The entire globe may look different. A sea level rise, would change a lot. Even a foot…
My thinking is that the family regime will be replaced by some other tyrant. The best thing that could happen would probably be letting South Korea absorb the North. They are the closest culturally, and seem to care about the people in NK.
If the regime topples without a plug and play government, it could get real bad fast. I’m not sure what Russia, and China would do with all the refugees. Generations of unhealthy, uneducated, and brainwashed people who have little to no job skills. Whomever inherited the people would essentially be getting a population in need of government aide.
I’m hopeful, but I don’t see a good ending to the conflict…