NKorea is NOT gangsta and communisim is the biggest failure of a government ever. All those running NKorea care about are themselves not its starving population.
They stopped thier nuke program in 94(?) due to a UN resoultion that would provide food aid to the counrty in return for not developing a Nuke program. They re-negged! They never stopped their Nuke program hence why they have nukes now! It was a finger, not to the US, but to the the UN and world community. The leadership has no word that cannot be trusted. And keep in mind, NKorea threatens not only the US but surrounding countries as well despite if you think that they are so-called Uncle Tom's. Is that type of behavior justified? Its like the Palestinian leadership that are alligned with terrorists and are proud of it. Do Hamas and Al Aqsa represent the Palestinians desire for a country of thier own? (thats a whole new can of worms)
The US owes nothing to NKorea, NKorea owes its own population and the world.