it names additional north koreans and north korean companies whose assets will be frozen and those individuals will also be subject to a travel ban. this resolution lists a number of luxury goods that cannot be sold to north korea. as a result, north korea's ruling elite who have been living large while impoverishing their people will pay a direct test. -- direct price for this nuclear test. this can be found on the u.n. mission web site www.usun.state.gov. these sanctions will bite and bite hard. they increase north korea's isolation and raise the cost to north korea's leaders of defining the international community. the entire world stands united and in our commitment to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and in our demand that north korea complies with its international obligation s. if it does not then the security council committed today in this resolution to take further significant measures if there is another nuclear test or missile launch. we regret that north korea has again chosen the path of prove occasion. -- provocationfar from achieving its stated goal of becoming a st

in my view, the south korean government should make north korean human rights a high priority.madam president, park geun-hye, as a candidate last year, in her foreign policy platform, statement, explicitly said that she would do her best to address the human rights situation, to reinforce we settlement programs for north korean defectors coming to south korea. finally, passed the north korean human rights act and so forth. and three days later north korea gave her a ringing endorsement that they north korea came out and harshly criticized park geun-hye for having the tenacity to mention words like defectors and human rights. again, that indicates that north korea is sensitive to its gross human rights violations. >> thank you very much. >> mr. connolly is recognize from virginia. >> thank you, madam chairman. dr. lee, you, i was struck by your testimony when you went sort of through a litany of overtures from the west, from united states, ma from south korea, all of which in this is good if you look at subsequent north korean behavior, in terms of violence incidents, military i

in my view, the south korean government should make north korean human rights a priority. and president, as a candidate on the november fifth last year, in her policy platform statement explicitly said she would do her best to address the human rights situation, to reinforce resentment program for north korea coming to south korean. finally pass the human rights act and later. three dates later they gave her a ringing endorsement they came out and partially criticized her for having the -- detect fors and human rights nap indicates that north korea is sensitive to the gross human rights violations. thank you. doctor lee, i was struck by your testimony. we went through a lit of orture from the west and south korea, all of which in a sense were rebuffed. if you look at subsequent north korea behavior in term of military incidents, terrorist incidents and furtherance of nuclear development. is the suggestion or the -- to be drawn from the -- we're wasting time to the orture of the regime itself? >> north korea view themselves as wielding the stick. north korea is the more pro

his focus is on a south korean island, a gesture aimed to provoke neighbors and please the north korean people. tensions have heightened since the regime scrap its non- agression pact with south korea and threaten the u.s. with strikes. south koreans are responding with a mix of concern and defiance. the south korean president attended a military swearing in ceremony and praised soldiers for their work. the ministry of defence did not mince words. >> if north korea really were to attack us with a nuclear strike, i can promise one thing -- kim jong un's regime would disappear off the face of the earth. >> the united nations security council voted on thursday to impose tougher sanctions. germany says it is the regular people who suffer. >> international isolation is increasing poverty among ordinary people, and that is why the policies pursued by the north korean leadership are focused against its own people. >> china, which has always defended the country, is also on board with the sanctions. it has called for restraint. >> if both sides do not keep calm or one of them lose their cool, t

yes, the south korean people are concerned about the nuclearization of the korean peninsula, but once again they will be the victims not of their choice. a resulting second suicidal war and a nuclear one at that would see the korean people once again pay the greatest price with untold human suffering in a lose/lose situation on pote, for both north and south korea. in my opinion the leaders of both knot and south korea -- north and south korea need to step up to the challenge, ten is up to the plate to seek ways to resolve their differences and to do so in their own way and not be duck tated by other countries. dictated by other countries. previous american presidents have all called for a nuke -- nuclear-free peninsula, but all the rhetoric has not stopped north korea, nor have all the sanctions. china, a permanent member of the united united nations security council, showers an 800-mile-long worlder with north korea. it remains beijing's primary goal to preserve a friendly relationship with north korea for obvious reasons and at whatever the cost. adding more sanctions, in my opinio

