Re Kim Jong Un today

The remarkable thing is the opportunity that the change enables. With China as its loyal friend and adviser in terms of developing the DPRK along lines of the China Model of State Capitalism, it wouldn't take very many years, maybe two decades, for the DPRK to emerge as a very powerful, modern state engaged with the world, nuclear-equipped and at peace, and at the same time significantly influencing economic and military decisions in the tectonic North Asia Region. I think this is maybe what the West, Japan and South Korea fear most... not a mad hermit kingdom but rather a strong and still centrally socialist competitor in all areas, fast paced economic growth, and legitimately assertive in terms of resolution of old land and sea borders established by the now waning Americans. This is not American Globalism, this is Asia for Asia in a possible blend of neo-Confucianism (the other Neo-Cons), State Capitalism, Centralist Socialism, Juche, Korean Royalty and old traditional Shamanism. With porous borders with the People's Republic and with Russia, trade routes become very easy and could be very expansive. The North has massive and untapped resources. I wish them well. I hope they find their own radical and proud way forward. I think it may be very fast if Un can survive his own rise. It's not an easy system.