u south korea, china, japan and russia. as some might have forgotten, the korean war is over. it's home to one of the world's most militaristic states. in fact, although the north korean regime is willing to starve its own citizens, it maintains the world's lashlgest army. thousands of artillery systems, tanks aircraft and surface combatants. more than 70% of north korea's combat power is positioned within 90 miles of the demilitarized zone. this puts our citizens of soul, if world's forth largest city easily within the eh raddic jam's racial relation. last month, the regime would stop uranium enrichment and missile testing and allow international inspectors to return to the nuclear facility in exchange for traditional aid. but two weeks ago, north korea said they would launch in april. a clear administration. this is typical behavior shown by their regime. a cycleover provocations and reconciliations designed to get what they want without giving up their new collar weapons program. it's becoming clear that the same aggress

such attacks are ideal for north korea, providing the regime a means to attack the republic of korea and u.s. interests without atribution. and have been increasingly employed against a variety of targets, including military, government and commercial institutions. so i was wondering, what are we doing to help counter this threat? >> congresswoman, first off, that is correct. what you just read. and it's an area that i have placed greater emphasis on to make sure, first off, our networks are properly protected. and i would be more than happy in a closed session to go into the detail capabilities of what the threat is that we see in a closed forum. >> okay. i especially am concerned to hear they have already deployed this against our military. so i'd like to know more about what actually happened there. all right. so let me move to the weapons of mass destruction question saying that you list that as a significant concern and that you assess the capability to manufacture, transport and deliver a variety of persistent and nonpersistent chemicals to include nerve, choking and blister ag

chairman, gentlemen, back to some of the operational issues in south korea. probably for general thurman, but can you talk a little bit about the tour normalization, the decision to delay or to stop the tour normalization, a little about the cost estimates that you see, that you foresee and what that might mean in the future for normalization? >> congressman, first off, i was asked to go take a good review of the current policy of tour normalization. we are authorized 4,645 families and that was a cap put on the last national defense authorization act. what i determined when i got over there given the cost of bringing additional families that would be additional requirements and additional costs. i do not think under the current environment that that is feasible, so i am okay with leaving 4,645 families. when we built camp humphries which is part of the young sung relocation plan, that plan was based on the authorized families so i see staying at that right now is is what i would tell you. the biggest issue i have is the cost of turnover of personnel, primari

and north korea.herefore, president obama and i both agree that north korea must immediately repeal its decision and abide by its international obligations. president obama and i agreed that we will continue to enhance and strengthen our combined defense capabilities, and at the same time, firmly respond to any threats or provocations from the north. if north korea gave up its pursuit of nuclear weapons and missile development and, instead, chooses a path towards peace and cooperation, our two countries will work together along with the international community to help improve the lives of the people in north korea and provide necessary assistance that will help north korea open up a new era. and we reaffirm the value and importance of our enduring alliance and discuss the future vision of our partnership. following the adoption of the future vision of the alliance, which was adopted in june 2009, our alliance is evolving into a truly global partnership where we are working shoulder to shoulder to reso

ally, south korea. the president speak live right here on cnn just minutes ago, he underscored the u.s. stand shoulder to shoulder with seoul against any aggression by north korea. this hour he's attending a dinner with south korean president lee myung-bak. mr. obama also made his first ever visit to the heavily fortified demilitarized zone that divides the korean peninsula meeting with u.s. troops there. another big focus of his trip, an international nuclear summit. paula hancocks joins us from the capital of seoul. paula, what were some of the highlights from the remarks that president obama made as well as the south korean president? >> reporter: well, rang di, what we saw and what we were actually expecting was the fact they both stood next to each other and said there was a consensus between them that north korea was in direct violation of u.n. security council resolutions of promises that it had already made to the united states just a few weeks ago that it wouldn't carry out nuclear tests or mis

