in recent days, the attitude of north korea to the south korea is changing. as you know, south korea and north korea agreed yesterday to hold reunions of separated families. it is scheduled. the joint exercise of -- so, my question is, do you think there are changes of north korea strategical or tactical? and the second is that, do you feel any attitude change of north korea to the united states in recent days, the same as to the south korea? thank you. >> very good question. of course we welcome the news that name overnight about the willingness of pyongyang to go forward with the family reunions in spite of the fact there is a small overlap with our annual exercises. it's encouraging to see pyongyang recognizes this as a humanitarian issue that need not be tied to these exercises. look back at the korean diplomacy, six-party talks, the conduct of these exercises is not necessarily a diplomacy-blocking type of event, but indeed during past periods like this because they're entirely defensive exercises, come annually, and actually overlap with the north korea

it supplies north korea. -- it surprised north korea. the alliance is strong and provides a foundation for everything that we do. shift gears and ask .bout president parks policy the importance of her policy or the ability of her policy to succeed rests on the strength of the alliance. i'm wondering if you could talk about the relationship of our ?olicy with president park >> we first reached out to the election during the political thatign and it was clear it was built upon many of the same foundational for and suppose that we had, flexibility to talk, to explore, to probe, but a strong commitment to the nuclearization -- denuclea rization. onk would have to be founded these principles. to allow humanitarian aid to also hold the north accountable. but we have is an extremely powerful partnership. this was attributed to personalities to the u.s. rok relationship. it is built along the shared approach to a common thread that .s enduring whenever i hear an administration official then this goes back to the bush administration, not just the

[inaudible] in recent days, the attitudes of north korea to south korea, is a changing?as you know, south and north korea agreed yesterday to allow reunions of separated families. later this month. it is scheduled during the joint exercises during the same time. so my question is, one is, do you think the changes of north korea are political or technical? and the second, do you feel any attitude change of north korea to the united states in recent days, the same as to the south korea? thank you. >> very good question. of course, we welcome the news that came in overnight, right, about the willingness of pyongyang to go forward with the family reunions in spite of the fact that there is a small overlap with our annual key resolve exercises but it's encouraging to see that pyongyang recognizes this as the managing issue that need not be tied to these annual exercises. i would note that if one were to take a look back at both inter-korean diplomacy, six-party talks, u.s.-dprk diplomacy can't even that the conduct of these exercises is not necessarily a diplomacy blocking ty

in a recent days the attitudes of north korea to south korea is changing. north korea, i believe, yesterday, reunion talks of separate families and scheduled -- in the same town. my question relates to do you think the changes of north korea's attitude is a strategic call or tactical? and the second do you feel any attitude change of north korea to the united states each >> we welcome the news that came in overnight of the willingness of pyongyang to go forward with the family reunions in spite of the fact that there is a small overlap with our annual legal exercises, for sustained, real, substantive possibilities that north korea is beginning to turn the corner in this more bellicose rhetoric and actions and hopefully then they will soon see the value of returning to authentic, credible negotiations. >> does this follow on this question? most koreans shoulder the decision, nuclear is asian -- united states. and then the meeting for the immediate area of the nuclear problem. you deliberate even more of that. >> in terms of the signals that the dprk may or m

north korea's is an actor whose effort to use mystique and surprise as diplomatic force multiplyiers e now so established as being no longer particularly mysterious. i found the 1999 korea central broadcast system commentary on the revolutionary exploits of kim jong il which termed his political leadership as being mysterious beyond imagination adding it's no accident that even the enemies call the general's experience political art, unpredictable and legendary. i would assert however that after two 20 years of diplomacy of 0 years before that, sustained interactions, 40 years of sustained interactions up to that point through the mechanisms of military arm cyst commission and our day-to-day enter acts with north korea that we amassed sufficient evidence to not be back-footed by opacity or ffled by blinded by so-called black holes. today i would like to take a look as we examine the future of north korea and our policy in terms of where we've been and how that impacts the direction as we need the future. in the early 1990's as we embarked the most sustained action, there's not much to

how about a trip to north korea. the secretive country hopes this high end resort will attract wealthy foreign ourists. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. for the last 18 months residents in this syrian city have been trapped without any help. a small convoy made their way in and hundreds were evacuated out. that is not the whole story in western syria where government forces are on a major offensive near the lebanese border. now this report from beirut. >> in what could be the next strategic battle in syria activists posted this video that they show government jets carrying out an intensive series of air strikes. reb bells said they blocked attempts by regime forces and hezbollah to advance on the town under heavy covering bombardment. capturing it is important for the government to secure the main road to the north and up the coast and to cut rebel supply lines from lebanon. as the fighting went on so did the relief operation to evacuate vulnerable civilians where they have

