The answer is kinda obvious, sunlight, soil, and water
Myanmar (Burma) is the country with the longest civil war.
As far as a threat, North Korea has been seen as such for many years (since WWII), when North Korea sided with Russia. America and its Capitalism were not fond of the Communist party, and so we have really been fighting/being concerned about Russian influence.
Historically North and South Korea have been in conflict many years before America and Russia got involved. When we did though it got worse.
Trump has done very little to resolve this, some would say he is making it worse.
AND as for any current events ask Google!
The role media play in political process is that it plays in the idea of the attention economy. The news uses leads to political persuasion. So they use Social media for news sources. the more their political opinions will be affected.