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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They had embassies? I figured their diplomats would defect at the first chance, as long as their families were with them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can be a refugee in a new country or part of the elite 1% in your home country. Probably an easy choice for most of them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The poor in many developed countries probably have better food security.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Iirc that means 3 generations of your extended family must be put into labor camps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And they use their diplomatic immunity to deal meth and spread counterfeit money to get some cash for their war machine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I have a bad feeling that they're preparing for war...

Russia let out the ghost of war from its bottle. I hope all of this don't end up in a 3rd world war.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They might be, but the list of embassies that are being closed seems a bit strange for that:

Spain, Hong Kong, and multiple countries in Africa

I'd've thought they'd keep the African embassies open: it's not like North Korea and Africa are going to war, they both have enough dislike of the West that Africa might sell supplies or diplomacy in a war, and it's always useful to have back channels and diplomatic relations in a war. So why "multiple countries in Africa"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No. At this point any significant aggression towards the south would lead to a quick end to the NK regime.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

End up? We're already there, it just hasn't been officially declared.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tbh yeah - all you need is to do a bit of reading on the events leading up to WW2 - if this was in a book/movie I'd be saying "come on guys, that's a little on the nose, isn't it" lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

We're in "lead up to ww3" part of the history books.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Boring conversation anyway. Luke! We're gonna have company!