Grim.

“SEOUL – North Korea launched a multi-stage rocket Sunday in defiance of international pressure. The rocket passed safely across Japan and over the Pacific Ocean, Japanese authorities said.

The rocket lifted off shortly after 11:30 a.m. local time from a military site in a rural area called Musudan-ri, near the town of Hwadae, on the country’s northeast coast, then arced over the Sea of Japan and Pacific Ocean.

There was no immediate word how far the rocket flew or if it made it to space to deliver a satellite, as North Korea said it intended.

The rocket is the newest step in a program of advanced-weapons development that North Korea’s authoritarian government uses to maintain power and force payments from other countries.

For the United States, the launch presents the new administration of President Barack Obama with its first test of whether it can rally the international community to punish a rogue regime.”

So what say THE ONE?

“Should North Korea decide to take this action, we will work…to take appropriate steps to let North Korea know that it can’t threaten the safety and security of other countries with impunity”

Translation? we’ll talk about it.

“The White House envoy to North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, said Friday the U.S. also would like to renew talks with Pyongyang quickly. “I am prepared to go to Pyongyang whenever it appears to be useful,” Mr. Bosworth said.”

Yacky Yack, at the missile attack.

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