a north korea with more nuclear weapons, a north korea with more missile delivery systems a north korea that continues to proliferate, so these negotiations haven't been successful. lets be brutally blunt about that. but that does' mean we stop. >> while the international community navigates policy options - changes within north korea might have the most far-reaching implications >> there is so much curiosity in south korea about what is happening in the north that as you can see hundreds of people come here every day to take a peek at the other side. >> our main glimpse of life in the provinces... we were shown in a cafe in seoul >> fault lines was shown exclusive footage from a north korean smuggler. he asked us not to reveal his identity. >> in this clip, a group of people are waiting outside a train station in suncheon city, north of pyongyang. we were told they were waiting for merchants to arrive with chinese goods that need to be brought to market... things like shampoos electronics and smuggled dvds. >> we are told if caught filming the markets... you could go to prison or worse

before you go to korea? >> only hearsay. i had no first hand information at all. the people who came back from korea in 1950 with the 7th division division. soldiers talk a lot. some grumble and complain about this and that. i really didn't know a lot about korea or the korean people for that matter. all i heard was complaining. >> about what? >> nothing in particular. the duty primarily. no one that i talked with of course they were privates and stuff like that. really didn't have a good handle on the situation and they, by nature doesn't have anything good to say about anything in korea. i had been in japan for 27 months when korea started. i went to we moved down to mt. fuji in preparation for the move. i was ready to come back to the states. in fact, my first sergeant called me into his office. i don't remember. 1950, must have been early september. advised me that i was going home. handed me my orders or attempted to. then he took them back and tore them up. i was hurt by that. i wanted the go home. he

and south korea? >> absolutely. as i told you, by the 1980s, kor korea accomplished simultaneous development of economic development and democracy. so they now see what they did. you know, korea, what it is now, it's all their sacrifices, and obviously korean people achieved it. but we couldn't do it without their sacrifice. so they support what we are doing, my foundation, and they agreed to me that this is the most effective and most economical way and permanent way to preserve their legacy. >> i think you mentioned funding a little bit in terms of doing the interviews. what are some of the challenges when you go to do these interviews? >> you may be surprised to hear this, but there are officially 2.1 million korean war veterans. >> in the united states. >> in the united states. even though they were not in the korean theater at the time. the federal government officially designated them as korean war veterans but there are many more korean war veterans who actually fought there. and i cannot do it

professor han: did you know anything about korea before you went to korea? mr. petrey: only hearsay. i had no first-hand information at all. the people who came back from korea in 1950 with the seventh division, of course, soldiers talk a lot. some grumble and complain about this and that. i really did not know a lot about korea or the korean people,. for that matter. all i heard was complaining. professor han: about what? mr. petrey: nothing in particular. the duty, primarily. no one that i talked with, of course they were privates and pfcs and stuff like that. they really did not have a good handle on the situation. they, by nature, did not have anything good to say about anything in korea. but i had been in japan for 27 months when korea started. and i went, we moved from hachinohe to mount fuji in preparation for the move to korea. i was ready to go back to the states. my sergeant called me into his office. 1950, must have been early september, and advised me that i was going home. and handed me my orders, or attempted to. then he took them back and tore the

-korea alliance. bill: along that line, you said the average age of 60 to 83, so 60 years ago, many of these men were in their early 20's. do you find they still have an active interest in what's going on in south korea and north korea? professor han: absolutely. as i told you, by the 1980's, korea accomplished simultaneous development of economic development and democracy, so they now see what they did, you know the korea what it is now. it's all their sacrifices and obviously, korean people achieved it, but we couldn't do it without their sacrifice. so they support what we are doing, my foundation, and they think that this is the most effective and most economical way and permanent way to preserve their legacy. bill: i think you mentioned funding a little bit on the -- in terms of doing the interviews, what are some of the challenges when you do these interviews? professor han: you may be surprised to hear this, but there are officially 2.1 million korean war veterans in the united states, even thou

