kim jong-un amused. [ laughter ] he is amused or is he -- would it be kim jong-un unamused. uns cancel each other out? it's a real puzzle. i don't know the answer. this was a posthumous passion project, started by his father, who was a champion of lubricant independence for his nation. he loved lube. kim jong-un stopped by to look at a facility that manufactures stockings and socks. look at the guy -- they look so terrified. he's examining a pair of pantyhose like he's never put them on before. this one is good, too. here's kim jong-un inspecting a wall of socks. north korea goes through a lot of socks because people keep trying to eat them there. oh. that was a joke. they don't really. [ laughter ] just to recap, socks, stockings and lube. sounds like dennis rodman is in for a very romantic weekend. [ cheers and applause ] speaking of -- speaking of crazy basketball players, this could turn out to be my favorite news story of the year. metta world peace of the nba, announced he is changing his name again. he used to be ron artest. next year, he's moving to china to play for

we are told kim jong-un scrutinized every detail of the water park. examined the plans personally 113 times. as his high ranking officials tested the water slides to make sure they were safe. as they play, others are suffering. the world food program says many koreans face regular food shortages. you wouldn't know it with all the money spent on projects like this. here, no expense is spared to put a happy face here. the rest of north korea is kept hid frn the cameras and eyes of the outside world. will ripley, cnn, north korea. >> you can see and read more from will's website including the swimsuit fashions, very stylish. if you look closely there, the one in the center, number seven is the most popular. to be honest, they look all the same to me. cnn.com/international. >>> one man always has the right haircut is ivan. >> my goodness. i think i have a number seven going there. yeah. >> it might be the kim jong-un style. >> it's popular indeed. >> take it away. >> we are going to talk about the u.s. here. we have a big labor day weekend holiday, unoffi

by the end of the year, december 17, 2011, kim jong-il died.t happened in north korea and the rest of the world. in $2011 the last of the career. >> did you know it was going to be your last day? >> yes, i couldn't believe it. when i was told. because i was bear, when i was told by a colleague that he died, it was christmas time. in that country you only have the great leader. >> were your lesson plans controlled? >> yes. >> you were given scripts? >> not scripps, the certain guidelines. you have to get permission for everything. so, you know, i really trusted in order to get to know them. it doesn't sound -- i really actually loved them. i fell in love with all of them that i've really wanted to teach them. but there is always this feeling if i had told them, they don't really know about the world a lot of them and i do because i'm from the outside. and they are never allowed out of anywhere. they were never allowed out of the compound any time ever. so there is no communication with the outside world. so i was always trying in a way to deal w

it's one of the pet projects of kim jong-un.er prize project, the massive water park, finished in just nine months. we're told kim jong-un meticulously scrutinized every detail of this water park. he examined the plans personally, we're told, 113 times and even had his high ranking government officials test out those water slides to make sure they were safe. as these people play, the united nations worries others are suffering. the world food program says many face regular food shortages. you wouldn't know it with all the money spent on projects like this. here no expense is spared to put a modern, happy face on pyongyang. the rest of north korea is kept hidden from our cameras and the eyes of the outside world. will ripley, pyongyang, north korea. >> yes, always a tightly-scripted visit when journalists travel to north korea. you can see and read more from will's trip on our website, including that swimsuit fashion going on there in pyongyang and even haircut styles for men. if you look closely there in the center, number seven

. >> there was a moment when kim jong-un was named one of the sexiest man alive by the onion.how that it was taken seriously. linecluded the wonderful about kim jong-un, dictator killer of his own people, saying with his devastatingly handsome round face and boyish charm, he is a heartthrob. i mean, i think that people who do not get satire -- that is one of the great joys of satire. here is my real hope -- that facebook is doing this as satire for people that do not get satire. >> facebook says this is just a small test. they received feedback that people wanting something like this. >> if this were april 1, we would not believe it. >> cory johnson and joshuabenton, thank you. next, we will be talking about burning man. ♪ . . x you are watching bloomberg west. gathering burning in is that kickoff and monday. the weeklong attempt as been a big draw. the tech community has also brought its tech dollars for things like private jets, suxurious air-conditioned yurt and rvs, even world-class chefs. of tech moneylux changing the burning man experience for better or for worse? joinin

