North Korean

This furious outburst, followed by the ship's swift repair, teaches us a lot about the North Korean regime, whose moves are often so difficult to decipher.

"It suggests we're returning to the days of appeasing the North Korean regime."

The ban affected various categories of travelers and immigrants from Iran, Somalia, Yemen, Syria and Libya, plus North Koreans and some Venezuelan government officials and their families.

From the North Korean side, I could faintly hear military propaganda music, as its regime attempted to drown out the inflammatory broadcasts.

Though such plans never materialized, following that Singapore meeting, Trump suspended U.S. military exercises with South Korea in a surprising concession to the North Korean leader.