North Korea Launches Missile

Despite the international effort to discourage North Korea, the isolated nation launched a long-range missile a few hours ago. It seems as though North Korea is completely unconcerned by the threats of further censure and sanctions to be imposed by the world. Washington DC thinks that this is a sign of the North Korean development of intercontinental ballistic missiles, that may eventually lead to nuclear warhead.

This is a huge problem with many potential threats to the international community. North Korea historically has shown through its foreign policy that it does not regard much of the international opinion. It does not have any well-established diplomatic relations that it would destroy by going ahead with further nuclear programs. Its position in the international community is isolated and unwanted enough that conducting any nuclear actions won’t harm its image.

What will this mean for the international community? It’ll take a joint effort to even approach North Korea about this issue, but I think that trying to stop North Korea completely is out of the question. The world will just have to watch carefully where this event goes, and take prudent and cautionary steps to deal with it as it unfolds.