he said you don't know much about foreign policy, or nuclear policy, or the korean peninsula, or theld generally. what you have to say to president obama? donald trump: i've been very critical because i happen to think he's been very incompetent nuclear than he will ever know. sharyl: c.i.a. director john brennan agrees trump's greatest direct challenge is posed by north korea's ruler, kim jong-un. john brennan: he is somebody who has demonstrated irresponsibility when it comes to nuclear proliferation. he sees this as his ticket to international recognition. he continues to develop intercontinental ballistic missile capability, along with a nuclear program. anybody who has the record that he and north korea has, and has this type of capability, i think it presents a direct threat to the united states' national security. sharyl: another major area of concern is the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism: iran. a year ago this week, president obama announced the official start of a deal designed to keep iran's nuclear program peaceful and extend the time it would take for iran to

its purpose would be to remove the north korean leadership in the event of hostilities on the korean peninsulasouth korea's defense ministry reported the progress of the plan on wednesday to the prime minister. he serves at the country's

behind me as a satellite image of the korean peninsula. it shows a startling contrast between north and south. while south korea is alive with light, north korea is shrouded in darkness. more than 24 million people live under the tyranny of communism in the cam regime. in recent years, free societies have focused attention on the plight of korean people, but more must be done. since 2014, the bush institute has held consensusbuilding meetings, commissioning additional research and understanding one of the worst human tragedies of our time. the result has been a call for action for governments, the private sector, and societies to work together in a bipartisan way to improve the human condition in north korea. we believe this includes advocating for a new u.s. policy that integrates the cry for human freedom with denuclearization. we also believe that means supporting the north korean escapees who are building new lines and freedom here in the united states. all of you can be a part of this call to action. if you visit bushcenter.org/nk, yo

we stand to our slogan on the korean peninsula, fight tonight. we do not want to do that. have talked about the counter isil campaign, russia, china, iran. in each and every case, we are investments and have the operational plans to deter. wint comes to conflict, with respect to those different contingencies, they are all out there. that is a world that faces us. charlie: have they developed all the other technology so that once they have the missile -- are they that close? >> >> that is an intelligence judgment. in anticipation that that could occur, and making sure we will be prepared. that is the reason we began some years ago to build field and then increase in the last four years or so, increasing both the number and sophistication of the missile defenses of north america. we in the defense department are staying one step ahead of it. and we are. ? charlie: where do you put iran? in the five challenges, where do you put it? sec. carter: if it is implemented, it does stop them from getting a nuclear weapon. however, it doesn't stop iranian activities in the region in g

missile at any time and you, the united states, are responsible for all the problems on the korean peninsula defiant, threatening, unchanging. from the north korean capital, pyongyang, back to you. >> thank you for that report. still ahead, congressman gabbert talked about why she visited with ba sheer ashad. >>> and actor shia labeouf we'll have more on the altercation that had him walking out in handcuffs. >> it looks like we have a problem. >> bad lip reading, the inauguration edition. you don't want to miss it. we'll be right back. >> i have many pretzels for you. >> are you cheery? i'm all like this. you are certainly not going to be. you are bad company. >> can't wait. >> oh, you suck. >> i'm important. >> you want to be me, don't you? quite a figure. quite a figure. and no. >> are you wearing a big boy shirt? >> yeah. probably never will again. >> i like you. but i hate you inside. >> you are a creep. >> i think you are old like dirt. >> repeat after me, i make grease pellets in my sweat. >> i make grease pellets in my sweat. >> crushed it. >> you think? >> teasing you. you look depre

she wrote the korean peninsula was to blame for the women tragedy.he professor argues that 200,000 young women were forcibly taken by japan's military. she says it doesn't represent the overall picture. she also said they formed a comra comrade-type relationship. they said he distoed and caused enormous pain to the women. they said poc did not write that they voluntarily chose that path. they say it is a metaphoric expression that represented her opinion. it also stated advances by questioning existing believes and values. >>> the governor of a south core rooe r core korean province. tokyo has protests. the governor of the prosince that claims jurisdiction shook hands with guards. the province accused of recently repooe pe repeating incorrect statements. it is aimed at encouraging the guards. they have launch add protest and japanese diplomats also protested the foreign ministry there. >>> the families of people who died in a volcanic we rupg are taking legal action against authorities. they say the central and local governments failed to issue appro