kim jong ho is registered with the agency. working as a taxi and truck driver, the 38-year-old began working as a used car salesman just over a year ago. he says that the ongoing recession is affecting sales. he's dated several south korean women in the past but it's never worked out well. during lunch he checks the profile of a perspective partner from the north korean match making agency. she's 35 years old and 158 centimeters tall. he doesn't have very high hopes but he's agreed to the meeting any way. the rendezvous takes place at a coffee shop suggested by the agency. he arrives 30 minutes early and waits patiently. the woman comes from a poor family. she fled from north korea to china when she was 22 to try to earn some money to send back home. she spent the next ten years living in various places. after realizing it was too dangerous to return to north korea she decided to settle in south korea. the pair talk for 30 minutes and seem to be enjoying each other's company. as the number of unmarried people in south korea co

we're told kim jong-un meticulously scrutinized every detail of this water park. he examined the plans personally, we're told, 113 times, and even at his high-ranking government officials test out those water slides to make sure they were safe. as these people play, the united nations worries others are suffering. the world food program says many north koreans face regular food shortages. you wouldn't know it with all the money spent on projects like this. here, no expense is spared to put a modern, happy face on pyongyang. the rest of north korea is kept hidden from our cameras and the eyes of the outside world. will ripley, cnn, pyongyang, north korea. >>> and a step in the fight against the deadly ebola outbreak. trials to test a new vaccine are on the fast track now. how soon they'll start and the impact the vaccine could have. all that, next. ♪ [music] defiance is in our bones. defiance never grows old. citracal maximum. easily absorbed calcium plus d. beauty is bone deep. ♪ fill their bowl with the meaty tastes they're looking for, with friskies grillers. te

con -- kim jong uno. you didn't say kim jong uno. [ gunshot ] [ laughter ] tough game. they got a rifle. >> jimmy: pro -- all you need is a sense of adventure. con -- and parents that hate you. there you go. that makes sense. pro -- playing capture the flag. con -- against south korea. there you go, that's the pros and cons. that's the pros and cons. we'll be right back with clive owen, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ staake ] my 2in1 is a laptop when i'm a writer... and a tablet when i'm an illustrator. [ roars ] creativity comes in many forms. and this intel processor lets me adapt to it. [ intel bong ] the world's most refreshing beer meets a blend of natural citrus flavors so you can squeeze the most out of summer. ♪ new coors light summer brew a mint flavor that hointensifies as you chew.. 5 ascent gum. stimulate your senses. get 4 lines for just a hundred bucks a month. with unlimited talk, text and now up to ten gigabytes of 4g lte data. no overages no contracts we'll even buy you out of yours. so make the switch today. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy:

here's one from president obama and kim jong-un., "signs like this upset me more than you could ever understand." >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: president obama posted a picture of a sign that says no-bama. kim jong-un posted a picture that said "you must be this tall to ride." [ laughter and applause ] rules are rules. i can't -- unless you're in a truck. >> steve: yeah. you didn't make them up. >> jimmy: unless you're in a a truck, rules are rules. >> steve: unless you're in a a truck, rules are rules. they stay the same. >> jimmy: in fact, they do. let's keep going here. here's one from jeb bush and george w. bush. they both wrote "america's best source for natural gas." [ laughter ] [ drum roll ] no, no, no. don't. jeb posted a picture of an oil field in alaska. >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: now you can drum roll if you want. [ drum roll ] [ laughter ] george posted a picture of chipotle. there you go. same caption! >> steve: same caption! ahh, they're brothers, too. >> jimmy: food's delicious. >> steve: their food is fantastic. >> jimmy:

