{"id":98374,"date":"2017-04-15T07:15:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T11:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=98374"},"modified":"2017-04-15T07:15:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T11:15:21","slug":"pence-to-open-asian-trip-amid-tensions-with-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/15\/pence-to-open-asian-trip-amid-tensions-with-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence to open Asian trip amid tensions with North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_98375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98375\" style=\"width: 497px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Mike-Pence.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98375\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Mike-Pence.png\" alt=\"Vice-President Mike Pence is opening his trip to the Asia-Pacific region amid increasing tensions in North Korea over the regime's nuclear and missile programs. (Photo: Gage Skidmore\/Flickr)\" width=\"497\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Mike-Pence.png 497w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Mike-Pence-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vice-President Mike Pence is opening his trip to the Asia-Pacific region amid increasing tensions in North Korea over the regime&#8217;s nuclear and missile programs. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gageskidmore\/16068796893\/in\/photolist-qtWMui-r7pQHB-r7pSkK-rBumGX-9nLqCk-nFSLd4-SuZHbX-SgwMUB-SthJiZ-Sgkxd4-SgwRWK-SdeRPH-THy3Yc-r7oGTR-RaoWrZ-QA4Pmn-qtHqJ7-RTuk8L-RTukDL-S1e1qi-RSK6kG-qAEd9u-7f36P5-SoSxyL-RSYjMf-SdrZR1-r9h7yF-r9aH7y-ror9xf-THy3VX-rqJfsp-f9o9TQ-Sp3B6W-SqCo6J-StnAiF-SGiagB-SriLCq-r98BDG-KkXJvy-qtWPFH-rqJ9x8-Rr6Qe6-R837XU-rphLv1-9vX9yw-67qvM6-RUiA2j-Rc6x8h-Sh5Zjr-r9g2Ta\">Gage Skidmore\/Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Vice-President Mike Pence is opening his trip to the Asia-Pacific region amid increasing tensions in North Korea over the regime&#8217;s nuclear and missile programs.<\/p>\n<p>Pence is set to arrive Sunday in South Korea as President Donald Trump vows that Kim Jong Un&#8217;s government is a \u201cproblem\u201d that will be \u201ctaken care of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vice-president&#8217;s 10-day trip comes as North Korea celebrates the 105th anniversary of the birth of national founder Kim Il Sung, which falls on Saturday. It&#8217;s North Korea&#8217;s most important holiday and a large-scale military parade is expected.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions have been on the rise along the Korean Peninsula in recent weeks over concerns about North Korean aggression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Vice-President Mike Pence is opening his trip to the Asia-Pacific region amid increasing tensions in North Korea over &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":98375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,16,17],"tags":[15421],"class_list":["post-98374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news","category-news-w","tag-mike-pence","mauthors-ken-thomas","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}