North Korean policy?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

And, seriously, given how poorly North Korea is run, it's pretty likely North Korea will eventually collapse underneath its own weight. It's really only a matter of time.

I agree with this. However my only concern is how many people die with the regime. The people of N.Korea have a shit deal regardless of what happens to their country, and I don't think free trade is going to prevent that.

Consider that one of Kim's uncle's was recently shot for (apparently) seeking to undermine his leadership. Can't tell if that's true or not, but assuming it is, seems like there's at least an equal number of people in his circle that are afraid enough of his power to rat out would be dissenters rather than join in his downfall.

But yeah, no outcome seems to result in a happy ending aside a quick assassination and a bloodless revolution. Fat chance of that happening though. The vacuum would be massive.

Let's face it. Militarily, N. Korea is pretty harmless. Aside the odd shelling or sinking of S. Korean boats (detestable in there own right, of course), the biggest loser of N. Korea's current state is N. Korea itself, or rather, its people/