>> so far, no effect of those threats from the north koreans. south korean and u.s. forces say the exercises began as scheduled here in south korea. 3500 u.s. troops, 10 thousand south korean troops involved in this computer-simulated exercise. it typically runs a scenario where the u.s. and south korea respond to a north korean invasion attempt or attack of some kind. they say this is an annual exercise. it is not tied to what is currently happening on the korean peninsula. it is the first time south koreans have been in charge of planning and leading this exercise as they prepare for taking control, operational control in 2015. that would mean if there were a real conflict on the peninsula the south korean army rather than the americans would be in charge of the south korean and allied war effort. the new president of this country is meeting -- convening her first cabinet meeting today, despite the fact that she does not have enough ministers through the approval process. she is holding a cabinet meeting. she attends to a point her somewhat under fire defense minis

>>> pressure on the peninsula, north korean leaders respond to u.n. sanctions prompting north korean commanders to put their forces on high alert. welcome to nhk world "newsline". north korean officials have unilaterally to scrap all non-aggression agreements with south korea. their announcement follows the u.n. security council's approval of tougher sanctions against the north. council members made the move to punish the reclusive nation for carrying out a nuclear test last month. ♪ >> translator: the united states and south korea went as far as adopting a u.n. security council resolution to impose more sanctions on our country while trying to set off a newark war. >> a statement by the committee in charge of interkorean dialogue says north korea will scrap non-aggression pacts with the south starting monday. the statement says the country will close the north-south hotline at the demilitarized zone. authorities at pyongyang said they would cancel the 1953 armistice. they justified that decision by saying they were responding to u.s.-south korea mili

ended fighting in the korean war. john kerry says authorities in pyongyang should try to arrange dialogue with other nations, not create more divisions. the north koreans denounced ongoing u.s./south korean exercises as a flagrant military provocation. they said as of next monday, the armistice would no longer be in effect. kerry said officials in the obama administration want north korean leader kim jong un to stop the provocations. >> rather than threaten to abrogate and threaten to move in some new direction, the world would be better served if he would direct his people and make a decision himself to engage in a legitimate dialogue. >> u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon said he's concerned about what he called provocative rhetoric. >> this year marks the 60th anniversary of the 1953 armistice agreement of the korean war. i reiterate the importance of this critical agreement. >> ban urged north korean officials to build trust that will lead to stability in the korean peninsula. but building trust doesn't seem to be

this engineer raises the south korean flag. this town of 3000 straddles placer lakes -- glacial lakes. for several weeks every winter, the silence of the tundra is broken by the wine of engines. carmakers come from all over the world to see how their newest designs stand up to extreme conditions. this 35-year-old knows all about brakes. a korean company said in thousands of miles from home to turn doughnuts on the ice, not for fun, but for experimentation. >> there's a lot of room for testing, but best of all, it is cold all the time here. >> he and co-workers are paid good money to spend 10 weeks here in the sub-arctic winter. between test runs, they have time to contemplate their unfamiliar surroundings. >> the people look so different, and they act even more curiously than any of the europeans i've gotten to know so far. >> the local inhabitants eat some rather curious things, things entirely unknown to the korean palate, said the delegation brought two chefs, whose job is to keep the technicians well fed and fully functiona

if it breaks out, it means the north korean regime will fall.ow dare the north start a war that would kill the same race. ? >> people say the north korean threats should not be taken at face value. this is more about kim pushing for popularity at home. >> i think the real issue is regime security at home. i think as language is meant for domestic consumption to bolster the new leader. this is coming from the nuclear tests of last year's and the u.n. sanctions. the north koreans have said several times de nuclear-station was third goal. the rest of that kind of the flows from that. >> north korea is known for being unpredictable and even the life continues normal for many south koreans, seoul is ready for the worst. >> the battle for syria is increasingly being fought in the capital. the government has been shelling rebel capitals in northeast of damascus. these are explicit pictures from a lot of. pictures from aleppo. thousands of guns were seized that were destined for serious stored in a warehouse and are thought to be worth more than $1.7 mi

