there's evan thank you so much for joining us north korea remains one of the few mysteries today everything is known information about everything can be found easily but north korea maintains that shroud of secrecy while. you were it happened so that for centuries korea was detached from the rest of the outside world this has to do with the fact that back in the middle ages that frequently suffered from invasions by the mongols and japanese this convince the ruling class that the country would live better if it reduced its contacts with the surrounding countries to a minimum as a result koreans were even banned from setting up settlements in certain locations particularly on the sea shore the information in flow was controlled and restricted when japan occupied korea in the early twentieth century this policy was preserved by the occupants in order to retain this colony under its control the first thing japan did was to take all the foreign relations of korea under its control and

start the japanese ational career the koreans were forced to adopt japanese names not to speak the korean language under japanese language was proclaimed of fishel and so forth all this dark legacy both historical and cultural has to a great extent affected the views of the korean leaders of course but not only is korea an informational mystery it's also one of the very few remaining islands of socialism communism how does it maintain to do that. the fact of the matter is that the koreans proved to be very consistent in their convictions korea as with china is a confucian country where confucianism dominates the thinking of the habits of the people to quote one example when china had given up most of the confucian traditions korea was rigorously following them all the same so one chinese scientist wanted to find some information about confucian rituals they had to go to seoul for the relevant documents. it so happened that when the northern part of

korea came to believe in communism and socialism it became an even greater teacher of a then the soviet union itself and other socialist countries which have already given up this ideology and system while in korea just like in china they are still trying to build socialism in the korean fashion their own model of socialism. but today in the twenty first century way economic ties are in the world do you think that this policy of isolation will help north korea progress economically laville flawless that there is no doubt that the country needs its foreign economic relations expanded as according to estimates by foreign specialists on the understanding certainly by north korea itself it would be impossible to modernize the economy without investment from outside i would like to draw your attention to something i find very interesting there has been much talk in the west about north korea opening up and its integration into the world community however real policy

is very often at odds with statements some sort of best styria broke out in the media recently around the fact of the swedish department store began selling jeans manufactured in north korea if the west is really interested in north korea developing some industries for it to enter foreign markets and thus having people interested in contacts with the outside world working with what's trapped with the selling of a batch of jeans posed to the western world safety and well being it would be absolutely and significant in terms of economic competition the same apply it to the joint north and south korean industrial complex in case some free trade agreement was signed between the u.s. and south korea several years ago which has not yet been ratified but the refusal of us to include spoons and forks and other consumer goods manufactured in our area into the agreement was one of the stumbling blocks the us did not agree for a few million dollars to enter the markets and yet it's hard to imagine how this could threaten the u.s.

and one of the economies at the. moment so in your opinion it's beneficial in some ways for certain countries like the united states for example to have korea isolated. the village. unfortunately we have to draw this conclusion we cannot explain everything entirely by north korea. of course much depends on the past on the tradition on the fear of opening up because that may lead to undesirable political consequences on the other hand when they say north korea needs to become a civilized country and to be integrated into the world community there never too keen really to do things to let it happen what's more the west and the united states in particular need a bad guy in that region to justify their military presence in the southern part of the korean peninsula and to perm and deploying their missile defense systems there that's something that's been done there are somewhat more actively done in europe

indeed into now the u.s. and allied military presence in the region was justified by the soviet threat but it's been twenty years now since the soviet union however the u.s. is not going to give up their military alliances established during the cold war now it's very convenient to have a bad guy and pyongyang that can be used as a scapegoat for everything now it seems ok to have talks with russia or china and smiled and keep face saying because of kim jong il we have to keep our troops and send our aircraft carriers there and the north korean attract this appears this face will be hard to keep as it would be clear who the troops on the missile defense are actually saying that it will be obvious that it's not against north korea weakened and worn out by long economic turmoil but against a rising china and russia as well. so recent statements from people like former president jimmy carter who went to a korea and said that he saw signs of north korea willing to work with the

six party talks and take steps toward denuclearizing itself do you think that's just good p.r. . i think of carter sense the mood in north korea he's an experienced politician who's been there more than once the thing is that north korea realizes that without an agreement with the united states it won't be able to solve its main problem the removal of the military threats north korea was really frightened by the events in iraq in yugoslavia when the u.s. unilaterally change the regimes in both bills countries even without the consent of the united nations north korea is really afraid of us secondly it's a word but due to the u.s. sanctions it will have difficulties to get money from international financial institutions and other countries to modernize its economy this explains the fact that north korea is quite consistently pursuing the policy of signing bilateral agreements first and foremost with the u.s.

