The latest in a flurry of such test fires in recent months, both Japan
and South Korea have reported that North Korea has fired a pair of
rockets off their east coast on Saturday morning. The rockets landed in
the sea, outside of Japan’s territorial water, and did no damage to anything.
Despite noting that nothing landed in their territorial waters, Japan was quick to caution ships to stay well clear of any debris from the rockets. The South Korean government would only say they are monitoring for additional launches.
These reports, and the fact that the rockets landed short of Japan,
point to yet more short-range rocket testing. That has been virtually
the entirety of North Korea’s recent tests, and US officials have
shrugged them off as largely immaterial.
US officials have said recently that they are interested in restarting
talks as soon as joint US-South Korea exercises are over. North Korea
has been angry about those exercises, which they see as a practice
invasion, and has presented their own rocket fire as intended to send a
message about that.
“Hey, remember me, your best bud? I’ve called and you were out on the links. I’ve tweeted and the world laughs at me. Vlad and me are headed for New Silk Road harmony. F-off, Donald!” – Kim Jong-un
Does it seem strange, that spanky, willing to sanction everyone everywhere, backed by the auditing power of the US government, is not willing to put his own finance under equivalent audit ? Gop, the party of mendacity.