so, we stand -- our slogan on the korean peninsula is "fight tonight." we do not want to do that.e are ready to do that. you have talked about the counter isil campaign, russia, china, we have not talked about iran yet. in each and every case, we are making investments and have the operational plans to deter. and if it comes to conflict, win with respect to each of those very different contingencies, but they are all out there. that is a world that faces us. charlie: have they developed all the other technology so that once they have the missile, they have the size of a nuclear weapon that would fit on the missile? are they that close? sec. carter: that is an intelligence judgment. but what i am telling you is, i anticipate -- i am in anticipation that that could occur, and making sure we will be prepared. that is the reason we began some years ago, charlie, to build field and then increase in the last four years or so, increasing both the number and the sophistication of the missile defenses of north america. so, it is not prudent to wait and see if something happens or not. we a

wanted to back, but the family wanted to stay in sakhalin as her mother had married a man from a korean peninsula. >> translator: when i was young, i had a bit of a grudge against my mother. >> reporter: decades later, she still listens to japanese radio stations. ♪ >> translator: japan is close, really close. >> reporter: she also studied the language of her birthplace, making up for the education she missed as a child. others in sakhalin with japanese roots have similar feelings. some attend language classes funded by the japanese government. >> translator: the previous generation has already gone. we are the only ones left, so we want to protect our language and our culture. >> reporter: another way locals stay connected to their heritage is by visiting memorials. like this one on the island. but as the people age, the task of maintaining the memorials becomes more difficult. the japanese government has sent experts to see how it can help. community elders also want to get the younger generations involved. >> translator: i keep coming here as long as i'm healthy. i also ask my son to help me l

they are the root cause of tension on the korean peninsula, he says. the joint u.s.exercises are due to begin in weeks. in a rare interview with this secretive regime, the man who deals with u.s. affairs told me america can't stop north korea. we will match american nuclear weapons, he says, with our own. north korea, he warned, is ready to test launch its first long-range missile. is the launch imminent? it'll be carried out at any time, he says. before taking office, president trump tweeted, it won't happen. if it does, it would be another step towards north korea's goal of building a nuclear weapon able to hit the u.s. west coast. a former north korean diplomat who defected to the south says kim jong-un must go and the u.s. shouldn't make any missile deal or cancel exercises. >> that is really a trap, you know, which kim jong-un, you know, wants. >> reporter: north korea carried out two dozen missile tests and two nuclear tests last year. there is no sign that that intensity of testing will end this year. and that is a test for president trump. north korea has cha

its purpose would be to remove the north korean leadership in the event of hostilities on the korean peninsula. south korea's defense ministry reported the progress of the plan on wednesday to the prime minister. he serves at the country's acting president. the special force would be tasked with infiltrating the north to take out kim jong-un. initiall2019 was the target year for the brigade, the military accelerated the plan. the south signed an intelligence sharing pact with japan last year. it said would follow up on that accord. it described the agreement as one of the achievements over the past four years, though some members of the opposition are against it. the ministry also hopes to address china's concern over the planned deployment of an advanced u.s. missile defense apparatus. china opposes the terminal high altitude area defense system because it fears it could be used to spy on its military. the south maintained it needs it to deal with threats from the north. >>> the first tuna option of the year has taken place at japan's famed tsukiji market. safety concerns caused a delay at an

well, we may be seeing that possibility because low pressure is moving out of china over the korean peninsula. it is expected to gather s stea over the sea of japan and as it does so it's going to bring inn plenty of cold air and also wet weather in the process but burst of cold air is mixing in which we are thinking is pretty likely even in the metro area of tokyo and maybe even flurries. we'll be watching that into the day on friday. high pressure is controlling the area over china and that keeps things dry and chilly. snow flakes maybe flying around in the capitol as we go throughout the day on friday. as we wrap things up with a look at north america pointing out the western side where a cold front and low pressure system coming on shore will bring the possibility of some rain. some of it may be heavy so be on the look out for that. hope you have a good day where ever you are. here's your extended outlook. >> residents in ray town near tokyo are making the most of the winter chill. they created a series of ice sku sculptures. the icicles have grown bigger as the mercury sharply dropped. >

