in the constitutional republic of korea, the north korea is, territory of the republic of korea.illegally -- so legally if north korea collapse him we would have the responsibility to control that part of korea. is it an answer to your second question? [inaudible] >> my first question, i talk about -- [inaudible] [inaudible] >> could you speak from the microphone, please? >> go to microphone, please. yes, thank you. >> so, what do you think north korea would do if the international community took that tough to from a position that it must govern correctly in the northern part by respecting human rights? otherwise, it is not a legitimate government and should not be a member of the united nations. and that, in fact, the republic of korea should govern the entire peninsula. what do you think north korea would do if the international community took that position? >> in my understanding, the united nations declared the republic of korean government is the only one legitimate. the government in whole korean peninsula. so even though we don't have the control over north korea now, it i

so korea was known as the hermit kingdom, south korea remains largely xenophobic.and their idea is the americans are biding their time because every so often, you know, they want to come in, and they want to take us out. one of the great things i learned while writing this book is all the criticism of north korea is addressed at some point in their literature. they don't sweep it under the rug. so they, you know, go with after all these, you know, criticisms of them, and they have answers for all of them. they say why are we going to have reunification, how can you believe all these things? and from their perspective, which is not completely crazy, they went nuclear because president george bush went on tv and had basically a kill list of iraq, iran and north korea, and they're like, look, if you go after the countries that don't have nukes like iraq and the countries that do have nukes like, you know, like iran is increasingly happening, you negotiate with them. so of course you're going to give us an opportunity, you know, to acquire nuclear weapons, and this is

and south korea. it seems to me one should not underestimate the importance of the counter propagation agreement in line with what general jung talked about earlier in terms of north korea and propagation dangers. to south korea. that agreement in essence is an amendment to the 1953 mutual defense treaty. add that it specifies more realistically if you will, or more specifically a particular type of north korean armed attack on south korea. and armed attack is the term around which the mutual defense treaty is centered. and also the agreement lays out the rok and the u.s. devising specific counter actions in relation to any future north korean provocations. so this agreement is a big change and a very important change. and what it means in terms of history is about north korea, for nearly 40 years enjoyed what i call a free ride, in terms of being able to commit provocation after provocation against both south korea and the united states without any fear of retaliation. .. and i was very happy to see

south korea's water and south korea's splashed shells and north korea's water so they had a splashingcontest initially. the south koreans had reacted and the south koreans discovered a it crashed north korean drone with a camera on it that was filming the whole thing. my assessment of what was going on is the north koreans are now looking for a new way to conduct a provocation on the northern limit line. .. och >> >> they executed him by a mortar round. it is an artillery piece. and they just lower it like that and literally blew him to pieces. so the naysayers abutted human-rights violator like his father, by the end of 2013, two-thirds of senior generals were replaced or move to route different jobs. but april 2013 the bodyguard detail was increase. and then there was a number two there is no such thing. there is several the virtues. but since then has been reassigned to so now he is a two-thirds general as well. he was seen as defacto number two but in order to some of you know, this already. north korea consist of three institutions the party party, military, security services and

turning now to questions over north korea's nuclear program u s researchers say north korea's nuclear test doesn't seem a minute at this point that is if the regime is sticking to its previous test practice is satellite imagery posted on thirty eight north a website run by the us korea institute at johns hopkins university jus vehicles and equipment are still outside a tunnel entrance at the pool getty site in the past all week winning peoples and personnel were withdrawn in the days before a test. cover the website added there is no knowing whether north korea is changing its procedures ellis talk about what else is going on in north korea this time in the power circle there's a new player and he's moving up the ranks past. it looks like one comes home from a device marshall told just two weeks ago has replaced another top ranking official to become the number two in the regime. on sunday reports. the italian leader peter dunne and visited the new leak out textile mill in kenya on wednesday he was accompanied by a get tough here he ordered the military police bureau chief to congratu

