But, they have released US prisoners.

Even if it is for show, at least they got out.

yeah, fair point.

You think N-K would try to copy China in order to survive?

that's actually what i was typing

holy shit

Mm.

People have brought the possibility up

And what would that be?

possibly going all deng-y and allowing investment by foreign companies

of course, it would be a while

It still could wotk.

it *could*, but opening up to western influence seems to be the death knell for many a socialist regime

If they don't fix the economy.

We'll (US) will probably raid.

If they don't fix their food either.

They should ya know

even if they do, the US could always CIA them

Try to raise that living standard a bit

again, i'm not a big fan of the kims

And what of the Vietnamese?

If not the kims

Or the chins

they're privatizing a fair bit too

not a big fan of them either, but at least they aren't what appears to be a dynasty with a vice grip on power

To be honest I think Vietnam is fine the way it is now.

That would mean a "Socialist Market Economy". I doubt they will adopt the Chinese model, but it's definitely a possibility. Their economy actually isn't in as bad a shape as some would like to believe. In fact, Forbes published an article a little over a year ago I believe that talked about how the NK economy was booming, sanctions and all.

Like

It's not perfect

But it's not North Korea either

Plus shit ton of motorbikes

man, the west really needs to catch up with SE asia on motorbikes

because MAN are those things neat

Theya re indeed.

I have 2 Vietnamese born friends who migrated to amerika

Doesn't sound too bad over there

But there are plenty of safety risks

fun fact: where i live, there's an annual vietnam war airsoft event, and it's always interesting to see people super patriotic in a vietnam war reenactment

i think i'm gonna buy black pajamas, a pith helmet and an airshit mosin

brush up on some basic vietnamese