Twilight for the Kims? Mr Kim's dog-eared script is not helping his cause. Mr Kim acknowledged as much at the party congress in January, emphasising the need for "self-reliance" and explicitly sidelining reform. But Chinese help with the North Korean nuclear issue has only ever been intermittent at best. Time is not on Mr Kim's side.

Source: Bangkok Post November 20, 2021 07:43 UTC