North Korea is maybe a pawn ( used by who ? ) . I don't see them being very effective at attacking the U.S. They can maybe hurt South Korea . Not sure but maybe they can be used to escalate problems in the world.
I think Iran has a small partnership with them... I don't know how they would tie into the threats between Iran and Israel happening right now... Syria is at war now with rebels that have worked into Syria with support form outside countries . That war threatens to spill over into the surrounding countries . I know Syria is a ally of Iran with some support from Russia. Once Syria is out the way, Iran is that much easier to take down...
But, the problem there is that Iran is a key ally of Russia . If you were to take out Iran, then Russia is that much easier to control... Russia has warned attacking Iran, would probably cause them to act militarily ... The U.S , NATO , etc, are surrounding Russia , with placements of Missile defense systems with reach into Russian territory . And this is not sitting well with Russia, as they have been very vocal against the move
Just before all of that; there was the attack on Libya ; who was going to deal in their own new currency backed by gold, ( Not the dollar ). Once Libya announced that; there was quick action on our part to demonize them . They were attacked and Mumar Gadafi killed.
There are battles still in Afghanistan. Before that was the Iraq war that was started a short time before in 2003...
All I'm seeing is an escalation of wars and rumors of wars .... There are a few more events and details in between the lines that I cant remember. Israel is being surrounded by enemies , The world economies is something important to watch also. ,With all of these things, we're much closer the next event outlined by Christ .