the pieces then fall into the yellow sea off the korean peninsula. and the -- says they are assessing from the information that the rocket fell on the ocean after flying about one minute more -- one more minute. may have been some trouble at the first engine. and he also said that the rocket my have exploded over north korea or self-destruction. he pointed that out that this time's launch attempt was more difficult than the previous attets. and that north koreans may have failed to have enough in its design, but i cannot assess how -- what happened there. >> we're still trying to. nhk is still trying to independently confirm the details coming in. speaking of previous launches. the last launch was three years ago in 2009. at that time, they launched an updated version of the taepodong 2. >> yes. >> and now they are, three years later, they are again launching what they call is a satellite but many countries, including japan, u.s. and south korea, these countries are saying that it is a test of a ballistic missile. >> yes. so the important thing is th

how do you think the south koreans will react? >> i think north korea's provocation will have a very damages south korea's effort to make a breakthrough in inter-korean relations after the death of kim jong-il. actually, south korean government has been discussing the necessity to have a better policy towards north korea, but north korea really, the behavior is very disappointing and it is impossible to ignore the bad behavior. so, i think the south korean government will probably uphold the current economic sanction and take the case to the u.n. security council. >> i see. well, thank you very much, mr. choi. >>> u.s. leaders are using strong words to condemn north korea for going ahead with the launch. they say it violated international law and u.n. security council resolutions. white house spokespersons released a statement calling the failed launch a provocative action that threatened regional security. they say north korean authorities went back on a commitment they made to get u.s. food aid in exchange for halting nuclear an

how do you think the south koreans will react? >> i think north korea's provocation will have a very damages south korea's effort to make a breakthrough in inter-korean relations after the death of kim jong-il. actually, south korean government has been discussing the necessity to have a better policy towards north korea, but north korea really, the behavior is very disappointing and it is impossible to ignore the bad behavior. so, i think the south korean government will probably uphold the current economic sanction and take the case to the u.n. security council. >> i see. well, thank you very much, mr. choi. >>> u.s. leaders are using strong words to condemn north korea for going ahead with the launch. they say it violated international law and u.n. resolutions. white house spokespersons released a statement calling the failed launch a provocative action that threatened regional security. they say north korean authorities went back on a commitment they made to get u.s. food aid in exchange for halting nuclear and missile tests.

a south korean island. his son, kim young un, seems to showing the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and applying a third nuclear test. the u.n. council issued a statement condemning the april 13th missile launch as a serious violation of security resolutions 17, 18, and 1874. no real consequences for north korea's flagrant violation and action that threaten global peace and security. while the missiles blew up short of leaving the launchpad as all of us know, measure intent is just as important as measuring culpability. north korea's rhetoric should have told the negotiations all they need to know. the north korea's policy of starving the people and feed the army remains. the south korean defense industry estimated this month, north koreans spent $850 million on the failed missile launch, enough to buy corn to feed the entire population for an entire year. politics in north korea remains all about the kim dynasty and its needs, not about either the concerns of the united states or the welfare of the kor

on in the korean peninsula. we appreciate your leadership and understand the incredible importance of this area of the world. north korea is about as unpredictable and dangerous actor we have to deal with in the world today. so it is a complicated job to make sure that we maintain security there without rising too much to the provocations and without ignoring them at the same time pap delicate balance and prohibit your work and effort to do that. i look forward to your testimony, particularly in talking about the proposed missile launch that north korea is talking about doing in mid-april. how you see that playing out with other partners in the reach than we're working with to try to contain it, and in particular what you think about china and the role that they could play in trying to better contain north korea. is that improving? are they becoming anymore cooperative in terms of working with us to try to make sure that north korea stays under control? no country in the region has greater power over north korea

how did the north koreans do this? they felt comfortable enough to invite the world's press in, including our own stan grant, to watch this thing. that is not something they have ever done before. so they must have some confidence that the technology is going to work. that means where did they get that confidence from? who out there -- what country, what other nation, what other rogue players were helping them with this? the key things in this one that people are going to look for is the reliability of the technology, the guidance system, did the trajectory go, did it go where they wanted it to go. so did they get improvements in their trajectory. most importantly, i would think, is the fueling of this rocket. did the fuel burn evenly? did it burn exactly as they wanted to? that's what helps give the boost and the speed and the velocity of this thing to get it into the atmosphere, if you will, exactly where they say they want to get it. but still, you come back to that bottom line. they say it's a rocket to put a satel