so places like the korean peninsula looking at sub-freezing temperatures as we go throughout the day on wednesday. seoul a high of minus 1. 4 in beijing. showers developing into chongqing. that's going to bring clouds into shanghai as we go through the middle of the work week. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. ♪ ♪ >>> and before we wrap up, japanese scientists say there may be ancient secrets buried in the sands of the moon. they found evidence that oxygen from earth is reaching the lunar's surface and could hold a record of our atmosphere from billions of years ago. the team headed by osaka university professor kentaro terada analyzed data sent back from japan's lunar orbiter. researchers found that when the sun, earth, and moon line up and the moon is shielded from solar winds, the number of oxygen ions swirling around it increases. they say those ions appear to have originated on earth with lar winds blowing them 380,000 kilometers. terada says this could be a source of ancient secrets about our planet. >> translator: it's just my prediction,

it will be watching the korean peninsula in the coming days and weeks for any sign of an icbm launch north korea. there are two scenarios if they were to launch a missile. if it were a threat to the uggs allies, japan, south korea, the u.s. has vowed it would shoot it down. if it goes out to sea and is harmless, it will not shoot it down. the pentagon said that yesterday. this radar gives the u.s. the ability to collect the electronic intelligence either way whether they need to shoot it down or whether they just want to watch it, gain all the intelligence they can about what exactly a missile might look like, how it's configured, how it flies, gain all the intelligence they can about what north korea is up to. the bottom line right now is the u.s. doesn't think that north korea is ready to launch an icbm, that they haven't perfected the full technology, but by putting this radar out to sea, they will keep watch and it will be the donald trump pentagon, the donald trump military that will watch in the coming weeks and months. wolf? >> barbara starr, thanks very much. cnn is learning

translator: thaad is not only a problem here, it's threatening peace and stability on the whole korean peninsula. >> reporter: why park's government seemed to be able to settle two major issues with japan and the u.s., the scandal and the anger its released has deeply weakened the current administration and that will make it even more difficult to deal with the voices it had suppressed in a time of global change. kim jan-yu, >>> a tea hop is going global. the president says he sees his plan becoming the starbucks ofn. >>> a tea hop is going global. the president says he sees his plan becoming the starbucks in-. >>> a tea hop is going global. the president says he sees his plan becoming the starbucks of green tea. >> reporter: this shop singapore serves up drinks made with green tea. >> good. very nice. >> reporter: it's a japanese store with roots on the japanese island of kushu. the menu features desserts designed to please local palettes. >> translator: we try to provide a variety of items so our customers can enjoy green tea. >> reporter: the main shop was growing as it gained popularity. it

pressure controlling the weather for a good dominant area, including portions of china into the korean peninsula are looking at stagnant air. beijing, you're looking at the possibility of hazy conditions into wednesday. meanwhile, japan, we have more ofof a n northwestererly flow. for those off you l living neare sea of japan, especially for the tohoku region, you may be dealing with sea-effect snow throughout the day on wednesday. sunny skies into tokyo with a high of 13. 6 with hazy c conditions in beijing through wednesday. before we wrap up, i want to show you something beautiful. we have a phenomenon called diamond fuji that takes place. we see the alignment of the sun rising right near the summit there, creating this nice effect. we had photographers gathering out there to capture these moments as we continue into the new year, 2017. that's a look at your forecast. hope you have a good day wherever you are. he's your extended outlook. >>> that wraps up this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm kanako sachno in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us. p ." you are watching "france 24 these are the

we are ready to defend the korean peninsula and defend ourfriends and interests there.fence department, ourjob is to stay one step ahead. also making news today. at least 12 people have died after heavy rains caused severe flooding in southern thailand. authorities say many villages have been submerged with almost one million people affected. the heavy downpour is expected to continue for at least two more days. the former iranian president, akbar hashemi rafsanjani, has died of heart failure at the age of 82. ayatollah rafsa njani served as president from 1989 to 1997, and continued to play an influential role in iranian political life. the middle east analyst maha adedin has more. iraqi special forces have reached the banks of the river tigris that divides the city of mosul almost three months after launching their assault on islamic state forces in the city. the advance is the latest gain by iraqi counter—terrorism troops who've recaptured two districts in recent days. protesters have marched through nigeria's capital to mark 100 days since nearly 300 chibok schoolgi

