N. Korea orders out nuclear inspectors

After the United States criticized Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, for the recent missile launch, Kim Jung Il expelled all of the U.S. nuclear inspectors that were watching over North Korea. All surveillance cameras were taken down along with all of the other surveillance equipment. The tension rises as State Department acting spokesman Robert Wood stated that the U.S. has warned the North Koreans that they would face consequences for kicking inspectors out. Wood said that they are working his partners, both on the Security Council and outside of the Security Council to bring consequences to North Korea's action.

He also stated that the U.S. proposed ideas of additional sanctions. The U.S. would cut off all exports of any goods that could support North Korea's nuclear program. Wood stated that the committee will have further meetings on the list of good and entities to be sanctioned. If the committee cannot come to an agreement by April 24, the U.N. Security Council will take over the case. North Korea said that it will reactivate all of its nuclear plants and continue with reprocessing spent fuel. On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton refered North Korea's move "an unnecessary response to the legitimate statement put out of concern by the U.N. Security Council."

In addition to the expelling of the IAEA inspectors, Pyongyang left the six-party talks focusing on nuclear programs and said that it would continue to expand its nuclear self-defense capabilities. The six-party talks were comprised of China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and the United States. The North Korean Foreign Ministry called the U.N. condemnation of its missile launch on April 5th as a gross interference on North Korea's authority. The North Korean government is still insisting that the launch was peaceful launch of a satellite into orbit.

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Even though the satellite launch had been confirmed as a failure, this provocative act could have been a long-range missle that could have reached the U.S. easily. I do not think it is wise for North Korea to start these kind of rash and reckless provocations. It is obvious President Obama and North Korean officials' first meeting was not the most friendly one. The United States is being threatened and provoked constantly, and these times could become a powerder keg that could explode anytime in the future. Kim Jung Il should stop his selfish acts and start thinking about the future of his country. The North Korean citizens are living in such dismal living conditions that they try to escape to the South under the extremely high threat of getting shot down by the border patrols.