Also, there are 2 Koreas, you talk as if there is only 1. No one is suggesting that South Korea is crazy or belligerent. I didn't even see that assertion with North korea... What are you referring to?
Also I'm quite sure the standard of living is not better in North Korea (than in the US), or are you referring to the south? if so, why?
And the piece is cited in the Unification Church alumni website - not the Guardian, so i do not know what you are talking about.
Reread this whole discussion and tell me that is is an accurate portrayal of Korea or the current state of relation s. It is not.
There are a few intelligent comments about East Germany but then a bunch of drivel about North Korea as a buffer for China against an imperialistic Korea.
There is not really one comment to attack here for factual wrongheadedness. Start from a Unification church review and spirals off from there. The discussion is completely off the rails.
The content is unfortunately no longer available, but a quick Google search reveals several places in addition to the OP's link you can find this text. I don't have time to do so but you should definitely review the text posted by the OP against other sources printing the same text, or even from the book itself.