• Pyongyang’s tried-and-true strategy of increasing military tension on the peninsula as a means of extracting economic aid from the south, and then agreeing to talks to reduce the tension, may have run its course.
• BU Professor William Keylor • On the consequences of North and South Korea’s failure to agree on just about anything. Their most recent talks ended with North Korean representatives “unilaterally” storming out of the meeting, according to a South Korean spokesperson; they also refused to take responsibility for recent attacks on a South Korean warship. Some suggest that South Korean’s patience is wearing thin. We don’t blame ’em for getting frustrated if that’s the case. source

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