So, now that Kim Jong Il is dead, whither North Korea?

[arbusto_baboso]

Will one of the boys be any better? Worse? No change?

Those of you with info about the workings of NK, please enlighten the rest of us.

[11 Bravo]

1. Roughly north of the 38th parallel. And anyone here who claims ...

to have ANY knowledge of the inner workings of NK is full of shit. It is easily one of the most closed, insular societies on the planet. The CIA knows little about it, and I seriously doubt that some random DUer will be able to edify you to any extent.

[arbusto_baboso]

2. But we have many who THINK they can.

I was just trying to amuse myself by drawing them out.

[Ferret Annica]

3. Get a FReeper account and ask there, they think they are experts on everything

[izquierdista]

4. They can be observed

I like to read the Good Friends blog to keep up on what news trickles out: http://www.goodfriendsusa.blogspot.com/

As to trying to make sense of the observations, good luck!

[LiberalEsto]

5. Well, the little pooper just testfired a missile

to show how manly and tough he is

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. I don't pretend to have any special knowledge about NK

However, I wouldn't be expecting it to change much, at least not in the short-term. OTOH Kim Jong Ill's son is much younger than he was when he took over NK, so it's possible that he may be more malleable to outside interests. Of course, he could also end up being more malleable to the interests of the military, so........? Isn't this the guy that got busted with a fake passport trying to get into Disneyworld Tokyo?

[backscatter712]

7. It's very possible Kim Jong-un may be at least as batshit as his father.

I'm not holding my breath anticipating a wave of peristroika and glastnost from North Korea's Brilliant Comrade...