I will probably be flamed for this, but why not go ahead and talk with Lil'Kim one on one? Why not have a bourbon and rice and lay out the true picture for Kim? Man to man, mano a mano. It's like this, Kim. You starve your own people and now are destabilizing the region. We have no desire to kick your ass, but rest assured we can and we will if you push this too far. Have another spring roll there Kim, I'll have one too. So you like fast cars and James Bond movies? Well Kim, it's been nice but I gotta go. Don't forget, we have missiles targeted on you at all times. Anything flies over Japan or South Korea, we might just get twitchy. Thanks for the good time.
Because China holds almost all the leverage here. Which means one-on-one talks would be all carrot and no stick for NK, which is exactly what Kim wants.
"...why not go ahead and talk with Lil'Kim one on one?"
Yeah, why not? We could meet with kim jong il and kofi annon at the same time.....at Gitmo /s