North Korea triple feature

This is far from a professional estimate coming out of the department of defense, but rather a well compiled message board post over at militaryphotos.net. It's quite interesting, even if you just look at the pictures. So if you want to know what war with North Korea would look like, this will give you an idea.

Bluffer's Guide: North Korea Strikes!

And as an added bonus, the New York Times ran an article on how North Korean policy ruins the lives of its citizens. Here are the first few paragraphs,

"YANJI, China — Like many North Koreans, the construction worker lived in penury. His state employer had not paid him for so long that he had forgotten his salary. Indeed, he paid his boss to be listed as a dummy worker so that he could leave his work site. Then he and his wife could scrape out a living selling small bags of detergent on the black market. It hardly seemed that life could get worse. And then, one Saturday afternoon last November, his sister burst into his apartment in Chongjin with shocking news: the North Korean government had decided to drastically devalue the nation’s currency. The family’s life savings, about $1,560, had been reduced to about $30."

Read the rest here...

Subsequently, the article reminded me of a series of photos I saw over at Boston.com on life in North Korea.

Peering into North Korea

Recent Scenes from North Korea