pPresident Trumpthreatens North Korea with fireand fury like the world has never seen, whilst fellow Republican John McCain warns that thecountry risks extinction. But what does the regime in North Korea actuallywant Is Kim Jong-un truly the mad cartoon villainthat the media love to portrayppWithout being anapologist for the oppressive North Korean government, T. J. Coles exposes thepropaganda war waged against it, revealing the truth behind the simplistic newsheadlines. North Korea has made multiple offers to the international communityto end its nuclear program in exchange for assurances that it won't be attackedby the US. It has even committed to a no-first-use policy for nuclear weapons--somethingthe US itself will not do.ppFar from being a statein self-imposed hermitage, North Korea has diplomatic relations with over onehundred countries. Coles argues that the US is deliberately seeking to isolate theregime as part of its wider geostrategic goals in the Asia Pacific. The real targ