Under the leadership of Kim Jong Il, what would be the further impact placed upon this region, in the event of accidental launchings, or hushing the effects of a underground test accident?

North Korea and Kim Jong-Il are already proving their own menace is possible, whether they tested their own nuclears or not. From the AP Wire (via Michelle Malkin):

The Title Say’s it all..
Here is the Reuters version of this story:

North Korea says conducted nuclear test
By Jack Kim
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Monday it had safely and successfully carried out an underground nuclear test in a ges…

The Emperor Darth Misha says, "He finally gone ‘n did it."  But did he?
Well, sort of.
It looks like the North Koreans managed to get fission, but the explosion they got was nowhere near the 4Kt (Kilotons) they claim.  In fac…

The bottom line: tough talk from the United States and the United Nations failed to do the trick.

North Korean conducted a nuclear test anyway, and there are suggestions another one will be on the way. And what can and will the U.S. and th…

The North Korean nuclear test is one of those long-anticipated events that no one wanted to face. The Clinton administration kicked the problem down the road and let the best chance at stopping the North Korean nuclear program slip by

North Korea has apparently tested a nuclear weapon.&l …

I have to wonder, just how many phone books was Kim Jong Il standing on in order to tower over former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright? Even accounting for the retro hair fluff, he’s got the “steely eyes staring down upon you” ad…

So, did he or didn’t he? North Korea/Kim Jong-Il has claimed they successfully tested a nuclear weapon and they are “happy” with the results with no nuclear fallout. Seismologists have shown no seismic activity in North Korea in the l…

From the Washington Times:SEOUL — North Korea said it had performed its first nuclear-weapons test this morning, hours after Japan and China agreed during a landmark meeting that a nuclear test by the Pyongyang regime cannot be tolerated. The country’s

I am telling you now…if the United Nations does not step up and DO SOMETHING about this North Korean Menace, that useless organization SHOULD BE DISBANDED!!

It is being reported that North Korea has conducted an underground nuclear test. The test was conducted at 9:36 p.m. EDT Sunday.  The tests were conducted in spite of opposition against them. Against UN demands that North Korea stop any nuclear tests,…

Man, to see the stories I missed over the weekend…

North Korea has finally gone nuclear: RightWinged, InstaPundit, Sticky Notes, Alabama Liberation Front, Hot Air 2, USS Neverdock, Confederate Yankee, LGF, MM.

The DNC has no idea what the America

Unhappily, the North Koreans have proceed with a nuclear bomb test. See AP report at Yahoo and BBC. The good news is that this will finally move the Foley story onto the back burner where it belongs; the bad news

What a mess is the best description of all this. Sanctions aren’t going to work, and leaving Kim in power could destabilize the region by the subsequent arming of Japan which will certainly cause tensions. Most of the region still doesn’t forget what…