North Korea: US Stealth Bombers Fly Over South

North Korea Plays A Dangerous Game

Updated: 12:59pm UK, Tuesday 26 March 2013

By Lisa Holland, Foreign Affairs Correspondent

The United States and South Korea have just signed a new military plan that would provide for a joint military response in case of North Korean provocations.

The real question now is what either side judges to be a 'provocation'.

The problem may come with North Korea's interpretation of the behaviour of America and South Korea.

Any movement made by the US - be it reinforcing its missile defences or conducting joint drills with South Korea - could be interpreted as a provocation.

This could be exploited and framed by North Korea as being an aggressive move, which to some extent is true.

America would argue it's about protecting its strategic interests. But so too would North Korea.

South Korea and the United States are still holding joint military drills until the end of April, and in light of this military activity, North Korea wants to flex its muscles too.

It wants to send the world a message that it is also a military power.

The pictures released by the North Korean leadership are for a domestic and international audience.

Sending the message of a state of "readiness", North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un wants to reinforce the idea that the country is strong in light of a potential US or South Korean aggression.

His ruling regime is still quite young, and though North Korea has had a string of successes recently with its rocket launches, his military credentials are very slim and he is unproven as a military leader.

The outside world may want to dismiss North Korea as up to its usual bluster - posturing and threatening the countries it perceives as its enemies.

It's taken its rhetoric a step further by ordering its rocket and long-range artillery units to be combat ready.

For the country's young leader it's all about strength.

It's what keeps people - especially dictators - in power. But it is also a dangerous game.

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