3 Reasons Why Korea is the Key to Asia's Security
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Korea is the most strategic region in northern Asia. China, Japan, Russia and the US all depend on Korea for their security. 3 maritime reasons will be analyzed in this first video: First, the Yellow Sea; Second, the Tsushima strait; third, the first island chain.
These three regions makes Korea so strategic in the eyes of its neighbours: China, Japan, Russia and the US.
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Table of content:
00:00 Intro
02:22 Korea's Geography and History
05:52 China greatest strategic weakness
07:22 Korea's first strategic value: The Yellow Sea
08:05 Sponsor: Masterworks
10:15 Main military actors in the Yellow Sea
13:56 Korea's second strategic value: The Tsushima strait
15:26 Russia and China reliance on the Tsushima Strait
16:22 US reliance on the Tsushima Strait
17:12 The first Island Chain
18:47 Conclusion
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Thank you for reading up to here!
As a Mongolian, my admiration for the Korean people goes great length. Koreans have gone through such a heartbreaking hardship their entire history and now they triumph as economic, cultural and political leader in the region. The last bastions of democracy, human rights, and economic freedom in the entire Asia region is pretty much Japan and Korea right at the moment. Mongolia still clings to democracy and looks up to Korea as a role model. But we couldn’t have asked for worse neighbors. Wish we bordered Korea.
Liberal Democracy is overrated. Nobody wants the US dropping bombs on them and creating trouble worldwide.
Hanbok is influenced by Mongolian and Indian and Scythian 3000years ago not from China
Hanfu is from Korea wen Korea ruled China before Ming dynasty we influenced in China 1500years ago
Koreans are from Mongolian our culture and Dna is very different with China.
Just that’s science and truth.
China kills and buried and burned ur owned culture
Protect ur original culture
Koreans and all world liked ur origin
Not copy from others
Chinese hasn’t wore hanfu even 10years agoMing Dynasty has influenced by Korea when we conquered China
Hanfu prove our history
letter “Hanfu”is created just 20years ago suddenly China hasn’t wore Hanfu even 10years ago don’t lie plz
Koreans thank to Mongolian and Indian and Japan and Egyptians who gave our culture
Not from China
We are children of Mu dynasty and we are Altaic tibes we are not Chinese
China needs to protect your owned culture first rather than taking from other countries You guys burnt and destroy ur owned culture by yourself why steal from others?
Hanfu has existed in Ming Dynasty But Text of Hanfu has been created just 20years ago You guys haven’t wore thousands years and even 10years ago.
You suddenly started wear hanfu just in 10years You guys insist Hanfu is origin.
Korea has been Manchuria before ming dynasty Hanbok has been for a long time in Korea
Youguys insist Ours r from Korea
We don’t say Kimono is from Korea even though we have wore Kimono for along time
No one says kimono is Korean cloth
China is greedy
China needs to protect your owned culture first rather than taking from other countries You guys burnt and destroy ur owned culture by yourself why steal from others?
China will be broken Chinese will admit their greedy fault and Tibet Uyghur Hongkong and Taiwan will be happy and free
China will be heaven when they will be broken completely,
Well said.
Just don’t invade and killing millions of Chinese anymore, then you will stop being a bad neighbour. 😂
Any other claims is just plain hypercritically funny for anyone understood historical facts.
Balancing out all the good and bad that Mongolian has done for the region over the last thousand years. Mongol is a very definition of a bad neighbour. Other people produce, Mongol pillage. Now that Mongol is so weak caused by your own aggressiveness and over expansion, all the sudden you are the innocent lamb ? Too funny.
Throughout history, whenever Korea was strong, the whole of Northeast Asia was peaceful. In 1019, more than 100,000 cavalries of the Khitan empire, who were considered to outperform Genghis Khan's army, were slaughtered by the Korean army on the Korean Peninsula, and the Khitan empire had to give up their dream of conquering China. Even in the 19th century, if Korea had not become a Japanese colony, Japan's invasion of China and World War II would not have occurred.
Hahahahah come on man just little vassal slave state
Yes. We have traditionally played a role in balancing the East Asian world. By the 14th century, korea was in a triangular balance with the nomads of the north and with the Chinese dynasties, and after the 14th century, China formed a strong alliance with Korea because our country was located close to the capital of China. And in this period, unlike before, each country sought isolation rather than active checks and cooperation between countries.
How do you know that?
Korea also fought Japan tooth and nail during the 19th to 20th century. Dont forget that Korean forces launched offensives, assassinations, and bombings against Japan killed enough Japanese military officers that it severely weakened Japan by WW2
Well WWII would have still occurred in Europe! But I agree, if Korea was strong enough to not be colonized by Japan, it would have been a lot harder for Japan to launch its invasion into China. Arguably, Japan might have not even fight Russia in the Russo-Japanese War either.
