Joint US/South Korea field training exercises near the military demarcation line with North Korea in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, northern South Korea on April 8, 2016. Young Ho/Press Association. All rights reserved.
When the North Korea (DPRK) leadership was asked why it was spending its scarce resources on ballistic missiles instead of education, the father of the current leader Kim Jong il replied:
“ I have to let them know I have missiles because this is the only way the US will talk to me”.
