Reunification of Korea

Because of the change in power in North Korea do you think it'll become a more liberal state? I realize that it's deeprooted in their culture now that there is a lack of rights and such, but similarly to the USSR there is the potential for change in the hands of a new weaker leader.

I feel that if anytime now would be good to force North Korea into a transitional government and slowly re-assimilate both the North and South Koreans together. This would be a slow and possibly painful process, I understand that. But could that be a potential benefit to both North and South Korea?

South Korea is becoming more of an economic power and North Korea could offer more natural resources and labor which the South Koreans might not necessarily have. From the North Korean perspective, they could gain the rights they've been lacking for the past 60 years or so. Both nations could coexist or at least have a somewhat symbiotic relationship.

Right now for America at least, it doesn't seem like it is the top of the priorities as the new leader of North Korea is most likely going to lay fairly low for a while and our interests are invested mainly in the middle east. But "Korea" could be a powerful ally if it were to present itself as a unified state.

Piracy

ACTA seems to be threatening modern pirates just as much as SOPA and PIPA. It's an international agreement which would accomplish the same things as SOPA and PIPA which more and more nations are beginning to sign.

Also Canada had a bill introduced recently which is very similar to SOPA and PIPA. Why must we influence the world in such a way? Our influence on our northern neighbors reminds me of how we discussed our strong influence on Canada and we see it worldwide.

In Europe certain governments have refused to block certain websites like the Pirate bay because they feel that the free flow of ideas is beneficial and can come through the use of piracy. I do understand that piracy does hurt the producer in many cases, but how much? How many CDs are artists losing and how much money does that equate to? It's unclear.

America seems to be stirring up these causes domestically to possibly distract them and pass other bills like NDAA which got relatively no press. It seems silly that there is so little transparency in the current administration, it gets a bit annoying.