north korea rejected the accusation and says they are based on. hostile forces. we have more now. >> reporter: a north korean defector weeps as she recalls the oppression that they are family faced before she escaped. many witnesses asked for their identities to be withheld. there have been investigations of human rights in north korea but never one as comprehensive as this. getting a clear picture of what goes on in the secretive state, how people cope with depravation and starvation is difficult. the international commission of inchoirry found torture, execution, systemic rape and abduction of foreigners. many of these crimes against humanity all part of a planned system of political control. north korea's leader kim jong-un recently executed his uncle, once the second most powerful man in the country, and a number of other relatives. kim, age 31, took over his late four two years ago. the chairman the commission of inquiry has written a letter to him in it he recommends the u.n. refer the situation in the democratic people's republic of korea, the country's off

and then finally the third arc being the emergence of a post cold war world in north koreas existencewithin the post-cold war world. in other words, the north nuclear ambitions were becoming clearer. its internal situation was in transition, and its external environment was drastically changed, aggressiveness, vulnerability and uncertainty all intersected at one time. the agreed framework halted plutonium production for nine years which is no small achievement. but what when unchanged or north korea's nuclear ambitions, something we know in retrospect. north korea during the agreed framework never allowed access to the facilities necessary to resolve the plutonium inventory discrepancy. it continued to design and test high explosives during the duration of the agreed framework and by the end of the 1990s, north korea appears to have become, appears to have pursued a uranium enrichment program undeclared. the 2000s meanwhile, witnessed the advent of the six-party era, an aggressive and sustained diplomatic effort went into finding a way to create a framework for moving to complete veri

north korea has categorically rejected the claims. here is our coverage. >> what lies behind this facade in north korea? these students marching loyal to the regime, filmed at an elite university by the bbc resemi-. the evidence of what goes on in north korea's prisons is shadow why and second-hand like they images of the notorious prison camp. but the u.n. says atrocity described by the defectors are as shocks as what the nazi's did. >> women forced to drawn a baby in a bucket. prisoners forced to live on mice and snakes and grass. stories of real horror. that is what stands out, the afront that this is happening in our world today. >> some ex-prisoners drew pictures of the nightmare they lived through. two men weeping in agony in a skeletal mber detainees devouring wild animals. another described a public execution he witnessed. >> the first puts hits the head and the brain and blood splatters. people scream in horror. it is so gruesome, you instinctively close your eyes. you cannot sleep after witnessing it. >> this hard-hitting u.

the commission charges north korea with quote, crimes against humanity, unquote. the report documents the systemic starvation, torture, sexual abuse, and death of prisoners. according to the united nations, quote, hundreds of thousands of inmates have been exterminated in political prison camps, unquote. the commission calls for the international criminal court at the haig to prosecute north korea's leaders. also the commission cautions that china's current policy of aiding and abetting north korea could expose beijing to charges at the hague. the 193 member united nations in new york will take up the commission's findings next month and vote on its recommendations on march 28. question, how should president obama respond to this united nations horror report on north korea? >> well, i mean, his options are fairly limited if i may say so. we absolutely have to take some stronger position in terms of what north korea is doing. i'm not quite sure what we can really do about it because it's a very ruthless country. they are very, very strong militarily in troalings th

located forty km felt that north korea part they get why not go to korea to keep and the three foot hole. if the person in the last four north korea in nine months eight what can we get fired up and we've been told it could be seen. south korean defense minister that they can and philip are believed to have a read of some two hundred km. many people be spending a lot but in response to the ongoing health cover yet you live through it to the street to help auditorium can and cannot be dated to the period thirty four that are prepared for any possible publication from the north. do you dispute you. our intention to one in our foreign experts to you on the latest missile launch by north korea we have on the line doctor can tell you a senior research fellow at the korea institute for defense analysis the caregivers for joining us now are two missiles fired to be a provocation from the north it mean what are kenyans intentions. over a period that the period compared to knit for it and apparently show for it the tool to improve the capacity to strike the very strategic. our thought life compar

