in the north korea an area if they collapse. hat's what i believe. and we should remember, you know, korea has been the one unified independent country for 1000 years before, before the japanese colonial rule. if south korea does not control the north area, then i don't believe that is the answer to any situation. it is just the beginning of a lot of problems. that's what i can say. >> thank you. please go to the microphone, please. >> thank you. first, i have two questions. one on north korea nuclear issue. as you said, they have about 40 kilometers -- >> excuse me. would you like to speak slowly, please? >> many americans and koreans -- we didn't see any progress, discussion and result in north korean nuclear problem. and six-party talks are not held in many years ago. and so, and we don't see any will or willingness from the united states government on result, nuclear north korea program. do you have any suggestions to the united states, what should obama administration do right now to solve north korea and nuclear problem? se

>> north korea very much plays into western views on them. lot of times i'll read a book, and they'll mention -- a western book, and they'll mention some kind of crazy north korean article only to find it's been scrubbed meaning they read that western book and like, okay, this is too crazy that all these birds were dying because kim il-sung died and things like that. so they play up their exoticness because you're nervous that this guy has his finger on the trigger, dr. strangelove thing, and when someone's crazy, you don't know what they're going to do next. they very much are aware of how they're perceived, and they feed into it. >> and they have an instagram account. >> they do. >> they're following you. >> they didn't follow but they liked the book cover. >> they liked it. >> yes. in fact, when my friend got to north korea, they liked her picture, and she got so scared, she liked all of theirs. but why they are letting in all these media companies is they are desperate for money, they're the first communist nation to default on their loans

turning now to questions over north korea's nuclear program u s researchers say north korea's nuclear test doesn't seem a minute at this point that is if the regime is sticking to its previous test practice is satellite imagery posted on thirty eight north a website run by the us korea institute at johns hopkins university jus vehicles and equipment are still outside a tunnel entrance at the pool getty site in the past all week winning peoples and personnel were withdrawn in the days before a test. cover the website added there is no knowing whether north korea is changing its procedures ellis talk about what else is going on in north korea this time in the power circle there's a new player and he's moving up the ranks past. it looks like one comes home from a device marshall told just two weeks ago has replaced another top ranking official to become the number two in the regime. on sunday reports. the italian leader peter dunne and visited the new leak out textile mill in kenya on wednesday he was accompanied by a get tough here he ordered the military police bureau chief to congratu

military and north korea or south korea?> well, depending on how good the leadership is in north korea, how well kim is at decision making, you know, we could have a confrontation with north korea. you know, this anti-americanism in south korea really reached its peak in the 1980s. was there, although i think a lot of it was rather unfair. they were a middle class country with a burgeoning economy, and they didn't have their own government. and their own government was telling them it was because we were there. that's all gone away. the 1980s, you know, they had re-elections, thai -- it is probably, ark my, the most -- arguably, the most transparent democracy in all of asia. i would tend to call it that myself. young people in korea are very different now than they were in the 1980s. so i'd say that anti-americanism, while there may be some in some people, it's certainly an extreme minority and has been for a while. and that was -- >> i think that that's it. >> okay. >> if your question, we'd like to close on time. if your q

these talks between japan and north korea have been going on for several years now. nhk world's hiroki yajima explains how negotiators got to this point. >> reporter: japanese and north korean negotiators met in beijing in 2008 to go over the abductions issue. the north koreans agreed to conduct a fresh investigation and release findings toward the end of the year. but that changed when japanese prime minister stepped down. authorities in pyongyang cited his resignation as a reason to call off the probe. the issues stayed on the back burner for years. then this past march, government officials from both countries held the first talks in more than 12 months. they agreed to meet again to discuss a range of issues including the abductions. negotiators have since held unofficial talks on several occasions in different chinese cities. sources say those from north korea asked japan to lift sanctions in exchange for reopening the investigation. that could include a ban on travel between the two nations. and on charter flights from north korea to japan. hiroki yajima, nhk wor

