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In 17 years under Kim Jong Il, North Korea grabbed the

worlds attention with several missile tests, a pair of nuclear detonations and a big helping of threats. Kims youngest son and successor has hit all those highlights of North Korean-style leadership in just over a year at the helm. And while these acts and the rhetoric that surround them sound familiar, their tempo has clearly quickened, particularly this past week as the Pyongyang regime responds to the latest round of U.N. Security Council sanctions in response to its Feb. 12 nuclear test.

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In recent days North Korea has said it will drop its

recognition of the armistice that ended hostilities in the 1950-53 Korean War and threatened to carry out a preemptive nuclear strike against U.S. aggressors. On Friday North Korea warned it was pulling out of all nonaggression pacts with the South. Pyongyang has said it might ignore the 1953 cease-fire several times before, but the nuclear threat is a new level of escalation. While North Korea doesnt possess the sort of reliable longrange missiles or miniaturized nuclear devices that would allow it to hit the U.S., its capabilities are improving, as shown by its successful satellite launch in December.

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One has to take what any government says seriously, U.S.

State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said Thursday. Its for that reason that I repeat here that we are fully capable of defending the United States. But I would also say that this kind of extreme rhetoric has not been unusual for this regime, unfortunately. In South Korea, new president Park Geun-hye was far less sanguine about the North Korean threat. Our current security situation is very grave, Park warned Friday at a commissioning ceremony for graduating military cadets, the Yonhap News Agency reported. South Koreas military has responded in kind to the Norths rhetoric, warning that a nuclear attack would lead to the Norths destruction.

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The sanctions unanimously approved Thursday by the U.N.

Security Council ban transactions that might help North Korean nuclear proliferation and require governments to inspect shipments to or from the North that might contain prohibited weapons or related materials. The measures also block the sale to North Korea of some luxury items like yachts and luxury cars and call for increased monitoring of North Korean diplomats to prevent them from aiding their countrys weapons programs. International relations expert Marcus Noland writes on the Peterson Institute for International Economics North Korea: Witness to Transition blog that while the sanctions do offer new powers to control North Korean proliferation.