Witness its efforts to make this the priority agenda in the four party talks. True, we also get odd nods and whispers hinting they don't really mean it. If so, we need to hear this from the dear leader's own lips - or better yet in writing. And in between, they say they want peace. Here I partially agree.
Aid is a vital change agent.
But China-style dynamism requires markets. And by its own rules, for the World Bank to lend does mean Pyongyang must pass Econ 101. 6. Ask the Russians, or the many western banks who were conned in the 1970s. Both are still owed billions. Sure, Pyongyang also has security concerns.