North Korea and Malaysia are holding each other’s citizens, a serious escalation of the diplomatic row over the assassination of Kim Jong-nam
No government has the right to hold innocent citizens from another country against their wishes. Pyongyang began the standoff by announcing that Malaysian diplomats and family now in North Korea would not be allowed to leave. The US and Japan should support Taiwan's efforts at constitutional reform to achieve greater democracy and freedom. This would attract China's 1.4 billion people to call for democratization, triggering a similar reaction in North Korea and leading to world peace. All democracies should support Taiwan as a beacon for democracy in Asia, lighting the way to peaceful development for China. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.