Pyongyang poker: N. Korea ups the ante with the U.S., Japan, S. Korea and China

By Editor One on January 25, 2013   China, Columnists, COMMENTARY, Exclusives, Japan, John Metzler, Life, NE Asia, North Korea, South Korea, Stateside, Top Stories, U.S. Intelligence, United Nations, Washington  

John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Shortly after the Security Council unanimously condemned the recent North Korean missile launch and demanded that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea abandon nuclear testing, Pyongyang’s rulers decided to up the political ante. They announced that they are on the verge of a third nuclear test and for good […]