Am I the only one who thinks that this might improve security in the region?
For decades, both sides have been ready to go to war, with the US backing the South with troops and materiel. A lot of southerners resented the US, because the South really didn't want to go to war with their cousins. But with the North getting nukes, there is absolutely no way the South might invade the North. Essentially, I'm hoping that the nuclear deterrent works.
This is pretty much the same train of thought that I believe is going on in the heads of the Iranians. The US was able to use the flimsiest of reasoning to invade Iraq. But if Iran had nukes, there would be absolutely no way the US would dare invade them.
Note I'm not trying to defend the Noth here. I think they're full of crazy wackos who, by choosing to focus on their nuclear program instead of their agricultural policy, probably caused thousands of deaths from starvation.