Before President Trump goes to the Korean DMZ, or wherever it turns out to be, to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, someone might give up on the hope that he will read a complicated briefing book or even absorb a security briefing.
Instead, they might get him to watch a movie.
“Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.”
In which the Klingon Empire is moved to sue for peace with the Federation because its primary energy production facility, the moon called Praxis, has done blowed up.
Why is that relevant?
— North Korea nuclear test site has collapsed and may be out of action — Justin McCurry | The Guardian
North Korea’s main nuclear test site has partially collapsed under the stress of multiple explosions, possibly rendering it unsafe for further testing and leaving it vulnerable to radiation leaks, a study by Chinese geologists has shown.<br>The findings could cast doubt on North Korea’s sincerity in announcing last weekend that it would stop testing nuclear weapons at the site ahead of Friday’s summit between the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, and the South Korean president, Moon Jae In.
— North Korea nuclear site: Functional or ‘catastrophically’ damaged? — Joe DiFazio | Newsweek
Some have suggested that the site’s unreliability resulted in North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s overture last week to cease testing nuclear weapons and launching intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM). Last year, North Korea achieved a milestone in its missile program by demonstrating the theoretical ability to strike the U.S. with a ICBM.
Politics and history junkies also like this particular “Star Trek” installment because the Klingon Gen. Chang …
… seems to be channeling Adlai Stevenson.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tribune staff. George Pyle.
George Pyle is the editorial page editor of The Tribune. Really. gpyle@sltrib.com
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