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In reply to the discussion: North Korea 'fires missile from submarine' [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)33. Anyone read "The Orphan Master's Son" by Adam Johnson?
Won the Pulitzer Prize. It shows how ugly and scary it is to live in North Korea. If any country "deserves" invasion and nation-building, it would be North Korea, imo.
But that never turns out well, no matter what, does it?
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Also see: N. Korea threatens pre-emptive nuke strike over Seoul's military drill
Purveyor
Aug 2016
#2
Yeah that's some scary stuff. I actually think he's more dangerous than his father.
NWCorona
Aug 2016
#5
The Shrub would have too, and was about to do so in '06 hoping to stave off a mid-term 'thumping'.
forest444
Aug 2016
#16
Actually, they had none and their nuclear program was mothballed. But that changed.
tonyt53
Aug 2016
#27
That's a beautiful coastline NK has there, would make a wonderful resort location. To bad their coun
Sunlei
Aug 2016
#32
North Korea's Kim declares sub-launched missile 'greatest success': KCNA
MowCowWhoHow III
Aug 2016
#37