A handful of Malaysian citizens have been barred from leaving North Korea as relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate:
North Korea barred Malaysians from leaving the country on Tuesday, sparking tit-for-tat action by Malaysia, as police investigating the murder of Kim Jong Nam in Kuala Lumpur sought to question three men hiding in the North Korean embassy. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak accused North Korea of "effectively holding our citizens hostage" and held an emergency meeting of his National Security Council. The United Nations called for calm between Malaysia and North Korea and urged them to settle their differences through "established diplomatic practice."
The moves underscored the dramatic deterioration in ties with one of North Korea's few friends outside China since the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb. 13. Malaysia said the assassins used VX nerve agent, a chemical listed by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction.
[...] There are 11 Malaysians in North Korea, according to a Malaysian foreign ministry official, including three embassy staff, six family members, and two others.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Thursday March 09 2017, @03:49PM
You don't need a guerilla war in NK, all you have to do is eliminate their ability to harm their southern neighbor and then just leave the people inside to starve to death. It sounds cold, but if the people really are that brainwashed and unwilling to surrender peacefully, then there's no reason to get so many veterans killed trying to force them to. Open a gate at the border and allow anyone who really wants to leave (and can make it there) to leave and come to the South, as the South has a long history of happily accepting defectors from the North, but there's no reason to invade the North and force anything on them if they're going to be like that.
Of course, the main problem is accomplishing that first point: eliminating their ability to harm others. The nuclear facilities are one issue, but those can be taken out with some bunker-busters. Their subs and other warships would be easily picked off by various Navies. But the huge amount of artillery amassed on the southern border and pointed at Seoul is another thing altogether, and not easily neutralized. If it weren't for that, everyone would just be ignoring NK.