before you go to korea? >> only hearsay. i had no first hand information at all. the people who came back from korea in 1950 with the 7th division division. soldiers talk a lot. some grumble and complain about this and that. i really didn't know a lot about korea or the korean people for that matter. all i heard was complaining. >> about what? >> nothing in particular. the duty primarily. no one that i talked with of course they were privates and stuff like that. really didn't have a good handle on the situation and they, by nature doesn't have anything good to say about anything in korea. i had been in japan for 27 months when korea started. i went to we moved down to mt. fuji in preparation for the move. i was ready to come back to the states. in fact, my first sergeant called me into his office. i don't remember. 1950, must have been early september. advised me that i was going home. handed me my orders or attempted to. then he took them back and tore them up. i was hurt by that. i wanted the go home. he

korea to you now? >> south korea is a beautiful place. from the pictures i have seen. very progressive, as far as the democratic movements of the government. their productive, just looked at -- look at the automobiles are putting out. i went to korea in 1950. i thought i had never seen such an impoverished place. horrible how people had to live. i spent a second to her there in 1964-1965. there had been many improvements. i took one week in passing went to so, korea could i thought this was a modern city. it did not look like it did when i came to hear in 1950. over the years there was a modern airport. we came out of the airport. i thought it was very modern. i thought, what improvements have been made. i just see the people on the streets as we go through dressed mostly western instead of the old traditional that i had seen in the 1950's. over the years, i've always tried to keep up with the news on the koreas. we always read about the north. kim jong-un. he is always making the papers. there is a fe

i would say south korea did not invade north korea. it doesn't make sense when an invading army gets pushed back to the perimeter. all the guys would jump in and start asking questions. this is when i got on the chinese list. we used to call it the shit list, pardon the expression. >> you were isolated and tortured? >> a little bit here and a little bit there. they would take me out two or three weeks at a time and put me in isolation. >> what do you mean isolation? to a special room by yourself? >> solitary. they would let me back into the company and they decided to form what they called a reactionary squad. they selected me to be the squad leader. i was responsible for any damage these guys did. it would all fall on me. but we were pretty cool. there was a big holiday with the chinese. it symbolized something with the russian revolution and the chinese revolution. usually on these holidays they would feed us better. we would get white rice, maybe a little bit of pork, sometimes even flour. that night i had to go to latrine during th

that's been my story for for my time in korea, the, been in korea. we did have some difficulty when i first arrived. we were untrained. our commander, lieutenant colonel johnson, described us as an untrained unit, a thrown together unit. we had people's -- people from all types of mos is. when we arrived and got fired on, they were brave. i did not see a single man run from it. a lot of them lost their lives and several of the remainders have been found in that area. every time i see returns from korea, my ears perk up. one man was from bowling green kentucky. his last name was mcmanus. was it mcmanus? i can be sure of the last name but i call the television station when they announced it. they said he was found in the area. i called and asked them if i could get the contact information from them for his brother. they listed his name as the next of kin. he was taking care of the business because his parents at already died. i was sent an e-mail back by the station manager that they don't give out contact information. i had no way of contacting person

/korea alliance that we are celebrating july 27th. the 60th anniversary of the korean war armistice and u.s./korea alliance. >> well, along that line, you said the average age was 60 -- 83. so 60 years ago, 1953, and the signing of the armistice many of these men were in their early 20s. >> yes. >> do you find that they still the men you interview, the veterans still have an active interest in what's going on in north and south korea? >> absolutely. as i told you, by the 1980s, korea accompliced simultaneous development of economic development and democracy. so they now see what they did. you know korea, what it is now, it's all their sacrifices and obviously korean people achieved it. but we couldn't do it without their sacrifice. so they support what we are doing, my foundation, and they agreed to me that this is the most effective and most economical way and permanent way to preserve their legacy. >> i think you mentioned funding a little bit in terms of doing the interviews. what are some of the challenges when you go to do these

do the veterans still have an active interest in what is going on in south korea and north korea? >> absolutely. by the 1980's, korea accomplished simultaneous economic development and democracy. they now see what they did. what korea is now is all their sacrifices. obviously, the korean people achieved it, but we could not do it without their sacrifice. they support what we are doing my foundation. they think this is the most effective and economical way and permanent way to preserve their legacy. >> i think you mentioned funding a little bit in terms of doing the interviews. what are some of the challenges when you go to do these interviews? >> you may be surprised to hear this, but there are officially 2.1 million korean war veterans in the united states, even though they were not in the korean theater at the time. they are officially designated as veterans. there are many more that fought their. i cannot do it by myself. it requires a lot of financial basis. i want to see many who agreed to this idea coming as a missionary of this foundation. go to the local village and find t

