Message for Obama? In a photo distributed by China's official Xinhua news agency, Kim (center) talks with Wang Jiarui, (left) head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, in Pyongyang on January 23, 2009. Zhang Binyang / Xinhua-APNuke-Size Headache -- Newsweek
Why North Korea could become one of Obama's most vexing foreign-policy challenges.
Finally, proof of life from Kim Jong Il. Since the North Korean dictator reportedly suffered a stroke last August, his officials have occupied themselves by releasing dubious photos of their Dear Leader in action. The latest images, though, show no obvious signs of digital doctoring and feature harder-to-fake images of Kim meeting with senior Chinese officials from Beijing last Friday. Kim appeared to have lost considerable weight and his bouffant hairstyle was notably thinner, but at the very least the encounter—his first known meeting in five months—showed that the reclusive Korean is fit enough to meet with foreign dignitaries.
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My Comment: The message is clear from the Chinese .... China will be necessary in any talks with North Korea. Secretary of State Clinton has voiced that she will be pursuing direct talks with North Korea .... it seems that the Chinese have a different point of view.
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