A common misconception that needs to be corrected is that South Korea’s per capita national income surpassed that of North Korea in 1974. Socialist states often exaggerate statistics. A group of South Korean scholars analyzed the statistical bubbles and re-estimated North Korea’s growth rate, and South Korea was already better off than North Korea by 1968.
Jose Rizal, the ‘Father of the Philippines,’ once said that “today's slaves often become tomorrow's tyrants, so believe in the rule of law and not in the rule of man.” The constitutions of North and South Korea are dysfunctional and the only cure is reform to adopt a modified semi-presidential system. The president, the mayor and other officials should serve a single 5-year term and be barred from seeking office for 6 years afterwards, and the heads of the executive, legislative, judicial and procuratorial branches should be elected in alternating years. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards. .