after all of those years of horrible memory what is korea to you now? >> south korea? a beautiful place. very progrezive. very productive. just look at the automobiles that they're putting out. many, many things now manufactured in korea. i thought i'd never see such an impoverished place. horrible the way these people have to live. and when i went back, 1964, '65, there had been many improvements. and then over the years, i was just there for 1965 and we came tim po. i thought very modern, nice people. traditional. female president, now, which is i think, progress. i have a very favorable opinion. i would guess faster than japan did. >> would you be willing to revisit korea? >> i'm having some difficulty right now, especially with my feet. the chinese did walk us through a river. i "don't ask, don't tell" take my boots off, some did. my feet were numb for two days. now, that's where i have all the feeling rngs in my feet. so i can't walk real far at a time. i don't know -- i don't -- i would love to make the trip. my second tour, we were up near the dmz. we were on th

and they've rejected the suggestion by north korea because basically north korea said they wouldn't carryclear tests if they stopped these drills. we heard from a state department spokesman say that it's an implicit threat saying the u.s. should stop something routine and then north korea won't go ahead with something that's against u.n. security council resolutions. so he this say it's basically a false choice. so that was rejected out of hand zain? >> and also paula, i'm just curious. how much do these annual training exercises destroy any chances of diplomatic changes between north and south korea. >> reporter: it's not clear how much they believe their own rhetoric in that this is a prelude to an invasion. we had some comments in an opinion piece saying that the opportunity for dialog and diplomatic solution has disappeared, referring to the it's not clear whether pyongyang believe this is is a prelude to invasion or whether they use it as an excuse to increase these propaganda messages. >> and given the state of north korea's economy, these drills are clearly a drain on its resources

it supplies 90% of north korea's energy and food and humanitarian assistance into north korea largely to keep the regime in power and keep the north koreans on their side of the border. i think among younger choy niece lead ares there is an -- chinese lead hes there is an increasing recognition the north core rean regime is an ugly piece of baggage and ultimate li it is in china's interest to see the two koreas united. unfortunately, much of the problem is in south korea which sees unification as a costly burden to them. i think that is a bad reading with what happened with the the reunification of of the two germanys. this would be an enormous accomplishment if we could reunify the two koreas. it would help economic developmenting for and south and stablize the region but it takes time. the chi noose have to be talked to at -- the chinese have to be talked to at some length. what to do with the american forces on the peninsula. i would be happy to move them from the 38th parallel where they would bo woolridge no longer be needed to a base where they would be available throughout asia

i would say south korea did not invade north korea. it doesn't make sense when an invading army gets pushed back to the perimeter. all the guys would jump in and start asking questions. this is when i got on the chinese list. we used to call it the shit list, pardon the expression. >> you were isolated and tortured? >> a little bit here and a little bit there. they would take me out two or three weeks at a time and put me in isolation. >> what do you mean isolation? to a special room by yourself? >> solitary. they would let me back into the company and they decided to form what they called a reactionary squad. they selected me to be the squad leader. i was responsible for any damage these guys did. it would all fall on me. but we were pretty cool. there was a big holiday with the chinese. it symbolized something with the russian revolution and the chinese revolution. usually on these holidays they would feed us better. we would get white rice, maybe a little bit of pork, sometimes even flour. that night i had to go to latrine during th

then stephen kim looks at a new classified report on north korea.ey go back outside again having arranged to do so, and talked for maybe 15 minutes something like that. three hours later, approximately, rosen publishes a story that says according to a new classified report, north korea is planning, in response to the united nations sanctions, to detonate another nuclear weapon, and that report that rosen's story was based on is the subject of the espionage act prosecution because the government is contending it was classified information, harmful to national security, and stephen came leaked it to james rosen, and the curious thing is no document ever changed hands. it was just a discussion about a document, and one of things i found out in the course of reporting this story -- going through this lengthy court docket that a lot of people have not looked at -- the fbi interviewed government officials about what happened at about the report, and one of these government officials told the fbi this classified report today talked about, it is a nothing b

