The North Korean secret police “cannot staunch the word of the gospel,” writes The Times‘ Michael Sheridan. “Two of our party turned out to be Christian businessmen who had come from China carrying wads of cash. Korean-language Bibles have been smuggled in by the hundreds.” Christianity, suggests Sheridan, will break Chairman Kim’s hold — a possibility that Sheridan suggests supports the hardliners in Washington who don’t want to negotiate with Kim or even provide aid to the starving population. Guess that’s what they call “tough love.”