North Korean paramount leader Kim Jong-un has demonstrated he can make bold policy decisions. In 2013 he sought to frighten his senior officials into obedience by ordering the execution of his uncle and senior mentor Jang Song-thaek. In 2017 he kept his nerve and continued to develop a nuclear missile capability despite US threats of a preventive […]The post Kim Jong-un balks at grasping fleeting opportunity appeared first on Asia Times.