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In South Korea's case, I think the rationalization is more obvious. It's more like, "we have a maniac at our border itching to invade, our citizens are scared,
by speedplane 9y ago
In South Korea's case, I think the rationalization is more obvious. It's more like, "we have a maniac at our border itching to invade, our citizens are scared, we need to intimidate them back."
- tgragnato 9y agoIt probably has more to do with counterintelligence/defence rather than intimidation. [http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/21/asia/north-korea-spies/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/21/asia/north-korea-spies/ind...] > Spies and human intelligence play a big role in maintaining Kim Jong Un's regime. NK "does not care" about security measures at SK borders. [http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1329421/north-korean-spies-enter-south-korea-posing-defectors-says-lawmaker http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1329421/north-korean-s...] > Nearly half of all North Korean spies arrested in South Korea over the past 10 years entered the country disguised as defectors, said a South Korean lawmaker on Friday. SK "does not need" to engage in reassurance countermeasures because of the population. [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/09/south-korea-normalised-fear-north-korea-missile-kim-jong-un https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/09/south-...] > Residents of South Korea who have friends abroad often share inside jokes about how outsiders are way more alarmed than everyone here, who would actually be wiped out if Kim Jong-un ever ordered a nuclear attack on this country.