China orders North Korean firms to close down within 120 days

[SWAT One]

The people living there are too conditioned / demoralized to try and overthrow the regime in NK, unfortunately

Yes and no. The more correct answer is that the State provisions out food and NK citizens are already starving. If they rebel, they is of starvation. If anyone helps them rebel, they die of starvation.

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[Ceist]

considering it's from a nk news source, it's just more propoganda and id hardly believe anywhere close to that number signed up

the info is actually true, its just the context that matters. NK government considers almost every citizen a soldier regardless if they received formal training or not.

[SWAT One]

the info is actually true, its just the context that matters. NK government considers almost every citizen a soldier regardless if they received formal training or not.

Iirc, there is mandatory military service starting from grade school or middle school age.

[Darth C3P0²]

how does nk still have money. when is there going to be some sort of revolution by the citizens

change the price of certain bills tbh lol

[NotBomberguy]

les do this boys

[Aplem]

hey kimo boy

give up that nucleitus

[The Resonte!]

NK has some source of money (probably trades/deals with countries that haven't sanctioned them yet)

what do they even have to sell?

[Ceist]

what do they even have to sell?

I remember on some VICE article, they were talking about how North Korea funds itself by an unofficial means.

Their largest source of income comes from selling human labor to Russia. They also sell drugs such as methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana through unknown channels, probably the same channels they sell people through.

There's also the tourism sector, which was jointly created by NK and China. Lots of tourism to NK to see the "isolated" state and see what it's really like, mostly chinese citizens, but there are also those who use China as a means to document what's going on inside NK. That's how Vice and a dozen other internet news websites have gotten journalists inside NK.

Oh yeah and you can buy NK merchandise off their official website. EDIT: found it. http://www.korea-dpr.com/

[PhantOS]

their main export is probably still coal / heavy metals which are extremely profitable. you can't like, be self-sufficient when your only exports are raw minerals and metals

[TristanLuigi]

how does nk still have money. when is there going to be some sort of revolution by the citizens

revolution almost never works without either the support or the ambivalence of the military

[Kumquat]

their main export is probably still coal / heavy metals which are extremely profitable. you can't like, be self-sufficient when your only exports are raw minerals and metals

I dont think theyre allowed to trade a lot of the materials they have.

[PhantOS]

I dont think theyre allowed to trade a lot of the materials they have.

exactly. when you sanction them they are screwed by default. its like holing yourself up in a shack with a shotgun while an entire police force and swat army is waiting outside with assault rifles. no matter what happens, you're eventually going to starve to death or get shot, so your objectively best option is to give up

[Bisjac]

sanctions are awesome. we did it to the japanese and they got the point and got their stuff together without incident.

[The Murderous Cop]

sanctions are awesome. we did it to the japanese and they got the point and got their stuff together without incident.

except for the part where pearl harbor happened (unless you're talking about something else ?)

[Filipe]

Once China abandons NK they'll get forgeted, hopefully.