The commentary deplored the situation now inching close to the worst crisis ever since the June 25 war.

The development is mainly attributable to the UN Security Council's fabrication of a "resolution on sanctions" against the DPRK, it noted, adding: This is ineffective and very unreasonable.

It is the height of double standards that those countries which conducted many nuclear tests and launched many satellites call into question the north only over its satellite launch, the commentary charged.

The U.S. should not repeat the failed policy of "strategic patience" that was geared to apply "sanctions" and put pressure on the north, it stressed.