In North Korean relations, US wants more help from China

President Barack Obama called China’s President Hu Jintao early this morning in the hopes that he could enlist the leader’s help in sending a “clear message” to North Korea. In the weeks since North Korea launched a barrage of shells against South Korea last month, U.S. officials have charged that China isn’t putting enough pressure on their neighbor to be less of a threat in the region. The dynamic between China, Japan, the U.S., and South and North Korea may be changing ? but how?

For more on this topic we’re joined by Brian Myers, researcher of North Korean ideology and propaganda at Dongseo University in Pusan, South Korea.