after korea, we didn't see that. i had a patient who was in an iron lung and also had a 3-year-old boy who was a child of within of the men who had polio. and that's something that you just don't see anymore. >> that's true. ms. taylor. >> i remember that there were a lot of times that we went into the korean hospitals where we found the facilities there were very lacking. and we shared a lot of our supplies with them. and i noticed that they didn't have dietary facilities, that if a korean patient came in, he had to have a member of the family there with him to supply them with their meals and take care of them because they did not have any nurses in this particular hospital. but one incidence that i do remember that was quite funny, i went on a tour, and it wasn't a real large place, and at that time which was many years ago, my hair was quite red. and we were walking along the street sight seeing. the next they thinking he know, was a whole group of people following along in back of me. and i asked our guide what

a global korea.t here he for the g-20, a success under the president's leadership, now, we're back along with more than 50 world leaders for the second nuclear security summit. and in fact, just today, we saw another important step forward. we learned that ukraine completed the removal of highly uranium from its territory and the awe crane from the last security summit in washington and i believe it's the preview of the kind of progress over the next two days in confronting one of the most urgent challenges of global security, securing the world's nuclear weapons and preventing nuclear terrorism. and my visit to korea reflects the enduring alliance and my last visit as we marked both the 60th anniversary of the korean war and veterans day and today i traveled as president lee mentioned to the dmz, to thank men and women in uniform, american and korean who serve shoulder to shoulder and they're the reason that we can stand here free today and prosperous here today. and we salute them all. my visit to

and south korea against provoking north korea and worsening tensions on the peninsula. south korea's government also said russian president dmitry medvedev called the launch a clear violation of the security council resolution. seoul says bilateral talks with the u.s., china, and russia as useful for increasing pressure on pyongyang. attention is focused on how north korea will react. this is anna jeong from seoul. >> but calling off the launch does not seem to be an option for north korean leaders, at least for now. government officials in seoul say workers are making final preparations at the launch site. the south koreans are tracking activity in tongchang-ri in northwestern korea. they say workers finished a launchpad last year, about three times the size of the one in musudan-ri. they used that for previous ballistic missile tests. the south korean officials say they have analyzed photos from the u.s. surveillance satellite saying workers used a train to bring in an object that appears to be the main body of the missile. the frame of the new launch pad measures 50

expert on north korea.north koreans agreed to a moratorium on testing of a long range missiles, i think he'll put that in context, the difficult history we've had with north korea and talk about what the transition from kim jong-il to kimyong-un might mean. iran is in the news if a couple of ways. today their parliamentary elections are taking place in iran. been a lot of speculation in the media about whether iran is reaching that point with these deciding to go ahead and conduct a iran strike against nuclear facilities. going on with that nuclear program's effort. our third speaker is robert. and spent a lot of time in the u.s. government in the 90s working on these issues including as assistant secretary of state for political military affairs. very much involved in working on the agreed framework in 1994. after jonathon and susan going to give us advice on how to fix the problems and what should the u.s. policies in terms of addressing these questions. there's a price for signature in that middle chair.

and korea regarding extending the missile range of south korea. explain or -- the status of the negotiations? >> translator: thank you, mr. choy. you asked about north korea's impending launch of its long-range missile and let me just reiterate once again, ladies and gentlemen, if north korea goes ahead with this plan, this is a clear violation of u.n. security council resolution 1874. north korea, if it goes ahead with its plan, will be going straight against its pledges that it made with international community. international community is urging the north koreans to repeal its announce mement to t fire its long-range missile. now, your question is how are we going to respond? i just want to answer that question by saying that if north korea goes ahead with it north korea must be the sole country to bear the entire responsibility. as president obama just mentioned if it goes ahead with its plan it will only deepen its isolati isolation, and all the consequences north korea will have to face and from the perspective of the people of -- of north ko

two koreas will ever unite and become one korea again? guest: that is an interesting question. the south korean government under the current president has started talking more openly about unification. a lot of south korean looked at in germany and how complicated that was and how expensive it was. they look north and realize a larger gap between north and south korea. they got pretty nervous about unification. the general review is the south put it off. the current president started saying we need to think about reunification. it may not be something they choose. it is possible the regime because their economy has collapsed, because their leaders of resistance -- could itself fall apart. if the collapse, the board -- the presumption is the become unified with south korea. it is possible. i think the u.s. and south korea have been preparing as much as we can for that to happen, happ. host: the next question comes from new jersey. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you. i am interested in the same question, about the people there st

