Clinton: DPRK doesn't deserve attention

In an interview aired by ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday, the top U.S. diplomat admitted that the Obama administration has changed its approach toward Pyongyang in just the last month.

Dismissing international opposition, the DPRK conducted an underground nuclear test on May 25 and since then has fired at least seven ballistic missiles. It also boycotted the six-party talks on its nuclear program.

"We were not going to give the North Korea the satisfaction they were looking for, which is to try to elevate them again to center stage," said Clinton.

The secretary even linked Pyongyang's behavior to that of "small children and unruly teenagers."

"Maybe it is the mother in me or the experience that I've had with small children and unruly teenagers and people who are demanding attention -- don't give it to them. They don't deserve it," she said, Kazinform refers to Xinhuanet.

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