korean war in 1953.s not the first time they have threatened to do this. it is not a good thing that they are doing this. i would not take it 100% seriously. host: from four lotto dear florida -- from florida on the new democratic line. calm -- caller: in -- the 19 people with the box cut as proof you do not have to start a whole military war with united states to bring them to their knees. they had 19 individuals with box cutters that got us into two wars and been granted the country over 10 years. it used to be the great white man with the military would dictate what people a going to do. they are trying to find other ways to get individuals to come in and create havoc. it does not take a major war to bring the united states to its knees. it comes down to 19 men with box cutters. guest: that is an excellent point about the reaction to 9/11. i think we agree on more than you realize. we need to be tough with the north korean. we also need to come to the table and try to negotiate with them and try to pe

south korean products account for 70% of the items. its strategy is to do the south korean brand. it's already famous across asia with electrical appliances and cosmetics. this set of korean frying pans is proving popular. it's not cheap at about $70, but some 5,000 sets have been sold every month. >> the market here in thailand will explode. i expect. so, that the market size will increase very fast. >> reporter: japan's largest tv shopping company has a new competitor. also exploring the thai market. it set up a venture with a local firm aiming to launch its new channel as early as june. to differentiate itself from its south korean rivals, the japanese company is mainly targeting the wealthy. high-grade japanese items are expected to be the main lineup. on this day, trading is under way. they apparently make the products more attractive to thai women. japanese company's goal is to broadcast live around the clock, unlike it's south korean competitor. japanese are sharing the know-how in live tv shopping broadcasting. >> the women, the customer, wants to know how it looks. the ba

it names additional north koreans and north korean companies whose assets will be frozen and those individuals will also be subject to a travel ban. this resolution lists a number of luxury goods that cannot be sold to north korea. as a result, north korea's ruling elite who have been living large while impoverishing their people will pay a direct test. this can be found on the u.n. mission web site www.usun.state.gov. these sanctions will bite and bite hard. they increase north korea's isolation and raise the cost to north korea's leaders of defining the international community. the entire world stands united in our commitment to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and in our demand that north korea complies with its international obligation s. if it does not then the security council committed today in this resolution to take further significant measures if there is another nuclear test or missile launch. we regret that north korea has again chosen the path of prove occasion. instead of the path of peace. far from achieving its stated goal of becoming a strong and prosperous nation,

this engineer raises the south korean flag. this town of 3000 straddles placer lakes -- glacial lakes. for several weeks every winter, the silence of the tundra is broken by the wine of engines. carmakers come from all over the world to see how their newest designs stand up to extreme conditions. this 35-year-old knows all about brakes. a korean company said in thousands of miles from home to turn doughnuts on the ice, not for fun, but for experimentation. >> there's a lot of room for testing, but best of all, it is cold all the time here. >> he and co-workers are paid good money to spend 10 weeks here in the sub-arctic winter. between test runs, they have time to contemplate their unfamiliar surroundings. >> the people look so different, and they act even more curiously than any of the europeans i've gotten to know so far. >> the local inhabitants eat some rather curious things, things entirely unknown to the korean palate, said the delegation brought two chefs, whose job is to keep the technicians well fed and fully functiona

they traced the take to a north korean government agency in china. two months later another agency halted atm services at a south korean bank. professor kim jong un says the latest cyber attack is different from those in the past. >> translator: many private firms use shared servers. workers for these companies use the same programs in the same computer systems to send out emails and access data. if hackers infect such a shared server with a computer virus, all the firms using the same server will be affected. i think this is what happened today. i think it was an organized crime. because the perpetrators were familiar with our schedule. they aimed for 2:00, when banks carry out most of their transactions before closing time. broadcasting firms assemble materials for programs aired in the evening around that time. the virus was like a time bomb for the computer networks. it took a certain period of time after the network system was infected for it to explode. i suspect the time lag between the possible infection and today's incident is likely to have

