U.S. officials and their allies in East Asia have assessed that there is little, if anything, they can do to prevent North Korea from carrying out a seventh nuclear missile test, following years of diplomatic deadlock and a raft of recent ballistic missile tests. “Kim [Jong Un]’s next nuclear test is a matter of ‘when,’ not ‘if,’” said one South Korean official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, referring to the North Korean dictator. “We unfortunately have to plan… – Foreign Policy Photo: KCNA