south korean administration but. now i think that everybody's losing from that just to go on and on between the new military drills and new action the only way to deal with north korea is just to restart six year the six party talks and maybe you and you go between the united states and north korea they should follow this utah guard but who are started direct talks with south korea and choose a solution maybe that's now turn for obama to follow it's a tough call there obviously this happened back in march and until up until this point we been in this situation he said she said you think we'll ever actually know the truth of what happened sorry do you think we'll ever really know what happened to that ship back and i don't think that we will ever see the truth and ok many thanks for coming in speaking to us pavel let's check off the director of korean studies at the russian state university many thanks you're welcome. so heavy this hour on the laces in all clay so seriously look at the color luger we did in the center

megumi yokota was abducted by north korean agents 33 years ago, when she was 13. her parents are anxiously waiting for new information about their missing daughter. the picture was taken in 1977, a month before megumi was kidnapped by north korea. in january last year megumi's parents, shigeru yokota and his wife, sakie, spoke to junior high school students who are about the same age as their daughter was at the time of the abduction. >> translator: she's crying for help tonight as she looks at the moon. she must be wondering why she can't come home. who will rescue her? >> former north korean agent kim hyun hee gave an interview with nhk last november. >> translator: yes, i will. i heard a lot about megumi. my fellow spy lived with her to study japanese from 1981 to 1983. >>> in the vietnamese capital of hanoi foreign ministers from the association of southeast asian nations plus japan, china, and south korea have held a meeting on the sinking of a south korean warship in march. japan's foreign minister katsuya okada has called on the participating countries to c

i don't think so i think we should be cautious about the south korean report that is the south korean government report there are a number of reasons why one should exercise extreme skepticism and caution in accepting the conclusion that north korea was responsible for the sinking of the ship. there's the context for example the lead government is not a government that is interested in peaceful coexistence with north korea it's a is to see the collapse of north korea and its absorption into the south. it's also suspicious that the south korean government's report was released on the eve of gubernatorial and local elections the opposition parties have found that to be rather suspicious there's also the case that. the idea that a north korean submarine could have been operating in the shallow waters and which is which. is incredible and in fact the former chief of naval staff of south korea in the days immediately following the sinking brought this to the attention of south koreans he said it's impossible to think that a north korean submarine was operating in those waters it's just not

korean torpedo and that's according to a south korean newspaper young as consistently. denied claims in an international report that it was too wide. as we had lines now we'll look at whether there is any truth to claim the global warming is the cause of the record breaking heat in russia and beyond the summer it's time for cross stop don't go away. and. if you want to. blow him away.

korean torpedo that is according to a south korean newspaper the new report not yet confirmed by moscow suggest a vessel here to see mine and international probe had accused a north korean submarine of firing on the vessel something peering down denies the channel and sank off the west coast of the korean peninsula on march the twenty six killing forty six sailors and foreign policy analyst stephen godwin says the results of the international report raise doubts even was in south korea. the lead government is not a government that is interested in peaceful coexistence with north korea. is to see the collapse of north korea and its absorption into the south. it's also suspicious that the south korean government's report was released on the eve of gubernatorial and local elections there is also the case that. the idea that the north korean submarine could have been operating in the shallow waters in which the cheering and sank is incredible but one could make the argument that the entire point of the cio in an incident in the blaming of it on north korea was to provide a pretext to escala

the korean government, and i have to give the korean government credit, very good credit because theynvite the veterans back. this year they paid all their way and half of the air fare to invite them back. and it's really moving. i could tell you stories right now that would bring tears to your eyes for the veterans going back for the first time, and the first thing they do is begin to reflect on the buddies that they lost. and they say to themselves why me. why did i make it and my pudy john didn't make it. >> we want to thank you all three. alex roland, michael beschloss, colonel wiedhahn, thank you very much. >> thanks. >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: president obama signed into law the first major overhaul of the financial system since the great depression. the chairman of the federal reserve ben bernanke warned the economic outlook remains unusually uncertain. and the obama administration apologized for firing an agriculture department worker over racial remarks. it turned out she was taken out of context and agricultural secretary vilsack said today: "i did

