korea university.urrently he's a tv news panelist, north korean human rights activist, and you tube influencer. he also spoke at the u.n. security council in 2024. he has a number of other incredible accolades that i won't go into, but hopefully we'll hear more about them during our panel. so without further ado, i'm going to hand it over to you. >> thank you so much for a wonderful introduction and wonderful job you have. good morning. i'd like to extend thanks to the hudston institute -- hudson institute and olivia for inviting us for this wonderful discussion. my name is hyun-seung lee. in october, 2014, at age 29, i made the life-changing decision to escape north korea. this was the first time in my life and i had to make a decision that truly put my life on the line. honestly, i never imagined i would have to make such a decision. i received education in north korea, studying music, foreign language and achieving top honors, including the national july 15 excellency award. after school, i served i

invaded, south korea. but i think over the last 30 years, it's become pretty commonly accepted among that, if you to understand the origins of, the korean war and how it started, you can't really just start with that date in 1950. you to look at the previous years and understand what was on in korea. between 1945. in 1950, because there already a lot of social conflict within korea by the end of world war two, in part because japanese colonialism had created such sharp divisions between some koreans who had benefited from japanese colonialism different ways and some koreans who had suffered partially because had resisted japanese colonialism. so when japanese colonial wisdom and, you know, japan surrender its colonies in 1945 when this long suddenly comes to an end all of these tensions, frictions between and among koreans are rising to the surface very quickly. and so a lot of the histories know a lot of what's been written about korean war in the last 30 years, as that there probably would you know, ther

korea, known in the west as north korea, as something exotic, something that should not even be taken into account, governed by someone's whims, disrespecting an entire people, and a long struggle for sovereignty and independence. would be giving an account of power practically never seen in history, and that puts the world in danger. well, what should we believe then? the democratic people's republic of korea was nothing. they were all starving people who had nothing to do. this event does not clearly demonstrate how much the press manipulates reality. of course, for them, the democratic people's republic of korea seems to have been an invention, and that it was not born from the struggle of people against japanese imperialism. and later against the bullying intervention of what is now american imperialism. maybe they don't know that it had to confront no less than 16 countries, the troops of 16 countries such as canada, the united states, the united kingdom, new zealand, colombia even and many others, turkey, and of course it defeated them, but then general douglas macarther at the

in south korea, it seems beauty as everything. for women, that means big round eyes, pointed nose, a pleasant smile, a v-shaped chin and slim jaw. and this is where they come to get it. so this is abudon. which is effectively the las vegas strip of plastic surgery and all the lights behind me here, all these businesses, 95% of these businesses are plastic surgery clinics and you walk past these clinics and they have lot of advertising in the front windows and there's pictures of the doctors and the doctors are effectively the movie stars of the plastic surgery world, they're the celebrities, the kind of demi gods. more than 400 plastic surgery clinics are working in gangnem's improvement quarter... alone, the dense density of clinics in this neighborhood shows that a profitable business with unknown dimensions is going on in the buildings, business that is confirmed by global statistics, more than 4,00 clinics provide cosmetic surgery and so with an estimated 650,00 people per year going under the knife. the majority of plastic su

possible missile striker cyber attack by the democratic people's republic of korea. but the dpr k sees all such joint drills as a rehearsal for the invasion and acts of escalation of the war games also come amid simmering tensions after soul ended a 2018 military agreement with the dprk and resume border propaganda. and a broadcast against pian yang over the launch of trash balloons into the south. let's cross over to soul joined by press tvs frank smith. frank, good to see you. well, feel us in, it seems the tensions uh are high once again in that region. well, i think really the the high tension goes back to the election here in in south korea in may. 22 coming to office, youun and promising and follow through following through on the promise to strengthen the country's alliance with the united states. um, these large scale drills coming up next week were suspended under the previous president moonj in that brought about a reproachmont between uh south korea and the dprk uh that really evaporated with yune coming to office and the tension that we see on the korean

