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CBS News Online

The top five stories of Sunday, June 11, 2017: “Hurricane Irma Churns the Atlantic”, “North Korea Announces Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test”, “DOJ Confirms Trump Was Never Wiretapped, “President Weighs Immigration Decision”, and “Utah Nurse Arrested For Refusing To Give Patient’s Blood To Police”.

The story I that I felt was the most interesting was the story about North Korea on the verge of perfecting its usage of hydrogen bombs. The story opens with Korea’s leader, Kim Jon Un, meeting with nuclear scientist and monitoring their work on the hydrogen bomb that rivals that used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WW2. After doing many tests with the missiles on Korean soil, President Trump responds to rumors of him attacking North Korea with the remark “We’ll see.”. Finally, the story ends on the note of Kim Jon Un preparing for a nuclear test that will determine if the warhead is capable of being flown intercontinentally.

I feel that this is a sad use of power by Kim Jon Un. He is the leader of the country and should be guiding his people in a different way other than trying to start a war. Our president should not even entertain the rumors because it could make Kim Jon Un mad.

Some of the key terms and concepts from our text reading (Chapter one) for this week that relate to the article and social problem are:

1. Basic research-exploration of the causes and consequences of a social problem

“It looks like there making much faster progress than we thought…” (include a quotation from the article) or explain why this term/concept relates to the article for each term.

2. Patriarchy– society in which the powerful dominate the powerless

“Strength of the United States which is more than our military but our ability, alliances, and international systems…” …” (include a quotation from the article) or explain why this term/concept relates to the article for each term.

3. Subjective reality– attachments of meanings to our reality

“Their time frame of holding America at risk has been accelerated…”…” (include a quotation from the article) or explain why this term/concept relates to the article for each term.

4. Applied research– pursuit of knowledge of program application or policy evaluation

“North Korea claims it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb capable of fitting on an ICBM, if true, what does that mean?” …” (include a quotation from the article) or explain why this term/concept relates to the article for each term.

5. Hypothesis– statement of a relationship between variables

“The President took to Twitter Sunday morning accusing China and South Korea on not doing enough to contain aggression from North Korea…”…” (include a quotation from the article) or explain why this term/concept relates to the article for each term.

Other Possible Key Terms- …” (include a quotation from the article) or explain why this term/concept relates to the article for each term.

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