North Korea's New Kim

Re "Meet Kim Jong Un" [Feb. 27]: As a student, I have recently been doing volunteer work for North Korean defectors and have lots of worries about relations between North and South Korea. After reading Bill Powell's article, I felt a sense of relief realizing this anxiety is not ours to bear alone — it's something the whole world is keeping an eye on together.
Kim Joo-hyun, SEOUL

It's puzzling for us ordinary Chinese to figure out the meaning of being North Korea's chief patron. North Korea asks for food, aid and diplomatic...

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