And things were going so well! – “North Korea told the U.S. its increasingly hostile policies will ensure there is no progress in the six-nation talks on dismantling the communist country's nuclear program.”

The “hostile policies” are that the U.S. refuses to give more food and energy aid to North Korea if they insist on pursuing a nuclear weapons program. So far, the Koreans have offered exactly nothing in exchange. Since nuclear blackmail worked so well under the past administration, NK thinks it will work again. Nope.