Dave Patterson: North Korea Quietly Menacing as the World Watches Iran

Though headlines around the world are focusing on Iran’s conflicts in the Middle East, North Korea has been quietly up to mischief in the Indo-Pacific. North Korea has taken the opportunity to carry out multiple missile tests while the attention of most of the world is on the Middle East and Ukraine. Additionally, North Korea is strengthening its military and diplomatic ties to Russia and China in order to portray itself as a world power with which to be reckoned.