>> narrator: tonight, inside the north korea the regime wants to keep hidden. >> the way the north korean regime keeps the regime going is this pervasive security apparatus and fear tactics. >> if people stop believing in the regime, that means central control is breaking down. >> narrator: with undercover footage and exclusive interviewfrontline uncovers a new generation risking their lives to smuggle images out and information in. >> north korean defectors have emerged as very quiet agents of social progress. >> narrator: threatening kim jong un's total control of what the world sees of north korea and what north koreans see of the world. >> there really is a potential here that something quite dramatic could happen. >> narrator: but how far will the new dictator go to hold on to power? >> if a government is willing to kill as many people as necessary to stay in power, it usually stays in power for a very long time. >> narrator: tonight, frontline takes you inside the "secret state of north korea." >> frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. a

and refocus on north korea because north korea has not changed its behavior whatsoever.resident appeared with the south korean heard, and that president said this could trigger a regional nuclear arm's race. john? >> how does china fit into all of this? >> reporter: john, china, that's a great question. the president said if north korea were to go forward, that more stringent sanctions have to be put in place. the trouble with that is the united states isn't doing a lot of business with north korea to begin with. china is its major patron. china has no interest, experts agree, and the president said this himself yesterday in a destabilized north korea. north korea by most accounts has a functioning nuclear weapon. and yet they don't want to see it destabilize within itself to the point that there is so much unrest that it will implode. so this situation as tense as it has been in perhaps a decade, john. >> mike, thank you. >> north korea's nuclear program is under constant international scrutiny. north korea's believed to have between four and eight nuclear weapons. the

and outside north korea.aminealso asked to the position of abductees because production of people for reasons for the government was a policy which was given effect in relation, particularly to japanese nationals and also to nationals of south korea who were seized in the closing phases of the korean war but also in relation to citizens of lebanon, romania and other fortries that were tied in reasons of state in north korea. commission was asked to answer four questions. it is very important to concentrate one's mind upon the questions we were asked to answer. one sees in media of ourated statements role. essentially we were an investigator. we had to investigate and reports on a limited mandate. a limited mandate set out jurisdiction. we did not exceed our jurisdiction and we did not want to exceed our jurisdiction because at the time it was honest and we wanted to be proper. we concentrated on what we were asked by the human rights council to report upon. -- isur questions were there evidence of breaches of

so following the trilateral talks on north korea's nuclear program the united states south korea japan seem to be open to more flexibility when dealing with the north korean unification minister sharon said that they may be open to conditional. abreu releasing of some of the sanctions against north korea why the move to more flexibility at this point in time. why think of the offer flexibility is hoped that perhaps we can get things off dead center. but at the same time i think that there is a consistent pattern here from all three countries saying if you want to see flexibility you north korea also have to show us some flexibility and you have to make some kind of conception. i think that there may be the expectation that we will be disappointed in the park and i thank you very much dr ting tang of senior research fellow at the washington based heritage foundation think you for joining us. thank you kim for them the way. for your gateway to the day's biggest story in korea and around the world. breaking these are the hottest interview and a whole lot more. enjoy the tetons chum limite

in response to the hundred north korea showed the man to set up the feeble little mind the south korean military response was threefold. with three hundred k not self propelled to the artillery shells fired into north korean waters. however judges may be on the rocks. this time of the eastern coast of the peninsula. according to local media reports citing an unidentified high level government official. north korea or the additional cells on the dc from monday to friday. that as ray speculation that when ye might be gearing up for another list of this a lot in another development and unidentified on an aerial vehicle was found crashed dumping don't allow for a monday afternoon. one hour after the two koreas stop exchanging fire. the south korean military is investigating to determine wick april. whether north korea was involved. even then i didn't do this. north korea also launched a verbal attacks in south korean president talking head denouncing her recent proposal to lay the groundwork for unification. this prompted the south to lash out at the condo this state for repeatedly displayi

