Pyongyang’s Mood Swings

..., and their influence is limited because there is a limited amount of punishment that China will inflict on Pyongyang. South Korea’s new president Park Geun-hye has proposed a strategy for drawing the North out of its isolation – “Trustpolitik” doctrine , which was endorsed by Barack Obama. Can it become a viable and effective way out of the crisis on the Korean Peninsula? Photo: canoe.ca North Korea's estimated missile range Park Geun-hye’s policy is not so much different from the policy her predecessor had towards North Korea. But, unlike her predecessor Lee Myung-bak, who was partly discredited not for any faults of his own but ...