[caww]

.....”The North Koreans and South Koreans are the same people”......

That’s debatable after well over 50 years of South Koreans advancing while North Koreans still operate, think and behave stuck in the 50’s..and this under a cruel and diabolical cult leader who has fully robbed the North Koreans of any critical thinking abilities from the cradle to the grave.

You could not say they identify as the same...just ask the South Koreans.

[neverevergiveup]

I agree with the general point of your comments, but when it comes to a question of ‘can they actually do it?’, I would not bank on the backwardness of the NK regime as a guarantee that they cannot. First of all, the ‘rewards’ for those successfully advancing the nuclear program are likely to be enormous - especially by NK standards. There is thus an incredible amount of motivation for those involved. They also likely have access to a disturbing amount of stolen information from abroad.

[HollyB]

“That’s debatable after well over 50 years of South Koreans advancing while North Koreans still operate, think and behave stuck in the 50’s..and this under a cruel and diabolical cult leader who has fully robbed the North Koreans of any critical thinking abilities from the cradle to the grave.”

You are absolutely correct. To think the citizens of these two countries are the same just because they visit and/or are related is ridiculous.