Yeah. They backed down in the end, apparently. That was actually a surprise to me since it goes against all their promises of aggression which they need to keep their population in check.

The Korean War never ended and as such they've been promising aggression for over 50 years and nothing has ever and will ever come of it because their ridiculous level of seclusion has made them inferior to the rest of the world in every way and their leadership knows it. The only reason they keep making threats and acting all tough is because the people of their country have been brainwashed into thinking they're the greatest nation on earth and they need to give them a reason to believe that. They're pathetic and do not deserve to be taken seriously or feared.

the article was written by Jang Jin-Sung, the site's founder and a defector from North Korea who used to work in the government and even met Kim Jong-Il personally.

Ugh North Korea I don't get them at all.

Ikr, they are like soooo not invited to my summer party.

North Korea paints itself as a nation that fully sustains itself based on Kim Il-Sung's "Juche" philosophy. in reality, it's been falling apart since a famine in the 90s, and only the small area where tourists are allowed to go (basically Pyongyang) is taken care of enough to keep up appearances. electricity in North Korea is extremely dodgy, and goes out at random times - unless tourists are around. then suddenly the government has the ability to keep up a steady supply of electricity. North Korea has a news station that is, as far as i know, the only TV channel they have, but North Koreans also tend to have TVs hidden in their houses somewhere that pick up South Korean channels.

humanitarian aid (food, medicine) that goes to North Korea doesn't reach the citizens very much unless it's smuggled in illegally across the border so the government can't take it for themselves.

Kim Jong-Un is not the leader of North Korea, he's effectively a puppet now. the Organization and Guidance Department (in the government) is what really pulls the strings in North Korea, but they keep Kim Jong-Un at the forefront of North Korean propaganda (including within the nation) to keep up appearances. the OGD was controlled, maybe even made, if i remember correctly, by Kim Jong-Il, it consisted mainly of friends/allies of his, and they worked for him and he actually was the leader of North Korea, but when he died, power didn't go to Kim Jong-Un. it stayed with the OGD.

North Korea also resumed broadcasting, although the quality of their speakers are so bad you can’t understand what they’re saying, according to reports.

Heh.

It's kind of hard to believe North Korea is actually real, you know? They're like a comic book villain with how ridiculously inept and overreactive they are.

Let's hope this doesn't escalate any further.

http://www.unilad.co.uk/articles/south- … rth-korea/
http://www.unilad.co.uk/news/north-kore … the-south/

I have no idea if this should be in general Chat or Serious Discussion as I have no idea how this might escalate or end