moves represent an expansion of its anti-north korean and security in the peninsula. at a news conference u.s. assistant secretary of state phillip crowley responded to the north korean comments. >> the very kind of actions that we've announced in recent days including military exercises that will be conducted in the near future are expressly demonstrating that we will be prepared to act in response to future north korea provocations. >> crowley said actions by north korea, including the sinking of a south korean warship, are the kinds of moves that actually pose a threat to stability in the region. he said the united states wants the north to cease its provocative actions and take the affirmative steps toward denuclearization it has pledged in the past. >>> japan has agreed with the association of southeast asian nations that the country will cooperate from the planning phase to build and transport or build a transport and communication network as part of the economic integration of the region. foreign minister katsuya okada and his asean counterparts agreed on the p

aging korean war veterans.t their record of their sacrifices. bless the korean people whose peninsula was cut in half along the 38th parallel. ease the current tensions and bring reconciliation and coexistence. hasten the day when the barriers that divide north and south korea will be overwhelmed by the forces that unite. lord, you have not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and the perseverance. l.l. the light of your truth -- allow the light of your trip to shine and spread, to restore and he'll, to eliminate and rebuild -- allow the light of your truth to shine and spread, to restore and to heal, to eliminate and to rebuild. >> please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, united states representative from new york, the hon. charles rangel. [applause] >> madam speaker, i cannot thank you enough for making certain that this great nation of ours has an opportunity to thank some of us for the contribution that we have made in korea. and we have little knowledge that it is not us that you yonor -- and w

first a south korean newspaper is claiming russian investigators have found north korea did not talk paedo one of the south's warships the report which russia has not confirmed says the vessel hit a mine the chin and sank off the korean peninsula in march with the loss of forty six sailors an early u.s. backed international investigation found pyongyang responsible north korea maintains it had nothing to do with the incident russia sent his own team of investigators to the region last month foreign policy analyst stephen gallons tells me that the results of the international report were don't feel. there is a large opposition within south korea to the idea that north korea is responsible for the sinking of the ship to lead government is not a government that is interested in peaceful coexistence with north korea. is to see the collapse of north korea and its absorption into the so. it's also so. especially as the south korean government's report was released on the eve of gubernatorial and local elections the opposition parties have found that to be rather suspicious there's also the

-south korean joint military drills. north korea's committee for the peaceful reunification of korea issued a statement on tuesday. it says the united states and south korea are trying to form a military confederation triangle by winning japan over to their side. the statement also said that war flames would spread to the whole of northeast asia ignited by the three countries. four officers from the japanese maritime self-defense force are participating as observers in the four-day joint naval exercise from sunday near the korean peninsula. it's the first time that japanese self-defense force officers have taken part in a u.s.-south korea exercise. >>> u.s. ambassador to japan john roos is likely to attend a ceremony for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of hiroshima. roos would be the first official from the country that dropped the bomb to attend the annual event. u.s. sources told nhk that final arrangements are under way for roos to visit as a representative of the u.s. government to the ceremony on august 6th,

backed inquiry which concluded a north korean torpedo sunk the vessel. uncovering change british peace campaigners say the afghan war could take a u. turn after the exposure of u.s. military secrets detailing mistakes and coverups they claim proves the reasoning behind the war was fictitious and embarrassing. far from a breath of fresh air here in moscow with temperatures breaking records on a daily basis causing fires and small has become the hottest months ever. lobbied back with another update of those stories and less than fifteen minutes from now the meantime a former agent of mossad israeli intelligence has spoken to r.t. about his day's hunting nazi war criminals he also shared with his opinion on what president obama needs to do about iran and how israel can settle its differences with palestinians that's our exclusive interview next on r.t. stay with us for that.

