It's called diplomacy. North Korea wants to normalize the relations with other countries now. Moreover its feeling pressure as even China is not favoring it. so they have to join the mainstream for survival.

I would hate to see him dead specially when I admire the genius so much. This would take one credit off his already glittering achievements and that is the invention of the super noodles that delays feeling of hunger for long periods. If not for him who...

I am sure this is the brainchild of the genius called Kim Jong-il. After all leaders like him are born once in a millennium. North Korean publications describe him as a renaissance man who has flown fighter aircraft, an ace film-maker, written operas and...