How and Why North Korea Could Experience Economic Reform

This is an interesting article, I agree I think Lankov can be a bit too dismissive of China’s situation in the 1980s. It still risked a lot to reform, so there is no reason NK cannot either. but doing so would probably accelerate nk’s own demise… 

Fred,

You are confusing yourself and others!
It is not NK that is refusing a peace treaty
but Uncle Sam.

NK may have been integrated into the world fully today
with economic reform, liberalization, and no nukes,
if US agreed to negotiate and sign a peace
treaty proposed by NK from early 1970s.

Wake up please!
Uncle Sam is not such an angel
as you may believe.