<sod >The 54-year-old said the North Korean elite are outwardly expressing their discontent towards Kim and his government as more outside information trickles into the isolated country.< eod>< sod >  The 54-year-old said the North Korean elite are outwardly expressing their discontent towards Kim and his government as more outside information trickles into the isolated country Thae has also said that the North Korean regime is on an inexorable decline towards collapse, with its people increasingly disillusioned but its nuclear ambitions undimmed.< eod>