That part where you rotated the map to highlight the string of islands, turning what I originally perceived to be just a random collection of rocks into a giant barricade suffocating the Chinese access to the ocean was a nice touch, the single image really did speak stronger than a thousand words
That was exactly my intention! When talking about a country national interests, I think important to show their point of view! So happy that you noticed that🙌
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Subtitles in Korean! Many thanks to Squid Man!!!
Important corrections:
1. The Tsushima strait in the video refers to the Korea Strait. The Tsushima strait is the western channel of this last one. The eastern channel is called the Western channel. In Korea, the northern part of Tsushima Island is called the Busan Strait and the southern part is called the Tsushima Strait.
2. Io-do is instead called Eo-do
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Really good as usual, well documented and perfectly paced and presented.
Keep up the good work man.
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Been here since the first two videos
Wow thank you so much Ali! Bud, I am the one proud of having amazing subscribers like you! 🥹🙌
Right?! Just imagine our future videos 🤯
I’ve heard someone saying that the times when East Asia was in turmoil was exactly when Korea was vulnerable and unable to maintain balance between regional powers.
If Korea, better united, stands strong then there would be no problem between great powers, such as US, China, and Japan.
Oscar! great addition. As Korea is such a central region in Asia, it hold the power to influence the power balance in the region. Japan, China, US and Russia all depends to different degrees on the security environment in the peninsula
You are referring to the Imjin War, which ignited major geopolitical shifts including Jurchen's conquest of China. Joseon was the "police" of Manchuria, but the war caused power vacuum in the region that left Jurchens unchecked.
응 윤석열 소환으로 나라가 경기침체가 된다.
Sadly, US, China, Japan would never allow for Korea to be strong enough to stand strong securely, either on purpose or as a side effect of their power struggles to overpower each other within Korea.
@@msk-qp6fnLOL and china will?
None of them will let us, tho actually id say US would be ok w it more than Japs or Chinese
Great video! I really appreciate your decision to rotate the maps a lot. Although jarring to many, I've noticed from comments on similar channels that expiremented with it, i find that it can drasticly shift perspective, as our eyes move easier horizontally than vertically, and reveal connections, shapes and relationships as the map distortion morphs
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C'mon algo!!!🤣
@@Kamome163 i decided to edit the "for the algo" into something a bit more substantial. You are among the top stars of youtube's "geopolitics niche", imo ♥️
@@jezusbloodie That's an even better comment ♥
I am a South Korean and I'm very impressed at the level of research, accuracy, and quality of this video. There were some mispronunciations, but that's not as important. Amazing content.
Thank you so much for the comment!! I really appreciate that! Yes, we'll try to improve on those pronunciations for the part 2 of the Korea series which will be out in the coming months! Gamsa!
Korea Selatan.
@@ophirbactrius8285 Selatan? What’s that?
@@Kamome163 Means South Korea in Malay language.
@@ophirbactrius8285 I learned something new! 🙌
Fantastic video! Amazing editing :)
Thank you so much! It means a lot coming from you :)
Graphics and maps just keep better with superb information. Great job on your videos.
Thank you so much Tobi!!!♥️
Blown away by the quality of your videos. Please keep up the good work!!!
What a beautiful explanation!! Great work! Thank you
These are really good visualizations: smooth, not too flashy, and informative. Subscribed. Keep it up. 🙂
Wow thank you so much! I will💪
My new fav channel, great content information & awesome graphics and editing
What a well explained, well researched and interesting video! Thank you for this deep analysis as well as the few jokes you popped in there, they really made me laugh. Possibly my new favourite channel 😁😁
Wow, what a great comment Ryan!! How come possibly??! I guess I have to improve even more for the future videos🙌
Thank you for your continued interest in topics concerning maritime East Asia! Your videos not only look good, but are well researched and thought of! It's almost surreal watching this when you live so close to the disputed islands and waterways. Having China, Russia, and North Korea as neighbors is not easy (No Schengen areas here!). There is even talk that if not for the United States constantly sending it's top diplomats, Japan and S. Korea would not be in friendly terms and would sooner fight each other than ally against China and North Korea--it is a very tumultuous relationship.
Now I know you mentioned that you'll be doing a series on Korea, but please consider a future video on the Kuril Islands dispute between Russia and Japan or even possibly, the Philippines as the weak link in the First Island Chain, and China's Nine-dash line claims. Thanks again!
👏that's actually a understatement. I'm very impressed with the channel.
@@Hamsteak Thank you so much Justin!
