UN says North Korea has asked for help on food shortages

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12. At this point, no one in the region really wants a united Korea

China doesn't want refugees flooding its borders, South Korea doesn't want to spend the trillions of dollars needed to fix North Korea, not to mention the massive social disruption it will cause, and Japan still is very wary of Koreans with animosity dating back hundreds of years. It's a massive clusterfuck, right now the easiest and simplest way to deal with the problem is to simply keep propping up Kim's regime and let them deal with their internal problems.