i don't think north korea is heavily influenced by what the chinese told them tear do. here were individuals in the north korean government that has to do with the execution in this goes back this follows the policy that they want to. to ricing china likes the activities? no. i think china is very uncomfortable in the chinese would love for them to stop that but that is not to say china does not absolutely want to keep north care real up alive they like that operational death -- depth from mainland asia. that is probably the condition they would not like to see if north korea collapse. how far would they go? that is a good question. >> finally connect seeing these two thoughts we hear about anti-americanism that is a little surprising how is there a direct confrontation one in to have a confrontation with north korea the anti-americanism and wine could understand why it is unfair. they are a new class country with a burgeoning economy and did not have their own governments and they said it was because we were there. they had free elections arguably the most transparent d

although north korea may have limitations i would ask that north korea has the capability, the willingness and the posture to conduct a war against the public of korea. some experts have said that north korea doesn't have the capability to conduct the war due to the economic gap. however i am skeptical of this. at this moment, north korea possesses 1.2 million active-duty troops. roughly 402 tanks, eight -- 8,000 artillery, 4,800 rocket launchers and 800 -- i'm sorry, 825 aircraft. although their equipment is out of date, according to the dynasties population and the troops were less than 10% of the dynasties at the time. we cannot ignore the possibility that north korea may attempt to conduct an all-out war again. the next category of threat is provocation. the provocations have the highest likelihood compared to all-out war they have limited in terms of location, intensity. north korean provocation can be military or nonmilitary provocations. however it may not be meaningful to distinguish the two. the major provocations in the recent years include march 2010 and november 2010, the third

our principal current concern is north korea. their closest in terms of capability, followed by iran. because we are not betting on dennis rodman as our current deterrent against future north korean threat, we believe a robust and capable missile defense is our best bet to defend the united states from such an attack. it is, in my view, our number one priority. that is why the system that provides defense, like our ground-based interceptor program, are a much higher priority than others in our shrinking defense budget. we do have other global national security interest, including strong support from our allies and partners around the world, as well as protecting american citizens around the world, including our own troops, wherever they may be present. we also pledge a good bit of interest on regional defense, closely cooperating with a number of key partners. in a world of declining budget, it likely will come to rely more on those partners to resource the means for their defense, as we work more closely together on the ways. we

one of north korea's - the only real affluent city, a desirable place to live. after all, in represent weeks, there has been a number of high profile accidents, not least in south korea, with the capsizing of the ferry, if, indeed, there was an accident. then perhaps the north is sending us a message, as well as its own people, and there we have to break down with a little more analysis, because in terms of a message to its open people, if it is admitting a flaw in its public infrastructure to its own affluent, powerful elite base in the city of pyongyang, perhaps it's aiming to bedray the leader kim jong un -- betray its leader kim jong un as a caring leader. reports saying that he stayed up through the night and was deeply upset after being told of the news, and have moved towards the irresponsible construction. maybe they fear unrest. if we look further than that, and the global implications, especially considering this report has been in the english language, it's a key indicator of a global message. perhaps it's aimed at causing unrest in south korea, where

at the time north korea, it only major enemy. to care and then to fight. so now it's time has changed. nobody want to -- korean peninsula you have sticking for peaceful unification. then the great influence of both korea and american society tried to been on basis of military group their own interests were specific. they were willing to accept north korea as partners in korean peninsula to coexistence. american military grew. they have great influence politically, government or society. they have great influence. [inaudible] coexistence in korean peninsula. that's my question. >> thank you, ben. okay, general. >> grace, i said it's not a comfortable place for americans to be put in the middle of these historical issues because we didn't live them. they have no objection to agree working at historical issues with japan in whatever method korean and japan wants to work at these issues. my objection is when the historical issue becomes the only conversation, when there is a profound need to work on matters of mutual interest, not only in the region, not only m

in business for china's interests, not north koreas. they figure if we get the chinese upset, it doesn't matter, because they'll give us aid, they'll continue to give us food and oil. so the nooe jps go out and do -- north koreans go out and do what they want because they know china won't punish them. what about the document showing shipa's preparations for a north korean collapse. >> i think the chinese had contingency plans going back to when you had the great famine in north korea, and refugees going across the boarder. whether the document is real, i don't know if that is true. the point is china is looking at this because they understand the problems that north korea has, and they could civil over into china. >> what about the timing of the leek. is it significant gip we looking at a fourth uk nuclear test. >> that is along the lines where i think, because the chinese want to slow the north koreans down, create second thoughts in the minds of the nooe jps. and one of the ways to do it is to leak through the japanese. it's americay,