and then a multilateral agreements such as those produced by the six party talks north korea demands that they should have talks with the u.s. and then proceed further north korea views the u.s. as posing the biggest threat and believes that the main obstacle for their economic development comes from the u.s. standing in the way of international aid. let's try and move from the economical and political more towards the personal you've spent so much time in north korea i believe you've even met kim jong il personally what kind of a man is he. i met kim jong il both as a journalist and the diplomats in particular during the then president putin's visit to north korea in two thousand i carefully read what a number of state leaders who met him as a president wrote about him. i want to say that kim jong il appears is an energetic and informed person who knows what he does and knows what to strive for i think that the stereotypes appearing regularly in western and frankly also in recent

publications about some unpredictable politician and regime are absolutely ungrounded because an irrational and unpredictable politician would hardly be able to hold power in his hands for the past two decades when many revolutions broke out and many countries actually disappeared money expected the north korean regime to fall however for a number of reasons including truly pragmatic and realistic policy and the ability to outplay the enemy even some small thing as the north korean regime managed to survive. and you mention that the north korean leader knows what he wants for his country and from his country he's calling a party meeting that hasn't been held in thirty years and many in the west specifically are very excited trying to guess why exactly or what he's trying to tell the world by doing that what do you think at the purpose of the conference and

the workers' party meeting. if we talk about detail the only thing known to be on the agenda of the forthcoming conference are the elections for the governing bodies of the ruling party and it really makes sense for it's been forty four years since the previous conference and thirty years since the previous party congress money leaders who used to be members of the governing politburo in secretariat have died the central committee must by now have less than half the men from the original list so it appears to be high time for elections the second thing on the agenda which is perhaps the key thing is about a successor to the incumbent leader it's no secret that there have been many reports about his weekend helped at the same time go money people who have met some including people from russia and in particular cultural figures who often go. there believe those rumors are exaggerated i can't rule out the possibility that kim jong il has begun to ponder about his possible successor who would have to leave the

country after he himself leaves the political arena but i don't think the conference is due to pronounce anyone as a successor most likely such a person would simply be elected into the government which will allow him to prove his eligibility by his achievements in areas he would be in charge of now if kim jong il decides to follow in his father's footsteps and name his son as his successor there's very little known about the man what do we know who is he what does he what does he what have what he bring to north korea. first of all i think we shouldn't expect any dramatic changes right away because power in north korea is built on succession and continuity principles kim jong il became a leader first and foremost thanks to his image of a true follower of his father's legacy and ideas not of some destroyer of the foundations with a person to lead the country's policy into a sharp turn so obviously the same is going to apply to kim jong il successor if it

should be one of his sons for example i shall not make any predictions as to which of them it could be though there is much talk about the third son anyway this would be a young person who hasn't earned much authority in the party or the country and it was not very widely known and i don't think that kim jong il is going to quit entirely now he will continue ruling the country as long as his health from the circumstances allow that's why the decisions to be made by the conference will in their essence be shaping the environment under circles loyal to the new successor some advisors who will guide them through the challenging situation north korea is in these days at the beginning of the twenty first century.

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hello there welcome to the sport and this is what is coming. spartak moscow target top spot in the champions league as they prepare to host slovak minnow schillinger . plus chelsea believe they'll return to winning ways against french champions marsay. and i certainly catch up with the door of as the russian hockey legend starts his second season in the k h l. spartak moscow will be seeking to make it two wins out of two in the champions league when they take on julian at the lucian ethan stadium tonight richard poor fit dr what is a good opportunity to top their great spotlight find themselves in a great position going into a match straight to

a fantastic one nil win away and must say as given by lady carp inside a good chance even if this early stage of trying to make the knockout stages of the first time since ninety nine to six but moscow it's opponents from survive here maybe the group outsiders this past like state coach says his team certainly won't be underestimated. one of there are absolutely no problems with being motivated for this much as it's impossible not to be going into a champions league encounter it doesn't matter who the opponent is be a chelsea marsay or. we may be a bit tired going into the much as we will have played two games in just three days . it's been a long time since apartheid lost one champions league match at home in fact the red and white have failed to win in this competition of the luzhniki stadium in over a decade cup inside will certainly be looking to put that right on tuesday and he says he certainly won't be worrying about any statistics. going into the game with

marci everyone was saying that russian clubs weren't able to win in france but we managed to win over there a couple of weeks ago or so we're going to take any notice of any statistics and is hoping that we'll get a result we need on tuesday the spots are given in good form recently in the russian premier league winning fine of the last seven of brazilian striker vella turn scoring nine times during this period their opponent jay leno have enjoyed some patchy form over the last month including a four one defeat of chelsea in their group opener the carbon says he won't be taking them lightly called webpage of leftish can't get enough of it i know for a fact that our opponents don't have a player in the class of someone like leo messi they have a good striker called c.c. who for someone who so too is very good with the ball at his feet and i have a feeling he could cause us one or two problems spartak will have a great chance to make it two wins out of two on tuesday when they take on the

group leaders and if they can get their first home champions league win in over a decade they'll be a strong position going into big double header with the group favorites chelsea which played r.t. moscow. so chelsea still sings the strongest side in the great they thrash elina last time and and host french champions marsay tonight the london side what we without star striker didier drogba though will miss playing against his former club as he says the last of his three match ban are entrenched often last instance quarterfinal also added frank lampard who is recovering from a hernia operation chelsea lost their first premier league game of the us to campaign to manage to sit in that cage. isn't worried. i don't need to do. to see a reaction from a good they will do. very good good because it is an important game for us to reverse blizzard. the group. for abuse arsenal also hope to

bounce back after suffering a defeat at the hands of lowly west brom the gunners are a part of some belgrade deceiving looking for win number two after sticking six past braga but they'll have to do without six key plays for the game goalkeeper almunia is out with an elbow injury says fabric gas is also sidelined along with bent over marlin and walcott but benga has faith in the squad. i believe. i have the same contradiction or between two players i have a very. no might have been we play we can play better than what we do don't try to do what we want to show tomorrow night rearm the great coach josie marino is also after performances side by side with aaron france and haven't had the best start in the league they sit third in the table in spain after being held for goldish draw against the van take the weekend doesn't think it will be straightforward to not. expect the difficult again.