the workers party of korea was established two months after the war's end to celebrate. officials are planning a series of events including a massive military parade in the capital pyongyang. >> the party officials say they want to demonstrate at home and abroad that people are united under leader kim jong-un. they also say north korea will increase production of new military hardware to meet the needs of modern warfare. >>> the japanese government is considering extending some of its sanctions against north korea. and officials are urging pyongyang to step up its investigation into the fate of missing japanese. the japanese government lifted some sanctions last july after pyongyang set up a committee to find out what happened to japanese abductees, and citizens. the measures included a ban on travel between the two countries, but other restrictions remain in place. japan has been urging north korea to proceed with the investigation and quickly report the results. but after more than seven months, no concrete progress has been reported. two of the remaining sanctions are

south korea's foreign minister plaefs the resumption of six party talks on north korea's nuclear programe. we have new details of an interview just conducted with the foreign minister. paula, thank you for joining us. what is the latest with your interview? >> george, we may be closer to the resumption of six-party talks on north korea's nuclear program than we thought. the foreign minister told me that he believes that the five of those six parties, the u.s. china, russia south korea and japan, may just be weeks away from having a deal that they can offer to pyongyang to entice it back to the negotiating table. it would appear there has been an agreement of those countries minus north korea what the format would look like. before washington wanted previous agreements adhered to by pyongyang before it considered sitting at the negotiating table. russia and china wanted no preconditions. these talks have been stalled since 2008. >> what can you tell us about the context of this? certainly promising news for these talks to continue but at the same time we're seeing north korea more defiant

and south korea. i understand they're unveiling new technology this year. >> reporter: that's right. it's really in line with what we've seen most years. we saw just a couple days ago over the weekend, kim jong-un the leader was going to some live fire drills ahead of the u.s. and south korea having their own live fire drills. it is worth noting that the end of winter is traditionally the time when many militaries carry out these drills. but of course this time of year on the korean peninsula, tensions are a little higher. the bigger the explosion, the more impressive the fly by the bigger the smile. north korean leader kim jong-un appears to have a fondness for the military dramatic. as supreme commander of the army he spent more time visiting military barracks and soldiers last month than any other public appearance. the state ideology of military first is alive and well. >> a dictator managing his dictatorship needs to ensure that the military and security forces are loyal. so that's part of that g

and north korea say joint -- south korea say they will begin flexing military muscle. >> pyongyang seets as pure aggression and has unveiled new missiles and technology as it prepares for the worst. >> paula hancocks is tracking the story and joins us live from seoul with the latest. these drills happen every year. pyongyang would have its people believe it's a prelude to war. what's the real story here? >> reporter: experts are pretty split as to whether or not pyongyang does believe what it says when it believes -- when it says that these drills are basically an exercise a practice for invasion as they announced in a north korean newspaper this monday morning. or whether or not they're just using it as an excuse to up the rhetoric to testfire missiles of its own, new technology as you say. of course it is winter so winter military drills would happen in most countries anyway. north north korea would be doing this. of course the announcement is march 2nd next monday circumstance the day the joint drills between the u.s. and south korea start, and publicly at least pyongyang is not hap

none more so than in japan and south korea. foreign exchange rates having major impact in both countries, positive and negative. we start with japan where two major players released earnings results, honda motor at the end of january, and toyota motor on wednesday. another earnings report in yet another milestone past. toyota executives announced results for nine month period ending in december. net revenues rose 5% to $170 million with operating profit up 14%. in yen terms that's an all time high. the company has now reported record profits for three consecutive quarters. strong sales in the united states are one reason. cheaper oil prices are driving demand for toyota suvs. and then there's the weaker yen. toyota exports a lot more cars from japan than its main rivals do. meaning bigger profits when it converts those earnings to yen. >> translator: we believe the better than expected results are the fruits of our initiatives to strengthen profit structure and cut production costs. >> toyota officials say they're on a roll. th

