Hugh, as far as the current domestic problem I agree completely, however, I feel that the immediate problem is North Korea's alliance with Russia regarding their potential future support. The "now shelved reunification with South Korea" is I believe still on Kim Jong Un's agenda with him now regarding them as his principal enemy. So any idea of a reunification with the South that would only happen as a result of a hostile takeover which is the main reason why both countries still have compulsory conscription.
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Until unification or a permanent peace deal is agreed, Korea will forever be a potential geopolitical hotspot. A continuation of the Korean War is unlikely but can never truly be ruled out. With North Korea’s recent security pact with Russia, the stakes of this potential conflict are even higher than they were in the 1950s. Deterrence has never been more challenging or important in the Korean peninsula.
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https://247wallst.com/military/2024/...-they-compare/
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Over the past four years, North Korea’s appetite for talks with the US and South Korea has waned considerably.
Instead, it has accelerated its nuclear and missile development and abandoned its long-standing commitment towards reunification with the South. In January this year, Kim Jong Un designated South Korea as the North’s ‘primary foe’.
Pyongyang (capital of NK) has also undertaken a significant rapprochement with Moscow. North Korea is now an active participant in the war in Ukraine, having deployed over 11,000 troops to assist Putin’s war effort. More troops could yet be sent.
Even if Trump is successful in his ambition to quickly end the war, the revived relationship between Moscow and Pyongyang is likely to endure, irrespective of Russia’s need for North Korean artillery, missiles, and troops.
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https://www.chathamhouse.org/2024/11...-contain-north
Dude's post about Project 2025 was brief but on point.
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I am in touch with someone who lives in central Seoul and he says that citizens of Seoul have barricaded the National Assembly building to stop soldiers entering and helicopters are flying overhead. It is possible that his actions last night may reinforce the drive to get the President impeached. Reports are coming in that that Han Dong-hoon, the head of the ruling People Power Party - of which President Yoon Suk Yeol is a member - has also vowed to block the declaration, describing it as "wrong"