south korea -- let's say north korea implodes. and south korea sees let's say the president and the country is falling apart they are falling in anarchy. the south korea president calls in the chinese ambassador and says it's time. the window is open. it's time for us to unite with our brother and sisters, what will it take to keep you guys out of the war? and the chinese ambassador i can almost for sure tell you this will pull out a preprepared list of things and read it to the president of south korea. key of which we have the following investments in north korea. you will honor those investments when you move into north korea and we will leave you alone. because china has -- they have quadrupled their investments in north korea over the past three years. so do they have some influence? yes, sir, they do. they play a role. unfortunately, for the chinese, the north koreans, like koreans have for the past 4,000 years, continue to do pretty much exactly what they want. >> since the signing of the agreement in 1954, there has been a

if north korea has said they have it then but they also have every type of missile that north korea has developed for go extended range and others and they also have won the mentioned earlier. that is five. every time the north koreans to live missile firing they bring in iranian engineers and vips and have been receiving for money or oil all of the technology the north koreans have been using. interesting stuff. north korea proliferates ballistic missiles to south asia and africa. why would north korea be so successful? because there are so many countries to want to weapons of traditional western countries will not sell to them the have to give them from robe states central african republic lot of blanche of tea 54 tanks two years ago and they were caught taking shipment by the south african navy. why would they want to do that? three years after the war? all-white are they still manufacturing the tanks? because that is what the russians did and they want us to hold the tanks because they know people will still buy them. it is a buyer's market in seller's market and is working out well

korea has urged south korea to return nine people who crossed a maritime border in the yellow sea on two small boats last week. a south korean patrol boat spotted the boats near the south korean eye lan of yeonpyeong last saturday. the north korean red cross thursday sent a written message and demanded the south immediately send the group back. the south's government said the group is from south huayhei province in north korea. all nine reportedly asked for political asylum. south korea says it will not send them back unless they change their minds about defecting. >>> in february, a fishing boat carrying 31 north koreans drifted into south korean territory. the south refused to allow the return of four people who it said had claimed asylum. >>> the pictures next to me show what china looked like 20 years ago. the bicycle was the main mode of transportation. today china is the world's biggest auto market. the country's inland cities are rapidly industrializing and increasing numbers of people are driving cars. the trend is causing big problems like traffic jams and air pollution. in

and it may be under that system, north korea is denuclearized. >> host: human-rights. we dictate that we should not be all that concerned with what goes on internally within a country that we should only be concerned with their external behavior, and that brought in to american foreign policy for quite awhile. but over the last two decades i would say the united states has concerned itself with what goes on inside china. there's a lot of talk now and worry that the chinese are now retrenching and that there's been an escalation on the detention of dissidents, of those that are out there are doing very publicly for the democratization, liberalization, journalist detained religious minorities, catholics and so on. what do you say to the chinese when you talk to them about their human rights record? >> guest: let me say a word about the public which is a term i never used. it's a term of my critics use if they want to the will to say, and this is not an american concept even though i live in germany as a child as part of a persecuted minority. so that in the the jewish sc

now, could we strengthen our relations with korea, india, and japan? it is absolutely essential that america remain an asian power, and that america main tapes its relationship -- maintains its relationship in the asian world. we can want do it the -- cannot do it the same way it was done in europe because in europe there was an existential threat so that the relationship with europe took on a heavily military character in the relationships between japan, korea, united states, india, the economic and the social factors play a huge role. the consequence is very similar namely to show that america is committed to the up dependence of key countries, but i wouldn't object on some of these projects the chinese participated so long as they are not the power of asia. >> host: talk, if you would, about china's role in nuclear proliferation. there's talk they are participating with rogue powers like north korea and pakistan to share technology with syria and perhaps venezuela. what can we do to rain china in on the proliferation area? >> guest: well, on all iss

if north korea.ecause on the one hand it's not in the chinese interest for north korea to have nuclear weapons. on the other hand, the chinese believe that it's also not in their national interest to have north korea collapse and then face the prospect of a large country on its border which may even inherent the north korean nuclear capability. so i think china has been going back and forth and hasn't really made a decisive move. i think they would be delighted if these weapons would go away, but they don't want to do what is required to make them go away. so, they bear responsibility for the consequences. now, they themselves have not been effective in the field of proliferation because it would hurt them more. but north korea has, because north korea has -- it's about the most repressive country in the world. and sooner or later the other countries have to face the issue of what happens when a rogue nuclear country continues to operate? and that's an issue before us because it's an issue also even

