The death of Kim Jong-il, North Korea’s ruthless, cognac-loving dictator, should be a watershed. For years the so-called Dear Leader has played a nuclear-armed game of Russian roulette with his southern neighbour and the international community, while starving and terrorising his own population. Succession could be the chance to begin rebuilding not just the devastated economy, but stability in one of the world’s most volatile regions.
喜愛科涅克白蘭地的、冷酷無情的北韓獨裁者金正日之死，應該是一個分水嶺。多年來，這名所謂的「親愛的領袖」一方面與南韓乃至國際社會玩一場以核武爲賭注的俄羅斯輪盤賭，另一方面讓國內人民生活在飢餓和恐懼之中。接班有可能成爲一個契機，不僅可藉此著手重建遭受重創的北韓經濟，也可藉此在世界上最動盪的地區之一重建穩定。
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