Hours after a display of North Korean military power, rival South Korea announced Wednesday the installation of key parts of a contentious U.S. missile defense system meant to counter the North. And the USS Carl Vinson aircraft supercarrier also is headed toward the peninsula for a joint exercise with South Korea. China, which has grown increasingly frustrated with North Korea, its ally, and Russia see the system's powerful radars as a security threat. North Korea routinely accuses the United States of readying for an invasion and threatens preemptive strikes to stop it. Tillerson will be "very vocal" about nations enforcing sanctions on North Korea, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 26, 2017 14:06 UTC