There is no need for Japan, which has become a backward country. You just need to take good care of it so you don't do anything vulgar.
Great video!!!😍
Good job and you are a welcome addition to my geopolitics channels. I have long realized the importance of Korea to the US and to actual republics worldwide. My grandfather was an engineer in the German and then Japanese occupations. He was dragged into the Korean War due to his considerable skills which had included building bridges under fire for Patton’s army. He ended up an adviser to 1st ROK which included combat duties. He impressed on me his high opinion of the Korean military and people and our common interests.
James, thank you sharing your grandfather's experience with us. If I may, for how long did he lived Korea?
@@Kamome163 his records were destroyed in the great Missouri records fire of 1972 but I spent Summers with him into my late teens and was a history nut since age 10 and got to hear a lot of his experiences. However other than hearing that he was there pretty early on due to already being in Japanese occupation on well into the years of stalemate I would be surprised if it was less than 2 years and as he was career military he could have been there the whole time as his next assignment was very early MACV. He once told me he cleared Chinese weapons after an attack on their trenches in the stalemate times in order to barter with a reluctant supply type in the rear just to get winter white camo paint for his sector. Other than that, maybe nobody will ever know especially since either in Korea or certainly by Vietnam 1950s or early 60s he was in intelligence rather than combat engineers. He was invalided out with a severe car accident by the late 50s or early 60s I think. Still, he had recovered enough that I watched him solo lift his cabin cruiser boat engine in his late 60s. He was 6’4” and close to 300lbs by then but muscular cept for the gut. Dad, my Uncle (a navy Captain and Dr) and I all idolized him. Helluva man of action and a thinker too.
@@jameswyre6480 Wow, that's beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing his story!
I never realized Korea was, geographically, turned towards facing China. I think it would be interesting to talk about how Korea is pushed to behave in the China-US dispute by its geography.
Agree! It's super interesting that such a country sits actually in the center between these major power. BTW this is a part.1 of a series on Korea. This was focused on the maritime sphere but the next will be more on land and we'll include more of the CHina-US competition
Oh so We're do you think Korea was pointed at Spain?
North Korea and South Korea have very different cultures now, One based on communism and juche, the other based on capitalism and westernization.
@@edwardsnowden8821 No. Both countries at its core have the same culture. They are together the Korean Nation, divided in two states. Its not like Germany and Austria, they are the same country split in two, divided by ideology.
@@quisqueyanguy120 Lol, that's pure BS, the North Korean nation (which is not what they call themselves mind you) have nothing in common with South Korea culture wise in the 21st century apart for language (which has experienced divergence) and some smattering of dishes and patriarchal norms here and there, which they share with China (PRC & ROC) . Apart from those their cultures are nothing and I mean Absolutely nothing alike, anyone who has visited both nations will attest to this.
Your quality is top notch!!! Great work!
Thank you so much Chocula! And sorry again for the motion sickness, hope it wasn't too bad!
Incredible transitions to add!
The international official name of the Tsushima Strait mentioned in the video is the Korean Strait. In Korea, the northern part of Tsushima Island is called the Busan Strait and the southern part is called the Tsushima Strait, but in Japan, only the northern part of Tsushima Island is called the Joseon Strait.
Aw snap, you're right I'll add your correction in the video pinned comment! Thank you!
Excellent Briefing. Thank you.
Hi, I'm a korean. Thanks for your video I have learn new geographic perspective of my country. It really helped me to understand korea current situation. Great video!
Wow, that's my pleasure! :) This is the part.1 of a series on Korea. This first one was on the maritime strategy, the second will be on Korea's land strategy. Subscribe and stay tuned for the next ones!
Your animations and narrations are excellent.
These videos are absolutely next level.
Wow, thank you so muchCalvin! 🙇♂️
Super high quality videos 👍🏻
I have just discovered this channel and love the content. I am impressed by the level of research and detail in this video. Great job! I am also impressed with the resilience of the Korean people. They had a rough history, somewhat similar to Romania's, my home country. We were between Otomans, Russians and Austro-Hungarians all the time and before that Romans and even Mongols.
Man, the quality of this vid is just so on point👍
Thank you so muchhh!!
Another great video
Great vid!!
Thank you so much Max! Any feedback?!
Hello Kamome this video is truly relevant given the current situation of Taiwan, it is absolutely important that Korea, seen as another front of China's expansive policy, gets attention especially given the recent headlines of the PLA aggressive actions in the Taiwanese straits. Even though there is no need, I'll always say continue with your progress, your work is fantastic.
Selleneus man! Thank you for you great comment! I agree, we should see the region holistically and not as single areas (like Taiwan).