>> i am sure that the north korean government will tout this as a success to the korean people. and, you know, the reason that they were doing this launch was in celebration of the 100th birthday of its founder kim ill sun . >> shepard: philip, where do we go from here? how quickly does the united states and how quickly does the rest of the world react and what will the strategy be? >> i think what's going to happen is the united states as i said, i think it's going to be very difficult for them to go forward with the 240 now, tons of food aid to north korea, set forth in the february agreement. that is not going to happen. i think what's also going to happen is that there is going to be a desire to put more sanctions on north korea and more pressure. the problem right now, problem right now is that north korea is, you know, people have talked about it is the land of lousy policy options. ideally, the united states would have -- would be working on a bunch of combination of policy involving carrots and sticks. china continues to shield north korea. -- >> shepard: philip yun pard

north korea's military has threatened to destroy south korean targets. it says it will launch a special action against its neighbor for grave insults to the country's new leadership. >> the military's supreme command issued the threat in a statement released on monday. it accuses south korea's president lee mun bak of disrespecting north korea but gave no details of the insult or planned action. north korea criticized a south korean group last week for destroys a photo of kim jong-un. the country's leaders staged a rally. south korea's defense ministry said there was no evidence of unusual military action in north korea. the south korean government has expressed concern but maintains the north is trying to divert attention from the country's failed missile launch. nhk's correspondent in beijing says north korea's leadership is attempting to consolidate support for kim jong-un. the correspondent also says the north wants to boost national unity ahead of wednesday's 80th anniversary of the korean people's army. >>> u.s. state department spokesperson victor

-korean piece is so important. beijing needs to see if they're not able to use leverage more effectively on north korea, there's another path we have no choice to take, which involves us taking our defense and strengths our revolutions to china. if we're not changing their calculations, we're not going to get much of a change. >> thank you very much. mr. royce is recognized. >> i'm going to pass for the moment, madam chair. >> mr. burton? >> i'm sorry i was a little late. that failed rocket launch cost $850 million they estimate. and i have it before me a report that says that would have bought 2.5 million tops of corn, 1.4 million tons of rice, or enough for the north korean government to feed millions of its people. why did they launch that when they knew that was a direct violation of the leap day agreement? it's like they said they were going to have a hiatus on, let's see, they want to halt nuclear tests, missile tests and allow the international atomic missile energy, iaea inspectors back into the country. th

we do need our south korean ally. there's an election coming up this december in south korea. >> i want to flag the fact the north korean human rights act has been a major contribution from the u.s. congress. the strong support for funding for information flows, you know, targeted at north korea. we still need to work very hard on highlighting china's really terrible policy of repatriation of north korean refugees. i know you've been doing a lot of work to try to highlight that. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. and although we would normally conclude at this time, mr. connolly has an issue so press, so urgent that i told him that he could have a few minutes to ask it and bring it up so as not to cause extreme stress, acid reflux, coronary disease and any other medical complications that could ensue. so mr. connolly is recognized. >> why do i have the feeling this is going to cost me a lot of chocolate? i wanted to give the panel the opportunity to answer that question i put out there earlier. it seems t

i do not see the north koreans giving up this capability. i think it's something we have to deal with given the current set of conditions. >> would you like to add? >> i would add, thank you very much. i think what the department of defense brings to bear, what general thurman and his theater bring to bear are three important things. a strong deterrence capability. to deter the north from use these horrendous weapons of mass destruction. a robust defensive capability. should these be used general thurman and his forces together with the south kor

