The real North Korea

Have no fear. John Kerry is on the scene in Asia, warning North Korea it would be a "huge mistake" for them to test fire an intercontinental ballistic missile. Following in Obama's tradition, Kerry bows before some guy with a name tag. I got the photo from Drudge, who does not identify the person with the name tag.

Meanwhile, a child dying of starvation sits on a curb in North Korea.

The Mirror files this story:

A child of around 10 sits dying of starvation by the side of the road while just yards away soldiers load enough rice on to trucks to feed families for weeks.

As the young boy slumps on the grimy curb in his filthy, oversized army jacket, locals stroll past zombie-style without even glancing in his direction or displaying an ounce of pity for his wretched plight.

Nearby his friends scavenge in disease-ridden rubbish tips for scraps of what might pass for food in a land where people are so poor they are forced to eat tree bark or even corpses, according to those on the inside.

The Mirror also filed a video of the same situation, and of a prison camp:

And not far away, prisoners are herded from their harsh labour camps to ­frantically dig out crops from frozen ground while trigger-happy troops hover over them waiting for the one wrong move that could end with death.

This is the real North Korea. The one its warmongering leader Kim Jong-un does not want the outside world to see.

Read more here: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/inside-north-korea-video-photos-1826234

Update: North Korea now says nuclear war is "unavoidable," and that Japan will be the first to be hit, if Japan tries to intercept a North Korean missile.

Read more here: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/391376/North-Korea-states-nuclear-war-is-unavoidable-as-it-declares-first-target-will-be-Japan