In early February, Iran launched its third successful commercial satellite in three years. The Barack Obama administration, the United Nations and the news media barely acknowledged the accomplishment. North Korea, on the other hand, has created a furor each of the three times its satellites failed to reach orbit. Its latest effort, on April 13, broke up within two minutes of launch. … The Obama administration immediately condemned the North Korean launch. It followed through on its threat to suspend its participation in the February 29 agreement that would have sent 240,000 tonnes of food assistance to North Korea. … The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) released a “presidential statement” … Continue reading John Feffer