USA, China planning for possible N. Korea collapse...

By: drudgeman

Washington : DC : USA | about 1 year ago

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Speculation are rising that Kim Jong's government in Pyongyang might collapse. Kim Jong suffered a stroke last month. There is chatter in the streets that he is more impaired from the stroke than the reports from the region are suggesting.

US has already engaged China in discussion about what to do if Pyongyang collapses. Senior officials in the Bush administration do not accept the report that Kim is recovering quickly. There is no successor in the wings.

The general perception in the international community is that the likelihood of a smooth transition is very low. Kim has not groomed any of his sons to replace him.

A senior official in the Bush administration called the talks with the Chinese as highly sensitive. He said, "it would be irresponsible, given North Korea's nuclear weapons, not to be holding them.

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