North Korea Update

North Korea has its own take on the weekend nuclear test as evidenced by a report in the Korean News (DPRK) Wednesday. "The DPRK clarified more than once that it would feel no need to possess even a single nuke when it is no longer exposed to the U.S. threat after it has dropped its hostile policy toward the DPRK and confidence has been built between the two countries," the report says.
The DPRK "exerted every possible effort to settle the nuclear issue through dialogue and negotiations, prompted by its sincere desire to realize the denuclearization fo the Korean peninsula"
In response to the DPRK's "patient and sincere efforts and magnanimity", the Bush administration is suggesting sanctions and a blockade, the report adds. The DPRK warned of "physical countermeasures" if the US persists in "doing harm".