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Originally Posted by MTVN

It's incredible the level of secrecy they are able to maintain really in today's world, it's very hard to know anything for certain about it besides what they willingly show in their state news and official releases, which do a pretty good job of discrediting themselves on their own tbh. A lot of the other things we hear are often anecdotal and stories from defectors which are hard to corroborate and should probably be taken with a pinch of salt.

Said this in the nuclear weapons thread but I do think that North Korea have shielded themselves from any invasion or external attempt at regime change, I can't see the Kims going the way of Saddam, Gaddafi etc. unless its their own people or their government implodes from within.

This sums it up really. I see any news broadcasts from NK as a kind of pantomime. Its all done to create an impression for their own citizens more than anything else.

They also have a very strong hold on their people so the chances of an organised uprising are pretty close to zero. It would need regime change initiated by someone in control of the armed forces and if it did change it would be along very similar lines as it is now.

NK need China and Russia to a much lesser extent, so any form of controls are best to come from them.