I'm a 6'6, 300 lb. former college Offensive Lineman. Most big people learn from an early age that there are small guys out there who will challenge them because they feel inadequate. The reason why they do this is because they know they can't lose. If they win, they're a big man. If they lose, so what, they were supposed to lose anyway. When you have someone who knows that either way, they win, they have no incentive to back down.
Also, I don't know how this applies to the N. Korea situation, but I can tell you (and I got this anecdote from John Madden) that growing up as kids, we big people were always told not to play rough or fight with the other kids because being bigger than them made it unfair. Big kids are always being told, "Don't pick on that little kid." As a result, most big people grow up to be pretty docile. Which is another reason why small people with Napoleon Syndrome target them.
I guess speaking from personal experience (and this DOES apply to the N. Korea situation), the best way to handle crazy little people who want to prove something by fighting you is to remain calm, let them sputter and spew, show them that you're not in the least bit afraid of them and that you're not going to allow them to get inside your head (by remaining quiet, but also not ceding any ground whatsoever to them), and then if they decide to take the first shot, you end it quickly and decisively. Anything else, and YOU'LL be the one perceived as the bully (i.e. "Look at that big ape pummeling that poor little guy!!! Oh, the humanity!!!"
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