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There's so much news about North Korea right now and what Un is doing, I got a suggestion for a NK megathread, so here it is. Post the world's greatest nation's antics here. I'm merging a few of the more recent threads to continue discussion.



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https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/south-korea-planning-war-decapitation-132232777.html

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has pushed for a new plan for a rapid war with North Korea and an overhaul of the country's defense industry to overwhelm and crush the North's government, the South Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo reported Tuesday.

Moon took office in May promising to attempt to engage diplomatically with North Korea and seek peace, but in the months since, the North has provoked the international community with missile tests at a blistering pace.

For some time, South Korea has been training a "decapitation force," reportedly with the help of the US Navy's SEAL Team 6, but now an increasingly bold North Korea may demand quicker action.

South Korea's new plan identifies more than 1,000 targets for precision missile fires and sites for marines to drop in and quickly kill North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the paper reported.

The plan represents a more independent version of South Korea's current plan, which relies on support from US aircraft carriers. As it stands, no major military commander recommends military action against North Korea, which has a staggering array of conventional — and potentially nuclear — weapons pointed at Seoul, where 26 million call home.

But South Korea's new plan to quickly and decisively dominate the North relies on reforming the defense-acquisition process and cutting out wasteful spending to wield the full might of its economic dominance against Pyongyang, according to the report. For that reason, don't expect the plan to take effect anytime soon.
 
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It would take less money to completely wipe out every single human in the DPR and rebuild the whole thing than trying to deprogram the citizens and rehabilitate the 20 million people.
 
Well
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered more production of weapons-grade nuclear material to grow the country's Arsenal asserting on how Pyongyang should be ready to use the weapons at any time. As he inspected the country's nuclear weapons program including the new tactical nuclear weapons in technology for mounting Warheads on ballistic missiles, according to the state news media.
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IAmNotAlpharius said:
A collapse of North Korea would cause a major crisis. Plus, I think it would be unwise to enfranchise North Koreans because they were brain washed for so long.
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The fall of Best Korea would give the USA South Korea a border with both China and Russia.
 
Betonhaus said:

It does quite seem like admin there smells weakness. I'm not sure as to what their plans are for the nukes they're building but seems they're not particularly scared of the man that gave Afghanistan to the Taliban.
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There was a paper written by the Rand Corporation, that recommended in order to stop China from overtaking the US and possibly unseating the US Dollar, it would be a requirement to surround China with the US' vassal states on all sides. The US already has Japan under it's orders. I assume they'd like South Korea to take NK to have a direct border with China. They wanted to unseat Putin and install a puppet so they had China's Northern border, but that appears to be a clusterfuck.

I wonder what's going on in Mongolia at the moment? The CIA appears to be present.

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How fucking stupid do you have to be?​

An American national has crossed into North Korea without authorization and has been detained​

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FILE - A general view shows the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea on July 19, 2022. An American has crossed the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea, the American—led U.N. Command overseeing the area said Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP, File)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An American has crossed the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea, the American-led U.N. Command overseeing the area said Tuesday, amid heightened tensions over North Korea’s nuclear program.

The U.N. Command tweeted that the U.S. citizen was on a tour to the Korean border village of Panmunjom and crossed the border into the North without authorization.

It said he is currently in North Korean custody and that the U.N. Command is working with its North Korean counterparts to resolve the incident.

It gave no further details on who the person is or why he crossed the border.

Cases of Americans or South Koreans defecting to North Korea are rare, though more than 30,000 North Koreans have fled to South Korea to avoid political oppression and economic difficulties at home since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.

Panmunjom, located inside the 248-kilometer (154-mile) -long Demilitarized Zone, was created at the close of the Korean War. Bloodshed and gunfire have occasionally occurred there, but it has also been a venue for numerous talks and a popular tourist spot.

The area is jointly overseen by the U.N. Command and North Korea. No civilians live at Panmunjom.

In November 2017, North Korean soldiers fired 40 rounds as one of their colleagues raced toward freedom. The soldier was hit five times before he was found beneath a pile of leaves on the southern side of Panmunjom. He survived and is now in South Korea.

There have been a small number of U.S. soldiers who fled to North Korea during the Cold War, including Charles Jenkins, who deserted his army post in South Korea in 1965 and fled across the DMZ. He appeared in North Korean propaganda films and married a Japanese nursing student who had been abducted by North Korean agents. He died in Japan in 2017.

