like to see the korean peninsula unified at least economically. if you enter korean economic cooperation leads to a peace driven economy we will be able to catch up to japan's dominance. it's the latest turn in the south ongoing trade drama with japan which scaled back exports to its neighbor after wartime grievances between the 2 nations reemerged south korea has responded by boycotting japanese products and its government has struck an increasingly nationalistic tone. economic cooperation on the peninsula remains a distant prospect pyongyang would be expected to denuclearize something it has long resisted doing the country's leadership meanwhile remains unpredictable raising tensions again just last week with a series of missile tests a north korea's isolated economy hardly compares to japan's export powerhouse. japan with south korea's 3rd largest trading partner in 2017 accounting for more