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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
North Korea isn't a country. It's a grand experiment of the biggest religious cult in the world. Think "David Koresh" times about 24 million. The place operates by blackmailing the rest of the world into aid. It's military is the primary tool of that blackmail, and everyone in the region is happy to pay it as an annoyance.
The North Koreans literally believe their leader is a god. They also believe the rest of the world was destroyed in the Korean war.
There is no reasoning with them. There is no thirst for freedom. They frankly have no idea of how things work outside their borders. It's a medieval fiefdom, and when your population is more than happy to suffer starvation so long as your leader is taken care of... we'll you're not going to get any change.
I can guarantee we'll see very little change under the son. Who will probably be held up by the military leaders as a figurehead for the foreseeable future.
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I fully agree with you on a lot of points here, I would like to add some points
The North Korean people believe their free, they believe that the rest of the world is oppressed by the upper classes and they live in slavery.
Kim Jung Il survived by creating a constant state of war between the Military and their intelligence apparatus, they kept each other in check. But Kim wouldn't have survived without the backings of both groups.
the sense that I get is that our new young leader is more in the Military camp then the inteligence camp, that would explain why he's the first leader that was granted an actual military rank, and rumors persist that he authorized the NK attack on the SK frigate, which both showed that he was willing to rattle the sabre in a more direct manner and give the NK military a freer hand in how they operate.
I would be willing to bet that we're going to see an acceleration in military exercises and even more excursions into the south by special forces groups in the coming months.