this is the new guardian, kim johnn un. with a few years at the top council, he is the man america and china will be negotiating with. many of them poorer and hngrier. more critical of those who lead them. their tears appeared just as real. ere they the last time. >> you could not not cry in public. you had to pinch yourself. others were laughing. it is even more fake. >> the great fear is not in sincerity on the streets of pyongyang. >> how well they will manage will be a test of his inability to manage the country. >> the governments are straining to get a clear picture of how the picture is unfolding and the tensions might produce. north korean leaders have never been toppled by hardship. nor even famine. the state has been ready. willits leader choose reform or more repression? ? .elcome we are hearing for and governments are monitoring events. will it be a swift transition? >> we need to avoid hyperventilating and worrying about shadows. the north korean leadership is pretty well rooted. they understand the problems fa