in Kinshasa as Laurent Kabila's rebels remain confident of their eventual victory and President Mobutu Sese Seko refuses to concede power. Prospects for a proposed face to face meeting in South Africa 's Julie McCarhty reports on the potential for change in North Korea. The Stalinist nation is in the twin grips of starvation and repression...some analysts think a coup d'etat is imminent, others think the army will defend the regime against any uprising. South Korea and the United States, meanwhile, are providing food aid in the hope of easing what they see as the North's inevitable transition.
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