North Korea’s Blackmail Missile

Only a strengthening of UN sanctions can force North Korea to abandon its missile launches – and China to reconsider its knee-jerk support for the Kim regime. But this will not happen until China puts its responsibilities as a modern global power ahead of its narrow national interests.

TOKYO – The Unha-3 rocket launched from Sohae in North Korea on the morning of December 12 passed through Japanese air space over the island of Okinawa 12 minutes later, and crashed into the Pacific Ocean roughly 300 kilometers east of the Philippines. The launch could be considered a mild surprise, because South Korean intelligence sources had suggested that it had been canceled.

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