forces in the korean war. today china has compelling reasons not to take that risk and to continue to develop its economy and grow richer by protecting the integrity of the international financial system. mao tse-tung was viewed as the leader of the asian revolutionary movement. for china not to take action as the dprk was falling would have had implications on his intention to liberate taiwan, and china had a fallback plan in the soviet union. today the emergence, the eventual emergence of one free korea, a single, united korea that is democratic, pro-u.s. and pro-china of necessity, it will be pro-china, poses no threat to the chinese. of course, the chinese won't move to destabilize pyongyang on their own initiative. so we, the united states, can give china that incentive. >> thank you. any thoughts about the negotiations that the north would like to have ostensibly with the united states? one of the things that sticks in my mind when i met with north korean officials, again on two occasions, was that they

north koreans don't see that. it wasn't broadcast on north korean television, which they would see and they would talk about. what we're talking about here is the industrial complex, just north of the demilitarized zone here between north and south korea. it's inside north korea and employs some 50,000 north koreans. they earn a salary of around $160 a month. the government gets some of that money. it is a source of hard currency, not just north korean money, but hard currency it's seeing increasing trade between the two koreas and despite all the phone lines being cut the industrial complex has remained open. when south korean news sources find out that he he does that, he would shut it down if there was any more ipumpugning of the north korea government. that trade is still going on. and that, perhaps, is a good sign. it really represents a bellwether for what's happening here on the korean peninsula. alison? >> jim clancy in seoul, south korea, thanks. >>> 50 years ago to the day, this is how president kennedy

>>> pressure on the peninsula, north korean leaders respond to tougher u.n. security council sanctions prompting south korean military leaders to put their forces on high alert. welcome to nhk world "newsline," i'm ross mihara. officials in north korea have threreenen to unilaterally scrap all non-aggression agreements with south korea. their announcement follows the u.n. security council's approval of tougher sanctions against the north. council members made the move to punish the reclusive nation for carrying out a nuclear test last month. >> translator: the united states and south korea went as far as adopting a u.n. security council resolution to impose more sanctions on our country while trying to set off a nuclear war. >> a statement by the committee in charge of interkorean dialogue says north korea will scrap non-aggression being pacts with the south starting monday. the same says the country will close the north/south hotline at the demilitarized zone. authorities at pyongyang said they would cancel the 1953 armistice that ended hostilities in the ko

korean behavior.spent a lot of time in china. i am not anti-chinese. i see no choice but to impose greater consequences on china. >> thank you. >> thank you. we are pleased to hear from mr. barra. quarks -- >> each of you have commented on this line in the sand scenario. we draw a line in the sand and north korea steps over a. there is a policy on their part to always provoke. knowing that they will continue this policy of provocation, when we look at kim jong-un and those around them, are there members in the north korean government innerkim jong-un's circle who are sympathetic to this of nonproliferation to help the north koreans? is there anyone we could work with or compel the chinese to work with? >> i do not know if anyone is sympathetic per se. there are some around kim jong- un that have been exposed to the west and china. and how china went from the cultural revolution to where they are today. it has to be powerful. there are some around kim jong- un who are witnessing this and who realize no

that ended hostilities in the korean war. they say the u.s. and south korea actually broke the cease-fire by going ahead with their joint military exercises which started nearly two weeks ago. >>> the foreign minister have agreed to work together to deal with north korean issues in spite of territorial tension. japan spoke on the phone thursday with the new south korean appointee and said they should keep a broad perspective despite their difficulties. japan claims sovereignty over the south korea controlled takashima islands in the sea of japan. he said the two nations should cooperate in the economy and foster cultural exchange. there was also a request for help over north korea's past abductions of foreign nationals. un said south korea will support japan's campaign. >>> delegates from japan are making a bupush to investigatio human rights abuse. they say authorities in north korea are committing systematic violations of human rights. they say the north koreaen are imprisoning political prisoners in concentration camps and