thinks that north korea will start to produce uranium. enough for one to two nuclear devices every year. and also, too, in the u.s., a presidential election is scheduled in november this year. in order to create a favorable environment for president obama to be elected, a disagreement with north korea was unnecessary. on the north korean part, there have been three major objectives. one was that now that kim jong-un has come into office and he would like to use his power. thirdly, north korea would like to see the re-election of obama, president obama. and they have known from past experiences that the second-term presidents tend to become very threatful diplomatically. >> we'll have more on the agreement and the reaction throughout the day. >>> now onto some of the other stories we're following. iran has for the first time opened its space facility on the outskirts of tehran to the foreign media. the country used the occasion to show off its technology and send a message that its space development project is for peaceful purposes. select

i'd like to follow up on the north korea threat on two fronts. the first is to follow up on the question my colleague had. can you be more specific from your perspective what the consequences would be that you would bring to bear on north korea should there be a rocket launch in terms of the overall relationship but also such as specifics such as food aid and knowings. i'm wondering if you can give us insights into whether you've developed an impression of north korea's new leader and whether you've been able to take a measure of the man. president lee, good to see you again. i want to ask you about the nuclear security summit. can you explain how it would have lasting credibility when the two major antagonists of north korea and iran are on the sidelines? >> well, first of all, with respect to the consequences should there be a launch by the north koreans, as president lee indicated, north korea is already under an extraordinary battery of sanctions. they are the most isolated country in the world. they are cut off from basic commerce and exchan

. >>> president obama has a stern message for north korea. >> i'll simply say north korea will achieve nothing by threats or by provocations. >> we'll tell you why he's in south korea and what other words he has for new north korean leader kim jung-un. where news doesn't take the weekend off. >> live from studio 7, this is cnn sunday morning. >>> president obama is bringing a message of solidarity to south korea and a warning to its neighbor north korea that warning, don't make threats and don't provoke. mr. obama is in seoul for an international nuclear summit and as we saw right here on cnn he spoke at a joint news conference with south korean president lee myung-bak just a few minutes ago. they said north korea should think twice before it goes ahead with a controversial rocket launch next month. every time north korea has violated international resolution, security council resolution it's resulted in further isolation, tightening of sanctions, stronger enforcement, greater support on the part of the international community for a stronger enforcement. i suspect that will happen this

and north korea. we also have a positive view of the results achieved by the talks. >> reporter: china wants to re-open the six-party talks. but it's facing many hurdles. one of them is monitoring north korea to make sure it lives up to its side of the agreement. another the convincing the u.s. that it's time to resume the negotiations. state department officials say they want to make sure a winning strategy is in place before they come to the table. it's clear the north koreans made this nuclear concession because they need the u.s. food aid. but it's unclear whether that will act the way the americans want them to. china's job as a mediator between the u.s. and north korea isn't getting any easier. >> how does this agreement compare to what we've seen in the past? >> well the interesting thing is that the u.s. and north korea released their statements at the same time. that's very rare. it's because both sides wanted results from this bilateral talks, i think. looking at the statement, two things st

>> glor: tonight a warning to north korea: president in obama to south korea threatens to cut food aid if the north launches a long-range missile. bill plante is traveling with the president. former vice president dick cheney receives a heart transplant at the age of 71. we'll talk to our medical correspondent dr. john lapook. high stakes at the u.s. supreme court. jan crawford previews three days of arguments over health care reform. and box office bull's-eye. "the hunger games" sets a record. lee cowan hears from the young fans who just can't stay away. >> i wasn't sure if i was shaking because i was cold, excited or on a sugar high. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> glor: good evening, everyone. i'm jeff glor. there was hope that with new leadership in north korea there would be a new approach to its weapons program, but the north's new threat to defy a missile test ban brought strong words from president obama today. the president is visiting south korea for an international conference on nuclear security, and white house correspondent bill plante is th

