North Korea Launches Missile; U.N. Security Council to Meet: Here We Go Again

North Korea launched a missile that might be a communications launch vehicle (North Korea's version) or a missile which could deliver a nuclear bomb (quite a few other nations' version).

Now, the United Nations Security Council is going to talk about it, and national leaders will say what they think about it. President Obama already has. He doesn't approve.

I can't say I'm too happy about the situation myself.

The Associated Press ran an op-ed that may have hit the nail on the head: North Korea wants something. That's why they did that test-firing.

It's too early to tell what Dear Leader wants. It could be money, one-on-one talks between North Korea and America, lifting of U.N. sanctions, a crate of lobsters: I'd say that almost anything's possible.

That one-on-one meeting with the American government is a big deal for North Korea's leadership. America has been meeting (or trying to) with North Korea, as part of a six-nation arrangement. That doesn't give North Korea the status it would get if North Korean diplomats had a private meeting with American diplomats.

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• "North Korea - Again - Still - North Korea"
  (March 26, 2009)
• "North Korea Set to Launch - Communications Satellite?"
  (February 27, 2009)
• "North Korea Un-disables Reactor"
  (September 27, 2008)
• "North Korea Disables Reactor: Progress, of a Sort"
  (June 27, 2008)
• "Syria's Reactor and North Korea - Again"
  (May 5, 2008)
  Includes list of posts related to Syria's reactor, Israel's air raid on the reactor, more

News and views:

• "Obama: N. Korea launch threatens nations near, far"
  The Associated Press (April 5, 2009)
• "Analysis: N. Korea rocket gambit bid for attention"
  The Associated Press (April 5, 2009)
• "U.N. Security Council to meet on N. Korea launch"
  CNN (April 5, 2009)
• "Q+A: What's in store for North Korea at the U.N.?"
  Reuters (April 5, 2009)