Given NK has been testing long-trance missiles and nuclear weapons quite publicly, claiming the wagging of dogs seems a bit much. NK doesn't want to be obliter

Given NK has been testing long-trance missiles and nuclear weapons quite publicly, claiming the wagging of dogs seems a bit much. NK doesn't want to be obliterated. It's more like very high stakes poker, where NK is hoping for a lot of aid and international permission to continue their freakish government. That hope is contingent upon an expectation that the US doesn't want another warm especially one where millions of SK civilians could be killed within minutes. They've got a pretty strong hand.