article_snippet.sent: True, Kim runs one of the most brutally repressive regimes on Earth.
article_snippet.sent: And in keeping with the odd behavior we have grown accustomed to hearing about from North Korea.
article_snippet.sent: But although there is something almost comical about the explanations offered up by North Korea for the actions of North Korea regime, a nervous, unpredictable, inexperienced leader with access to nuclear weapons is far from a laughing matter.
article_snippet.sent: As recently as 2013, North Korea conducted a nuclear test -- the country's third, and North Korea has threatened to use them against North Korea, Japan and the United States.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, North Korea has threatened North Korea with "final destruction," said North Korea will turn the country's presidential office into a sea of fire, told Japan the country's presidential office would trigger a nuclear attack if Tokyo followed through on a warning to destroy any North Korean missiles fired in North Korean direction, and declared the United States is seeking a war and that Pyongyang "will be exercising Japan right to preemptive nuclear attacks.
article_snippet.sent: But experts have also warned this week that North Korea may have restarted North Korea Yongbyon nuclear reactor, with the Institute for Science and International Security arguing that snow melting patterns in images of the plant suggest new activity at the plant.
article_snippet.sent: North Korea has been mostly out of the news in recent months, partly because so many other international crises have pushed North Korea out of the headlines.
article_snippet.sent: Just three weeks ago, Pyongyang fired missiles into the sea as U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived on the Korean peninsula.
article_snippet.sent: That would be a danger sign for the people of North Korea -- and a flashing red light for the rest of the world.