on april 9th, authorities in pyongyang pulled out the more than 50,000 north koreans who worked at kaesong. they proposed resuming talks, but north korean leaders refused. >> the north korean government statement referred to the warning south korea made that it would take serious measures if the north failed to respond to its request for talks. >>> south korea's airlines are joining hands to try to get the north korean's to use restraint. prime minister shinzo abe sat down with the chairman of the u.s. chief of staff. they discussed the north korean provocations and how to respond. >> translator: the security environment is becoming more challenging, strengthen being the alliance between japan and the united states is important for the peace and security of the region. >> they agreed the japanese and americans need to work more closely with the south koreans. they will fulfill their responsibilities under their security pact with japan. dempsey has also been talking with leaders in china. he said the chinese consider islands at the heart of a territorial dispute with japan a tough priority

we urge the north to immediately normalize the access to the kaesong industrial zone. >> ifill: today's border action is the latest response to south korea's ongoing joint military exercises with the u.s. it comes a day after north korea announced it would restart production of nuclear weapon materials. and today north korean state television broadcast an undated video of what it said was an anti-american rally with thousands of students chanting "let's kill." south korea's defense minister advised the north to tamp down its rhetoric. >> ( translated ): i am warning north korea to stop its threats. i want to announce here that we have a full military readiness posture. it is important for the south korean people not to be agitated by north korea's threats, because we have a firm military posture. >> ifill: and, speaking in washington today, defense secretary chuck hagel said the u.s. must remain vigilant. >> i don't want to be the secretary of defense who was wrong once. so we will continue to take these threats seriously. i hope the north will rachet this very dangerous rhetoric down.

there at kaesong have shut down operations because they ran out of goods to process.wn, it's going to hurt south korean businesses. but really would only be a ripple in south korea's economy, which is, in fact, the fourth largest in asia. for the north koreans it would be the loss of those jobs, and a steady, dependable flow of hard currency. jim clancy, cnn, seoul. >>> dramatic new developments overnight. two little boys from florida allegedly abducted from their grandparents' home by their father last week, reportedly safe in cuba this morning, along with their parents. 2-year-old chase hakken and his brother, 4-year-old cole, are in the custody of cuban immigration officials right now. that's according to the spanish version of "the miami herald" it's believed their father joshua took them and his wife to the iemd nation by sailboat. the children were taken away from the couple last year and their parental rights were terminated last week by the state of louisiana. >> it may be spring, but happening right now, a blizzard is hammering a large part of the west from u

. >> translator: if north korea is going to do things like stop operations at the kaesong complex and disregard international rules and agreements, then no country or company in the world will invest in them. >> park urged the leadership of the north to reopen the facility for the sake of the korean people. representatives of small and medium size south korean companies operating in kaesong met to discuss what to do. they want the government to send a business delegation to north korea to discuss the matter. they said all measures should be taken to return to normal operations. >>> workers at fukushima daiichi have found another leak in a pool storing contaminated water. it's the third pool at the nuclear plant with the same problem. engineers for tokyo electric power company found a leak last week in the number two pool. they began transferring water from there to pool number one and then they found that two was leaking. >> number one of -- >> translator: both pools are unusable. we have to find another location on-site to store the contaminated water. >> workers built seven pools an

the joint industrial sewing of kaesong has been off-limits for almost a week. the staff and car goes up on the wrong side of the border. now the north koreans will be leaving kaesong, too. >> 100 % of the companies are facing problems at the moment. they are almost dying. we appeal to the government. >> the complex has survived a decade of threats, clashes, and nuclear tests and provides 50,000 north koreans with jobs and more than 100 south korean companies with the cheap labor. the finance minister has described the closure as ridiculous. is it just another bit of north korean theater or something more serious? displays of aggression have become almost a daily feature. today it was the south korean defense ministers term. it has let them wearing the government's of the ballistic missiles perched on the coast. monitoring thely movement. together with the u.s. >> north korea pose a military ambitions are expensive. mean oneaesong will less source of revenue. escalating this crisis will eventually earn its even more. >> a quick look at news from around the world

