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Donald Trump to visit no-man's-land of Korean border reports
Source: The Guardian
Donald Trump to visit no-man's-land of Korean border – reports
News of the US president’s possible stop off at the DMZ comes as two B-1B bombers flew over the Korean peninsula in a show of US military might
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Wednesday 11 October 2017 07.21 BST
Donald Trump could soon find himself confronting North Korean soldiers on the world’s most heavily armed border, amid reports that the president is considering a visit to the demilitarised zone (DMZ) during his forthcoming trip to South Korea.
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said the DMZ, which has separated the two Koreas since the end of their 1950-53 war, was among the candidate sites for Trump’s tour of Asia. He will also visit Japan, China, Vietnam and the Philippines.
The report coincided with another US show of aerial strength in the region.
Two supersonic B-1B bombers flew over the Korean peninsula on Wednesday night, according to the US military. Two South Korean F-15K fighters, along with Japanese fighters, joined the drill after the bombers took off from Andersen airbase in Guam, the statement said. It was the first time Japan and South Korea had both joined US bombers on a nighttime combined exercise, it added.
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News of the US president’s possible stop off at the DMZ comes as two B-1B bombers flew over the Korean peninsula in a show of US military might
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Wednesday 11 October 2017 07.21 BST
Donald Trump could soon find himself confronting North Korean soldiers on the world’s most heavily armed border, amid reports that the president is considering a visit to the demilitarised zone (DMZ) during his forthcoming trip to South Korea.
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said the DMZ, which has separated the two Koreas since the end of their 1950-53 war, was among the candidate sites for Trump’s tour of Asia. He will also visit Japan, China, Vietnam and the Philippines.
The report coincided with another US show of aerial strength in the region.
Two supersonic B-1B bombers flew over the Korean peninsula on Wednesday night, according to the US military. Two South Korean F-15K fighters, along with Japanese fighters, joined the drill after the bombers took off from Andersen airbase in Guam, the statement said. It was the first time Japan and South Korea had both joined US bombers on a nighttime combined exercise, it added.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/11/trump-to-visit-no-mans-land-of-korean-border-reports
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Trump holding a gun pointing it toward NK , or just holding a huge gun
Trump with the U.S. and SK military
Trump standing next to a tank
Trump staring at the NK soldiers at the DMZ
It will be a photo-op of massive proportions. I have a feeling he will wear army fatigues