military and north korea or south korea?> well, depending on how good the leadership is in north korea, how well kim is at decision making, you know, we could have a confrontation with north korea. you know, this anti-americanism in south korea really reached its peak in the 1980s. was there, although i think a lot of it was rather unfair. they were a middle class country with a burgeoning economy, and they didn't have their own government. and their own government was telling them it was because we were there. that's all gone away. the 1980s, you know, they had re-elections, thai -- it is probably, ark my, the most -- arguably, the most transparent democracy in all of asia. i would tend to call it that myself. young people in korea are very different now than they were in the 1980s. so i'd say that anti-americanism, while there may be some in some people, it's certainly an extreme minority and has been for a while. and that was -- >> i think that that's it. >> okay. >> if your question, we'd like to close on time. if your q

business is korea's foreign currency reserves rose to an all time high last month the bank of korea said thursday that the country was holding three hundred and fifty five point eight billion dollars of foreign currency. as of the end of april up the one and half billion dollars from the previous month. it represents the tenth straight month of increase. the center of my attributes that rented to a strong euro and fridays in investment profits korea had had the seventh largest foreign reserves in the world as of the end of march tyne and leads the pack followed by japan and switzerland samsung group's anti affiliate the samsung sds has announced its ipo previous stint as it is expanding overseas to become a pioneer in communications and healthcare services country reports on how the move puts the company on track to becoming one of the country's top twenty firms in terms of market capitalization. ntsb ip solutions affiliate of korea's largest conglomerate samsung group has announced plans to go this year expanding business to overseas markets. the company claimed wednesday that conglomer

threat of north korea. because of its china focus rather than north korea and because of its fatigue about the issue, it hass hampered the ability to have an intelligence group and do cooperation. fourth and final point is the next steps for this regional network building. i would argue that deploying and integrating a ballistic missile defense system among the united states and japan should be an overriding priority grade i use tot phrase deliberately reflect my sentiment. they don't want something they consider to be integrated with united states. this is an issue that has come up in the wartime control issue. also, as david suggested, between japan and south korea. irreparable enough, it's basically integrated. we can privately have our national security teams finessed this difference. need missileallies batteries to handle a wide range of missile threats. you are dealing with a growing threat of even tactical short-range nuclear weapons that could be launched in south korea -- launched at south korea, w

from north korea. some of you may believe that the korean war was the beginning of the thread, but in actuality, north korea has been threatening long before. even after north korea has been violating and continues to threaten the security of iraq. putting it the past three months, north korea has been displaying serious threats and i would like to list some of the instances. north korea fired before rounds of artillery from the east coast although the they feingold to te fired them into the sea this was clearly a demonstration. they filed to get the fired four rounds to the sea. on march 3, they fired to short-range ballistic missiles from the east coast and on mar march 7 they fired it is speculated to be their new artillery. they fired a 71 rounds of the short range missiles. on march 26 they fired the two brought the vessels into the sea. the broad missiles have a range of roughly 800 miles. it is northwest of the island's. they exercised 100 rounds per thousand. the north koreans conducted emphasi

and on charter flights from north korea to japan. hiroki yajima, nhk world. >>> relatives of the abductees have been yearning for years to see their loved ones. they've watched negotiations on this issue plod along, but this new round of talks has given them hope. nhk world's norika okata reports. >> reporter: leaders in japan say north korean asians abducted 17 japanese citizens in the 1970s and '80s. authorities in pyongyang denied the accusation again and again. but in 2002, late leader kim jong-il told a different story to then prime minister koizin. kim admitted for the first time the abductions had happened, and he gave an apology. kim allowed five abductees to return to japan. and he called for the resumption of talks to normalize relations. members of his regime later announced they've investigated the abductions issue and they cleared it revolved. but japanese officials still have many questions. they demanded a new inquiry to shed light on what happened to all of the abductees. a breakthrough seemed possible in 2008. the no

the new again lead to the day's biggest story in korea and around the world. breaking all the hottest interviews and a whole lot more. join aidan sean ryan and jamie from the heart of so it begins that point i knew last week nights like that and on and on tv i have done during number two with both endeavors he meant the uk is our ten hundred am the site is an acid top military commander no word yet on the reason for resigning shake up the week reports sheffield and income the yen has replaced its top military commander and if i haven't seen yet leader may be struggling to maintain his grip on power. reporting on an eight day event friday the north korean central news agency introduced spot as the country's military police bureau chief. north korea watchers are keeping a close eye on pop who was promoted to the position of vice marshal less than two weeks after becoming a four star general. why should i let the plane remained unclear as to get into the second president of military officers to jeff is taking more advantage has reported health problems. the lates

