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Probably doing similar things to what's been done with Russia, more sanctions, more sanctions against supporting nations etc.

They're soon to test a nuclear weapon and already play fun games testing missiles and having them land just off the coast of Japan. Not going to be fun once those things are nuclear missiles and en route to Tokyo.



Their economy is already almost completely dependent on China. It's hard to sanction them more.

Sanctions against Russia aren't uniquely effective in a way that sanctions against NK aren't. It's just that the threat of having your economy look like North Korea's is pretty dire.


Don't we have these exact types of sanctions already in place i. NK for exactly the reasons you mention?


Sure, they're not working well enough by the look of it...

The people are severely repressed, it's hard to imagine how much North Koreans suffer, look up Yeonmi Park's story.

What we seem to do is ignore these maniacs, until it's too late or it's absolutely critical, then they hold us hostage, like Putin.


Yeonmi Park claimed that it takes months to go from one place to another, and that they'd have to push trains (!!)

https://youtu.be/KK6psAnynUA

(edit: another old article that points out inconsistencies in Yeonmi Park statements: https://thediplomat.com/2014/12/the-strange-tale-of-yeonmi-p... ... The JRE interview wasn't a fluke)

I don't think that you can reasonably treat Yeonmi Park as a reliable witness.

North Korea's train network is 4700km long, though it is not perfect... If you want to travel from Pyongyang to Chongjin for example, you're better off flying there

https://youtu.be/GpxOsJYobeA


How well are those aeroplanes maintained though? Not sure I'd risk it.


This argument makes no sense. You want to do more of something that isn't working, and your solution to suffering is to make the people poorer.




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