>> the north korean leader has little to gain from sparking outright war on the korean peninsula, shep. he clearly believes he has something to gain upping the rhetoric to the levels which we have not seen in several years. perhaps, he is looking for more concessions from the west as he tries to push through with his nuclear program. perhaps he is looking to gain more respect and trust from the north korean military generals who are flexing their own muscles as this new leader trying to impose his authority. all of that makes it very dangerous, especially when you look to the south and you see a relatively new south korean president as well, also using some kind of inflammatory rhetoric. the south korean president saying that if north korea were to launch a nuclear attack, the north korean regime would, quote: disappear from the face of the earth. all of that makes it a very dangerous time on the korean peninsula. shep? >> shepard: a dangerous time and it appears the united states is reacting and sharply to all of this. >> yeah. these are military exercises that the u.s. is involved in

cities that might be targeted by north korean missiles. the white house responded through a spokesman traveling with president obama today. he said bellicose rhetoric only deepens north korea's isolation. on thursday, a more forceful demonstration: a pair of b-2 stealth bombers flew 6,500 miles to south korea and back, as part of ongoing joint military exercises een the two nations. the chairman of the joint chiefs, general martin dempsey, addressed the flight during a briefing with defense secretary chuck hagel. >> the reaction to the b2 that we're most concerned about is not necessarily the reaction it might elicit in north korea, but rather among our japanese and korean allies. you know those exercises are mostly to assure our allies that they can count on us to be prepared to and to help them deter conflict. >> suarez: all of this began with north korea's latest nuclear test in february. that prompted the u.n. nations security council to impose its latest round of sanctions against the north. and in turn, the north began a barrage of t

the south korean military is on heightened alert after what appears to be a north korean attack.is in south korea. it appears the hackers have old school style. the infected computers displayed nothing but skulls. it paralyzed bank after bank. no card transaction, no atm withdrawals. it's unclear what happened. of course north korea's leader, kim jung un has the perfect alibi. he was out with his buddies testing new drones and looking at things through binoculars. with us, jamey barnett, also a former chief of the fcc homeland security bureau. >> hi, shep. >> shepard: how serious is this? >> the north koreans continue to spend a lot of money on various military things and the fact of the matter is cyberwarfare is a major part of modern warfare. it's not unlikely they've developed this capability and are using it because they've been upset at the south koreans and americans. >> first they nullify the arm we korean war and it appears at least that the north koreans hack attacked the south koreans. you wonder where the tipping point is and how far we are from it. >> i would like to

the korean peninsula. they invited the media to visit a simulation facility in seoul. they're in the middle of an exercise that has sparked strong reactions from north korea. armed forces regularly conduct a battle simulation called key resolve in seoul. the exercise is designed to improve chain of command and support capabilities in a context of armed conflict on the peninsula. commanders can follow the virtual maneuvers on a screen, but that part of the facility remains off limits to the media. >>> emerging economic powers still struggling with poverty. emboldened citizens still demanding democracy. the threat of violence, the push for peace, the shadow of conflict. get news and insight on south and southeast asia every weekday, "live from bangkok" only on nhk "newsline." >>> government officials and experts have met in bangkok over the trade in endangered species. the 11-day conference ended on thursday. the delegates for the convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flor

