[woodbutcher1963]

How exactly could it be worse?

Everyone who is not in the employ of the government is basically starving.

They have no human rights.

The poorest of Americans make more in a couple weeks than the average NK person makes in a year.

Most NK’s have no electricity.

How exactly could it get worse. Plague?

The NK government makes the Iranian look good.

[plain talk]

“How exactly could it be worse?”

It can always be worse.

[GOPJ]

...Kim's death or impending death is raising fears it will destabilize this heavily militarized region and trigger a massive refugee exodus out of North Korea and into South Korea and China.

What's 'the fear'? People would finally be able to escape that hellhole?