According to the NY Times, North Korea just wants to be friends and we don't want to play.

I guess we can forget about all this stuff:

An Auschwitz in Korea

Horrifying tales of torture, execution in North Korea

Death, terror in N. Korea gulag
NBC News investigation uncovers horrific, extensive atrocities

How brutal is the North Korean government?

What possible reason could the NY Times have in printing the article they did without any reference to North Korea or Kim Jong Il's history? The only bad guys are Bush and the United States!