Kim Jong-il’s Mysterious Disappearance
The BBC points out that:
the rumours raise a very important point - one day Mr Kim will die or become unable to govern; does the world have a plan for what to do then?
The article is pessimistic:
In Washington there are accusations of lack of planning over North Korea from people as senior as Victor Cha, former North Korea adviser to President Bush.
In an article in June, he wrote: “Given the stakes involved, you would think that the US, South Korea and other regional partners had some type of agreed upon plan. Nope.”