Monday 11 April 2016 / Hour 1, Block D: Gordon Chang, Daily Beast; Thaddeus McCotter, WJR; John Bolton, AEI; in re: We can step up pressure on North Korea by abrogating the Iran deal. What a new president needs to to do: because both Iran and DPRK progress in their decades-long goal of making nuclear warheads that can be delivered to the US, for example.  This would confront China “We don’t want DPRK to have nukes,” say the Chinese, then they do naught.  They and they alone have the capacity to keep the Kim family dictatorship in power. 
@marykissel Son of Chinese Leader Threatens Suit over Panama Papers Allegationsvoanews.com/content/son-of…    WASHINGTON—Military authorities have charged a U.S. Navy officer born in Taiwan with espionage on suspicions that he passed secrets to foreign governments, according to U.S. officials and redacted legal documents released by the Navy.
Lt. Cmdr. Edward C. Lin, who was born in Taiwan and became a U.S. citizen after moving to America with his parents as a teenager, has been charged with espionage, making false statements and failing to obey an order, according to the officials and documents.http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-navy-officer-faces-charges-of-espionage-1460400816
“SEOUL—A North Korean colonel defected to South Korea last year, Seoul said on Monday, the most senior military official to switch allegiance since the Korean War of the 1950s. South Korean government officials said the officer worked for North Korea’s primary spy agency, the Reconnaissance General Bureau, but declined to give further details about him or his defection. They also said a senior North Korean diplomat based in Africa defected to the South last year.
“The confirmation of local media reports about the defections comes after Seoul said last week that a group of 13 workers from a North Korean restaurant had defected to South Korea. That defection was highly unusual because of the size of the group, and because North Koreans permitted to work abroad are regarded as very loyal to the regime. “A spokesman for China’s foreign ministry confirmed on Monday that the group had fled from a restaurant in China. At a regular press briefing, Lu Kang said officials had verified the North Koreans had left the country legally….    http://www.wsj.com/articles/seoul-announces-defection-of-highly-ranked-north-korean-spy-1460350878   /   http://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/10255965-74/north-nuclear-state