Did you perhaps sent me a message on Discord? If so I can't find it otherwise I got mixed you up with someone
@@Kamome163I had only send an email, it was on Yemen Geostrategic importance and Korea.
I was however unaware you had an discord. Glad to see this community grow in general.
@@selleneus yeah, I remember that one! Sure, you should join man!
Another great video, can’t wait to watch the next one!
Thank you so man!!!♥️ Next one is Mexico! Have you checked the discord script chat?
@@Kamome163 Yeah I just went over it. I’ll give you my opinion on it over there soon!
@@bkc7890 Looking forward to it!
This is great!
Thanks! :)
13:57 i could never see that coming
Hahahahahahh I love that joke
@@Kamome163 it was pretty good 😅
but of course such strategy can be employ similar with Japan with anime and game lol
@@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle HAHAHAH
@@aswiran I can see we have another man of culture here💯
Perfect video
The greatest aspect of your videos is when you rotate the maps. Such an integral part of understanding a nations individual perspective.
Thank you so much, Change! I think there are two main factions here. Those who like you and me likes that rotation, and those who prefer a more static composition.
IMO the rotation affords the benefit of looking at geography the way those countries do. Who said that the maps should have the north pole on top and Antarctica at the bottom?! Geopolitics is a matter of perspectives, and clarifying each countries point of view I think is essential in understanding the various intertwined interests in a region/issue/resource.
Amazing quality
this is one of the best channels
Beautiful video, comment for the algorithm
Thank you so much Spartan!🥹
I was surprised about how much I learned, great video!
Bud! How's it going there? Glad to hear that!🙇🙌
@@Kamome163 oh ya know just watching an awesome video
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Very interesting!
Thank you!
So good this video
Awesome animations!
Wow, thank you so much Aiden! I'm glad you liked it
Terrific stuff - very little about this important area in the British media at all - thank you.
Thank you so much Alan!! IDK why but I could hardly find anything relevant about Korea's strategy outside of the DPRK nuclear and ICBM programs
You deserve much more subscriber
I'm already happy to have such a great community, but yeah let's hope more will come!
Great vid
Thank you so much Finlay!
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Nikki!!! Hahahahahhaha ganbarimasu!!!! www Thank you too for being such a great part of the community!
@@Kamome163 Philippines strategic importance down the road maybe?? We miss your videos!
great stuff
Thank you so much Ajax!🙇♂️
@@Kamome163 you're welcome. fantastic content.
The best video ever ❤
It would be nice if you could also discuss the A2AD strategy that Korea will implement. South Korea has already deployed a supersonic anti-ship missile, and a test launch of the hypersonic missile is scheduled for this year. About the numerous ballistic missiles and the recently growing Blue Navy with SLBM, Aircraft carrier.
That's a fair point PH! As this video was already pretty long, I've decided to break down this analysis in a few different videos. In the next one we will focus on land. So, DPRK nuclear program, THAAD, AD2D etc. In the third video I was thinking of making an analysis on Jeju-do and Korea naval capabilities. What do you think?
@@Kamome163 I think that's a good direction! In addition to the THAAD, South Korea successfully test-fired its long-range artillery intercept system (LAMD) and L-SAM for its own ballistic missile defense. For a preemptive attack, 20 additional F-35As have been introduced, and recently, KF-21 and M-MUT prototypes, supersonic missiles, hypersonic missiles, etc. are working hard to increase armaments.
The plan to build an aircraft carrier in Korea is highly controversial.
It will be more interesting to focus on whether Korea is really willing to change its geopolitical strategy while building the aircraft carrier!
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Hi, thank you for your research ! I enjoyed it a lot as Korean
What program do you use for the video?
I mean the map animation !
Hi Sangmok! Thank you :) I use Blender!
Wow, the graphics went next level from the previous videos. Tsushima island an Jeju are larger than i initially think. I've been there on Jeju. The tourism spot might got me the impression it is smaller than actually is. About Tsushima, i used to see it on a map of a certain ww2 game. Where a naval fortress used to be there.
Also looking both Korea being separated are always kinda sad. I mean they're like separated siblings. After some thoughts from the video, it might be still be like that in the foreseeable future. Just to balance power, which is actually sounds even sadder.
I wish we could all begun to race to the space instead of useless war and tensions. Who's not interested about Kamome's video, 'the importance of a certain "sea"' at the moon. It might be another tension, another kind of war. But at least we stepped out from the earth.
Thank you so much Edhi! Hahahahah I can somewhat imagine that ww2 game map as well. That's really sad indeed, as they have been one country for centuries and this division is pretty much artificial.
Ohhh you read my mind, actually a geopolitics of space video is in the workings🤩
The video was very good.