and south korea say their annual joint military exercises will begin march 2nd and north korea appears to flex its own muscle. >> paula hancocks is live in seoul with the latest. north korea seems to love any opportunity to rally its military. what's being made of these annual drills this time around? >> reporter: the kind of reaction we're seeing is really to be expected. in january pyongyang asked the u.s. to stop these drills saying that they wouldn't carry out a nuclear test if they stopped the drills. the u.s. rejected that washington saying that was basically an implicit threat saying they could carry out a nuclear drill. so the drills will go ahead. the u.s. says they are defensive in nature, says they are annual. they are routine. pyongyang never accepts that. the bigger the explosion, the more impressive the fly-by the bigger the smile. north korean leader kim jong-un appears to have a fondness for the military dramatic. a supreme commander of the korean people's army he spent more time visiting military barracks and soldiers last month than any other public appearance. the st

south korea prepares for the annual military exercises. carried alongside forces there. an angry response from the north. steve evans reports it's unlikely to change this year. >> korea and american troops trained side by side in routine regular war games. the upcoming truly huge exercise will involve about 200,000 troops americans and koreans combining in one of the biggest drills of its kind submarines ground troops coordinated across the country. the aim of joined exercises is to make sure troops speaking different languages work smoothly. >> we will work together effectively and efficiently to defend the republican korea from an aggressor. it helps us remain ready to deter aggression and should anyone be foolish enough to attack korea to defeat them. >> reporter: this exercise is about making more effective the cooperation of two militaries who speak a different language. it's also about sending a message. an attack on south korea is also an attack on the united states. just across the border north korea holds exercises, practicing rap

the risk is that north korea will prevail at the table.pocketed foreign aid but never giving up nuclear weapons and this may encourage another cycle. >> his first visit out of north korea, if he goes. i want to show you a cartoon. take a look at this. i don't know if you can read it or you can see it. two guys jong-un and putin are on horse back without shirts. you sure this will make my people respect me more jong-un says to putin. especially when joined with these other things. what do you think? >> i think that that actually is -- tells us something very important. you basically have putin who is not really hesitant to deal with the most worst elements in the system. putin right now is really of course with his initiatives in ukraine giving everybody a hard time. now he very well may do the same thing in asia, especially with changing diplomatic relationships in east asia. this could be a problem. we could see russian equipment end up in the iranian hands like the anti-ship north corekorea tested. >> we will stay on top of this. >>> isi

annual south korea joint exercises. north korea does this every year. fire missiles shoot out this rhetoric this inflammatory war like rhett reck warning the u.s. and south korea don't conduct these exercises. but there's more tension this year because of everything that's happened over the last couple of months. just last week north korea says it doesn't see any need to negotiate with what it called the gangster like united states. it can fight the united states with cyber war and nuclear weapons. all coming on the heels of the sony attack. yes it's an annual point of tension with these exercises. >> you are a lot more coming up later in "the situation room"." we'll take a quick break. when we come back presidential politics here in the united states. new poll numbers are out. who's leading the rup pact of potential candidates. stand by. the shift in the global economy. you know, the kind that capitalizes on diversity across the credit spectrum and gets exposure to frontier and emerging markets. if you convert 4-quarter p/e of the s&p 500 its yield is

people started to believe in what south korea could do.ere developed and it was not just about the buildings but the governance, the strategies. from that point onwards, great transportation infrastructure, great education, great health toe all help to bring seoul the top of the table. >> we talk about the rivalry between hong kong and singapore. how can singapore and hong kong -- how can hong kong fare bettter along with singapore? what the rivalry between the two is interesting. is betweenifference are kong and singapore around the efficiency of energy consumption and consumption relative to gdp. hong kong can do better in number of areas, particularly on environment. singapore, waste management, solid waste management, energy, and recycling. >> good stuff. always opportunity to do better for cities. thank you so much to joining us today and explaining all of that. only the look at not livability, but the sustainability of successful cities. coming up, will the kapok craze craze in china helped unify the prospects from one korean cosmeti

the movie "the interview," mocking north korea's leader. and the fallout moving from hollywood to here. this is why. "the interview" goes on germ release here in berlin on thursday. north korea and the berlin film festival were conaccused and were not happy, describing the showing as terrorism. there was some damaged limitation from this man, the boss here. he had to race to the korean embassy and say it's nothing to do with the berlinale, it's a coincidence that it's opening on the same day. pyongyang pulled back albeit privately. >> aside from that drama, there's more to see on screen over the next week and a half. the golden bear is a big price they are competing for. with everything from chamber maids to cinderella on show. they are back until 2013. he upset his government and is banned from making films. he is in with a shout to the top prize. as he watches from home. >> it was stopped. that is what he was doing. he is expressing himself. he needs to make them and will never stop. the film was a great way of promoting his worth to the