further north, it'sjust cold at the moment across the korean peninsula and into japan as well.systems rather like this one battering california and many of these south—western states in recent days, there have been real issues there. as that moisture comes in from the pacific or out of the gulf of mexico and runs into the cold air that sits at this time of year across the northern half of north america, we get a real conversion into some disruptive weather. it's either freezing rain or its excessive snowfall. that will be the way of it across the north—eastern quarter over the next 24 hours. you don't have to go that far to see significant snowfall. that band of cloud moving across the sahara produced this snowfall. that's quite an extraordinary picture. they haven't seen anything like this in algeria for about 40 years or so. further south, something more expected at this time of year, more necessary , expected at this time of year, more necessary, heavy down pours all the way from the mozambique channel up towards the gulf of guinea. further north, it's disturbed at the momen

the kremlin said that they have talked about partner cooperation in the middle east in the korean peninsula, dealing with the iran yan nuclear program and already hearing signs from other key people in russia, the head of the russian sovereign well-fund, combined some $10 billion announcing this was a positive signal for investors and businesses and planning for joint business in the future. certainly a change of tone. >> the president has indicated that it's too soon to talk about lifting sanctions, but the president has announced a desire for a closer relationship with russia and has met skepticism by democrats and even members of his cabinet. how is that being perceived in russia? >> reporter: well, i think that there are strong admirers of donald trump here in russia. there were celebrations among some political circles, some media circles when he won the election in november. and, you see in some corners of the russian media for example articles, reports again celebrating donald trump but saying that he has a steep hill to climb when dealing with other elements of american society that

we're ready to defend the korean peninsula and defend our friends and interests there.epartment our job is to stay one step ahead of that. >> is it policy now that if they test intermediate range ballistic missile, the united states would shoot it down? >> if it were threatening to us or one of our friends or allies, yes, we would shoot it down. >> what about a test? is that something that you would shoot down? >> we would use an intersentor, that means if it was coming into o s, overseas. obviously, this issue of of our lot of our leaders in the military. do you worry that the national guard just doesn't have the ability to find these mental health problems with veterans as they get discharged soon enough? >> i can't say that that's -- >> we understand that. >> in this particular case, but ptsd and so-called invisible wounds of war is something we do take seriously. we have to take it seriously. we owe to our wounded warriors, 15 years now, including today and one of the most serious things i do is sign deployment orders and execute orders that send people into harm's

count on chinese leadership's continuing support to, first of all, reduce the tension on the korean peninsulating. these sanctions against israel that passed, i believe, 14-0 or unanimously, the u.s. did not block that sanction, that resolution. your thoughts on whether that will help peace in the region or create more strife in the region. >> or be destructive? >> it is significant that the security council has taken a resolution, saying that settlement is illegal. the international court of justice has also made it clear that settlement is illegal, and i have been urge israeli authorities to abide by international norms and regulations. they must sit down together with the leaders to discuss and to realize a two-state solution. there is another alternative to this two-state solutions. >> but doesn't this embolden the palestinians to say, look, i have this u.n. resolution. i have political currency to push back against israel. >> does it create an unfair advantage? >> it is important that support, palestinians and israelis, in accordance with all resolutions, sit down together. they have ide

so we stand-- our slogan or the korean peninsula is fight tonight. and we don't want to do that, but we're ready to do that. so you've talked now about the counterisil campaign. you've talked about russia. you've talked about china. we haven't talked about iran yet. >> here is northed korea. in every case, we are making the investments, have the operational plans to deter and if it comes comes to a conflictn with respect to each of those very different contingencies but they're all out there. and that is a world that faces us. >> do they have, have they developed all the technology so that once they have the missile the size of a nuclear weapon to fit on a missile. >> i'm not going to say that because that is an intelligence judgement. but what i am telling you is that i in participation that that could occur and making sure that that is prepared. and then increase just in the last four years or so, in the last two years, increasing both the number and the so is fist-- sophistication of the missile defenses, of north america. so i-- it's not prud ent

