Question: Beloved Saint Germain, during the last conference in Korea, I recall from a part of an invocation a warning about the possibility of South Korean companies dominating the North Korean market after reunification. As you mentioned, commercial competition would be meaningless given the far superior capital and expertise of South Korean firms, but economic independence of North Korea will surely benefit North Korea’s long-term growth, autonomy, and integration between the two Koreas. To prevent South Korean dominance, one option can be suggested, implementing a policy that requires establishing joint ventures between South and North Korean firms, capping the South’s stake at 49%. However, would not this arrangement merely create a new privileged class among North Koreans, those fortunate partners chosen by South Korean firms, and thus foster a new financial elite and create inequality within the North Korean people? Furthermore, would such a policy not limit South Korean companies’ right to freely operate their businesses nationwide?
Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2025 Korean Conference.
The teaching that was given, was given on the background that in South Korea, you have these virtual business monopolies, the chaebols, sanctioned by the government. And my intent was that this would not be allowed to take over the North Korean market or labor market after reunification. And this would require a softening up of what is happening in South Korea so that the government gave room for smaller companies to spring up. And if this was done, then it could create a change both in North and South Korea, which of course, they would be united after reunification, so that there would be more room for smaller independent businesses.
We understand that after the war, it was a viable model to create these large business conglomerates and give them the dominance that they have had. But we have also said that it would be better even for South Korea to shift away from this and open up more for independent companies. Why? Because independent companies are generally more innovative, whereas the larger companies that have a privileged position are often more concerned about maintaining that position rather than innovating.
There are various ways that this could be done. But let us say that reunification happened. Well, it is clear that there would be a period of increasing inequality in North Korea, because what you have in North Korea today is that you have this typical top-down structure that you see in most communist nations and certainly in all dictatorships, where you have a privileged elite that are loyal to the party or to the dictator, and therefore, given a privileged position, whether they are qualified for it or not. You have this mindset where a large majority of the population are used to just following orders, doing what they are told, and they are not thinking creatively. They are not thinking about how they could improve anything. If you had North Korea freed from the dictatorship, then there would be some people who would step up and become innovative and organize companies. But they would not come from the majority of the population, nor from the privileged elite that supports the leader. They would come from all layers of society, and they would be the ones who would be able to carry it forward.
And because the others are passive, wanting to take orders, yes, of course, the few who take the initiative would make a lot of money, and therefore, clearly, inequality would increase for a period of time. In fact, for more than a generation, because those who have been so pacified by their upbringing, many of those will not be able to change their mindset in this embodiment. But this is just an inevitable consequence of the fact that North Korea is such a repressive society and has been for so long. You see the same pattern in other nations that were freed from the communist yoke.
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