North Korea Changes Currency

Re:North Korea Changes Currency by thaumaturgy on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @12:14PM (#972422)

They have nuclear weapons -- or want the world to believe they do -- and likely intend to use those weapons to ensure that they get an unlimited supply of aid from other countries.

That was all over the mainstream U.S. news not that long ago, even.

Poor? Maybe in terms of GDP. But certainly not powerless.

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Re:North Korea Changes Currency by rbanffy on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @03:17PM (#972809)

I guess China could carpet-nuke NK if they ever got tired of aiding them.

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Re:North Korea Changes Currency by jrockway on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @06:35PM (#973294)

But then North Korea nukes Seoul, Shanghai, and Tokyo.

Nuclear war has no winners.

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Re:North Korea Changes Currency by gloob on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @06:48PM (#973319)

Seoul, definitely. I would be mildly surprised if it actually managed to hit Shanghai or Tokyo. North Korean military hardware is not known for it's quality.

On the upside, North Korea isn't suicidal, and it's not like China was going to stop giving them aid anyway, so it probably makes little practical difference anyway.

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Re:North Korea Changes Currency by gchpaco on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @06:53PM (#973326)

Much more likely is they just engineer a coup and quietly shoot Der Leader.

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