Bad Idea Jeans

The North Koreans must not believe America and South Korea will retaliate in force the next time North Korea shoots at South Koreans if they are willing to do this to the only power capable of shielding North Korea:

North Korean officials have demanded payment before they will release Chinese fishing boats with a total of 29 men on board, Chinese media reported on Thursday, in a rare public spat between the neighbors and longtime allies.

The Chinese owners of the boats said they were seized by a North Korean gunboat on May 8 in the Yellow Sea, between China and North Korea, the Beijing News reported.

One gets used to North Korea playing with fire. What is unsettling is when they start to play with all the fire.