August 19, 2008
Richard Halloran Prognosticates on N. Korea Regime Collapse
Halloran knows how many predictions of North Korea’s collapse that have passed unrealized, and he’s wise enough to abstain from outright predictions. Instead, he walks us through the factors that make it worthy of urgent-yet-careful planning: North Korean soldiers in a regime that gives priority to the military forces have been reduced to two skimpy meals a day. Factory workers nap on the floor for lack of food and energy. That has led to conjecture that North Koreans, despite the...