RE: Meet the Kim's - A History of North Korea's 'Personality Cult' Dictatorship.
The key word to me in all this is "strategic".
I we look at the shift of "powers" heading into Europe, with an inevitable change of voting powers within this century and the facts that this part of Asia can always be an excellent buffer zone between "East and West" it is now actually not only in best interest of The USA to ensure "harmony" in this part of the world but also in China's best interest too.
No matter what happened during 'The Cold War', China and The USA are now interlocked financially and this can only mean that these two nations share common interests, that didn't necessarily exist in the past.
So the question to ask is:
Who wins if Korea reunites and the bloody totalitarian cult regime gets overthrown and the people of North Korea see the day of light as far as freedom of information goes?
China? YES.
USA? YES.
JAPAN? YES
and the list goes on.
Who loses?
A totalitarian cult regime in the northern half of Korea.
& who else?
Maybe those eastward who may have ambitions of taking over the world.
Again, you used the right word there.
"STRATEGIC"
Hmm, I agree with some of your statements however I think there is another aspect in play.
This regime is the perfect excuse for the US to keep its military presence in both South Korea and Japan. It's a very serendipitous situation for the DC neocons who wish to contain Russia and China, and keep a military presence on their Eastern borders.
I think there is a potential PsyOp in play here.
PsyOps do their thing no matter how the tides may turn.
What seems to be a potential move now for the moment at hand could very well be a move preparing the path to something much bigger in the future.
If you look at it in a strategic aspect on a global level, Korea shall have to be reunited in order to "draw the line" one day during this century.