korean military look at how the u.s. imposed the fad battery on south korea without. prior approval or even his initial knowledge it came as a surprise to him that the u.s. was imposing a battery or look at how the u.s. refuses to pay the unit costs cleaning up the environment destruct destruction on the military base and since close. i don't think the south korean people are happy about being vulnerable to whatever the u.s. military commands you know what i mean let me go back to brian i mean these to add this and that into missile defense i mean it just makes south korea target you know that the u.s. says it's which they are to protect their interest but actually it's not the who witnessed it is targeted to actually this missile system is targeted against china and again korea is right smack in the middle of all this go ahead brian indeed i mean that stands for the terminal high altitude area defense is meaning it provides an anti missile defense so-called for for missiles that are at high altitude if there was a war b

because north south koreans want to talk to north koreans and vice versa that's a wedge for america which is thousands of miles away it shows the arrogance and hubris and i would say the racism the architectural racism of the of the whole paradigm whereby south korea does not have the right to carry out its own independent negotiations you are right peter the wedge in korea is the united states korea was divided at the thirty eighth parallel because a couple of americans who didn't know anything about korea drew a line and they showed it to their soviet counterparts and the two sides agreed that there would be two zones of control in the korean peninsula and then five years later when soviet troops and american troops had temporarily for the soviets permanently left the korean peninsula there was a war and the war began in june one thousand nine hundred fifty it was the unsettled issue of the post-war configuration north korea had considered itself to be an independent and the japanese colonial fighting force and the south korean government was created by the americans and it was just the

now in north korea is that a message that the north koreans are trying. to send by the level of the delegation oh yeah this is interesting because president trump announced that his daughter of vodka would attend the closing ceremonies so the north koreans won up that by sending the sister kim jong un kim you know john and this is important because this is the first immediate family member of the kim family to set foot in south korea so this is going to be an important game of chess and we're seeing this in across the board you know vice president pence came in and said that not going to allow the north koreans to hijack the olympics so there is this geopolitical competition going on during what the south koreans call the kissel unfixed this is absolutely fascinating such on the level of the delegation the senior members from north korea attending the games defined it as a overtures towards the south koreans or just an attempt by north korea to test waters and see how things are going to go forward in the near future is a very important time to witness wh

korean war. were 543.ere in the first three weeks of january 19 68, same time the above was being dispatched, the first three weeks of january 9068 saw over 40 military incidents on the north korean peninsula, including a north korean attempt to assassinate he.chunky -- part job these were specific authoring ones. on january 11, the pueblo left the stable off the eastern coast of north korea. that same afternoon, radio pyongyang warned that the u.s. imperialist aggressor dispatched from early this morning, hundreds of fishing boats and bibles disguised as fishing boats were up the coast. as long as the u.s. imperialist troops conducted reconnaissance by sending spy, our naval ships would continue to take determined countermeasures. january 20, similar comments were made accommodating in a rather obvious statement that we have to do right to make a dual response. we will fully exercise our right. yes, north korea had made similar ones before. they were constantly hurrying the united states with im

politics and on the korean peninsula its own policy. it's a shame you certainly don't see north korea looking over its shoulder to see whether russia or china approves of its moves but here you have south korea with tens of thousands of american troops still in south korea and they they arrived in september one thousand nine hundred five they're still there. north korea doesn't have foreign troops on its soil so that is the big test will south korea be able to resist the pressure from washington it's the republicans it's the democrats it's the military industrial complex it's the cia none of that none of those institutional power centers in washington want there to be a real rock taking place in korea by koreans without the supervision of the americans gregory went way you know on that because you know what what leeway does south korea have to make any kind of reproach with the north if there is a mutual engagement in any engagement that is real ok i mean i think western viewers tend to forget is that these are the two countries that co

