Its sinking of the South Korean corvette Cheonan and the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island in 2010 were unprecedented, and raised inter-Korean tensions to their highest level in decades. Today, following the North’s third nuclear test, we seem to have entered the most precarious stage yet, with the regime declaring that it will never surrender its nuclear option.
事实上，自此之后朝鲜的行为就更加无法预测。2010年打沉韩国天安舰及炮击延坪岛等行为史无前例，朝韩之间的紧张局势也因此达到数十年来的顶峰。如今，第三次核试验后，朝鲜政权对外宣布永远不会放弃核手段，我们似乎也由此进入有史以来最危险的阶段。我们究竟该怎么办？