Happy Together

If Korea’s southern kingdom of Shilla had not allied itself with China during the wars of unification, Shilla couldn’t have won the war and the winner of the war might have been the kingdom of Kogurye. Because, at that time, Kogurye was the most powerful country in the Korean Peninsula.

If Kogurye had won the war, the territory of Korea would have reached to southern area of Songwha Liver where belongs to China now and the size of the territory would have been about three times bigger than that of united Korea. Based on this scenario, we can also assume that the population of Korea would have reached 200 million, and the balance of power of north-east Asia countries might be different from now. Three countries in this area, Korea, China, and Japan, may have kept equivalent power. There fore, it might be hard for one country acting on its own to initiate a war and Korean Peninsula wouldn’t have divided by unwanted war.

Moreover, we could have developed traditional and authentic cultures, such as language, religious, and arts without any other disturbances like wars. If so, Korea might have been one of the big, powerful, and advanced countries in the world.