it supplies 90% of north korea's energy and food and humanitarian assistance into north korea largely to keep the regime in power and keep the north koreans on their side of the border. i think among younger choy niece lead ares there is an -- chinese lead hes there is an increasing recognition the north core rean regime is an ugly piece of baggage and ultimate li it is in china's interest to see the two koreas united. unfortunately, much of the problem is in south korea which sees unification as a costly burden to them. i think that is a bad reading with what happened with the the reunification of of the two germanys. this would be an enormous accomplishment if we could reunify the two koreas. it would help economic developmenting for and south and stablize the region but it takes time. the chi noose have to be talked to at -- the chinese have to be talked to at some length. what to do with the american forces on the peninsula. i would be happy to move them from the 38th parallel where they would bo woolridge no longer be needed to a base where they would be available throughout asia

this is the fastest aging place in south korea.the local government provides social care for those living alone, but at budget-fraying costs. >> it's a national problem. the age issue is catching up in the cities as well as in the rural areas. >> in a sign of this county's demographic slide the local government has increased it's baby bonus to $900 this year for a third child with education assistance on top but local officials admit its more of a symbolic gesture than a realistic cure. two mothers say that it might help with nappies but. >> it's physically and financially difficult that's why there is such a low birth rate. >> it's among the world's lowest lowest. by 2030 the population is expect expected to start shrinking. they might be seen as a realic of south korea's past, but it opens a window on its future. >> at least five people have been injured after two explosions in the bangladeshy capitol of dhaka. it was caused by the opposition bnp in dispute of last year's elections. dozens of people have been killed in unrest. ma

i would be boj and back korea the answer would be through a downside risk to korea's growth.e think the boj can influence bok, more stimulus would raise pressure to cut. >> ronald, thank you. up next, china announces changes to residency laws that of the leader your travel rush. further details when "on the move" returns. ♪ >> let's look at the property developer, shares have fallen 3.5% in the premarket, hong kong dollar -- one hong kong dollar $.65. the biggest ways of human migration rumbles in china, millions of people at home for the spring festival holiday. --h head home for the spring festival holiday. let's have a look at the new year rush. >> for the migration -- have you ever done the migration? it is not recommended. i would try to get out of the country. i remember my first lunar migration, i was going down and it took me 80 plus hours. the train broke down -- it was a slow train not the high-speed. >> for does it go? -- how far does it go? >> the length of the country. it took 80 hours because the bridge was out, it was a long trip. i do not mean to disrespect th

last september she met her brother who traveled to north korea to visit her. he said he was notified on thursday that she had died last month. he said japan and north korea had began talks and his sister had been interviewed for a possible visit to japan. so it's sad she died. he said his sister lost the race against time and he wishes she had been able to set foot in japan. >>> members of japan's ground south force and u.s. marine corps are working together to ensure the smooth cooperation the defending japanese islands. they've. holding a month long annual joint exercise in california. about 270 jap piece in personnel and 500 american marines took part. they had 14 amphibious vehicles land on the beach and they also used an osprey aircraft. >> translator: the u.s. marine corps has experienced actual combat in many parts of the world. we were able to learn from their knowledge in many areas, including medical and rescue operations. >> they continued professionalism that we see every time from the japanese defense force. i think we're right on track. >> japan'

find out what the organizers did or didn't do to upset north korea. that's coming up later. >> the u.s. secretary of state says russian aggression poses the biggest threat to peace in ukraine. secretary of state john kerry offered support to president poroshenko. the french president hollande and german chancellor angela merkel arrived for talks. >> we talked about the harmest threat that ukraine faces today and that is russia's continued aggression in the east. there's no other way to call it. >> we highly appreciate the united states invaluable support to our nation and our people through all the time of ukraine independence. the support has become most evident viewed in russian aggression on crimea and on donetsk. the beyond leading role in consolidation of the plans of solidarity in support of ukraine is critical for pushing of the peaceful solution. we are grateful for the consistent engagement of the state department and you personally mr. secretary, into this effort. >> let's hear now from our correspondent with the latest from moscow. >> presi

