korea has closed it's boarders citing ebola fears, how will this and the release of american jeffrey powell affect the release of the two detained americans. also are you in a position to confirm that isis has used chemical weapons on foreign troops and if so how will this change the strategy? >> translator: in recent months, north korea has shown very unique behaviors. on the one hand, it is using continuous aggression, but on the other hand, they're looking for dialogue. in the past few weeks, north korea has launched aggressions on the dmz as well as on the maritime fronts. and they have fired at some of the flyers that were sprinkled in balloons. just one month ago, during the asian games, high level officials however visited korea and they proposed a high level talk. so what they speak and what they do seem to be inconsistent. but for the second high level meetings that we proposed, if north korea accepts and if we are able to have the talks then i believe we can find a path to improvement to relationship for peace on the korean palestinien as well as a desire for unification, we are v

secretary kerry, if true, how will this and the recent release of jeffrey powell affect negotiations over the other two detained americans? what does the signal about internal politics in north korea given kim jong-un's 40-day absence? can you repeat the first part of your question. i could not hear it. if true, that north korea has closed its borders citing ebola fears, how will this and the release of american jeffrey powell impact negotiations over the release of the other two detained americans, and what does the signal about internal politics given kim jong-un's 40-day absence? are you in a position to confirm reports that militants have used chlorine gas on iraqi troops, and how will this change u.s. strategy? >> [interpreted] >> north korea has shown very unique behavior. is usinge hand, it continuous aggression, but on the other hand, they are looking for dialogue. in the past few weeks, north korea has launched aggressions on the dmz, as well as on maritime fronts. they have fired at some of the flyers that were sprinkled in balloons. just one month ago during the asia games