North Koreans are very smart and resilient. As well-documented by historians, their country was purposefully destroyed by the United States during the Korean War and they rebuilt the country, such as they could, with minimal outside assistance. Given that despite virtually no outside assistance since 35 years ago in the early 1990s with the demise of the Soviet Union and ever increasing sanctions by the international community for the past 10 years, North Korea has been able to develop its nuclear program and its missile program and put satellites into space -- all, of course, at the expense of funding the level of social and economic programs it would like to have for its citizens.
If the international community really wants to resolve the tensions on the Korean Peninsula and give the North Korean people a chance to rejoin the community of nations, a peace treaty that gives North Korea the assurances it needs for its survival is the first -- not the last -- step.
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