About a hundred former North Korean soldiers, who escaped to South Korea, held a public demonstration where they announced a campaign to use cell phone connections along the North Korea/China border, to connect with current North Korea soldiers and organize a revolution against the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il. The demonstration included a simulated firing squad executing someone dressed up as Kim Jong Il.
Interesting. North Korea demoted the army as resources dried up, relying on spies to control the people and army while nuclear weapons would deter invasion. The problem is, an army unable to defeat South Korea remains strong enough to march on Pyongyang and destroy the regime.
At some point, as grinding poverty saps their will to live, North Koreans could lose their fear of the government's security apparatus that grinds them down every day. If they defy the government and the army refuses to suppress the people, the regime in Pyongyang could go down quickly.
UPDATE: signs the fear is loosening under the hammer of despair:
North Koreans are becoming more outspoken in their criticism of Kim Jong Il, cursing him in public.
No dictatorship likes that.
will the army obey orders to shoot the people, if it comes down to that?