It would be nice if you could add Korean subtitles as well as English subtitles😁.
this is pretty cool
Thank you so much Nikoloz!!!
Issue with Socotra Rocks isn’t a territory dispute as it’s not a territory. It’s a underwater rock. Therefore, the ‘border’ should be halfway between China and Korea which puts Socotra Rocks under Korean EEZ.
Would love to see a more in-depth look at South and South East Asia in the 21st century.
That's a great topic! You mean SEA as whole, right?
YES!!! Vietnam and Malaysia and Indonesia in the geopolitical realm
@@Kamome163 he is talking about South Asia as well (Indian subcontinent, if i understand correctly) but it might be too complex for both to be in the same video
@@jk-gb4et Def would need 2 vids for those two separate regions.
@@Kamome163 Both SEA and SA would be great since they are in the middle of the Sino-American rivalry.
How do you know this? As a Korean, I want to say this is amazingly accurate. Good work!
Korea is drastically increasing its naval capabilites. ROK Navy is aiming to become a blue water navy by 2030s and an aircraft carrier should enter service in 2033, even though it is still uncertain will the project proceed. Additionally there have been talks about building nuclear powered submarines as well as acquiring nuclear weapons.
All in all, it will be interesting to see how will everything unfold.
I agree, Korea is becoming a more and more capable naval power. China and Japan are taking note of that. In the next videos on Korea will talk more on Jeju-do and Korea's blue navy program
Not to mention the fx program which recently saw the its first maiden flight!
@@Kamome163 I'm looking forward to upcoming videos!
Also, talking aboug Korean navy I forgot to add that Korea is one of three countries officially working on the concept of arsenal ship. Other two being US and China. Korea is definitely a true powerhouse for its size, however its status is overshadowed due to proximity to world's major powers such as China, Japan and Russia.
What about the DPRK? ROK is just South Korea.
Are they bringing back the turtle ships?
Interesting video -- thanks. However, the background music is so loud that it is difficult to hear the dialogue. Background music should be barely perceptible at normal sound levels.
Oh my bad! Thanks for the feedback! Just out of curiosity did you watched the video using earphones?
@@Kamome163 Yes. Why?
@@compassroses Because I had the same issue. Problem is that with the speaker the volume sounds normal, instead with the headphones the background sounds more boosted. That's something I should improve
@@Kamome163 Aha! That explains it. Thanks. Regardless, your videos are very interesting. You deserve more subscribers ----- which will come with time.
@@compassroses Thank you so much! In the meantime I'll try to improve and get better💪
Great content as always! Are you doing all of this in After Effects with Geolayers?
Thank you so much Bohdan!
No, that's made on Blender! Which is a free and open source 3d software. You can download it here: www.blender.org/
It's impressive the level of research, quality and accuracy of this video. Great content!
Lekker bezig jasper
Is that a good message for our narrator?🤣
The visual we see at 3:00 is SO GOOD. PLEASE SOMEONE tell me what he is using to view a map like this!!!!!
Magnificent video. In regards to (South) East Asia waterways, most of the global attention is diverted towards the Taiwan strait and the South China Sea (East Sea). But the Tsushima straight could literally send the entire global economy into full-blown crisis mode if it were to be tampered with.
Oh Alkaya, finally someone who can see the strait importance! Not to mention, it has already been the centre of the conflict between Russia and Japan in 1904/5 war. Thanks again for your support!
The situation in the Korean Strait is different from that in the Taiwan Strait, where China and Taiwan are confronting each other. Korea and Japan are in conflict over historical issues, but they are connected by a link between the United States and democracy. The threat assumed in the video comes when the Korean Strait is under the influence of China and Russia. However, the conflict between Korea and Japan is trivial compared to the Chinese threat, and Korea and Japan will cooperate with each other to counter China. China's occupation of the Korean Strait will be much more difficult than China's occupation of Taiwan.
@@1nvincible410 not at all. korea would likely stay out of any actual, physical conflict involving china. the reason is simple, its connected by land to china via north korea. japan can be protected by its own fleet + the us navy(USN is also taiwan's hope). korea has no such luck and you'll need more than luck trying to fight a land war with china, in or in this case, very close to china, they go to war and their country will be in complete ruins whether china wins or loses.
@@mxn1948 Of course, Korea will try to avoid war as much as possible.
What I want to say is that China's occupation of the Korean Peninsula will be much more difficult than that of Taiwan.
South Korea is connected by land to China but has North Korea in between, and even if China and North Korea have a very close relationship, it is quite another matter for North Korea to give way to large-scale Chinese invaders.
In addition, if war breaks out in Korea, the U.S. military will immediately join the war under the Korea-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty. On the other hand, the U.S.-Taiwan Mutual Defense Treaty was abolished in 1979. It is relatively easier for China to occupy Taiwan than to occupy Korea to advance into the Pacific Ocean.