in fact, jaw surgery is a common practice in korea.t is the interest in the western faces that draws this industry's clientel to the streets of gangnam. today i'm visiting one of the biggest and most popular plastic surgery clinics in soul. hi, welcome to grand plastic surgery. 10 years old, the grand has recently expanded, opening a 15 story tower with state-of-the-art medical facilities, employing 30 doctors and 400 staff. we were given unpressed. koreans became familiar with plastic surgery after the korean war, the american occupying forces agreed to give plastic surgery to... the victims of the war for free, but a little later this incident took on other dimensions. a us army plastic surgeon named david ralph miller changed everything. he suggested a type of surgery to the koreans to fulfill their desire to make their eyes look bigger. this method of surgery became popular. lear very soon to the extent that today the business of plastic surgeons depends on it, a profitable surgery, which obviously has complex cultural reasons. dr.

parts of north korea-— poured into very remote parts of north korea.nnecessarily seen in _ north korea. infrastructure that is unnecessarily seen in other - north korea. infrastructure that is unnecessarily seen in other parts | north korea. infrastructure that is i unnecessarily seen in other parts of the country. i looked at the foreign and commonwealth office website and they said the only such a travel should be taken to north korea sort of the wrists? you should be taken to north korea sort of the wrists?— of the wrists? you know, british visitors may _ of the wrists? you know, british visitors may be _ of the wrists? you know, british visitors may be able _ of the wrists? you know, british visitors may be able to - of the wrists? you know, british visitors may be able to go - of the wrists? you know, british visitors may be able to go to - of the wrists? you know, british i visitors may be able to go to north korea and i should point out that american citizens most likely will not. the us state department has renewed very strict travel guidelines

the relations between the two koreas are part of both the domestic and foreign policy of south korea, and accordingly the president of ukraine, speaking on the day when the two two parts, the two koreas at one time defeated the japanese colonial period, and should unite, he should at this time give some signals for north korea, because this is part of their policy, for today. we must understand that the relations between the two koreas are very tense, the arrival of president yunsu, he further increased this tension in relations, because he immediately chose a hard line, not to let north korea go, as his predecessor did, who tried to tongues, economic appeasement, and we remember, and mediation between the us and north korea to establish these relations, but with the rooster...korea, conversations are always empty, so that in the history of the two countries, which is already more than 70 years after the war of 50-53, there were constant periods of such a brief warming of relations, followed by such a fierce confrontation, and accordingly, south korea has no special illusions that any

attacks from north korea. and so, we are providing greater insight in how we think about operations and planning. south korea is providing insights into conventional capabilities it can provide. together, we have elevated the dialogue to enhance security for south korea and the u.s. and provide credible deterrence against north korea. i believe and i think the u.s. government position is the ncg, it is our best solution to the security predicament south korea faces on the peninsula. >> great. we should talk about arms control. we had a question from austin. one of our nuclear scholars from this recent class. he asks about getting china involved. we got the bilateral agreement. at what point can we expect china to be interested in arms control realistically and start getting involved? is it when they reach numerical parity? what are potential incentives you and others in the administration have been thinking about to get them to the table? >> that is up to beijing. it's been clear that we've made good faith eff

financially and tried to establish relations with south korea, and therefore the influence of china grew very seriously, in fact one country that in trade, in all areas, had very deep roots in this in north korea, and now according to the old scheme, which was in ancient times during the period of the soviet union, in which way... it balances the influence with the help of ties with russia as well as even economic ties, and this increases his possibilities of stakes in future negotiations with the united states of america, because if earlier north korea tried to attract the attention of the united states of america with its missile launches there and ask them to call for dialogue with the help of missiles, now north korea has eyes. that in the case of trump's arrival, he may want to return to negotiations, and now they have a serious card, they, they are a great friend, partner, ally, according to the treaty on mutual defense with russia, and in this case the conversation, for example, about denuclearization, it will be irrelevant from the point of view of north korea, they will be

