I think it’s pretty clear that is China directly pulling the North Korean strings. Trickier than the Thai cave situation iis the extraction of Kim and the people of North Korea from the iron marionette strings of China.
They also have ventriloquist control over Kim and the top government officials. Just because their mouths are moving doesn’t mean its not China forming and articulating the words.
I wonder sometimes who actually pulls the strings,is it the chicoms,CIA,norks themselves, who knows?