Originally Posted by jwb

Yes they do. Or at the very least they definitely want them to stay in power. You could say Russia also doesn't "need" Crimea. But they weren't willing to watch it fall into NATO hands. And China will similarly protect their interests in NK, regardless of what they say to us.
I disagree.

Turkey also has a record of genocide but they weren't able to stop the millions of Syrian refugees from flooding their country.