because there's a danger then north korea may be tempted to use com the use of partying on leverage on south korea by dangling in the prayer requests in the sound of games the new kenyan police siege. north korea is dealing with the foot and mouth disease outbreak and south korea has offered a but we've yet to hear back from north korea and caring and today actually ask the un for help us do we interpret this non response. but it is too early to say anything definite about north korea's intentions and likely respond but we got a mess of north korea's response. i'll save that of another musician seems to be determined to encourage on provision ocean i intend it to the north are awol professor thank you so much for joining us tonight thank you. the world. to strengthen regulations on protecting personal information following a massive data leak by credit card companies here in korea last month annual privacy protection bill is moving through the national assembly the bill passed wednesday by the security and administration standing committee would require financial institutions and other

community, a reaction that will be properly detailed to all the evidence that we are gathering. >> north korea reacted to the leak, calling allegations of crimes against humanity unfounded. it comes a day after high level talks between north and south korea ended with agreements to push ahead agreements with family. >> with a full report families and government officials in seoul will watch to see if the publication will have an influence on the unions and the relations between the two countries. >> the human rights group amnesty international is due to release a damning report on north korea, releasing test mopies from north korean former prisoners and guards. >> the u.n. says 10,000 international soldiers are needed to bring stability to the central african republic. france is sending another 400 troops, raising the deployment to 2,000, as kath turner reports, it could be months before soldiers arrive. >> african peacekeepers were worried vehicles would come under attack in an area where there has been renewed fighting. they refused to take a risk, turning back thousands of muslims desperate

in some cases it is recruiting individuals and north korea. ther cases, as documented with south korea, there was a .outh korean director the leader of the time, kim jong-il, wanted to basically have him work in his entertainment industry, his film industry in north korea. is quite spectacular. of these individual reports that existed before, they were treated as far-fetched. it is -- the evidence clinton now makes the treatment different. >> how did kim jong-un kill or execute his fungal and why -- his uncle and why? this received a lot of media attention. in early december we received uncle -- the official report was he was executed by firing squad. then there was a lot of very diedre reporting that he -- malta to death by a pack of dogs. factsk if we focus on the and the significance of the execution of his uncle, the charges against him specifically looked at a number of things. his uncle was in charge with a large number of north korean company dealing with chinese companies and customers and had sold strategic assets at low prices. in doi

i also started this year north korea has expressed is the willingness to reduce tensions to allow staff to reconciliation and even essential identification have you seen any sincerity in the part of north melbourne was not intentional on north korea has one too many cute. how blind policies and peaceful just applaud those of south korea and that there are huge keeps full bottle while his food all friends and has nothing to do with the barest copy of minutes with a belt and nuclear weapons development or any meaningful in that changes into a system so we all did a very weird. i am or so most korea is strike. that the photo. who wants this to this the fourth pushy or she needs to be the culmination of a great job with the internet for some time before covering credibility so that's why the us top goalscorer in the huge bowl of commission off of before could it be listed soon from now on. so i like is said that they're on the bench not miss from the always dependable of it in full before and b if the judge to dismiss their offer for peace in the pink and maybe we should've taken in on the

the standard party's proposals have nearly called for documenting human rights situation in north korea supporting human rights activities and helping groups and eight north korean defectors. the deep peace proposals have focused more on supporting cooperation between the south and north of providing humanitarian aid well democratic party lawmaker tomtom they're welcome to discussions on the bills he said the timing was inappropriate. both parties to go ahead and talk about the pending bills of legislating that may affect north korea's attitude toward south korea. especially at a time when we are going up there with the family reunions and releases with north korea are improving political analysts say the opposition party's stance reflects concerns that a hardline approach to the north korean human rights situation could anger can get a worsening relations although the parliamentary committee of lawmakers did not agree on legislating the bills just yet. he did agree to proceed with fine tuning them. the us and japan adopted legislation on the north korean human rights situation in two t