conflict in the middle east in nuclear nonproliferation and the iranian nuclear program and in the korean peninsula. so there seem to be a whole host of areas where both governments both presidents see that they could work together instead of working at odds with each other. >> senior international correspondent i wan watson live for us in moscow following what seem to be warming relations. >> the u.s. president spoke on saturday with angela merkel and french parade francoise hollande. earlier this month he called mrs. merkel the most important leader in europe but was extremely critical of her refugee policy. officials say the two the discussed nato and other topics during their call on saturday. >> he later spoke with mr. hollande who said nato is indispensable and the syrian crisis requires a political solution. the white house says president trump renewed his commitment to nato in both calls. >>> the final round of primary voting started this hour in france to decide the socialist party candidate in the upcoming presidential election. >> early indications are that the former education minister

also spoke about the israeli-palestinian conflict iran's nuclear program the situation on the korean peninsula. the crumb and said the issue of lifting sanctions did not come up. trumps earlier indications that might happen if provoked concern among many for from members of the president on republican party to european allies and the british prime minister and the french president. they have said sanctions must not -- until russia upholds its obligations. one pundit said putin's goal and entering serious again local recognition is a great partner and not trump has expressed his desire to join forces in fighting terror in the middle east among other causes. the kremlin says the two also spoke about doubling business ties and russia's sovereign wealth fund to issue a statement the call saying they are going to present about 10 deals that have mutual whoppers and investment soon. the bottom line is the intention to have the need to stay in close touch. one of a things they will be talking about in subsequent phonecalls is the time and venue for their first meeting and we will see in the coming da

program, the read being china would rather have a nuclear north korea than a collapsed or unified korean peninsula. >> thank you. john kirby, spokesman for the state department. good to have you with me. when you see the president-elect's tweet, does trump's threat more likely that kim jong-un will try to strike america? >> i think this is a regime in pyongyang that it's proven it's willing to continue to pursue these kinds of capabilities in the face of growing and galvanizing international community pressure. so, look, we've seen no indication that they aren't serious about developing these programs despite what is already a lot of pressure on them not to do that. that doesn't mean, however, that we can turn our blind eye to it or turn away and we'll continue to watch it closely. i would say that the sanctions regime that's in place are the most aggressive that we've had in nearly two decades. the international community continues to work to implement those and we'll see, sanctions tyke time. we'll see what effect they have. >> one of the big questions is what happens if north korea does perfect

but they did discuss other various things, nonproliferation, and the korean peninsula, and they made it a priority according to the kremlin to work together to target international terrorism, particularly isis in syria. that, they said, was the key point, and they did say that they were working towards planning a face-to-face meeting. the time and place of that not yet set. but the tone of the meeting, according to both sides, very positive and a new phase in russian and u.s. relations. >> one other thing the president pointed out, how this relationship goes still up in the air. he said how the relationship works out i won't be able to tell you until later and i had many times i thought i would get along with people and i don't like them at all, so this is really up for grabs says the president of the united states. >> absolutely, and i think the russians are also kind of leaving their options open and not putting too much out on the table as such, and we are seeing a fairly positive response from the russian media, and they were talking about a new tone, and there was a program anch

we're ready to defend the korean peninsula and defend our friends there. so in the defense department our stop is today one step ahead. >> is it policy now that if they test a missile, the united states would shoot it down. >> if it were threatening to us, yes. >> what about a test into the ocean? is that something we shoot down? >> we only would shoot them down that is use an interceptor for that purpose if it was threatening, that is, if it were coming towards our territory or the territory of our friends and allies. >> before i leave here, i want to ask you about the tragedy in fort lauderdale. the family believes there is some sort of trauma he received while serving overseas. obviously ptsd concerns a lot of our military. do you worry the national guard doesn't have the ability to find these mental health problems with veterans has they get discharged soon enough? >> i can't say that's this particular case. >> we understand that. >> but ptsd and so-called invisible wounds of war are something we do take seriously. we have to take seriously. one of the

china says it is making significant efforts to denuclear rise the korean peninsula.he commence come in response to president-elect trump who tweeted on monday that china isn't doing enough. a chinese spokesperson said they hoped all sides would refrain from speaking at the issue for fears of aggravating the situation. >>> clashes continuing in and around mosul with heavy gunfire heard in an sbern district recently recaptured by iraqi forces. civilians were leaving the neighborhood with their belongings. >>> for the first time in more than 50 years the best-selling car in sweden is not a volvo. the volkswagen golf taking top honors. the last time a foreign car sat atop in the sales list was back in 1962. >>> and a 2-year-old boy in utah caught on nanny cam saving his twin brother by pushing a fallen dresser off of him. the two toddlers were, as you saw, climbing on open drawers before the dresser tipped over, pinning one of them to the ground. the boy struggles before his brother is able to push the dresser off of him. both boys are okay and extremely lucky. >>> secur

