Acts of War

We have to think a little bit when North Korea calls sanctions an act of war.  These are the same guys who sunk a South Korean ship, attacked the banking infrastructure, and shot people who tried to escape across their borders.  The latter is clearly not an act of war.  The thing about acts of war is that they are much like pornography - we know them when we see them.  Having sanctions against a country that wants to build a nuclear-armed Missile is certainly not an act of war.  Is building one?