. >> north korea ripped by the u.n., we'll ask u.s. ambassador to the u.n. bill richardson if anything will change. how will hillary clinton's time at the state department impact a presidential run. how does she compare to successor john kerry. only on al jazeera. taliban terror, a reporter allowed to cover from the inside. and dick cavett on the new tonight show host jimmy fallon. here is more on what is ahead. . >> united nations a levelling did you agree reports for what is happening in north korea. >> systematic enslavement, rape, torture, murder. >> the plan is to capture african nationals army base. >> the suicide bombers have been september to blow up the main gate. >> our man jimmy fallon taking over. >> it will be a big night. >> we begin with a report on, "unspeakable crimes" perpetrated in north korea, and an unprecedented warning from the united nations to north korea's leaders. u.n. investigators said that supreme leader kim jong un and security forces could face a trial for ordering systematic widespread and gross human rights violations: >> de

any records for this and that back then toirp was a third of all -- tony was a third of all of north korea's imports. >> that as people just struggle. >> there's a famine there. >> for years, for years. john terret, appreciate it, thank you. >>> in south korea nine college students died when a roof collapsed at a university today, ten others are still trapped right now. it happened in the southern city of yung ju, about 230 miles south of seoul. when the building's roof caved in. at least 20 were injured. >>> denyindenying allegations of venezuelan, protestersers, returned to the streets of caracas today, they are upset over several issues, including did deaths of three protesterrers, rachel levin has more from caracas. >> venezuelanvenezuelans are feh nicolas maduro and his venezuelan revolution. >> translator: we are tired of crierm, censorship and people getting killed every day. >> reporter: but even as they stood together, some question how united they really are. >> translator: there is a lot of division right now but we have to be strong and not fall into chaos or step into the boxing

saying those joint military exercises with south korea are not linked with kenneth bae, north korea threatening cancel family reunions separated from the war. >> opposing these military exercises, annual exercises carried out between united states and south korea forces ear in south korea. two sets of them. the first is computer simulation of scenarios involving thousands of troops every year north korea calls these acts of war and aggression and rehearsals for invasion. this year north korea is links these exercises to the prospects of family ruines rue reunions. ithe reunions have been suspendd since 2010 but north korea saying that that cannot happen during these exercises, then appeared to change its mind and agreed to a date of those reunions february 20-25th has been agreed to between the north and south, but then the next day north korea coming up with a strong statementing saying dialogue and military exercises could not happen hand in hand. now it is back in north korea's court. >> those exercises are set for february 24th. >>> when both sides sit down at the table to talk, the questio

the united nations report on north korea.egations of atrocities and brutality against people and the effort to hold kim jong-un accountable. >>> after the verdict, the mistrial of the michael dunn murder trial, what it means, to the criminal justice system. i'll talk to reverend jesse

with eighty eight north korea defied the family members to work. i think either party and over three hundred fifty south korea to dissipate so the current meaning and its much larger in scale but also at least at the beginning of that have heartbreaking stories of their talent for one that the second round of the meeting in the last time he cites daughter was when she was only one year to one year old but now i just turned into sixteen one year old leaven. this family is actually the only parent child the union at the new round of the unions which is a reminder that time is running out with the atm inside the family members to see each other again and that there is any freebies needs to be held on a regular basis definitely definitely nesting it this is the first time and now more than three years at three years in four months to be exact for these kind of touching the beans on the korean complex here typing now loud and so far the slide hit shelves in the ceiling. add peanuts he considers find that that they're improving relations between the two k

report and urged the international community and the human transfer to human rights violations in north korea to the un security council which could keep the weight for criminal prosecution of the north korean preaching at an international court. it also called for stronger and continued un efforts to enhance each human rights situation in the north such as setting up an organization that can be in charge of follow up measures to the investigation. the un commission of inquiry is expected to report its results and general meeting of the un commission on human rights on march seventeen and adopted resolution on north korean human rights. later that night. or tissue attributes. we have only three days to go until the start of cross border family re union small final preparations are well underway at the venue up in the north. seoul's unification ministry says it has no plans to provide aid to pyongyang in connection with the events iconic and reports some trees unification ministry said monday that government has no immediate plans to provide theater fertilizer aid to north korea in connection

but this is a call for action. >> reporter: will anything change within north e korea? l, the north korean government wants to be recognized and have legitimacy, and in every venue where the north korean walks, it is go g ing to stalk them. >> reporter: this is a human right rights violations in the report do not exist in our country, but this is the most detailed account ever of human rights abuses within the kconfines of north korea. >> well, it is hard not to take an action after a report of thax but many analysts remain skeptical of the prospects of change for that. i want to bring in crihristophe hill who is a former ambassador of north korea and served in north korea from 2009 to 2011. do you believe that changes are possible? >> well w it is hard to say for me, but this report is very credible. i believe that the judge michael kirby did a great job of categorizing and cataloging the reports of abuse, and having witness after witness corroborating each other, and this is a very important report, and it has not been done before. what more do you do, because north ko

