[maquiladora]

That may be what the NK's are thinking, but on the other hand wouldn't it be better for them to bring all this up at a time when there are no crisis/conflicts on the horizon and the US has nothing to worry about only NK?
Right now, the NK issue is playing second fiddle to Iraq.

[MonroeDNA]

That would be great for the US, but not for NK.

They think we are so distracted that we will cave to blackmail, and they are wrong.