5 ft 9 in
South Korean woman: 5 ft 4 in

East German man: 5 feet 10 inches*
East German woman: 5 feet 5.43 inches*

West German man: 5' 10.98"**
West ...

In college I wrote a paper that was titled something like "An Environmental Justification for Isolationism."
The class was called Environmental Ethics.
That was a long time ago.

Over the last five to eight years I revisited the topic. I researched and tracked invasive species. Which ones were moving, both flora and fauna. Where they launched from, and where the landed (Countries of origin and a USA centric, single country of destination). The means of travel, ...