In recent years, some Americans have been arrested in North Korea after allegedly entering the country from China. They were later convicted of espionage and other anti-state acts, but were often released after the U.S. sent high-profile missions to secure their freedom.

In 2018, North Korea released the last three known American detainees as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was engaged in nuclear diplomacy with then-President Donald Trump. The high-stakes diplomacy collapsed in 2019 amid wrangling over U.S.-led sanctions on North Korea.

Tuesday’s border crossing happened amid high tensions over North Korea’s barrage of missile tests since the start of last year. The United States earlier Tuesday sent a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in decades as deterrence against North Korea.

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The Russian and Chinese government delegations are set to attend a North Korean event marking the 70th anniversary of the Armistice that halted fighting in the Korean War in Pyongyang. Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu was welcomed at the airport by his North Korean counterpart. Russia's historic ally of Pyongyang is one of a handful of Nations that maintains friendly relations with the North.
 
North Korea has a surprisingly large arms industry. So it makes sense that Russia would want to keep them on side.
 
Kim Jong Un spotted touring North Korean flood site in mandals (Archive)
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Not the best outfit for a tour of a flood site.

Hermit Kingdom leader Kim Jong Un made a rare public appearance Monday to tour flooding in his country – while inexplicably wearing a pair of mandals.

The North Korean leader was pictured wearing a bright, white long-sleeve shirt, with black pants and matching mandals as he surveyed the mud and wetlands near the disaster site in the South Pyongan Province.

The choice in summertime footwear likely didn’t give Kim much protection against the elements, as he was also seen wading in waist-high waters along with his more aptly dressed entourage.

This isn’t the first time Kim has opted for such an odd choice in footwear, as he previously debuted his mandals during a speech in 2021.

On that occasion, where he celebrated his ruling party’s founding, Kim was seen in a black tuxedo and matching mandals, sparking speculation over his health following a three-week absence.

The mandals’ latest outing came after the disaster around the nation’s western coast, where seawater destroyed an embankment on Monday, flooding more than 560 hectares of land, nearly half of which included rice paddies, state media KCNA reported.

Following his inspection, Kim blasted government officials as “irresponsible,” singling out Kim Tok Hun, premier of the cabinet, for allegedly being lackadaisical with his duties inspecting the destroyed embankment.

The flooding, which was caused by an inadequate drainage system is “mainly attributable to the feeble work attitude and wrong viewpoint of the premier of the cabinet,” Kim said.

The North Korean leader ultimately described the flooding as a man-made disaster, chastising the officials involved as “seriously out of order,” and accusing them of “spoiling all the state economic work,” according to the state media.

Despite there being no casualties as a result of the flooding, the disaster did strike valuable farmland amid concerns over the country’s food crisis.

Lim Eul-chul, a professor of North Korean studies at South Korea’s Kyungnam University, suggested that Kim will likely play up the disaster as the reason for the country’s recent economic failings and give him an opportunity to reshuffle his cabinet.

“After all, Kim appears to be furious over the national economy not improving as much as he wants,” Lim said.
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Kim Jong Un weeps as he calls on North Korean women to have more children to stem birth rate decline

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un cries while pleading with women to have more kids


Kim Jong Un was seen dabbing his eyes with a handkerchief while imploring North Korean women to have more babies. (Reuters)

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un implored women in the East Asian country to have more children and raise them as "communists," and wept as he delivered the emotional address to an enraptured audience.

"Stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs that we should solve together with our mothers," Un said, dabbing tears away with a white handkerchief.

During a Fifth National Conference of Mothers in Pyongyang, Un tackled "housekeeping duties," which included calling upon women to fulfill their duties and strengthening national power by having more children.

"Preventing a decline in birth rates and good childcare are all of our housekeeping duties we need to handle while working with mothers," Un said.

KIM JONG UN PRAISES MOTHER'S ROLES IN RAISING COMMUNISTS, REVOLUTIONARIES



North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during the National Mothers’ Meeting, Sunday, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)



North Korean women attend the National Mothers’ Meeting, Sunday, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

The supreme leader counseled North Korean women to raise their children as communists.

"All mothers should fulfill their responsibility and duty assumed before society and families with confidence in and optimism about the prospects of our socialist construction and a changed ideal society to come in the near future," Kim Jon Un said in the speech. "They have a heavy mission to bring up their children to be pillars of socialist and communist construction and masters of future society."



North Korean children cheer during an event in June marking the 73rd anniversary of International Children's Day in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP/File)

The United Nations Population Fund estimates that as of 2023, the fertility rate, or the average number of children being born to a woman in North Korea, stood at 1.8, amid an extended fall in the rate during recent decades.

