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A timeline of North Korea’s five nuclear tests and how the US has responded

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Military officers visit the birthplace of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung in Mangyongdae, just outside Pyongyang, on Friday, a day before the 105th anniversary of his birth. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

April 15 is the most important day on the North Korean calendar — it’s the birthday of the founder of North Korea, officially known as the “Day of the Sun.”

This year, experts and analysts warn that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un might use the day as an excuse for a dramatic show of force. As my colleague Anna Fifield reported:

Expectations remain high that North Korea will conduct another nuclear or missile test, or carry out some other incendiary act, to mark the most important day on its calendar: the anniversary Saturday of the birthday of Kim Il Sung, the country’s founder and the current leader’s grandfather.

In recent days, the North Korean army has threatened to annihilate U.S. military bases in South Korea in response to what it called President Trump’s “maniacal military provocations.” In response, the Trump administration warned that all options are on the table. The United States has sent an aircraft carrier strike group to the Korean Peninsula region. Trump has tweeted that the United States will act against the country, with China or independently. It’s gotten so contentious that China has publicly chastised both countries and asked them to chill.

As the world waits to see what — if anything — North Korea does, here’s a look back at the country’s five nuclear tests and how the United States responded:

October 2006: Analysts determine that North Korea has conducted its first nuclear test. The test produced an explosion of less than one kiloton, or the equivalent of about 1,000 tons of TNT. That is a small fraction of the size of the bombs dropped by the United States on Japan at World War II’s end.

The United States considered this test a failure. Even so, American officials pushed for tough sanctions, calling for a block on all imports of military equipment to North Korea. Eventually, the United Nations passed a less strenuous measure, specifically targeted to prevent North Korea from acquiring equipment that would help it expand its nuclear program or military.

May 2009: North Korea conducts its second nuclear weapons test. The test was carried out underground. At the time, the U.S. Geological Survey recorded a magnitude 4.7 seismic disturbance. National Intelligence Director James R. Clapper Jr. later estimated that the test produced an explosion of two kilotons.

President Barack Obama called the test a “grave threat,” but military officials said this was a diplomatic, not a military, matter. The United Nations imposed tighter sanctions on North Korea — now almost all arms imports were banned. It also called for intensified weapons inspections.

February 2013: Kim Jong Un, then newly in power, conducts his first nuclear test as leader. The test was far larger than earlier experiments, with experts estimating that the bomb was between six and seven kilotons. The test coincided with South Korea’s national elections and Obama’s State of the Union address.

In response, the United States moved some missile defense equipment and nuclear-capable stealth bombers to South Korea. Secretary of State John F. Kerry warned that North Korea would lose in a military showdown with the United States. Kim “needs to understand, as I think he probably does, what the outcome of the conflict would be,” Kerry said. In the wake of the test, the United Nations once again moved to tighten sanctions, extending an asset freeze to individuals and organizations helping Kim. Luxury goods were also put under sanctions.

In reality, though, by the time North Korea conducted this third test, there were few sanctions left to deploy. By 2013, the North’s ability to import goods was severely limited. And Obama declined to take next steps, such as a naval blockade to block all shipments of goods. China also continued to provide the country oil and aid.

January 2016: North Korea claims to have conducted a fourth nuclear test, far underground. On state TV, Kim said the explosion came from a miniaturized hydrogen bomb and called it a “spectacular success.” Independent observers say they can’t confirm that the test happened. If it did, its size is hard to measure. But they estimate that the explosive yield was between four and six kilotons.

In the months afterward, Congress passed a law empowering the administration to sanction individuals who import or export goods and money to North Korea. The United Nations passed a resolution banning North Korea from conducting “launches using ballistic missile technology.” The resolution also required all member states to “inspect cargo to/from the DPRK or brokered by the DPRK that is within or transiting their territories.” (DPRK stands for Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the country’s official name.)

Obama and America’s allies in the Pacific continued work on THAAD, a missile defense shield. The president rejected a deal, offered by the North Korean regime, to take down the shield in exchange for promises that the North would conduct no more nuclear tests.

 

September 2016: North Korea conducts a fifth nuclear test. The seismic activity generated registered 5.3 in magnitude, accompanying an explosion of about 10 kilotons. That’s equivalent to the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and 10 times stronger than what the country was able to do a decade before.

In response, Obama worked with the United Nations to tighten sanctions even further.

