tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post7465335819793788934..comments2023-11-12T00:30:15.262+09:00Comments on Monster Island (actually a peninsula)*: Has North Korea jumped the shark?kushibohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-27069654924925680212012-04-29T15:52:05.273+09:002012-04-29T15:52:05.273+09:00In reference to your third prediction, how interes...In reference to your third prediction, how interesting that less than two weeks after you wrote this <a href="http://www.monster-island.net/2012/04/slow-jams-and-mad-cows.html" rel="nofollow">we are starting to get something of a repeat</a> over the Mad Cow scare.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-73343075465067785582012-04-15T11:42:33.723+09:002012-04-15T11:42:33.723+09:00I have thought of a few more:
A chain reaction ge...I have thought of a few more:<br /><br />A chain reaction gets out of control at one of the North's secret underground nuclear facilities. Russian experts are rushed in, but the equipment is so outdated that none of them can make heads or tails of it. The resulting meltdown renders half the country uninhabitable, and the leadership is so eager to escape the fallout that they relinquish power to the South in exchange for exile in Switzerland. (odds: 80,000 to 1)<br /><br />An experimental virus gets out of one of the North's bioweapons labs and wreaks havoc among the population, resulting in a zombie apocalypse. China and South Korea keep the borders sealed tight for 50 years, then send a team of commandos in to look for signs of life... (odds: 5 million to 1)<br /><br />In a fit of gluttony, Kim Jong Eun eats some imported American beef and contracts Mad Cow disease. As his mind slowly degenerates over the next decade, his policy decisions get more and more erratic until he gets killed by his own chief of security, a la Pak Chung Hee. The military tries to take over and sets up an emergency ruling council, but that soon devolves into power struggles. An alarmed China steps in and sets up a stable puppet state. (Odds: 50 million to 1)<br /><br />North Korea’s great strides in developing nuclear fusion technology attract the attention of a hostile alien race, who land undetected and quickly take over the country body-snatchers style. The first sign of trouble is when people fail to show emotion when paying homage to the leaders’ corpses at Keumsusan Memorial Palace, but by then it is too late. (Odds: 100 million to 1)<br /><br />Finally bowing to international pressure, North Korea’s leaders decide to embrace a policy of reform and opening. They give up their nuclear weapons in exchange for massive aid and debt forgiveness. As social controls are relaxed, the people calmly accept the news that they have been lied to and exploited all these years. As the economy transforms, the military is massively reduced and thousands of discharged soldiers somehow find other means to support themselves without turning to violence. The regime manages to weather the ensuing storms of disillusionment and social transformation and, after 30 years of hard work and careful management, brings the economy up to a level equivalent to Slovakia, at which point the country is peacefully reunified with the South through national consensus. (Odds: 1 billion to 1)Changmihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10041719773764583838noreply@blogger.com