It is like Saddam in his last days. Only small number of his cronies and some foreign entities using Kim Jong-il as leverage against U.S. are propping him up. Even patience of some foreign entity is severely tested now.
I saw a film that was snuck out of the North. They have people laying dead in the streets and people just walk past them. He must have very little support. I think we have to stay the course and wait him out. One on one talks will backfire just like they did the last time.