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Don't Let Kim Jong Un Blow Atomic Smoke in Your Eyes
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North Korea would like nothing more than for the U.S. and its allies to hyperventilate over the North's third test of a nuclear device. Indeed, with two satellite-cum-missile launches and one nuclear test during his first year in power, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has already displayed an appetite for foreign-policy brinksmanship that goes beyond the political need to show his people that he's large and in charge.
That said, there is good reason for the U.S. to remain calm and carry on, building a united front with the new governments in South Korea and Japan, trying to bring the Chinese along and then strengthening and refining sanctions through the United Nations.