sank a g like when they south korean vessel in 2010 or she would a south korean island in 2010. why i'm not overly concerned is that because kim jong un is not suicidal. he knows if a general war breaks it, it would be the end of his regime in north korea. this is a problem that has been with us for decades. the problem with north korea is most north korea watchers say it is a land of lousy options. there are no good options when it comes to north korea. we cannot fully engage with north korea when it is behaving this way. a kinetic reaction is not a good response either. trying to get the international count in rally them and talk to the chinese to implement the sanctions and try to squeeze them that way. >> some of thailand's separatist groups are due sit down for peace talks in kuala lumpur. the two largest groups will not be prevent. since 2004, more than 5,000 people have been killed. banks in cyprus are preparing to reopen after 12 days on ockdown. we look at what savers will have to deal with in a few hours' time. by nother demonstration angry and confused cypriots, this

north korean jets flying into south korean airspace. they came close to violating the dmz just last year. south korea had to scramble four fighter jets in response. and finally, shelling these border islands like they did a couple years ago, that also would very likely invite a response. some of the other reasons are to step up the cooperation between u.s. and south korean troops as well as act as a deterrent. for example, just recently, he threatened to wipe out entire south korean military units on some of the other border islands. erin? >> chris, a lot of people watching will say okay, so does this open america up to more serious conflict, to war? >> reporter: it actually opens the u.s. up to smaller conflicts. but those smaller conflicts are more likely to happen and they happen more frequently. so it's opening the range of things that the u.s. might be involved in right from the get go. and even though south korea may still respond first to a north korean provication, if north korea then retaliates, you start to get this escalation

we'll start on the korean peninsula where the korean war has started, again, technically, after the north ended the armistice. could there be conflict if there is the united states is bound by treaty to be involved. then, afghanistan, the deadly afghan attacks on americans continue from the taliban on the one side and from president har midkarzai on the other. is it just time to get out. also ten years on since the iraq war. was it worth it? >> the price was high and the price in lives is the one i feel the most acutely. >> an exclusive conversation with paul wolfowitz, who is often seen as the intellectual godfather of that war. from war to love, what countries do americans love? and hate. we have an actual list. >>> but, first, here's my take. just when you thought north korea could not get any stranger, it did. and the past few weeks this impoverished isolated nation has tested a nuclear bomb, threatened a preementative nuclear attack on the united states and ended the korean war and declared its intention to rain bullets on its neighbor to the south. no one is sure what is going on, b

and the south koreans and to the american public we are on this. that also may have -- you know, that may also have reverb bracing. my main thing is we need to get through this next period. we need to survive, provocations, mistakes and errors. we need a little stability and that's what i am looking for. >> one of the other things we said was in a state of war, and it feels like a perpetual state of war and that is the case. there was never any kind of peace agreement after the korean war. what about working toward something like that? that may help them feel better. i hate to even think about the north koreans feelings given what they are going through, but why not broker some kind of a deal that could help them to at least feel a little more secure in their own clothes? >> you are the only person, and i have done uh the lo -- a lot of interviews this week and rut only one to raise it. it is a really good question. obviously they had an air miss it is a which means hostilities ceased. the war hasn't ended, but we are taking a break and that's an a

democracy threatened on the korean peninsula. the communist north saying it is in a state of war with south korea and american allice. decades of war and new concerns that it will slip to battle and there are nuclear weapons on that peninsula. fox reports and the white house is now responding. also thousands of people potentially expose forced to get tested for deadly diseases all bye because one man, their dentist was reportedly dirty . in minutes waiting to learn the fate of their health. you talking to me? >> you talking to me? >> they are not talking. they are fighting. i am harris faulkner. new threats from north korea it is a state of war south korea and warning that it will shut down the complex that is the latest major symbol of cooperation. the korean war ended in 1953 with a cease fire and not a peace treaty. a difference, a demilitarized zone separates them. u.s. troops are in the south 28,000 and the white house with reaction that talk of war is not constructive and the white house is taking it serious tensions are in

