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> They're gonna need a steady supply of troops, and having low birthrates is gonna put them in a disadvantage when war breaks out. A cursory Googling shows tha
by h0l0cube 4y ago
> They're gonna need a steady supply of troops, and having low birthrates is gonna put them in a disadvantage when war breaks out.
A cursory Googling shows that the population is ~52m in South Korea vs ~26m in North Korea
- rs999gti 4y agoHow many of the 52m SK are men 17-49? Wars are fought by abled bodied men and typically not women, children, and the elderly.
- h0l0cube 4y agoIt's hard to know how demographics compare with a secretive country like North Korea, but given the scale of population difference I'd wager that for every age band they have more people, and the munitions and provisions to supply them. NK could conscript its civilians, but with such low morale caused by hunger I'm not sure they would win a war of attrition. It doesn't even seem evident that NK are interested in engaging in a 'hot' war, nor could that even be in their interests.