This Is How China, South Korea and Japan Are Responding To North Korea's Threats

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un attending a photo session with participants of the fourth conference of active secretaries of primary organisations of the youth league of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in Pyongyang Credit: AFP

The Telegraph: Border brigades, nuclear submarines and cyber warfare: How China, South Korea and Japan are responding to Pyongyang threats

Japan, South Korea and China are ramping up military capabilities and devising increasingly risky and unconventional plans to counter the growing threat from nuclear-armed North Korea.

Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile over Japan earlier this week, causing alarm across the world and deep reflection from North Korea’s neighbours on whether they are prepared to cope with a potentially devastating clash of arms.

A military response to the North would involve rapid pre-emptive strikes, the targeted assassination of leaders in Pyongyang, and defensive measures to minimise casualties in a conflict which could result in hundreds of thousands of deaths.

Covert efforts to bring down the regime by instigating internal dissent, and attempts to sabotage North Korean weapons, are also rumoured to be methods potentially used by enemies of Kim Jong-un, the reclusive state's leader.

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WNU Editor: The above post was written before yesterday's North Korean nuclear test. I would not be surprised if their plans have just been thrown out of the window, and a more aggressive strategy is being formulated.