north korean banking relationships.icit transfers of bulk cash and new travel restrictions. >> what this draft resolution says immiss setly, rather than explicitly, is that north korean officials are taking advantage of diplomatic immunity to smuggle in and out of the country both nuclear technology and large amounts of cash, and the clear aim of this resolution is to put an end to that kind of illegal, under international law, activity. >> shepard: what about the threat to cancel the cease fire with the south koreans. >> got a pretty short and sharp response from the white house today. listen. >> the dpr wail achieve nothing about threats and will undermine international efforts to ensure peace and stability. we have encouraged the leadership to choose the path of peace and come into compliance with international o obligations. >> the security council meet hearing at the united nations has wrapped up for today. that draft resolution still being considered, but a vote is expected on it, shep, before the end of the week,

that's an industrial complex where south korean businesses set up factories and use mainly north korean workers in fact. so it may have an impact on them. but apart from that the movement itself won't have any wider implications i expect. but if you take it within the context of the broad spectrum of actions and threats that have been coming out of north korea particularly over the past couple of weeks, then it looks much more significant and it really underlines, you know, just how tense the situation has become on the korean peninsula. >> let's bring in jim walsh now, a security expert who's actually been to north korea. north korean dictator, kim jong-un warning releasing video showing imagined attacks on washington and seoul declared that the armistice that halted the korean war was invalid. pretty extreme stuff even by north korean standards and in a pretty short period of time. what's your take on this? do you think he is calling the shots? >> well, there's some debate about that, michael. there are some people who think he's in charge. other folks think maybe his uncle's in charg

it's well known the south korean navy has had it up to here with the north korean provocations.hat is very interesting about this is how prolonged this propaganda campaign has been, how intense it's been, and the big question will be when the exercises -- when our exercises wind down, which is toward the end of april, will the propaganda wind down. in the meantime, will it continue through what is really going to be several more weeks? >> yeah. i mean, joseph, the pentagon has already announced that it's going to start beefing up its missile defense system. is that the right move knowing that this may be all posturing at this point? >> i think the u.s. has taken appropriate measures at this point. you are directing it to me, right? >> yes. >> appropriate measures at this point. it isn't that the missile defenses work, they don't really, but it's a gesture on the part of the united states. i thought the bomber drills sending the b-52s and the b-2 bombers over south korea was appropriate at this point. it's mainly directed at north korea drawing a line saying you are playing with

about a strategic plan for the korean peninsula in the event of a north korean collapse. we would have to talk through some issues in a unified korea, would we destroy the nuclear weapons immediately. would american troops remain? would america's treaty relationship with the south apply to the new nation. the north koreans know says former u.s. secretary of state henry kissinger that there is now a real danger of an accident, incident or miscalculation on the korean peninsula. if that happened, there is a danger that china and the united states would end up reacting quickly, visorally and in a way that might make things much worse, even lead to conflict. to prevent this scenario, we should propose serious strategic talks. kissinger who spent more time talking to senior chinese leaders than any other living american said that my instinct is that the chinese are ready to have this conversation. for more on this, you can read my column in "the washington post" go to cnn.com/fareed for a link. let's get started. >>> joining me now, two terrific guests to exmore more the myste

they're vowing to scrap the arm sift signed in 1965 that ended the korean war. they're responding to joint south korea-u.s. military drills that are currently under way. a senior military official with the korean people's army made the announcement on state-run tv. the statement denounces the joint drills which began last friday and will last two months. it says the armistice will no longer be in effect as of march 11th. it also says north korean representatives who are stationed at the demilitarized zones dividing the two koreas will spend their activities as liaison officers. the statement says authorities in pyongyang are willing to take substantial measures against the south korea-and u.s. drills. the korean warm ended with an arm stist leaving them technically in a stast war. >>> government officials in venezuela say president hugo chavez's condition is worsened. he is fighting new complication after cancer surgery. he has a weakening immune system. supporters are praying for his recovery at a chapel in the hospital. the president underwent his fourth opera

