Once again, I think it's important to note that whilst the DPRK is seen as 'the most inhuman government in the world' ... even by its best friends; a moot point is that the emerging new Great Leader Kim Jong Un, has the same authenticity to rule as do those who rule Saudi Arabia, Jordan and a number of other similar 'states'. Young Un has the same right and legitimacy as the Royal Families of Europe who ruled as they saw fit not so long ago anyway. "Oh how the ghosts of them cling".
So whilst it's easy and convenient to attack the officially 'demonised one', at the same time there are a plethora of others of the same dynastic authenticity who we call our friends, who go about the beheading of foes at 'the drop of a hat', who impose bizarre laws on their slaves, who torture and pillage and rape basically as they see fit on a regular, legal and righteous, 'appropriate' basis. We even have a Pope who was a member of Hitler Youth and that is quite okay and understandable. Kim Jong Un doesn't really stand out far in that crowd; and he's only a kid in his twenties anyway. I wish him well with the big job he has.
I wish DPRK well. I hope the future is brighter than the past. The people of the North can't really ever look back on the luxury of 'the good old days' like many of us can because they've never had any. If there is harmony, it is the future.I hope that socialist free market reforms enable the people to suffer less and prosper more. With any change there is uncertainty and also within uncertainty there is opportunity and true fortune, especially in the dynamic and tectonic Year of the Tiger... and the current changing of the guard is very potent in all elements... as is all North Asia right now.
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