by Christopher Green and Steven Denney (from SinoNK.com)

Newspapers hit the stands in South Korea this morning, each and every one with a perspective on the North Korean nuclear test and a policy prescription cut from familiar political cloth.

Given that one of the main areas of division between the Korean right and left is North Korea policy, it was inevitable that the right — represented here by the nation’s biggest selling newspaper, Chosun Ilbo (조선일보) and a second market leader, Donga Ilbo (동아일보) — and the left-leaning Hankyoreh (한겨레) and Kyunghyang Sinmun (경향신문) would take noticeably diverging stances.