KR North Korea Megathread - Dear Leader and his shenanigans

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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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PS1gamenwatch said:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hungry-north-korean-soldiers-apos-043511033.html


Officers are ordering their troops to supplement their meagre food rations by plundering local fields, in order to keep up their strength for battle, according to a report in the Daily NK.

“The military officers are instructing their soldiers, exhausted after training, to eat corn in the fields because war is imminent,” a source in North Hamgyong Province told the news website.

Inside North Korea

“They are even threatening their soldiers, saying: if you become malnourished despite permission to eat the corn, you will face difficulties.”

Another source in Ryanggang Province claimed that soldiers carrying big sacks of unripened corn had frequently been spotted trying to sell their wares at markets.

The desperate conditions of his army paints a stark contrast with Mr Kim’s brash threats since he fired a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday.

On Wednesday he hailed the test as a “good experience in…rocket operation for an actual war” and as a “meaningful prelude to containing” Guam, the US Pacific territory he threatened with missile strikes earlier this month.


“An increasing number of residents are pointing out that, for them, provoking the US is a losing battle,” the Daily NK reported.
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If a military can't even feed its own soldiers, it would be wise to stand down
 
fun fact about maize/corn:

unprocessed maize is deficient in free niacin. A population depending on untreated maize as a staple food risks malnourishment, and is more likely to develop deficiency diseases such as pellagra. Maize also is deficient in essential amino acids, which can result in kwashiorkor . Maize cooked with lime provided niacin in this diet. Beans, when consumed with the maize, provided the amino acids required to balance the diet for protein.
 
Lou Wrong said:
For what its worth, North Korean soldiers have been stealing food for over 25 years now, its a part of life there.
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They haven't been that diligent about it. They've been seen digging up grass and eating that.

King Kong... with wings? said:
fun fact about maize/corn:

unprocessed maize is deficient in free niacin. A population depending on untreated maize as a staple food risks malnourishment, and is more likely to develop deficiency diseases such as pellagra. Maize also is deficient in essential amino acids, which can result in kwashiorkor . Maize cooked with lime provided niacin in this diet. Beans, when consumed with the maize, provided the amino acids required to balance the diet for protein.
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This is why even primitive civilizations like the Mesoamericans used this lime process, called nixtamilization, to free the nutrients in corn and make it edible. This is why there were even civilizations in South America for the Spaniards to conquer.

North Korea is well behind the level of civilization enjoyed even by primitive civilizations over a thousand years ago.
 
It's amazing how chinks from all over the east perfected a healthy diet of rice and fish well before 2,000 years ago and NK is somehow worse off than Africa.
 
AnOminous said:
They haven't been that diligent about it. They've been seen digging up grass and eating that.



This is why even primitive civilizations like the Mesoamericans used this lime process, called nixtamilization, to free the nutrients in corn and make it edible. This is why there were even civilizations in South America for the Spaniards to conquer.

North Korea is well behind the level of civilization enjoyed even by primitive civilizations over a thousand years ago.
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I do wonder if they are aware of that process because if they are crazy enough to try farming for corn in a climate that is hostile to the plant (even when their Soviet allies tried desperately to warn them that it would fail miserably) then I would hope they'd try to extract as many nutrients from their crops as they could.
 
I'm pretty sure if NK soldiers realized how shit they have it, they'd feed Kim his own testicles and then surrender to SK.

But they never will, because they're literally cultists.
 
Fareal said:
So, the tactic for war with North Korea is to bomb them with food parcels and then invade whilst they are distracted by actually getting something to eat?
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that's not a bad idea actually, but then again there's no doubt they would be told the food is poisoned or some lie like that
 
Yaks said:
Merged shit.
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many thanks

The Fool said:
They think the world fears Kim, of course they do.
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out of everything, i would think this is the most likely thing the general populace thinks is true (out of all the stupid claims you get fed there). think about it, for the longest time the kims got lots of food and supplies from other countries, they wouldn't do that unless they were scared of NK.
 
Realistically, what could possibly happen to the remaining North Korean civilians after Kim gets droned into non-existence?
This is going to be a pretty open and shut war. Are 25 million starving peasents just going to be left to their own devices?
 
https://www.google.com/amp/www.dail...0/amp/Putin-warns-major-conflict-N-Korea.html

Russia, France warn of explosive Korea situation

President Vladimir Putin warned Friday of a "major conflict" looming on the Korean Peninsula, calling for crisis talks as France's foreign minister warned of a possible threat to Europe.

Nuclear-armed North Korea on Tuesday fired a ballistic missile over Japan into the Pacific, escalating tensions over its atomic programme which have led to bellicose exchanges between Washington and Pyongyang.

Putin warned that the region was "on the brink of a major conflict".

"The problems in the region will only be solved via direct dialogue between all concerned parties, without preconditions," Putin said in a Kremlin statement, warning that "threats, pressure and insulting and militant rhetoric are a dead end."

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian meanwhile said North Korea was close to being able to launch long-range missiles.

