Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I kii tetahi tari whakatairanga o Korea ki te Raki ka raru pea te karere a te US ki Korea ki te Tonga i te 'raru nui atu' i te whakaekenga o te maripi ki tona mata i te marama kua hipa mena kaore ia e mutu te whakahawea ki a Korea ki te Raki me nga whakapae 'ataata'. I kii te karere a US a Mark Lippert i roto i tana korero i te Wenerei mena ka whakapai ake a Korea ki te Raki i tana rekoata mo nga mana tangata me te whai i nga huarahi ki te whakamutu i tana kaupapa karihi, ka utua e ia te pai me te pai ake o nga hononga ki te ao o waho, tae atu ki te United States. I kii te Komiti a te Raki mo te Whakauru Hauora o Korea ko nga korero a Lippert he tohu kei te hiahia a Washington ki te riri. Panuku ki raro mō te Ataata. US Ambassador ki Korea ki te Tonga Mark Lippert (pokapū) titiro rite US Defence Minita Ashton Carter (R) riria ringa ki te 7th Air Force Commander Lt. General Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy (L) me US Army General Curtis Scaparrotti (2 L), rangatira o te United Nations Command, Korea ki te Tonga-U.S. Whakakotahitia Forces Command me U.S. Forces Korea wiki whakamutunga. 'Me whakarere a Lippert i te tikanga kino o te whakauru wawe ki te korerorero korerorero e whakararuraru ana i te pono me te whakaoho i te pakanga ma te whakahe ki a maatau,' i kii te komiti i roto i tetahi korero i whakaputaina i te Taite i runga i te paetukutuku whakatairanga Uriminzokkiri. 'Ki te kore, i te wa e whai ake nei, ka taea e ia te anga atu ki tetahi aitua nui atu i te tapahi i te paparinga e tetahi tangata whenua o Korea ki te Tonga,' e kii ana. He maha ngā wā e whakahe ana a Te Tai Tokerau ki te Hononga o Amerika, te hoa nui rawa o te Tonga, e whakapae ana kei te whakarite mō te whakaekenga tata. Kāore he kōrero i puta mai i te U.S. Embassy i Seoul. Ko te kaihautū o Amerika a Mark Lippert, 42, i tana rerenga mai i te hōhipera i muri i tana whakaekenga e tētahi kaitiaki whakaeke i te marama o Poutu-te-rangi. I werohia a Lippert ki te kanohi me te maripi hua e tetahi tangata o Korea ki te Tonga me te hitori o te whanonga rereke i te huinga parakuihi i te pokapū o Seoul i waiho ai he wero e 80 nga tuitui. I whara hoki ia ki tona ringa. 'He whakahawea kore me te whakahawea ki a maatau me te whakapae whakarihariha e kore e taea te wareware,' i kii te tari o te Raki. I whakawakia e te pirihimana o Korea ki te Tonga...
I whakaekehia a Mark Lippert i te tīmatanga o Maehe e tētahi kaitohutohu pro-North Korea e mau ana i te maripi. E 80 ngā tuitui i hiahiatia, ā, tērā pea i tūkinotia te roro i te mutunga.