influence of the north korean economy and the areas. with regard to. national security north korea now the ultimate goal of dialogue that is being pursued right now is that he'll advocate is i imagine total reunification and north and south korea are so vastly different in terms of economy technology perhaps even mentality any reunification will be a huge shop can't say all for that for instance i'm just thinking about you know i'm just thinking about reunification of germany the east germany is germany still behind the west economically after thirty years of being together. you know we have several models of unification one is a german model in which you know south korea kudos' over north korea or vice versa another more than the me small korean you've. come from a major military conflict or you could be consensual unification between north and south our government policy to you know see. our government policy you to see consensual consensual unification therefore we are hoping that you know so sonos sit together and try to find out some peace two way

the problem is, this is something the south koreans and north koreans remained very upset and resentful about. the problem is that the division at the 38th parallel was a random decision made by two junior level officers of the u.s. military, who within a 25 minute span looked at a map, and said we will draw the line here. the soviets will take care of the north. america will take care of the south. someday they might have election so they can decide their future. then what happened is that the north and the soviets reneged on their part of the promised elections. the midsouth went its own way and had its own elections, and established the republic of korea. the north went ahead and established the democratic people's republic of korea. and here we are many decades later with these divided countries. ty, in connecticut. what role is played in the regime change of north korea ? caller: that is a complicated question. he is in hiding. he is worried about his life. at this point, it is impossible .o say he will have any role there are some north koreans and defectors around the world who w

north koreans boarded the ship. the men were held prisoner in north korean prison camps for almost a year, until a diplomatic solution was reached. was really athat surprise to me when i was preparing for this. what should we take away about north korean culture than? -- culture then? mitchell: the stands as a great symbol of the cold war. the american policy and intelligence committee -- community never really thought of this as a dangerous mission. the soviets ran these kind of operations. spy, and theyould were never captured. this was treated as part of a massive communist bloc. north korea had never been like that. now, banks to access to the soviet bloc archives -- thanks to access to the soviert the --chives, recognized we recognize the extent to which korea was a problem in the soviet bloc as well. north korea has its own history, values, ideological reasons. when you can take from the fromo -- what you can take is that a country's reasons for doing things has to be taken seriously on its own merits. going b

continue the mission of the korean people's army can never change. the united states of america will for you to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on north korea until that comes when the finally and permanent reverse of abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile and. around seven hundred fifty thousand children are struggling to get basic medical services in the war torn iraq east city of mosul that's according to the un's children's rights body unicef and estimated seventy four million dollars are needed to rebuild health facilities for children that seven months after the euphoria that greeted the liberation of mosul from islamic state the iraqi city is still struggling to get back on its feet.

second korean war. you could not get further away prom that now. you have the official invitation from kim jong-un. the date is unxoknown at this point. it's certainly a remarkable change of events. now, it is interesting that it was hand delivered. it was hand signed by the north korean leader. it was delivered by his sister, who is here for the pyeongchang olympics. in the coming hours a dinner for the north korean delegation. the head of state with the south korean head of state and after that, tonight, there is going to be that women's ice hockey team. the north and south korean athletes join together for that joint korean team. they will be competing for the first time in the olympics tonight. they will be playing against switzerland and we expect the south korean president and the north korean ceremonial head of state to be spectators at that event. really, the symbolism is extremely strong and, of course, the question is, what sort of substance could come from this now. but that invitation from t

north koreans wanted propaganda. they wanted to humiliate the united states so that the kim family wanted to demonstrate to its people how strong they were. the beat these men and tortured them so they would sign confessions saying they were so sorry they had done this. the american government had sent them on this terrible mission and they never wanted to go and were apologizing to the korean people. they were so impressed with what they had seen in north korea. so for the first couple of weeks while the men are being beaten into confessions, it is pretty brutal. after that things become more of mundane life in -- in north korean prison. there is another wave of beatings toward the end, the most horrible experience any of them could have imagined. then they are released in right december before christmas. but in a way the scars always say because the navy drums them out of the service. they are given very little or almost no medical or psychological treatment, no job training. i have gotten to know some of these men

