When given some thought, all the sabre rattling and threats could plausibly be the result of an already-collapsing regime that is attempting to distract the domestic attention.
Communist Party General Secretary and commander-in-chief Xi Jinping has asked the nation’s military and police forces to take full precautions regarding the possible collapse of the Kim Jung-Un regime.
Chinese sources close to the foreign-policy establishment said earlier this week that Xi, who chairs the Communist Party’s Central Military Commission, had moved additional troops as well as the para-military People’s Armed Police to areas bordering the DPRK.
Full article: Beijing troop movements foreshadow upheaval in neighboring N. Korea (World Tribune)