You’re Absolutely Right.
I’ve often wondered if the N. Korean regime is ON crack, which would make them “cracking” I reckon...
The first sign as to any cracks will be how susceptible, on a 1-to-10 scale, with 5 as the norm, that the DPRK Foreign Ministry diplomats are that are currently overseas, to be “befriended” for a price—or maybe even without a price. It is easy access, one need not enter the prohibitively difficult DPRK territory itself, and, “every man has his price” as they say particularly when they know the “jig is up” and it is time to deal themselves a good deal, get out while the gettin’s good. As elite KWP members, oath to Kim Jong Un or no oath, one assumes they will be well-enough connected to the Kim regime, even if loyal in the here and now, to know if things are collapsing there or not. Those that want to deal, will, well, deal. I think this is one soft underbelly that should well be probed in Vienna, Paris, Phnom Penh, even in New York City (UN mission) and other places. A trickle could become a stream if conditions were just right. Calling all diplomats back to DPRK if things got way out of control would be another sign; if they just up and vacated all diplomatic posts overseas.