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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thx1138 said:
I guess Dahnahld sending him an oversized novelty Christmas card with DO IT FAGGOT written inside didn't do the trick. Sigh. Well, there's still Valentine's Day.
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Isn't there some North Korean holiday in January?
 
Things could start getting interesting soon.
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Kim Jong Un Ends Testing Moratorium And Threatens To Unveil New "Strategic Weapon" (Updated)

It seems clear now that the period of detente with the United States is at its end.
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Kim Jong Un has decided to roll the clock back two years in his New Year's address that caps off the Central Committee's annual meeting. In it, he declared an end to the testing moratorium he placed on his nuclear and long-range ballistic missile programs during the period of detente with Washington D.C. and Seoul. He also warned that the world would see a new strategic weapon system from his country very soon. Whether this means within hours, days, weeks, or months remains unclear, but sooner is more likely than later if you take into account his regime's recent "Christmas gift" threat.

The reasoning behind these changes is too slow of progress with negotiations with the United States and in response to the same hardline sanctions that sit over his regime that were in place two years ago. In his address, Kim noted that the U.S. would "suffer helplessly" if the status quo doesn't change and accused the Trump Administration of "gangster-like demands." This is all well-traveled ground when it comes to North Korean rhetoric vis-a-vis the United States, but such a tone had taken a hiatus during the period of diplomacy. That period has clearly been marching toward an end over the last nine months or so as negotiations hit dead ends and no sanction relief materialized.

Of course, there are still no signs that North Korea has any intention of giving up its nuclear arsenal. Doing so, at least without unprecedented concessions and aid in exchange, is totally illogical, especially as it has been made clear that actually going to war over the standoff would be unthinkable due to its immense cost in life and treasure according to Trump himself.

We will have to see exactly what Kim's new weapon is, but most signs point to a new or updated intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) design, one that leverages solid fuel for at least one stage of its propulsion stack. A "strategic engine test" occurred earlier in December that was likely a precursor to an actual flight test of such a weapon. Putting his recycled make-shift ballistic missile submarine in the water is another, but less likely possibility, among others.

Even though the Kim regime is a master of deceit and double talk, Kim Jong Un has been remarkably clear about his testing intentions and goals, and his weapons capabilities since accelerating both his nuclear and ballistic missile program in early 2016. Since then, the country's technological know-how has evolved at an incredible rate. Over the last two years, although there haven't been tests of these weapons, the programs have continued at full steam. As such, 24 months in North Korean weapons development years is a long time. It would be foolish to underestimate just how impressive Kim's new strategic weapon may be.

Above all else, one thing is clear—North Korea's New Years' resolution is to end the standoff's current status quo, one way or another.

We will update this post as more information comes available.

UPDATE: 4pm PST—
Here is part of the KCNA readout from the Central Committee's meeting that goes into Kim's statements on the sanctions and the need to develop new weapons and military capabilities:


He noted that the huge and complicated work of developing the ultra-modern weapon system possessed only by the countries with advanced defence science and technology presupposed our own innovative solution in terms of the scientific and technical aspect without anyone's help, and all the research tasks were perfectly carried out by the driving force, i.e. our reliable scientists, designers and workers in the field of the munitions industry.

This means a great victory, and our possession of promising strategic weapon system planned by the Party one by one serves as a great event in developing the armed forces of the Republic and defending and guaranteeing our sovereignty and right to existence, he noted.

He stressed that such a leap in developing the ultra-modern national defence science would make our great military and technical power irreversible, greatly promote the increase of our great national power, raise the power of putting the political situation around us under control and give the enemies the blow of big uneasiness and horror.

In the future, the more the U.S. stalls for time and hesitates in the settlement of the DPRK-U.S. relations, the more helpless it will find itself before the might of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea getting stronger beyond prediction and the deeper it will fall into an impasse, he noted.

He referred to a series of successes achieved in the economic construction.

Analyzing the trend of the prevailing present situation, he said the U.S. real intention is to seek its own political and diplomatic interests while wasting time away under the signboard of dialogue and negotiations and at the same time keep sanctions upon the latter so as to weaken the latter. He stressed that we further hardened our resolution never to barter the security and dignity of the state and the safety of its future for anything else.

He said that the stalemate between the DPRK and the U.S. can not but assume protracted nature as the U.S. is raising demands contrary to the fundamental interests of our state and is adopting brigandish attitude. He added that recently the U.S. is talking about continued dialogue while peddling the issue of the resumption of the dialogue here and there but this is just aimed to pass without trouble the year-end time-limit set by us and stall for the time for evading a lethal attack as it now finds itself in a tight corner, not out of the intention to withdraw the hostile policy toward the DPRK and solve issues through improved relations. On the other hand, the U.S. has openly revealed its provocative political, military and economic maneuvers to completely strangle and stifle the DPRK. This is the double-dealing behavior of the brigandish U.S., he added.

