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It 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
by tgragnato 9y ago
It 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.