it's also suspicious that the south korean government's report was released on the eve of gubernatorial and local elections the opposition parties have found that to be rather suspicious there's also the case that. the idea that a north korean submarine could have been operating in the shallow waters which the cheering and saying is incredible that in fact the former chief of naval staff of south korea in the days immediately following the sinking brought this to the attention of south koreans he said it's impossible to think that a north korean submarine was operating in those waters it's just not the kind of waters in which any submarine can operate so the russian naval report is consistent with what a lot of people in south korea believe which is that north korea hasn't been responsible for this thinking. and that was foreign policy analysts stephen gallons we also spoke to people has been from the diplomatic academy of the russian foreign ministry and he believes that despite the high tensions on the korean peninsula there is little chance of conflict could break out. both north and

korean war memorial opened here on the mall in 1985.tinctive memories in washington. on a plaque, these words are inscribed. "our nation honors our sons and daughters who answered a call to defend a country they never knew and people they never met." of today, we remember those events of 60 years ago. we recall the tenacity of the south korean people and we honor those americans who have lost their lives defending their countrr. made their sacrifices -- may their sacrifices be a never- ending reminder that freedom is not free. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the majority leader of the united states house of representatives, the hon. steny hoyer. [applause] >> madam speaker, my distinguished colleagues, leader reid, leader mcconnell, leader boehner, heroes who served for all of us when i was a child, i thank you for your service. charlie rangel is a hero hours and all those who fought and died and who were wounded and came back our heroes of hours. i want to make knowledge those of you to wear the uniform today, who wore it the succe

the exercises are a response to the sinking of the south korean warship in march. south korea blames the north for the incident. now, the two sides are also expected to discuss whether the u.s. should impose financial sanctions on north korea. >>> welcome back to "newsline" business. u.s. housing starts fell for the second month in a row in june. the department of commerce said on tuesday that housing starts dropped 5% on an annualized basis from the previous month to 549,000 units. housing starts have been on the decline since a government tax incentive for home buyers expired in april. the consecutive decline has raised concerns as the trend in the housing market is considered an indicator for recovery in the u.s. >>> earnings plunged at goldman sachs for the may to june period. that came as they paid a huge fine to regulators and market turmoil depressed returns for the trading division. goldman sachs said on tuesday that its net profit fell over 80% in the last quarter from a year earlier to slightly above $610 million. the drop was partly due to the payment of

a north korean torpedo does ship and sunk. and that given all the political implications given the height of the tension that has been created it's all the more important that the south korean government has an objective and scientific investigation the white power and they're doing investigative group on the turn of the ship and that is said to be something that resulted from an explosion over the top but our experiment and another investigators analysis showed that the powder is actually aluminum rust that has resulted from aluminum being exposed to water for a long time in scientific terms aluminum hydroxide aluminum oxide. to an investigative group claims and therefore we are calling for a new investigation that would provide objective scientific answers to these questions . the taliban has threatened to punish instalments have released information about the militant group that says it's starting days here on the wiki leaks website which published more than seventy five thousand secret war documents details of operations b

the south korean many south koreans aren't buying it north korea of course didn't buy it. you know secretary of state hillary clinton over there rattling the sabers against north korea recently the people who have a vested interest are those who would like to increase tensions in asia this is very critical because this if there is a smoking gun that this could have been a set up this was some sort of accident made to look like hostile action or it was some sort of false flag attack this could result in war against a nuclear armed country north korea which is much more important than wars that we're unfortunately already involved with and that was investigative journalist and contributor to wayne madsen appeal to redskin from the diplomatic academy of the russian foreign ministry believes despite the high tension the chances of an actual war limited. both north and south korea perspective of a war as mutually assured destruction if a conflict were to erupt the korean peninsula would be economically devastated besides neighboring china has no interest in a war in its borders

