NK kicking inspectors out...

[Uncle Fester]

The Chinese and the Russians have their own reasons for not wanting to goad NK into doing some more zany shit. China because they know Kim would lose, and they'd be dealing with a collapsed chaotic state on their border, probably with starving refugee hordes in the bargain. Or worse, a reunified capitalist state under Seoul on their border. Russia because they hate to lose a client (vid., Iraq).

 

[exhelodrvr]

The Chinese and the Russians have their own reasons for not wanting to goad NK into doing some more zany shit. China because they know Kim would lose, and they'd be dealing with a collapsed chaotic state on their border, probably with starving refugee hordes in the bargain. Or worse, a reunified capitalist state under Seoul on their border. Russia because they hate to lose a client (vid., Iraq).

From the thread on the missile shoot:

ANother good column on the subject. (Note that the author is the same man who wrote the WSJ column I previously referenced; this one goes into more detail discussing why China, Russia, and S. Korea don't seem to feel that keeping North Korea from developing nukes is that high of a priority.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/HK30Dg01.html

 

[exhelodrvr]

SOme background on the negotiations with North Korea over the past years:

http://newledger.com/2009/04/christopher-hill-deep-kimchee-for-iraq/