Gerald McGhie: Engage over North Korea, don't dismissgetty images North Korean soldiers cross the Yalu river near Sinuiju, close to the Chinese border city of Dandong, Liaoning province. For some years many analysts have seemed to assume that North Korea will simply collapse. North Korea must, however, be concerned at the continuing and widening gap between life in North Korea and that of their cousins in the South. Seoul is very close to the North Korean border and there have over time been a number of serious incidents provoked by North Korean incursions. Gerald McGhie is a former ambassador to South Korea and former Director of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs.

Source: Stuff June 22, 2017 16:52 UTC