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Originally Posted by Lathdrinor

Though, to be fair, I think the retaliation would come from the US (at the behest of Japan), which is quite capable of wiping out NK from across the Pacific.

That is what Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan is for.

Under the treaty, both parties assumed an obligation to maintain and develop their capacities to resist armed attack in common and to assist each other in case of armed attack on territories under Japanese administration.