With so many years of outright wishful thinking and fantasy, we have progress of sorts. Finally, nobody expects NK to give up nukes or ICBM's. Every pro-dialogue experts have been thoroughly back stabbed and humiliated by NK. Anybody talking about appeasement are no longer taken seriously in Seoul or D.C. At least in public. Good to see that they are finally on the same page as you and I.:-)
It is almost certain that NK will have two tests. I wonder if one of them goes "too well." The explosion creates far more damage than NK imagined. For example, massive disturbance in underground geological structure, or their tunnel for the tests is not fortified well, and cause large landslide, unleashing radioactive substances into air.
North Korea has hinted it may halt preparations for a third nuclear test as the country's mouthpiece says the outside world has misinterpreted Pyongyang's recent announcements.
“The US and hostile forces jumped to conclusions that the republic is planning the third nuclear test, citing their hypothesis and argument,” said the propaganda weekly, Tongil Sinbo.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/433418/20130210/north-korea-nuclear-test-pyongyang-kim-jong.htm