US President Donald Trump has effectively warned North Korea that further nuclear or ballistic missile tests will have physical consequences. On Saturday, North Korea celebrated the birth in 1912 of Kim Il-sung. The US moved a major naval task force, including the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and submarines into waters off North Korea. Isolationist bellicosity has become a feature of North Korean "diplomacy" since the Korean war. Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday stated the North Korean tension must be stopped before it reaches an "irreversible and unmanageable stage".

Source: Bangkok Post April 16, 2017 22:07 UTC