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Hackworth was in Korea during the mess in 94, and got an interview with some of their high KDoD officials (he wanted to inspect some ROK divisions). They had told him that even the placement of buildings at historical invasion choke points was planned so that the debris would stop a DPRK heavy force. Since Hackworth fought at some of those same choke points during Korean Mistake I, he took a look, and realised that with the modern construction (it was pretty much all Hooches in his day), there was no way that the tank formations were going to get through. The DPRK simply did not have to deal with precision munitions back then, and their formations would be severely savaged today. If it is in the open and massed, it's a target today, and toast a few minutes later.

I have recently been to the DMZ (Camp Bonifas in the JSA). The old road south has anti-tank berms every few clicks all the way back to Seoul. They extend across the country and the thru-passes are rigged to come down in minutes. Every structure is essentially a defensive position. A tank driver I talked with kind of hoped that he'd get a chance to go one on one with his opposite. The tech difference added to the stubbornly anti-armor terrain would lead to a turkey shoot.

The forces for invasion are already massed within 15 clicks of the MDL. Most of them are underground but, as you said, they've gotta come out to fight.