officers believed north korea was supplying iran with ammunition. roh said south korean officials knew north korea was supplying iran with antiaircraft guns and anti-tank rockets. a report from the south korean embassy in tehran shows other north korean arms shipments. it says north korean ships unloaded machine guns, armed vehicles and other military equipment at an iranian port. the south korean papers also point to north korean military ties with other countries. they show that pyongyang sent 6,000 military instructors to 31 nations in asia, africa, in south america, between the 1960s and 1981. >> south korea condemned north korea's planned rocket launch as a disguise attempt to develop a long range ballistic missile to carry nuclear warheads. president lee myung-bak on monday met with members of his cabinet to discuss north korea's announcement that it will launch a satellite next month. >> translator: the northorea project is aimed at developing delivery methods for nuclear warheads. the plan is a grave provocation. >> the presidential spokespe

south korea and the sun between the north and korea. south korea and the sun between the north and south is most heavily armed, heavily fortified region in the world and the rockets over the last 15 years they have been developing nuclear weapons. we worry whether iran will develop a nuclear weapons capability, north korea crossed the threshold and is now also developing missiles to try to deliver them and fire them at the u.s. eventually. but for the near term allies like japan and south korea. >> host: what do we note the new administration? >> guest: ball the size of kim jong il -- we don't know much. we don't even know how old he is. people think he's 28 or 29. he went to a boarding school in switzerland. he has been ruled out as the great successor and great general to replace his father and grandfather, kim il sung. they've given him what looks like plastic surgery and haircuts so that it looks like his grandfather, kim il sung who led north korea into 1995. if you look at one japanese sushi chef who worked for the kim family and

>> that is correct, improving relations between north korea and south korea. now the state department has said that that was included in the dialogue with... in beijing with the north koreans and that the u.s. position has not changed on that. however, i'm not certain how much of a priority that is and that concerns me a great deal. >> woodruff: ambassador gregg, what do you look for next to give you a sense of whether this agreement may bear fruit eventually? >> well, i think it's important for the united states to maintain very good relations with south korea and it's interesting to me that the south koreans have approved this agreement. i also look for reactions from within north korea to what has been agreed to because we've all been saying can kim jong-un really make it as a new leader? he's less than 30 years old. but the information of this agreement... the implementation of this agreement will validate his leadership in north korea if it brings food to mothers and small children that will be taken as evidence in north korea that he is a successful lead

their work in north korea has been suspended since 2009. the inspector general said in a statement that the iea is ready to resume its work. inspectors will monitor the nuclear facilities on request. ieae inspectors were expelled in 2009. and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us.

officers believed north korea was supplying iran with ammunition. roh said south korean officers knew north korea was supplying iran with antiaircraft guns and anti-tank rockets. a report from the south korean embassy in tehran shows other north korean arms shipments. it says north korean ships are loaded machine guns, armed vehicles and other military equipment at an iranian port. the south korean papers also point to north korean military ties with other countries. they show that pyongyang sent 6,000 military instructors to 31 nations in asia, africa, in south america, between the 1960s and 1981. >> south korea condemned north korea's planned rocket launch as a disguise attempt to develop a long range ballistic missile to carry nuclear warheads. president lee myung-bak on monday met with members of his cabinet to discuss north korea's announcement that it will launch a satellite next month. >> translator: the north korean project is aimed at developing delivery methods for nuclear warheads. the plan is a grave provocation. >> the presidential spok

south korea sees north korea escaping through china as read fijis, china sees them as economic migrants. if they find them, they will be returned home. -- south korea sees north koreans escaping through china. >> what about the new regime of kim jong un? >> there was a rumor of a deal that was almost done before kim jong il died. the rumor was that the north koreans and the u.s. were very close to a deal but it never happened. after kim jong un came to power, they met in china and everything seems to have taken off. the americans said there was a problem earlier in terms of what kind of food assistance they would give to north korea. north korea was asking for grains. they said, we will not give you this. we will give you nutritional assistance. the north koreans have accepted that that is what they will get. in some ways, you could see that as a sign that the new leader is flexible in his approach to negotiations. that is certainly one interpretation as is the speed with which this has happened. north korea is still officially in the morning for its leader. there could also be a willin

