the crime of defaming the authority and refrigerator of kim il-sung and kim jong-il. the crime of knowledge about the private life of kim jong-il and releasing information about it to the general public, thus defaming the prestige of the leader. i had no knowledge about these facts when i was sent to prison camp. ... >> i was a close friend having had gone to the same school and college and one day i heard directly from her that she would be going to the special presidents number five. at bat time a new special residence five new they meant qassam -- if kim sung il [speaking korean] >> translator: [speaking korean] >> translator: at the time i was taken to a political prison can i have no idea why i was being incarcerated and there was in the summer of 1989 after i was released that i find out the reason why from the state security agent read the security agent said the following to me colin quote she was not the wife nor did she dare him a son. these were all rumors. if you mention anything about this again you will not be forgiven. >> [speaking korean] [speaking kore

those in the know knew that meant the residence of kim jong il. [speaking korean] qassam -- if kim sung il [speaking korean] >> translator: [speaking korean] >> translator: at the time i was taken to a political prison can i have no idea why i was being incarcerated and there was in the summer of 1989 after i was released that i find out the reason why from the state security agent read the security agent said the following to me colin quote she was not the wife nor did she dare him a son. these were all rumors. if you mention anything about this again you will not be forgiven. >> [speaking korean] [speaking korean] >> i would like to talk briefly about my interrogation before i was sent to the political prison camp. on august 1st, 1970i was forced into a cary state security agents taken to a secret location where i was interrogated for two months by the unit called unit 312 for preliminary investigation in a state security investigation room to read under fear for two months i was told to write my entire life story and to include everything and le

with the prospect of the anticipation that kim jong il believes would take over a horrible prospect, what do you see the consequences and am like that happening? [inaudible conversations] [speaking korean] [speaking korean] >> translator: mrs. kim believes that kim jong il will never be the true leader, but if he were to become the next leader, mrs. kim believes that the areas a chance that he might open up and reform the country from her point of view in her opinion. >> thank you very much. i just want to comment and i think that an separated country like we see in korea, the fact that many instances the truths are cast from the people in the south, the total truth and it's difficult to know whose responsibility, the government, the press, and is it deliberate? one thing that usually happens in divided countries as beside eastern and western europe although you can't compare to eastern europe totally certainly not to north korea, but there is a strong move toward reunification as just a natural nationalistic move to reunite countries that were once united. and so, i could possibly un

participants formed letters to spell out kim jong il's name and words like glory. the timing of the event was unusual as north korea typically holds military parades every five year anniversaries to celebrate the country's founding. observers believed the leadership is holding the parade this year to highlight the smooth transfer of power from kim jong il to his son. the son is expected to be the third successive generation of the kim family to rule the country. >>> a legal requirement to use less electricity in japan has come to an end. electricity supply capacity fell after the fukushima nuclear plant accident in march. so the government started demanding a 15% cut in consumption in july. the requirement came to an end on friday night. that's sooner than originally planned. while the requirement was in effect, large users served by tokyo electric power companies were mandated to lower their consumpti consumption. car makers closed plants on week days and operatered on weekends instead. private homes were also asked to chip in. in the end, the power suppliers didn

the crime of defaming the authority and refrigerator of kim il-sung and kim jong-il. the crime of knowledge about the private life of kim jong-il and releasing information about it to the general public, thus defaming the prestige of the leader. i had no knowledge about these facts when i was sent to prison camp. ... >> i was a close friend having had gone to the same school and college and one day i heard directly from her that she would be going to the special presidents number five. at bat time a new special residence five new they meant qassam -- if kim sung il [speaking korean] >> translator: [speaking korean] >> translator: at the time i was taken to a political prison can i have no idea why i was being incarcerated and there was in the summer of 1989 after i was released that i find out the reason why from the state security agent read the security agent said the following to me colin quote she was not the wife nor did she dare him a son. these were all rumors. if you mention anything about this again you will not be forgiven. >> [speaking korean] [speaking kore

