China doesn't do shit about NK (except prepare it's boarders with more mill personnel and a nice new fence)
Russia doesn't do shit about NK...at all
It sure would be nice if some strong nation or couple of nations with the tech to do so could influence elections in the US and install an idiot man-child who is also Republican that would no doubt "preemptively strike" if you scared his advisors and population enough to start a huge war.
Russia could deal with Ukraine with ease
Russia and Iran could increase their military presence in the middle east "for security reasons" while advancing Assad and defeating the Kurds..
Turkey and Russia could work together against both the Kurds and the FSA (or what is even left of it)
China could invigorate their military base in the Ocean "because of the current crisis"
All the while the US is entangled in a hell storm war and can't do shit about the above and if shit really hit the fan the US would be a sitting duck for a homeland invasion or attack...
I could be/and likely am totally wrong...but seems something is odd about little NK and this whole show.