[In the Drunk Tank]

I suspect North Korea's main motive is their own preservation rather than posing any threat to the rest of the world. The government there isn't stupid and they know they have basically no allies in the world: China is sorta sympathetic but no closer to North Korea than they are to many Western countries. They could never defeat a major power or win a global conflict and would just bring destruction on themselves. What they can do is prevent any attempt by the rest of the world to force regime change in North Korea because no one is going to take on a nuclear armed state with nothing to lose.

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Originally Posted by MTVN

I suspect North Korea's main motive is their own preservation rather than posing any threat to the rest of the world. The government there isn't stupid and they know they have basically no allies in the world: China is sorta sympathetic but no closer to North Korea than they are to many Western countries. They could never defeat a major power or win a global conflict and would just bring destruction on themselves. What they can do is prevent any attempt by the rest of the world to force regime change in North Korea because no one is going to take on a nuclear armed state with nothing to lose.

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