. >>> north korean leader kim jong-il's youngest son seems to be coordinating positions as his father's successor one year after he was appointed to a key post. co kim jong-un was named ruler of the korean workers' party last september. they attended a military parade together on north korea's foundation day on september 9th. kim jong-un joined his father in a meeting with the visiting laotian president choummaly sayasone last friday. they are releadsing photos and videos that focus on the young kim. kim jong-un has yet to make any domestic tours on his own and his recorded voice has not been heard by the public. the north korean leadership is expected to publicize his achievements ahead of next year's 100th anniversary of the birth of his grandfather and the country's founder, kim il-sung. >>> north korean premier choe yong rim has agreed to six-party talks without any preconditions. choe met hu jintao on thursday. he's hoped to resume the talks at an early date and said achieving a nuclear free korean peninsula is in the common interest of all countries concerned. choe said the six-pa

. >>> north korean leader kim yong il marked the 63rd anniversary of the country's founding by watching a military parade with his son and heir apparent. kim jong-un. it was held on friday at a square it was pyongyang. it was covered live by state-run north korean television. as soldiers marched past the square with anti-aircraft batteries and other weapons, participants formed letters to spell out kim jong-il's name and words like glory. the timing was unusual as they have parades every five years to celebrate the country's founding or establishment of the ruling workers party. observers believe the north korean leadership is holdinghe para ts yr t high light the smooth transfer from kim jong-il to his son. he's expected to be the third successive generation to rule the country. >>> japan and the united states have marked the 60th anniversary of the peace and securities treaties that have formed the basis of japan's diplomacy since world war ii. the san francisco peace treaty and the japan/u.s. security treaty were signed on september 8, 1951. the peace treaties officially ended the war. about the 200 people, including officials from both gove

may undertake new provocative actions as the nation has been transferring its top leadership from kim jong-il to his third son kim jong-un. >>> the french government will soon open a liaison office in north korea to deal with cultural change. a permanent office will be set up in pion yang despite the lack of diplomatic relations. two years ago france agreed with north korea to open an office in pion yang. however it postponed the plan after the north attacked the south korean island. a french diplomatic source they decided to open the office after exchanging views with member countries of the six-party talks on north korea's nuclear development. the chief of the new office will arrive in pion yang october 7th. however france maintains the position substantial progress must be made before it can establish diplomatic ties with north korea. >>> japan's fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant can be viewed as being a step closer to a state of cold shutdown. tokyo electric power company announced on thursday that the temperature at the number 2 reactor largely remained below 100 degrees celsius, bri

. >>> north korean leader kim jong-il's youngest son seems to be consolidating his position as his father's successor one year after he was appointed to a key post. kim jong-un was named vice chairman of the central military commission of the ruling korean workers party on september 28th last year. he has accompanied his father on tours around the country and they attended a military parade together on north korea's fodation day on septembe9t kim jong-un joined his father in a meeting with the visiting laotian president choummaly sayasone last friday. north korea's state-run media are releasing photos and videos that foc othyog m. but kim jong-un has yet to make any domestic tour on his own or visit other countries. none of his remarks have been published and his recorded voice has not been heard by the public. the north korean leadership is expected to publicize this achievement he'd of next year's 100 anniversary of his grandfather's birth and the country's founder kim il-sung. former ambassador peter hughes who served in pyongyang for three years spoke to reporters in seoul on wednesday

north korean leader, kim jong-il, visited russia in august to meet with the russian president medvedev. defense ministers from both sides attended the summit as well. kim also toured a fighter jet factory and watched an exercise by the russian military. >>> the u.s. special envoy to myanmar called on the government to take further concrete steps toward democratization. derek mitchell was speaking at a news conference in myanmar's largest city yangon at the end of his latest visit to the country. >> i responded for the united states recognized and welcomed recent gestures such as president thein sein's meeting, the establishment of a national human rights commission, public emphasis on dialogue with ethnic minority groups in the interest of reconciliation. >> during his visit, mitchell met pro democracy leader aung san suu kyi and government officials. he said myanmar should take concrete action including the unconditional release of all political prisoners and engaging in a meaningful dialogue with aung san suu kyi. his visit shows that u.s. government intends to maintain economic sanc

north korean leader kim jong-il is known to have proposed a full- scale joint military exercise to russian president dmitry medvedev last month,... but sources say moscow was reluctant... so both sides settled on rudimentary search and rescue training exercises. construction has resumed on a naval base in the small fishing village of gangjeong in southern jeju island... after the regional court ruled that protesters who interere with the contruction will be fined. our kim han-ul reports from gangjeong. on august 29th, the jeju district court granted the injunction from the government and the navy... to ban protestors from obstructing construction of the base. the navy says having a naval base in jeju is crucial for national security... as the island sits in a strategic location facing the south china sea. korean "korea needs a base to dock the naval ships to protect its exclusive economic zone and marine resources. and the gangjeong shoreline at jeju island is the optimal place for that." four days after the court's decision, additional police forces were sent into the village... as the na