no one in south korea wants to see what may be reported, 100 dead in north korea. our sympathies go out to those affected. >> thank you, that's north korea analyst and journalist alex jensen joining us from seoul. thank you very much. >>> in south korea around 10,000 people held a candlelight vigil for the victims of the ferry disaster. it demanded that those responsible be punished. 285 were killed when the ferry capsized, many of whom were high school students. >>> in libya the army imposed a no-fly zone over the eastern city of benghazi, following violence on friday, following forces led by an army general and religious fighters. the ministry of health's many were killed. fighters loyal to the former general were accused of carrying out a coup. >>> at least 25 have been killed in the ball caps after one of the worst -- balkans after one of the worst flooding. record waters forced rivers to burst their bank in bosnia and and h, rzegovner. >> reporter: the worst floods. 10,000 waited for rescue as the waters of the river surged across flood defenses. inundating th

the sub report by the bank of korea korea's consumer sentiment was typical pro economic outlook oh that one hundred and eight for april. unchanged from the previous month meanwhile the ministry duty on sunday. finance ministry tunnels all caught on this office to look into how much of an impact areas and has had on the local economy. he also emphasized importance of supporting victims families and countermeasures for related industries including tourism which have suffered some difficulties since the incident. i'm in. aiden does. a leading chinese extra reiterated his stance that it's a given that north korea will soon conduct a fourth nuclear test and then resuming the six party talks remains the only viable alternative. speaking to reporters on a standstill dinner korean relations. she we of the china institute of international studies says north korea has decided it would push through any technical or diplomat roadblocks to achieve its fourth fifth and even six nuclear tests. he added that from cummins perspective stopping the program now would mean all of its investments would go to

on tuesday, prompting south korea to shire shots. >> south korea says that two shells fell within 150 meters of its patrol boat, 10 kilometers south of the line that separates northern and southern waters. a border that north korea does not recognize. it appeared to be land based artillery. the island, which was attacked by north korean artillery in 2010, the south koreas ordered evacuations of locals on the island from a bomb shelters, and they fired back from the vessel, warning shots, landing in the same range of the northern korean boat north of the limit line. earlier this week, three of the boats came south of that maritime border, south of the boats, and warning shots were fired. north korea said that it was simply policing illegal chinese fishing boats in the area, and it warned that it would target south korea ships because of that. they warned north korea by the military hotline, saying that they will hold north korea responsible for any such action, and they have warned them that they will retaliate mercilessly if attacked. >> several deadly attacks have taken place in rece

the testing and said this thing coupled with north korea's ongoing nuclear threats. it's pretty serious changes to the geo political sphere of northeast asia as well as to the korean peninsula. the foreign minister's words of warning pa master can try to secure more military power. on tuesday japanese prime minister should the law ben signed a new partnership agreement with nato ldp turkey's cooperation with the western military alliance in areas including counter piracy and humanitarian assistance. speaking to ambassadors from the twenty eight of the sins in brussels i also called for increased military free and then repeat the shot. expressing concern over time as heavy military spending. the japanese leader reiterated his way to exercise the right to defend and ally under armed attack under the current interpretation of the constitution and posts after the second world war it's un able to settle international disputes using tree forest. even if it comes under attack. instead of paddle security experts is currently looking into teaching this with the government exp

as a reporter but as a citizen of the republic of korea. the and and the desert the president to visit. does he know. our correspondent is on site in m gill joins us live from on some fun on the memorial hall no guilt despite the gloomy weather thousands have turned out to pay their respects. good afternoon movies new men were also going to become genuinely does toons on cd jill has been covering the sinking of the sky will vary from the series began i saw snow depth reporting live from the sun out of the altar once the fuel emissions. it does mean that the whole tragedy. and if we're still grumpy. member into people's hearts. get ready to charge a fee should have happened in the first place. and i'm sure since tuesday's his personal doctor. about two months a music ministry. i'm sure that this time that you body will function as an untold how it actually. for the future disasters. respond to any kind of tragic situation so i hope that this new safety body producer chris is such a disaster said. any. oh went to euphoria. we could chill he s