i don't speak korean. he doesn't speak anything other than korean. i had a series of translators. we did interviews in seoul. we did interviews in seattle and hundreds of emails. >> we have this picture in front of the louis vitton store. >> this was during one of the weeks of interviews in seoul. >> he is about 5'6". he is -- maybe 5'5". he is stunted from malnutmanages smalnutrition. most o fthe males are stunted. there are 30,000 of them. they are on an average, more than five inches shorter than their south korean contemporaries. this is an amazing statement. >> where is he today? >> he is in washington. we are promoting the book. he has moved six or seven months ago back to seoul, where he does web broadcasting with human rights friends, to talk about north korea. >> the translation was expensive? >> no. it wasn't that expensive. a lot of people care about him. they care about his story and want to get it out. i had really good translators, some of whom worked for the "washington post." the most important translator was named david kim, who is a friend of his and whose family

this is the first time north korean officials have admitted such a failure. >> the north koreans launched a rocket in 1998 and 2006 that were said to carry satellites. but leaders of many other nations believed those were actually missile tests and analysts failed to confirm the existence of any satellites. japanese government officials said the missile flew for more than a minute. they say it may have reached up to 120 kilometers into the air. and it appears to have split into about ten pieces. they fell into the yellow sea west of the korean peninsula. the government's top spokesperson condemned the attempt as a violation of u.n. security council resolutions. >> translator: even though the launch of the missile failed, it means north korea went ahead with it despite objections by japan and other countries. we cannot help but call this a serious provocation to the security of japan and in violation of u.n. security council resolutions 1695, 1718 and 1874. this is a deplorable act, and we've launched a strong protest through diplomatic channels. >> nhk reporter is in pyongyang and he'll b

no official statement at this point from the north korean authorities, nothing on north korean state television, nothing and north korean state radio. it is strange, because we were all invited here, dozens of journalists brought to north korea to report on this satellite launch. this morning's release have all been assembled here in the hotel that we are staying in. everyone trying to desperately confirm anything. all we know is what has come out from across the border in south korea in seoul, from washington, from tokyo, saying that at 7:39 p.m. the launch -- at 79 a.m. the rocket -- at 7:39 a.m., the rocket launched off. we were taken to mission control a few days ago. north korea has been open and wanted to show the world this, but no statement this morning at all here. >> why do you think that is? could that be a suggestion that has failed, the fact that they are being so secretive about this? gatax is very unusual for north korea to be right -- writing off the way as this week. it is usually very controlled, and the authoritarian rulers here are very careful about the informati

the north koreans have announced they will launch a missile. we are working very closely with allies and other partners in the region to try to discourage north korea from launching this missile as they intended, but we believe that this reflects their lack of desire to follow through on their commitments, their international commitments, and so we have been forced to suspend our activities to provide nutritional assistance to north korea largely because we have now no confidence the monitoring mechanisms to ensure that the food assistance goes to the starving people and not the regime elite, that these monitoring mechanisms we have no confidence that they would actually abide by the understandings. >> so we have suspended the nutritional -- >> yes, we have, sir. >> general thurman, readiness is one of your top priorities, assess you've stated, the president's new strategic guidance shifts the focus to asia. today we haven't seen an increase in resources to reflect the pivot. we understand that each of our contingency plans is under review to a

the north korean government made a rare public admission recently. state media reported an attempt to launch a satellite into space failed. many nations consider it a long range missile test. still, south korean officials say this admission could signify a change of political style under kim jong-un. >>> a group of activists have released balloons carrying pamphlets and food across the border with north korea. they say the initiative is meant to denounce north korea's launch of a missile earlier this month. while the population continues to starve. nhk world reports. >> reporter: here near the north korean border, the members are now preparing for launching balloons with leaflets and chocolate to north korea. the ngo is composed of citizens who fled north korea. they released ten huge balloons carrying 2,000 packages. the leaflets explain the budget for the missile launch equals the cost of 19 million people for two years. >> translator: we're sending these chocolate cakes with our prayers for the happiness of the north korean people. >> reporter: th