Anyway, Korea has no choice. Korea cannot turn its back on the U.S. and become a subordinate country to China, right? Currently, Korea is trying to make the most of its practical gains without going against the U.S. sentiment, but when the crisis comes, Korea will eventually be on the side of the U.S.
@@1nvincible410 china doesn't need to do the grunt work of occupying SK, like you said, NK can do that, it just needs to win the military fight first and im sure NK will gladly do the occupying. and absolutely the us will intervene, there is an actual treaty. but intervening and winning in korea are different things. in the 50s, with total air, naval domination and immensely stronger logistics and heavy equipment and with the backing of all its allies, the US merely stalemated a 1950's china. and i would wager that military growth of 1950 china to today is leagues greater than the us growth since 1950, meaning the us has no real hope there, this is a land war in asia and you would be fighting modern china on its doorsteps afterall.
korea doesn't have to be subordinate to china at all. china does not need a puppet in korea, it merely need neutrality, its the us that needs a puppet to make korea do things against its national interests, such as a war that is guaranteed to ruin its nation and kill devastating numbers of its citizens when it doesn't have to fight that war, there is zero incentive for china to fight SK aside from SK possible attacking china on behalf of the us or being used as a US base to attack china. and aside from nukes, south korea is already able to fight off north Korea on its own what with higher population and far greater wealth and technology and if SK was actually independent and neutral it would remove all incentive for china to support NK, afterall the economics of things says china would benefit far more in a good relationship with sk than with nk.
but at the end of the day, i fear you may be right, in that SK has no choice, not because it must fight china but because the us, through various methods, will force it to fight china regardless of the cost to SK.
흥미롭고 유익한 영상에 감사를 표합니다.
한국 사람으로써 이러한 영상은 매우 공감되었습니다. 앞으로도 많은 유익한 영상을 기대하겠습니다! 👍
Oh wow I really appreciate that! 감사합니다 so much!🙇♂️ In Autumn we'll have the part 2 of Korea geopolitics series. We'll focus on land strategy and how this affects the region!🙌 Subscribe and stay tuned for that one!🙇♂️
At minute 4:50, you say 400 centuries!?
EDIT: really great video, throughly enjoyed this
Cyrus! Aw snap, did I say 400 centuries??! That's a bit too long 😅 Thank you so much, I really appreciate these positive comments! They charge me up for the next videos!
My old vacation spots (just kidding) 18 months at Kadena AB, Okinawa and 1 year at Kunsan AB, South Korea. I'm really glad I'm not over there now. A little shout out to the people of South Korea. Thanks for being nice to me all those years ago.
Thank you so much for sharing! Lots of 사랑 uh! BTW How would you compare your experience in Japan with that one in Korea?
@@Kamome163 I was only in Japan proper for one night. Spent the night in a hotel in Tokyo. It was great until Godzilla showed up. He totally trashed the hotel. But hey I still love the big guy.
The people on Okinawa don't really like Americans too much. Operation Iceberg 1 April 1945 the US military invaded Okinawa. A lot of civilians got killed, injured and made homeless. When I was there there were people that had lived through the war. There is a clear difference between seeing a war and reading about in history books. Lots of the locals clearly didn't want us there. Hell, if they got mad at you they would try to run you over with a taxi.
My approach about geopolitics of Korean peninsula is the comparison of Italian peninsula in the midst of the Mediterranean sea, in collision of the surrounding continents and cultures.
All the seas nearby Korean are the nature of inner seas, through which ethnic diaspora occur through history.
LOL loved the kpop joke drop. Love your high quality content and visuals!
Hahahah thank you Shawn! Yeah I though that would've made the video a bit lighter, glad you enjoyed it
Love the video. Only thing is that it's hard to hear what your saying with the background music so load compared to the narration
Thanks Justin! Did you perhaps use headphones? I had the same issue that with my cans on the soundtrack was a tad too loud, instead with the speakers it was the other way around.
@@Kamome163 no I didn't, I had it on the TV using Chromecast
@@Hamsteak Oh ok, I'll try to improve that for the next videos!
Best video I have watched till now about geopolitical significance of Korean peninsula
Thank you Anon-san!🙇♂️ Glad you liked it!!
Best geopolitical/geostrategy channel on CZcams.
Best account name on CZcams! 👊 Seriously, so much swagger!
Nice graphics, professional understanding of the culture and very accurate sorces
Many of the current issues in that region can be balanced out if Korea is unified as one strong nation. The problem is, however, too many countries have vested interest on the Korea peninsula that hinders the progress towards reunification. Even the US might actually not want that to happen as that would disrupt their global hegemony. This is why foreign affairs should be viewed with many variables.
