Carole Lee, WSJ: North Korea Bomb Test Challenges U.S. Policy in Asia
Country’s nuclear test raises concerns about Pyongyang’s advances and questions about effectiveness of administration’s stance toward region
North Korea’s fourth nuclear weapons test spread alarm through the U.S. and allied countries, reigniting concerns about Pyongyang’s advancements and thrusting the country back into the diplomatic spotlight.
The Obama administration on Wednesday disputed North Korea’s declaration that it had detonated a hydrogen bomb, a thermonuclear device with far greater destructive power than a conventional atomic bomb. But even if the device is proven smaller than that claimed by North Korea, the test indicates Pyongyang has continued to advance its nuclear program.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On North Korea's Nuclear Test -- News Updates January 7, 2016
North Korea 'H-bomb test': What do we know? -- BBC
North Korea nuclear: What now after H-bomb test claim? -- BBC
Did North Korea Really Just Go Thermonuclear? -- Robert Beckhusen, National Interest
What Just Happened in North Korea? -- Amy Davidson, New Yorker
What Is a Hydrogen Bomb and Does North Korea Have One? -- Millie Dent, The Fiscal Times
Did North Korea Really Just Go Thermonuclear? -- Robert Beckhusen, National Interest
Why North Korea can't be dismissed as a wannabe nuclear power -- Peter Grief, CSM
North Korea’s Nuclear Test Isn’t As Dangerous As Kim Jong-un Wants Us to Believe -- Fred Kaplan, Slate
Will we ever know if North Korea detonated an H-Bomb? -- AP
Analysts: North Korea's 'H-Bomb' Gamble Could Backfire -- Joyce Huang, VOA
Pyongyang tests Obama’s weaknesses -- National editorial
North Korea Uses Bomb Test to Boost Dictatorship -- Alastair Gale, WSJ
North Korea bomb claim: What does Kim want? -- Ashley Fantz, CNN
The single most important fact for understanding North Korea -- Max Fisher, VOX
In a dangerous world, North Korea’s latest nuclear test makes a kind of sense -- Aidan Foster-Carter, The Guardian
How the U.S. Should React to Pyongyang's Hydrogen Boast -- Bruce Klingner, Real Clear World
How will U.S., S. Korea respond to North's nuke test? -- CBS/AP
How the US Could Respond to North Korea's Nuclear Test -- Alexander Mallin, ABC News
U.S., Japan, South Korea unites in response to North Korea hydrogen bomb -- Mirren Gidda, Newsweek
North Korea blasts way into U.S. presidential security debate -- Dennis P. Halpin, NK News
North Korea’s Strategy Puts Beijing in a Bind -- Andrew Browne, WSJ
What can China do about nuclear North Korea? -- James Griffiths, CNN
Only China can open the hermit kingdom -- Globe and Mail editorial
The slow death of the nuclear deal with North Korea -- Adam Taylor, Washington Post
North Korea is heading for a cataclysmic collapse — and nobody cares -- Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, The Week
The only woman North Korea trusts to deliver its most important propaganda: Ri Chun-hee – the news anchor Kim Jong-un wheels out when he wants to impress the world -- Daily Mail
Who is the woman behind North Korea's news? -- Juliet Perry, CNN
North Korea’s nuclear test: your questions answered -- Maeve Shearlaw, The Guardian
Factbox: North Korea says successfully conducts first H-bomb test -- Reuters