North Korea:
Military branches: Korean People's Army (includes Army, Navy, Air Force), Civil Security Forces
Military manpower—military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 5,768,038 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 3,483,188 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 177,888 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $5 billion to $7 billion (1997 est.)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 25% to 33% (1997 est.)
United States:
Military branches: Department of the Army, Department of the Navy (includes Marine Corps), Department of the Air Force
note: the Coast Guard falls under the Department of Transportation, but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy
Military manpower—military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: NA (but you can bet ALOT more than now if a serious threat existed)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $267.2 billion (1997 est.)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 3.4% (1997 est.)
Source:
http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact99/5.htm
I'm not spouting rhetoric. North Korea is no match for the US in an all-out war. You may remember that if they pull the nuke card we have plenty more than they do. We have an ability to bomb, fire missles etc. also much greater than their's. It would be no cake walk and we would lose a great deal of people but North Korea would most surely fall. That's not propaganda - that's logistics.