But I still feel like if the country is united, it is better under the South Korean rule rather than the north
@@jennifervaughn1541 NK cannot unify Korean peninsula. Power difference between NK and SK is severe. In military aspect, NK cannot overtake SK without nuke becuase their weapon systems other than nuclear missiles are obsolete. South Korean army is one of the strongest armies on the planet. South Korean navy and airforce also overpower that of NK. If NK nukes SK, that would kill US soldiers in SK soil, meaning direct war between NK and US which will lead to US nuclear bombing NK. NK cannot invade SK.
Even if some miracle happens for NK and they overtakes SK, they don't have human resources to run south korean companies like samsung, lg or hyundai. They will only have burned-down, futile, arid and radioactive land.
When i was in ROK army, officers said that the worst possibility is an unexpected war led by NK's domestic issues; such as coup-de-tat or loyalty competition between NK's military officers. Another possibility is US-China war over Taiwan, leading China to push NK to attack SK to deter US army in SK. Other than these cases, current status quo between SK and NK would not change for a long time. Kim Jung-Eun and NK leadership doesn't want unification because they saw what happened after the demolition of Soviet Union. The purge. Either political or physical. Kim Jung-Eun has done so many cruel things and brutally exploited North Korean people. He knows that once NK become democratic, he will not be forgiven.
I hope unification comes true. but i think it will not happen soon
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Yessssss!!! Let'ssss do it!🙌
I wish the music wasn't so loud covering the narration!
It's a very weird location for a country to be at. If they're strong, they'll gain much advantage as they're right in the center of 5 nations, China Japan North Korea Russia and Taiwan (although Taiwan is a bit far away, most of their issues are with China and they're an East Asian country so). If they're weak, they're going to be the first one targeted bc for the land countries (China Russia North Korea) to attack Japan, they should take Korea. For Japan to move to the land, same thing.
you nailed it. If you look at the history of Korea, what you mentioned is seen throughout.
From such special geographical environment, all Koreans are like professional a diplomat or a strategist. We are very cold, and we are instinctively know the nature of power politics about powers and superpowers very well.
It will be helpful for you that you regard Koreans' opinion as valuable things. :)
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Great video, however some quality control is needed as your quote by yi sun-sin was very very quite.
Thank you Joe! Yes that was the intent to make it almost whispered, but I'm glad you catch it
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WHAT IS THE MAPPING SOFTWARE YOU ARE USING TO DO THIS????? PLEASE ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS?? 1:43 LOOKS SOOO GOOD I WANT TO PLAY AROUND WITH A MAP LIKE THIS. GOOGLE EARTH ISN'T EVEN THIS NICE
Hey Reid, all the animations are done in Blender!
@@Kamome163 GTFO, i cannot believe i haven't seen your channel before. I literally watch every single channel like this BUT this is literally top 3.
According to the reports of historians, Korea have fought against China about 3,300 times. Among them there were great wars several times where million-scale forces were mobilized.
Whenever Chinese dynasties invaded, they defeated and their dynasties were collapsed or regime changed.
Li Se Min of Tang dynasty attacked with over 1million forces on AD 660 year, and returned with less than 4,000 soldiers. He left his words to descendants, Never go to Korean peninsula. So Korea enjoyed peace for 700 years.
Chinese final king invaded Korea was Mao Je Dung. Therefore Chinese 30million people were dead and their country had differculties in developing the country until US President Nixon opened relations around 1973 year.
The above mentioned 30 million deaths was mentioned on American journalist, Snow's writing who was Mao's friend lived in Red China.
As for Mongolia(Hun ttibe) and Korea relations, Mongolian forces invaded Korea sevral times and war lasted for 30 years . Korea surrendered finally and Mongolia admitted and respected Korea's dignity and identity.
Kubilai Khan' s family of Mongol exchanged marriage with Korean kings' families.
One thing I'm sorry about in this perfect video is some notation errors. Even from the standpoint of the Korean Peninsula, it was mentioned as the Tsushima Strait. In the next video, please display the name of the Korean Strait at the same time. In fact, the actual international name of the Tsushima Strait mentioned as 'ulternatively known as the tsusima strait' in the video is the Korean Strait, and based on this island, the sea close to Japan is called the Tsushima Strait, and the sea close to Korea is called the Busan Strait. Tsushima Strait is a word meaning a east channel of the Korea strait, so it should be fixed as a Busan strait or Korea strait in 14:26. please use the correct international name. 🤔
Thank you so much for the feedback! I will totally amend that in the part 2 of the Korean peninsula video. BTW, would you like to fact check the next script?
