[Little Ray]

North Korea assassinates, kidnaps, murders, bombs aircraft and sinks ships.
Why the hell isn't Pyongang a radioactive crater?

[RobinOfKingston]

Why the hell isn't Pyongang a radioactive crater?

In a word, China.

[Red Badger]

Many people in South Korea have relatives in the North.......

[SES1066]

North Korea assassinates, kidnaps, murders, bombs aircraft and sinks ships.

Add to that the almost universally accepted fact that they produce the most perfect counterfeit $100 US Note as well as engaging in worldwide drug dealing and numerous other criminal acts. From this Time Magazine article (02/24/12); "Since the superdollars were first detected about a decade ago, the regime has been pocketing an estimated $15 million to $25 million a year from them. (Other estimates are much higher — up to several hundred million dollars’ worth.)."

North Korea exists because two super-powers have propped it up, Soviet Union first, now China. The fact that it can get away with such acts is because it can and takes a childish delight in doing so against the United States.