as you alluded to instead we just ignore north korea these past six years.etter than making concessions to the north koreans in hopes they will give up their nuclear program which is no more likely than iran giving up its nuclear program but six years of ignoring the north doesn't mean they have been sitting there. they have made six more years of progress and if you don't think north korea isn't a global threat ask yourself why north koreans were in syria building a nuclear reactor that was a clone of their own reactor until the israelis destroyed it in september of 2007. that is the very definition of a global threat. i think that the relationship between the iranian nuclear weapons program and the north korean nuclear weapons program is one of the issues nobody wants to talk about. i would be amazed if there weren't substantial work between the two of the. we know they are cooperating on ballistic missiles. it would be remarkable if there wasn't cooperation on nuclear front. that ought to be troubling to everyone. maybe we will take one more here if there

/korea institute.hey believe north already has 10 to 15 nuclear bombs and is racing to build more. a senior u.s. official tells cnn this poses "a serious threat to the united states. " while u.s. intelligence isn't giving hard numbers on north korean nuclear weapons, the top army officer told wolf blitzer he's concerned. >> the thing we watch is the ballistic missile threat. that's what gives you capability if they ever happen to have the capability to have nuclear weapons as the ability to deliver those. ripe according to the latest -- >> reporter: according to the latest report kim jong-un already has the capability. >> in fact they can put a war head on a missile that can reach south korea and japan. >> reporter: how close is north to placing a nuclear war head on a missile that can hit the united states? >> they've got to get a warhead small enough to fit in this part of the reentry vehicle if they want to increase the range. they may have to miniaturize it further. >> reporter: it's a mystery how

a fifth of that comes from here in south korea. the growth of the industry has been slowing, some insiders blame restrictions to combat online gaming addiction. >> for a growing number of people, the distinction between physical and digital sport doesn't exist. >> more about the rise of e-sports, tristan donovan joins us from lewis in the u.k. for the uninitiated, tell us about the "call of duty" european championship in london. it's a big deal. 28 teams, people from all over europe, two days long. >> yes, this is a european final. it will lead to teams going forward to the world final in los angeles. and the prize money for that contest is 1 million. there's a lot of money at stake. >> i know what "call of duty" is about. is it interesting watching other people playing, as a spectator. >> yes, you get to see the best players, their tactics and strategies, and you get to learn that, and you will appreciate the skill that is involved. you'll be able to go back to "call of duty", and try the strategies itself. it's kind of a learning

that's when we decided to move forces into korea.rces in japan were available to go immediately to korea. system. >> without support from washington, mcarthur conceived a daring plane. >> dispatched from jcs to compel mcarthur that he could not execute on base. the first response came saying what a cockamamey plan. he put his pipe in the ashtray and walked out of the room. >> 70,000 troops indicated mcarthur as a genius. president truman deteriorated. >> truman's staff could not hear a thing. >> 300,000 were in north korea. on april 10 vt, 1951, mcarthur was the last to find out he'd been fired. >> mrs. mcarthur called me and she said lieutenant, are you listening to the news. i said yes, ma'am. she said you must have a message on your desk. and i went into his office and he said what? and i said that's the best i recall. >> you are relieved of your core commanders. he put his hand on my shoulders and said son, you will learn to accept changes like this. >> he may have been fired, but america still loved mcarthur. coming up, the reti

festival is getting underway find out what the organizers here did or rather didn't do, to upset north korea that's coming up later. hello there, thank you for joining us. diplomatic efforts are underway to end the crisis in eastern ukraine which has killed more than 5,000 people since last april. the french president and the german chancellor are in kiev to push their new peace initiative. and present a solution that is acceptable to all. the u.s. secretary of sate is also in kiev where he has met leaders and urged russia to crease support. he has called for an immediate cease fire in the east. meanwhile, nato defense ministers have also. discussing ukraine the alliance is seeking to bolster it's military presence, in eastern europe, with the creation of a new rapid reaction force for 5,000 troops. fission if secretary of state u.s. banking and pointing a finger at moscow. terrorizing. refusing to participate. >> spread the peace deal. >> significantly. >> the site whether or not to supply ukraine with he that will weapons. >> thursday and with the russians on friday. the talking comes as t