north korean leaders push ahead with their plan to launch a rocket as scheduled. a rocket stands on a launch pad in north korea at this hour ready to go. space agency officials say they'll send a satellite into orbit sometime between thursday and monday. government officials in the u.s. and elsewhere are urging them to cancel the launch. north korean officials invited about 60 international journalists to check out the launch pad. the site is in pyongyang in the northwestern part of the country. althree stages of the 30-meter long rocket are in position. it's marked with the national flag and the name milky way 3 in korean. officials showed journalists what they say is a satellite they plan to launch. the device is covered with solar panels and is equipped with cameras and antennas. the official responsible said everything is ready and it could be fueled up and launched at any time. he said leaders in pyongyang have an even bigger goal in mind they want to put larger satellites into orbit in the future including a geostationary communications satellite. >> transla

it's marked with a north korean flag and the name milky way 3 in korean. officials show journalists what they say is the satellite they plan to launch. the device is covered with solar panels and is equipped with cameras and antennas. the north korean official responsible for the launch facility says everything has been prepared. he says crews could lower the satellite, fuel up the rocket and launch it at any time. he also says his country's leaders have an even bigger goal in mind. they want to put larger satellites into orbit in the future including a geostationary communications satellite. >> translator: we have already set out a concrete program. it could pass over japan. it could also fly over other countries. >> we asked hideki kenada to provide analysis. he's a retired vice admiral from japan's maritime self-defense force and an expert on ballistic missiles. >> the new rockets which they say to carry the satellite into space, when i look at that and also i compare with the old rocket, which was tried to launch the satellite but failed in april 2009,

the city of oakland looking for more korean crisis counselors. so korean speaking counselors. jordan, the police chief, said this was shocking and senseless. those were his words. >> we've had live team coverage all day. tony kovaleski joins us with new information on cheryl hurd spoke with some of the victims. one of them just walked out a short time ago. we're going to turn things over to monte francis who, again, joins us live from the scene of that very shooting and what is the status right now at the school, monte? >> reporter: well, jessica, right now police are still here on the scene, there's still a large police presence. you can take a look behind me and see no one has been going in or out of that school and this is quite a contrast from earlier today when there was absolute chaos. at about 10:30 this morning, a gunman walked into oikos university, a private christian school on 0 edge water drive and into his nursing class where he opened fire on his classmates. as police tried to evacuate injured students, the s.w.a.t. team moved in surrounding the school thinking t

it's marked with a north korean flag and the name "milky way iii" in korean. officials showed journalists what they say is the satellite they plan to launch. the device is covered with solar panels and is equipped with cameras and antennas. the north korean official responsible for the launch facility said everything has been prepared. he says crews could load the satellite, fuel up the rocket, and launch it at any time. he also says his country's leaders have an even bigger goal in mind. they want to put larger satellites into orbit in the future including a geostationary communications satellite. >> translator: we have already set out a concrete program. it could pass over japan. it could also fly over other countries. >> we asked for an analysis from a retired vice admiral from japan's maritime self-defense force and an expert on ballistic missiles. >> the new rockets which they say are to carry the satellite into space, when i looked at that and also i compared with the old rocket, which was tried to launch the satellite but failed in april 2009. i can obs

the korean war. the others include her two children. the defector sought asylum at the south korean embassy in beijing in may 2009. but the chinese government, honoring its friendly ties with the north, had refused to let them leave. the decision to release them was likely spurred by mounting protests in south korea against china's policy of sending north korean defectors back. the south korean government raised the issue with china at the recent summit meeting, as well as through diplomatic channels. but sources say there has been no change in china's position on defectors. its policy is still to send them back as illegal intruders. fumitaka sato, nhk world, seoul. >>> japan is getting new offers of help from its neighbor, the head of russia's state atomic energy corporation. he says his country is ready to assist with the cleanup at the damaged fukushima daiichi plant. rosatom general sergey kirienko came to japan to sign a pact for nuclear technology and materials trade. he pointed out the fukushi

