Hi there STEELEREDUX...

Imagine for a moment if you will, and I'm certainly no expert in modern remote firing/detonating guided weapon systems, if just one of those weapons was fired in either direction by either party on the Korean Peninsula, what would happen? Irrespective it may've been purely accidental? Talk about taking a knife to a gunfight.

I'm not so sure either, whether our odd friend in North Korea is the real power therein - or whether he's merely a front for those hard core Generals you often see pictured behind him? Sure they allow him to pretend he's the hard man of the Party, perhaps for some strategic or tactical reasons? I'd be most interested to hear what the American CIA have really made of the man?

Dear o sung wu,

Well he did attend a military academy in North Korea after high school in Switzerland. That earlier school was English speaking and it seems his grades were not brilliant but he was an avid basketballer.

I think in countries where the indoctrination levels are so extreme such as NK that the leader would be fairly safe. The Cult of Personality does have its advantages.

However I think both Kim and Trump see value in acting unpredictably so your fears may not be unreasonable.