the prospects for the pipeline lit up following a bilateral summit between north korean leader kim jong-il and his russian counterpart dmitry medvedev in moscow last month, where kim reportedly gave it his backing. the proposed gas pipeline will deliver russia's natural gas to the south from sakhalin... via north korea. gazprom said the first part of the pipeline, connecting sakhalin, khabarovsk and vladivostok, has kicked into operation. the pipeline is estimated to lower south korea's gas bill by around 20 to 30 percent, while the north will profit from much-needed transit revenues of around 100-million dollars per year. the first delivery of russia's natural gas to south korea may be made in 2017... with the amount expected to be around 10 billion cubic meters a year. gazprom currently ships up to 1-point-5 million tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the south, which is the world's second largest lng buyer following japan. hwang sung-hee, the heads of south korea's seven largest religious orders plan to visit the north korean capital, pyeongyang next week. according to sources in

for strategic and international studies, john hamre, also said at a forum in seoul... that the kim jong-il regime is an utter failure that is only capable of threatening its neighbors, and that history will eventually show that the regime is a complete fiasco. on the north's military provocations, he said the south and the us are prepared to respond and win when necessary through a group of international tourists, investors and media arrived at the inter- korean mount geumgang tourism park on wednesday, for a trial tour of the mountain resort sponsored by the north korean government. choi you-sun has the details. a group of tourists, investors and foreign media who departed north korea's northeastern port of rajin on tuesday for a demonstration tour of the mount geumgang resort reportedly arrived at the tourism district on wednesday. the north's state- run korean central news agency said the group of some 1- hundred-30 from the us, russia, china, japan and european countries, traveling for five days on invitation from pyeongyang, was greeted by the north korean tour operator. the news agen

however, last month, russia announced that north korean leader kim jong-il had expressed his will to unconditionally re- engage with the five other parties during a summit with russian president dmitry medvedev. but the us says that pyeongyang's readiness to declare a moratorium on its missiles and nuclear weapons program is insufficient adding that washington is not interested in talks for talks sake. lee ji-yoon, arirang news. 61 years ago on this day, us general douglass macarthur led american and south korean troops in the incheon landing, the battle that helped drive the north koreans out of the south and turned the tide of the korean war. our kim han-ul reports from a commemoration ceremony onboard the r-o-k-s dokdo. on september 15, 1950, an amphibious attack led by us general macarthur at the port city of incheon during the korean war... rescued the south korean and un forces deperately defending the pusan perimeter from the north korean troops who pushed down all the way south. the rok-us joint operation led to recapturing the capital city of seoul two weeks later. 61 years

observers speculate that the group could have a chance to meet with north korean leader kim jong-il. north korea's top nuclear negotiator ri yong-ho has reiterated pyeongyang's willingness... to unconditionally return to the six-party nuclear roundtable. in beijing,... just two days ahead of the second inter-korean denuclearization talks in two months,... the north korean vice foreign minister indicated that... attaching a precondition to dialogue would hurt and damage mutual trust and faith. however, seoul has announced that it will demand a set of pre- engagement actions from pyeongyang this week,... including a suspension of the north's uranium enrichment program and allowing international inspectors back into its nuclear facilities. meanwhile,... ri revealed that the north has recently suggested to washington a followup meeting to the one held in new york in july. moving on,... president lee myung- bak announced that the government has decided to foster the stem cell industry as a core new growth engine. this,... by investing around 90 million us dollars... in stem cell- related

they are kim jong-ils of the sky. you two gross me out. you are too fat. pull up your pants. >> don't you travel? >> just agree with me. guards remove him. >> they are up in the sky trying to do a job. they were confronted with a number of complaints. >> do we know that for sure? >> i am taking this from the same report i get everything from which is bill. he was telling me this 10 minutes ago. pab, this has staggering implications. probably not though, but it has he's bens in it -- lesbians in it. do you think it will hurt southwest or is it about nothing? >> what should hurt them is the whole mystery about the writing on the bottom of the plane. i think they have bigger fish to fry, but it is inappropriate and they should do what most members of the mile high club do, use the restroom. >> they found the arabic symbols what they meant. it was lesbians rule. >> mystery solved. >>> okay, i still believe -- my heart tells me this is exaggerated. >> this is so dangerous for me. >> because you fly on southwest. >> well, i am just saying you can get in trouble