@@Pocari413 what r u talking about? lol
Wikipedia is smarter than you. if you can speak English, why don't you googling it? Oh, you don't even know googling? Don't pick a fight, don't brag about your ignorance. Shame on you.
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Couldd you do a video on the Benelux region?
Yeah that's vital. Hey if any new infantry are here go to the DMZ. Not sure how to get there after you get to 2 ID, but I heard it's fun. Oh and fire off a Roman candle.
Can you do the south pacific islands - importance in indopacific strategy
That’s a great topic! Thanks
Created from Blender??? very good
Not a fan of the rotating camera. It’s disorientating. However as per usual, your content is AMAZING!
Thank you Johnathan! Yeah, I must say there were a lots of camera movement in there, but I think it was necessary to better show the different strategies and geographies surrounding Korea
I always joke that Korea's is always essentially yelling LEAVE US ALONE at Japan and China. Not just now or during the Josen Dynasty, but even before that. It's not just centuries, it's millenia of struggling in between those two. Definitely explains Korea's ingrained extreme love-hate sentiment and skepticism towards both China and Japan.
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Korean peninsula is bigger than Britain. And North of Korean peninsula is blocked by rivers and mountains. (Korea is looking down position to the North) Also east of Korean peninsula is full of mountains. And Southeast of Korean peninsula is blocked by mountains too. And the west and Southwest coast of Korean peninsula is full of foreshores.
On point!
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@@kimx5 한반도가 더 큼.
Good video, but I started to get dizzy at about 6:00 in with the constant rotation
Thanks for the feedback, Curtis! I'm sorry to hear that! I'll try to slow it down in the next videos!
@@Kamome163 In your defense, I was probably watching at high speed
Great video overall! Just one thing that stood out to me is that the geographical terms used are Japan-centric and some of them seem purposely misleading. Then I looked at the channel name, which kind of explains it, I guess.
SK thanks for the comment! I based the name on their English translation. I try to be as objective and un-biased as possible!
Japan-centric geographical terms? The only example I could find was that he called the Korean Strait the Tsushima Strait
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As a South Korean, I hope everyone gets well like the late 90s and don't start a war here...
Let's hope there will be no conflicts🙏
@上官 竹喧 Thank you so much for your kind comment! I have to say that I try to be as objective and unbiased as possible in all of my analysis. I do not want to take any sides nor it is in my interest, as I want you and me to learn and understand contemporary geopolitical and strategic issues. That being said I agree with you, if Korea, Japan and China were to form a united front they would be able to control a good part of Asia and northern Pacific. I don't see that happening though as things are right now. Especially Japan sees China as a major challenge to the East Asian status quo. What do you think??!
@上官 竹喧 Thanks for the reply. I don't think is that easy. For starter Europe is united because there was a overwhelming power to suppress any regional leadership. Also Russia and European countries have been at war quite frequently in the past. I don't think that the EU and Russia could be bundle together on that regard. For China and Japan i think the enmity goes deeper than that. A few years back a national poll was made and majority of Japanese answered they were wary of China increased perceive assertiveness. What do you think?
@上官 竹喧 no east asian country likes china regardless of what the U.S. is doing. China is trying to strong man it's way to dominating the region which is making its neighbors more resentful of it. China is culturally close to JP, SK, and VN yet none of those countries would trust China. Even VN which was at war with the U.S for 20 years likes America better than China.
@夭夭 Yes, one China and one history is what is needed. China should be the center of Asia and bring prosperity with its great history and culture. Let's all blame western influence, especially USA, on everything that's happening right now. China can do no wrong in the international stage. Is that what you wanted to hear and read? What a naive and simple way of viewing foreign affairs...smfh
Maybe lower the music a bit.
Thanks for the feedback!
13:58 not gonna lie, that caught me off guard haha. pretty funny haha
Hahahhahaha I'm glad you liked that one John! Stay tuned for the next videos then😏
4:51 wow, Korea really stayed united for 40,000 years?!
But in all seriousness, great video. I just found that little oversight a bit funny.
The Koreans were built different
...the socrata rock is pronounced 'ee-uh-do' in korean...(이어도)... the 'L' is in fact a capitol 'I'...
We'll work on the pronunciation for the next videos!🙌 Part 2 on Korea geopolitics will be out in the coming months! In the meanwhile enjoy our other videos! Did you check the one on the Mediterranean sea?? Here you are czcams.com/video/ZpK_i9ntPZc/video.html
I'm living in Seoul and finished my military service in 2003-2005. Always waiting just one chance to revenge for North Korea and China who've attacked us 60 yeas ago. Now we're strong and rich enough to beat them with our allies.
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