the korean farmer we came across is the backbone of korea.on, the number of moves he had to make with his family, which he had to or be killed, the farmers were used even before the fighting was over. these farmers are doing a lot to help the needs of feeding the people who live in the city. ♪ >> next to feeding the people of , caring for their health was the next problem. this who are well we -- was important. it would have been most dangerous for an epidemic to start under the conditions. the an occupations that were most successful for no at the epidemics broke out in seoul. when i and my staff were assigned to the hospital in seoul, i was terrified. were patients, children, men, women. it was massive humanity suffering. many, many surgical cases. as we worked we train more doctors and nurses in what we needed. of the dangerous cases where burn cases from bombs and gunshot cases. the bomb cases were the first problem. supplies, most especially, plasma. we receive supplies and plasma and other things urgently needed. i myself and all the do

they marched in with north korean athletes under a unified korean flag but some frustration from somekorea this is' feel this is isn't the pyeongchang olympics but another olympics. this is not the overall whelming sentiment. some who welcome the fact there seems to be a much better relationship, at least on the surface of it, between north and south korea when you consider just how tense the situation was. a few months ago we were talking about the possibility of war and president moon was saying why there shouldn't be a second korean war. now you have the south korean president welcoming this delegation and certainly the optics quite remarkable and different from where we were recently. for some protesters, it is simply too much. they are angry that north korea, as one person said to me, seem to have been able to come to the party without even paying for it. >> paula hancocks, thank you. >>> phil mudd is joining us and a counterterrorism official. >> kim yo-jong is a published face. it's a murderous regime. is it a good decision to send her to the olympics? >> it was. we saw the pre

north korean labor. complex was shut down in twenty sixteen arrogant he has the story. two years after their factories in north korea closed. south korean factory owners make it their business is back. the case long industrial complex financed by south korean businesses and manned by north korean workers was close to twenty sixteen. after soul accuse north korea of using the workers wages to fund its nuclear program. but with the thawing of relations between the two countries comes hope the case on complex could be reopened. handy able in here and take it is all i hate the olympics will be attending points in a cheating in security he's and speeding up the reopening of the case on complex. that. is just. built into thousand four to stimulate cooperation between the two countries the case on complex is often seen as a barometer for the state of north south relations. at its height complex employed up to fifty five thousand or create workers. whose pay provided the north with much needed hard currency. the

we know north korean intention.ut we go along with ally -- well, with north korea, therefore -- >> you stick with your ally, not with north korea? >> of course not. we stick with our ally, but we're hoping that -- we are hoping that north korea would understand reality and the driving wedge would not rk, but north korea should come up with talks with south korea. >> do you think president trump's fire and fury, little rocketman, bigger button than yours, do you think that public rhetoric toward north korea has helped clarify u.s. intentions and let north korea know exactly where the u.s. stands, or has it complicated the issue in the region? >> president trump has been sending rather conflicting signals. on the one hand, his position is tough, but on the other hand, he hints at the possibility of dialogue with north korea. therefore, it is all matter up to how north korea responds to president trump's message. >> you say conflicting, but many people use diplomacy backed by the credible threat of force. that is an in

the north korean economy grew by almost 4% in 2016 according to south korean central bank estimates.e ways to enjoy their rare time off, like this group of factory workers having a picnic and singing karaoke. they're happy to share their meal with us and seem even happier to let loose. we expect north koreans tok hard. this, we don't expect. ♪ need a hair smoother.? get super fruit moroccan argan oil with fructis sleek & shine hair is super sleek, for up to 3 days. no parabens. garnier fructis sleek & shine super fruit. super hair. garnier. directv has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction over cable for 17 years running. but some people still like cable. just like some people like banging their head on a low ceiling. drinking spoiled milk. camping in poison ivy. getting a papercut. and having their arm trapped in a vending machine. but for everyone else, there's directv. for #1 rated customer satisfaction over cable, switch to directv and get a $200 reward card. call 1.800.directv (whispering) with the capital one venture card, you'll earn unlimited double miles on every purchase,

