Zimbabwe and North Korea

Are the North Koreans suicidal? I mean, do they crave for national annihilation? I have no way of knowing the answer to these questions. I would rather assume that they are motivated by the same stimuli that move us all, perhaps with a strong orientation in a particular direction determined by their place in history and on the globe. I assume that self-preservation is their number one motive, followed by pride, anchored in prejudice. Fully human.It is clear that they will use their capacity to build nuclear weapons as their chief instrument to preserve their interests, in this case the interests of the ruling elite.Recently the arrival of a North Korean diplomat in Zimbabwe was greeted by local protests about the mass killings committed by a North Korean trained brigade in the 1980s, thus masking the real purpose of the visit. Within days, a South Korean delegation was in Zimbabwe, bestowing an honorary tae-kwondo belt on the country's octogenarian president.Why this Korean interest in Zimbabwe? Simple enough: Zimbabwe has known uranium reserves which the North would love to lay their hands upon, something which the South would like to prevent. I suspect the South will prevail by writing a miserly check given Zimbabwe's dire circumstances, but those who think Mugabe's relationship with the North is purely nostalgic are mistaken.