It is not all gloom and doom. I remember reading about Pyongyang University of Science and Technology and how it was initiated by this man - Kim Chin Kyung in fortune mag. His background is very interesting. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/04/1057179156781.h... He tried to affect change in a different way. Not by anger which we all feel after reading the article. You have to admire his determination. Immediate changes or changes caused by outside interference may not be a lasting or stable thing. I believe at some point in time, the idiots ruling the place will want to follow their only friend, China, transformation. The question is when. Any form of aggression is only going to cost extra lives and delay this timetable. As for them making the first move in a war....hmm...US can vaporize the whole north peninsula and still have left over nukes.