Report: Kim Jong Il Worried About Collapse of Regime

According to this report, Kim Jong Il expressed his concerns about the collapse of the North Korean regime with Chinese leader Hu Jin-tao:

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is worried that prolonged U.S. financial sanctions on the Stalinist country could lead to the regime’s collapse, Japan’s Kyodo News agency reported on Saturday. It said Kim expressed his concern during his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing last month.

He was responding to a call from Hu to drop threats to stay away from six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear program unless the United States lifts the sanctions, the Japanese news agency said.

North Korea is obviously feeling the heat of US economic sanctions, but the only way their regime will collapse is if either China or South Korea also implements sanctions as well and discontinues propping up Kim Jong Il’s regime. I wouldn’t hold my breath to long waiting for that to happen.