CHINA AND JAPAN TAKING PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN THE EVENT OF A MILITARY CONFRONTATION WITH NORTH KOREA: A dire headline.

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As political scientist John Delury stated regarding the “pre-emptive strike” scheme for a March 10 report, “The role of a South Korean president, whether liberal or conservative, is to be the person who gently takes that option off the table. The South Korean president has to be saying, ‘If you take out their missile pad, they take out our capital.’ But that hasn’t been happening.”

RELATED: The Korea Times reports that the U.S. and North Korea may be holding back channel discussions. It’s poorly sourced and the so-called “deal” is rather absurd. The Korea Joongang Daily has more details on North Korea’s new missiles and palace intrigue in Pyongyang. Here’s the real diplomatic and historical context, to include the economic “soft power” appeals to North Korea that didn’t work.