a free trade deal between south korea and the u.s. came into effect at midnight oon thursday after nearly six years of talks. the agreement has triggered all kinds of debates between these who support it and oppose it. >> translator: i believe manufacturing industries such as cars, luxury apparel and textile willefit the most from the fta. in the u.s. market, south korean makers are competing against their chinese and japanese counterparts. but south korean products don't necessarily have significant advantage. so if the fta lowers tariffs by 2% to 3%. south korean goods will be able to compete that much more than their asian rivals in the u.s. market. >> reporter: meanwhile the fta will likely deal a heavy blow to south korea's agriculture second torque-cattle farmers will likely suffer a huge loss. the big challenge is how to support south korean farmers as the economic situation continues to be difficult. >> translator: the south korean government plans to offer subsidies to vulnerable agriculture sectors. the aim is to cover losse

to convey that to north korea and to south korea to say that any united states policy toward north korea has to have the partnership and support of south korea. >>trace: and back to the rocket north korea will launch in honor of kim the younger, we know north korea has nuclear weapons but the question has been do they have a system to be able to carry the nuclear weapons, and the theory seems to be they are getting close to that. >>guest: i wouldn't say they "getting close." this is serious, the possibility of the test is serious but to put it in perspective they have had he tests and each of those has failed. and, again, when the united states tested our technology we had 40 tests. there is no question this test, if it happens, north korea will gain valuable technical information, will help them look the road at some point over a number of years to mate a nuclear weapons warhead with a delivery system. >>trace: we sign add deal with them last month and now they are thumbing our nose at us. >>guest: two issues the one is process. how do we move forward? i'm not sure whether it is north k

key among them, north korea's planned rocket launch next month and the wider issue of north korea's nuclear program. and we got a bit of a hint behalf president obama may be saying to his chinese counter part from his press conference on sunday, where the american president says that china's approach to north korea so far wasn't working and urged him to get much tougher. >> of course, there's been much discussion on also the question of iran in recent months. is that likely to be also part of the discussion? >> that's something else we're told will be part of the discussion between the two presidents. china is obviously a member of the security council, has influence on what kind of sanctions may be applied to iran if it continued its tensions with the united states. but also, china is a major energy importer, and in previous situations, has sometimes decided its energy needs are a part of that decision that it needs to make. so i think that's going to be something else. the two presidents have a lot of differences about how they perceive iran's nuclear program in terms of whether they perc

north korea is and else it will launch a rocket next month which will put a satellite into orbit but the u.s. and its allies see the plans as counter to international diplomatic efforts to deal with the reclusive state's nuclear program and a worry that the technology could be used to develop long range missiles in the future well it could also potentially violate u.n. security council resolutions and threatens last month's deal between north korea and washington under this young was to freeze its uranium weapons program and its long range missile activities in return for american food aid of japan's responded by developing its own missile defense system to shoot down any blockage threatening its territory with more on this i'm not joined parts of it sort of like agenda report there in london the u.s. and its allies including japan of war north korea not to go through with this launch because they think it's a pretext for developing long range missiles or are they justified in believing this with kyung yang actually saying look it's only launching a satellite well yes i mean both sid

president obama in south korea says the u.s. has a moral obligation to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles president obama warning north korea that any new provocative moves will only lead to further isolation president obama is in south korea right now for a global summit on how to secure the world's nuclear material and deal with the threat of nuclear terrorism. that's right there is a big international nuclear security summit going on in south korea a global gathering of leaders where they can cooperate on ridding the world of nuclear weapons making sure that nuclear materials are secure i say that's kind of big deal the grand scheme of things considering the nuclear weapons of the deadliest thing we've ever created also kind of a big deal considering that our current president the new start treaty through is talking about reducing our nuclear stockpiles even further historic events but i guess since this is a foreign policy issue and some it's happening in another country then why would our mainstream media bother covering

and north korea was a reach last month why do you think north korea has broken the conditions of this deal so soon after agreeing to it and it must have known that such a move would provoke a strong reaction from washington. it could be the case of them testing the waters and seeing how far they can go with these agreements and certainly anyone who's been watching the situation in north korea for the last several years knows that north korea cannot be predicted and and all of them seem to be in a not in favor of their own country. country's interests but in same a certain way it does play into the i think that it's not a strategy of pyongyang which is to try to centralize more and more power in pyongyang and in king jong un and and that works to see the benefit on the more that the people are relying on pyongyang for their food aid the more centralized control they have over the country. all right what do you see in general for the future of the relationship between washington and pyongyang i think that's very much open to to speculation at the moment and it really does depend on the

