Tensions have been heating up on the Korean Peninsula after a two-month lull, with North Korea launching a missile last week that experts said showed the capability of hitting much of the continental United States. “I think those are conversations that we are going to have to have, but what have we always said? Asked on Fox News if athletes from the United States would be able to compete, Ms. Haley said: “There’s an open question. But the military drills with the United States and the recent defection of a North Korean soldier to the South have reignited tensions and undercut hopes for a thaw in time for the Olympics. As part of the military exercises, the United States flew two B-1B heavy bombers, the largest American strike aircraft, over South Korea on Thursday.

Source: New York Times December 07, 2017 11:48 UTC