. >>> south korea's president says china has warned north korea not to provoke south korea again, otherwise, the south could retaliate. lee myung bak made the remark at a meeting of the parliamentary defense committee on thursday. he said china had informed nth korea that south korea will not hesitate to strike back if the north carries out another military provocation following the artillery attack on yeonpyeong island back in november. he said china told north korea that it will no longer take sides with north if north korea takes any further provocations. lee did not say how china informed north korea about its decision nor how he obtained the information. there is a growing view that the shelling of the yeonpyeong island and the sinking of a south korean naval vessel in march 2010 were initiated by north korean leader kim jong-il's heir-apparent and son kim jong-un. the south korean government is concerned that kim jong-un may ig interior china's warning and launch a new offensive to gear up for the succession of power. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton says the philippines can cou

forces in korea. this hearing of the senate armed services committee is two half hours. >> good morning everybody. mccreary here to consider the three military nominations for command of some of the most critical and challenging conditions facing the nation that. our witnesses this morning are what is truly a joint payoff general james thurmond, u.s. army nominated to be commander united nations command, combined forces command and u.s. forces korea, vice admiral william mcgreevey u.s. navy for appointment to the greed of that model and nominated to be commander u.s. special operations commander and lieutenant general john allen, u.s. marine corps of for appointment to be commander of the nato international security assistance force and u.s. forces afghanistan. thank you for your years of great service to this nation and your willingness to serve once again. let me also extend thanks to your families. support is so essential to yours and the nation's success as is the tradition of the kennedy i would

got around that by being from north korea.ughter) which proves, i believe, that it is not government propaganda. because who puts out a fake happiness index and makes themselves second? (laughter) that would be kind of sad. but, nation, we are poised to take north korea down a peg as we have thwart it had would be happiness of north korea's leader and nursing home lunch lady kim jong-il. jim? >> italian authorities have busted up-- get this-- a north korean smuggling plot. according to reuters, investigators intercepted a shipment of high-quality tap-dancing footwear at the milan airport. >> stephen: that's right! we haven't stopped them from acquiring nuclear centrifuges but we have cut off their access to tap dance technology. (laughter) kim jong-il may rule his people with an iron fist, but now he'll never be able to crush them with a jazz hand. (laughter) folks... (applause). this is a huge victory for the west. we've all seen the terrifying footage of north korea's military parades. what makes this bust all the sweeter is

per capita income in south korea today is more than $20,000 annually. in communist north korea, just over $1,000 annually. a free and open economy made the difference. today, again, america needs to lead the way, starting with the president. the u.s.-south korea free trade agreement will eliminate or reduce more than 85% of the tariffs between the united states and korea, including the eventual elimination of a 40% korean tariffs on american beef. that is one project that we have been working on in my state. it could mean a $100 million investment in our economy and 500 new jobs. in north dakota, that is a big deal. but these free trade agreements are an even greater deal for america. the south korean free-trade agreement alone will increase our nation's exports to that country by more than $10 billion and create two hundred 80,000 american jobs. for every 4% increase in american exports, we can create 1 million new american jobs. the reality is that nearly 80% of the world purchasing power lies outside the united states. if we do not have those markets

sanctions against north korea. nhk world has the details. >> reporter: ambassadors and other diplomats from more than 50 countries attended a meeting. most of them are from developing nations. japan's u.n. ambassador expressed the japanese government's intention to support those developing countries. >> translator: in fact, many deloping countries are not fully implementing the u.n. sanctions. i think developed countries should help them with technical assistance. >> reporter: it all began last month when the united nations came up with their report. many examples of loop holes in the sanctions were listed. the report refers to the suspicion that components for missiles are smuggled between north korea and iran through a neighboring third country using their state owned airlines. it also mentions the airport by north korea to buy through a neighboring third country luxury goods cars and yachts which are banned under the sanctions. the phrase "a neighboring third country" is repeatedly used in the report. it was ini

interceptors against a potential attack from some dangerous state that usually named iran or north korea also saying why do you need interceptors for weapons that those rogue states don't have what we do so it's against russia the russians view america's missile defense plan as an attempt to punish that very precious parity principle that was said in the start treaty and now the federation of american scientists come up with a report that looks seem to russia's concerns and i'm joined by use a lot from that very thread of aeration thank you very much for joining me dr but thank you very much for that so from what i understand russians are not against us they are against the more advanced and the more people wise could you expand on that. we started to study a couple of months ago to look into the technical side of what might be behind russia's concerns so there's an art in the west has been russia is ideologically opposed to middle missile defense so that they're more concerned with the bases in poland and romania but we want to see if there's something besides that perhaps poland and ro

mosco that he could battle with the place both inside korea while league leaders t.-a scale moscow welcomes second place and g. new signing though but few jack well be playing in tonight's game although he will be there to watch the other twenty four year old midfielder signed from p.s.v. eindhoven yesterday on a four year deal although he won't start training with angie until july. so ts go with a chance to put it bit of daylight between themselves and angie at the top of the table this evening and to whet the appetite ahead of tonight's action let's have a quick look back at all the goals that flew in last friday including ts guards drubbing of terror equities goals going all. live . live live live live . live. live live live. live . cracking goals then russia football captain on that i shot in admits the team has not been playing well but insists they still have a great chance of qualifying for next summer's european championships the arsenal midfielder was speaking at a charity event in siberia following russia's recent goalless draw with cameroon in a friendly.