He said that we will never allow the impudent U.S. to abuse the DPRK-U.S. dialogue for meeting its sordid aim but will shift to a shocking actual action to make it pay for the pains sustained by our people so far and for the development so far restrained.

He continued:

It is true that we urgently need external environment favorable for the economic construction but we can never sell our dignity which we have so far defended as valuable as our own life, in hope for brilliant transformation.

The DPRK-U.S. stand-off which has lasted century after century has now been compressed to clear stand-off between self-reliance and sanctions.

If there were not the nuclear issue, the U.S. would find fault with us under other issue, and the U.S. military and political threats would not end.

The present situation warning of long confrontation with the U.S. urgently requires us to make it a fait accompli that we have to live under the sanctions by the hostile forces in the future, too, and to strengthen the internal power from all aspects.

He said there are not a few problems that need to be set right in state management, economy and other fields from the viewpoint of strengthening our might.

He analyzed the present situation including state management and economic performance which are insufficient for pulling and spurring the great cause of self-reliance and self-development and which fail to bring about a bold renovation but stay stagnant.

The victory of the revolution is inevitable but it is not achieved without any difficulties and hardships, he said, and continues:

If we do not put spur to the struggle for bolstering the power for self-development while waiting for the lift of sanctions, the enemies' reactionary offensive will get fiercer to check our advance.

The more we bolster our own strength and create valuable wealth on the strength of self-reliance and self-sufficiency, the deeper the enemies will be driven into greater agony and the earlier the day of the victory of socialism will come.

All the Party organizations and officials have to shoulder upon themselves the important duties entrusted to them by the times and turn out in the offensive for frontal breakthrough to foil the enemies' sanctions and blockade by dint of self-reliance.
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Saying that we should more actively push forward the project for developing strategic weapons, he confirmed that the world will witness a new strategic weapon to be possessed by the DPRK in the near future, declaring that we can not give up the security of our future just for the visible economic results and happiness and comfort in reality now that hostile acts and nuclear threat against us are increasing and nothing has changed between the days when we maintained the line of simultaneously pushing forward the economic construction and the building of nuclear force and now when we struggle to direct our efforts to the economic construction owing to the U.S. gangster-like acts.

He solemnly declared that there is no need to hesitate with any expectation of the U.S. lift of sanctions even now that we had close look into the real intention of the U.S., adding if the U.S. persists in its hostile policy towards the DPRK, there will never be the denuclearization on the Korean peninsula and the DPRK will steadily develop necessary and prerequisite strategic weapons for the security of the state until the U.S. rolls back its hostile policy towards the DPRK and lasting and durable peace-keeping mechanism is built.

He said that we will reliably put on constant alert the powerful nuclear deterrent capable of containing the nuclear threats from the U.S. and guaranteeing our long-term security, noting that the scope and depth of bolstering our deterrent will be properly coordinated depending on the U.S. future attitude to the DPRK.

He noted that our development of absolute weapons possessed by big powers is the great success but the big contingent of promising talents of science and technology in this course is more valuable result dear to the WPK.
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Hey, reviving this thread for a couple of light happenings:
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[단독] 청와대 뒤 북악산에 패트리엇 포대 들어섰다

靑 인근 첫 배치, 수도권 총 4개… 사드 배치 후 경북 포대 이전北 신형 미사일 등 대비, 주요시설 밀집 서울 동북쪽 방어 강화 [저작권 한국일보]청와대 뒷산인 서울 종로구 북악산에 배치돼 운용 중인 패트리엇 미..
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Patriot Battery Relocated to defend Blue House (the White House equivalent to Korea)
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Patriot missiles were deployed and deployed in Buak-ak, the Cheong Wa Dae, after the new year. This is the first time the Patriots have been deployed near the Blue House. From the new short-range ballistic missiles that North Korea began to show last year, it aims to improve the defense capability of Northeast Seoul, including the Blue House and the Seoul government office.

According to government and military officials on the 6th, the Air Force began to complete the deployment of Patriot batteries in this year's Bukaksan area in Jongno-gu, Seoul. It was reported that the artillery was located at the site where anti-aircraft guns such as Balkans were deployed.

It was reported that the Air Force Patriot Battalion, which had been deployed in Gyeongbuk, was relocated. As the high-altitude missile defense system (THAAD / Sad) was deployed in Seongju, Gyeongbuk, the move was made after concerns about the weakness of defense of the metropolitan area compared to the Yeongnam region where ballistic missile defense capabilities were improved.

