NPR's Ari Shaprio speaks with Sue Mi Terry of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the likelihood of cooperation between South Korea and North Korea, and the nuclear disarmament of the North.
South Korean officials returning from a two-day visit to Pyongyang say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is willing to discuss giving up his nuclear weapons with the U.S.
North Korea has agreed to a temporary freeze of its illicit nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. This comes after a trip by South Korean envoys to Pyongyang.
The USS Carl Vinson, a nuclear-powered carrier, is expected to spend four days at the port of Danang at a time of tensions over China's expansion in the South China Sea.
Seoul sent special envoys, including a spy chief and a top security official, in a first reported meeting between South Korean officials and North Korea's leader since he took power in 2011.
Beijing says it will spend 8.1 percent more than last year on modernizing its military. The announcement comes amid continued tension between the U.S. and China in the South China Sea.
A U.S. aircraft carrier is visiting Vietnam, making it the first one since the Vietnam War. We're looking at that visit from two very different perspectives.