DPRK Annual Sabre Rattling Passes Without Incident

Every year the DPRK opposes the joint US-SK military exercises with a strongly worded threat. The other recent DPRK moves for war has caused extra tension in the region, and experts were nervous that the DPRK would use the routine exercises as an excuse to launch an attack on its peaceful neighbours. Luckily, further action has not occured.

It is well known that the DPRK seeks war, but its goal is to force others into initiating the conflict, so that it can claim to be the victim (another source of propaganda and brainwashing for its oppressed citizens).

The fact that the peace has been maintined may also be proof that the DPRK's poor economic conditions and food shortage have had an effect on morale, and its ability to conduct violence.