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SEOUL, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Kim Jong-un, North Korea's designated future leader, is building luxury homes for himself while the population goes hungry, intelligence reports indicate. The building spree is costing the impoverished nation more than $150 million, The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday, citing satellite photos and South Korean intelligence assessments. Kim Jong-un last month was named successor to his ill father, Kim Jong-il. A house in central Pyongyang where Kim Jong-un grew up has been upgraded to luxury specifications. It is connected by a tunnel to his father's house. A new villa in North Hamgyong province, known for its hot springs and spas, also is believed to be for Kim Jong-un. Local residents were forced to build a railway line and road leading to it, the report said. A huge structure being built on the coast at Songdowon has an undersea gallery with a view of aquatic life 300 feet under the surface. South Korean intelligence says the Kim family has at least 33 villas served by their own private train stations. In November, the U.N.'s World Food Program said a third of North Korean children were chronically malnourished, along with many pregnant and nursing women.

....”In November, the U.N.’s World Food Program said a third of North Korean children were chronically malnourished, along with many pregnant and nursing women.”....

Which means they are of course dying. No doubt Kim’s will continue to build their own personal wealth and dynasty ...but at what point would the people actually rebel?

They went thru this in the 90’s and Kim stood before them Praising those people who gave their life (starved) for the country. The people are so deeply brainwashed, or afraid, or both, I don’t know if they have the fortitude to even think to rebel.

Further, even if the International community gave the green light for S.Korea to invade....how do you handle people who are so very impoverished mentally and physically, as well as all the infastructure is basically gone?

With the worlds countries backed against the wall financially themsleves I cannot see them coming together to any great degree where anything would be done sufficient for the country and it’s people to begin to even recover from the state it is in.... it’s all such a mess there...and beyond sad.