centuries korea was detached from the rest of the outside world this has to do with the fact that back in the middle ages it 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 ation of korea the koreans were forced to adopt japanese names not to speak the korean language under japanese language was proclaimed official and so forth all this dark legacy both historical and cultural has to a great extent affected the views of the korean leaders. but not only is korea an

informational mystery it's also one of the very few remaining of socialism communism how does it maintain to do that more of. 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 when chinese scientists 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 under 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 there. own model of socialism. but today

in the twenty first century way economic ties there and the world do you think that this policy of isolation will help north korea progress economically laville flawless that are there is no doubt that the country needs its foreign economic relations expanded as according to estimates by foreign specialists on the understanding served 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 such 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 fit to enter foreign markets and thus having people

interested in contacts with the outside world working with what's tracked with the selling of a batch of jeans polls to the western world safety and well being it will be absolutely and significant in terms of economic competition the same applied to the joint north and south korean industrial complex in case on a free trade agreement was signed between the u.s. and south korea several years ago which has not yet been ratified by the refusal of the us to include spoons and forks and other consumer goods manufactured in that area into the agreement was one of the stumbling blocks the us did not agree for a few million dollars to enter the market and yet it's hard to imagine how this could threaten the u.s. and world economies. so in your opinion it's beneficial in some ways for certain countries like the united states for example to have korea isolated. civility but. unfortunately we have to draw this conclusion we cannot explain everything entirely by north korea's might of course

much depends on the past on the traditions 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 until 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

smile and keep face saying because of kim jong il we have to keep our troops and send our aircraft carriers there when the north korean attractors appears this face will be hard to keep as it would be clear who the troops and 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 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. you know the worth i think of carter sense the mood in north korea he's an experienced politician has 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 regime sent both of those countries even without the consent of the united nations north korea is really afraid of that secondly it's a worry 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 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 when you're there i met kim jong il both as a journalist and a diplomat in particular during the then president putin's visit to north korea in two thousand carefully read what a number of state leaders who met him as a president wrote a belgian. 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 russian 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 on many countries actually disappeared money expected the north korean regime to fall however for

a number of reasons including purely pragmatic and realistic policy and the ability to outplay the enemy even though in some small things 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 say to tell the world by doing that what do you think at the purpose of the conference and the workers' party. will you if the good. 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 weakened health at the same time though many people have met and including people from russia and in particular cultural figures who often go. there believe those rumors are exaggerated but i can't rule out the possibility that kim jong il has begun to ponder about his possible successor who would have to lead the country after he himself leaves the political arena 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 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 or the 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 little there is much talk about the kurds on anyway this would be a young person who hasn't earned much authority in the party or the country and it is 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. wealthy british style. market why now. can. find out what's really happening to the global economy

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mosco claim a second strike champions league victory of the three nil when i was surely you know. plus singing the blues chelsea aim to return to winning ways and their income against the french champions while say. no running back they knew. japanese veteran can be called dr a crime celebrates have fortieth birthday in the second set in tokyo. but let's kick off with football where spartak moscow have made it two wins out of two in the champions league as they won three mil a time to lena in group beth resilience by gary sported a charm for the larry topping side his compatriot gibson added a third with a minute to go it was the red and whites first champions league victory at the luzhniki for over a decade and they could now go on to qualify for the look at stages the first time since one nine hundred ninety six elsewhere chelsea are hosting french champions last say the west london side who lost their first premier league game this season that managed to city on saturday all without strike

a deal and midfielder francom politics and let's have a quick look at the rest of the matches just kicks off a great piece with side ball off hosting four time european champions fine munich and claudio ranieri is right about taking the remaining side. think group g. as a powerhouse time as martin yawls fi x. also full time european champions are time to seven time when this ac milan french side has to gerry's a marine is on title holders while madrid and finally in group h. brawl got us thrashed six nil in their right net against taking a shot at times and that's all the gunners missing six players through injury are partisan belgrade having to bounce back off to saturday's domestic meet him defeat to west brom. tennis now and russia's yelena dementieva and vera zvonareva as well as denmark's caroline wozniacki have all cruised into round three of the pond. but its local veteran dante crumb who continues to steal the show in tokyo the former

world number four gave herself a massive birthday present the japanese turn forty on choose they want the occasion with a hard fought win over twenty seven year olds go back to one another and talk about dull take from the. open there six two but stalled back to take the second to last for her more fun sort of retard with shoulder pain and fall of dad in the destroyed a home favorite also not touched twenty three year old where shock of that first rant and could become the oldest woman ever to claim a w t a title should she continue writing if she does well the first time she's won this tournament also told us that from fifteen years ago. i saw you now and in the k h l type of pedo have come from two goals down to beat fifty has five three big up their force victory in a row and then tank is the man of the hour for them as we don't come back to this story in the any other game of the day it's a spouse not

