Contrary to a quote attributed to a "Latin American diplomat," North Korea is not a good example of why it's all right to negotiate with all repressive regimes. North Korea is an inherited dictatorship, supported by decades of propaganda. It is established. You could call it a systemic dictatorship, from which not just one person and his selected friends profit but which has a core group of people who profit through avenues that have been part of the system for years. It is my impression that this core group and the leader of the country are in an uneasy and rigid symbiosis. I don't know why else his brother would have been assassinated. The brother didn't want to run the country; among other things, he wanted to go to Disneyland. His life probably would have been in less danger if he had wanted to run the country; a rival for power of a place indicates desirability of that place. It's solvable by giving the rival a prestigious, lesser role. He was a propaganda-destabilizing symbol.
There also isn't an organized rebellion in North Korea. You can't choose a side if there isn't one that is delineated. Negotiating with the government to implement human rights seems like the only solution.
My other concern is the safety of the Venezuelan politicians who are being subjected to backlash from that government.
All of the above is a response to a Bloomberg article about Venezuela which I'm having trouble transferring at my phone.
My response to other news is that moral leadership can be demonstrated by everyone supporting President Trump's Tweet about Idlib.
