It definitely hasn't been quiet geologically around the planet, but news about volcanism seems to be in a bit of a lull right now. Most of what I've run across is either about the continuing activity in Indonesia or news about volcano monitoring ...
Korean Peninsula: We have heard about the Baekdu (Changbaishan) caldera numerous times over the last year, which is odd considering it hasn't erupted in over 100 years. However, much like any volcano that has been quiet but has an explosive past, there is a lot of incentive to keep an eye on it. If anything, Baekdu* might be an excellent opportunity to get the two Koreas to talk about anything - think of it as "volcano diplomacy". In this case, the two nations are discussing the threat that the caldera poses to North Korea and China, along with how to improve monitoring efforts on the volcano, ...