peace and stability on the korean peninsula is our desire. they can choose the path of peace or they can choose the path of provication. one is better than the other for everyone involved including the north korean military and the north korean people. >> haven't they already chosen a path of provication? the question is they keep upping the ante and we keep taking it. maybe this is all this country can do. how do you respond to that? >> well, provocative behavior is not new in north korean history. this has been something they've done for decades. so they go through the cycles from time to time. and we have to deal with them. we have to be sober, calm, cool, collected about these periods. that's what we're doing right now. and we are assuring our south korean allies day to day that we stand with them in the face of these provications. >> i guess the question always, is you know, you want to be sober and calm. mistakes can happen. the defense secretary chuck hagel spoke about the fine line today. here he is. >> you only need to be wrong once.

and south korean forces and said it would have to respond. but last month, the new president of south korea, park geun-hye, issued a warning of her own in her inaugural address. >> ( translated ): i will not tolerate any action that threatens the lives of our people and the security of our nation. >> suarez: amid all of this, a moment some called "basketball diplomacy." former chicago bulls star dennis rodman visited north korea last week. he quoted kim jong-un as saying "i don't want to do war" and asking that president obama "call him." white house officials denounced the rodman visit as nothing more than a publicity stunt. for more on the sanctions and north korea's response, i'm joined by victor cha, a former national security council official, now a senior advisor at the center for strategic and international studies. and joseph detrani, formerly senior advisor and north korea mission manager in the office of director of national intelligence. he's now president of the intelligence and national security alliance. mr. cha, what did the se

korean forces.ll do something. the part is build the cult of personality of this new leader with his people inturnly because he doesn't have the gravitas of his father, kim jong-il or his grandfather, the founder of north korea and the one who fought against the americans and united nations in south korea in the korean war. if you keep making threats and don't do anything the threats are useless. we have to take it very seriously. they're likely to do something. bill: 30,000 u.s. troops are positioned and stationed there in south korea. peter brookes, thank you, live in washington. >> thank you. alisyn: we're getting new information this morning on the sheer size of that massive landslide in washington state. officials now say that the total amount of earth that gave way could have filled about 40,000 dump trucks. no injuries are reported from wednesday's landslide but 20 properties were damaged and 35 homes were evacuated. here's one person putting it all into prespective? >> we're really greatful

in august 2011, the 46-year-old south korean missionary was working in china helping north koreans cross the border and defect when he suddenly dropped dead. his wife, who's speaking publicly for the first time, had called him 15 minutes earlier. he told me he was meeting a north korean defector and would then come home, she told me. l an hour later, i got a call to the hospital and found him dead with foam coming out of his mouth. hospital officials said the father of two had committed suicide by swallowing pesticides. his wife is convinced he was poisoned by a north korean agent. he was aware of the dangers, he knew his work was a threat to the north korean regime, but we never thought it would cost him his life. an official autopsy would reveal there was no poison in his system. when we contacted authorities, they refused to comment. fearful of a cover up, his wife went to the morgue before he was cremated and collected samples of his blood. she gave it to officials. government officials here in seoul won't speak to us on exam, but have shown us the report. it reveals that poison was

two, whenever there is a new south korean leader as there is a new president, the north koreans like testing them. jong-un will kim put himself in a corner and have to do something. what we don't want -- obviously they won't attack the u.s. and we don't know if they have the capability to get close. the danger is a miscalculation, a naval skirmish in the yellow sea. that is the danger. it is a tinderbox. >> is he trying to force washington to negotiate? >> that has been the modus operandi of past north korean leaders. kim jong-il did that and intensified the rhetoric and they did bellicose incidents in the yellow sea. they said, this is what i want. this is the typical posture. very few know the end-game. the end-game is he's said he wants a negotiation with the u.s. they desperately need food and energy and the sanctions off and part of the country is starving and what worries me is the generals and hard-liners and they are pushing kim jong-un to a corner. >> is the u.s. right to be carrying out exercises with south korea? >> you have to have a response. it is a message to south kor