. >> i was saying ahmadinejad, kim jong-il, chavez, silly. they are all silly. it makes me think, now i'm a conspiracy theorist, and maybe they all went to clown college together and they dreamed up this whole world domination thing. clowns are angry and they have a lot of free time to plan. >> tim, welcome to the program. sorry you have to sit next to tom. here is the thing. al-qaeda has a magazine. >> i heard some people on the bus talking about how they go to the xerox machine and they staple it together. they are artists al-qaeda. >> what do you make of this rift between them? >> it reminds me of the 2009 bengals. ochocinco was working his mouth and they started falling apart. they have to work together if they want to win. >> i know he is a first timer using a sports metaphor assuming i would understand it. i don't know what the bengals are. >> he says ochocinco and he thinks are you bilingual. >> and that band, what, the bengals? "walk like an egyptian." >> isn't it funny that even terrorists don't like truthers? >> and what are they going to do now? how a

no, it is kim jong-il. >> eric: the north koreans don't like mr. bolton. >> jamie: great to hear from him and we'll see you at the u.n. this week, and pakistani security forces are reportedly battling taliban fighters, trying to retrieve debris from a possible u.s. drone crash. pakistani officials do say they learned of the crash near the afghan border by intercepting taliban radio communications but it is unclear what might have caused the aircraft to go down and the u.s. rarely comments on the drone program. >> eric: a soldier out of fort drum, new york, spent two days on the run is in custody, on thursday, russell markham led officers on a car shays and the private's parents bailed him out of jail after being accused of stealing a tv from a storage unit and he assaulted a soldier and took off in his parents' suv. after a three-county chase he got out and ran to woods and officers went around warning neighbors afraid he may be armed and dangerous but he finally gave up. >> jamie: to politics, president obama is zeroing in on the rich. part of his

the challenges on the peninsula, the challenges brought by kim jong il and his leadership to destabilize that part and obviously i worked hard to be heavily -- as heavily engaged as i could with china. my counterpart came here a few months ago. i returned that visit -- his visit was the first one since 2004. we haven't had a connection with iran since 1979. even in the darkest days of our -- of the cold war we had lengths to the soviet evenon -- links to the soviet union. we don't understand iran. if something happens, it's virtually assured we won't get it right, that there will be miscalculations which would be extremely dangerous in that part of the world. and i think the pacific and asia, stability there as the -- as one of the economic engines for the world for the foreseeable future is something we all need to spend a lot of time on. so that i guess between what jessica said and certainly just the brief comments i've made about focus, it's been an enormously -- i think both important but also humbling experience to serve in this capacity, to represent 2.2 million men and women who

the challenges on the peninsula, the challenges brought by kim jong-il and his leadership to destabilize that part and, obviously, i've worked hard and as heavily engaged as i could with china. my counterpart came two months ago. i returned -- his visit was the first one since 2004. we haven't had a connection with iran since 1979. even in the darkest days of the cold war we had links to the soviet union. we are not talking to iran, so we don't understand each other. if something happens virtually -- it's virtually assured that we won't get it right. that there will be miscalculations which would be extremely dangerous in that part of the world. so -- and i think the pacific and asia, stability there as the -- as one of the economic engines for the world for the foreseeable future is something we all need to spend a lot of time on. so that -- i guess between what jessica said and certainly just the brief comments i've made about focus, it's been an enormously, i think, both important but also humbling experience to serve in this capacity to represent 2.2 men and women who are the best i'

under kim jong-il regime, citizens face killings and detention for basic political expression, seemingly organized market activities, unauthorized travel. north korea seems to vie violate the regime's rules themselves bass they can be penalized for the actions not of themselves but of the actions of their families, which are certainly unjust. according to some observers the conditions are worsening, due to the presentation for lee myung-bak to take over. there was a human rights act in improving the flow of information to north korea. currently this amounts to $2 million annually for human rights and democracy, 2 million for freedom of information programs, and 20 million to assist north korean refugees. i am interested in hearing from the panelists, if you have expertise in that area, about the views on how proposed cuts to our international affairs budget would impact on our ability to adequately continue to fund these programs that have been successful in getting information to date. although it's not in the realm of your testimony necessarily, i was very disturbed at the behavior of