is difficult to prove. against a team that plays the first match at home. version of ruby to a very very hard. and that is very well organized. and go for a difficult match now let's catch up with the latest from the russian premier league where two wins from three games still hasn't been enough for courteous of yet off to climb out of the relegation zone the same our side easing to a three no win over angie and monday's fixture at least seemed to understand their predicament blasting home three first half goals to stroll to victory the first was inside the first sounds most drive deflecting its way past the keep. even of them made it to with another scrappy go. you know i was seventeen from you get me savin right before the break had the tie done and dusted so three know was the final score the smart side remain second from bottom by the relegation

. and this is the plan to. thank so after week twenty two of thirty eight seventy to remain very much the team to catch this in petersburg men lie four points ahead of champions the rubin defending champions rubin but have they have two games in hand. a third also with matches in hand past but now chick rostov and moscow scrapping for the two euro cup spots while down the other end it's korea and the bear in the drop zone and a just about them. on the ice medal of my career because you have gone joint top of the k h l their one there went overboard in regulation time enough to put them at the summit level on points of the nominee or the matches on monday night so a scar big see a scar after a penalty shoot out it's a big got the better guard and the think it than amerigo. so it could start a mess

a local be hoping for another influential season from the door off he came back to russia after winning three stanley cups in the n.h.l. so how is the finding life in central russia done for. the twenty eighth of july two thousand and nine the kontinental hockey league strike three times in the chill still we go we get good returns to russia to join gay chill side middle. school boy russian born player in the early kill unique skating skills combined with old standing defensive ability all these cool beats have made expert deployment through its three great players in one. one of the stanley ice will keep players ever do the food of the urals to make it brisk in particular. my brother played a few years back my father was in good contact with former management former

director of the team and former manager of the team and my brother pretty well for this club a few years back especially in play offs. in connection with. interest always were . very big compared to other clubs and annoying money because it's all that hard you brought up for a. four players were. really good. in the services and also. financially very stable and also it was a dream of mine and my family also to play together with my brother one of russia's biggest steel works this would be really the he's best known for it could be seem like a pretty boring we're not hokey superstore but there gave the order of it's always proved yet it's looking into the future. in the ice i think. any

cities like this like industrial cities will present something really really. quality let's say we have couple lakes here we have a couple environments here where you can go. i don't know and do sightseeing or you can go you can go and. walk around we've been to the factory factories incredible biggest factor and probably i would say in europe and. really really. do a lot of business and a lot of steel so technology there it's been really really good so it was an interesting trip too but as far as a city it's simple city but everything we need to have here and it's very comfortable. when it comes to cubans the gay jews made it to freak they could go in curb must be due to priority no four year old for the room was one just about

everything there is to win the ice well professionals here and. any predictions of history you need to back them up and well certain precious already applied to. team our new coach for a new manager and so i'm not going to be. predicting anything but. in the next like month or two we really will know or we really will feel how far we can go a stunning twenty seven overtime ghoul's one more n.h.l. record store the week in the household what he's ultimately here childer time reward that's still ahead here but really no marty yeah i'm sure playing a big part this season now in the n.f.l. chicago have kept up their hundred percent record a field goal which is four seconds left saw them beat green bay twenty points to

seventeen that result makes in three nights of the season and points them on top of the n.f.c. north for cargo taking a fourteen ten lead in the fourth when very fast larry david his first touchdown the ten in three years running sixteen so yeah. the teams were tied at seventeen a pace to try using and it was a penalty that's fine separating them robbing to be important taking showing a bad young in the field to try and say. that brings us to the end of the sport more of it likes.

russian president that is hard. because they get it wrong but. the story. of what's next for russia china relations dimitri medvedev is figuring out how in shanghai spending some time with the man who might just be the next leader of china. could aliens have control over the world's nuclear weapons group of retired u.s. air force offices seem to think so. worldwide news and life from moscow you all with auntie welcome to the program well

the russian president has fired moscow and assign it to create firing off who was in power for almost two decades the kremlin says it was due to a loss of confidence in the city's top official. also and now joins us live from moscow what do you tell all this and hello to you so one tell us what legacy does it leave behind it at this point. as far as legacies are concerned. that this very moment one in the middle of moscow you know the savior the girl standing in the middle of the city itself because of him it is one of the best places landmarks are in moscow but on the other hand there's a structure you can see right behind me yet the great the south over there that's the by a lot of muscovites and one that ugliest structures in the city and he. lets me set this up as like a scene and so to make it sent it's very telling you you that.