Why does anyone still believe North Korea is going to renounce its nuclear armament? For one thing, it's a pretty decent stabilizer for the region, since it makes their regime feel safer and thus less prone to idiotic behaviour. Plus, the past few decades have shown that diplomatically renouncing your deterrent is a fast way to a shallow grave, so they don't really have any incentive to do so.
As for a NK SSB, I suppose they'd try their version of a Bastion doctrine, which wouldn't be sufficient to protect that submarine from a determined effort but would make a pretty good tripwire for any attack attempt by the other side: can't start an offensive without killing the submarine first, and that will require some decent setup to do if it's in a well-protected area.
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