so this is why there has been so much anger in south korea.e has been so much ridicule as well for heather cho blowing up over something seemingly so insignificant as how your nuts are served in first class. but it does point to the wider problem that president park geun-hye also brought up, that she was concerned with the power of these family-run companies. the very big companies, the likes of samsung, hyundai, korean air. >> we'll be wachbing the outcome of these circumstances. paula hancocks reporting live from seoul, south korea. >>> another al jazeera jurgeist could soon be free. >> it believes the release of egyptian journalist mohammed fahmy is imminent. but that could mean hours, minutes, days. >> this comes after his colleague was released. >> along with a third al jazeera journalist they were convicted of aiding the banned muslim brotherhood. he said he felt a mix of emotions. >> it was a very difficult moment walking out of that prison saying good-bye to those guys not knowing how much longer they will have to put up with this. >>

north korea got the city of berlin and about her lib film festival confused. it described the showing as terrorism and vowed vengeance for the humiliation. the exact words were merciless punishment. queue some rather hasty moves this man had to race to the north korea embassy saying it is just a coincidence that it's opening on the same day. pyongyang did eventually pull back albeit privately. aside from that drama, there is plenty more to see here on screen over the next week and a half. the golden bear is the big prize they're competing for here, with everything from that i am about her made to say cinderella on show. iran is doing it without the director even being here. he is bound from making films until 2030 after he upset his government. tax see is in with a real shout for the top prize as he watches from home in tehran. >> he doesn't stop, because that's what he's doing making films. he's expressing himself via film so he needs to make them and he will never stop. the films he makes are great and for us a great way of promoting his work to the world. >

it's not just followed in south korea, but there are eyeballs around the world following this game. that's why there credit interest is commentary in korean and english as well. >> when you look at the numbers of the championship that took place in seoul at the world cup stadium. there were 40,000 live spectators and 30 million viewers around the world which puts it in the same practices as some of the game sevens in terms of viewership. we've already arrived. a lot of people don't know about it yet because it is mostly broadcast across the internet. does not get mainstream coverage. >> the growing popularity of the sports can be. measured in cold hard cash. the streaming service twitch has brought in $1 million last year broadcasting events like this. and the online gaming industry as a whole is $23 billion u.s. dollars every year. a fifth of that comes from here in south korea but the growth of the industry has been slowing in recent years, some insiders blame restrictions brought in by the south korean government to combat a serious problem of on lime gaming addiction. for many p

korea's wages are closer to ours.ould happen for working families is good jobs will be sent offshore and wages will go down. in the face of these improvements, that's especially gruesome. >> scott, where does the currency manipulation become involved here? where's the currency issue come into play in the tpp? >> ed it's a big deal. ultimately, it's about jobs. we had about a $70 billion trade deficit with japan. let me just highlight an example of that. japan shipped 1.5 million cars to the united states. we shipped exactly 20,000 cars to japan from our big three. it is a huge imbalance and it is aided by currency manipulation which is the japanese government intervening to lower the value of its currency. it makes its goods cheaper. it has devalued its currency by almost 50% over the last 2 1/2 years. the obama administration has looked the other way. we want to do this diplomatically. i'm afraid if we do a free trade deal that includes japan and we don't address currency it is going to wreck something very good that

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adultery is now legal in south korea. cheating, judges argue, is a personal freedom.ged with adultery. interestingly, the stock price of a south korean condom maker shot up 51%, and a company that makes pregnancy pills saw gains. that aside, south korea's move got us thinking about laws in the united states and why this guy over here is always walking around. our researchers found that adultery remains illegal in 21 states. the yellow states. punishable by fine and jail time. states including michigan and wisconsin, they consider it a felony. in 2003, virginia, which is obviously for loves, took a guy to court for cheating on his wife. he was sentenced to community service. tanya miller is a defense attorney former prosecutor. tana adultery as a felony? what? >> yeah. this is really sort of shocking to a lot of people when you think about the crimes onis!á.j?the books and thehy [sd÷wfçç people get arrested for and get fined for. adult fry is the last thing that comes to mind but in five states it's a felony. you can go to jail. they're not offer enforred. the last vir