do they have money outside of north korea. >> tons of money outside of north korea but the question isese guys don't travel that much. when they do, they go to places we probably can't reach them such as china and the chinese have made it clear they are not going to enforce sanctions in a meaningful way. so i don't think that would work. there are sanctions that would work on north korea but not if you just targeted the individuals. north corkorea may have the wor human rights record in the world? >> may? >> okay. it has. the atrocities in their camps are probably not found anywhere else in the world. last week, though, it released a report that claimed the u.s. is a living hell as elementary rights to existence are ruthlessly violated and it goes on and on and on with all sorts of horror stories about how terrible life is in the united states. is this going to play anywhere outside of north korea. >> maybe in china because china issues reports like that, not with the same flurrid language but i am sure that res onates with the chinese. apart from bay beijing, nowhere else. >> it seems

ministry of unification estimates that south korea would meet in the best around twenty seven billion dollars annually over the following decade. the ten years that followed the report estimates the financial benefits would surpass fifty six billion dollars per annum or more than double the return of a unified korea would also mean more employment the report says more than one million jobs are expected to be created in the process the organization for economic cooperation and development has raised this year's growth projection for the korean economy to four point one percent that sub point two percentage points from an earlier forecast in november the national organization said it expects korean tv stage steady growth with exports picking up thanks to free trade pacts with the two economies like the us and european union for twenty fifteen the oecd projects the korean economy to grow by four point two percent. this year's outlook for the global economy went the other direction down twenty two percentage points to three point four percent inside of this one ish chinese economy tighter

keep north korea in business for china's interests, not north koreas. they figure if we get the chinese upset, it doesn't matter, because they'll give us aid, they'll continue to give us food and oil. so the nooe jps go out and do -- north koreans go out and do what they want because they know china won't punish them. what about the document showing shipa's preparations for a north korean collapse. >> i think the chinese had contingency plans going back to when you had the great famine in north korea, and refugees going across the boarder. whether the document is real, i don't know if that is true. the point is china is looking at this because they understand the problems that north korea has, china. >> what about the timing of the leek. is it significant gip we looking at a fourth uk nuclear test. >> that is along the lines where i think, because the chinese want to slow the north koreans down, create second thoughts in the minds of the nooe jps. and one of the ways to do it is to leak through the japanese. it's americay, we won't -- unusualingy -- mur

and south korea forces. you have to accept that the prime minister of japan has made this a really important foreign policy goal, namely the resolution of this abductees issue. north korea admitted to taking 13 hostage in the 1970's and 1980's. japan said it was at least 17, if not many more. with five returned in 2002, north korea says that the remaining eight that it admit it is to have died in the interim. japan has not accepted that. it wants a full accounting, if not having these national's returned. so, the nexus of this deal is that north korea will launch a special investigation committee, and that probe will try and find any survivors it says japanese nationals and start working toward returning them to japan. in return, japan will allow several restrictions to be lifted on travel, on remitting money from the ethnic koreans who live in japan. that's on the table at the moment. japan saying that humanitarian assistance could be provided down the line. >> how is this deal going to go down over where y

spy satellites flying over north korea spotted a tarp and it was over a tunnel entrance at north korea's nuclear test site. why is it so important that there may be a tarp over a tunnel entrance? this is a site where north korea conducts underground nuclear tests, the kind that they've been threatening to do if they put a tarp over it, they don't want the u.s. satellites to see what they are up to. closing off the tunnel entrance would be the final step, one of the final steps before they actually initiated an underground nuclear explosion. if they put the tarp up, that could be, could be a sign that they are nearing that final stage closing off the tunnel entrance and that, wolf, is a huge concern to the u.s. >> i'm sure they are watching it very, very closely. barbara at the pentagon, thanks very much. >>> now to the stunning claim by dennis rodman. he says on his latest trip to north korea, he saw kim jong-un's uncle, the same uncle that was killed for treason months ago. brian todd is reporting this. he's close to the leader. >> that's right. when talking about kim jong-un, he said,