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and south korean troops holding military exercises this week in the mountains of the korean peninsulae troops trained on skis in camouflage and hand-to-hand fighting. >>> and iraqi forces raising the iraqi flag outside mosul university. it's located in the eastern section of mosul, which has been recently liberated by the iraqi army from isis militants. they have now begun pushing into isis-held villages north of the city. >>> and police say two employees at a new hampshire burger king have been arrested on drug charges after they were tipped off that drive-through customers who asked for extra crispy fries got marijuana with their meal. 20-year-old garrett norris and 19-year-old megan dearborn were taken into custody. call this a half-baked scheme. and that's the "cnbc news update" for this hour. let's get back to "squawk alley." >> all right, thank you very much, morgan. >>> as we said earlier, microsoft coming off an impressive quarter, partly thanks to growth in the cloud. shares hitting all-time highs this morning. let's get to josh lipton out at one market who has a special gues

we know from admiral bortney, that the situation on the korean peninsula was at its most unstable pointnd we know they have a miniature nuclear weapon and 60, if not more, to 100 nuclear warheads. they have the capacity to miniature rise and they are working on each and every day to deliver that to the united states homeland. we know they have been able to reach out. that's why we are in the region, to our allies. that's why we are working on the deployment of thaad. the terminal high altitude defense system to shoot down anything they could fire that way. i believe we need to expedite that. i hope that they will support that effort. bottom line is this, north korea presents a significant challenge to the safety of the american people. we have to stand strong with our allies like japan and south korea forcing china to do what they can to put an end to the nuclear program with korea. >> nang you. >> thanks so much for joining us. >>> just ahead, we have details of the role donald trump's son-in-law, gerald kushner, will play in the white house. new information about ivanka trump as well.

korean peninsula is another good example of that. that said, none of this is risk-free. and i think to your earlier point, about popular policy, we can't forget that one of the big pieces of foreign policy is the choices a president gets to make to send americans to kill and die in places where they weren't born and never would have gone either wise and probably never heard of 10 minutes before the parachute opened. that a massive responsibility. and as we have come to rely on and to the military which had eight dividend, the best military force in probably the history of the world, that said i'm concerned it further isolated that question of what the american people are willing to buy into and sustain versus what president he was want to d. these long wars are tough for countries like the united states. it is tough for an american family to have their son or daughter deployed abroad at risk for years at a time. we have sustained through this policy for two administrations and one of the smallest militaries per capita we've ever had. i have many friend and colleagues. ei

he said that was the root cause of the tensions and dangers on the korean peninsula.tch it with our own and match america's missiles with our missiles. now, of course, that is a direct challenge to president trump. cancel these military exercises if you want better relations with north korea. there were also hints in this exclusive interview of a bit of an olive branch from north korea, we're open to a new relationship if the u.s. ends what he called its hostile policy towards north korea. he also said that the north koreans are waiting to see what president trump does not just what he said during his election campaign. overall, this was hard line, we are building our nuclear stockpile. sanctions aren't stopping us, we're ready to launch a long range missile at any time and you the united states are responsible for all of the problems on the korean peninsula. so this was hard line defiant, threatening unchanging. >> that's bill neely with incredible reporting inside north korea. meanwhile president trump is reportedly looking to scale back the united states' various f

that influence as leverage to assist the international community with the nuclear rising the korean peninsulas no longer acceptable and that is what donald trump is saying. china has failed in the region to be a responsible leader in terms of promoting a career that doesn't have nuclear capabilities so i think we will see more of donald trump calling out china for their failures, looking the other way to a dangerous nuclear state that north korea is when they do have measures to prevent north korea from doing such. neil: presidents of both parties tried to work the china angle to reign in north korea, whether it isunning nowr later, equally unstable, am wonderinif china can't corol it. what do you think? >> china is north korea's biggest trading partner and main source of aid. china can turn that off and north korea supplies china with a lot of coal which provides income for the north korean regime. china and turn that off which would hurt north korea but the reality is china doesn't want to do that. e us and china short-te inrest, the threat that surrounds north korea, the same long-term or