retaliatory attacks on israeli military positions in the northern occupied territories. and the us and south korea start their annual joint military drills despite warnings from the north which regards the exercises as rehearsals for a military invasion. more welcome from my studios here in the capital tehron, this is press tv world news. the west israely genocide in gaza continues unabated as more air and artillery strikes pound residential areas across the coastal territory. five civilians were killed and 15 others injured and the israely bombing of house in the nasarat refugee camp in central gaza. elswear in central gaza, israely warplanes struck a residential building in derobala, killing seven civilians including mother and her six children. to the south of gaza, two palestinians were killed and several others injured after an israeli reconnaissance plane targeted a group of people in the al shakush area near the city of raffa. an unknown number of people were also killed in the beginning. artillery strikes across gaza. the israel's genocidal campaign has already claimed the lives of more th

managed to reach south korea. just before the port is closed for uniting with his eldest sister, which also just arrived from china. but a 2nd sister was still missing to move it to the not 10, not i remember i'm, i'm not going to have to come on to not have to do it at all modeling, but it would have gotten, you know, down to, to a friend for help and north korean influence. now living in south korea, the influence i posted a missing persons out on a social media account. then they waited to the new and the to also searching for a loved one in china is keeley. she'd rescued her eldest sister. you've been brought to the u. k, but she still agonized over her youngest sister chuck. we'd been sold in china when she was just a teenager. totally beautiful, just because of the place. mm. in january, 2022 neat received a message from her nephew. you had found shot. so for media board on this email, be cool. i didn't know i'm going to call you because of the lady told her them why up i'm i don't know why nobody has called

julie escaped to china to south korea. no phone after she received more bad news. chinese police captured my oldest sister. you've been. she'd been sold to a farmer and together they had a baby boy. but now she thing to put it back to north korea and imprisoned to leave was distraught. middle own legal nielsen's on the cost of who died so when a cousin told me that you've been been released off to 6 months, she started arranging a broker to get to been back into china. and despite the risks to the return to china, herself and headed to the north korean border area to help rescue a new and new ocean altitude. and when you talk to them that's elected up to go. that's a, that's normal ha. having last had closed and the river you've been had been walking through the mountains. betty dressed for days by the time they found to it something both sisters will never forget critical to us when you move to cable amount of time as well into the same old models, it'll say no matter what does a remote name? what is the name of the, of t

john tillman and the custom touched tunnel from vietnam, downloaded a plane to south korea. you wish to test the pesticides? he's what is made him a target. so we'll hope to talk to those other tables of also told me that he believes he can never return to china, where he says he was arrested, sent to jail, torch shore and shrugged and called him under chip or children's reproach for orders. but in recent years is become hard and so just to risk, you know, screens, transfer them to safety piece official and voice recognition. surveillance has made it difficult to travel undetected. and when the pandemic hit things got out of steel, china and north korea sealed to that borders. those helping defectors say the cost of feeding china today can be $10.00 times higher. that's fair to say that the prices have gone up dramatically before the pandemic we used to see of a 1000 escapees. come to south korea every year during dependent make the number window to uh, to almost to 2 digits down. managed to reach south korea just before the board is closed. reuniting with his eldest sister

korea, directly, which russia is beginning to understand. is now raising north korea, and war, for example, on the korean peninsula is already a reality, because kimchi with nuclear weapons now already looks better than south korea, which was actually quite mobilized from from the point of view of the armed forces, but it is now not so ready to face all of russia and north korea, iran, and behind them there is china in the shadows, which says that it is a peacemaker, but in fact until now... it has active economic ties with all these countries, that's why the problem for the west is huge, they are just now starting to wake up, they are actually potentially much stronger than this so-called axis of evil, you can't compare the gdp of the countries of the west with the combined gdp of russia, china, north korea and iran , this much more powerful countries, the united states spends under 900 billion dollars a year on defense, that is, these funds seem to be insufficient for the production and equipment and provision of its allies and so on, but we are in a state of geopolitical turbulence, we

you can pretend north korea _ than before. you can pretend north korea doesn't exist.an be used in ukraine _ missiles that can be used in ukraine. so this is a country that you want— ukraine. so this is a country that you want to _ ukraine. so this is a country that you want to be able to have some leveraged — you want to be able to have some leveraged over. or use your leveraged over. or use your leveraged over. or use your leveraged over them to achieve a diplomatic outcome. that is better than silence. diplomatic outcome. that is better than silence-— diplomatic outcome. that is better than silence. ., , , ., ., than silence. hilary, your thoughts? to think the — than silence. hilary, your thoughts? to think the biden _ than silence. hilary, your thoughts? to think the biden administration i to think the biden administration isn't doing enough? i to think the biden administration isn't doing enough?— isn't doing enough? i think that they could _ isn't doing enough? i think that they could be — isn't doing enough? i think that they could be engaging - isn't doing eno

