The Korean Threat -- Telegraph editorial
No matter how ridiculous the North Korean regime might appear, the West cannot ignore its constant threats and insults.
The mindset of North Korea’s Stalinist leadership is difficult to fathom. Even though the dictatorship is isolated and bankrupt, it invites war by taunting its South Korean neighbour and threatening to attack United States bases in the Pacific. These could be empty words. Kim Jong-un’s regime has to deal with economic failure, defecting soldiers and an uncertain division of power between the military and the party – so this latest confrontation may be a rational attempt to shore up support at home by rattling a sabre at the enemy abroad.
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