[John H K]

and would likely overrun Seoul and kill millions of South Koreans within days of the first sign of an invasion.

In my opinion this is a ridiculously exagerrated number, though you often see it claimed in a variety of articles.

[JaimeD2]

I'll admit that it's probably on the high end of the estimates, but it seems plausible to me. I suppose it'd be better to rephrase it as "an enormous number of South Koreans would die," because that's certainly a given.

[SuziQ]

and would likely overrun Seoul and kill millions of South Koreans within days of the first sign of an invasion.

In my opinion this is a ridiculously exagerrated number, though you often see it claimed in a variety of articles.

The Korean Peninsula is not that large, and Seoul is not that far from the DMZ. The NKs could have missles on the ground in Seoul in 15 mins., with their troops pouring over the border just under them. There are a lot of SKs near the border, and though we have troops there, it would take a few minutes to get our helos and fighter jets in the air. The NKs may not get that far on the ground, and would eventually lose, but they would have killed plenty of SKs in Seoul and near the border in the first hour of their attack.

I sure hope we have lots of Patriot batteries there.