koreans know the chinese keep north korea in business. north koreans figure out if we just get the chinese upset, it doesn't matter because they will give us aid and more food and oil. so the north koreans do what at the present time to do because they know china won't punish them. what about this document? do you think it's legitimate? >> i think the chinese have had contingency plans for this at least going back to the middle of the 1990s when you had the great famine in north korea and you did have refugees going across the border into china. were this is real or not, i don't know if that is true but the point is, china is looking at this because they understand all of the problems north korea has. >> what about the timing of this leak? is that significant, given we are looking at this fourth nuclear test? >> that's probably something along the lines of where i would be thinking largely because the chinese want to slow the north koreans down, create some second thoughts in their minds and one of the ways to do is to leak through the jap

to have discussed a possible resumption of the six party talks on north korea's the new car is ancient the sun. i didn't use. your gateway to the day's biggest stories in korea and around the world. breaking it all on the hottest interview and a whole lot more. join aidan sean ryan and jenny from the heart of seoul begins and i knew last week nights on and on tv. business is korea's foreign currency reserves rose to an all time high last month the bank of korea said thursday that the country was holding three hundred and fifty five point eight billion dollars of foreign currency. as of the end of april up the one and half billion dollars from the previous month. it represents the tenth straight month of increase. the center of my attributes that rented to a strong euro and fridays in investment profits korea had had the seventh largest foreign reserves in the world as of the end of march tyne and leads the pack followed by japan and switzerland samsung group's anti affiliate the samsung sds has announced its ipo previous stint as it is expanding overseas to become a pioneer in communic

spy satellites flying over north korea spotted a tarp and it was over a tunnel entrance at north korea's nuclear test site. why is it so important that there may be a tarp over a tunnel entrance? this is a site where north korea conducts underground nuclear tests, the kind that they've been threatening to do if they put a tarp over it, they don't want the u.s. satellites to see what they are up to. closing off the tunnel entrance would be the final step, one of the final steps before they actually initiated an underground nuclear explosion. if they put the tarp up, that could be, could be a sign that they are nearing that final stage closing off the tunnel entrance and that, wolf, is a huge concern to the u.s. >> i'm sure they are watching it very, very closely. barbara at the pentagon, thanks very much. >>> now to the stunning claim by dennis rodman. he says on his latest trip to north korea, he saw kim jong-un's uncle, the same uncle that was killed for treason months ago. brian todd is reporting this. he's close to the leader. >> that's right. when talking about kim jong-un, he said,

north korea firing shots at a south korean patrol ship after a northern country an ship crossed the line on tuesday, prompting south korea to shire shots. >> south korea says that two shells fell within 150 meters of its patrol boat, 10 kilometers south of the line that separates northern and southern waters. a border that north korea does not recognize. it appeared to be land based artillery. the island, which was attacked by north korean artillery in 2010, the south koreas ordered evacuations of locals on the island from a bomb shelters, and they fired back from the vessel, warning shots, landing in the same range of the northern korean boat north of the limit line. earlier this week, three of the boats came south of that maritime border, south of the boats, and warning shots were fired. north korea said that it was simply policing illegal chinese fishing boats in the area, and it warned that it would target south korea ships because of that. they warned north korea by the military hotline, saying that they will hold north korea responsible for any such action, and they have warned the

to make good on their threat for a fourth nuclear test, coming after an exchange of fire between north korea and south korea forces. you have to accept that the prime minister of japan has made this a really important foreign policy goal, namely the resolution of this abductees issue. north korea admitted to taking 13 hostage in the 1970's and 1980's. japan said it was at least 17, if not many more. with five returned in 2002, north korea says that the remaining eight that it admit it is to have died in the interim. japan has not accepted that. it wants a full accounting, if not having these national's returned. so, the nexus of this deal is that north korea will launch a special investigation committee, and that probe will try and find any survivors it says japanese nationals and start working toward returning them to japan. in return, japan will allow several restrictions to be lifted on travel, on remitting money from the ethnic koreans who live in japan. that's on the table at the moment. japan saying that humanitarian assistance could be provided down the line. >> how is this deal going

