# Why is N Korea Off The Radar Screen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-n-korea-off-the-radar-screen/657147 "2013-04-30T21:27:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-n-korea-off-the-radar-screen/657147/1 "2013-04-30T21:27:18Z")
I mean, the nitwit “ruler” of this dump was threatening nuclear strikes…and telling his people to get ready for war. Now. nothing. Are wwe to assume that he’s been given a big pile of money?😕 ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-n-korea-off-the-radar-screen/657147/2 "2013-04-30T21:41:51Z")
My best guess is that because of other events… ooohhh wait what’s that? Oooohhh, shiny. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-n-korea-off-the-radar-screen/657147/3 "2013-04-30T21:51:45Z")
[North Korea Arrests American Citizen](http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/21/world/asia/north-korea-us-arrest) Kim is still ratcheting up the tension to get concessions like scaling back the economic sanctions. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-n-korea-off-the-radar-screen/657147/4 "2013-04-30T21:53:03Z")
Yeah, I was thinking Mr Kim was pretty ticked-off at the Boston bombings. All of a sudden, he lost the limelight. Probably for the better, BTW, as all the attention he was getting was causing him to bluster even more - not that the bombings were good. It would be great if we could just ignore him, if it were not for the nukes, and our friends in the region. ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-n-korea-off-the-radar-screen/657147/5 "2013-04-30T22:01:43Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I mean, the nitwit “ruler” of this dump was threatening nuclear strikes..and telling his people to get ready for war. Now. nothing. Are wwe to assume that he’s been given a big pile of money?😕 The key word in your post is nitwit. Nobody takes him seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-n-korea-off-the-radar-screen/657147/6 "2013-04-30T23:19:13Z")
If anybody told you last month or at any time that war was imminent, they were totally misinformed. Or you drew the wrong impression. There are some major problems over there, but nobody’s invading anybody tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-n-korea-off-the-radar-screen/657147/7 "2013-04-30T23:23:56Z")
If nothing else, it shows him that we really don’t give a shit about him and his shithole joke of a nation. We don’t take their threats seriously and ultimately, he ain’t getting a damned thing out of it this time. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-n-korea-off-the-radar-screen/657147/8 "2013-04-30T23:24:19Z")
You can only cry wolf so many times before even the 24 hour news cycle gets tired and moves on. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-n-korea-off-the-radar-screen/657147/9 "2013-04-30T23:26:40Z")
Oh, and given South Korea’s increasing interest in potentially building their own nukes, I wonder if that will light a fire under China’s ass. Their idiotic short term policies and refusals to do anything about their crazy neighbor have the potential to ignite a nuclear arms race leading to both South Korea and Japan going nuclear. If they were to consider it, imagine how long before nations like Vietnam decide they have to look into it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-n-korea-off-the-radar-screen/657147/10 "2013-05-01T09:12:30Z")
The wargames have ended, so I’m sure that Kim has now declared to his citizens that North Korea has browbeaten the aggressionist imperialists into submission and saved the Republic, and that they’ll recommence shipments of tribute shortly. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-n-korea-off-the-radar-screen/657147/11 "2013-05-01T16:11:13Z")
Ahem. Just for nostalgia’s sake, you ought to work “running dog lackies” in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-n-korea-off-the-radar-screen/657147/12 "2013-05-01T16:21:30Z")
It is interesting that just a couple of weeks ago war was imminent with Ira… pardon me, North Korea. The interesting part is how much of a role is played by the media and how saturation of media space works where origin of news is small, maybe just a single source, then you have perhaps 3 to 5 news publishers and then myriad of news relaying points that reach almost everyone. Think about it –if it wasn’t for the “news” all over the place that brought the whole population to a boiling point what else was going on? I mean, as far as an individual is concerned if none of the news about NK was available would it make any difference? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-n-korea-off-the-radar-screen/657147/13 "2013-05-01T16:33:46Z")
> [@newcomer](#): > > It is interesting that just a couple of weeks ago war was imminent with Ira… pardon me, North Korea. No, it wasn’t.