The nuke tests have put North Korea in the eye of a storm. Well, almost. Even though the world’s big nations and the fearful ones have expressed concern, Pyongyang’s action is being justified from elsewhere.

A German documentary which had premiered at the Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea paints a gentler picture of the North Korea through the portrayal of a perky movie projectionist.

The docu-film, Comrades in Dreams, narrates the tales of four movie projectionists from southern India, the West African country Burkina Faso, the U.S. state of Wyoming and North Korea.

Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that North Korea's nuclear test could trigger an atomic arms race in Asia. On a tour of Asia, Rice aims at reinforcing pressure on South Korea and especially China to come forward and announce sanctions against North Korea.

The US now sees trouble from more nations in the territory, and is concerned that Japan and South Korea may want to develop their own nuclear weapons programmes to counter the threat from North Korea. Rice, during her tour, is expected to tell nations like Japan, South Korea, China and Russia to stay away from the temptation of having nuke programmes.

Rice also would try and convince South Korea on expanding its role in a United States-led international programme to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction. With Pyongyang making the first step, it has lured anctions and ill will from other nations. The US’ concern that the neighbours too would follow suit stems from a fear psychosis, it may be assumed. And, with sanctions coming its way North Korea might also prove to be bad example to follow for the neighbours.