S Korea's new leader faces North's nuclear crisis

By FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM

World Feb. 24, 2013 - 02:30PM JST ( 3 )

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YuriOtaniFeb. 24, 2013 - 03:14PM JST

Would be easier for them to smuggle a bomb into the south and set it off in Seoul. Though it would do limited damage to the capital but make a lot of local fallout.
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Graham DeShazoFeb. 24, 2013 - 04:38PM JST

I think engagement has failed as has neglect. I think the North is determined to get a viable capability and will then use it to blackmail its neighbors into accepting its totalitarian behavior. It could also sell to a long list of buyers.

Since both of these are not acceptable to the U.S., a policy of actively encouraging instability and increased defense preparation would seem to be in order.

In addition, I think the DPRK is so unpopular in China that it might be possible to essentially buy them off by promising to pay for refugees, guaranteeing borders, and keeping US troops out of the North in the event of its collapse.

I cannot say with confidence that this policy would work, only that it would be no worse than the current policy of waiting for the North to collapse.
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Peter PayneFeb. 24, 2013 - 11:28PM JST

I hate living next to the NORKs.