that the missile is incoming on and they know the exact timing so of course in the case of north korea or iran that will not be the case furthermore most seriously perhaps the most of the system is based on ships now these ships have never been tested in rough weather in fact when. the u.s. a one ninety three satellite was being intercepted a few years back it was called off for a couple of days because the weather was too rough for the for the cruisers so this is a known weakness in the system. but you know from the planners side they have to see perhaps there will be some technological surprise in the future maybe they'll be many more interceptors maybe they'll be a different administration so from the military planners in china and russia they have to pretend or plan for the worst pretend like the system works where is it can be easily overcome and has never been realistically. russians have been quite persistent in forgiveness and in saying ok if it's not against us let's do it together let's build a defense shield together in europe but response that. the response that they get is

that is behind us korea our decision is very, very narrow, and i take that commitment very seriously to review what is before us in a very narrow manner, and i understand there is a bit of a debate here, but my understanding is that the language according to ceqa is whether the project will cause a substantial permanent increase in the ambient noise in the vicinity of the project. and as much as i share an understanding neighbor concerns, and i do not know if everyone has a copy of this, i have extra copies, but there was a test that was conducted when the property was close to capacity, and all of the doors were open, so not just what was required according to the planning commission, but all fire doors were opened. i do not feel i am in the position to overturn the planning department and inspectors who have been out two times now that a determined the sustained permanent noise. in addition, we have to keep in mind that the patio is one to close at 10:00 p.m.. the owners are going to install a noise dampening awning. and last weekend's test, again, with all of the doors open at cap

representing team korea, kim dong-yun. >> we are so proud to be representing the republic of korea here in the america's cup. thank you. >> thank you and good luck in your first participation. next, we have sweden's artemus racing. you have had some testing times. what is your overall impression of how this will function in the america's cup? >> having spent the majority of my life going at 9 knots, the 45's are a different beast. they are demanding on sailors and short cruise, and everybody involved gets a full whipping from the start to the end of the day. i take my hat off to the organizers were giving us this opportunity. i think we will see something quite spectacular through just the awesome power that these boats create. /( is, depending on how you look at it, these are the small versions. when they get into the 72's, that will be magnified by 100%. -ç you, a team that had an inventor on the water. oracle racing. i am glad you survived. that was you, right? >> yes. [laughter] >> no one injured? >> a few bruises, but no one injured. >> what happened in that moment? >> well, we ca

north korea has been increasingly confrontational toward south korea. it recently cut off military communications and says it will no longer deal with the administration of lee myung bak. they've disclosed information about secret negotiations for an inter-korean summit. wie said that south korea is now trying to determine what's behind the growing hostility. >>> we're joined with the latest in business news. midweek we heard from the u.s. central bank and yesterday we heard from the european central bank. so the focus is on interest rates. >> that's right, catherine. and the ecb didn't raise interest rates yet for this month, but many are expecting them to do so next month. the european central bank announced that it willeep its key interest rate unchanged as the credit crisis continues in greece. at its policy board meeting in frankfurt on thursday, the central bank made the decision to keep the rate at 1.25%. in europe, the credit crisis continues in greece as it struggles to rebuild its economy. the central bank kept the interest rate unchanged at a

-korea trade agreement will support more than 70,000 american jobs.id that colombia represents $1.1 billion in new export opportunities for the united states. regarding panama, he stated the panama agreement will provide access to one of the fastest-growing markets in south america. in speaking on all three pending trade agreements, only two weeks ago, ambassador kirk said that the pending agreements with south korea, panama, and colombia are at the forefront of our efforts to open new markets. secretary of commerce gary locke in april emphasized the need to pass the u.s. trade promotion agreement through congress as soon as possible. he also said that the administration feels similar urgency to get the pending panama and colombia trade deals done. he noted that all three pending trade agreements will move us even closer to president obama's national export initiative goal of doubling american exports by 2015. secretary of agriculture tom vilsack has spoken on behalf of the administration in favor of our pending trade agreements with colombia, panama

