Much "hullabaloo" has been made lately about North Korea's recent (and once again, failed) rocket launch. According to an ostentatious KCNA report, the rocket delivered its payload into Earth which is now beaming the musings of the great generals Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. In reality, a North Korean rocket has once again failed to reach orbit, and in fact the satellite along with the rest of the dilapidated technology crashed somewhere in the central Pacific Ocean. Although the President has called for a new round of U.N. sanctions, for all intents and purposes, this rocket launch is nothing more than a desperate cry for attention from the new administration.
What is important however, is the recent picture of the "dear leader" at which he was reappointed by the Supreme People's Assembly. At the best, this man has 5 years left on the clock. Unlike his father, Kim John Il has fathered illegitimate children, none of whom have been groomed to be a successor, which may indicate a power struggle within the ruling elite if Kim does in fact fall victim in the near future to his years of drinking cognac and other tacky spirits. Either way, the Korean peninsula is about to become a lot more interesting, whether that is good news or not remains to be seen.
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