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[Descan]

Reminds me a bit of Kremlinology, tbh.

[smjjames]

To be fair, NK is so tightly, well, walled in (not sure what metaphor to use), that foreign intel services have a very hard time piercing the internal workings and what's going on in NK that they have to rely far more on other methods. Even Soviet Russia with it's notorious KGB wasn't that tight to foriegn intel.

Also, experts are saying that NK is getting more dangerous as their missile program is speeding up. Plus the relations between NK and China sound like they're deteriorating further. No idea when the point of worst relations between NK and China was and how the current situation compares. I know China is only an 'ally' because they don't want a unified Korea that is US backed and possibly has US troops stationed there, but there's gotta be a breaking point where they say 'Enough!'.

[misko27]

Reminds me a bit of Kremlinology, tbh.

Precisely like it. But I will say the obvious: when a country publishes a picture of their nuclear bomb and missile, particularly given that the bomb and missile are the result of an illegal and reclusive program for which the country has been heavily sanctioned, and one that has been widely mocked and dismissed as non-threatening, they are trying to send a message.

[misko27]

Double-post because (to paraphrase Colbert) this is thread is not just for the One True Korea, but all Koreas:

President Park has been officially impeached, and has been removed from office. USA Today, NPR, BBC, and NY Times stories if the first link doesn't work.

[Strife26]

Reunification when?

[martinuzz]

Didn't Putin volunteer to become the new god emperor of South Korea, to increase stability in the region?

[martinuzz]

US Navy Seal Team 6, the elite unit that took out Osama Bin Laden, has been sent to South Korea to participate in an excercise that practices the assassination of Kim Jong-un. This was reported by South Korean officials, and has not been denied by the Pentagon.

[Wolfhunter107]

I'm pretty sure that the Pentagon did actually deny it.

[smjjames]

I'm pretty sure that the Pentagon did actually deny it.

More likely 'Cannot confirm or deny.'

The SK officials probably did that for the same reason that they boasted about their own assasination squads, to rattle NK. However, it seems like it would be somewhat embarrasing to the Pentagon, or enough to send a stern 'Stop that!' message to the officials.

However, weren't past political assassinations done by the CIA? Because I'm pretty sure doing an assassination like that using SEAL Team 6 hurt their honor.

Of course though, the consequences of a failed assasination attempt would be extremely high and not likely to be worth it except as an extremely last resort. There's also the ramifications of a successful assassination, namely, what happens next?

[Strife26]

Sounds like a lot of bluster and selective translation to me. I mean, HVT raids have been part of SEAL doctrine techniques literally since Marcinko was kidnapping US Navy admirals for shits and giggles.

Edited because doctrine isn't really the right word here and precision in language is important.

[smjjames]

Probably the same MO as when they last boasted about having their own assassination squad at the ready, to both rattle the North Koreans and as a warning.

[wierd]

Seriously, all they need to do is send some Dr Evil fembots to NK to infiltrate Glorious Leader's personal pleasure brigade. Slip the rotund little bastard something extra in his hard liquor sexytime cocktail (Fentanyl would do nicely), then feign ignorance of the matter.

[Loud Whispers]

Seriously, all they need to do is send some Dr Evil fembots to NK to infiltrate Glorious Leader's personal pleasure brigade. Slip the rotund little bastard something extra in his hard liquor sexytime cocktail (Fentanyl would do nicely), then feign ignorance of the matter.

Yeah but bodyguards

Also assassin fembots are probably illegal by geneva convention or something

[Descan]

Wait, are you saying that Dr. Evil was a war criminal?

[Akura]

Probably not because of the fembots - those are technically drone weapons. The gene-modified bass and the whole thing with trying to nuke the Earth's core, those might be considered war crimes. Emphasis on might be, since his island might not be considered a state subject to the Geneva Conventions, and if it is, said war crimes occurred within his borders to either his own state or to British secret agents who are not considered lawful combatants.