good on the north koreans desperate for better ties with us but for obama the korean peninsula north korea in particular is not a top priority. the middle east and domestic economic issues take precedence. and that's why the north has received no positive signs from the us after suggesting high level military means last june. so i think the north is now aiming to lay the groundwork for better us clients including its inter korean relations first and trying to change the atmosphere on the korean peninsula it's likely the obama administration will be watching how korean relations develop. the us will be on the lookout for any changes within the south korean government then they may move on to negotiations with the north in line with requests from the south the those of you who live in it regarding japan north korea wants to resume talks on the normalization of diplomatic relations. as it stands to receive massive amounts of compensation in return it. and japan maybe someone opened in august as the country is facing increasing isolation from south korea and china us. see that's because people

north korea took back its invitation to discuss the release of bae. while, donald greg the former ambassador t. u.s. meanwhile saying those up coming military exercises with south korea aren't linked to kenneth bae. the drills, are, quote, an exercise of war. north korea has threatened to cancel reunions for families separated by the korean war. >> reporter: well for some weeks north korea has been opposing the annual exercises carried out between the united states and south korean forces here in south korea. two sets of them. the first known as key resolve computer simulations of various scenarios involving thousands of troops. the second, drills in the field again involving thousands of troops. 7500 troops. this year north korea is linking these exercises to the prospects of family reunions. reunions of those families separated by the end of the fighting in the korean war in 1953. the president here in south korea offered to resume those reunions as soon as possible. they've been suspended sinc since 2010. north korea initially rejecting that offer s

the next in the broadcasting day after agreeing to hold inter korean family reunions north korea says it could back pedal on the deal itself korea goes forward with its planned military exercise with the united states security ministries but the report dated policy efforts on center stage in a joint briefing to the present friday's start to the sochi two thousand fourteen when darrel and six qualification rounds begin with athletes getting a feel for the ice and snow trying to induce the kids napped. to prime time nears its thirst and every sick here in korea life from school i see them from laughing so much for joining us. we begin with north korea is shifting stance regarding the upcoming inner korean family re union succumb to a friend to reconsider their real interests in its humanitarian sense it still doesn't cancel its upcoming going military drills but washington. so he tells us what's at stake. just one day after the teacher vs and retirees in the last extended family the unions not yet called the south to halt the upcoming annual military drills with the united states threat

united nations say in north korea there are crimes against humanity. being in venezuela, the president has expelled three u.s. diplomats. and hurting tourism. >> the united nations believes it has enough proof to hold the north korean regime responsible for unspeakable crimes against its own people. hundreds of people are responsible for abuse he including torture and starvation. james bays has more. >> a north korean defector weeps after she recalls the repression her family faced before she escaped. public hearings were held in four cities on three continents. many other witnesses asked for their identities to be withheld. there have been investigations into human rights in north korea but never one as comprehensive as this. getting a clear picture of what goes on in the secretive state where people cope with extreme dep vacation and starvation -- deprivation and starvation. systematic rape and abduction of foreigners, many of these count as crimes against humanity. all part of a planned system of political control. north korea's leader, kim jong-un r

we'll take a closer look at what goes on inside north korea's oppressive regime. >>> venezuela's embattled president expel three u.s. diplomats as protests continue in his country. >> the united nations believes it has enough proof to hold the north korean regime responsible for unspeakable crimes against its own people. hundreds of officials are likely responsible for abuses such as torture and starvation. al jazeera's james bays has more from a new u.n. report. >> reporter: a north korea defector weeps as she recalls the oppression her family faced before she escaped. public hearings were held in four cities on three continents many other witnesses asked for their identities to be withheld. there have been many investigations into human rights in north korea, but never one as comprehensive as this. getting a clear picture of what goes on in the secretive state where people cope with extreme depravation and starvation is very difficult. the international commission of inquiry finds there is massive oppression, torture, execution, systemic rape and abduction of foreigners. many of these co

