PYONGYANG, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK)'s access to nuclear is a just option, which aims at defending its country from the U.S. nuclear threats, said a commentary article from the the official newspaper Rondong Sinmun on Wednesday.

The article said the United States has posed nuclear threats to the DPRK for several decades, adopting it as a policy to mount nuclear attack on the Asian country.

"There was no other option for the DPRK in the phase of acute confrontation in which it had to protect its system and destiny of the nation in one-on-one showdown with the world's biggest nuclear possessor, the United States," said the article.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula reached a precarious level in 2017, driven up by the sixth nuclear test and multiple missile tests by the DPRK and the relentless Washington-Seoul war games.

Military tensions, amplified by blustery threats from both the United States and the DPRK to conduct nuclear attacks against each other, rattled the nerves of the whole world.

Instead of releasing more bellicose statements and moves of brinkmanship, Washington and Pyongyang are better advised to engage in constructive talks and suspend provocations.