a high level north korean delegation to the pure. touched down at an airport in south korea it includes leader kim jong un's younger sister kim jong il marks the first time a member of the north korean ruling family has crossed the border since the korean war. nervous investors in asia have reacted to the wall street. hong kong's hang seng loss three percent if anything. japan's nikkei also lost three percent putting the index on track for a weekly loss of more than eight percent. now the reuters news agency says it has evidence of a massacre of ranger men in me and carried out last september and it was done by security forces with the help of buddhist villages now this is the first time such an account has been backed up by witness statements from buddhist villages and security forces themselves the two journalists behind the investigation have been detained in mia ma and denied bail awarding the silver's report contains images that some viewers may find disturbing. it's a chilling and detailed account of what can only be described

on the korean peninsula ted comes before. cation. and that's i think what most korean people will prefer as well right ambassador thank you very much for this interview on inside we were talking to. former national security advisor to the president of south korea about the ways out of the nuclear crisis on the korean peninsula that's it for this edition of call see you next time. russia's been reaching out for decades for years now under putin saying look we've got to trade more this more trade and america is like no no you're an existential crisis because we have to give these deadbeats in congress a lot more money if you're going to create a fake enemy that with demand three hundred million dollars meanwhile you go to trade with china and on the east and create the new silk road have become much for join a five point six billion dollar commie all america shrink. deal in the high very materially of a bottle saudi in china six oir to. an estimated eight hundred thousand since under each refugees are now living in greece . you

in two thousand south korean president kim dae joan visited pyongyang to meet north korean leader kim jong il the father of kim jong un . kim de jong received the nobel peace prize for his efforts to promote peace and reconciliation. an architect of his sunshine policy of reconciliation was told me and moon there was a time when north korea and the united states even talked to each other was that possible very simple ok when i would there was a train of circumstances unites to the united states listen to what north koreans was saying ok and they didn't demonize north korea they treat north korea is a normal counterpart and leadership commitment was and i've been put in that and there was a very effective in the communication channels. says things might not be so bad now if the current us administration were willing to negotiate instead the us president derides and threatens kim jong on this. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime those kinds of so-called the hostile rhetorics could be very very counter productive and honestly he has been elevating can do ins

i'm honored on a welcome north korean leader kim jong un has invited south korean president to pyongyang it would be the first meeting of korean majors in more than a decade says the earliest days sr has responded to the invites with a call for both sides to build the conditions needed for the business. oh more on this now when it crossed over to our correspondent jason strawberry who is near the site of the olympics thing going on in south korea hey jason how significant is this invitation by the north korean leader kim jong un are we going to have peace by the end of the olympic games. that would be very optimistic but it certainly would be significant if president moon makes that trip up the pyongyang like you said it's been more than a decade the first center korean summit was in two thousand the second in late two thousand and seven and for almost a decade there was virtually no dialogue between seoul and. so this this invitation that was carried by kim jong il in sr is certainly really significant if not surprising so it's very big step in any case and one of. the plans behind this

north korean leader kim jong un has advice his south korean president in to pyongyang it would be first time of korean leaders meeting in more than a decade south korea saves kim jong un's sister kim old joe to live at the invitation of the presidential palace and sold she's visiting the site as part of a delegation attending the winter olympics president spokesman said the south korean leader had responded to the advice calling for both sides to build the conditions needed as for the business. oh more on this now we're going to cross over to our correspondent jason strawberry who is near the site thanks thing don noon and south korea how significant is this invitation by the north korean leader kim jong un are we going to have peace by the end of the olympic games. that would be very optimistic but it certainly would be significant if president moon makes that trip up the plan young like you said it's been more than a decade the first center korean summit was in two thousand the second in late two thousand and seven and for almost a decade there was virtually no dialogue between seoul