at a private korean university with a korean national accused of being a shooter. feel responsibility and maybe embarrassment? >> yes >> he publishes the weekly news out of oakland and says that this story is a headliner even in korea. >> this news already made news in korea. >> still, most members of the asian community are uncomfortable talking about what happened. >> korean is not everybody is quiet but some people are louder but this kind of case, people don't know actually what happened. those things that make people more careful to speak out the case and i think that is the reason >> he also points out the differences in a gun culture between the two countries. it is illegal to carry any kind of firearm their >> you have no gun, you may be angry, but there is time to come down. that is the difference. this kind of case would never happen in korea. why? don't have guns. you can't kill seven people without a gun. that is not easy. >> he says it is a tragic story for everyone but for those who grew up in a country without guns and this level of violence, it is a

yuko atani covered stories on the korean peninsula. >>> why did north korean officials hold off the launch today? >> well, certainly they seemed ready to go. our colleagues were watching events unfolding in pyongyang. so they thought the launch might come on the first day of the five-day window. they keep their eyes on the screen but nothing happened. although there are several possibilities. one might be weather. it was cloudy there. clouds and wind do not favor a launch. another possibility might be that it was canceled for security reasons. kim jong-un may want to watch from the launch site so his presence would require tightened security. finally the leadership may want to choose a symbolic day for the launch. they may want the timing to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the birthday of kim il-sung on sunday. >> there's plenty of symbolism this week. so, how does the launch fit into what's happening politically? >> well, all of the events seem orchestrated to highlight the leadership of kim jong-un. memberers of the workers party named him their leader on monday. it's a newly-crea

one them is the daughter of a south korean soldier reportedly who was captured during the korean war 60 years ago. she is among them with her two children. one report this morning says it believes there are another five defectors who have always been allowed to be make their way here from another south korean embassy in china. the really question is whether this is a one-off by china, a gesture of friendship to south korea, or a gesture of warning towards north korea if it indeed is a policy change. it a gesture, or does it mark a change in policy on china's behalf? if it does mark a change in policy, that would be a big deal for the relations between china and north korea. >> lucy in seoul. eight years ago greece was at the center of sporting excellent. that seems a long time ago now. >> it does because the greek athletic federation has suspended all domestic sporting activities saying there is is no money to pay coaching or staff. there are fears that unless budget cuts are reversed, participation in the lyndon olympics could be at risk. here is our report from athens. >> sports fa

the north korean government made a rare public admission recently. state media reported an attempt to launch a satellite into space failed. many nations considered it a long-range missile test. still, south korean officials say this admission could signal a change in political style under new leader kim jung-un. >>> a group of activists in soutkorea h relsed balloons carrying pamphlets and food across the border with north korea. they say the initiative is meant to denounce north korea's launch of a missile earlier this month while the population continues to starve. nhk world reports from seoul. >> reporter: the ngo members are now preparing for launching balloons with the fruit and chocolate to north korea. the ngo is composed of citizens who fled north korea. they released ten huge balloons carrying 2,000 packages. the leaflets explain the budget for the missile launch equals the cost of feeding 19 million people for two years. >> translator: we are sending these chocolate cakes with our prayers for the happiness of the north korean people. >> rep

shelling of south korean island. his son, kim jong un, seems fully intent on fulfilling the old adage that the apple does not fall far from the tree. he has already tried and failed missile launch and may be plotting yet a third nuclear test. the un security council issued a presidential statement condemning the april 13 missile launch as a serious violation of security council resolutions 17, 18, and 1874. no real consequences for north korea's flagrant violation and action that threaten global peace and security. while the missiles blew up soon after leaving the launch pad, as all of us know, it is said that and in -- in international relations, measuring intent is just as important as measuring capability. north korea's rhetoric should have told our negotiations -- our negotiators all the needed to know. the south korean defense ministry estimated this month that the north koreans spent $850 million on the failed missile launch, enough to buy corn to feed the entire population or an entire year. politics in north