making headlines this hour south to north korea has agreed to reunite this month hundreds of family members separated by the korean war be the first such bringing it to forty three years the kids received a series of the policy briefings ministries and other key government says the fear that the lands of achieving her policy goals too the plane finally arrived so the two days before a grand opening of the twenty fourteen winter olympics after being delayed by fourteen thousand point barrier. but the stories of war. when safe at their effect here in korea line from school. john went to do so much for joining us. well it's been a long time coming but the two koreas today reached an agreement on when to hold the next round of three unions for families separated by the korean war the pair suffered its third week of the very end if the go ahead as planned to be the first trains in mourning thirty years of punk funk he has a top story. after just four hours of discussions the teacher me and agreed on wednesday to resume the loves us and gave me a chance for families separated by the korean war. t

north and the u.s. or between the two koreas stay as they are, the north will face difficulties implementing its grand strategies and economic development plans. that's why improving foreign relations has become kim's top priority this year. if he is going to succeed, he needs to make concrete advances in his interkorean relations as a first step. >> translator: north korea is desperate for better ties with the u.s. but for obama, the korean peninsula, north korea in particular is not a top priority. the middle east and domestic economic issues take precedence. that's why the north has received no positive signs from the u.s. after suggesting high-level military meetings last june, so i think the north is now aiming to lay the groundwork for better u.s. ties by improving its interkorean relations first and trying to change the atmosphere of the korean peninsula. it's likely the obama administration will be watching how korean relations develop. the u.s. will be on the lookout for any changes within the south korean government. then they may move on to negotiations with the north in line with requests from the so

high on the agenda was north korea.y are unpredictable, raising concerns: in september 2011 kim jong un becomes the leader after the death of his father. then may 2012 kenneth bae arrested for trying to bring down the government, sentenced to 20 years hard labour. >> then, a third nuclear test. >> april of that year a violent industrial park closed amid interpretation was the south. it reopens six months later. december of 2013 kim ex-cutes his uncle and mentor. there were rising concerns of political instability. a few weeks after that, on new year's day, kim calls for improving relations and both the regime tightened grip on power. on february the 6th, north and south korea made tentative steps to reunit. the last was in 2010. harry fawcett send us n update. >> next week's family unity event, for families separated for 60 years will be able to see one another again. they are under way with greater moment up. high level talks occurred friday for north and south korea. committing both sides will go ahead as planned on t

coincidentally, these are taking place at family reunions are happening in north korea. now these are family reunions between families separated during the korean war between 1950 and 1953. these families haven't seen each other since then. north korea has threatened to stop this reunion going ahead if these exercises in fact into continue. the u.s. has said that it might back off from these exercises by not involving aircraft carrier and strategic bombers. this seems to have done the trick, north korea has said that it will allow the family reunion to go ahead. these exercises will take place now over the next eight weeks, and these will be watched carefully by one of north korea's allies, china who has a great interest as it increases its military stake in the region over the kind of might that the u.s. is able to wield throughout these exercises. >> the bulls are running on wall street this morning, the dow higher right now, up 186 points. the s&p an pace to set an all time record. we will be watching the markets closely. >> in what could be a sign of things to come,

plenty of things which north korea could take on board in improving human rights in north korea. proible more engagements. we thank you very much for your time. >> in the news ahead, 11 illegal miners are arrested. how many others are they hiding. we meet a man waiting to become italy's next youngest prime minister. >> so the top stories for you on al jazeera - the head of the syrian main opposition fighting force, the free syrian army, has been sacked. he'll be replaced by the person leading the faa operations in the golan heights. >> venezuela's president ordered the expulsion of three u.s. documents, accused of conspireing against him as anti-government protesters held a fifth day of protests. >> a hijacked plane in geneva - the copilot of the plane was seeking asylum in switzerland, and surrendered himself to them. the copilot took control of the plane when the pilot went to the toilet. after they landed he - well, see that open i understand there, he came out through the window on a rope, and surrounded himself to the police. the original claim is that he was seeking asylum.

he's sentenced to 15 years hard labour. 2013 north korea reports a third nuclear test. april of that year, a joint industrial park is closed by the north, i mid mounting interpretations from the south, although it reopens six months later. >> he ex-cutes his uncle jang song-thaek. there's talks of rising instability. both of his regimes tightened grip on power. north and south korea made tentative agreements to hold reunions for families. the last family reunion. harry fawcett sent an update from seoul. >> preparations for next week's family reunion in which families separated for more than 60 years will be able to see one another again. they're under way thanks to agreements at high-level talks, committing both sides to going ahead as planned, taking place between the 20th and 25th of february. they had been under threat. north korea was objecting to the reunions taking place at the same time as annual u.n. seen exercises. they are due to get underway on january the 24th. no concessions have been made. military exercises will go ahead as planned. they agreed to a reques