they've never stopped operations at kaesong. it's a source of much-needed foreign currency for the north. >>> u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel says he's heard more and more dangerous rhetoric from north korea and he hopes the leadership there will turn the volume down. the north koreans have stated they will attack u.s. targets and those of its allies. >> they have nuclear capacity now. they have missile delivery capacity now. and some of the actions they've taken over the last few weeks present a real and clear danger and threat to the interests, certainly, of our allies. >> commanders at the pentagon say they'll deploy a missile defense system to the u.s. specific territory of guam. they say they need to increase their defenses against a possible attack. state media in north korea broadcast another threat soon after hagel spoke. a spokesperson for north korea's army said they would inform the u.s. government that they have a possible nuclear strike. the statement said america's hostile policy would be smashed. >>> experts on

the north has blocked access to kaesong since early this month amid worsening tensions. >>> aung san suu kyi has spent the past several days in japan laying out her vision for her country's future. it's the first time the nobel laureate and myanmar opposition leader has come here in 27 years. she spoke to nhk about the pace of democratization and reform, relations with the military, and her political future. nhk world's satoru aoyama has more. >> reporter: aung san suu kyi has traveled around the world seeking help in her country's quest for democracy and economic expansion. she's now asking japanese leaders for their support. >> if you want to hope for something, you've got to work for it too. >> reporter: myanmar returned to civilian law two years ago. president thein sein released political prisoners and abolished republication censorship of the media, among other policy changes. he won international praise and nations eased sanctions against the country, which is also known as burma. aung san suu kyi's national league for democracy, the largest opposition, won 43 of the 45 seats

the north has blocked access to kaesong since early this month amid worsening tensions. >>> aung san suu kyi has spent the past several days in japan laying out her vision for her country's future. >> observers can find encouragements in the new survey. results suggest economic activity has picked up across the country. officials on wednesday released the outcome of the survey carried out in the businesses first 12 districts. they say recovery is apparent in housing and automobile markets. business owners in most districts also say production was on the up. officials reported hiring was unchanged or showed slight improvement but they said labor shortages troubled communication sectors. consumers up spending modestly except in tourism where spending is strong. some bosses in the military sector said they had to layoff employees after last month's automatic budget cuts. most said the economy could continue to improver but they said it was a major threat to recovery. but they said it was a major threat to recovery. this is due to the higher cost of fuel imports as the yen continued to w

. >> shut it down, on kaesong.ol of cooperation that survives between north and south. it's interesting. the north koreans hedged the announcement, saying they were temporarily suspending the manufacturing operations at that facility. and they were going to withdraw their 53,000 workers. but tonight, we know that they have not yet pulled out those workers, and so the almost 500 south koreans are still inside the facility as well. but it could come at any moment. now, north korea blames seoul and washington for its actions, saying that they were fomenting war on the korean peninsula and they had hurt the dignity of the regime by saying that north korea needed the cash from kaesong. this may make the larger community living on kaesong, northern side of the dmz a bit unhappy with the north's decision. we talk about the low wages, at kaesong, but considering the alternative, it's a good job. a desirable. and this source of hard currency, the investment that is flowing in, it raises the standard of living in kaesong and

on april 9th, authorities in pyongyang pulled out the more than 50,000 north koreans who work at kaesong for south korean firms. the unification ministry proposed holding talks on resuming operations, but north korean leaders refused. >> the north korean government statement referred to the warning south korea made that it would take serious measures if the north failed to respond to its request for talks. >>> south korea's allies are joining hands to try to get the north koreans to show restraint. japan's prime minister and the u.s. military's top commander discussed what to do. they say the japanese and americans should work more closely with each other and the south koreans. prime minister shinzo abe sat down with the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. they discussed the north korean provocations and how to respond. >> translator: the security environment is becoming more challenging. strengthening the alliance between japan and the united states is important for the peace and security of the region. >> they agreed the japanese and americans also need

south koreans could leave, but not come in to kaesong. the border of north korea, about 800 south koreans remain on the other side. do you think those workers will eventually come out? of course they will says this worker turned away at the gate. i'm confident they'll come out. the anxious wait begins. these are the last few cars we've seen coming out of kaesong. a second wave of workers. so far these are the only vehicles we've seen. a small trickle of cars emerging every hour while the south korean government pledged to protect its citizens still inside. the manager at a kaesong plant came out late in the day telling reporters his colleagues refuse to leave worried north koreans would not let them back in to keep their companies running. it's very serious, he says. not just that the factories will stop running, but that there won't be any food for the workers. he added the stores were running out of supplies already. the countries need to negotiate, he says. the day ends with hundreds of south koreans still behind the north korean curta