north korean military leaders put what appeared to be a long-range ballistic missile on display. they say it's the same as a special purpose vehicle developed by a chinese company. an online version of the magazine says if the vehicle was chinese made, china may have violated u.n. sanctions. foreign ministry spokesperson said china strictly follows security council resolutions and says chinese leaders enforce laws to enforce laws against weapons of mass destructions. >>> analysts reflected for a week before putting a satellite into spate. north koreans say they finished analyzing the launch and are determined to press ahead with their aerospace program. >> north korea released a statement about the launch. the statement criticizes the united states, south korea and japan for what they call their rights to use space for people purposes. >>> south korea has unveiled new cruise mills that missiles that could strike north korea. defense ministry officials showed video of a test of the missile. the video showed the missile in flight and hitting its target a hut, hundreds of kilometers

we do have a large korean community here. i have covered immigration issues as well as social justice and poverty issues. school issues, all related around the korean community. there is no evidence that this point that he was specifically targeting korean people, and in fact, not all of the victims are said to be korean nationality. >> briefly, a reporter for 12 years, how much of an impact you think this will create on the community? how do think oakland will recover? >> i will tell you that three years ago, we had three oakland police officer shot in the line of duty. the community is still reeling over that three years later. this is the biggest mass murder in bay area history in nearly 20 years. certainly, the largest mass murder in oakland in possibly as many as 50 years. obviously, we had very diverse community. we have an asian american mayor. people are already starting to plan a memorial service in the korean community for tomorrow to say goodbye to those who lost their lives today. >> in the news, syria has told th

the korean methodist church will probably have a memorial tomorrow. i want to thank the pastor of the korean methodist church and the president of the northern california korean church association for reaching out today and helping to provide potential counselors and other grief counselors for the people who have been involved and to the community that has been traumatized. we want to thank the county and our own police chaplain and we have represented here from the greater faith community, we have forever in chambers and pastor hopkins, both hear from the oakland community organization come here to show their support. again, we are recruiting and looking for additional korean speaking crisis counselors. we want to thank the asian mental-health services, catholic charities, and the county for stepping up with that. this is the kind of incident that hurts the whole community, and we know there are at least 35 people in the school at the time. we know that the school has hundreds of students, and it is a kind of paint and situation that we will not unde

during the korean war. the others include her two children. the defectors sought asylum theatsouth korean embassay in my 2009, but the north had refused to let them leave. the decision to release them was likely spurred by mounting protests in south korea against china's policy of sending north korean defectors back. the south korean government raised the issue with china at a recent summit meeting as well as through diplomatic channels. but sources say there's been no change in china's position on defectors. its policy is still to send them back as illegal intruders. >>> japan's defense minister naoki tanaka and u.s. defense secretary leon panetta have reaffirmed their countries will work closely together to respond to north korea's rocket launch. tanaka and panetta spoke over the phone. they demand north korea halt its missile development. tanaka updated panetta on how his ministry is developing. he's ordered self-defense forces to intercept any part of the missile that could fall on to japanese territory

shelling a south korean island. his son, kim jong-un, seems intent on fulfilling the adage the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. he has already tried a failed missile launch and may be plotting yet a third nuclear test. the u.n. security council issued a presidential statement condemning the april 13th missile launch as a serious violation of security council resolutions 1718 and 1874. no real consequences for north korea's flagrant violation and action that threaten global peace and security. while the missiles blew up -- while the missle blew up soon after leaving the launch pad it is said in international relations, measuring intent is just as important as measuring capability. north korea's rhetoric should have told our negotiators all they needed to know. the military first policy of starving the people to feed the army and supply the munition industry remains. the south korean defense ministry estimated this month that the north koreans spent $850 million on the failed missile launch. enough to buy corn to