second on north korea, so i think the main difference between iran and north korea isn't israel, i think in north korea it's already too late. north korea's estimated to have between six and a dozen nuclear weapons. we don't know where they are, so we don't have any real military option there. we did have a military option in 1994. many people, united states, president clinton seriously considered a strike on north korea in 1994. many people advocated for it. and some of those people who advocated for it have said recently that they were right, we should have taken action in 1994, that north korea's led to many problems over the past ten years and that if we had taken action, we wouldn't have had to deal with those. so north korea's transferred nuclear technology, it's helped syria build a nuclear reactor. north korea's been more aggressive, it's attacked south korea, attacked a south korean warship, shelled a south korean island. north korea's engaged in nuclear threats against our allies which makes assuring our allies in the region much harder and even engaged in nuclear threats again

action after 9/11, why iraq rather than north korea? at the time, north korea really was building a nuclear bomb and threatening to proliferate that technology. iraq wasn't. the case for war in iraq that was presented to the american people proved to be a smoke screen. there were no weapons of mass destruction. there was no reconstituted iraqi nuclear program. the case that was made publicly for that war turned out to be false. what was true? what was the reason for that war? we know that it wasn't the reasons that they told us. so, why did we really do it? newly obtained documents from both here and abroad, as well as interviews with many of the key players in the war planning process and in the invasion now provide an answer to that question, the question of why we did it. watch. ♪ >> i will swear to not only uphold the laws of that land -- >> summer or of 2000. >> but lift the spirit of this country when i put my hand on the bible. i will also swear to uphold the honor and the integrity, the office to which i have been elected so hel

south koreans have contacted north korea saying they will hold north korea responsible for any furtherh action and warned that will retall if attacked. >>> a city in china, where several deadly attacks have taken place in recent weeks. now in the past an ethnic group called the weeingers have been suspected of attacks in china. j.j. green joins us now live from washington. j.j. let's begin with the basic we, who are the weeingers? >> the weeingers? are a group of people. there are about 11 million of them in the world and 10 million live in china in this region, and the others are spread out there turkey, kazakhstan, and some other places, and most of them are muslims. and that is a part of the reason why they are having these problems with the chinese government, over their ethnicity. >> this unrest has been going on for years. >> yeah, in fact, the problem for the -- the weegers is they believe they are the original inh inhabitants of this area for 9,000 years or so. they believe they are the originals there. the chinese government say they are envieders from mongolia. and the weeger

north korea could open some doors in the reclusive state. right.ght -- >> let's look at the stories. he and president xi. may sign a deal. western sanctions are starting to bite. kong, fergusong is selling fine wine from his personal collection. there are a series of auctions. ferguson. holding a midterm business strategy briefing. they took a massive hit, following the profits that forecast of a loss. a forecast of a loss. football at the end of the week. and athletico. it is the first time that the teams have appeared. theng headlines with tablets and homegrown devices. they will allow some to become more. >> north korea is not the type to let a lackntry of internet access to the way of a mobile industry. all were on display at the recent international display fair. we are selling them with a lot of applications, and quitting literary and artistic works read by our people. also textbooks. the tablet with the television function is the most popular. includesallest tablet access antenna, offering to state-run television. connect to can only

nuclear test, wolf, the u.s., the cia, the pentagon, everyone will be watching very closely to see if north koreatureized nuclear warhead. that is what is needed to go on the front end of a north korean missile. when you match up a miniatureized nuclear warhead and a mobile missile that can reach the united states, that satellites might not be able to see quickly enough, this becomes a complete change in how the u.s. has to calculate the north korean threat. wolf? >> very disturbing news coming out of north korea. barbara, thank you. >>> coming up at the top of the hour. breaking news. dozens dead just today as violence explodes across ukraine. we're going live to the region. that's coming up next. and it feels like your lifeate revolves around your symptoms, ask your gastroenterologist about humira adalimumab. humira has been proven to work for adults who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief, and many achieved remission. humira can lower your abi

