We present a short proof of a celebrated result of G\'acs and K\"orner giving sufficient and necessary condition on the joint distribution of two discrete random variables $X$ and $Y$ for the case when their mutual information matches the extractable (in the limit) common information. Our proof is based on the observation that the mere existence of certain random variables jointly distributed with $X$ and $Y$ can impose restriction on all random variables jointly distributed with $X$ and $Y$.
Entropy and thinning of discrete random variables
Inverting Ray-Knight identity
On the measuring of independence degree of the two discrete random variables
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