haliyu is south korea's cultural influence in the world.e that started in the late 90s with a change in the approach of policy makers of this country. at that time, koreans decided to prove themselves to the people of the world both economically and culturally, it was for this reason that korean products such as home appliances, cars and other products gradually found their way in the life of people in the world. the quality of these products could convince global customers to buy them, but there was still one more step left. koreans had decided to export their culture by removing combersome obstacles, the mass production of movies, series and even computer games was the... result of this big decision, high quality cultural works that could captivate the audience on the same televisions made in korea. along with the popularity of these works, korean artists also gained international fame. of course, the scope of haliyu is not limited to movies and series. korean pop music or k-pop has now become one of the most popular styles in the world.

for this reason, a strange phenomenon called surgical tourism has arisen in south korea.eral years now, korean surgeons have been advertising in other languages on the internet so that this industry becomes more prosperous with foreign travelers. surgical tourists have taken up almost half. of this industry in korea, tourists who watch bts music videos on the return flight. yk plastic surgery in gangnam is one of many smaller clinics targeting overseas customers, according to its marketing manager, park jaymin. in 2013, some 400,000 foreigners came south korea for medical tourism and this number is expected to rise to 1 million by 2020. 최근 한국에 2009년도 한국에서 우료법 개정 이후에 어 해외 의료관계 유치를 하기 위해서 정부랑 각게 각층에서 노력을 많이 하고 있습니다. 그중에서 해외 의료관 저희는 중국 쪽에 많이 특화돼 있고요. 저희 병원에 보통 오시는 내방하는 그 손님들 중 예를 들면 열 명 중에 일곱에서 여<0xeb><0x8d><0x9f> 명 정도는 중국 선님이 많이 있습니다. 근데 한국은 또 그 국민의 숫자가 그렇게 많지 않기 때문에 사실 성향과 의사는 매년 불어난다는 거죠. 그래서 지금은 처음에는 어 이 미용 수술 비즈니스가 정말 전부 간해수공업 어 to timers in the operating rooms of these centers, every surgeon is obliged to perform a cosmetic procedure in a short period of time until it

that's just north korea's claim. it's sending the garbage messages to disrupt our society and create public anxiety. that's why our government has taken firm measures, such as resuming the use of loudspeakers. the propaganda broadcasts into the dprk are part of south korea's peace through strength strategy involving demonstrations of south korean and us weaponry, including nuclear capable strategic assets. policy toward the dprk has been shifting between peacemaking and hostility in recent years, depending on the administration in office in soul. now south green presidentol's hard line has generated heightened military tensions and concerns of a potential violent clash, particularly along the dmz. civil society leaders and many south koreans oppose the joint us drills and view president yune's offer of dialogue as right-wing lips. service, they are continuously raising the issue of human rights in north korea and conducting military exercises to create this atmosphere of fear, announcing contradictory policies, but w

it was left behind in north korea with his father. but one day in 2019 the all star sees came knocking down and was arrested and imprisoned. ringback for watching foreign movies and listening to korean music, he says it was interrogated and beaten. in fact, only tone in a cup of water a day. how come and how much the office? twice put me on my car. uh, one of 2 weeks behind bars. he says he escaped and hit the 6 months put down new. the only way to survive was to follow in the footsteps of his mother assistance and leave his homeland the good. so with the help of a friend who worked as opposed to god and a mobile phone, his mother had smuggled him from china, then settle on the one route across the toulon river. since the 1990s, hundreds of thousands of north koreans escaped through china in desperate search for food and other economic opportunities. so this kind of a exit is so the north koreans to china have been continuing for almost 30 years now. decent sion is from the trends national justice working a south korean based human ri