NORTH KOREA WARNS US THAT HARM TO SPY SATELLITE WOULD BE DECLARATION OF WAR

The fertility rate remains higher than in some of North Korea's neighbors, which have looked to government incentive programs to bolster young families.

South Korea saw its fertility rate drop to a record low of 0.78 last year, while Japan saw its figure drop to 1.26.



North Korean leader Kim Jong Un applauds during the National Mothers’ Meeting, Sunday, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

While North Korea is one of the poorest nations in the world, the change in its demographic structure is similar to that of rich countries, some observers say.

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"Many families in North Korea also don’t intend to have more than one child these days as they know they need lots of money to raise their kids, send them to school and help them get jobs," Ahn Kyung-su, head of DPRKHEALTH.ORG, a website focusing on health issues in North Korea, said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Note: There's a video at the original link I have no idea how to copy. Pretty much North Korea as Scientology rally.
 
As much as I love reading about the madcap antics of the DPRK their international support base is just as fascinating. Of all the things to rally behind…imagine choosing this. Support for NK seems popular among African communists. I remember reading about an Indian communist party that supports Khmer Rouge too.

There’s stores in the west where you can buy North Korean propaganda and friends of North Korea groups you can join. Absolutely bizarre. Can anyone recommend any good pro NK lolcows? I know there was there that Ahuviya Harel guy but I haven’t heard from him in a while.
 
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North Korea's state television channel has censored a BBC gardening programme - by blurring out presenter Alan Titchmarsh's trousers.
Central TV aired a 2010 edition of Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets for its morning audience, but made sure that viewers could not see his jeans.
Jeans are seen as a symbol of western imperialism in the secretive state and as such are banned.
Mr Titchmarsh said the news has given him "a bit of street cred."
"It's taken me to reach the age of 74 to be regarded in the same sort of breath as Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Rod Stewart. You know wearing trousers that are generally considered by those of us of a sensitive disposition to be rather too tight", he told the BBC.
He then went on to say that his jeans were not too tight, but were clearly not acceptable in North Korea.
He said: "I've never seen myself as a dangerous subversive imperialist I'm generally regarded as rather cosy and pretty harmless so actually it's given me a bit of street cred really hasn't it."
North Korea's rules prohibiting jeans have been in place since the 1990s.
Back then, leader Kim Jong-il declared denim trousers to be a symbol of Western - and specifically American - imperialism, which had no place in a socialist state, according to Seoul-based NK News.
In recent years, a crackdown on Western culture has reiterated this ban, with state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun telling citizens in 2020 to reject what it termed "bourgeois culture" in favour of a "superior socialist lifestyle".
Current leader Kim Jong-un, himself a fan of voluminous legwear, is reportedly irked by skinny jeans and T-shirts bearing Western logos which are popular in South Korea.

How did North Korea get hold of a BBC programme?​

Western programming is extremely rare on North Korean screens, as the regime is careful - to the point of paranoia - about allowing foreign culture to enter the country.
Yet this is not the first time Garden Secrets has been aired before on Central TV, with Mr Titchmarsh saying he was "surprised" to appear on screens in the Communist state.
But it is still not entirely clear how it arrived in North Korea in the first place.
While satellite dishes and access to the global internet are banned except for the very few trusted classes in Pyongyang, foreign media still arrives in the country, often on memory cards smuggled over the Chinese border. Owning or trading in foreign media is illegal.
However, North Korean TV often pirates content from foreign broadcasters, blurring out onscreen logos to hide the original source.
This is often the case with their airing of Premier League, Champions League, and International football.
In 2014, during one of North Korea's periods of connecting with the West, there were discussions suggesting possibly gifting UK television programmes to the East Asian state as a means of demonstrating so-called "soft-power".
The Sunday Times revealed in 2014 that BBC Worldwide - the former name of the corporation's commercial arm BBC Studios - and the Foreign Office were hoping to "open [the North Korean] people's eyes to the world beyond the closed republic without offending the regime".
The paper quoted a Whitehall official as saying: "Programmes sent to North Korea would have to be something that isn't offensive, like Mr Bean, EastEnders, Miss Marple or Poirot.
"You couldn't send Dad's Army, as it is about war. But Teletubbies could be an option, or The Good Life, with a bit of gardening and squabbling in the kitchen".
It's not known if Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets was part of this package, or even if the programmes were delivered at all.
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