The situation remains tense in the Korean Peninsula as the US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson remains in the Korean waters in order to deter threats from North Korea. The US president Donald Trump has said that the US is ready to tackle North Korean threats unilaterally if China doesn’t help. The recent attacks on Syria and Afghanistan by US military have raised the fears of a possible US attack on North Korea. The nuclear-armed North Korean regime has so far remained defiant over the US warnings and said that it will retaliate with full force if attacked. The world is keeping a close tab on the situation. Here are some key updates of events that took place in the past few days,

• The North Korean regime test-fired a ballistic missile to commemorate the 105th birthday of the founder Kim-Il Sung, however, the missile test failed that it got immediately detonated. This has happened in the past too but it failed to deter the regime to continue testing and developing missiles.
• The United States has confirmed the country is working with China to solve the North Korean problem.
• Both China and Russia have reportedly launched naval vessels to keep track of the USS Carlo Vinson. There are also reports that both Russian and Chinese military assets are being moved towards Korean borders.
• US Vice-President Mike Pence is visiting Asia to reassure US allies in the region. He visited demilitarized zone between the South and North Korea. He repeated what President Trump said, “Either China will deal with this problem or the United States and its allies will…..We want to see change. we want to see North Korea abandon its reckless path.”