Challenges facing North Korean defectors [video]
&quot;Looking to the future, experts on the region are focusing on what happens ... when North Korea inevitably collapses&quot;<p>I&#x27;m no fan of the DPRK regime, but isn&#x27;t it naive to assume that any state, even a completely mismanaged despotic one, will &quot;inevitably&quot; collapse?<p>True, they rely on China just for bare survival, but they have their stuff together enough to create a functioning nuclear weapons program in the face of crippling sanctions, so it&#x27;s not infeasible that they could find a way to continue on if they were totally isolated - maybe they&#x27;d kidnap some Monsanto scientists to provide them with GMO and fertilizer technology.  Basically, they don&#x27;t currently bother feeding their people because they don&#x27;t currently have to, but there&#x27;s nothing proving they can&#x27;t adapt if circumstances change.<p>And I&#x27;m not saying they&#x27;re likely to conquer the world, but with the nuclear deterrent, it&#x27;s not terribly likely that the US or anyone will invade them without direct cause.