Media has its own image of things, yes. I've verified that in many places where what you see on the ground is substantially different from what you see on CNN.

Media has its own image of things, yes. I've verified that in many places where what you see on the ground is substantially different from what you see on CNN. But so does this piece, when it is referring to the U.S. armed forces: "still technically at war with them and poised to invade at moment’s notice." Hardly poised to invade at moment's notice. There is no such capacity to attack quickly. The U.S. is there and together with South Korean forces, able to respond to fire, and perform limited airstrikes, but there is nothing that would realistically be useful for an actual invasion of North Korea. The article makes it a big thing that DPRK has no real capability to attack the U.S. using ballistic missiles. It does not make a big thing that DPRK loudly and repeatedly announces it has such a capability. Or that it has repeatedly used so-called unconventional methods, such as murdering people on the shopping concourse in other countries. [0] I don't consider it an exaggeration to expect that they might try things like packing a nuclear bomb in a freight ship that then attacks a coastal city of a perceived enemy. That is quite clearly the reason that it is considered as somewhat crazy, or at least unstable and unpredictable. I am not much worried about DPRK launching a nuclear attack against Western countries in the short term, but thinks like the recent threats against Australia [1], [2] don't make it any easier to accept them as harmless. Their Twitter feed [3] makes a rather disconcerting read. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/14/kim-jong-un-half-brother-reportedly-killed-malaysia-north-korea https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/14/kim-jong-un-ha... [1] kcna.co.jp/item/2017/201704/news21/20170421-29ee.html [2] http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/north-korea-threatens-australia-with-nuclear-strike-over-us-allegiance/news-story/fa28ccb9eaaff6c02f5c12bdc19bc227 http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/north-korea-threatens-aust... [3] https://twitter.com/dprk_news https://twitter.com/dprk_news