U.S. policy toward North Korea seems to be to not let it climb to the top of our list of concerns, to not give it unwarranted attention. North Korea, in turn, always prefers bad publicity rather than being ignored, which it regards as the worst possible fate.
Leftists are all like two year olds. Completely narcissistic and at best amoral (though typically evil).
Dammit, Setnaffa! We are ignoring them and you went and screwed up our plan.
Hey, look! That south Korea is really cool. Its the only Korea, you know.