What should the international community do if North Korea launches a rocket?

Wednesday 25th March, 04:07 AM JST

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grafton at 08:15 AM JST - 26th March

They are not the “bastard step child of the world” they are the bastard step child of China & yes they should be ignored, ignored to the point that not one single grain of rice or anything else should be sent into that country again until they learn that arrogant stupidity doesn’t pay. If they can find the money to build rockets/missiles then they can find the money to feed their own people.

The door to North Korea needs slamming shut, if China wants to pick up the slack then fine let them do so, the rest of the world should stay out of it. Had it not been for China Korea would have been a unified country in the 50s. Now we have the problem that after over 50 years of insane indoctrination the people of that country believe only what they have been told about the real world. So any invasion would lead to total war with the populous & there would be no way to pacify the country. So, leave them & when the level of hunger gets too much they will have no one to point the finger at other than their own government. That country can now only be changed from within & continuing to send in aid is only prolonging the misery, long term it is not helping anybody.

If they fire their missile let them starve, it’s that simple.
timorborder at 09:35 AM JST - 26th March

Time to go old school. China needs to make a choice, either get with the team in resolving this North Korean problem once and for all, or get ready to experience the Great Leap Backwards as foreign investment/overseas markets dry up. In this day and age, I cannot believe that any nation state would should support of a regime like that in North Korea. This is a regime whose sins are too numerous to mention.
memyselfI at 09:54 AM JST - 26th March

" Little Boys playing with big toys " This is childish behavior, let's hope their toy breaks breaks down before launch. Why can't they convert (big rocket) it into a big popcorn popper and give their people popcorn !!!!!

MY ULTIMATUM Convert it to a pop corn popper or else ! ! !
tclh at 10:57 AM JST - 26th March

Everyone should go to a nice bed in a nice house ..with stomach full.I agree completely with grafton.
neverknow2 at 11:52 AM JST - 26th March

As far as NK, well, Kim Jung Mentally Ill may try to launch something

Why is NK so bad? Who did they attack in the last 50 years? Who has America attacked in the last 50 years? It doesnt look so fair in my eyes. One set of rules for one country and another set of rules for America.
neverknow2 at 11:54 AM JST - 26th March

Had it not been for China Korea would have been a unified country in the 50s

I disagree. Had it not been for the United States Korea would have been a unified country.
jessssicaaa at 01:25 PM JST - 26th March

What should the international community do if North Korea launches a rocket?

Well the whole world.. like china, america, australia, japan.. have all decided to ban rockets/missiles, they are disarming theres. Now north korea has decided well scew that you can't tell me what to do, and is going ahead with there launch to spite everybody (probably). I think korea shouldnt be so stupid and cancel the launch, they are just asking for trouble. so.. to answer the question i believe they should stop the launch.
littleboy at 01:27 PM JST - 26th March

Why is NK so bad? Who did they attack in the last 50 years? Who has America attacked in the last 50 years? It doesnt look so fair in my eyes. One set of rules for one country and another set of rules for America.

Why is NK so bad? Apart from the fact they killed millions through stupid Juche policy which led to mass starvation of the population. And they imprison whole families of political dissidents. And they threaten war every second week through their brinkmanship. And They kidnapped Japanese civilians to teach spies there language. They make money through drugs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PongSu). Bombed Korean Air flight 858 in 1987 killing 115 peopole (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KoreanAirFlight858). Bombed South Korean government in 1983 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoon_bombing).

To name a few bad things about North Korea.
FryingMonkey at 02:08 PM JST - 26th March

neverknow2 - Why is NK so bad? Who did they attack in the last 50 years?

WOW, you were kidding when you asked that question yes?
Nessie at 03:38 PM JST - 26th March

Stare up at it in slack-jawed bewilderment?

More like stare down at it in slack-jamed bemusement.
uperjer at 04:09 PM JST - 26th March

let china handle it.
neverknow2 at 04:45 PM JST - 26th March

Littleboy point taken. Good information. However, the was only one Korea until a certain country invaded. I feel it's Japan's paranoia rather than any real threat as to the real danger of NK.

Bombed Korean Air flight 858 in 1987 killing 115 people

The person who did this is free and was actively walking around Japan, showing her face on TV last week. I guess Japan can't have too much of a grudge to allow that to happen.
combinibento at 05:30 PM JST - 26th March

In any event I think the international community should punish NK's enabler, China, in the event a rocket is launched (in addition of course to withholding movies and cable TV access to NK's Dear Leader).
OssanAmerica at 04:54 AM JST - 27th March

Good information. However, the was only one Korea until a certain >country invaded.

And what country would that be? Because under Japanese colonial rule "Chosen" was one state, and a part of the Japanese Empire. The only country that's responsible for there now being two Koreas is the USSR. Without Stalins interference the whole Korean Penninsula today might have been as prosperous as South Korea.
NoSoEaWe at 07:02 AM JST - 27th March

OssanAmerica, it's hard to believe that of all Korea's neighbors, Japan would not be the one most nervous about unified Korea. While China, Russia, and USA may be concerned from their international power politics perspective, they do not have any real reason to fear unified Korea as an economic threat to any of them. For Japan, however, unified Korea may someday threaten it economically as an even more powerful rival, so it's not the same. In short, Japan is probably the country which would really oppose the unification of the two Koreas more than any other country in the world.