." >>> a former north korean agent ended her first visit to japan on friday. during her four-day stay she met the families of citizens abducted by north korea. kim spoke about lives and roles of the japanese abductees. >> translator: i was allowed to live because i was a witness to history. by being alive, i could tell what i know about the 1987 bombing of a korean airliner and also the abductions by north korea. >> 115 people died when the south korean exploded over the sea in 1987. kim was sentenced to death for her role in the bombing, but she was later pardoned. she now lives in the south. during kim's visit, she met the relatives of abductees who the north say are dead. the former agent today them she met their daughter once when kim was living with a fellow agent. in the interview on friday, she described the time with her in detail. >> translator: i met her briefly and only once in june 1984. at the time i was learning chinese at a nearby facility. she looked very young, much younger than me, in fact. i remember she was a fair-skinned girl with a lovely

this was a south korean exercise in may, a response to the sinking of the warsaw -- warship. american said they strongly support the idea of south korea demonstrating that it can defend itself. china and north korea -- china, ally, hasea's main expressed concern. the mood is likely to become more intense. bbc news. >> authorities are said to reopen one-third of fishing grounds in the gulf of mexico. they say no crude-oil has been found since the middle of june. meanwhile, some ships being used and the cleanup are being called off. forecast -- forecasters were calling for a job will storm to hit the area. the american national hurricane center says it could hit the site of the oil spill within the next three days. the oil spill chief, admiral thad allen, says they have countermeasures if ships have to be evacuated. we have more. this is good news? >> this is absolutely good news for all the fishermen in the gulf to the been so badly affected by the oil spill. they say that because there has been no oil for the past 30 days in 26,388 square miles of federal waters, which had be

the south korean many south koreans aren't buying it north korea of course didn't buy it we've had you know secretary of state hillary clinton over there rattling the sabers against north korea recently the people who have a vested interest or those who would like to increase tensions in asia this is very critical because this if there is a smoking gun that this could have been a set up this was some sort of accident made to look like hostile action or it was some sort of false flag attack this could result in war against a nuclear armed country north korea which is much more important than wars that were unfortunately already involved with that was the best. way to. british antiwar activists are claiming the massive leak of u.s. military documents on afghanistan is an omen the beginning of the end of international intervention in the water one country but files posted online by wiki leaks suggest the situation on the ground is far from the official picture the nine hundred thousand pages detail civilian death of the hands of nato troops as well as concerns pakistani intelligence could

former north korean spy kim hunion hee has arrived in. her case is expected to shed light on people abducteded by north korea 30 years ago. the former agent was sentenced to death in south korea for her role in the 1987 bombing of a south korean airliner which killed 115 people. she was later pardoned. kim's visit is her first trip abroad since her arrest. the japanese ministry used her discretion to allowed kim to enter japan. she will spend four days in the country. shortly after 7:00 a.m. tuesday, kim arrived at a villa belonging to former prime minister hatoyama where she will be staying. later in the day she will meet with family members offan abductor who taught her the japanese language. kim meant the brother and son in south korea last year. kim will meet the parents of another abductee on wednesday. the former agent said she wants to tell the parents what she bpz their daughter. kim is known to have lived with japanese abductee taguchi in north korea from 1981 to '83. she learned japanese and customs from taguchi. in march last y

you say one of the aims one of the key objectives as you said at the start is to persuade north korean leaders to return to the stalled six party talks but bearing in mind that they've been stalled for quite some time do you really really think that these sanctions will actually bring them back to the table it's right now seen as one mixture of different policy tools and you know if you look at the track record with the china in the reaction to the china and were frankly going in a different direction rather than the resumption of talks but it remains to be seen we will have to hear what china and russia have to say in response to the latest measures certainly think that when you look at the responses coming from beijing and moscow there is a hope that we can move past the chardon incident and try to somehow create a situation conducive to the restarting of the six party talks at this particular point in time and it does seem very interesting of course russia has been very much involved and really has tried to help with this present position but hasn't done particularly well with its d

south korean warship. and he's no houdini, but he did turn a cell phone into a porsche. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. it was an extraordinary scene on national television today. the president's top spokesman admitting the administration had fired an official of the agriculture department for alleged racism without knowing all the facts, and then he offered her an apology. but it didn't stop there. the man who fired shirley sherrod, agriculture secretary tom vilsack, soon popped up on tv himself and offered her another job. all this while the nation watched her watch them. we begin tonight with jan crawford in washington. jan, this is a very bizarre two- day drama. >> reporter: oh, yes, katie. and we heard today the kind of thing you seldom here from the this white house or any white house. >> without a doubt ms. sherrod is owed an apology. i would do so certainly on behalf of thi

