"The only reason they haven't been nuked yet is" that they would retaliate against South Korea: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1928023 http://news.ycombina

"The only reason they haven't been nuked yet is" that they would retaliate against South Korea: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1928023 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1928023 burgerbrain 506 days ago: [...] there is an absolutely absurd amount of conventional artillery positioned at the DMZ just a few dozen kilometres away from Seoul. If all out war were to occur the city, with it's 25million or so citizens, could be levelled in hours.