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Strong Laos TL
What happened? How?
 * Wars with Vietnam never happened
 * Lan Xang never got divided
 * remains influencial in SE Asia
 * Lan Kham Deng didn't betray Lê Lợi=> Vietnam never seek vengeance => kingdom never got ransacked and destroyed => kingdom never got divided => golden age
 * Muang Phuan actually got captured by Dai Viet (but that's only to avoid futher wars between the two countries, in order to Lan Xang to develop, since Dai Viet's military were far better)
 * Setthathirath didn't die that young => kingdom never got divided the second time
 * Wars with Ayutthaya, made Ayutthaya a vassal
 * Defeat Burmese invasions
 * Instead of Siam, Laos compete with Vietnam for influence in Cambodia
 * Reforms  => collab with Vietnam to defeat European powers
 * TBALocation_of_Lan_Xang_(Pax_Laotianica).png

The US didn't intervene in Vietnam

 * Domino theory wasn't invented
 * Battle of Dien Bien Phu => Geneva Accords => Vietnam temporarily divided until 1956
 * Reunification of Vietnam through elections (Vietnam War never happened)

Strong North Korea timeline
In our timeline, North Korea is an isolationist and poor country with brutal dictatorships by Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un. But this wasn't the case for the early history of North Korea. By the 1960s, North Korea was richer than its enemy, South Korea, which was affected by political instability and economic crises. The situation reversed in the 1980s, as a stable South Korea became an economic powerhouse fueled by Japanese and American investment, military aid and internal economic development while North Korea stagnated. But what if, there were no support and military aid from The US and Japan to South Korea? What if South Korea never got rid of its instability, while the North never stagnated and thrived to become the better Korea?

POD
It is now the year 1980, and Kim Il-Sung is at his old age. The thought of his son, Kim Jong-il to succeed him crossed his mind, but he suddenly thought about Ho Chi Minh's successor, Le Duan, and how that would make North Korea looks like a hereditary monarchy. He then decided someone else in the Communist Party would succeed him instead, specifically O Jin-nu. This resulted a much freer North Korea. North Korea would reflect OTL's Vietnam, with a much freer market and a more open internet access in North Korea.

South Korea
South Korea, formally the Republic of Korea is a nation in East Asia. It shares its only land border with North Korea. South Korea had suffered through economic and political crisis in the 1960's, and had isolated themselves for over two decades. A coup d'état happened in the 80's and the country only opened forgein relations since then. Today, South Korea is a developing economy with economic aid from China and other countries.

History
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