his son, the first hereditary dictator in a communist state, kim jong-il, was less popular didn't have a popular touch, but he was shrewd and he was cruel. and the camps as an instrument of enforcement became increasingly important, and the population grew. there are indications now with this third kim family leader, kim jong-un, who is 28, 29 years old, and interests and is about the same age as the hero of my book, he -- it's unclear how popular he will be, or even if he is in control at this point. >> will come back to your hero of this book, shannon, after i show you some video from our first book interview back in 1991 as to why you like to travel. >> i went to school, what the college and i read i get interested in faraway lands. i remember as a kid in college, i didn't believe this. i really didn't. sometimes i go to bed thinking walter cronkite and other people will put together a big elaborate perception that they are photographing sex animal outside of what i knew wasn't there. and i've always wanted, particularly in africa, to go to see if it was there. >> do you remember sa

on that motion, commissioner highland, commissioner jong, john, matsuda, wilson, commissioner president haas. that motion passes 7-0. which places you on item 4. commission comments and questions. >> commissioner pearlman? >> i want to disclose the mayor's office called me about the 50 fell street project and i didn't talk to anybody. i did call nicole wheaton back and let her know that i knew they were interested in a project. also, this is actually a question for the city attorney. on the landmark's designation program, 199 carl street was nominated and i am the architect for that project. i understand this is an informational hearing on. i don't know if i have to recuse myself from that. >> andrea deputy city district. i think given that you have such a close relationship with the project it would be better if you recuse yourself from that particular discussion. >> okay. so there is two other items on that, so, i don't know if they are going to be taken sequentially then i can leave at that moment. okay. thank you. >> commissioner highland. >> i also did hear from the mayor's office.

the likes of vladimir putin and kim jong-un.Ññwçç [captioning made possible by democracy now!] >> from pacifica, this is democracy now! he fell on his knees. he shot him in the eye and in the head and both arms down here. >> are you participating in a protest? >> yes. i got teargas to everything. could not even breathe, but i made it out, though. answer, don't shoot, is all i got to say. >> rik

. >>> north korean media say the country's leader, kim jong-un, directly supervised the testing of what appears to be a new type of rocket. analysts say the report may be aimed at keeping in check a joint u.s.-south korea military exercise scheduled to start next week. the korean workers party newspaper said the test was of a tactical rocket. it says kim ordered the launch and that the rocket's capacity was confirmed. the paper did not specify when the tests took place nor its location but is believed to refer to the test-firing of five missiles on thursday from wonsan in the east of the country into the sea of japan. meanwhile, south korean president park geun-hye has again urged north korean leaders to give up their nuclear and missile programs. and she called on pyongyang to accept her proposal for talks. park said north korea's nuclear development and missile launches will only deepen its international isolation. she said the two koreas should begin with feasible steps and hold meetings to pry open small channels of communication. >> translator: this is my deepest wish that north ko

new movie the interview is at the which james franco and seth rogan want to go out and assessing kim jong-un. i meant i call the cute leader. we had the great leader, the dear leader, why not the cute leader? but they are very, very, very unhappy and to threaten war over the terrible movie. hollywood has become a tool of american imperialism. china has a sharp elbows in the south china sea, the filipinos are worried, the japanese are worried. the vietnamese want us to come, our old enemies so they want us around and would like to have us help them out. then we get to ukraine where clearly in a sense of cold war in some sense is being re-created. it's a difficult situation but the reality is no one in america wants to go to war over ukraine which means the russians have the capability what they want, though i suspect put in some missions are probably somewhat down. i'm not sure what's to bring in a lot of ukrainians. you look back to world war ii, ukrainians don't like it if they are subjugated to put in grad the only area that had russian population and that was an overwhelming. you bring in

