In addition, it has also argued in its recent editorial titled 'The Korean nuclear problem disguised in a selfie' that the North Asian security tensions have been further accelerated with the North's another test of nuclear-capable ballistic missile, the deployment of THAAD in South Korea and US-Korea joint military drill which began on 22 August.
The paper adds that some analysts are calling for a new approach, including the scaling down of US military exercises with South Korea as a bargaining chip with Pyongyang in return for North Korea slowing its nuclear progress.
With the exercises which began on August 22, Pyongyang's official news agency is accusing the US of planning a nuclear attack during them and warning that "a pre-emptive nuclear attack is not a monopoly of the US".
The problem of North Korea will need to be tackled - especially if, as South Korea warns, there will come a time when Seoul and Tokyo no longer believe the US defence is enough. Instead, they may consider taking it upon themselves to develop their own nuclear deterrence against an increasingly desperate despot in Pyongyang.