--kaesong hay song with everything they can carry. the last batch of worker scheduled across the border on the day of the deadline for evacuation. south koreans have been even a week to lead the joint complex under threat of a thermonuclear war. kaesong, the most important symbol of entered -- korean cooperation sits on the demilitarized zone. >> north korea will probably launch a new kind of missile which is mid range. in the range is 3500 kilometers. short distances and long distances, just like the missile did in the past over japan. damn about life on both sides of the border carries on as normal, with many three and saying they are used into such rhetoric and they expect things to come down again eventually. neighboring japan, though, is not taking chances, preparing interceptor rockets should any missiles be headed that way. despite the deadline," 300 south korean workers remain there, many not wanting to abandon the post, others lacking vehicles. there is a fear they could become hostages. food suppliers on the south side of th

korean crisis, just moments ago, the north announced it is pulling all of its workers out of the kaesong complex it shares with the south. the north may be preparing for a possible nuclear test as early as this week. there are no unusual signs at this point, still a south korean lawmaker says sites are preparing. >>> also developing this morning, authorities in new hampshire are searching for a man who took hostages six years ago at one of hillary clinton's campaign offices. 52-year-old leeland eisenberg was reported missing from a halfway house in new hampshire. six years ago, he claimed to have a bomb and held several hostage force hours. >>> four men trying to row from west africa to miami overtaken by a massive wave that actually capsized their boat. they're about 400 miles north of puerto rico trying to set a world record for human powered row across the atlantic when the water overtook them. the two canadians, two americans, got in a life raft and set off a locator beacon. the coast guard found them a few hours later. >> we had a plan in place for what to do if this happened. it wa

become a symbol of inter-korean cooperation. 53,000 north korean workers have been working at the kaesong industrial complex. state-run media said officials will temporarily halt activities at the industrial park. the official claim that they have been abusing the complex for what he called provocations. he said the north would halt all difficult at the park. the first such operation since 2004. he said officials will decide whether or not to keep the complex open. they have added to tensions between the two koreas. last week they started to refuse to allow south korean workers to enter. a spokes person for the ministry of unification now says officials have not seen any new signs that preparations have progress progressed. the unification minister said there were signed that preparations were under way. they were speaking to members of parliament. he did not elaborate. a spokes man said he was following up on remarks. >>> north korea threatened japan with a missile attack for their decision to extend sanctions. this came in response to the third nuclear test in february. the ruling worke

north korea effectively shut down the kaesong complex earlier this month after pulling out of its 53,000 workers. officials in seoul decided to withdraw their workers after north korea refused to talk about reopening the complex. the last of the workers were planning to return to south korea on monday, but north korean officials insisted that some stay behind. they say their workers are owed wages. officials from south korea's ministry say businesses at the complex are short of cash because the north was restricting the flow of cash and people. >>> the defense ministers from japan and the united states have been discussing northeast asian security sissues. they agree to oppose any action. chi china and taiwan claim them. >> translator: i explained that the islands are part of japan territory both in history and international law. we confirm that both countries oppose any unilateral attempt to change the status quo. >> the united states does not take a position on the ultimate sovereignty of the islands but we recognize they are under the administration of japan and fall under our securit

. >> the longer that remains the case the more difficult in kaesong it becomes. they appeared to suggest more than north korea wanted all south koreain' -- south korean workers out by wednesday. >> there are five days left before the 10, the day when the north asked us to pull out but now we cannot predict exactly what will happen. >> almost immediately seoul's area was cautioned saying they had been asked for a list of employees who wanted to leave but admitted there had been no government-to-government contact. >> let's hear from the department of director of international studies at the university telling thause north korea's threats are for domestic as well as foreign consumption. >> i think the north koreans are looking at least about 50% to domestic public opinion. if you look at north korean propaganda, they are constantly linking the angry pub libbling mood with a need to work hard sore you get people shake their fist saying they are so angry at the united states and north korea that they are going to work extra hard but the united states camp simply take