the older man who died, kim jong-il come seem to know exactly how far to push and rile up the south koreans and americans can and when to stop. is not at all clear that his son who is 31 and seems more radical, execute his own uncle, there is no family loved it. you could see war there out a mistake as opposed to intention. i think the japanese chinese tensions over the islands, most of them have been playing pretty tough. the japanese have assess and ally backing them up. i don't think the chinese will go to war with them but i think the potential problems there. collapse of iraq, you see isis or isil going over the border perhaps into jordan. they claim the levant, the whole territory that includes parts of lebanon, hearts of visual, parts of jordan, parts of syria, even parts of turkey. if they try to push all the sorts of claims, it could be a real mess. i think longer-term the question of the saudi monarchy. the rulers are aged. uopen for the first time a depuy crown prince which they have never done. that leadership is a nervous, the family breaks with in terms of the brothers and to

it was somebody who was involved in the korean war or his father kim jong-il who had held the reins of power for many years under his father. this is the grandson. he doesn't feel like he has the credentials, the chops with the military, with the korean workers party to perhaps hold that party so he has been involved with a lot of purges. the concern is you may be involved in a misperception or mistake that could lead to some serious consequences on the korean peninsula. he has an increasingly robust nuclear weapons program. north korea has said three nuclear attempts. there is rumor of a fourth test but it hasn't happened yet. last year, he was able to put a satellite into space harking back to what i was talking about with iran. we believe north korea has the capability to put it into the convention until ballistics somewhere on the west coast of the united states. at some point in the future, it could become more accurate and have a longer range. it will be even a greater threat to us. let me talk about china lastly. i am getting the hook here. there is so much to talk about. beyond

. >> there was a moment when kim jong-un was named one of the sexiest men alive by " the onion" and theommunist party daily took it seriously. they took it as if it was serious including the wonderful nes. " with his handsomely round sturdy frame,ng he is a heartthrob.:" get satire isn't one of the great joys of satire. here is my real hope. recebook is doing this as sati for people that don't get satire . >> facebook is saying that this is a small test. >> if this was april 1, we would not believe it. and joshuanson benson, thank you both. more "bloomberg west" after this break. we will be talking about burning man. ♪ >> you are watching "bloomberg west" where we focus on innovation, technology, and the future of business. gathering burning man has become a must attend for many in the tech community, even attracting big names like larry page, elon musk, mark zuckerberg. has broughtmunity its tech dollars for things like private jets, air conditioned class chefs/world is this changing the burning man experience for better or for worse? we are joined by our guest who has attended the eve

jong, eva.orning david and karen. >> we have satellite and, see there is some cloud cover over parts of south jersey. southeastern pennsylvania a little more in the clear. there is some patchy fog areas in parts of south jersey this morning, too, so be careful of that driving in. 71 degrees in philadelphia. little bit on the muggy side us a step outside. 63 in allentown, 65 in wilmington, 64 in trenton and 69 in sea isle city. as we head out do the door between six and 8 o'clock looks likes we climb up into the mid 70's so a pretty quick climb. kind of muggy across the region. a couple changes. first of all it is going to be warm, 78 by 9 o'clock, 83 by noon. your high of 89 probably around 3 o'clock. but as we go through the day we expect the humidity to drop. those dewpoints will go from the mid 60's down to about 60 so just moderately humid late in the day and tonight. there's the slight chance of a spotty pop-up thunderstorm in a couple spots. most don't see that. we have an air quality aler

problematic our ties have allowed suspicions to arise bout seoul and kim jong seeing an advantage seems eager to leverage that gap and perhaps deepen the divide between tokyo and seoul. the complicated japan relationship is being eyed very carefully by china which others have suggested here probably sees an advantage to be gained from current teppingses. the p.r.c. has made very clear in recent months that it regards it as an arackism and is no longer relevant to the current security concerns. some have even suggested that a security system based on an asia for the a'sans approach should replace the u.s. alignses in the region. leaders in tokyo and seoul should reflect on whether their inability to deal with the issues between them may be creating a tactical or strategic opening for a beijing that has developed an aler ji to a u.s. led security architecture. i would also suggest that current difficulties in relations under mine a core u.n. interest in maintaining stability in the region through these alignses that i mentioned just as they detract from the effectiveness of the deterrents

