“Nuclear programs are nice but it doesn’t feed your people. North Korean people are starving.
If you think they are going to hide their stuff in Syria, doubtful. The Russians wouldn’t allow it. Syria is in serious dept to Russia.”
Famine is not that unusual in DPRK. I think the regime responds to it only to the degree it threatens them directly.
As far as Syria, it is widely reported that DPRK *was* involved in the project the israelis bombed some time back, regardless of what the russians did or did not allow syria to do. If this is true, then is it that far-fetched to suggest that there might be more than one such project, even if in another country?
If I was still in Intel, I would be looking at African or South American Nations for possible candidates for any clandestine NK Nuclear program. Someone who isn't bed with the Chinese or Russians. That would be a "most likely" scenario. Kim is unpredictable but he's not stupid.