News about North Korea falls into two categories: the comical and the frightening. In February Pyongyang tested a nuclear device for the third time, prompting the United Nations Security Council to impose further sanctions on Kim’s beleaguered regime. Even China, the North’s supposed ally, voted in support of this resolution. Then, in March, it was reported that the North Korea had declared the 1953 armistice agreement, which had brought the Korean War to a close, null and void.