Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

You Should Still Be Scared of Pyongyang

Five reasons a quiet North Korea is still a deadly North Korea.

It has been 18 months since North Korea's last major provocation, a nuclear test in February 2013. Aside from periodic rhetorical outbursts from Pyongyang that the world has come to know and love, North Korea has since then been surprisingly quiet: no nuclear tests, no long-range rocket tests, and no attacks on South Korea. Leader Kim Jong Un remains AWOL. And over the weekend of Oct. 4, North Korea's number two official Hwang Pyong So met with his South Korean counterparts --  a rare high-level exchange between the two sides. What accounts for Pyongyang's relatively good behavior?
You Should Still Be Scared of Pyongyang by Thavam