Every April 15th, on the birthday of the founder, Kim Il-sung, North Korea celebrates with parades and drills showing off military hardware. This year, remarkable for the 105th anniversary, North Korea may undertake its sixth nuclear test as kind fo provocation in response to the deployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier near Korean Peninsula. At the same time, the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) has stated it is ready for war. What is more, China had reportedly sent 150,000 troops to North Korea's border to face the potential refugee problem. In a telephone conversation with Mr. Trump on Wednesday, China’s president, Xi Jinping, also called for restraint. But behind the scenes, officials said, Mr. Trump and Mr. Xi had reached some preliminary understandings, during their meeting at the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort a week ago, about what the Chinese might do to change the behavior of the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un.
This news makes me feel frightened, I cannot image what will happen if there's a nuclear war in North Korea. Because North Korea has been separate from the global market for a long time, it seems hard to take some useful economic sanctions. As far as I know, several months ago, China stopped to import coal from North Korea. If there is a war, not only North Korea and U.S, but the whole East Asian area including China, South Korea, Japan and even Russia might be involved into it.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/13/north-koreas-sixth-nuclear-test.html
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I thought that this article was a very interesting read. it would be interesting to see how the United States economy would do in a time of war. if we do go into war is it going to be so large that factories convert from building cars and things like that to having to build tanks and bombs. this could create a shortage in steel which then there would have to be rations which always puts strain on the economy. it will be interesting to see how this all plays out.
The tension is something to worry about I agree. We have been walking on eggshells when regarding North Korea for what feels like years. It is hard to really try to give guidance or weigh in on a situation like this when the leader of North Korea seems ready for combat at any point. I hope that countries surrounding this issue can somehow devise a plan to put this issue behind. I suppose we will see what is going to happen.
I read earlier today that the U.S. national security reviews have looked at everything from preemptive military action to a policy of “strategic patience.” The bitter reality is that there are no good options. Seoul, the South Korean capital, has more than 20 million inhabitants and is just 35 miles from the border with North Korea. It would be hit hard by rockets, artillery and mortars, with an estimated loss of more than 130,000 people in the first two hours of a conventional bombardment. And if the attack and North Korea’s response escalated into a full-scale nuclear war, millions could lose their lives. It'll be interesting to see what will be the next step in this issue.
This is an interesting time in which the American people do not really know what to expect from Donald Trump. So many parties are involved that the conflict is only growing more and more complicated. There is not an easy answer, and that makes the conflict that much scarier.
This is an interesting article to read. I do not think that any country would indulge in war especially because nowadays many nations are nuclear powered. Having a nuclear powered war could destroy the world economy and recovery from such a war would be close to impossible. Japan's economy struggle for a long time after the nuclear bombings and thus I think that keeping that in mind, nations will not indulge in war.
With the increasing concern over N. Korea's nuclear power, the US has been attempting to demonstrate its power through these demonstrations we have seen this week and the last. However, N. Korea has not expressed any sort of fear; on the contrary, they have carrying out tests and making threats towards the US. Now, it is all about time and seeing how President Trump will handle this delicate situation, which can yield disastrous consequences.
The United States President Donald Trump has said China is working with Washington to solve “the North Korea problem”, as tensions continue to mount over Pyongyang’s weapon’s program. And it is very interesting that in order to work with China on the North Korea's nuclear problem, Mr. Trump announced not to label China a currency manipulator. I'm looking forward seeing what's going to happen.
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