North Korea committed to denuclearization, Kim tells China – China News

China has always been key to resolving the North Korean nuclear problem, but now it is absolutely essential that Beijing lives up to its commitments or faces being held accountable for a lost opportunity that could result in a permanent nuclear North Korea.

From the article: With Bam Bam’s condition weakening by the day and his restive population subsisting on a spartan diet of poor-quality foodstuffs — northern refugees to the South claim that starvation rations persist in certain parts of DPRK — North Korea, yet again, is decimating itself from within.

The post’s author provides two very specific reasons – throwing a wildcard third into the mix just in case things go completely boobs up – as to what the Chinese might have been up to by hastily (?) inviting Kim to the PRC, and why – despite all sensible and practical reasons militating against their continuing to do so – the Chinese persist in propping up a DPRK dictatorship that always seems mer

Does North Korea Make for Good Chinese Colonial Turf?

Rather than express my knee-jerk personal opinion – as in, who wouldn’t want to see the dismantling of the Kim Farm (i.e. DPRK) and its associated tyrannical structures and edifices – let’s enumerate the facts for y’all so that we can decide together, objectively-like.