, north korea's young leader reactivated an old plutonium monitor and had leaders punch in at the kaesong industrial park the country's only joint venture. meanwhile, intelligence has said that the north has moved a medium range missile. it's yet to be tested but could hit targets as far away as guam, an important base, in the pacific. in reaction to that as you mentioned in the lead that the u.s. is ramping up its defenses in guam taking those threats from north korea seriously. meanwhile here in seoul, south korean students that we spoke to said they're actually more concerned about exams than a war, hearing these threats all their life. they say the leader is too broke to launch a war. but they worry that an escalation of this kind can trigger something very nasty. >> nbc's jim maceda, thank you very much, jim. >>> this morning there are new leads in the shooting death of the scott prison chief. police are looking for two members of white supremacist prison gang. the men 31-year-old thomas guolee and james lohr are not being called suspects but officials say their name surfaced during

and today the north severed a crucial tie with the south, turning away trucks and workers from the kaesong industrial park. a rare joint effort inside north korea that until now had been allowed to continue. in seoul where people tried to shrug off the crisis, there are deep concerns. polls say two-thirds of south koreans want this country to have nuclear weapons. but that would spark an immediate crisis with the north and the risk of nuclear proliferation across asia. secretary of state kerry coming here next week is already sending a message. >> the last thing the world needs is more nuclear nations. >> reporter: but south koreans worry about the new young leader in the north. north korea can't realize its threat to attack the mainland united states with a nuclear weapon, but does have more capacity than u.s. officials like to admit. brian? >> richard engel starting us off again. seoul, south korea. richard, thanks. let's go to our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell in our d.c. newsroom. andrea, not to get flip about this, but the reason people on the west coast of the u

these are questions on my mind that i wonder if you could at least comment on the case of kaesong and whether that is significantly different from previous episode we faced. >> jim raises a valid point. there was a tinkering what's before with kaesong, but this seems more determined in terms of what they have done. presumably, it harms their desire for generating a certain amount of currency, earnings and so forth. add to this, even for the sake of argument, if north korea decides to reopen the complex. it would not surprise me that if that was made, particularly operationsu.s.-rok wind down, whether businesses will wish to reopen under those circumstances. it seems to make an open question and something that the administration will have to contemplate. , it does seem to me, we all try to understand who is making the decisions. in the absence of other evidence to the contrary, i would have to say it is kim jong un and a small circle around him. i would rather look at behavioral outcomes. we do not have that kind of access or the kind of understanding. enghh korea goes to ample lanc th

the kaesong industrial relationship between north korea and south korea an closing it is seen here asan troops were on the move this morning along the fenced border with the north after pyongyang shut the kaesong industrial park where some 120 south korean businesses operated inside north korean territory. the economic zone was supposed to benefit both sides. cheap labor for south korea,

. >> translator: our nationals remaining in the kaesong industrial zone are experiencing greater difficulties due to the north's unjust actions.

the north is particularly angry at south korea for cite sizing kaesong staying open, saying it earnsir leader, and they said that could make them shut kaesong down, in their words, mercilessly. south koreans are working to be prepared and not taking the fear factor too seriously. jim clancy, cnn, seoul. >>> and "the wall street journal" has decided to lower the volume in this whole missile crisis. dan lothian, you have this report revealing the obama administration has a game plan, a so-called playbook showing our military force. >> reporter: that's right. this independently confirmed by cnn this playbook, if you will, says if north korea does one thing, the u.s. will react in another way. the sense is that perhaps they have pushed kim jong-un too far. and they are dialing things back, trying to lower the temperature in the region. over the last several weeks, the u.s. has been ramping up its presence in the region. twice last month, sending b-52s to do missions over south korea, then following that up by sending stealth bombers to the region earlier this week, navy ships were -- wen

