Tim Martin

Does he want to re-engage with the U.S.?

Does he even need a sanctions deal at this point?

One of the benefits of where Kim Jong-un has his economy at the moment is he can do what he wants.

There aren't tough questions being asked.

He's controlling the inflow and outflow

of massive parts of the economy.

If you imagine a world where sanctions are lifted and tons of outside capital from South Korea or the US or Japan is flowing in, these are foreigners bringing the investment, snooping around, seeing if their money is being properly deployed.

That's a risk to Kim Jong-un.

Ultimately, there's probably a way he tries to achieve an economy that has outsiders coming in and investing in the country that can lift

more of the country out of poverty.

But I think for right now, he's very comfortable.

At the launch of North Korea's newest long-range missile, a strangely tender moment from Kim Jong-un, hand in hand with his young daughter, the first time any of his children have been officially seen in public.

North Korea has been very busy.

They've come near completion of a new facility at its main Yongbyon nuclear site.

There's more activity from a five megawatt reactor, a reprocessing unit, a light water reactor.

They're conducting missile tests left and right.

They just did one over the weekend with cluster munitions.

This is Kim Jong-un exploding the moment.

He has a nuclear bomb.

He's perceived to be under no threat of a regime overthrow.