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More drip fed info in the media that indicates the histrionics are part of a larger plan:
“Even as the rhetorical battle between the US and North Korea threatens to spiral out of control, a report by the Associated Press suggests that their diplomats are already quietly talking to each other.

It seems that the diplomatic contacts between the US and North Korea are happening at the UN headquarters in New York, where middle rank diplomats of the two countries have been quietly talking to each other for some months. Here is how Associated Press describes it
The contacts are occurring regularly between Joseph Yun, the U.S. envoy for North Korea policy, and Pak Song Il, a senior North Korean diplomat at the country’s U.N. mission, according to U.S. officials and others briefed on the process. They weren’t authorized to discuss the confidential exchanges and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Officials call it the “New York channel.” Yun is the only U.S. diplomat in contact with any North Korean counterpart. The communications largely serve as a way to exchange messages, allowing Washington and Pyongyang to relay information.
It seems that though the contacts have mainly focused on work to get US citizens detained in North Korea released, Yun and Pak also discuss the general state of US-North Korean relations.”
From: http://theduran.com/us-north-korea-already-talking/

And perhaps this? I am not sure about this but it may be the case:
“A case can be made that President Trump is using North Korea to kick the 24/7 Russia-gate narrative out of the US news cycle. It’s certainly working. After all, in Exceptionalistan weltanschauung, the prospect of war and its possible rewards certainly trumps hazy accusations of Russian hacking and election interference. ”
From: https://sputniknews.com/columnists/201708111056391183-is-north-korea-showing-emperor-is-naked/

More “evidence” of a larger plan? Condoleeza Rice speaks out against Trump N. Korea rhetoric:
“Susan Rice, former US ambassador to the UN and national security adviser to Barack Obama, has blasted President Donald Trump’s “reckless rhetoric” on North Korea, saying that the US can “tolerate” a nuclear-armed Pyongyang.

In an op-ed published on Wednesday in the New York Times, the former ambassador to the UN downplayed North Korea’s threats, saying “we have long lived with successive Kims’ belligerent and colorful rhetoric.” ”
From here: https://www.sott.net/article/358988-Susan-Rice-blasts-Trump-US-can-tolerate-a-nuclear-N-Korea

There are curious rumours out there of significant Japanese influence over Korean affairs (considering the colonial past this is not surprising), but also of Korean families having strong “undercover” influence in Japan. We need a “Japanese Farrell” in this sector – or maybe there is one but the books are not translated…