bayers went up at the kaesong industrial area, more than 100 factories couldn't operate. the latest move by north korea look s drastic, because it hurt north koreans who work here. 50,000, cheap labor for south korean companies, one of the few ways the north and south cooperate. >> this is a symbol that kept people talking and moving. >> reporter: now that is snapped by kim jong-un, a new line crossed by north korea's erratic leader, who vowed yesterday to reopen a nuclear weapons reactor, and vowed yesterday to attack u.s. cities. the pentagon confirms a system is being sent to the u.s. base on guam, to intercept any north korean missiles. secretary of defense chuck hagel's assessment today. >> a real and clear danger, and threats to the interests, certainly of our allies starting with south korea. >> reporter: u.s. and south korean forces are showing off their fire power. one worry is the rising tension could spark an incident that escalates. >> if north korea goes beyond the rhetoric and actually begins to take little shots at south korea,i inand there is an excha of f

it's a joint venture with some 123 south korean firms whose workers are no longer able to enter kaesong. some do remain inside the facility, but they report that they are running out of the raw goods in order to carry out manufacturing and assembly. all in all, a very tense time, but at the same time, the u.s. and south korea continue their military maneuvers that are really aimed to be a deterrent to the north, a deterrent that has worked for many years. jim clancy, cnn, seoul. >>> all right, concern in the white house this morning that the flexing of u.s. military might has pushed north korea too far. according to the "wall street journal," the obama administration has decided to turn down the volume. white house correspondent dan lothian live from washington on that part of the story for us this morning. dan, this report reveals that the administration has a game plan for showing military force, but it also says the white house is now dialing back. why? >> reporter: well, you're right. i mean, the report talks about sort of this playbook, if you will, that has specific steps that was

so, ross, basically, you put kaesong and the detention of another american together and we get nothing and fresh. north korea, that's very unpredictable and opaque. now back to you. >> oh, yeah. chery, absolutely thanks for that. >>> a reminder of what's on the agenda in asia. japan's markets reopen and china and vietnam remain closed. we get a slew out of march data from japan. that includes industrial output on retail sales. a couple of large banks report returnings in australia. anz and ocbc. talking of the states, capitalmakers are urging the oh bam in administration to take vigorous actions against the assad regime on suspicions that chemical weapons were used on the rebel army. with pressure now mounting on the white house to take the cuts, republican senators calling for military intervention without u.s. troops on the ground. joining us for more is david reese, director at ihs james consulting. david, thanks very much, indeed, for joining us. this is the proposal intervention without troops on the ground. how would you practically go about that? >> to be honest, i don't really

about 500 south koreans remain at the kaesong industrial park. yesterday, the north korean government warned foreign diplomats will not be safe if war breaks out. leader kim jong-un announced earlier in the week he mobilized his military, moving midrange missiles into firing position on north korea's east coast. >>> traces of bird flu virus have been found in more markets in shanghai. six people have died in the area out of the 16 who fell ill. virus, a brand-new strain, was discovered in infected pigeons. so far, the virus has only spread from birds to people. buy area official are also taking notice. there are daily flights to shanghai out of sfo. but this doctor says it is not serious notch enough to cancel . >> do not go to a market and hang out with the live poultry. chickens, pigeons, and other birpds. because that is how it is transmitted. >> the cdc and the state department have not issued any travel warnings for now. state officials consider this to be a low risk as the virus is not being transmitted from person to person. >>> are san fr

attribute to a couple of deadlines that the north koreans have set for instance for businesses in the kaesongustrial park where there's 50,000 north korean workers along side about 1,000 workers from south korea. they say the missile is going to go up like an exclamation point behind all of these weeks of rhetoric, action to backup the words of pyongyang. meantime south korean officials are saying that what the north is really doing here is trying to rattle everyone with a policy that they call the headline strategy. let me show you an example. this is a video that was put out by the north koreans today showing dog trainers and an effigy of the defense minister here in south korea, one of those north koreans said that he deserved to be chewed up by dogs. an insult of course here. and the dogs indeed did attack him. this is the kind of thing that plays out on the news every day. the north koreans saw a video very much like this work last week and so they repeated it again today. there are some people that are hoping to tone things down. they looked on with favor at the u.s. canceling the launc