from the united nations to north korea's leaders. u.n. investigators said monday that supreme leader kim jong un and his security forces could face an international trial for ordering systematic widespread and gross human rights violations. they are detailed in a 272-paged report. michael kirby, and shared the u.n. commission of inquiry compared north korea's crimes to that of the nazises in world war ii. michael kirby had this challenge for his u.n. colleagues. >> too many times there are reports in no action. well, this is a time for action. we can't say we didn't know. we now all do know, anyone who report. >> for more, i'm pleased to be joined from santa fe by governor bill richardson, a former governor and ambassador to the u.n., who made trips to meet officials and negotiate for the freedom of americans. great to have you show. >> thank you. >> i want to start out by - by listening to something else that michael kirby, who chaired the u.n. commission had to say. >> at the end of the world war ii so many people said "if only we

could complete construction by next month for april citing an image on its website thirty eight north the us korea institute at johns hopkins university says that an act of the eleventh level has been added to the launch pad in front of me at the north west coast saw him on sight modification would allow for a long range rocket about to fifty meters in length which is larger than the thirty meter high three rocket that was launched by the north in two thousand while the institute said the new nine nine the slightly larger model could be launched once construction is done but that it will take the north years to build much bigger rockets and this is going to be a matter of time before the u s state of virginia school textbooks use the korean name ec next to the japanese name sea of japan for body of water between the two countries the lower house in the usa to virginia has passed a bill in the state governor's signature is now all the bill needs to take effect as mock up of the hair has to detox. starting with the next school year students in the us state of virginia will very likely learned that t

we've known about north korea, but we have never had this amount of testimony from defectors and from former prisoners and their drawings, which have actually matched up some of their drawings of the large expanses of the camps match up of google earth, so they seem to have recent knowledge of what is going on, and according to the authority of michael kirby, the former australian judge who led the panel, this is an unparalleled contemporary horror, atrocities that rival what happened in nazi germany, but it is happening in our own era, and it is something that he believes and that human rights watch has been arguing has to be addressed, because while secretary kerry and others in the administration have focused on the nuclear agenda against north korea and trying to enlist beijing and pressuring north korea, on this, the report says china is complicit, china is helping defectors and escapees and former prisoners be returned to be executed. they are returning people back to north korea and taking part in this process. >> andrea, you mention the evidence here, this report from the u.n.

but north korea stood firm. earlier this month the north threatened to cancel the reunions again if south korea went ahead with its annual joint military exercises with the united states. they're scheduled to start next week. but last week, north korea made an about-turn and said it would accept south koreans' requests. north korea's state-run media said the north had generously accepted the request, despite unfavorable conditions. in the first few days, the north has heard only criticism of the military exercises. experts say the north wants to extract favors from the south. >> translator: north korea is apparently trying to play up the event to display its eagerness to improve interkorean relations. there's also an economic factor. the north is probably trying to get south korea to provide food and fertilizer, and resume tourism at mount kungong. that would help solve its economic problems. >> reporter: south korea and the u.s. are on the alert in the lead-up to the military drills. officials say the possibilit

by relaxing the sanctions against north korea we allowed the funds to fly to north korea, which, in turn allowed them to develop nuclear weapons. is there any reason we should expect different results in iran than the same policy achieved in north korea? >> i am not here to critique u.s. policy. i don't know how we will come out and iran. for our part we are very committed in making sure we monitor compliance with whatever agreements are fortunate -- are forged. want too you don't critique u.s. policy but is there any reason to believe that the outcome in iran would be any different than north korea? >> yes. iran is a completely different country than north korea. the outcome could be different. >> do the differences make it more or less likely they would comply? this will be my last question. in your view, if iran were to succeed in acquiring a nuclear theon, what do you view is likelihood they would use that nuclear weapon to murder innocent people? they are notll, near acquiring a nuclear weapon and would be even farther from it assuming these negotiations pan out. i'm -- to answer yo

north korea's human rights groups will get funding from the south korean government. this raises fears that anti north korean groups will use the money taken from state coffers. to further insight to korean relations opposition lawmakers demanded that government lift economic sanctions against brother and i were put in place after your stinking up the south korean warships could end in twenty ten however the government said it would keep the church considered lifting the sanctions known as the maid twenty fourth badgers. on tuesday the national assembly were reviewing the intercollegiate session with the focus on the economy. the nation's biggest purse on a leaked last month and the government's fall on the jurors are expected to dominate the discussions. can see. i then it's. and a former u s point man on asian affairs had something to say about the developments in north korea's nuclear weapons program. christopher hill the ex u s sen massacre to south korea stress that comes as possession of nuclear weapons is not acceptable to the standard of the region the team unt

