Barrie Dunsmore: More troubles in North Korea, Iran

Editor’s note: This commentary by retired ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore first appeared in the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and Rutland Herald Sunday edition. All his columns can be found on his website.
Here we are, less than a week into 2018 and we already have the makings of new crises in two of the world’s hotspots — North Korea and Iran.
In Iran, a new wave of anti-government protests which began apparently spontaneously at year’s end over bread an