in fact, jaw surgery is a common practice in korea.like westerners. in fact, it is the interest in the western faces that draws this industry's clientel to the streets of gangnem. today i'm visiting one of the biggest and most popular plastic surgery clinics in soul. welcome to 10 years old, the grand has recently expanded, opening a 15 story tower with state-of-the-art medical facilities, employing 30 doctors and 400 staff. we were given unprecedented access to the building, or be it closely monitored by a pr team. 좀 음 믿고 신뢰할 수 있도록 어 모든 장비들을 출신식으로 갖추고 있고 그다음에 전문의가 한 30분 정도 계시기 때문에 what would you say is the most popular surgery here? 요즘에는 가슴 성형도 많이 하십니다. 그리고 이제 그 턱 수술도 많이 하십니다. 앵그리나 말라나 뭐 이런 부분도 많이들 요즘에 하고 있습니다. 아무래도 좀 더 이... koreans became familiar with plastic surgery after the korean war, the american occupying forces agreed to give plastic surgery to the victims of the war for free, but a little later this incident... took on other dimensions. a us army plastic surgeon named david ralph miller changed everything. he suggested a typ

watcher or -- >> you are a north korea watcher. >> i am not. i am not. i'm just a guy from l.a., you know? >> it seems like you would be aware of that, that this was in your orbit, that you cared what was going on. you're a smart guy. this -- the whole world is talking about these two leaders meeting. you didn't know that was going to happen? >> so, maybe i did. but none of what i am doing is motivated by anything political or anything bigger than the fact that i was asked to help these defectors defect. >> back in the u.s., adrian hong turned over computers and other digital data cheollima took from the north korean embassy to the fbi. christopher ahn says he also met with fbi agents at his apartment in l.a. >> we had a really friendly conversation. they asked me about my involvement, what happened. i tried to be as truthful as i could. you know, we ended the meeting with me asking, hey, is everything good? you know, should i be concerned with anything? and their response was, oh, no, not at all. from our perspective, you were furthering ameri

stan is equal partners from north korea. trite lateral multi- level multilevelcooperation will onlyn our efforts trite lateral partnership between the united states the rock in japan camp david summit. we activated ballistic missile launchers but north korea. the first iteration of freedom edge and multi- domain trilateral new and novel ways. we'll continue to build on these efforts for trite lateral multilateral to meet challenges together. across all the regional partnerships will allow us to coordinate our deterrent policies. we will continue to tailor responsive extended deterrent that leveraged all tools of national power. credible deterrence, hardware and software unified front to adversaries continues to assure our allies that relying on the u.s. for nuclear deterrent is the best approach for their security and hours. at the beginning of this administration would laid out a comprehensive and balanced approach to defending our vital national security interest or reducing nuclear risk. this continues to be our approach.

next, our exclusive interview with south korea's vice with south korea's vice unification minister.d isn't just fuel to live. it's fuel to grow. my family relied on public assistance to help provide meals for us. these meals fueled my involvement in theater and the arts as a child, which fostered my love for acting. the feeding america network of food banks helps millions of people put food on the table. when people are fed, futures are nourished. join the movement to end hunger and together we can open endless possibilities for people to thrive. visit feedingamerica.org/actnow paul: welcome back, we got markets in china heading to lunch. csi 300 off by three points, .1 of 1%. mlf rate held that to three -- 2.31%. the pboc elevating the importance of the seven day repo rate. pboc initiating stress test with financial institutions on bond investments to ensure they can handle any volatility if the rally reverses. avril: let's also take a look at how markets in japan are faring today. we are about to come back from the lunch break, and today we see equities in japan a bit of an outlie

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but i made deals with south korea, like on the trucks, small trucks. if i didn't have those deals, we wouldn't have any business in detroit, because the thing that they do best on is small trucks, because of the deals that i made with south korea, with tariffs, because their tariffs are very high. so they can't send them, they can't bring them into the united states and kill our truck industry. so we will bring our country back to a level it's never been before. we would have had it much earlier. we got hit with covid. had to focus on that. if i didn't do the job i did on covid. we would be in a huge depression.

