[custom_adv] The leaders of North Korea and South Korea met for the first time in 11 years on Friday and agreed to work toward a complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and end the Korean War. [custom_adv] It's been a tense year for the region, but relations have been warming recently thanks (ironically) to the Winter Olympics held in Pyongyang. [custom_adv] The entrepreneur and travel blogger made it to South Korea one year after that eye-opening trip to the "Hermit Kingdom. [custom_adv] "Why were the people in the North not allowed to freely interact and share their thoughts with me, while the people in the South could do whatever the heck they wanted?" he asks in a video he made comparing the two countries. [custom_adv] "Seeing these differences firsthand broke my heart. Why has life become so different for the Korean people in just a few generations?" [custom_adv] Here are photos from travels that show just how drastic the differences between North and South Korea are. [custom_adv] As you can see, in Seoul, and the rest of South Korea, people are just thinking of ways they can spend so they can feel some good emotions, while ignoring the poverty that is happening around them. In the North, the people know the value of money and frugality. [custom_adv] This just goes to show how interesting it is to learn about the differences between these two seemingly different, yet essentially the same, countries. The division came during World War II, when Korea was occupied by the Japanese. The result of the war was North Korea, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which has Pyongyang as its capital ‘“ and South Korea, which is the Republic of Korea, with Seoul as its capital. [custom_adv] The war saw the formation of a communist government which took control of North Korea, while South Korea became a more democratic country. Despite the fact that South Korea experienced difficulties as a nation, the 1986 international games held in the country, as well as the Summer Olympics in 1988, has brought back national pride, making the citizens in this region fare far better than their Northern counterparts. [custom_adv] Life in North Korea is one which involves starvation and poverty. Although a lot of people manage to escape by making their way from China into South Korea, many are still trapped under the communist government. Today, South Korea has emerged as a thriving nation, while North Korea is suffering from mass starvation and economic problems. The people in North Korea have been set to understand that Kim Il Sung is a godlike figure, and many North Koreans are treated differently by South Koreans. North Korea’s refusal to join the international community as a show of support to religious freedom is something that is yet to happen ‘“ thus the wide divide between the two countries.