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The actual answer is that North Korea has droves of hidden heavy artillery pointed at Seoul, one of the most densely populated places on earth, and would launch a bombardment that could kill a million people within a few minutes. The US would seek to disable these conventional weapons, but even a 1% failure rate would have horrible consequences.
Bit of a silly idea developing your capital city that close to the border. Maybe they should have spent the last 70 years moving it?
I want to put the Patrick meme here but don't know the gif
Also, no oil.
Also, a boots on the ground invasion is a non starter.
The mountainous terrain gives the home team a very strong position, and is one of the reasons China can't just take Taiwan.
Relying on Americans to do anything right seems like such a shitty idea.