How do you solve a problem like North Korea?
(The Guardian North Korea)

The international community´s impotent rage over Kim Jong-un´s increasingly provocative actions underlines diplomacy´s bankruptcyThe chronic failure of diplomacy to resolve the long-running North Korea problem, dramatised by Tuesday´s tit-for-tat `hostage-taking` by Malaysia and Kim Jong-un´s outlawed regime, is accelerating the militarisation of a conflict that threatens to suck in the US, China and other east Asian countries. North Korea´s decision to prevent Malaysian diplomats and citizens leaving the country was condemned by Najib Razak, Malaysia´s prime minister. `This abhorrent act, effectively holding our citizens hostage, is in total disregard of all international law and diplomatic norms,` he said. Continue reading...