5:51 am Sat April 26, 2014  China's Rising Influence Looms Over
Obama's Asia Trip  Originally published on Sat April 26, 2014
9:30 am     NPR's Anthony Kuhn is in Seoul, South Korea and we
asked him what the reactions been to North Korea's threat to
launch a nuclear test.  ANTHONY KUHN, BYLINE: Well, luckily they
did not test a nuclear bomb, which they threatened to do. This
did not happen while the president was in South Korea. He's now
safely in Malaysia, but this morning, this was a major theme as
both President Obama and his South Korean counterpart, Park
Geun-hye visited the combined forces command for the first time.
They emphasized they're beefing up South Korea's defenses. If
North Korea conducts a nuclear test, they will push for tougher
sanctions.           Of course he wanted to make progress on
this Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade pact that is crucial
to his Asia policy. He could claim some progress but no
breakthroughs. And I think there have been concerns in the
region about the U.S.'s abil