Another U.S. president soon will have to deal with North Korea, which has been busy developing nuclear weapons for a quarter century or more. Yet it's worth wondering what would have happened had President Bill Clinton visited the North before leaving office. North Korea downplayed the PRC's role in the Korean War; Kim Il-sung imprisoned and executed Communist Party members allied with Beijing. It seems that one reason North Korea has pressed so hard for direct contact with America is to counterbalance Beijing. The North Korean nuclear weapon almost certainly is going to exist so long as there is an independent North Korea.

Source: Huffington Post December 04, 2016 10:08 UTC