for now this is a moment for south koreans to show the world what it done. namak country they live in during the opening ceremony spectators were taken back in time to show the history of the korean people and what organizers called their relentless pursuit of peace knowing that. i hope that with north korea not pleats participation this could be peace a lympics and i hope we can achieve we unification between the south and the north . the mood here is good to south korea's hosting the olympics and athletes are coming from around the world a good opportunity to promote south korea. and the hope is this will set the stage not only for a sporting spectacular but historic breakthrough with their northern neighbors natasha going to aim elders era south korea. gordon chang is a columnist for the daily beast and author of the book nuclear showdown north korea takes on the world he joins me now via skype from bedminster in new jersey could have you with us on the program so i mean how much of a domestic success so far president moon had in terms of these over chill

us in the road to into korean. dialogue even at the summit level. president moon was invited to visit the north and he replied to the invitation by saying that the two sides should create the right circumstances to make it happen what would the right circumstances be here well i think it's important to known. before hand will kind of outcome will be produced by the summit because a summit could be worse than no summit if it doesn't produce anything or it only confirms if it only confirms that north korea has no intention to abandon these nuclear missile programs under any circumstances as a set that will only. you know lead to it will only justify military option against north korea so there could be. more dangerous than no summit at all so i think he will he may wish to go to a pillion. with a reasonable chance of producing a positive outcome that would lead to a stronger peace rather than two were good but where would you get the guarantees that the outcome with will be positive i mean when you're going to those kind of talks it's always you know

korean agent.ght now all of this is fake at do you think the run—up to the olympics, the overtures of peace coming from kimjong—un, do the overtures of peace coming from kim jong—un, do you think the overtures of peace coming from kimjong—un, do you think it is fa kefa ke, . kimjong—un, do you think it is fakefake,. translation: of course it is fake. the ultimate goal of north korea is the complete nuclear programme. they have nothing in their mind but nuclear weapons. north korea will not change through dialogue. north korea cannot be changed by soft words. i believe only pressure will work on north korea. so, you have life, you have love, and now i believe you have children. umm, do they know what you did? translation: my children are not old enough to know the story, and i have not tried to tell them the details yet. but these days, with internet readily available, and my interviews on media, i suspect they must know something. my son is quiet, but i think he knows. as the bomber, i have a lifel

south korean president moon janet a concert given by a north korean are true. new york state attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the weinstein company alleging it failed to protect its employees against disgraced former c.e.o. harvey weinstein. prosecutors say the firm in its co-founder's repeatedly broke laws by the scylla taping weinstein's alleged abuses weinstein was one of hollywood's most influential producers before more than seventy women accused him of sexual misconduct including rape allegations he has denied the lawsuit has stalled the planned sale of the company for five hundred million dollars i can't is following the story from washington d.c. . well the new york attorney general eric schneiderman has filed suit in the new york county supreme court not only against harvey weinstein personally but also against his brother and the company as a whole now the reason for this as the attorney general is because of what he believed was an imminent sale of the company this could result he was concerned in victims not getting sufficient compensati

room but he did not greet the north korean ceremonial head of state he says it simply because he was not seated near him but it can't be denied that the united states and north korea rebuffed president moon's attempt to facility dialogue between the two of them and says that an olympic venue is not the appropriate venue to have a serious discussion with the north koreans and that if he had spoken to the north koreans he would have conveyed a very strong message earlier this week pence did say that the toughest round of economic sanctions against north korea are coming and that the united states will continue to exert maximum pressure on north korea to denuclearize the north koreans for their part say they have zero interest in any dialogue with the united states the tension one brief final point what's your sense as to who's driving this because up until perhaps six weeks ago the feeling had been if the u.s. talks to north korea it's got to be done through the the vessel of the chinese government and then the north koreans surprised everyone and they basically signal bloke the olympi