. >> this time he has some surprising thing to say about one of his trips to north korea and when heaw there. >>> and racist remarks got sterling to retire from the nba. coming up more on a lengthy legal battle. [ female announcer ] neutrogena® pore refining cleanser. alpha-hydroxy and exfoliating beads work to clean and tighten pores so they can look half their size. pores...shrink 'em down to size! [ female announcer ] pore refining cleanser. neutrogena®. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle, see how much you could save. >>> welcome back to "cnn newsroom." sinn fein leader jerry adams says the four days he spent in -- custody changed him. >> he was questioned about a woman questioned to be a british informant. monday he sat down for an interview. >> i am innocent of any involvement whatsoever in any conspiracy or any of the events including the abduction, killing, or burial of mrs. jean mcconville, and incidentally, i went voluntarily to the p.s., and furthermore, had this began a matter of public speculation two months ago, i contacted the p.s. th

defense systems, that is printed is oriented at mentioned before to the fairly unstable regime in north korea. and if there are any ancillary effects that china has to consider regarding how that influences their own security, that is for them to judge but the principal purpose of our cooperation with south korea and japan has to do with korea. >> thank you. in the back corner on the right. >> thank you. leandra bernstein. general when i felt, there have been some threats from the russian defense ministry that this the european ballistic missile defense system continues that it will be struck potentially. it is viewed as such a threat that it would be potentially struck with escon air missiles that's been discussed and not so much a concern about seeking out russian icbms, but rather stallman in russia is the concern. so if you could address that. and secondly, i have a little bit of a provocative question given the audience. but your view on the potential for directed energy but. >> okay. first of all, i take it as a compliment you, general winnefeld, not admiral winnefeld. but regarding the

still, they're wary about any negotiations involving north korea. the spokesperson for the u.s. state department said japanese officials notified their american counterparts about the agreement in advance. >> we continue to support japanese efforts to resolve the abductions issue in a transparent manner. >> psaki would not answer questions about japanese plans to ease sanctions. >>> the families of the abductees have fought for years to find out what happened. they're urging japanese government leaders to ensure the investigation will lead to their relatives' return. japanese and north korean leaders met in 2004 at a summit in pyongyang. the north koreans agreed to conduct an investigation into the fate of those who were kidnapped. but japanese officials questioned the credibility of the inquiry. the north koreans said what they said were the remains of two of the abductees. but researchers found that dna did not match. the relatives are hoping this time things will be different. >> translator: we believe this is the last chance. i hope this time the problem will be resolved. >>

north korea's u n ambassadors cars that can affect the recommendations came out of the monastic communities misunderstanding and prejudice this against the regime to her two remaining one hundred and eighty five recommendations korea said it will review and edit and respond before the council's regular session scheduled for september during which time the floor for a little cuddly the council is the new burst of periodic review is held to a two week period. the wait times a year. join each fish in fourteen countries undergoing review. counting and took the opportunity to back out at the united states the north's state media said the us is the worst country in terms of human rights infringement. he called the united states a living it will not grant them based on discrimination and that extends little mia started feeling you get to enjoy material facts that you have to do on the dmz you know when to intervene. fresh off of the four day holiday weekend the korean won soared to its highest level against us dollar in nearly six years on wednesday. strong exports and the weakening greenback fini

. >>> north korea has fired missiles toward the south korean border. no ships were hit when it happened. the situation has been tense since north korean warships crossed the boundary earlier this week. >> the south korean military says two shells fell near the de facto border. south korea says it appears to have been land-based artillery. south korean officials say that they ordered the evacuations of locals on the island to bomb shelters, ordered shipping back into port and fired back from the vessel five shots landing within the same kind of rangeover a north korean patrol boat. earlier this week, three north korean patrol boats same south of the line, and they were forced back. north korea said it was simply policing illegal fishing else haves in the area, and warned it would target the ships as a result of that. south koreans have contacted north korea by the military hot line saying they will hold them responsible for any further action. >>> still to come here on the program . . . 13 ukraine soldiers are killed. also drawn from life, we get a child

