North Korea"s latest nuclear test is out-wardly similar to the one in 2006, when italso test-tired missiles before conducting thenuclear test. Them are, however, two obvi-ous differences. This year, North Korea didnot raise clear demands on its opponents,leaving them at a loss even if they wanted tonegotiate a solution, It abided by internation-al roles when it launched the satellite. Giventhe international community"s excessivereaction to the lauuch, North Korea turneddesperate when it conducted the nuclear test.