, taiwan, they all need to step up because what russia, china, iran and north korea are doing exceeds what we ourselves are capable of, as this assessment of these capabilities, countries, the conditional axis of evil and countries that defend democracy, what does it mean, does it mean? that the axis of evil at this stage is stronger than the axis, democratic axis? let's say this, the axis of evil mobilized earlier, that is, the axis of evil, well , especially russia, for example, russia was preparing for war for at least 10 years, that is, let's remember, after the war against georgia, the aggression against georgia in 2008, when it turned out that the russian army was in a terrible state of disrepair. they started a reform, this reform started in 2010, a trillion dollars were allocated, back in 2010, they started preparing for war, they attacked ukraine in the 14th year and did not slow down after that, after that they had a fiasco in february of '22, because it turned out again they didn't calculate the strength, but unfortunately our european partners, our american partners from '

well, if they are interested _ korea or not. well, if they are interested to _ korea or not.l, if they are interested to go, if _ korea or not. well, if they are interested to go, if you - korea or not. well, if they are interested to go, if you are i interested to go, if you are interested to go, if you are interested to go, you have to plan ahead and wait at least until december to get on a plane to north korea according to operators that announced the news in the last few days. what we know is if you do go there, you will only for now be able to go to one city and no that is not purely young, there is a completely rebuilt re5ort is not purely young, there is a completely rebuilt resort on the country �*5 highest and most secret mountain. very important for kimjong un and north korean familie5 because this is where the father of kim jong un i5 where the father of kim jong un is reported to be born. he put huge re5ource5 is reported to be born. he put huge resources into this resort to create 5ki slopes, villas, hotels that he desperately needs to be filled right now. also w

our industrial base , they all need to step up because what russia, china, iran and north korea are doing is beyond what they are capable of we ourselves, as this evaluation of these potentials of countries, the conditional axis of evil and countries that exist in democracy. uh, what does that mean? this means that the axis of evil at this stage is stronger than the axis democratic axis. let's put it this way, the axis of evil mobilized earlier, that is, the axis of evil, well, especially russia, for example, russia was preparing for war for at least 10 years, that is, let's remember, after the war against georgia, the aggression against georgia in 2008, when it turned out that the russian ... the army is in a terrible, broken state, they began a reform, this reform began in 2010, a trillion dollars were allocated, back in 2010, they began to prepare for war, they attacked ukraine in the 14th year, and after the tempo did not spare it, after that they had a fiasco in february of '22, because it turned out that they had miscalculated their strength, but unfortunately, our european pa

warnings from the democratic people's republic of korea. about 19,00 south korean troops are involved in the joint maneuvers with the us, which also cover... cyber security, the south korean military says the drills are meant to counter what it calls north korean threats, but a group of protesters gathered in pochan where the exercises are being held to condemn the move as a war rehearsal. that's also what pianyang has been calling the joint war games. the dprk says the drills and the presence of over 28,00 american troops in south korea pose a constant threat. pianyang has in the past warn. against such exercises and has responded by its own missile tests. our corresponded in so frank smith earlier joined us for more of the ongoing joint military drills by the us and south korea. well these drills involve uh a whole range of land uh sea and and air forces uh south korea and us: president has brought in also more so-called american strategic assets. those are american weapons capable of delivering nuclear strike. they've neither confirmed o

and the us and south korea start their annual joint military drills despite warnings from the north which regards to exercises as rehearsals for a military invasion. well welcome to our studios here in the capital tron. this is press tv's world news. lebanon says b resistance movement says it is carried out. fresh attacks on israeli military positions in northern occupied palestinian territories. hisbullah says that use drones to launch attack on an israeli brigade headquarter as well as logistical base. the movement also says that hit zarit baracks and gathering of israeli forces in its vicinity with rockets and artillery shells. isbullah says the operations are in retaliation for the regime strikes on residential areas in southern lebanon and in solidarity with palestinians in the gaza strap. hezballah and israel have been exchanging. fire along the southern lebanese border after the start of the regime's onslot on the gaza strip last october. in recent weeks, the tensions have heightened even more due to assassination of tops bullet commander by israel. the group has vowed a firm respo