The North Carolina-based News and Observer turned to Han Park, director of the Center for the Study of Global Issues at UGA, for an expert analysis of North Korea. He was quoted as saying, “North Korea’s isolation is not new, but they are extremely concerned. It’s a matter of degree. . . We haven’t given the North a face-saving way of backing down from the brinkmanship that it’s pursuing. We’re certainly heading in the wrong direction.”