SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Seven years of U.N. sanctions against North Korea have done nothing to derail Pyongyang's drive for a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United States. They may have even bolstered the Kim family by giving their propaganda maestros ammunition to whip up anti-U.S. sentiment and direct attention away from government failures....
Un Sanctions May Play Into North Korean Propaganda
By FOSTER KLUG and DAVID GUTTENFELDER, Associated Press
Fri, 03/08/2013 - 4:00am
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