and north korea had a deal. >> north korea agreed to implement a moratorium on long- andge missile loaunches, nuclear tests and activities including iranian activities. today's announcement represents a modest first step in the right direction. >> in return, north korea can expect a quarter of a million of tons of nutritional assistance along with people to monitor where it goes. one more reminder, says the u.s., that the world is transforming around us. not everyone is celebrating yet. many have been here before. four years ago, the tower at north korea was destroyed. a symbol of success and multilateral negotiations. the mood of international cooperation lasted not much longer. since then, north korea has carried out nuclear tests, shelled a south korean island, and unveiled a new nuclear program. is this agreement enough to put all that in the past? here in south korea, the government has been cautious. the new deal could create the right conditions. getting a broad agreement is the easy part, there have been bigger deals than this. the small print on this one is still unclear. bbc news,

mongolia and north korea have a close relationship. our experience can be a model. >> prime minister sukhbata sukhbataasukhbataar sukhbataar batbold met monday with japanese prime minister yoshihiko noda. the leaders agreed to start negotiations on an economic partnership deal that would make it easier for companies in japan to invest in mongolia. >>> eurozone countries have finalized an additional bailout package for greece. the greek solution comes after most private sector investors accepted write-offs on their holdings of greek government bonds. >> as agreed, new official financing of 130 billion euros will be committed by the euro area, by the imf for the period of 2012-2013. >> the finance ministers of the 17 eurozone nations reached the decision on monday as the debt-strapped nation has met necessary conditions. the greek government says it has secured 96% of its debt reduction target amount. you're o'group president jean-claude juncker also urged greece to successfully implement promised austerity measures. he said greece shoul

let's talk about north korea. why is north korea choosing to go ahead with this test?ou put your head down. why? >> i wish i could answer that question. if i could answer that question i'd be the most valued analyst on the globe now, because as you know, north korea signed an agreement not that long ago in which it promised not to have missile tests and would allow international inspectors in to look at their nuclear facilities, then in return get food aid and they did a 180 and turned around and announced that they were going to have a missile test. my own view, my own guess, i shall say, is that the military pushed back. remember, we talked about this before, jenna. north korean leadership, the new leader, kim jong-un is young, he's relying on a mentor to guide him here, it's a military first society and perhaps the military was not pleased with that agreement and is pushing back. that's one theory. but frankly, we don't noavment and even president obama and in his speech yesterday indicated in his remarks at the dmv, indicated that we really don't know what's going

we wanted to pressure north korea to free the defectors. >> reporter: now south korea's government has become more involved in the issue. on february 27th, a south korean delegate at the meeting of the u.n. rights council, it was the first time the country officially appeared to the body. >> i make the most sincere appear to the human conscience of all for the protection of the basic human rights of those asylum seekers. >> reporter: china's response was swift. >> translator: north korean defectors are entering china illegally. the issue does not concern the international community. >> reporter: on march 12th, emotions ran high. as a north korean diplomat was leaving, he assaulted the female south korean delegate. the skirmish shows just how difficult it will be to resolve this issue. >> spoke to us from seoul after we had that report. we asked why more are gaining protests against the chinese government. >> they fear north korea's new leader kim jong-un will order more extreme punishment for defectors. detained 31 north koreans last month. some were repatriated. protesters in seoul ha

and i mean it's interesting that the americans got through the sanctions long korea. back. when they were not your satellite and american said no no this is this are not. dark and you meant sunday trajectory that in fact it was satellite and. so. there is a clear distinction problem is of course a rocket which can launch a satellite is halfway to the rocket you can organise are crucial differences guidance system and most war because you have to have a war you know. we don't know if you have got that. problem from the americans point of view is that there is absolutely nothing illegal about look you know a satellite. thousands of five flights up in the sky why distinguish north korean sounds like. for more on the story i'm joined by steve sound professor of contemporary chinese studies at the university of nottingham in england thanks for joining us now south korea threatens to shoot down the north korean rocket japan readies its anti-missile defense systems and the u.s. plans to punish spelling young for bad behavior that's i mean is that threat really that huge. well it's