so how i wrote this book, i read all the western books on north korea and armfuls of north korean propaganda and if you think communist propagandpropagand a is boring you are wrong. it's 10,000 times worse than boring because war and you can grit your teeth and get through it. the stories are almost designed to kill the consciousness of the reader. it eliminates critical thoughts i had to make it humorous and make a compelling and interesting so there are these bit of wit but he is not a very witty figure out all. everything is said and complete utter sincerity. they are not fans of iron in north korea whatsoever certainly not with regard to the leader as regarded as some sort of secular religion. >> how did you decide when to insert your own flourish, humorous slurs? >> the job of any co-author when i work with my clients is like being a defense attorney. i'm helping the person tell the story in the most coherent way possible and create a narrative that any reader can follow. i like to call it writing novels that happen to be real. but this i very much tried to stick to his own -- as much a

and tonight a look inside north korea. it is the most ice lated country in the world. ar broke out, china and russia backed the north, the un lead by the u.s. backed the south. the war never officially ended. instead an uneasy ceasefire has held for 60 years. that uneasiness continues today. the north korean leader kim jung un has often expressed nuclear ambitions. before leaving south korea tonight, president obama spoke to american troops stationed in seoul and tried to reassure that country that the u.s. will not accept a nuclear north korea. >> north korea's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons is a path that leads to more isolation. anybody can make threats. anyone can move an army. anyone can show off a missile. that doesn't make you strong. it does not lead to security or opportunity or respect. those things don't come through force. they have to be earned. >> mike viqueira has the latest from seoul. >> john, an extraordinary situation on the korean peninsula even as president obama visits south korea, the close ally, north korea and its newly installed young lea

>> i think it's everybody who is threatened, actually, including north korea itself and china. if you put them in any rank order, i think the country, the party that is more threatened is south korea. not only by the prospect of north korea actually using the nuclear weapons, but also because what it does to the opportunities for north korea to engage in provocative actions, the possibility of accidents, you know, especially because much of this program is secret, and there's no opportunity to unsure nuclear security -- insure nuclear security or safety. what it does to the military balance in general. or what it does to the possibility of a military conflict and so on. next to south korea i think it is north korea and then comes japan and -- because of the proximity, because of the presence of the u.s. military personnel and facilities there. and china itself with approximately not only with the weapons capability, but also the fallout that might come from whatever might happen in north korea with its nuclear facilities. and then this medium to -- in medium to long term the uni

every year and most of these people have been leaving since the late 1990s, since there was at north korea000 have made it all the way to south korea and we estimate there is tens of thousands still in china as well and still hiding that and inland both and a lot of the people that we meet and that we help to come through china and southeast asia or the u.s. tell us amazing stories about what they went through, both the kind of stories the report went through and severity of the charges in terms of prosecution that doesn't have an equal in the rest of the world in terms of how systemic it is and also learned from them how much north korea society is changing and with the modernization and information flows occurring that also provide ways that maybe we can help to empower north korean people to further drive more change inside north korea. >> reporter: thank you very much indeed and thank you so much for your insight into the situation regarding north korea. now to nigeria where the military rejected the claim saying they freed school girls and 100 students were kidnapped from a school in

is there a possibility of north korea carrying out the nuclear test? and if the provocations continue, if you are to improve and move forward the interkorea relations, are you considering a more flexible measure to be taken against the north? nextly, with regards to the u.s./korea transfer of the wartime commands, the two leaders have said that they will review the timing conditions for transfer. and if the transfer schedule is pushed back again, have you discussed with president obama specifically on when that timing will be? >> translator: yes. indeed, the korean government and also the defense ministry, our assessment is that north korea is actually fully ready to carry out the fourth nuclear test, so it can actually carry out the test whenever it deems necessary. that is our assessment. we're not very certain of what the timing will be, but i think we believe that they are fully ready now and that this is a very tense situation. to come up with some flexible measure, that is your question. actually, addressed in the initiative is a case in point for