if there is a crisis in north korea it might lead to confrontation and clashes like in china, south korea and the united states. unfortunately i believe that there is no coordination. there's sort of an expectation, including in china that it will be difficult to be certain about the north korean regime. so if it is clearly a possibility, therefore outline parties, great powers should be prepared. >> one wonders how much the plans must upset the north korean neighbours. >> i am sure they are aware of the plan, and they have been aware of outside plans for many years. i don't think they are surprised and shocked. in the recent few months there has been some problems in relation to north korea and china. because last december in north korea, the north korean leader arrested and executed his second in command, his uncle. he was, amongst other things, being too close to china. it was in the papers that he was selling stuff to china. >> cheaply and made unfavourable agreements with china and so on. recently we saw sort of problems with trade relations because of trade volume decrease for the f

components in north korea.eeducational developing and producing has an operating system adapted to our own style and useful application. more than 400s multimedia resources including textbooks and reference books for primary and middle school and has the function of dictionary search, handling multimedia, and handling documents. it is just as capable as a computer. >> the devices have been surprisingly well reviewed. of the line top model are a bargain but only for those not earning the average north korean wage. on theng up next program, another side of china's slowdown is pessimistic about the property market and expects the downturn to continue. we will hear from credit suisse after a short break. ♪ likes i am on the floor of the philippine stock exchange. this is one of the best performing indices. it is up almost 300% over the past decade very it may just be the start of a longer-term area. what will drive the next phase of growth? >> welcome back to the program. top stories out of china. the government ha

. >>> ahead - apologies from officials in north korea after an apartment block collapse, hundreds feared dead. >>> a race against time to rescue survivors from floods in the balkans, which killed 25 people. turning office blocks into creative spaces - the art boom that is shaking up hong kong. >>> choounees state -- chinese state tv reports some programs have been stopped in vietnam. it follows days of riots where people have been killed. more than 2,000 chinese nationals left the country. police broke up an anti-chinese rally. china's decision to drill in disputed waters caused widespread anger in invite yam. >> reporter: china is sending in warships to evacuate nationals is a measure of how serious the crisis has become. the first of the worships is due to arrive in feet nam in the early -- vietnam in the early hours of monday. the others will follow and they can accommodate about 2,000 people. potentially we are looking at the evacuation of 10,000 clean ice nationals. -- chinese nationals. the last time we saw an evacuation of this is when the united states withdrew its people from sy

little is known in the outside world about life in north korea. ong unvernment of kim j usually publishes flattering images, such as those of military parades. it is unusual for the regime to allow reports of an accident. the death toll from the collapse has not been revealed to the public. exit pollse where point to a strong showing for the radical left party of local and regional elections. reports say the series of -- the party is leading in the race, and the government for the surrounding region. the vote is the first test at the ballot box for conservative prime minister since his shaky coalition within center-left pushed through austerity cuts to secure bailout aid. we are joined by anthony in athens. what does the outcome of this vote tell us about the political mood in athens? >> the official results are still trickling in, but the exit polls are showing a very strong showing for the radical leftist party in athens and in the attika region, which represents 3 million of 9 million voters. is showing a setback for the conservative coalition.

as north korea prepares to connect its nuclear test, the u.s. is pushing forward with the plan to send two additional ships to the area. it's part of the effort to protect interests as tensions with north korea continue to rise. joining us now, the commander of the pacific fleet, admiral harry harris. thank you so much for joining us. >> great to be here with you. thank you very much. >> talk for a moment about the importance of what's happening right now that we are sending more ships to that region. >> well, we are. it's part of the america's rebalance of the pacific. i'm the commander of the u.s. pacific fleet and by the end of this decade, we'll have about 60% of your navy will be based somewhere in the pacific. >> so, the importance of this of course being fueled by what pyongyang has been doing, but this is something that has been in the works for some time though, correct? >> that is correct. the rebalance is part of our nation's strategy for the pacific. it's part of the diplomatic economic political and military rebalance, if you will,

this picture is really special because it was my first day in north korea.k standing in the middle of this big assembly. i went to the place and the guy started to shout at me, stop, mister. i did not stop. and if you go to see the dolphins show, you can see the military people. if you go to mountain side, you'll see them working in the sawmills. they are everywhere. in fact, it seems like it's a big army on the moon. any kind of event, they are asking you from flower, festival. this is the only time in north korea that i saw some people fighting. i saw some of the people. for me it was like happy picture. this guy had some good time. he was in the grass. it was good. but the guy say, if you show this, the army says the guide -- no, we don't have so much imagination. i make emotion, mixing the pictures. i wanted to let the north koreans speak. everything that was interesting about their life, about the way they see us. north core rean are not the robots we claim. they are really, really warm people. when you know them, they are warm. they hide their feelings