a three game losing streak at the expense of the tax winning street. staying in asia and the commonwealth games top official says that we know withdrawals from the event in india despite concerns over the country's ability to provide adequate security and accommodation for the athletes so less kalmadi who is chairman of the organizing committee spoke at an event to launch the theme song for the games from tears participants have been delaying their arrival in delhi after surface that the athletes' village is in a less than perfect condition that increased after a fuckwit leaving the main stadium collapsed last week however comedy says all those problems have been addressed. all the infrastructure didn't leave. the gate really didn't place. about read only it leads into a big game. and many more coming but i want to tell you one thing. that people have been coming here and going back and they're going back for

a good fright. that in a way all the thirty one countries are coming in spite of all the border going to the place all very well countries have the confidence that we will do it. possible and that and le bron james twice the n.b.a.'s most valuable player has defended his one hundred ten million dollar move to the miami heat michael jordan and magic johnson slammed james for leaving his longtime club the cavan cavities in his pursuit of a maiden n.b.a. title but the olympic champion insists it was the right thing to do maybe pave the way for guys like myself i watched those guys growing up. so i have nothing bad to say about them. but i can live through those guys i got to make my own destiny and this is duran i feel like i need to go and i much continue to get better as a professional and continue to do the things that i do on and off the court meanwhile the new basketball season in russia will tip off in just under two weeks

while the club's a finalizing their preparations ahead of the first clashes the moscow region side trials has also faced the additional challenges of many changes at the club during the off season as constantine put up a report. busk people call up triumph or maybe just three years old but they have already built up a reputation as a rising power in russia however the moscow region have been mired deep in financial problems leading to the loss of their coach and almost entire squad sell decision there is a host of new faces on board and a new tudor on the bench well the modest home interest the fifty one year old lee through any and who is well known in russia for having previously coached cousin is eager to put his coaching skills to the test with his new site. i would say that our squad is totally renewed we've got several hot prospect my only hope is that they will get their confidence through games no matter if we win or lose we work very hard in a training camp and the only thing needed for them to become good players is time.

former russian international wesley crusher of who put the last ball in the basket of his professional career just a year ago or will this season work as an assistant coach. when i was a player it seemed like we had a very hard life training every day but now i understand that i had plenty of spare time to do whatever i wanted after sessions as a coach i have to spend all day firstly on the court then prepare tactics for a next opponent and so on the responsibility is much higher and lots of problems are there to be solved. the forthcoming season will be very demanding not to mention challenging for the blue and whites the collapse hoping them a key signing can make a positive difference playmaker german under some will be putting on the triumph jersey in twenty town the canadian national team player and where that fans will be eagerly waiting for his debut and the perfect go you know you're. going to have to worry about myself and my. younger self very much except to do

a little bit more. work but i look forward to. having a name such as triumph expectations are all. israel to live high but this season it's really all about adapting to the tough new circumstances but if the court can see through their heavy financial difficulties and the talented younger says in their play a resurrection could happen sooner rather than later concern about our team. now from the hardwood to the banville salt flats in utah usa and while there's hardly any grass to be found it didn't stop an american speed buff from riding his lawnmower there and setting a world record in the process while we cleveland is the name of the hero he actually had held the world for lost to britain's down whales in may they will be fired on all cylinders over the weekend to reclaim his title the american was targeting a psychological threshold of one hundred mph hundred sixty characters per hour i

don't provoke falling just short of his alternate goal good enough to once again become the fastest man on earth on the lawn and celebrated in star by actually cutting some grass and spraying champagne like a formula one star. that brings you up to date with the latest news but before we go here's a quick look at the footballing goal fest that was this weekend's russian prime really enjoy. lol. and she. plays.

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the mayor of moscow is a fine line to a t.v. is in now where the president says he too because he no longer has confidence in the capitals wants. the russian president then the trip to china by means of the bottom one ticket to be the next leader the people's republic. the secretive north korean leader kim jong il promotes his son to the general public a step towards a hereditary. underpinning of international activism and jewish organized aid mission to book a deal gaza is forced to end its journey by israel in. a

very warm welcome see this is see live from moscow with me alice have it now also i'm almost two decades away and as the mayor of moscow here to the scoffers been sunk spy president the decision comes as the capital's controversial top official refused to resign as demanded by the kremlin has also is following the story. right now there has been the reaction from. himself and he also said that he's not planning on giving any press conferences that. he is leaving the united russia ruling party now this is of course on top of the fact that he has been fired by the president so we can see that these are really major blows through his a political career and we also know that before this is happening there's already been a lot of controversy talk about the possibility of this very thing happening and up prior to today has met with little fish bowls.