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...Restraints. In pirating the Pueblo, Kim knew that discomfiting the U.S. would also undercut South Kore an President Park-and thought that the risk was worth it. Risks are, of course, a relative matter. A hypermil-itant, fanatical minipower such as North Korea does not feel the restraints that are imposed upon the Soviet Union or the U.S. It has no interest in maintaining the tradition of freedom of the seas for its own minuscule coastal navy, nor does it carry the burden of an atomic arsenal. Past masters of propaganda, the North Koreans can be expected to wring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Korea: A New Belligerence | 2/2/1968 | See Source »

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