North Korea

Nope. My parents were born before 1957.

edited 7th Aug '14 7:16:16 AM by Quag15

Damn that's old

See, I can remember novels written back in the 1980s (Larry Bond's Red Phoenix particularly) that were scared about the North Koreans buying Kilo-class subs, which are quite capable little SSKs in littoral waters, not to mention the obligatory T-72 swarms.

Then it turns out that all they have are Romeos.

They do have T-72s, or at least tanks that are probably as capable, in the form of the Pokpung'ho, which is supposedly the bastard child of a Russian T-90S and an Iranian Chieftain.

Do they have the spare parts and fuel to keep them functioning though, especially in any prolonged engagement?

No, but Pyongyang won't start a war on the peninsula except by accident. They know what they want, and a war they know they'd lose isn't on that list. Of course, they play high stakes poker every time they stir the pot for attention, but so far they seem to be competent enough to get what they want through posturing.

nvm - old news.

edited 10th Aug '14 4:37:06 AM by LogoP

All those missile launches into the ocean. What if they weren't failures?

Let's face it, the possibility that North Korea is actually a mythos cult writ large would make at least as much sense as anything else about that land.

I now what the setting will be if I ever run Call of Cthulhu again.

Yeah, forget Innsmouth. There's a much spookier, bigger kid in town.

Hmmmm... 1984 and Brave New World meet Lovecraft. Doable... <rubs chin>

edited 10th Aug '14 1:08:21 PM by Euodiachloris

Perfect for a black-ops take of the Laundry RPG, or maybe Delta Green.

In the Laundry RPG sourcebook, it's stated that British intelligence knows that the Dear Leader was definitely using a glamour to maintain his support, and that the Cult of the Bloated Woman was known to operate in NK. And the Arduous March provided a huge thaumic reservoir of souls, worryingly enough.

edited 10th Aug '14 1:32:21 PM by SabresEdge

Kim Il-sung is actually Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un. He simply changes his form via the shapeshifting powers granted to him by Yog-Sothoth.

edited 11th Aug '14 7:22:33 AM by LogoP

ASEAN Forum Decries North Korea’s Weapons, While Tokyo and Pyongyang Speak.

I wonder what the more fanatical parts of the DPRK regime & the Japanese right think of this.

Each time Yog-Sothoth intervenes, there's a SAN cost involved to the Eternal Leader. This makes perfect sense!

Also, for those who aren't following up on the Diplomat links Quag's been posting, the personal blog of one of the authors, Robert Kelly. Lots of good stuff there on East Asia international relations and internal politics.

x4 More likely soul migration

edited 27th Aug '14 3:16:35 PM by tricksterson

Scientists from the UK have been on the sacred volcano Mt. Paetku in order to unlock its secrets.

edited 3rd Sep '14 3:17:48 AM by tclittle

I get a 404.

edited 3rd Sep '14 3:17:18 AM by LogoP

It's fixed, but here's the link for convenience.

I bet they found unicorn fossils

North Korea has never claimed to have found literal unicorns.

edited 3rd Sep '14 8:23:13 AM by Achaemenid

Hopefully they didn't find Pele's wrath in the process.

On the other hand, they might have stumbled upon/engineered an equoid nest.

National Police Agency has compiled more missing persons again, the list updated to 883 persons.

This suggests that some of the new cases, 12 IIRC, were kidnapped by Pyongyang back in the days of the Cold War.

The Chinese Military Is a Paper Dragon, more War Is Boring bullhonkey but here's the money quote:

Ah best Korea, You Have Outlived Your Usefulness....