this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
139 points (97.3% liked)

World News

32286 readers
855 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
top 26 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] eyy@lemm.ee 32 points 1 year ago

Just North Korean doing North Korean things.

[–] exohuman@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago

One of these days he is going to hit something during one of his little tirades. Reminds me of a kid who needs attention every few months.

[–] Reiea@lemmy.fmhy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

I don't understand his thinking. The US and other major countries fire off missiles just to shoot them down as target practice all the time. Not to mention that attacking a UN country would be suicide.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Pyongyang's launch comes after it threatened retaliation against what it said were recent US spy plane incursions over its territory

It also tried to launch a spy satellite in May which failed.

This is why I can't take them seriously 🙄

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Heh

I am never being let into North Korea

[–] Chipthemonk@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I don’t really understand how North Korea continues to exist. I guess they aren’t sanctioned hard enough? I guess it’s hard to get in spies? I guess it’s hard to remove Kim? They seem so weak, but they keep slowly developing into some weird sort of threat.

They’re kept afloat by China, basically. Chaos in NK has the potential to spill over the Yalu and cause problems in China.Plus, Seoul is within artillery range of the DMZ, so any “kinetic” end to the regime is quite risky.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

It's just not worth it for anyone to do anything.

[–] luffyuk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

N.Korea is essentially used as slave labour by China, and is propped up by them in return.

[–] sinkingship@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Look up "bureau 39". They have installed a nice cash flow institute, that goes around the sanctions.

[–] m532@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago

People want to live, they will live.

[–] MaShinKotoKai@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I don't understand what his endgame is. If one of these remarkably hits US territory, how does he hope to win?

load more comments
view more: next ›