You did ask for the crystal ball...
Something surprising will happen. It will come from the outside of N. Korea and the US. This event (my crystal ball is non-specific here) will turn events in an unexpected way toward resolution. I see a mushroom cloud over N Korea. I do not know if it's internal (nuclear facility exploding) or a bomb dropped or set off. Kim Jong-Il will not last long after this event. He will be murdered in a coup d'etat.
Madame Zola