. >> reporter: jong lu is the proud owner of a 450 square foot apartment in beijing. 28-year-old webb editor invested her entire life savings and took advantage of easier mortgages in china to buy her new $250,000 home. it's very easy to get a mortgage. any bank will give one to you, she says. without one, i wouldn't even think about buying. jong is one of the first-time buyers authorities here hope will help prop up china's flagging property market. in beijing and other cities across china, the housing market is starting to weaken. many economists are worried about the impact a housing down turn can have on the entire economy. >> china's real estate market drives growth around the world. the construction fuels prices in commodities. for years, the market was too hot with housing out of reach for most chinese. the government put in restrictions to stop speculators, but now they're concerned about market could fall too fast and trigger a hard landing. home prices dropped in july for the third month in a row while sales are sluggish. beijing recently moved to encourage

especially in montgomery kim jong unity, there are some changes. >> this affects a lot of people 150,000 students in montgomery county, in the state of maryland, growth said we just broke with that. joshua star, the head of the school district, said they are expecting about 2800 more students. we talked to them about a lot of the other changes. one of them being the disciplinary code of conduct. more of that is another question i asked him with his the american pediatric association recommended students start at a later time. pediatric joshua star has been a big proponent of the later start time he said the school board is taking another look at that option, saying if they can work it back into the system. it is something he says they hope to work toward. >>> a positive change he told me about was a new technology. >> a big push this year is of course technology. we are rolling out 40,000 laptops throughout the year, we are reducing styrofoam trays in the system. morphine and ready to go and thrilled to have our kids back. >> also the new code of discipline. explain that. i can't we have

one is north korea the old man who died, kim jong-il, seemed to know exactly how far to push and rile up the south koreans and americans and when to stop. not clear his son, who is 31 and seems radical -- he executed his uncle last year so no family love there. you could see a war there out of mistake as opposed to intention. i think the japanese-chinese tension officers the island, both have been playing tough. the japanese have us as an ally backing then um. i'm not surely the chinese are convinced we'll go for war for them. the collapse of iraq, isis or isil in you're. they claim a whole territory that includes parts of lebanon, israel, jordan, turkey, syria. one could see a real mess there and i think longer term is the question of the saudi monarchy. these are thieveses. they just appointed a deputy crown prince, which hey have never done. the leadership is very nervous. the family breaks within in terms of brothers and who the mothers were. they're potentially unstable well and that would be very messy if they went down. >> david. >> i think that going back to what all of us hav

. >>> kim jong-un admitted to taking -- kim kardashian admitted to taking 1200 selfies while on vacationthey wondering if this is art. the museum director said she wants people to think about the emotions behind a selfie or the lack thereof. there's much more to come on "action news," saturday morning, including "shelter me rescue of the week." >> reporter: chesapeake is a dog you're about to meet, he is looking for a place to live out his golden years. it's "shelter me rescue of the week" up next on "action news." >>> plus a check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast with meteorologist chris sowers when "action news" saturday 9. >> happening now on "action news" saturday at 9:00 a.m., storm tracker 6 live double scan live showing showers moving off the coast, a flood advisory is posted in parts of new jersey. >>> sky6 live hd taking a rival look for us at penns landing. you can see the rain has let up here in the city, but it was a wet start to our weekend, and there are more showers on the way, meteorologist chris sowers here with us. we thought we were done. >> reporter: th

on television they claimed they had been kidnapped and thanks kim jong-un for rescuing them.ife hard to imagine for children in seoul. this is penalty t meant to show the differences between north and south of this divided country. >> thank you very much. rory mcilroy is about to begin his third round at the pga championship at valle valhalla. he is a shot clear of jason day and jim furyk. mcilroy has won has last two tournaments and now the world number one is aiming for his fourth championship on friday. he's finishing with this birdie with a round of 67. >> yes, i scored well today. it wasn't--golf was not quite as pretty as it was yesterday at times. neither was the weather, obviously. but you know, played well for the most part. took advantage of some holes when we got a break in the weather like this. yes, scored really well. some up and downs to keep the momentum, and i'm really happy with that, yes. >> not too much change to the leaderboard since the last two pairs are under way. mcilroy will play along jason day in the pairing. they'll get under way in a few minutes

