MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Nation by nation, how Trump has shaken up Koreas, neighbors
By artappraiser on Wed, 04/19/2017 - 4:39pm |By Kim Tong-Hyung @ The Associated Press (via Daily Press), April 19
Unpredictable. Unhinged. Dangerous.
Many South Koreans are using those words to describe the president of their most important ally, rather than the leader of their archrival to the North. They worry that President Donald Trump's tough, unorthodox talk about North Korea's nuclear program is boosting already-high animosity between the rival Koreas.
No matter whether Trump succeeds at getting North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons and missile programs, his actions, comments and tweets are changing how the region views the long-running conflict. Senior North Korean officials see their relations with Washington as even more volatile than before. China is appealing for calm, and possibly re-examining its role. Japan is weighing a retaliatory strike capability against the North. [.....]
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