so no one wanted to do korea.se, the footnote was, as always, korea didn't have any oil. >> the public case is about weapons. 9/11 changed everything. the threat of weapons of mass destruction now drives american policy. but policy toward the nation posing the most clear and present danger on wmd, north korea, doesn't change dramatically. instead, inside the administration, it is the existing, pre 9/11 planning about iraq and iraq's oil that goes operational. it's one month after 9/11. the state department forms something called the future of irrack project, a comprehensive plan for what a new iraqi society will look like after saddam is gone. state department officials assemble a group, including iraqi exiles, to plan for everything from health to education to oil and energy. leading the oil team is a highly regarded former cia energy analyst named robert ebell. >> said we are going to bring together all these senior ex-iraqi oil officials and we are going to have them prepare a report on the future of oil in ira

north korea's been more aggressive, it's attacked south korea, attacked a south korean warship, shelled a south korean island. north korea's engaged in nuclear threats against our allies which makes assuring our allies in the region much harder and even engaged in nuclear threats against us, threatened to nuke los angeles and austin, texas, of all places and a few other things. so i think if iran acquires nuclear weapons, these are all the things we would have to worry about. iran would likely transfer nuclear technology, likely become more aggressive, potentially attacking its neighbors, likely engage in nuclear threats, and we haven't even seen the full range of consequences from a nuclear-armed north korea. 2006 was their first test. so we could still have a nuclear war involving north korean nuclear weapons. and so i think these are all the things we should worry about with iran is that it's not too late with iran. we can do something about iran. in terms of the costs of taking military action, there are a lot of costs, and only had, you know, 30 minutes or so here, and to go be int

he has visited north korea a number of times. the state-run korean central news agency says professional wrestlers from around the world, including japan and the united states, will take part in the event. inoki visited pyongyang in january where he met secretary of the korean workers party to discuss plans to hold a sports event. north korea's facing international criticism over its apparent move towards another nuclear test. analysts say the country's holding the professional wrestling event to give the impression it's maintaining a flexible diplomatic stance. >>> popular japanese figure skater mao asada says she will take a break from competition this upcoming season. asada has previously not mentioned if she would return to the rink full-time after the sochi winter olympic games. >> 23-year-old assad today is known for her mastery of the triple axel jump. she has won a number of international competitions, including several world titles. asada has two olympics under her belt, and winning a silver medal four years ago in vanco

north korea could open some doors in the reclusive state. right.ght -- >> let's look at the stories. he and president xi. may sign a deal. western sanctions are starting to bite. kong, fergusong is selling fine wine from his personal collection. there are a series of auctions. ferguson. holding a midterm business strategy briefing. they took a massive hit, following the profits that forecast of a loss. a forecast of a loss. football at the end of the week. and athletico. it is the first time that the teams have appeared. theng headlines with tablets and homegrown devices. they will allow some to become more. >> north korea is not the type to let a lackntry of internet access to the way of a mobile industry. all were on display at the recent international display fair. we are selling them with a lot of applications, and quitting literary and artistic works read by our people. also textbooks. the tablet with the television function is the most popular. includesallest tablet access antenna, offering to state-run television. connect to can only

china then sells the steel to south korea. korea, in turn, produces steel tubes that is in the oil and gas industry now. south korea then turns around and dumps these products on the united states' market. see ya, job workers! overall, 78% of import growth over the past decade has come from south korea and china. this is causing major losses for middle-class families in the steel industry in this country. and we basically sit by idle and want to do another deal. in 2012, the united states steel industry had net losses of $388 million. what's shouldering that? american workers. in 2013, losses rose 1.2 billion. you can change republicans for their bogus free trade agreements and to be fair, the democrats have got their hands on the, too, but at least they're willing to stand up and say, let's reverse this and at least do buy american. make it in america. i don't hear the republicans saying that. house speaker john boehner's home state of ohio you could argue was ground zero in this fight. meanwhile, boehner, he has the nerve eb

