Pyongyang’s Growing Dependency on Beijing Worries Seoul -- Korea Times
North Korea is becoming ever more reliant on China after playing a high-stakes poker game this year with a second nuclear test and launching missiles despite repeated warnings from the international community.
China watchers say Pyongyang's ever-growing dependency on Beijing is a combined result of the latter's strategic regional development plan in its three northeastern provinces near the border ― Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang ― and the North's brinkmanship diplomacy.
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My Comment: South Korean concerns are legitimate .... but to a certain point. The simple fact is that the Korean people are united by history, culture, and language .... and this is not going to change. Politics may have divided this peninsula, but one day these people will be united under one government and the DMZ will be a thing of the past. And China's role in all of this will be less than what many are predicting today.
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