“The United States does not, and never will, accept North Korea as a nuclear state,” he said in a speech in South Korea. “We are going to work together to make sure we’re closing loopholes.” China, which has veto power on the U.N. Security Council, joined a resolution strongly condemning the missile launch. It also agreed to ban the import of North Korean coal, a major blow to that country’s economy.

Try These Low-Cost Ideas For Using Video In Your Content Marketing

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Video is an essential tool to have in your content marketing toolbox. Just look at these statistics:

  • Including a video on a landing page can increase conversion by 80%.
  • Video in an email can increase click-through rate by 200 to 300%.
  • YouTube’s mobile video consumption increases 100% every year.

One thing is clear: if you’re not currently using video as part of your marketing strategy, it’s time to start.

What Should My Videos Be About?

There are many ways you can use video for content marketing, and you’re really only limited by your imagination. If your budget is low, here are some inexpensive ideas to start implementing video into your existing marketing strategies:

Explainer video

Create a video about what you do or how your product works. This is especially beneficial if your product isn’t self-explanatory, or if it’s one that people are unfamiliar with.

How-to tip: There are many companies that specialize in creating explainer videos, and you can get one starting at around $250.

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Including a video on a landing page can increase conversion by 80%.

Show off your clients

You can also take videos of your clients using your product or talking about how much they love your products or services. These take the concept of client testimonials to the next level.

How-to tip: Start by asking the clients you know are raving fans to talk about you on camera. Likely they’ll be more than happy to help.

Product highlights

Similar to the explainer video, this one may involve you showing off your product and talking about the benefits of using it, or showing it in use.

How-to tip: Consider the frequently asked questions your customers ask about your product, and make sure to answer them in your video.

RELATED: Everything You Need To Know About Video Marketing for Your Small Business

Vlog 

A vlog—or video blog—is similar to a blog post, but rather than writing the informative content, you speak or demonstrate that knowledge. This is a great way to vary what you publish on your blog and give people a break from always reading your content.

How-to tip: Just like you would with a written blog post, include SEO and keywords with your videos.

What Do I Do With My Video Once I Create It?

Once you put all your effort into creating your first video, spread it far and wide so as many people as possible benefit from it.

YouTube 

It’s a no-brainer to upload your video to YouTube, since every day, people watch hundreds of millions of hours of video there. It’s got a built-in audience that can help people find you who wouldn’t otherwise know about your brand.

How-to tip: If you’ve got a Google or Gmail account, it’s easy to set up a YouTube account. Uploading a video is simple, too. Just remember to fill out the title and description with those keywords to help people find your video.

Your website

Get more leverage from your video by posting it on your website or blog. You might have a page dedicated to client testimonials, so house all of those videos there. Post your product highlight videos on your FAQ or product information page. And, of course, the vlogs go on your blog.

How-to tip: It may be easier to first upload the video to YouTube and then embed it on a page on your website rather than upload the video directly to your site.

Your social media 

More people will view and share your video if you post it to all of your social media platforms, and do so repeatedly. Write an introduction to the video so people know what it’s about and to pique their interest in watching it.

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PM Video Battle: Dynamite Promo Versus Allwag Promotions Ltd

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Promo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. (Next up: The trees are really starting to bloom, reminding us that color does, in fact, exist in Center City Philadelphia.)

Last week, Dynamite Promo won again, and now will face off against Allwag Promotions Ltd.

The winner will be decided by a simple poll. The poll will close the morning of Friday, April 21, the same day a new challenge will start.

Companies whose videos win for four weeks in a row will be retired to the Video Battle Hall of Fame and General Awesomeness, forever enshrined in internet glory.

Click here for prior video battles. Have a promotional product video you’d like to submit to PM’s Video Battle? Send suggestions to bmenapace@napco.com.

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Conservative activists want action from Trump

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Conservative leaders are putting President Trump on notice: If he doesn’t stick to his campaign promises, there will be hell to pay in the midterm election.

Activists are particularly disappointed at the failure to repeal ObamaCare and defund Planned Parenthood.

“Someone’s got to take responsibility. They no longer have excuses not to do things,” said L. Brent Bozell III, the chairman of ForAmerica, a conservative advocacy group.

Other conservatives are disappointed at Trump’s flip on the Export-Import Bank. The president told The Wall Street Journal this week that “actually it’s a very good thing.”

“I think that’s a tragic mistake on his part,” said Andrew Roth, vice president of government affairs at the Club for Growth, a conservative group that has frequently criticized Trump.

