The Choson Sinbo, a pro-North Korea paper, said in a column that the dismissal of Bolton was a matter of time for "the very person who is responsible for" the breakdown of the February summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi.

"It is a good thing that President Trump got rid of him in respect of the North's opinion, but at the White House, the destabilizing factor of Secretary of State Pompeo remains," it said, warning that Pompeo, too, could face a similar fate if he crosses the president.

The paper also said that it is "extremely rare" to find a diplomatic expert, such as Bolton, "who is rejected and abhorred from inside and out of the country," and that Trump is widely expected to more easily carry out diplomatic activities as he wishes now that Bolton is gone.

Bolton's firing came as the US and North Korea are gearing up to resume their nuclear negotiation after months of a stalemate.

Last week, North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui said the North is willing to sit down with the US in late September, urging Washington to come up with a new "calculation method" acceptable to Pyongyang. (Yonhap)