{"id":94,"date":"2017-10-09T20:25:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T00:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/?p=94"},"modified":"2017-10-12T18:41:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T22:41:04","slug":"bostonians-weigh-in-on-the-north-korean-war-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/2017\/10\/09\/bostonians-weigh-in-on-the-north-korean-war-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Bostonians Weigh in on the North Korean War Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/https:\/\/vimeo.com\/237947747\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/237947747\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/a>The threat of nuclear war between the United States and North Korea was recently brought to the public\u2019s attention on October 10th, when the U.S. \u201cflew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula\u201d in a response to North Korea\u2019s recent missile tests, <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-northkorea-missiles\/u-s-flies-bombers-over-korea-as-trump-discusses-options-idUSKBN1CF368\">according to <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-northkorea-missiles\/u-s-flies-bombers-over-korea-as-trump-discusses-options-idUSKBN1CF368\"><em>Reuters<\/em><\/a><\/span>. Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea have been on high since United States President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un began verbally sparring, both mentioning the possibility of war in public settings.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump has repeatedly taken to twitter to address the matter, <span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/895970429734711298\">stating in August<\/a><\/span> that \u201cMilitary solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely.\u201d In a recent meeting of the Central Committee of Kim Jong Un\u2019s Workers\u2019 Party, the leader reportedly said that North Korea\u2019s nuclear missile arsenal is a \u201cpowerful deterrent firmly safeguarding the peace and security in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia,\u201d <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/08\/world\/asia\/kim-jong-un-nuclear-weapons.html?action=click&amp;contentCollection=Asia%20Pacific&amp;module=RelatedCoverage&amp;region=EndOfArticle&amp;pgtype=article\">according to the <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/08\/world\/asia\/kim-jong-un-nuclear-weapons.html?action=click&amp;contentCollection=Asia%20Pacific&amp;module=RelatedCoverage&amp;region=EndOfArticle&amp;pgtype=article\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The prospect of nuclear war came to a forefront this July, when North Korea launched two separate missile test-launches. The first launch, on July 4th, was the first ballistic missile fired that could potentially hit the U.S., while the second launch, on July 28th, served as a \u201cstern warning.\u201d Experts said the launch \u201cplaced US cities in range of potential attack,\u201d <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/jul\/28\/north-korea-fires-missile-japan-reports-say\">according to <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/jul\/28\/north-korea-fires-missile-japan-reports-say\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0 policy response to the missile launch, the U.S.\u00a0United Nations Security Council blocked the sale of coal and iron, among other prominent North Korean exports, on August 5th. <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/05\/world\/asia\/north-korea-sanctions-united-nations.html?_r=0\">According to the <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/05\/world\/asia\/north-korea-sanctions-united-nations.html?_r=0\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a><\/span>, these are \u201cthe most punishing sanctions yet against North Korea over its repeated defiance of a ban on testing missiles and nuclear bombs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We interviewed residents of Boston and the Greater Boston Area on Massachusetts Avenue about the threat of nuclear war, and they shared a variety of\u00a0opinions and concerns on the topic.<\/p>\n<p>Ron Van Der Mosel, a Boston resident originally from Germany, said that he feels the threat of nuclear war is real and that this reminds him of \u201cfascist times\u201d in Berlin. Jared Francis also said he feels threatened by the missile launch. \u201cJust the thought of Nuclear War,\u201d Francis said, \u201cfreaks me the hell out.\u201d And Grace Grandy, also a Boston resident, concurred that the threat of nuclear war is an issue. \u201cIt\u2019s like history repeating itself all over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Boston locals weren\u2019t as concerned. Eddie Adanes, originally from the Dominican Republic, said that there \u201cwon\u2019t be \u2026 no nuclear war\u201d between the two countries. John Neale, shared a similar sentiment. \u201cThe idea of war seems so outrageous,\u201d Neale said. \u201cThat it\u2019s not possible to get too worried about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The threat of nuclear war between the United States and North Korea was recently brought to the public\u2019s attention on October 10th, when the U.S. \u201cflew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula\u201d in a response to North Korea\u2019s recent missile tests, according to Reuters. Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea have been on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/2017\/10\/09\/bostonians-weigh-in-on-the-north-korean-war-threat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bostonians Weigh in on the North Korean War Threat&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7009,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}