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How North Korea won this round of tensions

Poor leadership in Seoul and Washington has given Pyongyang the upper hand

For anyone who seriously studies or even observes North Korea, these are depressing times.

The time has come for the world to accept the ugly truth: Pyongyang has nuclear weapons. It has made significant progress and continues to make further progress in developing long-range missiles and the capability to fit nuclear warheads on those missiles.

And it will not abandon its weapons – no matter how large the bribe being offered. As long as it possesses them and can hold South Korea and Japan (and increasingly, the United States as well) hostage, no one will ever dare to invade it