A big North Korean moment, amplified with bigger propaganda

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A “brilliant victory” and “thrilling” success, North Korea’s grinning leader crowed of his country’s first test of a long-range ballistic missile. The “final phase” in a confrontation with America, Kim Jong Un called it. Part of a coming stream of “‘gift packages’ to the Yankees” in the form of more weapons tests.
You can feel the self-satisfied, self-aggrandizing bliss as North Korean state m