to advance the north korean agenda get a reprieve from the tensions that have been roiling the korean peninsula for the last year but for now laura president moon and the south koreans are hoping that they will be hosting a memorable and peaceful winter olympics absolutely and i'm sure they will have a moment thanks very much that's our speak to jean lee she's global fellow with the wilson center at the global issues think tank in washington d.c. and she joins us from seoul so jean ole eyes on kim jong un's sister just how significant is her presence there at these games. very significant as natasha mentioned she's the first member of that ruling kim family of north korea to make an official visit since the korean war we are already seeing some striking images today to see the younger sister of kim jong here in south korea and also we're seeing images from the reception that president when jay and is hosting up in chung chung there's an image of him shaking hands with kim young none the ceremonial head of state certainly powerful political messaging going on here in terms of what he h

kim jong un sr has invited south korea's president to a summit in the north korean capital. in suggests he'd be willing to go if conditions are right it would be the third meeting ever of the two koreas leader and. that's the latest from d.w. news will be back again at the top of the hour for an update in the meantime you can always get the latest information on our website that's had details leave dot com on there in every city and thanks for watching. what does a football loving country need to reach its goals. we'll tell you our german soccer made it back to the top. you know what special. dot com. football made in germany.

would be prepared to do the south koreans would be prepared todoa the south koreans would be preparedtion addressed within it, because nuclear weapons are in the north korean...|j weapons are in the north korean...” don't think that we are talking about kim yong, but for all the docs that he is a madman added lunatic, i think that was really clever. —— talking about kim yong —— talking about kim yong un. the same week you have them parading missiles in the country and then he sends his sister to south korea and they are having kimchi together and apparently it's a sign that everything is going to be well. i think we shouldn't underestimate north korea and every little helps. like you, i am not a great fan of the ioc or winter sports. it is soft power. the region and japan, they don't know what to do any more, all those missiles flying over their heads. wait and see, but i think it's a clever move. soft power can be beneficial. it can be... a sporting event doesn't have to be a fig leaf, it can oils on wheels. the difficulty is, is an end to game possible with the north korean regime t

intoday the olympics begin north korean and south korean athletes will be marching together in the opening ceremony carrying a one korea flight. this is extraordinary. we would never have imagined this a month ago as tensions reached a boiling point. unfortunately, as is incredibly hopeful peace process is taking place, u.s. vice president mike pence is there to sew bitterness. image within the now in the coffin for so many. february 5, 2003, secretary of state general colin powell gave a speech to the are green with evidenceaq causing the was clear saddam hussein had weapons of mass distraction. it was based each he would later call a blot on his career. his trump and the same thing with a rant? generalspeak with powers former chief of staff colonel lawrence wilkerson. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. congress has given final approval to a massive budget bill. without an agreement to protect young undocumented immigrants. the deal was reached in the early morning hours after a delay by senator rand pau

on a welcome north korean leader kim jong un has advice that south korean president and to pyongyang that this would be the first meeting of korean leaders in more than a decade south korea says' kim jong un's sister can deliver the invitation at the presidential palace in seoul she's visiting the south as part of a delegation attending the winter olympics president moon spokesman said the south korean leader had responded to the advice calling from both sides to builds the conditions needed for the business. a home or in this town when it crossed over to our correspondent jason strawberry who was near the site of the olympic thing got none in south korea how significant is this invitation by the north korean leader kim jong un are we going to have peace by the end of the olympic games. that would be very optimistic but it certainly would be significant if president moon makes that trip up the plan young like you said it's been more than a decade the first enter korean summit was in two thousand the second in late two thousand and seven and for most a decade there was virtually no di

coming up kim jong il and sister tells south korea's president he's invited to a summit in the north korean capital and interest in says he'd be willing to go to pyongyang we'll get the latest from our correspondent. and shall come will have to crank up the gears if there are to upset minute byron munich in the book his latest standout clash later today. for the program i'm mary and i haven't seen it israeli fighter jet has been shot down by syrian forces and israeli army spokesman said the plane had been carrying out raids on targets in syria after an iranian drone entered is really air air space its pilots parachuted to safety and were taken to the hospital with one of them said to be in serious condition it's the most significant incident between israel and syria in here is israel's military says the country is not just seeking escalation with syria. for more we're joined now by our middle east correspondent tanya kramer who joins us from jerusalem so tiny syria is denying that its ally iran's drone did enter israeli airspace was the latest we know about this incident well yes they're sa

