Pyongyang’s Mood Swings

... has more influence than anybody else. But the new leadership in North Korea has been very defiant of China’s wishes repeatedly, 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 ...