and north korea last month. it would accept inspectors at its nuclear facilities, including a uranium enrichment plant. nuland said u.s. support of the pact depends on the details of the north's invitation and what the inspectors would be able to see. >>> north korea has unveiled a detailed schedule of its plan to launch the rocket. the japanese foreign ministry said on monday it received the information from the international maritime organization. the institution issued the details to all member countries. the ministry said the north plans to fire the rocket from pyongyang pphkdo. the launch is scheduled for between 7:00 a.m. and noon april 12th to the 16th. it said the first debris is expected to fall into the yellow sea about 130 kilometers off south korea in a 30 by 80 kilometer area. further debris could fall into the pacific ocean, some 130 kilometers off the philippines. the ministry said some objects will pass over japan's southern sakishima islands. >>> as tensions are rising on the korean peninsula th

forces, korea. it is a great honor to lead the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marine serving our country in the republic of korea. i think the members of this committee for their support. this is the finest military partnership i have experienced in my 37-year career. together our military to tears aggression and maintains peace and stability on the korean peninsula. military presence and the republic supports u.s. national interests and a key ally in northeast asia. since the u.s. and the republic of korea forged an alliance in battle over 60 years ago, the republic of korea has become a vibrant democracy. economic success and global security partner. currently serving bositis in afghanistan and off the horn of africa. in stark contrast, one of the world's poorest, most closed and most militarized countries, north korea lies less than 20 miles from the northern seoul.cts of awiy = = this has lead to uncertainty. the new leader appears to be following the pattern of his father and grandfather. this

>>vicki: the president is issuing a warning to north korea, he spoke during a visit to south korea. he and 50 other world leaders are at a nuclear security summit. there are suspicions that the satellite launched for north korea it is in an attempt for nuclear weapons. >>president obama: north korea and nose its obligations and must take irreversible steps to meet those obligations. on this, the united states in republic of korea are united. >>vicki: the president added that north korea could receive harsher sanctions as well. >>vicki: the main suspect in the afghan murders has been arrested. the u.s. has paid money to family is of the victims who were killed and wounded. protests and calls for justice have continued in afghanistan since if the soldier was flown out of the country. a legal defense fund has been set up for army staff sergeant robert bayles. in >>vicki: decision 2012 is headed here to the bay area. mitt romney is going to be at an event in sentences could tomorrow, if you'd like to see the former governor of people will pay about 1000 each to go for a lackey reservati

north korea was always a big part of the nuclear security agenda. the north koreans managed to push their way into the center of this because of the stated missile test, and i think president obama is quite concerned because this is a very serious threat. this mosul, if it is launched and successful, it could demonstrate that it can reach hawaii and alaska if not the west coast of the united states, and president obama is taking the opportunity to have over 50 meters there to look at how they can prevent it. >> about north korea, it is not even on the agenda. >> no. the agenda, as you said, it is about the raw materials and securing them. but the side bilateral summits that they place whenever you have a multi natural -- multinational gathering, alternately this and iran of the two key issues on the agenda. >> using foreign policy, the domestic election issue. >> i think during an election year, you cannot say that there is not anything the president uses that is not for domestic politics. i think there is always an element for it, but i think the c

we want it to pressure north korea to free the defectors. >> reporter: now south korea's government has become more involved in the issue. on february 27th, a south korean delegate raised the matter at the meeting of the u.n. human rights council. it was the first time the country official appeared to the body. >> i appear to the human conscience of all who is involved in this issue for the protection of the basic human rights of those asylum seekers from the dprk. >> reporter: china's response was swift. >> translator: north korean defectors are entering china illegally. the issue does not concern the international community. >> reporter: at the session on march 12th, emotions run high, as a north korean diplomat was leaving. he assaulted a female south korean. the skirmish shows just how difficult it will be to resolve this issue. >> why are so many south koreans turning out for these protests? >> yes. they fear north korea's new leader may order more extreme punishment for defectors. authorities in china are deported many last month. protesters in seoul have rallied outside china's e