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Five can party, too
So it is in China's interests that the six-party talks continue, as they should: even without the North, their main object. This would signal that no one is in a hurry to re-engage with North Korea solely on its terms, but that the door is still open. More important, remaining members have much to get on with. The recent brouhaha may speak of internal tensions in North Korea. After a presumed stroke last year, Mr Kim looks physically half the man he used to be. For lack of any official pronouncements, rumours swirl about his succession.
The best outcome for most North Koreans must presumably be for the Kim regime to crumble, despite the risks that might follow, including huge refugee flows, civil war and quantities of weapons of mass destruction falling into the wrong hands. Yet contingency planning done collectively by the North's neighbours and the United States is almost nil. Here is a good purpose for the six-party forum. China, as a close neighbour, would be hugely affected by turmoil in North Korea. It has every reason to lead efforts in planning for it.

A. 어휘
party 파티에 가다, 파티를 하다. object 목적. solely 혼자서, 단독으로.
solely on its terms 단독적인 입장에서. get on with 관계를 맺다. brouhaha 괜한 소동. internal tension 내부의 긴장.
presume 추정하다. stroke 腦溢血(뇌일혈). official 공식적인.
pronouncement 발표, 공고. swirl 소용돌이치다. succession 후계.
outcome 결과. presumably 아마, 추측컨대.
crumble 崩壞(붕괴)하다, 부서지다. refugee 難民(난민). flow 流入(유입).
civil war 內戰(내전). quantities of 다량의. mass destruction 대량파괴.
contingency 突發事態(돌발사태). collectively 집단적으로. nil 全無(전무).
turmoil 동요, 소란.