south korean surgeons do it all. and there's never a shortage of clients ear to change their appearance. >> reporter: i'm now in a cosmetic surgery facility in seoul. on display is technologies unique to south korea where public interest in plastic surgery is high. more than 100 businesses took part in the exhibition. customers and members of the public checked out the latest technology. this machine scans faces and produces the results in 3-d. it can simulate the results of an operation. this machine scans to show bones and muscles and helps surgeons are their operations. as well, visitors receive free laser surgery. >> translator: korean women tend to believe that real beauty is what's left after you take off your makeup. >> reporter: cosmetic surgeons in south korea performed about 770,000 operations in 2010. that's about 1.2 times more than the year before. each year, more peopl take an interest in this kind of surgery. more than half of seoul's plastic surgeons apply their trade in this area. it's called the bea

these include freezing the assets of north korean companies. it also calls for stronger enforcement of existing sanctions. the presidential statement is a unanimous call from the 15 council members, including china. traditionally north korea's closest ally. ambassador rice noted that last week's launch attempt caused grave concern in the region. widad franco, nhk world, new york. >>> china says the presidential statement reflects a basic understanding shared by the international community. china is north korea's closest ally and has been reluctant to condemn it. the foreign ministry spokesperson said dialogue is the only way to resolve issues. he said the agreement between the u.s. and north korea is important for a nuclear free korean peninsula and for peace and stability. the pact was reached in february. the chinese government has implemented its call to implement the agreement, stipulates the north suspend its uranium enrichment program in exchange for food aid from the u.s. japan's ambassador to the u.n. praised the statement. he told repo

using freezing the assets of north korean companies. it also calls for stronger enforcement of existing sanctions. the presidential statement is a unanimous call from the 15 council members including china. traditionally north korea's closest ally. ambassador rice noted last week's launch attempt caused grave concern in the nation. nhk world, new york. >>> japan's ambassador to the u.n. praised the statement. today reporters were told the statement takes into consideration the position that japan has been maintaining. >> translator: the japanese government strongly supports and welcomes the statement. we will continue to work closely with relevant countries to resolve north korea's nuclear and missile issues. >>> north korea says it will continue to develop its satellite technology. it said the rocket launch on friday is the first of a five-year space program. the online version quoted the comments by the north korean committee of space technology on monday. the pro-pyongyang general association of korean residents in japan produces the

at a private korean university where the korean national accused of being a shooter.me ways it has become a source of shame for the korean- american community. >> we feel a responsibility to. >> what you feel responsibility and embarrassment? >> yes. >> he publishes the weekly news out of oakland and says that this story is a headliner even in korea. >> this news already made news in korea. three things. something happened in school, and he is korean. >> but still most members of the asian community are uncomfortable talking about what happened. >> caribbean, not everyone is quiet but some people are louder. but this kind of case, people don't know actually what happened. who is he? those things that make people more careful to speak out about the case. and i think that is the reason. >> he points out the differences in gun culture between the two cultures. it is illegal to carry any kind of firearm there. >> we have no guns, impassable we may be angry, but there is a time to come down. that is the difference she. this kind of case would never happen in korea. why? th

for the north korean crisis.can be portrayed as victims in their own nuclear places, you know, there's something wrong with your public diplomacy. so i think we've fixed that problem. but we certainly don't have indication that the north koreans are serious about picking us up on this and by the way, the chinese pushed the idea that even if we can't have diplomatic recognition, recognition on the part of the u.s. and other countries and north korea is indeed a state, indeed a nation state, if we can't have that immediately, can we have the solution that china had for a number of years which was to open a u.s. liaison office in pyongyang so the chinese came to us with that idea. they had a good experience with it and we said great. we'd be prepared to look seriously at that. the north koreans weren't interested in having a u.s. facility in downtown pyongyang. what they said we were interested in was recognition. we could do that but only in the context of denuclearization. host: let me go back to ben. follow-up on

