kim jong-un. kim jong-un is two years younger, about 20 a.m. and also educated in switching come same private school, and for those of you who saw the pictures last fall at his coming out party, he looks a lot like his grandpa. kim jong-un looks a lot like kim il-sung. he's got the chubby cheeks, unocal was the same outfits. he is the guy. .com why is this concern? like to address this for you. in north korea there is no such thing as a hierarchical organization of government. it's more like a guy in the middle of a circle and all other institutions feed into them. it's been that way since 1948, since kim ong still officially took over. he set up a government that way for his own kim jong-il. get 20 years ago from 1974 until 94. that's when the whole process started. you cannot run that country unless you control the party, the military, the secure services and that a thinking entity known as the kim family inner circle. kim jong-il control all of them. it all started in 1974. i 1992, actually, he was a five star general in the army even though

north korea is aiming to ensure a smooth transfer of power from current leader kim jong-il to his soon kim jong-unbuilding on its relationship with china to so it can revamp its own economy >>> u.s. vice president joe biden is now in china on his first leg of the asian tour. one objective of the trip is to build a relationship with the likely successor president hu jintao. biden is expected to hold wide ranging talks with vice president xi jinping during his six-day visit. many believe xi jinping will take over from president hu in 2012. the two will meet for discussions and dinner. they will also visit sichuan province devastated by a major earthquake in 2008. white house national security adviser and asian affairs, daniel russell, says one of biden's main goals is to strengthen ties with xi and says this is an investment in future u.s./china relations. the discussions are expected to touch on the global economy. north korea's nuclear program, and taiwan's request to buy american f-16 fighter jets. biden will try to allay concerns over the downgrade of the u.s. credit rating. china is the largest

the pledge was made by the country's reclusive leader kim jong un a rare trip to russia. and and unmanned russian space ship is missing after crashing over siberia the progress vessel was carrying supplies to the international space station when it plummeted it back to earth shortly after launch from a colleague and he said now i will be here in just a bit with a full picture news of thirty minutes from now but next to central asia where we explore how the former soviet republic of tajikistan is faring twenty years after the fall of the u.s.s.r. . tenchi just on a former soviet republic became independent in nine hundred ninety one. that were an independent state is important but it's only good as long as it's backed by economic performance. unemployment is the greatest issue in this independent central asian country meaning one and a half million migrant workers flock to russia from tragic a stand alone they have left their country to feed their families. after the breakup of the soviet union we had a very hard trying but then we somehow learned to take things in stride.

agency after the loss of another un mission but scientists now rushing to resupply the international space station and to prevent a disaster. north korean leader kim jongil rolls through top of russia by train for a meeting with president medvedev sitting up here beyond whilst of assumption of international talks that will bring a peace to the peninsula. and.

told the un that all military operations in his country have ceased but continuing reports of brutality and killings would seem to contradict that. >> north korea pose the reclusive leader, kim jong il, is making his first trip to russia. the leaders are likely to discuss the resumption of international talks over the nuclear program. for more on this visit by the north korean leader, i am joined by our correspondent. tell me what does north korean leader kim jong il hope to gain by this trip to russia? >> it is hard to say what he is hoping to gain because as you said, this is one of the most reckless of leaders in the world. it is hard to understand what he is up to. this is a chance for international -- to assess and see where his interests lie and what he might say, if he is going to say anything. the kremlin is not confirming the meeting between medvedev and kim jong il is happening today in the city killed -- but the two men are in the same city in eastern siberia today. and everybody will be surprised if they fail to meet. there will meet in the coming hours because it is noon in siberia. >> there are talks that there could be a negotiation over north korea. could this be