Further, my contention is that "the smaller the yield, the more sophisticated the device" - another thing to give us pause. Yet the ill-informed press is trumpeting "no radiation escaped, so was it a nuke? No need for sanctions here!" Well, I'd ask them, "in an underground test, is radiation supposed to leak??? How can you take comfort that the test went as designed?"
Do not discount the possibility that Kim was / is acting under orders and is allowed to run his own "Neverland Ranch" to indulge his fantasies while appearing bizarre to the outside world. What should he care? He's getting his! Meanwhile, certain other nations can conduct their real research in plain sight. After all, there are plenty of stolen designs from the 1990's to test out and sales demos to conduct.
The leftwing in south korea has been steadily declining for awhile now.
Whatever grand essay has been developed in the rest of the article is immaterial since radiation has been detected even though Japan says they have not detected radiation.