it is marked with the north korean flag and the name milky way three in korean. officials show journalists what they say is a satellite they plan to launch. the device is covered with solar panels and equipped with cameras and antennas. the north korean official responsible for the launch facility said everything has been prepared. he says crews could load the satellite, fuel up the rocket and launch it at any time. he also said the leaders have an even bigger goal in mind. they want to put larger satellites into orbit in the future including a geostationary communication satellite. >> translator: we have already set out a concrete program. it could pass over japan. it could also fly over other countries. >> ske hd hideaki kenada to provide an analysis. he's a retired vice admiral from japan's maritime self-defense force and expert on ballistic missiles. >> they are new rockets which they say will carry the satellite into space. when i look at that and also i compare with the old rocket which was tried to launch the satellite, but failed in april of 2009. i can o

the north korean people are starving.outh korea reports the cot of the rocket who is been able to buy millions of tons of corn and rice which could have fed millions of north korean people. while food shortages have forced many to eat grass and tree bark to survive and the military recently had to lower the minimum requirement height for soldiers to 4' 9" because a third of north korean children are reportedly permanently stunted because of a lack of food. what a series of problems in north korea. catherine is live in washington, dc, this afternoon, catherine is the food aid off the table for good now? >>guest: well, a short time ago the white house spokesman carney said that the door is being left open for talks but the reality is the missile launch has put the north koreans in a box and now they must show that it can be trusted in the future and the that issue came up at the state department a short team ago. >> we are prepared to engage constructively with north korea but as we have said we are not going to reward bad

north korean officials intend to fire off the rocket between april 12 and 16. they have invited experts from around the world to watch the launch. space officials say they are inviting foreigners to soften international criticism. >>> a north korean official reiterated the launch would be to send a weather satellite into space. the head of the north american affairs bureau held informal talks in germany with former u.s. secretary of state, thomsz pickering. they attended a seminar. lee told reporters an airport in berlin, he described the talks with the u.s. as calm. he also said a weather observation satellite would help agriculture. a german researcher who attended the seminar said north korea showed no intention of cancelling the launch. the united states opposed the unchnd threatened to withdrawal an offer of food aid. >>> investors are starting off on a good note. wall street brokers went higher. we have more details. good morning. >> good morning, kathryn. as far the dow jones, it hit the highest since december 2007. it closed at 13,264. again, that is th

among the dead are two korean american women in their early 20s, and then the alleged shooter is koreanmerican. and so, you have a lot of pain and confusion in the community, but at the same time, you also have some folks expressing a little bit of discomfort, too, that people might perceive the community differently as a result of this, because the korean community isn't one that's in the mainstream media very often, and it seems like when they have been for two major stories that have involved korean americans, they have been shootings, campus shootings, the virginia tech massacre and now this oikos university shooting. and so, there is that concern, whether it's real or not is still a question. the other thing that i'm hearing is that people are wondering if this is an opportunity for the community to really look at stigma in the asian american -- it's well documented in the asian american community that there is stigma against those seeking mental health services. and one goh, the alleged shooter, he did seem to display some signs. there are administrators who say that he had anger

so i think that north korean people are receiving this pretty positively. but the question is why is kim jong-un doing this. i think because his political position has not yet been consolidated. and so he needs popular support. so in the short run, certainly this is creating positive result for him. but in the long run, people might start thinking, this kind of attitude is a sign of his weakness. i think this kind of open-minded approach is designed to give an impression, a positive impression both domestically and internationally. but as a result of this actually north korea authority had to acknowledge the failure of the satellite launch on april 13th. so this can you know, cut in both ways. this can give a positive impression, but you know, also result in negative reaction from north korean people. i mean north korean people don't express their feelings in public freely. but they deep inside, they might be thinking, well, when this new leader came about, we started crumbling. and stumbling. so you know, this is, we have to wait and see whether north kore