After Dustup, N. Korea Boots Nuke Inspectors

Following a UN reprimand—and North Korea’s indignant exit from multilateral talks on its nuclear program—Pyongyang has expelled international inspectors, the Wall Street Journal reports. The International Atomic Energy Agency will announce the move shortly. North Korea called the UN statement an “unbearable insult,” but some experts see the expulsion as political brinksmanship based on the perception of a more cooperative Obama administration. (More North Korea stories.)