This file photo from October 2005 shows North Korean People's Army soldiers marching at Kim Il-Sung Square in Pyongyang in a military parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. KCNA via AFP -- Getty ImagesFrom Stars And Stripes:
SEOUL — Little is known about the secretive country considered the most closed society in the world.
Crossing into North Korea, analysts say, you could expect to find crushing poverty, widespread hunger and a massive military that includes nearly one in three of the communist nation’s citizens. Beyond that, it’s anybody’s guess.
"It’s such an isolated society that we only have ... glimpses of what’s going on," said Brig. Gen. Richard Haddad, commander of Special Operations Command Korea.
Should U.S. forces ever be called on for a mission inside North Korea, it is the unknown that presents the biggest challenge, Haddad said.
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My Comment:If a conflict should break out between North and South Korea .... I do not see it becoming a prolonged affair unless the Chinese make the decision to support the North Korean Government with military and essential supplies.
If this does not happen, the fracturing of North Korea (like what happen with Eastern Europe 20 years ago and in the Soviet Union a few years later) would be the outcome, and the above article's view of what it may look like becomes a distinct possibility.