What next for North Korea ?

[sneijder]

Following the Glorious Leaders death, interesting times are ahead for the secretive nation.

It would seem they are ill equipped to go forward in the state they are in, will they be ready to accept more 'help' from the outside world ?

Will China or Russia step in ? Is there anything worth having there, minerals etc ? The infrastructure has been mothballed.

Could South Korea ever open up to a unified Korea once again ? Doing so would set them back decades and cripple them if they were to get anywhere close to equality, it's been far too long now.

Will the US be watching keenly ? They have their own problems, do they really want / need to carry on there ?

There will be millions mourning today and in the coming months, older folk simply will not accept another way.

Has Kim Jong-un been fully prepared for this, and are the people willing to accept him in replacement ?

Time will tell.

[Streps]

I'd like to know who is in control.
Kim Jong-un has only recently been on the scene as far as i'm aware.
It is Possible a power struggle may happen.
Although i'm guessing the military will support Kim Jong-un. (he was promoted to a general)
But who knows?

With all the reported food shortages and other grim living conditions
Just have to sit back and see what happens.

[jmorgan]

I imagine South Korea were paying lip service to the idea of re unification when Kim the ronry was alive. I doubt it has changed until there are some big changes oop Norf. That is one heck of a financial chain around the neck.

[Pints]

Pistonheads. Breaking news matters.

I haven't been near a news headline in a few days, so I didn't know they were in mourning.

[CommanderJameson]

More of the same, I bet.

I suppose it might not be completely impossible that Jong-un is more interested in girls, cars and music than he is in being leader of a failed state, and therefore is completely weak, thus opening the door to a power struggle that leads to either a revolution or an invasion, but I suspect that's on the optimistic side of things.

I also suspect that we here may struggle to truly comprehend the power of the cult of personality that exists around the Kim family.

[sneijder]

CommanderJameson said:

More of the same, I bet.

I suppose it might not be completely impossible that Jong-un is more interested in girls, cars and music than he is in being leader of a failed state, and therefore is completely weak

He was schooled in Switzerland, a big fan of U.S. Basketball apparently.

His father was an avid collector of movies, and was presumably well versed in U.S. culture. Perhaps the experiment has gone on for too long, and they will give up and join the glorious western world. The culture shock for the folk in the provinces would be immense, there are folk there who don't know man has been to the moon.

[robm3]

sneijder said:

CommanderJameson said:

More of the same, I bet.

I suppose it might not be completely impossible that Jong-un is more interested in girls, cars and music than he is in being leader of a failed state, and therefore is completely weak

He was schooled in Switzerland, a big fan of U.S. Basketball apparently.

Ah, so it'll be up to The Harlem Globetrotters to bring unification then, they'll do it, I know they will.

[Bill]

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