the dynasty was founded by kim il—sung, after the second world war. m jong—il ascended the throne. he died five years ago, and his son kim jong—un then became the new young king. but kim jong—un is very young, very inexperienced, and very insecure, and since he came to power, he has been killing lots of people. the people that kim jong—un appears to feels most threatened by are his own family, and there are several key figures in this story. the most important and most powerful was kim jong—un‘s uncle, jang song—thaek. at the time he came to power, jang was the most powerful man in north korea, with a network of allies across the country and throughout the region. one of them was his own nephew, jang yong—chol, who was the ambassador here in malaysia. and, through jang yong—chol, he was able to keep in touch with his other nephew, kim jong—nam. but, in 2013, kimjong—un began the biggest purge in more than 50 years, and it began with his uncle, jang song—thaek, who was arrested and executed by firing squad. over the next month, his whole family was roun

the 105th anniversary of the birth of kim's grandfather, north korean founder kim il-sung, follows. >>> there's been a development in the case of a school operator in western japan. it had planned to open a school on land it purchased from the state for far below market value. the court has approved the temporary seizure of its assets. the land was bought last year for less than 20% of its appraised value. it's also accused of receiving a state subsidy based on false documents. it gave up a plan to open an elementary school after lawmakers raised questions about the land deal. officials from the construction company hired to build the school say they haven't received payments, and they're afraid they may not be able to recover about $9 million. so they asked the court to seize the property of a school run by the operator. he has been making headlines with controversial remarks. he alleges the prime minister donated about $9,000 for the planned school. shinzo abe has denied making any donations. he also denies any involvement in the land deal. lawmakers will summon kogike to testify in

cut through all of the bull in our relations with korea going back decades in flu out to talk to kim il-sungout of that came a complete freeze on the plutonium facility for eight years. for eight years they had no access to any bomb making materials, 20 47 control on the facility. so if donald trump wants to share a hamburger with kim jong-un, that is a very good idea, but the idea of using force against north korea went even their artillery, 10,000 guns north of seoul, conventional artillery can take out a city that has a third of the south korean population, you just really have no military option on the korean peninsula. unfortunately, a lot of folks in washington have not gotten that straigight. amy: i w want to turn to whihite house spokesperson sean spicer speaking last week. >> we're very troubled by the launch of missiles that occurred from north korea. i think that is why the thaad missile system we startrted to deploy into south korea is so important. we will contininue to work with the government of f south koreao make sure that they have the defense is necessary to protect themse