and japan has to do with korea. >> thank you. in the back corner on the right. >> thank you. leandra bernstein. general when i felt, there have been some threats from the russian defense ministry that this the european ballistic missile defense system continues that it will be struck potentially. it is viewed as such a threat that it would be potentially struck with escon air missiles that's been discussed and not so much a concern about seeking out russian icbms, but rather stallman in russia is the concern. so if you could address that. and secondly, i have a little bit of a provocative question given the audience. but your view on the potential for directed energy but. >> okay. first of all, i take it as a compliment you, general winnefeld, not admiral winnefeld. but regarding the threat -- any threat to strike a list of missile defense, i think russia realized as in any rational actor would realize that would be a very, very provocative and foolish act to preemptively strike a ballistic missile defense say. that would be in a

this despite report from north korea's own government news agency the previous month that kim had had executed for treason. other rodman revelations -- he said he paid the other former nba stars who accompanied him to north korea $30,000 to $35,000 each out of his own pocket. he said he's held kim's baby and portrayed the uneven volatile young dictator as something like a cruise director. >> jokes and [ bleep ]. >> yeah. [ speaking native language ] >> reporter: rodman admitted he was drunk for part of the time and went to rehab after returning from north korea. he is the only person to have personal, face-to-face meetings with kim jong-un. he says un wants to change that. >> he really wants to talk to obama. he says he can't say it enough. >> reporter: some are speculating he is planning another underground nuclear test. rodman says un only wants nuclear weapons to defend his country. rodman was not only apologetic for the regime but in denial over the human rights record. when asked about the hundred of thousands suffering in labor camps, his response, "which country does not have t

south koreans have contacted north korea saying they will hold north korea responsible for any furtherh action and warned that will retall if attacked. >>> a city in china, where several deadly attacks have taken place in recent weeks. now in the past an ethnic group called the weeingers have been suspected of attacks in china. j.j. green joins us now live from washington. j.j. let's begin with the basic we, who are the weeingers? >> the weeingers? are a group of people. there are about 11 million of them in the world and 10 million live in china in this region, and the others are spread out there turkey, kazakhstan, and some other places, and most of them are muslims. and that is a part of the reason why they are having these problems with the chinese government, over their ethnicity. >> this unrest has been going on for years. >> yeah, in fact, the problem for the -- the weegers is they believe they are the original inh inhabitants of this area for 9,000 years or so. they believe they are the originals there. the chinese government say they are envieders from mongolia. and the weeger

. >>> ahead - apologies from officials in north korea after an apartment block collapse, hundreds feared dead. >>> a race against time to rescue survivors from floods in the balkans, which killed 25 people. turning office blocks into creative spaces - the art boom that is shaking up hong kong. >>> choounees state -- chinese state tv reports some programs have been stopped in vietnam. it follows days of riots where people have been killed. more than 2,000 chinese nationals left the country. police broke up an anti-chinese rally. china's decision to drill in disputed waters caused widespread anger in invite yam. >> reporter: china is sending in warships to evacuate nationals is a measure of how serious the crisis has become. the first of the worships is due to arrive in feet nam in the early -- vietnam in the early hours of monday. the others will follow and they can accommodate about 2,000 people. potentially we are looking at the evacuation of 10,000 clean ice nationals. -- chinese nationals. the last time we saw an evacuation of this is when the united states withdrew its people from sy

korean border was sent by the democratic people's republic of korea south korea rico but three drones in march and april this year although that was points of the police spokesman kim in seoul said on the state that the us south korea joint investigation team conducted a scientific rigor into the dress. the friends look real wrench to take all form and return to the dprk based on the investigation into the building in cpu chips the omens are rail vehicles lead in accordance with a pre o brands according to its ability to evoke was positioning system. this was my uncle says that this act by the dprk is a key in the late republic nation and a violation of beyonce's agreement that stunned me into aggression is adamant he would respond to such a provocation on one of the dprk through the human corpse. south korean authorities say in full force so it's kind of comical lamenting make of course the piracy will took a slice in woolwich this all the countries case last month the accident has left two hundred sixty million people danced and thirty five of those still unaccounted for the state p