south korea has helped the north responsible following an international probe. but then during the night that involvement. the commission has found to be a top presidential security adviser tendency to leak the south korean team in a joint investigation. south korea's defense ministry released an interim report on its investigation last friday preventing additional evidence light and to pass these few plants i didn't like ours and designs and further point that can happen if the perpetrator. he needs maybe not to the ongoing diplomatic efforts to msia the six party talks aimed at ending a combi of nuclear weapons program. china's top nuclear envoy has met the u s point man on north korea in new york following his recent meetings with counterparts in seoul and come to you leon has more the top nuclear envoy said china and the united states and met for over thirty hours on monday for the first of the three scheduled meetings. all that you did not answer any questions following the meeting. diplomatic sources in new york state that you discuss ways to stop comes out

investigations showed the unmanned drone attacks in three south korean border ireland on monday is from north korea. the presidential office of time i dip resumes in that vehicle to be from the north as it was found after north korea fired scores of artillery shells in the waters south of the northern limit line as part of his life by a military drill. south korea's defense ministry is continuing its analysis of the drone and is devising contingency plans to shore up the country's air defects military and intelligence officials are known to have concluded that the drones were assembled and developed in north korea for reconnaissance purposes. i was floored and from the north. the light blue joan was found on pena little aisle in the south of the disputed western sea border between the two koreas to join its one hundred eighty three centimeters long almost two and a half meters wide and weighs around twelve point seven kilograms. there was also a small dish to come installed on his body. tours can be useful record says mrs with cameras attached to the o man's vehicle was in the win with explosives.

korean uk discussed ways to provide financial aid to north korea. in preparation for the unification and agreed to expand cooperation in the financial sector the financial cooperation between korea and united kingdom. streaking through the forest and we will keep an eye health or health financial cooperation between the two countries helps our financial industry. i know korea is the only divide the country in the world. in a week's report by a human being i don't even students ministry correspondent all the more special. as of the fence mr responded in the hospice. whether it's being needy. of all aspects and what their plans for the up and all that and yet but expect it to heart. this is what the hospitals i was rebuilt by direct you to enter with equatorial comply with the basic standards that you would expect the more inter korean relations. when we really means and can always has to stay on top of things and ready to report this. military trucks to write. and people in military uniforms are spotted. this is the site becomes more teal ink with man

first official reaction to last the seventeenth out of korea and the united states on sunday to north korea's committee for the keys reunification of korea which handles cross border affairs let me criticize president cut in pay. calling her a winking traitor and a despicable prostitute selling off the nation. it's that the outcome of president obama s trip to south korea clearly justified north korea to the determination to counter the us fidler and settle the conflict within all our new year's showdown factory education ministry said north korea's rhetoric was a violation of an inter korean agreement to stop cross border slandering beach in febuary. falling friday seven talks in seoul the south korean and us leaders vowed to stand shoulder to shoulder against any north korean provocation north korea has the matching attention lately. following its lead last month to conduct a new kind of a new beer tax. the satellite and a jury has showed increased activity at every team's new clear test site. south korea the us and japan are concerned the upcoming tests could be larger than north korea to

interests in north korea is try to find out more information. >> no official statement yet from northan an individual with this name was trying to seek asylum? any further explanation coming? >> all they said is he was exhibiting rash behavior at the border and the authorities picked him up two weeks ago. that's very curious timing, wolf, because that is, you know, right -- you see now president obama is in south korea today, amid fears that north korea could be launching another nuclear test. those north koreans have been holding on to this news for two weeks and it does seem to be timed to president's visit to south korea. >> as far as you know, had the state department received any requests for information about a missing american citizen in north korea during these past two weeks? have any of his friends or relatives asked the state department for assistance in locating this individual, whatever his name is? >> they don't, wolf, they've had virtually no information. it's very unclear how the state department came upon this information, but they have not even been able to confirm t

