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N. Korea threatens annual missile, nuke tests

Our setting is a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the prevention of WMD proliferation, last Wednesday. Ironically, a diplomat from South Korea, a non-permanent member of the Security Council, chaired the meeting.

The turn of North Korea’s U.N. Ambassador, Ri Tong Il, came. When it did, Ri added further evidence to support the Theory of North Korean Exceptionalism — that is, North Korea is neither inclined nor expected to follow the simplest of rules that apply to everyone else on earth. Ri was supposed to have four minutes to speak, but he growls on for at least four times that. The Chair finally cut Ri off mid-sentence, just as he was getting to the part about the annual testing. Unless you find this sort of thing interesting on its own merits, skip to the 40-minute mark.

[link; hat tip to Adam Cathcart]
As a result, we miss the full flavor of just exactly what the North Koreans intend to test, and how often. Pity. I suppose there’s always KNCA.

2 Responses

  1. Mr Ri repeated the promise to stop slandering South Korea, but we’ve noted that the state news agency recently made odious comments about President Park.

  2. There is nothing exceptional about talking too long at the UN. Many states do it, and it’s why the UN GA always takes so long each year… They’re meant to have 15 mins each there, but often you get people talking for an hour or so. Anyone remember the Gadaffi UN GA speech — 90 mins long I recall!