"The situation is extremely serious... We see a North Korea whose objective is to have missiles capable of transporting a nuclear weapon tomorrow," he told RTL radio.

"In a few months, that will be a reality. At that moment, when it has the capability to hit the US, even Europe and at the very least Japan and China, with a nuclear weapon, the situation will be explosive," he said, urging Pyongyang to return to talks.

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump warned that "all options" were back on the table after the reclusive state fired an intermediate-range Hwasong-12 missile over Japan, snubbing Washington's bid to draw it into talks.

The launch came on the heels of two missile tests last month that appeared to bring much of the US mainland within reach, prompting Trump to threaten Pyongyang with "fire and fury".

Pyongyang has also threatened to fire rockets towards the US South Pacific territory of Guam.

The UN Security Council denounced the latest missile test, unanimously demanding that Pyongyang halt its nuclear programme and "all related activities".

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US heavy bombers and stealth jet fighters took part in a joint live-fire drill in South Korea on Thursday, intended as a show of force against the North.

Putin called for all sides to sign on to a mediation programme drawn up by Moscow and Beijing.

He echoed comments by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who in a Wednesday telephone call with his US counterpart Rex Tillerson "underscored... the need to refrain from any military steps that could have unpredictable consequences."

 
PS1gamenwatch said:
https://www.google.com/amp/www.dail...0/amp/Putin-warns-major-conflict-N-Korea.html

Russia, France warn of explosive Korea situation

President Vladimir Putin warned Friday of a "major conflict" looming on the Korean Peninsula, calling for crisis talks as France's foreign minister warned of a possible threat to Europe.

Nuclear-armed North Korea on Tuesday fired a ballistic missile over Japan into the Pacific, escalating tensions over its atomic programme which have led to bellicose exchanges between Washington and Pyongyang.

Putin warned that the region was "on the brink of a major conflict".

"The problems in the region will only be solved via direct dialogue between all concerned parties, without preconditions," Putin said in a Kremlin statement, warning that "threats, pressure and insulting and militant rhetoric are a dead end."

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian meanwhile said North Korea was close to being able to launch long-range missiles.

"The situation is extremely serious... We see a North Korea whose objective is to have missiles capable of transporting a nuclear weapon tomorrow," he told RTL radio.

"In a few months, that will be a reality. At that moment, when it has the capability to hit the US, even Europe and at the very least Japan and China, with a nuclear weapon, the situation will be explosive," he said, urging Pyongyang to return to talks.

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump warned that "all options" were back on the table after the reclusive state fired an intermediate-range Hwasong-12 missile over Japan, snubbing Washington's bid to draw it into talks.

The launch came on the heels of two missile tests last month that appeared to bring much of the US mainland within reach, prompting Trump to threaten Pyongyang with "fire and fury".

Pyongyang has also threatened to fire rockets towards the US South Pacific territory of Guam.

The UN Security Council denounced the latest missile test, unanimously demanding that Pyongyang halt its nuclear programme and "all related activities".

- Military exercises -

US heavy bombers and stealth jet fighters took part in a joint live-fire drill in South Korea on Thursday, intended as a show of force against the North.

Putin called for all sides to sign on to a mediation programme drawn up by Moscow and Beijing.

He echoed comments by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who in a Wednesday telephone call with his US counterpart Rex Tillerson "underscored... the need to refrain from any military steps that could have unpredictable consequences."
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You know, I wonder if a "don't feed the trolls" mentality would work with North Korea? We didn't pay much attention to them for years and they mostly got up to minor shenanigans like kidnapping foreigners to make movies and starving. We started paying attention to them when Il died and Un took over, now look at what happened.

For real though, with the way things are going there's definitely going to be some sort of military intervention of NK if this goes much further.
 
Yaks said:
You know, I wonder if a "don't feed the trolls" mentality would work with North Korea? We didn't pay much attention to them for years and they mostly got up to minor shenanigans like kidnapping foreigners to make movies and starving. We started paying attention to them when Il died and Un took over, now look at what happened.

For real though, with the way things are going there's definitely going to be some sort of military intervention of NK if this goes much further.
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It's the money, it's always been the money.

However, talking doesn't seem to be working for Fatty from any side. The US and its allies are intent on blowing him up and China's tried and failed numerous times. I doubt a group effort would even work at this point, and especially not after everyone agreed on imposing sanctions on the Norks.

I mean they can try all they want. But I wouldn't be surprised if Kim, entitled and insane as he is, would actually attempt to bomb somewhere as response to it.
 
Yaks said:
You know, I wonder if a "don't feed the trolls" mentality would work with North Korea? We didn't pay much attention to them for years and they mostly got up to minor shenanigans like kidnapping foreigners to make movies and starving. We started paying attention to them when Il died and Un took over, now look at what happened.

For real though, with the way things are going there's definitely going to be some sort of military intervention of NK if this goes much further.
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What happened? These tests are much less bad than when the north sunk the Cheonan and shelled Yeongpyron island (both of which were during Obama's time in office.) Not to mention that the nuclear part of the incidents is actually the culmination of efforts that they began undertaking under KJI.
 
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