Trump supporters in the media such as Ann Coulter have expressed disappointment that the president has stalled in building his wall on the Mexican border. His appointment of Kevin Hassett to lead the Council of Economic Advisers has also taken a hit from anti-immigration groups opposed to Hassett’s support for increased immigration.

Roy Beck, president of Numbers USA, a group dedicated to reduced immigration levels, says he is waiting on Trump to fulfill his promise of repealing Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which grants work permits to immigrants brought into the country illegally at a young age.

“There’s lots and lots of question marks. It starts with his broken promise on DACA,” Beck said. “He made such an explicit promise on repealing DACA on Day One.

Bozell warns that Trump will pay a political price if he doesn’t energize his base.

“If they don’t do it, I absolutely guarantee you that conservatives will walk,” he said.

There is a real danger for Trump in the form of next year’s midterm elections and a possible enthusiasm gap between the parties.

Liberals opposed to Trump have momentum, and both parties will be watching the outcome of a special election in Georgia next week to see if a Democratic candidate can ride left-wing enthusiasm to an upset victory in a special election House race.

Democrat Jon Ossoff would take the seat if he can get a majority of the vote on Tuesday. If he fails, the top two candidates will go to a runoff. Ossoff is facing a large GOP field in the first stage of the election, and Democrats are hoping low turnout could help him get to 50 percent on Tuesday.

“He needs to follow through on those conservative promises to have the GOP’s enthusiasm match the Democrats,” Roth said of Trump.

Republicans are far from being completely in the dumps on Trump.

Some of his recent appointments and reversals have won praise from the GOP.

He united the party in successfully confirming Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.

Roth praised his decision to back away from labeling China a currency manipulator, though that is a decision that will not play well with other parts of Trump’s base.

Trump’s decision to launch a missile attack against Syria has drawn broad GOP support, including from senators often critical of his policies such as Sen. John McCainJohn McCainConservative activists want action from Trump Border Patrol could drop polygraph requirement for new agents: report Is Trump’s presidency the patriarchy’s last gasp? MORE (R-Ariz.). At the same time, the decision has not been praised by conservatives who liked Trump’s rhetoric about staying out of foreign fights.

“I understand that the surgical strike that he did was the president’s prerogative but I think most conservatives expect that if he does anything further he’ll come to Congress for a vote,” said former Rep. Matt SalmonMatt SalmonConservative activists want action from Trump Senators fear fallout of nuclear option Western Republicans seek new federal appeals court MORE (R-Ariz.), who was a member of the Feedom Caucus and the Foreign Affairs Committee while serving in the House.

“If this is the beginning of a long-term engage in Syria, then that’s a whole other thing and I think conservatives will be outraged that we’re going down the same road of nation building that President Trump campaigned against,” said Brian Darling, a conservative strategist who formerly served as an aide to Sen. Rand PaulRand PaulConservative activists want action from Trump McConnell: ‘Big challenge’ to pass ObamaCare repeal in Senate Senators seek to limit arms sales to Saudis MORE (R-Ky.).

All in all, Roth said Trump’s record has been a “mixed bag,” echoing other conservative activists.

Trump’s reviews among activists will be shaped by what happens next on ObamaCare.

House Republicans are scrambling to revive the ObamaCare repeal effort over the April recess. Two leading members of the House Freedom Caucus, Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Dave Brat (R-Va.), say a deal is close at hand.

Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, a group dedicated to promoting “faith, family and freedom” predicts healthcare reform legislation will pass in the next few weeks and it will include language defunding Planned Parenthood.

“I think we’re very close to seeing the repeal of ObamaCare,” he said. “We’re going to see for the first time in that repeal bill the defunding of Planned Parenthood.”

“Given what the Trump administration walked into I think they’ve done pretty well,” he said, but cautioned a major test will be whether ObamaCare legislation with the defunding language gets across the finish line.

If it falls short, he warned, he said it would “absolutely” be a problem for Republicans in the 2018 elections.

“Those were very prominent promises that were made and I think the president gets that,” Perkins said. “These promises made have to be promises that are kept.

Darling said conservatives are “still supportive” of the president and “excited” about his presidency. But he cautioned that “it’s been a rough first few months.”

He placed some of the blame on Congress.

“The first hundred days has not gone well, no two ways about it,” he said. “There’s been executive action, the president has been implementing a lot of his policies but Congress hasn’t been a partner.