, of one korean state, and a lot of young south koreans are upset right now, and we have seen this inoon's approval ratings drop 10% within the space of a week. that's not good for the south korean president. >> a lot of koreans look at the two careers and they think to themselves, my god. if we were to unify the cost for south korea it would be astronomic. there is a 40 to 1 difference in the per capita gpd. let me ask you about the american strategies. watching all this, we talked about the south korean president getting what he wanted, and the north koreans being rational, and i can't figure out what the trump administration's strategy is. can you? >> for now, it's continue with the maximum pressure policy. you saw president trump give the state of the union address, when he spent most of that time talking about the human vice issues, otto warmbier's family, and then they talked with the defectors, and he invited otto warmbier's father, and they talked about that. i think the strategy right now is continuing to squeeze them financially, diplomatically, and all options are on the ta

on the korean peninsula that comes before. cation. and that's i think what most korean people will prefer as well right ambassador thank you very much for this interview on inside we were talking to. former national security advisor to the president of south korea about the ways out of the nuclear crisis on the korean peninsula that's it for this edition of something called see you next time. seemed wrong well we just don't all. get to shape out. active. and in. equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart if we choose to look for common ground. fifty years ago britain and we've been to a concert going on as a sleeping pill does this is what i mean because the two of us this is the scientific sweat terrible but not on the road is short one for both love to hear not the warm welcome of across europe victims are still waiting legal battles demanding at least some compensation in something in two ways first will the physical damage itself as well that the constant mind that the people who actually perpetrated this c

the other half comes from korean sources.s well as turning out rehabilitating seoul's industry means more jobs for the city's population. >> without colleges and universities -- as a people we koreans by high value on education. rebuilding and extending the school system is one of our goals. we found buildings and schools that were bombed, we held outdoor class is not to interrupt education anymore than was necessary. in the republic of korea, it is a policy that everyone goes to school. by law every child over six is entitled to full school. we can now only take three quarters of these children. some prevent their children from going. we are educating more children every day. >> some children, the orphans, are less fortunate. these children are found sometimes in the streets. we have over 200 children at this orphanage alone. the poor little things up in many days without food or bathing. some die on our hands. other times we get them and he gives us great joy to see them happy again. earlier it was very difficult for us to

north korea and the general hope among the south korean government and south koreans is that perhaps this is going to be a breakthrough moment that will really begin the process of rebuilding the relationship between the two koreas so a lot of hope despite the sort of skeptics of the critics to. yeah there's definite skepticism critics are saying that this is more propaganda on the part of the north korean government an attempt to advance its agenda of keeping its. nuclear program also attempting to get some concessions and ease the saying sions generally speaking though while south koreans are transfixed by all developments in north korea and even before the pyongyang winter olympics begins there is a lot of optimism and excitement on the part of south koreans about being the host of this event. i hope that with north korean athletes participation this could be peaceful and picks and i hope we can achieve reunification between the south and the. regardless of north korea's participation the olympics should be a festival for the mood here is good in south korea is hosting the olympic

south korean activists protested thursday as a north korean orchestra gave a sold out performance on the eve of the games they were holding reading. at the olympic. event is supposed to be about sport and peace it seems these days are these games are now becoming more and more politicized particularly when it comes to issues of the korean crisis. bit of a technical problem here will sort out the glitch on the program for the meantime though moving now to iraq around seven hundred fifty thousand children are struggling to get basic medical services in the war torn iraqi city of mosul that is according to the un's children's rights body unicef an estimated seventy four million dollars are needed to rebuild health facilities for children there seven months after the euphoria that greeted the liberation of mosul from islamic state that iraqi city is still struggling to get back on its feet. that there are other shargel police. the number of. health care centers or hospitals is very limited the extent of the damage has affected it i was there in one of the health centers the other day the