-south korean military exercises. the aim is to send a message to north korea over the sinking of a south korean warship in march. pyongyang calls the exercises unnecessary,, it involves warships, submarines, and 200 aircraft on the aircraft carrier. >> carolyn: a surprise at the san francisco marathon. the unofficial winner had never run a marathon before this one. >> alan: leigh glaser coming up to tell us about the summer. >> mike: jon miller was inducted into the baseball hall of fame. he has a great story. and buster posey is playing like a him hall of famer, extending s hitting streak. ♪ [ laughing ] saying no to my kids when they want to load up on fattening foods is hard. but, to see them get teased about their weight would be even harder. [ mom #2 ] asking the local store to carry more fruits and vegetables, yeah, it can be hard. but finding out one of your kids has type 2 diabetes would be a lot harder. [ mom #1 ] realizing it was time for a change, now that wasn't very hard at all. here you go, mommy. [ fem

naval vessel killing 46 sailors, a sinking caused by a north korean torpedo according to the u.s. tonight the white house is not commenting on the latest north korean threat, but that doesn't mean these exercises haven't created a war of words. >> there will be physical response. >> reporter: that statement from a north korean spokesman answered by the defense secretary. >> taking steps that further strengthen deterrents and also demonstrate our determination not to be intimidated. >> reporter: 8,000 troops, 20 ships and 200 aircraft start sending that message tonight. david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> we turn next to politics and a new battle breaking out in washington. this one over tax cuts enacted under former president george w. bush. president obama wants to let the tax cuts expire at the end of the year for individuals earning more than $200,000 and for couples earning more than $250,000. republicans are fighting back, and so we bring in jake tapper, host of abc's "this week." jake, you spoke to treasury secretary tim geithner about these cuts. >> reporter: that's rig

it is a threat to the south koreans every day. but part of our international -- our foreign policy for the last, since the second world war and the korean war, has been to defend itself korea. so that is not going to be changing anytime soon. host: the trip included vietnam. why? guest: every year they have a regional security conference. secretary clinton went to represent the u.s.. the north koreans were there and their foreign minister was there. north korean officials were very belligerent and bombastic as usual, and were quite vehement in rejecting accusations about the ship sinking, in vehement that these naval exercises going on this weekend would be met with some kind of response. host: how was the respect -- a reception for a secretary? guest: the vietnamese are quite been hammered with secretary clinton. she first visited there with a husband-- they are quite enamored with secretary clinton. they have great memories of that visit. she was welcomed with open arms, even though she did have some tough words for them about h

now to a spy story with a bit of a twist -- 20 years ago, a north korean spy blew up a south korean airliner. that spy was later pardoned and went on to become a best-selling author. now she is visiting japan and will meet with the families of those people who are affected by her nor did -- native north korea. >> the plane arrived in tokyo before dawn. the passenger hidden bohai and umbrellas, north korean spy, passenger jet bomber. she was driven to the mountains of central japan to the house owned by the former prime minister. the government arranged her visit. she might have information about japanese citizens abducted by north korea. >> we would like to bring back the attention to the devastation of human rights. we would like to have a prompt settlement to the issue of those that have been adopted. >> 115 passengers were killed when a jet blew up in 1987. she took a sign that capsules and tried to kill herself as she was arrested. she was part and on the grounds that she had been brainwashed. -- she was pardoned on the grounds that she had been brainwashed. 8 years ago, north korea conf