some people said the 15th and now saying the 10th because that was one of the ultimatums to that kaesong industrial complex just on the other side of the border, the only real symbol of cooperation between north and south right now, there's an ultimatum for the workers to leave that facility by the 10th. also there were hints that diplomats in pyongyang were being told if they wanted to leave they should decide to do so by the 10th. so now the south is surmising the 10th is our likely date for launch. but let me note here, miguel, usually the north will notify civilian aviation sources and let them know, that is warn them for aircraft to stay out of a particular zone and really telegraph what they intend to do. we haven't seen that yet, miguel. >> all right. and the u.s. also taking some moves to lower the tension there delaying its own test way off in california, yes? >> yeah. well, you know, the u.s. looks at it and they've heard the north korean line. the north koreans tested an icbm essentially. they put a satellite into orbit back in december. bang, smack down with u.n. sanctions. w

some south koreans were finally able to return home from the kaesong industrial park. they expressed concerns that heightened tension between the two countries was trickling down to employees still at work. >> ( translated ): i'm nervous, of course since it was suspended. i hope it would be normalized soon. both south and north korean workers are all nervous. >> brown: kim jong un's escalating rhetoric, including news the country would be restarting once-shuttered nuclear weapon production facilities, has come under fire from the international community. today, russia's foreign ministry spokesman underscored north korea's nuclear intentions were unacceptable. >> ( translated ): for russia, a we are categorically against pyongyangs's indifference to the u.n. security council's resolutions that form the base in the sphere of nuclear non- proliferation. this radically complicates, if it doesn't in practice shut off, the prospects for resuming six- party talks to resolve the nuclear issue on the korean peninsula. >> brown: and state department press secretary victoria nula

in the kaesong corridor, facing seoul, some very interesting stuff, but wait, there's more. north korea has also used asymmetry in its traditional artillery systems and for those who were -- how many people here own a tv? for those who have a tv, and turned on to the news last november, you know what north koreans can do with artillery, and an novel 23rd -- when i had my first coming out party for this book -- they conducted an artillery barrage against -- on november 23 them they conducted third barrage. they killed two south korean marines and two civilians and they wounded 22 people. and i don't know how many of you saw the actual film but they conducted artillery barrage of a town. they shelled a town. this is very interesting because the north koreans are clearly outgunned by south korean artillery. south korean artillery, including the artillery on the island, this best artillery in the world, an exact copy of u.s. 155 self-propelled artillery and made in seoul and made by hundred day, great stuff. the north korean used geography and surprise, and before the south kore

escalation here, today north korea said it is pulling out its people, its roughly 50,000 workers, from the kaesongin south korea, what they do expect will happen, and this would be a dramatic escalation if it does, is that north korea could carry out a missile test. firing at least one, perhaps two, medium-range missiles in the direction of

. >> reporter: north korea has sit april 10th for all south korean workers to leave the kaesong industrial park and can't protect diplomats in the capital pyongyang after that. >> that would be the kind of action before it initiated some kind of highly escalation or provocative behavior. >> reporter: as we are here this evening, u.s. officials believe now indeed north korea could be ready to test fire those ballistic missiles on its east coast, literally, at any moment. wolf? >> barbara starr at the pentagon with the very latest. let's go to south korea right now where disaster plans are in place in case this crisis does escalate into some sort of war. cnn's kyung lah joins us. what are you seeing, what's going on? >> reporter: wolf, many of the preparations that we're seeing are happening very quietly, trying to keep people calm, but all of it with an eye to tomorrow. it is wednesday in south korea tomorrow, the day the south korean government believes has the highest possibility for a possibility missile launch from north korea. neighbors of the u.s. osan air base are used to the sounds

experts here what kind of signs worry them, they will almost always mention the shutting down of the kaesong industrial park. it's just industry north korea. the only north and south korean joint venture. and a bellwether over the past decade or so of north-south relations. well, when the morning shift change of south korean managers and truck drivers was to take place this morning at the border, they were told in so many words to go home. meanwhile, some 800 south koreans inside the industrial park opted to stay there to watch over their businesses, and they're still there tonight. so this has clearly ratcheted up the tension in an already tense environment. and if that weren't enough, it comes just a day after kim jong un declared that he was reactivating that old mothballed yurk reactor in yongbyon not just for its electricity, which they desperately need, but to beef up his nuclear weapons building as well. he was quite clear about that. this was for bomb making. experts now are saying that both of those gestures are really meant to scare south koreans and the united states into new roun

