Two things to consider Marsean. Unless NK agrees to allow UN inspectors the only way
to get them into the country is with a UN army. The UN security agency surely won't agree to that with Russia and China having veto power.
And the last missiles fired by NK were mobile. Quicker firing setup and much more harder
to find them. That's new tech for NK.
Knowing the above limitations for us I don't think we will get much from the backdoor talks.
NK knows that China always backs off sanctions etc. after a short period of time. The
nuke threat against the US gives comfort to Kim that this fear is his way of keeping his
country behind him and in line.
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