peninsula for the past 60 years, followed by a moment of silence at the korean war memorial. while there, the two also paid tribute to 46 south korean sailors killed during a naval attack back in march that has been blamed on north korea. and just this morning following high-level talks in the region, secretary clinton announced the u.s. will impose new sanctions specifically designed to target assets of north korea's leadership. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. >>> in ohio, newly released video shows a good samaritan being attacked by a group of women with their high heels. police say the man was just trying to help one of those women who he thought was being assaulted by a male companion, but she apparently misunderstand the gesture. now family members say the assault could cause permanent damage to the victim's eye, and he may lose his sight. >>> a new york police officer is facing assault and reckless driving charges in connection with a hit-and-run accident with a cyclist. video shows the cop's cruiser slamming into the

-south korean exercises will result in a retall torre sacred world. >> we should be very worried abouthis. north korea is comfortable being a state that makes nuclear threats. >> all this after the secretary of state and defense secretary visited the korean demill tarrized zone, and saying these military excises are meant to send a clear signal. >> we have seen nothing that gives us any reason to believe that north korea is ready to end its provac consecutive belligerent behavior. >> threats from the north are nothing new but take on new meaning after the sinking of a south korean vessel. >> the white house is not commending on the north corn threat bunt it doesn't mean these exercised haven't created a war of words. >> there will be physical response. >> reporter: that statement from a north korean spokesman, answered by the defense secretary. >> taking steps that further strengthen deterrence and also demonstrate our determination not to be intimidated. >> reporter: 8,000 troops, 20 ships, and 200 aircraft start sending that message tonight. abc news, washington. >> alan: a massive s

cooling and then again warming there again cool already rector of the international center for korean studies thank you. well another standoff with nuclear pretext is that between israel and iran and i was time veteran british journalist alan hart explains why teheran would never strike first. just supposing iran had one two three dozen nuclear bombs do you think he would be stupid enough to launch a first nuclear strike on israel of course he would because the whole of iran would be devastated the real reason why israel is paying up the iranian threat is to deflect political and other attention away from what it is doing in the occupied territories but the only real problem. is if you ron did possess nuclear weapons it would greatly limit israel's ability to go on imposing its will on the entire region. well the unprecedented heat wave hitting russia continues to rage with july already the hottest month on record moscow is also suffering from small ground the smell of burning peat bogs is reaching some outlying and central areas of the capital emergency teams are tackling the fires w

and south korean sailors.ongyang is calling this a provokation and is vowing to respond with sacred war and powerful nuclear deterrents. >>> just ahead, a family planning for a funeral just discovered their daughter is alive. the stunning case of mistaken identity. >>> also, a visit to the giant laser buried deep under interstate 280. >>> an unknown runner wins [ kid 1 ] waa ow so of our favorite things? we love summertime fun! ...wearing our farite colors... ...and jamming to our favorite bands! ♪ but we love eating totino's the most. we live for fun... ...friends... [ both ] ...and best of all.. [ all ] ...our favorite... ...eating totino's! ♪ we're the kids in america ♪ oh, oh, oh ♪ we're the kids in... >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini >>> after preparing for their daughter's funeral scheduled for tomorrow an arizona family has learnd that she is actually alive. 19-year-old abbey garro was so badly disfigured in a car accident that authorities mixed the identities of two girls involved in that

koreans is to negotiate especially if. you play. and they want to be treated as a new player and if and when they're treated as some kind of. evil axis. so just irritated then that's a very difficult to to deal with them in such a way one hour let's return to our top story this hour an attack on a power plant in russia itself i cannot talk to political analysts nicholai patrol from the carnegie moscow office in moscow thanks very much indeed for joining us now a criminal investigation has been launched. it's not regarded as terrorism by the police interestingly enough why is that do you think. well you know it seems to me there that's the very pro which exists in the recent past by the federal center according to which from one side there was sort of crazy show of local political elites going on and from other sides there was a new pm to replace almost all loyal force months generals in the regions by varying ganz by a cop it beggars guys coming from very distant regions of russia and i think that it creates from one side