the incident comes two days after north korean ships crossed that line, prompting south korea to fire warning shots. more now. >> the south korean military says two north korean artillery shells fell within hundred 50 meters of the patrol boats. of the northern limit lime, that separates northern and southern waters, north korea does not recognize. the south korean cans said it appears to have been land bailed artillery, the island which was attacked by north korean artillery in 2010, with the loss of four lives. south korean officials say they ordered the evacuations of locals to bomb shelters, they ordered shipping back into pouter, and they fired back from this vessel five warning shots landing within the same kind of range of the north korean patrol boat, just north of the northern line. now, this is interesting because earlier there week, three north korean patrol boats came south, of that maritime border, they were forced back by south korean boats warning shots were fired, north korea says that it was simply policing illegal chinese fishing vessels and that iten wayed south kor

unusual for north korea. what happened? >> an apartment building collapsed. w many were killed or injured. what is so extraordinary is the north koreans are talking about it at all. an extraordinary deep bow as the north korean official apologizes to grief stricken residents and families of victims of an apartment building collapse in the capital. the north korean state-run news agency reported construction was not done properly and officials supervised and controlled it in an irresponsible manner. south korea said the 23-floor building may have had 92 families living inside. north korea said kim jong-un stayed up all night feeling painful after being told about the accident. but a public apology from a government that keeps its citizens isolated? >> this happened in the city of pyongyang. they obviously felt like they could not keep it quiet. >> reporter: could the regime be loosening its control? >> it's a reflection of the fact that even north korean authorities understand that they cannot keep the same sort of iron grip on their people the way that they di

north korea threatening to conduct a nuclear test as concern gross the rogue nation is stock piling nuclear weapons. now the state department is responding. please searching for a third victim of a deadly hot air balloon crash. the balloon bursting in to flames after slamming in to a power line. fire spread in a basket in a matter of moments. passengers jumping to the ground. >> you can hear them screaming, please, god. sweet jesus, we are going to die. tonight the search for answers. >> and a somber note in new york. the remains of the 9/11 victims returned to the world trade center seat their final resting place. some family members say it is a slap in the face. department of veteran affairs caught in a growing scandal. officials under fire in reports of the heroes facing deadly health care delays. and that is where we begin tonight, the e-mail. for how employees to make sure veterans were getting the medical care in a timely manner. many alleged they had to wait to see months to see a drchlt the va knew about the problems last year and at any time order an investigation or take disciplin

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found crashed in south korea near the border with the north, u.s.nvestigators determined they were sent by kim jong un's military. just as the north was lobbying missiles in the region and is believed to be on the verge of a new nuclear test. >> i wouldn't read too much in terms of the materiel impact. i think the psychological aspect of it is perhaps more damaging. >> reporter: the drone discovery comes as the dictator launched a personal attack on president obama having his state media publish a rant laced with racial slurs from north korean citizens, referring to the president as a monkey, and calling for "divine punishment to the juvenile dliv consequent obama." the obama administration was not amused. >> the leader of north korea should focus more on improving the lives of his own people than in saying these kind of ridiculous things. >> reporter: recent satellite images indicate increased activity at north korea's main nuclear site and seoul says the tunnel is being sealed. a final step before detonation. a former member in the inner circle of

that is probably the condition they would not like to see if north korea collapse. how far would they go? that is a good question. >> finally connect seeing these two thoughts we hear about anti-americanism that is a little surprising how is there a direct confrontation one in to have

a rare apology from officials in north korea after a 23 storey apartment block collapses - hundreds feared dead >>> libya's government describes a rogue general assault in benghazi as an attempted coup. >> i'm robin adams. fans of atletico madrid wake up celebrating their triumph. action from their la liga games later in the programme. >>> the forehandly and cooperative atmosphere between china and vietnam has been destroyed. that is a damning haved ict of the foreign ministry was it sends five warships to rescue the citizens. it followed days of riots targetting factories and people in fiat vam.

