Two columns of steam rose from the nuclear complex today at Yongbyon, north of the capital, Pyongyang writes The E. The complex had been shut down since 2007. According to Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), the gas-graphite's reactor can produce a bomb's worth of plutonium a year. The E also reports that international inspectors have not set foot in Pyongyang since 2008. The reactor may not even be up and running within the near future. What is the message here, America? Why so indifferent lately? Was the smoke a mistake?
Suh Kune-yull, a nuclear engineer at Seoul National University reports that the smoke that arose was a mistake and that this could be due to a possible leakage within the nuclear plant. So, what's the deal here?
Co-author of the SAIS report, Jeffrey Lewis predicts that the North's leader Kim Jong Un will invite international experts to Yongbyon to show off the newly running nuclear plant--are we all hinting at the same message? Do I hear, ''back off!'', or do I hear bribery--possibly both? Bribe for what, foreign aid?
Why is Kim Jong Un seemingly moving in opposite directions? Is it to keep all possibilities open to the North? Gain and more gain--in any case, we can all smell the smoke. Let's just see where the fire spreads. 
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