the united nations report on north korea. allegations of atrocities and brutality against people and the effort to hold kim jong-un accountable. >>> after the verdict, the mistrial of the michael dunn murder trial, what it means, to the criminal justice system. i'll talk to reverend jesse jackson. >>> ski season in the west, the tom on california. >>> and true nature of attack dogs. our series tonight continues with surprising new evident from science and technology correspondent jake ward. >> and we begin tonight with a syria peace talks. they've hit a roadblock breaking down over the weekend. and today the blame game continues. the u.s. accusing syrian president bashar al-assad, and the diplomatic wrestling continues, so is the suffering. richelle carey is here with that. richelle,. >> it all comes down to people. syrian, millions are refugees, crossing borders. pictures shows us the human struggle playing out in the desert. these are the images we see from syria of the shelling, the suffering. they only tell part of the st

report on alleged human rights offenses by the north korea regime. >>> an ethiopian pilot accused of hijacking a plane. >>> and u.s. diplomats ordered to leave venezuela. >> in a new report the united nations believes it has enough proof to hold the north korean regime responsible for unspeakable crimes against its own people. al jazeera's james bays has more on the allegations that pyongyang is facing. >> she weeps as she recalls the oppression her family faced before she escaped. public hearings held in force on three continents. many other witnesses asked for their identities to be withheld. there have been many investigations into human rights in north korea, but never one as comprehensive as this. getting a clear picture of what goes on in the secretive state where people cope with extreme depravation and starvation is very difficult. the international commission of inquiry finds there is massive oppression, torture, execution, systemic rape, and abduct of foreigners many of these count as crimes against humanity, all a part of a planned system of political control. north korea's

and the chinese have sent messages to north korea.the detonation of the nuclear devices, stop the launching of missiles. stop the execution. well, we couldn't stop it, but they are perturbed about what's happening, the question is how much leverage are they willing to use to seemed a message to north korea that some of the unteamlunseemly behavior has top it. could be that the chinese government this report and the pressure that they will get in the u.n. security council to do something is going to make the chinese leverage and their actions a lot stronger than they have, and maybe they'll be a slight change. but any slight change is welcome. >> a quite final question for you. little over a year ago, you went to north korea with google executive chairman eric schmidt to try to arrange the release for kenneth bay an american held in north korea since november the 2012. now we hear that he's been sent to a labor camp. faces 15 years of hard labor, do you think this report will make things worse for him? >> well, hopefully, hopefully not

damming information of starvation, abduction and torture in north korea. and kim jong-un may be held personally accountable. the commander of the free syrian armies being sacked. we looked at who will replace him. anand an ethiopia pilot hijack s own plane. and the italian president asks renzi to form a new government. >>> the most comprehensive report speaking of unspeakable atrocities. widespread oppression and torture and crimes against humanity. pyongyang rejects the findings, we have details from geneva. >> reporter: recalling the oppression of family before she escaped. many witnesses asked for their identities to be withheld. there have been many investigations into human rights in north korea, but never one as comprehensive as this. using a clear picture of what goes on in the secretive state, how people cope with depravation and starvation is difficult. the international commission of inquiry finds in massive system of oppression, torture, systemic rape and abduction of foreigners many of these encounters of inhumanity. kim jong-un had executed hi

torture and the arbitrary detention and the forced labor of refugees that are sent back from china to north koreaso the concrete, specific measures that in great detail that the north korean authorities should take is spelled out in this report and then there is the recommendation that the security council forward this case to the international criminal court. >> reporter: and we will see if that actually happens and see what the response is. human rights investigator and author david hawk and thanks very much for being with us. >> thank you. >> reporter: after the break on america tonight. >> it's a case of environmental injustice and a case of environmental racism. we see how they operates in nigeria and ecuador and disregard communities they feel are not organized enough or aren't empowered enough to fight back. >> reporter: but they are fighting back in this toxic city by the bay. one community suspicions and a fear that reaches across the nation, next. later in the program an american revolution, veterans with a mission to restore the past at the same time heal their lives. >> every sunday n