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Indeed. But also, rockets are just plain difficult to get right. It's daft to assume no progress will be made but right now there just isn't much of a threat.
I'm not sure what you're basing that on. Rockets are indeed difficult, and the North Koreans have become good at them through sustained development effort spanning decades.
They are a poor country, but they spend approx. 25% of their GDP on defence, and much of that is on their nuclear weapons programs. To put it in context, they are spending a similar (adjusted) amount to what France was spending on nuclear weapons in the 1960's, a time when France fielded multiple successful nuclear weapons systems, (including missiles).
I really would urge you to examine any beliefs that, because something is difficult, the North Koreans are incapable of doing it. This blog post is a good read, if you haven't seen it already. The author is also worth following on Twitter on matters of nuclear proliferation, and general atomic trivia.
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Indeed. But also, rockets are just plain difficult to get right. It's daft to assume no progress will be made but right now there just isn't much of a threat.