Recent UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions are unlikely to "change Kim Jong Un's calculus" due to North Korea's resilient economy and sanctions loopholes, a South Korean specialist on Sino-DPRK relations told NK News in a recent interview.

In fact, Park Jong-chol, Associate Professor at the Department of Social Studies Education of Gyeongsang National University said, sanctions may have a positive effect on the DPRK economy by promoting "trade reorganization" and encouraging coal prices to fall.