> a live shot of the security checkpoint on the south korean side of the border that leads to the kaesong industrial park. a number of missiles have been moved to the east coast in preparation for a possible launch. with more, jim maceda joins us now from seoul. jim, what do we know? >> reporter: hi, ross. well, what we know is that all eyes are focused now on north korea's next move. intelligence sources say that it could launch at least two medium range missiles at any time and these missiles are locked and loaded on mobile launcher and fully fueled. in theory they could reach u.s. bases on guam in the pacific but north korean sources say this would be a test launch of previously untested missiles but allies in the region are on a very high state of alert. japan has deployed patriot anti-missile batteries around tokyo saying it will shoot down any missile or debris headed for japan even by accident. however, even a test launch, ross, would be another provocation as well as a violation of u.n. security council resolutions. kim jong-un, north korea's young leader has said that his goal is

north korea suspending all operations in the kaesong industrial zone. we'll keep our eyes on that. at the same time, big bank losses in eu bailouts. although cyprus's case was exceptional, the planned bank failure law could include deposits on over 100,000 euros. at the same time, a planned merger between greece's biggest banks has been suspended prompting nationalization fierce. the deal collapsed amid concerns the banks would not raise the necessary capital by tend of april. that's as much expected for us bank recapitalization which is now due by more than a year. the country's central bank said this will be completed by the end of next month and separately for each bank. a hint in this statement that the merger will not be happening, at least until then. and it's all happening as the troika expressed concerns over the banks, too, according to sources to reuters. representatives of the ecb, the commission and the backing effort back in the ecb to rescue new plans to rescue the debt history. 25,000 civil servant res on the table. these have turned into a stumbling block in the loc

last tangible ties to the south after kicking south korean workers out of this shared industrial kaesongrdered its own workers to leave, located there right on the border. christiane amanpour, cnn's chief international correspondent, joins me from new york. christiane, let's do the ifs. if one or two perhaps of these missiles are launched from north korea, they, of course, would be tracked and shot down by u.s. destroyers. what happens then? north korea loses face? >> that's anybody's guess. i think it is important to say what people think might happen. i was just talking to gary seymour, president obama's former top nuclear adviser, and he said that it is very, very, very unlikely that there could be a hostile missile strike on american targets or on populated areas. much less any kind of nuclear attack. what might happen is some kind of missile strike, some kind of missile launch on an area that is either just a test in the water or some area sparsely populated reminding us which they actually did that to one of the islands, south korean islands a few years ago. then the question is, w

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north announcing in just the last couple of hours that it is pulling all of its workers out of the kaesong industrial complex that it shares with the south. cnn's jim clancy is live for us in seoul, south kia this morning. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john. shut it down. that's the message from north korea. a lot of people thought kim jong-un wouldn't go this far, wouldn't take this move. he's going to pull out his 53,000 workers from there. that means about 1,000 south koreans will also be forced to leave and 123 companies will cease doing business in what was the only symbol of cooperation between north and south for many years. it is, however, a situation where north korea has hedged its bets, saying that this was a temporary suspension of the operations there. it's going to recover those. the blame went on the u.s. the blame went on south korea for impugning the dignity of the north, and for war mongering on the peninsula. the north koreans here take a risk, that was a good, reliable source of hard currency. it could reopen later. the companies are certainly hoping so. john? >>

. >> reporter: north korea has sit april 10th for all south korean workers to leave the kaesong industrialprotect diplomats in the capital pyongyang after that. >> that would be the kind of action before it initiated some kind of highly escalation or provocative behavior. >> reporter: as we are here this evening, u.s. officials believe now indeed north korea could be ready to test fire those ballistic missiles on its east coast, literally, at any moment. wolf? >> barbara starr at the pentagon with the very latest. let's go to south korea right now where disaster plans are in place in case this crisis does escalate into some sort of war. cnn's kyung lah joins us. what are you seeing, what's going on? >> reporter: wolf, many of the preparations that we're seeing are happening very quietly, trying to keep people calm, but all of it with an eye to tomorrow. it is wednesday in south korea tomorrow, the day the south korean government believes has the highest possibility for a possibility missile launch from north korea. neighbors of the u.s. osan air base are used to the sounds of military dril