now to a spy story with a twist. 20 years ago, a north korean spy blow up a south korean airliner killing 100 people. that spot was later pardoned and went on to become a best-selling author. -- that's by was later pardoned. now, she is visiting japan and will meet the families of people abducted by her native north korea. our correspondent in tokyo picks up the story. >> the plane arrived in tokyo before dawn. the passenger hidden behind umbrellas, the north korean spy, a passenger jet bomber turn best jelling -- best-selling author. she was given to the mountains of japan in a house on by the former prime minister. the government arranged a visit and has situation -- information that japanese citizens adopted by north korea. >> we would like to bring back once more people's attention to the devastation of human rights and infringement of sovereignty, and we hope such efforts will lead to a more prompt settlement of the writ -- issues and rescue victims. >> 115 passengers were killed when the jet blew up in 1987. she bit a cyanide capsule to try to kill herself but was arrested. sentence

rodgers probe into this thinking about south korean warship and launch counters and a u.s. led investigation that blames the communist north. president that signs up fifty nine billion dollars more for the latest troop surge in afghanistan while campaign is in the u.k. predicts the beginning of the end for the. thousands of barrels of dangerous chemicals could reach the russian border within days after being washed into a lot of the northeastern china. i don't think small that in scorching temperatures. as the mercury reaches a second record high you know. international news live from moscow this is all see with me thanks for joining us a russian investigation into the sinking of a south korean warship in march has revealed it wasn't carried out by north korea as previously believed according to a south korean newspaper moscow's probe contradicts one carried out by the u.s. and south korea which plays the blame on people. the new report which russia has not confirmed as the vessel he to mine north korea maintains it had nothing to do with the student foreign policy analyst

a show of support for the south korean allies. at the start of the press conference, mrs. clinton made clear that there was substance. >> today i am announcing a series of measures to increase our ability to prevent north korea's proliferation, halting their illicit activities, discouraging further provocative actions. first we will implement new country specific sanctions aimed at north korea's failed procurement of arms related material. >> the measures are punishment for their alleged did torpedoing of this south korean warship in march. north korea is already one of the most heavily sanctioned countries on the planet. these new sanctions announced are meant to squeeze its arms proliferation activities even harder, placing further restrictions on its imported luxury goods. the measures, according to mrs. clinton, were not directed against the people of north korea, but the misguided actions of their leaders. she said that there was still a chance that north korea could choose a different path, to have sanctions lifted and energy assistance provided. >> what really happe

secretary of state hillary clinton made the announcement after talks with south korean defense officials and saw hillary clinton said the new measures would target north korea's all the sales and other ventures used to fund its atomic for show in recent days a joint you asked in south korean military exercise has been held to demonstrate to pyongyang readiness against any political at times the north denies accusations that it sank and not a south korean warship in march killing forty six historian and career expert jim moret believes the new sanctions will however hate north korea's people and is not its leadership. the problem with sanctions in north korea is that they have been sanctions of one sort or north korea since nineteen fifty fifty one since the korean war. they have not had much noticeable effect over the years new measures repeat those measures that have been imposed since two thousand and six by the united nations. nuclear tests north korea conducted the current sets of sanctions which are very similar to what she said today. goods. means that the people aren't affected bu

i mean, the south korean capitol is within artillery range of the north korean border. so it's uh, essentially their call, and if they think there's something we can do to assist them, to improve that situation, we should do it. otherwise, it's one of those things where we will probably just have to wait for the situation in the north to improve and create an opportunity. >> paul hughes, do you want to comment on that? >> i agree with him entirely. you have to have a peace, uh, some sort of peace agreement to build upon to, to make the stable region. and we don't have, that's not in the cards right now in the north. >> paul hughes, the senior program officer at the center for conflict analysis and prevention at the u.s. institute of peace. thank you for being with us. and ambassador dennis jett, professor of international affairs at the school of international affairs at penn state university, thank you as well for being with us on great decisions. and thank you for watching great decisions. i'm ralph begleiter. we'll see you next week. >> to learn more about topics dis

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