North Korea arrests 2 US journalists

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8088601.stm

North Korea has sentenced 2 American journalists to 12 years hard labor for supposedly entering the country illegally. North Korea seems determined to continue to poke at the US to try to bring about a reaction. What kind of reaction it wants is unclear. It would seem though that North Korea wishes to poke at the US, and the world in general, in an attempt to shore up domestic support for the change in leadership that may be imminent. This follows in the wake of the second nuclear test and the further testing of medium and long range missiles. The question still remains; what does North Korea want?

by Andrew Horton