The U.S. war with Iran has raised questions about whether America’s bombing campaign can truly eliminate Iranian nuclear facilities, reawakening a debate about whether military strikes could have stopped North Korea from going nuclear decades ago.

In an editorial published in April, The Wall Street Journal argued that Washington had an opportunity to halt the DPRK’s nuclear development through strikes on relevant facilities in 1994, but failed to act because it was overly committed to diplomacy. The piece has provoked significant discussion in ROK media.

The newspaper’s editorial board recounted this history to defend Donald Trump’s “risky” decision to go