news site, reporting that sarah palin was joining al jazeera, and a chinese paper reported that kim jong un was voted the world's sexiest man. people are fooled by fake news stories. do we need facebook to warn us? >> i was fooled by a few seconds by the sarah palin thing. i could have used a tag saying no, dummy, this is not happening. the truth is this feels to me like an engineer's few of the world. facebook is trying to sort out and categorise stuff. that you'll be aticketed to it. you'll see through an engineer's mind-set. this is a helpful label you can imagine. we need to make sure people understand. there'll be a sign that points to me. it's the kind of thing, it's a super orderly thinking. that is what a lot of people feel is a lot of fun. >> people post things on facebook. you look at the headlines, and people believe some things that are not true. it could lead to real issues when the stories are substantive. >> well, that's right. it really is a reflection on how we are consuming media. the people who owned the means of distribution were the only qualified to send a message o

because the new movie "the interview" is out there in which james franco wants to assassinate kim jong-un. they are, very, very happy and threatened war over this movie. hollywood has obviously become a tool of imperialism. the vietnamese kind of want us to come, our old enemies, suddenly want us around and like to have us help them out. then we get to ukraine where clearly in a sense the cold war in some sense is being recreated there. you know, it's a difficult situation, but the reality is no one in europe or america i think wants to go to war over ukraine which means the russians have the capability that do what they want though i expect putin's ambitions are somewhat bounded. i'm not sure he wants to bring in a lot of ukrainians. the ukrainians don't like if if they're subjugated. you bring in 60% or more ukrainians, that's not likely to be very stable for you. so i suspect that's going to be a chronic problem for the future and there are others, moldova, georgia, and others in the same situation that have the difficulties with the russians. so we're looking ahead, i'd say the world

. >> look, we've got kim jong-un developing further nuclear capabilities. the chinese expanding their territory in the south china sea. russia is on the march. we have turmoil in the middle east with israel in a war with interests in gaza. we have the syria civil war that's now expanded into iraq. we've got iran mettling beyond. that we've got really a very, very delicate and dramatic and dangerous situation on our hands and for the president to elevate climate change as secretary kerry as the main global foreign issue is disconnected from reality. neil: before we expand on, this governor, the fact that it keeps coming up in the middle of all these, that's by design, these people aren't totally devoid of looking at trying to connect the events so they connect these events and go back to climate change. what do you think of that? >> well, i think it represents within the democratic party, you have a very activist, passionate group on environmental issues including climate change and it distorts their view of what's important. when you ask the aggregate top f

and kim jong-un was chosen as the world's sexist man. people are fooled by these fake news stories and urban legends. do we need facebook to save us? >> well, i was fooled by the sarah palin, and i needed a tag, no, dummy, this is not happening. but this feels like an engineer's view of the world where facebook is trying to sort out and categorize stuff that you'll be addicted to it, come back and it's seen through an engineer's mindset. that's who facebook employs. this is a helpful label, we need to make people understand that this is satire and in this world there would be a sign that points to me, commentary. this is super orderly thinking and that's what a lot of people feel is going to ruin the fun. >> on the other hand people do most these things on facebook and we're going through facebook and we look at the headline. people end up believing that some of these things that aren't true, they go out and share them with other people and really believe them. it could conceivably lead to real issues when stories are substantive. >> tha

president obama has a sign that says nobama and kim jong-un posted "you must be this tall to ride."eb bush and george w. bush. they both wrote "america's best source for natural gas." jeb posted an oil field in alaska. now you can drum roll. george posted a picture of chipotle. there you go. >> oh, god. up next, how democrats turned the tables on republicans in the culture wars. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. when you run a business, you can't settle for slow. that's why i always choose the fastest intern. the fastest printer. the fastest lunch. turkey club. the fastest pencil sharpener. the fastest elevator. the fastest speed dial. the fastest office plant. so why wouldn't i choose the fastest wifi? i would. switch to comcast business internet and get the fastest wifi included. comcast business. built for business. >>> welcome back to "hardball." democrats used to play defense on issues like gay rights and the hot button social issues were wedges used by the right to divide the democrats. as john harvard writes today the script is upside down. now the values we

