North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, inspecting the Mu Islet Hero Defense Detachment near South Korea's Taeyonphyong Island in South Hwanghae province, North Korea's southwestern sector of the front, March 7.
In 17 years under Kim Jong Il, North Korea grabbed the world’s attention with several missile tests, a pair of nuclear detonations and a big helping of threats.
Kim’s youngest son and successor has hit all those highlights of North Korean–style leadership in just over a year at the helm.
And while these acts and the rhetoric that surround them sound familiar, their tempo has clearly quickened, particularly this past week as the Pyongyang regime responds to the latest round of U.N. Security Council sanctions in response to its Feb. 12 nuclear test.
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