“In the short term the North Koreans may rush south for food.”
How is starvation any change for NK? The NK army would never let them leave ... though they might start a BBQ if things get bad enough.
BTW ... I said it before and I’ll say it again, it was the little ice age that helped to spawn all this socialist crappola so I’m pessimistic that it will get any better if things get cold again. I would predict calls for enhanced UN power to deal with uprooted people all paid for with direct taxes in the vein of the Law of the Sea fiasco.
Oh I am sure the Globalist Socialists will be singing their usual songs, but as we saw in Iraq, as soon as the bullets start flying, the UN Central Planners go running for cover. This will probably be about Russian Fascist Nationalism and Chinese Basic Survival. Socialism will probably take a back seat.