. >>> we're told kim jong-un meticulously scrutinized every element of this water park. >> a look insideea. >>> hello, welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm natalie allen. we begin in london where concerns about islamic extremism have

fox's william jongness has the latest. >> the world morning the death of come dee legend. >> top story this morning robin williams has died. (speaking french). >> reporter: 63 year old oscar winner found dead in his california home monday. >> the preliminary and again i say preliminary results of the forensic examination revealed sporting physical signs that mr. williams life ended from asphyxiate due to hanging. >> reporter: representative for the star of so many hit films had been suffering from severe depression. williams saying last month he was checking into a 12 step treatment program. he had been sober for 20 years before. previously seeking help in 2006. robin was always very honest about his addictions as well as his battle with depression. he talked about his cocaine use especially in the late '70's and early '80's and his battle with alcoholism. >> williams known for his comedic chops face gaining fame in mork and mindy. the actor also finding success with dramatic roles winning oscar for the 1997 hit goodwill hunting. despite his recent vug guess williams was still march at

children claim they had been kidnapped and thanked kim jong-un for reques rescuing them. this is to highlight the contrasting fates of those born in the north and south of this divide country. >> it's been more than a year since edward snowden leaks american spy programs. we have reports from the world's biggest art festival in scotla scotland. >> reporter: word of edward snowden 18 months ago, they know who he is now, though. his revelations of surveillance has given his government headaches. but he has give artists at the festival inspiration and ideas. >> reporter: it was one of the big themes of 2014. watching shows of people watching people. when it comes to the subject of big brother the audience can't get enough. just look at lights. this is a dark vision of an utopian future. it's all or w orwels "1984". >> what was seen before as farfetched and paranoid is now the reality. we're watching on skype and text message and i feel uncomfortable with people watching me without consent. i want to engage in that debate. i want to make a piece of theater that makes people t

deported to china and north korea, where on television they claimed they'd been kidnapped and thanked kim jong un for rescuing them. a turn of life hard to imagine for children in seoul. the exhibition is designed to highlight the contrasting fetes of those born in the north and south. >> you've been watching the al jazeera. more news on its way. stay with us. >> al jazeera america presents >>my parents relationship has helped me overcome any negative thoughts. 15 stories, 1 incredible journey >> edge of eighteen coming september only on al jazeera america ♪israel hits gaza with more airstrikes. there is talks in cairo that falter. ♪ >> hello. welcome. i am steven cole in doha. the united states sends more bombers into iraq with a second set of airstrikes against islamic state fighters. together at last, up to 30 years, giving hope to the families of argentina's stolen children. >> at the edin bro festival where we are a long way from russia

tim jong kim jong-un has no interest in denuclearization. china has also yielded little progress. but we are still sitting idly by waiting for beijing's patience with pyongyang to wear thin. the ongoing pursuit of restarting six-party talks is futile. it has been six years, and at this point we are only wasting time as pyongyang augments its official material stockpile and improves its missile and nuclear capabilities. the administration refuses to impose tougher and more targeted sanctions on north korea than those on russia, zimbabwe, sedan and belarus because it believes it would significantly hinder its effect to conduct foreign policy. it won't list the world's most prolific money launderering with counterfeiter as a primary money laundering concern but iran and burma our. and our current policy has done nothing to help the north korean people. i remain disappointed that so little has been done to hold the kim regime responsible for its horrific human rights abuses detailed in the u.n. commission of inquiry report. north korea is a grave threat to the united states and also t