North Korea is under a shadow government. That could explain why Kim Jong Un is chummy with Trump; he offered a way out of Obama hell.
Obama in charge with 'encouragement' from Iran.
Not just Obama, he is working for some 'entity'. Vatican?
Anyone wanna look up more with me?
https://www.mintpressnews.com/state-of-fear-how-historys-deadliest-bombing-campaign-created-todays-crisis-in-korea/235349/
Hoping some kind of military historian can chime in, but from what I've read NoKo was basically obliterated by air bombings during the Korean War. If true, this creates the perfect setting for the deep state to have moved in and taken over the country. Given current information, it's hard to tell if the CCP has NoKo hostage or if NoKo has the CCP hostage. Personally though, I'd say the group that's actively genociding an entire ethnic population isn't being held hostage.
It's starting to look like the CCP and Xi Jinping are engaged in a hidden civil war right now. He is consolidating power away from the CCP loyalists. Either he is gonna go full dictator or he might actually hand it off to Taiwan like some nutjobs are suggesting.
Either way, he needs a motive. Being held hostage by the DeepState agents staged in North Korea would be a good motive to turn on the CCP.