also ahead - a rare apology from officials in north korea after a 23-storey apartment block collapses. hundreds feared dead. >>> the race against time to rescue survivors from bloods in the balkans that killed 25. >>> a famous film festival shows a film of life in war-torn africa. >>> china moved 3,000 of its citizens out of vietnam, followi following riots in which at

he has visited north korea a number of times. the state-run korean central news agency says professional wrestlers from around the world, including japan and the united states, will take part in the event. inoki visited pyongyang in january where he met secretary of the korean workers party to discuss plans to hold a sports event. north korea's facing international criticism over its apparent move towards another nuclear test. analysts say the country's holding the professional wrestling event to give the impression it's maintaining a flexible diplomatic stance. >>> popular japanese figure skater mao asada says she will take a break from competition this upcoming season. asada has previously not mentioned if she would return to the rink full-time after the sochi winter olympic games. >> 23-year-old assad today is known for her mastery of the triple axel jump. she has won a number of international competitions, including several world titles. asada has two olympics under her belt, and winning a silver medal four years ago in vanco

experts say this as part of north korea efforts to find its way back to the negotiating table. i'm funny and nice. washington has kept its next ambassador to south korea and his name is mark electorate is currently the chief of staff to defense secretary took a while. it has been a close adviser to president barack obama for years and susan and has more on his part. my lip hard one and us president barack obama oldest and closest aides have been nominated to the united states next ambassador to south korea. multiple diplomatic sources say the us government notified soul of the impending announcement during president obama today to the nation last week. if confirmed by the us senate leopard will replace the current ambassador son ken and the second half of the year. can history or turn is nearing an end is expected to return to the state department in september. as for labor's credentials the forty one year old is currently defined second rate of cables chief of staff at the age of thirty two he became the foreign policy advisor to then senator barack obama. four years later he

he's about to cut a very unique deal with north korea that may involve a railroad from south korea.e, i think, is in a position where he is anticipating whatever we're going to do. we haven't been able to change cuba with sanctions that go back to 1960. >> cuba is a whole other discussion. >> you look at a country that size, and i am very concerned. >> by the way, that's the point. sanctions work pretty good when it's asymmetric, when you have a very small -- like iran, north korea. cuba hasn't worked. when you have an economy as large as russia, couple trillion, there's a lot of interdependencies, we'll never put the type of crypts sanctiip sanctions because it's a double-edged sword. >> make your point. >> the world has not supported our policy with cuba. we had a blockade against cuba for over five decades and doesn't have the international support. >> you think china, japan, india, iran are going to support the american sanctions in russia? >> i don't think they'd support them because they're the american sanctions. i think when europe weighs in in a much bigger way it really in

north korea denied it and now it seems they were telling the truth. yes, she has been seen on north korean tv giving a speech at an art workers' rally, whatever that is. nine months ago the pop star and other state musicians, whatever those are, had been reportedly killed by firing squad for taping themselves having sex, a fair punishment in my opinion. in her speech, she expressed the gratitude for kim's leadership and pledged to work harder to stoke up the flame for art and creative work. and in other news, north korea may be close to developing a nuclear missal. for more on this development, let's go live to "red eye" senior foreign correspondent. >> ambassador, we will start with you. >> you love north korea. >> you love talking about it too. every three or four years we hear they may be getting nuclear weapons. we hear about a guy fed to dogs. we hear about the firing squad. is it possible these people are just incompetent lunatics? >> that's one possibility. but they are close to nuclear weapons. they tested three and there are rumors about the f

a border that north korea does not recognize.oreans say it appears to be lands-based artillery fired near the islands. the island this was attacked by by north caree korean military y 2010 which resulted in the logs of four lives, they ordered evacuations, shipping back in to port and that they fired back from this vessel five warning shots landing within the same kind of range of the north korean patrol boat just north of the northern limit line. this is interesting because earlier this week three north korean patrol boats came south maritime border and forced back by south korean boats, warning shots were fired. north korea says it was simply policing illegal chinese fishing vessels in the area and it warned south korea is wednesday that it would target south korean ships as a result of that. south koreans have contacted north korea they say by the military hot line saying this they will hold north korea responsible for any further such action. the they have already warned them that they will retaliate mercilessly if attack. >>