it was bad because it's a story about ten am local time here in korea so. things were getting prepared. portraits from coming in. the press and volunteers were stationed in front of the joint memorial hall. and are always busy with preparations for the mourners to come. i do god gave this to get the memorial hall. the all goes well. to god the god that i can see just who will talk about some of it. nick and tanya they. the eerie citizens can start paying their respects from ten o'clock in the morning. don't you is busy with operations for the ten o'clock news the new altar is run by the government to act. rain continues to fall across the country but that hasn't stopped tens of thousands of people paying tribute to those who don't it's because i've taught you not do a study by the unsung pot on the morrow. don't you the morning march this year when warhol open to kroger this morning and people have been streaming in to say their last goodbyes to send out workers and pop in and visited the new altar and pay tribute to the victims of the skeletal ferrying peo

if there is a crisis in north korea it might lead to confrontation and clashes like in china, south korea and the united states. unfortunately i believe that there is no coordination. there's sort of an expectation, including in china that it will be difficult to be certain about the north korean regime. so if it is clearly a possibility, therefore outline parties, great powers should be prepared. >> one wonders how much the plans must upset the north korean neighbours. >> i am sure they are aware of the plan, and they have been aware of outside plans for many years. i don't think they are surprised and shocked. in the recent few months there has been some problems in relation to north korea and china. because last december in north korea, the north korean leader arrested and executed his second in command, his uncle. he was, amongst other things, being too close to china. it was in the papers that he was selling stuff to china. >> cheaply and made unfavourable agreements with china and so on. recently we saw sort of problems with trade relations because of trade volume decrease for the f

components in north korea.eeducational developing and producing has an operating system adapted to our own style and useful application. more than 400s multimedia resources including textbooks and reference books for primary and middle school and has the function of dictionary search, handling multimedia, and handling documents. it is just as capable as a computer. >> the devices have been surprisingly well reviewed. of the line top model are a bargain but only for those not earning the average north korean wage. on theng up next program, another side of china's slowdown is pessimistic about the property market and expects the downturn to continue. we will hear from credit suisse after a short break. ♪ likes i am on the floor of the philippine stock exchange. this is one of the best performing indices. it is up almost 300% over the past decade very it may just be the start of a longer-term area. what will drive the next phase of growth? >> welcome back to the program. top stories out of china. the government ha

south korea says it appears to have been land-based artillery. south korean officials say that they ordered the evacuations of locals on the island to bomb shelters, ordered shipping back into port and fired back from the vessel five shots landing within the same kind of rangeover a north korean patrol boat. earlier this week, three north korean patrol boats same south of the line, and they were forced back. north korea said it was simply policing illegal fishing else haves in the area, and warned it would target the ships as a result of that. south koreans have contacted north korea by the military hot line saying they will hold them responsible for any further action. >>> still to come here on the program . . . 13 ukraine soldiers are killed. also drawn from life, we get a child's eye view of poverty in spain. a a only on al jazeera america ♪ ♪ >> hello again, a reminder of our top stories. thai soldiers have moved quickly to enforce a nationwide curfew. this is the unusually quiet scene in downtown bangkok. the heads of thailand's army has tak

what appears to be north korea's latest threat against south korea. >>> also, with us or against us?i-drug vigilantes told to stop the fight and join the police. we'll bring that to you, after this. >>> welcome back. all right. i'm going to be brutally honest here. they looked more like a weekend project than the cutting edge of espionage. still, three drone-like unmanned aircraft have been found inside south korea, leads sense from the north. while they pose very little danger to the seoul government, they made it through air defenses. we have a report. >> reporter: this is the latest north korean tool in its war on the west. drones. not technically sophisticated but programmed to slip into south korean airspace, fly over military installations and the presidential residence, and bring back images. found crashed in south korea near the border with the north, u.s. and korean investigators determined they were sent by kim jong un's military. just as the north was lobbying missiles in the region and is believed to be on the verge of a new nuclear test. >> i wouldn't read too much in te

little is known in the outside world about life in north korea. ong unvernment of kim j usually publishes flattering images, such as those of military parades. it is unusual for the regime to allow reports of an accident. the death toll from the collapse has not been revealed to the public. exit pollse where point to a strong showing for the radical left party of local and regional elections. reports say the series of -- the party is leading in the race, and the government for the surrounding region. the vote is the first test at the ballot box for conservative prime minister since his shaky coalition within center-left pushed through austerity cuts to secure bailout aid. we are joined by anthony in athens. what does the outcome of this vote tell us about the political mood in athens? >> the official results are still trickling in, but the exit polls are showing a very strong showing for the radical leftist party in athens and in the attika region, which represents 3 million of 9 million voters. is showing a setback for the conservative coalition.

