As Barack Obama ended his 75th day as President of the United States, the engines of a massive North Korean rocket
roared to life half a world away -- sparking one of the first major international crises of his administration. Pyongyang's first missile test during Donald Trump's presidency came even sooner.
On his 23rd day in office, as he and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sat down for dinner on the terrace of the US President's opulent Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the successful test launch of a solid-fueled ballistic missile.
So if former Vice President Joseph Biden were to unseat Trump in the November 3 presidential election, would
North Korea again conduct some sort of provocation in a new administration's early days?
When it comes to divining North Korea's intentions, some words of wisdom variously attributed to both Mark Twain and New York Yankee's legend Yogi Berra ring particularly true: Predictions are hard, especially about the future. This is, after all, North Korea, one of the world's most isolated societies and secretive governments.