jingoist i am certainly not but north korea such an crazy government and you don't have to be a neo con to see that so it should come as some surprise or. maybe not that the us taxpayer funded united nations has named north korea to chair a conference on any the drumroll here really disarmament that's right him dunghill a rabid chihuahua of a man with a penchant for looking at things leads the same north korea that often threatens to start world war three and has twice tested nuclear weapons not that the united states government has ever done that except for hiroshima and oh yeah and i was socking away but those were tests that we've conducted thousands of tests. so you think i'm not working for the u.s. government so i'm in a position to criticize that same north korea that fantasizes about conquering japan and defeating the evil capitalists if only we had a few more of those here so why are we funding the united nations to the tune of twenty five percent of their budget again and be nice if the productive members of western society were actually getting pissed off enough to get of

we have people that are particularly connected to north korea. but that the transition in south korea. great success has been made there, a different approach. dallas in just the reagan gave a seat in a good blueprint about how to influence events in such a country they you're worried about. >>-with fox news. when you talk about gadhafi must go, it is easy to say, he has proven to be much more difficult. how would you deal with this with the more specificity of how you would get him to go. and boots on the ground, special operations forces, more of the same? the nisei and hard to do if he decides he doesn't want to go. >> be consistent and clear about your expectations. egypt we have an 82-year-old that if it is a revolution or heart attack or something, was not long for that position. what was the plan between a 30 + year decatur and chaos. there wasn't one. he thought it was this kid. that wasn't going to work either. as it unfolds in a number of the moment towards the end, we have me,ident biden -- excuse vice president biden say mubark ak was

south korea made that clear. so whave examples in history of countriesho have understood that they don't need it for the security. and it's not in their interest to pursue it. >> is that the decision that qaz avi made. >> the decision was that he was not better off. >> did he make that decision because he feared the invasion of what happened in iraq for some otr reason. >> because of the sanctions. >> the sanctions more than what is looking at what happened in iraq in terms of his incentive. >> obviously this is the judgement call. i do think that the sanctions had an enormous impact, they were long indications from the libyans during the period of the sanctions that they saw their economic future severely hampered by the fact that they couldn't attract investment. they couldn't deal with the international community. ultimately it's hard to unpack all these things but i do think that the economic pressure was the important factor. >> did he say it one way or the other. >> i don't think we had a lot of conversatio

some in korea. some have their loved ones in korea but all of them say that their worst thoughts about what happened was actually proven by this book. why we got involved. did we know what we were doing? was it successful? so i feel secure enough at 80 years old to take a look into what happened over 60 years old and to see where this actually takes me. i know one thing, that in june of 1950, i was 20 years old, i was in the second infantry division and i was told that we were going to stop the communist invasion of south korea. i don't know whether i've said this publicly but i had no clue where the hell korea was or what the invasion they were talking about. and even when i came back home, one of the most tragic things was, one, i never was missed. and, two, i couldn't properly explain where i was. now i can see out of the ashes of a broken down community that had been crushed to the ground that out of all of this it's coming one of the greatest democracies and economic powers in that region and a

korea by the statement the president public of korea made that if there's other provocation will be the response and measure from south korea or allies, but also because we are watching a pattern of aggressive behavior by the people's republic of china in the region generally that is quite different than we have seen for a while really staking claims to territory in the kind of sovereignty, extended sovereignty we haven't seen in quite this way. i wonder going and whether he would give your reflections on the state of mind of the leadership of the two countries that most worries me. very different obviously. one is north korea and the people's republic of china which we have an ongoing comprehensive relation to we try very hard to manage in a constructive way. the north koreans and no different place. >> i've had the same concerns going into. i believe kim jong il is an unpredictable leader and antagonize through the coercive diplomacy to protect his nuclear capability and there is a vitre rating economy is a food shortage, so i think he will continue the cycle of provocation and it

korea in the one nine hundred fifty s. in the one nine hundred sixty s. they started our policies protecting their economy and boom their economy grew the same thing in japan in the one nine hundred sixty s. i mean germany is doing right now china is doing right now india is doing right now he still is trying to right now we have helped south korea grow absolutely that's your evident absolutely. chang is that is the he wrote bad samaritans i strongly recommend you read to jamie's oxford and i'm going to hear there's plenty of economists believe that. these are protectionist policies that help us get into the great depression right god us nonsense trade is only three percent of our you know if you're upside and they're not going to tell us we are talking about somalia that have two years after the great depression people are the problem and what's happening in our politics and i hear happening on this panel is we have been so reduced to it's the labor unions for as the straw man or you know the bad guy is actually the e.p.a

