The successful test-launch of another missile by North Korea, while the actual threat is markedly exaggerated in the media, illustrates the failure of the US's so-called "shame and sanction" approach to Pyongyang. The Obama administration has taken the approach of his...

North Korea fired a long-range rocket and managed to put a satellite into orbit on Wednesday morning, prompting the typical frenzied condemnations from the US and its allies in the Asia-Pacific region. The Obama White House condemned the launch calling it "a highly...