Don't read too much into Kim Jong Un's supposed moderation of his regime

Until North Korean leader Kim Jong Un decides to go full-Ramsay Bolton and feed hardliner Kim Yong Chol to the dogs (or simply shoots him), don’t buy into the idea that Kim Jong Un is moderating his regime.

This bears consideration alongside South Korean and Japanese news reports which indicate that Kim Jong Un has just moderated his regime. According to the Yonhap news agency Kim has replaced three top defense officials with more-moderate alternatives. Yonhap notes a South Korean intelligence source as stating that the new defense chief, “No Kwang Chol has been classified as a moderate person.”