is watching is this test site north korea.ely monitors north korea, says commercial satellites snapped these pictures showing engine testing for a crucial long-range missile called the kno8. the kno8 first shown as a mock-up at this parade is a mobile intercontinental missile. a huge worry. because if north korea can develop a mobile missile with a nuclear warhead, they can move it around quickly. a u.s. spy satellite might not find it before it launches. >> it's estimated that these road mobile missiles could have a range of as far as 6,000 miles. again, we don't know if that's true because they haven't tested one, but if they can fire a road mobile missile that far, that puts places like alaska, hawaii, and los angeles within range. >> reporter: analysts say the imagery shows evidence the engine test happened in a recent two-week period. fuel tanks have been moved from the immediate test area to a post test storage site. as you can see here, from the website 38north, it also shows vehicles have been brought in carrying perso

the army says the actions amount to a coup. >>> south korea says the coast guard will be disbanded inesponse to the sinking of a ferry last month. a tearful president park geun-hye took direct responsibility for the government's response to the disaster. >>> the leader of the pakistani taliban says his men will continue to fight until islamic law is imposed across the country. it is a setback to stalled peace talks with the government. >>> syria's air force chief has been killed in fighting. general hussein ishaq reportedly died on saturday after rebels attacked a defense phase. he is one of the highest ranking military commanders killed in the 3-year conflict. >>> a citizen journalist in syria told us how he suffered but survived a chemical attack. it took place in august last year. he has escaped to the us, and is working to raise awareness of the war. here is his personal act of his journey. >> i am 27 years old. i just made it here to the united states almost two months ago. i came from a found in the west suburbs of damascus. i got exposed by sarin attack on august 21st. my heart

if north korea has a separate cuisine, the same can be said of its language. when she studied in sole she understood 30% of what was said. her recipes turned out different from classmate's. >> it's okay if you don't understand english. basically it's the same language that we don't n understand so the misunderstanding created is deeper and lasts longer. >> we met two university students, one born and raised in south korea, and a defector from the north. >> reporter: it comes down to basic things like a donut what, is that? >> [ speaking foreign language ] . >> as is north korea. [ speaking foreign language ] . >> and how about a pen? >> [ speaking foreign language ] . >> and. [ speaking foreign language ] >> i used to watch movies in drama. at first i couldn't understand anything. over time i realised it was the same language and i was able to understand what was going on. that helped me when i arrived here, but still there were words that i didn't know. >> since 2005, they have been working with their north korean counterparts on a north-south dictionary. the

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korea responsible for any further such action. they already warned them they will retaliate if attacked. >> the house took the first step towards changing how the national security operates. lawmakers passed a bill that calls for major changes. details of that program were revealed by nsa leaker edward snowden. libby casey with more now. >> the biggest change to government surveillance that the house build would make is that it takes it out of the hands of the nsa american's phone call records. that information about who you called and when you called them, would no longer be kept by the nsa. >> advocates of personal privacy, pulled take support at the last minute. that's because major changes were made, in the last week or so. meetings between congressional leaders intelligence committees and the white house, tinkered with with the bill and did create some softer landings. one change, there is no longer an independent advocate called for on the fisa court, someone representing the american people, instead it is all government rep

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still, they're wary about any negotiations involving north korea. the spokesperson for the u.s. state department said japanese officials notified their american counterparts about the agreement in advance. >> we continue to support japanese efforts to resolve the abductions issue in a transparent manner. >> psaki would not answer questions about japanese plans to ease sanctions. >>> the families of the abductees have fought for years to find out what happened. they're urging japanese government leaders to ensure the investigation will lead to their relatives' return. japanese and north korean leaders met in 2004 at a summit in pyongyang. the north koreans agreed to conduct an investigation into the fate of those who were kidnapped. but japanese officials questioned the credibility of the inquiry. the north koreans said what they said were the remains of two of the abductees. but researchers found that dna did not match. the relatives are hoping this time things will be different. >> translator: we believe this is the last chance. i hope this time the problem will be resolved. >>

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