and korea work ongoing a trade agreement to increase business between the two nations. >> we have officesn paris, tokyo, hong kong. patients everywhere getting benefits. although it started here it's important to see global spread of technology that brings so much to people's lives. >> korea, a tech powerhouse is looking to silicon valley for more business, more products. and in the case of this company, more surgery. >> one of the key responsibilities of the government is make this cutting edge high-quality services and goods available to those patients who need this equipment. >> it's a complex machine taking center stage in the push for a simple goal. >> korea-u.s. free trade agreement is all about jobs, jobs, jobs. >> scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> gas prices are going down. unusual. the national average for a gallon of regular fell $0.11, thanks in part to a release of crude oil from the strategic energy reserve. the average price is higher in the bay area, on average $3.93 a gallon compared to $4.18 a month ago. in oakland $3.82, in san jose the average is $3.84. if crude oil

defense minuter is kim gwan jin told parliament monday that north korea has almost finished the site for the long range missiles in the northwestern area. the minister said it's larger than others in the country and is equipped with high-tech devices. he also said last week north korea launched a short range missile into the yellow sea from another base. he said it was to test its performance and was successful. the north has been strengthening economic ties with china but it has been refusing dialogue with the south and ignoring their calls to apologize for sinking a south korean naval vessel and for the artillery attack yeonpyeong island. south korea is on high alert as the north is improving its missile performance and deploying more patrol ships in the yellow sea. >>> vietnam held a military drill in apparent move to drills. its navy conducted a live ammunition drill 40 kilometers off of the province. it was held in the morning and at night and lasted nine hours. the ministry did not disclose the number of ships involved in the exercise. vietnam announced over a period of about t

forces in korea. this hearing of the senate armed services committee is two and a half hours. >> good morning of devotee. the committee meets to discuss the three military nominations n for command of some of the most critical and challenging missions facing our nation.ging our witnesses this morning ontnm what is truly a joint panel are general james thurmond, u.s. army nominated to be commander united nations command combined forces command and u.s. forces korea, vice admiral william mcraven, a u.s. navy for the the great of had a model and nominated to be thee commander u.s. special operations command andcommand lieutenant-general john allen, u.s. marine corps for the c appointment to the greater general nominee to the commander of the nato international istance force and an u.s. forces afghanistan.. thank you all for your years ofu great service to this nation ant your willingness to serve once again.amilies. in what may extend thanks to youro family.andth as the tradition of the committee i will

russia on monday night but a mere pets i died when the ross airplane crash landed in the republic of korea as it approached his hometown airport of patches of gods the thirty eight year old who'd been a referee for fee for since last year and had officiated in one hundred russian premier league games was due to referee the spot at moscow versus ross stuff game at the luzhniki stadium on sunday he leaves a wife and two children and president of the russian football union set to go first think of describe the death as a great tragedy adding the r.f.u. would do all it could to help mr pastimes family. there's been an emotional comeback to wimbledon for serena williams as the women's defending champion burst

korea and panama.sident can no longer hold these agreements back. currently, he is holding them up in order to negotiate the trade adjustment assistance program. taa can be had -- addressed separately, as it generally has been in the past since 1974. for the good of our economy and our country, he needs to send these free trade agreements to the u.s. senate for approval now, so that u.s. workers and businesses can begin your realize their benefits. -- begin to realize their benefits. i was traveling with a group of senators to meet with prominent korean business leaders about the u.s.-south korea free trade agreement. of correa said they are waiting for america to lead the way. two nations around the world america has always been a beacon of liberty -- to nations around the world, america has always been a beacon of liberty and opportunity. they expressed their deep appreciation to the u.s., and especially to our military and veterans. they are keenly aware that the u.s. military has sacrificed so much

we're just going to stay the way and we just i said we're just not going to defend south korea will save a lot of money and then what happened in north koreans invaded we wanted defending south korea defense spending went through the roof if we had maintained an adequate defense a vague to begin with maybe the north koreans were never attacked never we were never had to waste a kind of money so this notion that somehow which is kind of what larry seventy four is let's just let's have just enough defense and what we think will get the job done that's great if you have enemies that are always going to cooperate this is like this is like people that say i want insurance i want health insurance but i only want health insurance for the diseases that i'm going to get there's a lot of big enemy that's going to attack us right now meaning libya didn't attack us on our soil and we're involved in that you know that's what people asked me on september tenth to who's the enemy that's going to tackle this do you think that it's worth putting our our nation in physical danger because it absolutel

the day with a six shot lead and saved our here at the third hole before hitting four birdies south korea's former p.g.a. champion yank the second and one of his shots of the day was this approach on the sixteenth. just