The Northern Akpo Battalion is known to have both a PAC-2 launch pad that mainly intercepts infiltrating enemy aircraft and a PAC-3 launch pad that is used to improve ballistic missile interceptors. The PAC-2 type explodes in the vicinity of the target and intercepts through debris, with an altitude of 25 km (maximum range 20 km). The PAC-3 is operated in a direct-type manner, which strikes ballistic missiles directly at altitudes of 25 to 30 km (maximum range 30 km) and destroys them.

The deployment of the Bugak Force strengthened not only the Blue House but also the missile defense network in the surrounding area. In the past, the Patriots deployed in southern Seoul and the USFKs deployed in Osan-si, Gyeonggi-do, defended the metropolitan area. However, defense against northeastern Seoul, where the Blue House and major facilities were concentrated, was weak. The deployment is said to have resulted in the formation of a defensive network of four Patriot batteries in the metropolitan area. The military currently operates around 40 Patriot launchers in around 10 Patriot batteries. According to the 2018 Defense White Paper, USFK has deployed more than 60 Patriot launchers on the Korean Peninsula.

The government source said, "It was introduced as a concept of intensive defense not only for the Blue House but also for the core protection facilities such as the Seoul Government Building and the Ministry of National Defense." Shin Jong-woo, a research fellow at the Korea National Defense Security Forum, said, “We could see that the defense network was expanded from the defense of key defense areas such as Cheong Wa Dae to the densely populated areas.”

The discussions on the Patriot sack began in 2016, when North Korea unveiled the Blue House batting drill and said, “We will make the Blue House fire.” Since 2017, the actual deployment plan has been pursued.
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N.Korea Suffers Power and Food Shortages

North Korea is suffering from a serious shortage of electricity and food, affecting even the…
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N.Korea Suffers Power and Food Shortages
North Korea is suffering from a serious shortage of electricity and food, affecting even the privileged residents of Pyongyang, according to sources.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un admitted economic "hardship" and "difficulties" in his speech at last month's Workers Party Central Committee meeting.

A North Korean source on Friday said hydroelectric power plants, which account for more than 50 percent of North Korea's electricity generation, have stopped operating, while thermal power plants are running at reduced capacity due to coal shortages and malfunctions.

Pyongyang has been suffering three to five hours of power outages a day since last month, the source added.

UN sanctions have banned the North from exporting coal, prompting the regime to divert its coal supplies to domestic power stations at less than 1/10 of export prices. This has left it with less money to spend on upgrading mining equipment, leading to declining coal production and electricity generation.

The North also does not have enough food to feed its people as it was hit by a drought and African swine fever.

Cho Han-bum at the Korea Institute for National Unification said, "Market prices and currency values have been stabilizing recently, but this was due to intervention by North Korean authorities and weakened people's purchasing power. At the same time, a drought has resulted in poor crop yields, which could make the already stricken economy worse."

Radio Free Asia cited sources in China as saying that major shipments of food aid began on Jan. 1 by rail connecting the Chinese border town of Dandong with Sinuiju in North Korea.
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It continues to look like the DPRK is in for another "Long March."
 
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And? Jong-Nam was his grandson and Un literally gassed him.
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Yeah but Nam did not receive the same glorification as Kim Kyong-Hui did, and even when these people are to be taken down its not done behind the scenes as with smaller party fare like Kim Ok and so on.
 
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Pointless to ask since any number they give will likely be a lie. Wouldn't be surprised if they use this as a way to get rid of some troublesome dissidents. "Why no we didn't execute those people! They died of Wu-flu!"
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They'd save on bullets and Howitzers too. Just let the dissidents coof on eachother.
 
neverendingmidi said:
Pointless to ask since any number they give will likely be a lie. Wouldn't be surprised if they use this as a way to get rid of some troublesome dissidents. "Why no we didn't execute those people! They died of Wu-flu!"
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It's North Korea. They don't need a global pandemic as cover for murdering undesirables.

The person they are answering to in your hypothetical is themselves.
 
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Uh Oh...

JongUnnie may be in trouble. Or ded.
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US monitoring intelligence that North Korean leader is in grave danger after surgery

The US is monitoring intelligence that suggests North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, is in grave danger after undergoing a previous surgery, according to a US official with direct knowledge.
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It's been buzzing in SK media for the last few hrs.

IMO, I feel like it wouldn't be surgery, it'd be either the Coof got him (maybe) or more likely he was unwilling to do as he was told.

Surgery is not the reason.
 
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