• bloopernova@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

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

    • wahming@monyet.cc
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      8 months ago

      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.

    • someguy3@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

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

    • Hank@kbin.social
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      8 months ago

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

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    8 months ago

    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.

    • athos77@kbin.social
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      8 months 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”?

    • Another Person @lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

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

      • bitsplease@lemmy.ml
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        8 months ago

        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