Are Truong Binh and Cong Chua of North Korea supportive of their countries escapades?
North Korea’s underground detonation of a nuclear device on May 25 has rattled the global community. It seems every so often that the regime in Pyongyang engages in provocative behavior solely to bind world attention. “We are unpredictable and dangerous, so world, you better pay attention to us,” appears to be the radioactive clarion call being uttered from North Korea. In the past, these unorthodox tactics on the part of the “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” or DPRK, have been employed as an effective means of blackmail. In the wake of the DPRK’s first nuclear test, in October 2006, then-President George W. Bush agreed to American concessions to North Korea that seemed inconceivable based on his prior rhetoric. Many of these concessions involved economic support for the ailing North Korean economy, especially with regard to the supply of energy and foodstuffs. (REF URL