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An article in the Asia Times suggests that N. Korea bungled their timing. Present superficial international reactions agree with this idea. e.g. the article says "anti-Americanism may be falling out of fashion in South Korea" but in the longer term my "North Korea again ?" post of Oct 5 suggests that this may simply be wishful thinking. But we will have to wait and see, and hope for the best in concrete terms in the longer term. There are many ways things might get put right, but unfortunately less hope of that than one might expect.