north korea launches another provocation out of the blue. camden was held in the field so the new center delivered the breaking news. i fly across their dispute injure a korean maritime border. south korea's joint chiefs of staff at that mark i began its life fire drill at the pass and in this monday afternoon. a spokesperson for the joint chiefs of staff that some of the shells fired by north korean drop in the south korean beaten and that the south responded with fire poi assaults local news was all have one for all the media's was thinking wow i should of been a student knows the wrong time to go down. but it is north korea's unpredictable so i can't be on standby twenty four seven just waiting for the publication of the file the story of guilt to its defense related have to beat days later. before she could recover from this trip to poland and in went straight to the ministry of national defence. i welcome this monday the thirty first of march due a change in top ten a m newscast here he was to deliver live coverage of the defence ministr

the statue was making north korea. for this band's possible north korean officials. i think by goebbels like it just goes on budget. you get to reap their rings touches like this in africa and you're up. it's called north korea's main associates oh four in conference. muscat art studio and kill young and old skis back to business. it also makes the many statutes theme throughout north korea including bill built in the sun. standing orders of bro also bring seem foreign car is easy for north korea but for the capital. oh yes more than fifty north koreans were seen recently working the link construction site . north korea more bruised up and he's killed since the prison to a bomb on bullion construction company. each kid from underneath our eoy run seven hundred dollars all payments made using a lump sum to the north korean company you'll see what the north korean company seems to give the workers some spending money to buy cigarettes will can be cute but no more than that. today is the special most koreans are indeed responsible for collecting foreign currency payment

what happened in north korea that morning was not an earthquake. it was a nuclear explosion. >> kim jung-il defies the u.s. and world and claims to have set off an atomic weapon. >> that day in 2006, the secretive repressive north korean regime showed the world they had built and tested a nuclear bomb. a rogue country building nuclear weapons, threatening to proliferate that technology, stockpiling weapons of mass destruction.

this week's papers the discovery of the press the north korean thriller that was found to have taken dozens of photos of scold including south korea's presidential office and these are photos from the front pages of the daily conventional and the one on the left is of the presidential office taken by the north korean throne and the threat of ricky if the president on this. on the right is a still shot taken from the pool. now philip and the koreans have easily gone the scene glimpse of the present along with this global threat should be worried about a drone flying over it now got to thinking that it had reported by two non been earlier in the news cast. south korea's defense ministry said that i was not capable of loading process but some say they're still a cause for concern. formal article on over to the next daily from home i can book which covers the same story and not the headline read a break here that needs north korean drama when he stood there if i google for a chance to compare it with ornaments from the photos taken by their very own google earth image as a military official says north korea can see whether the exact one

we're deeply concerned about the suffering of the north korea people. ited states and south korea are working together to advance accountability for the serious human rights violations being committed by the north. i mentioned to president park the united states supports the korean's people desire for unification. i share president park's vision. as you outlined madame president in your speech, the threat free from war and nuclear weapons. >> next stop for president barack obama is malaysia. he is hoping to win hearts and minds and establish closer trade ties. but how? we look at who wins and who loses when free trade is on the table. >> reporter: on the verge of becoming rich, malaysia was once a fast growing economy before it was struck by financial crisis. there's hope that a free trade agreement could get them moving again, but there are big challenges to overcome. media entrepreneur want as to see his country tackle them. how did businesses like his see the future lying beyond malaysia's borders operating in a country of only 30 million? he needs ov

north korea. the talks have been stalled since late two thousand feet often repeated provocations i can. honey can i use. over to the second day of north korea's first parliament under new leader kim jong ii and there are no significant changes in the latest personnel lined up in the north which fuel speculation that north korea is choosing stability over change. on sunday reads into the political workings of the isolated nation but in the neo hurricanes at work for me at thirteen fifty the family action on wednesday. the new dean of the country's top legislative body heat in the kitchen to find out today and added that north korea is moving circle and to determine the direction of state policy prime minister happened to you and to your head and thinking on that were widely expected to step down from their posters a vote winning office. with the fact that there are no major changes to officials at the polls the revisions to external and internal policies and constitutions reflect the kingdom and l

threats will get north korea nothing other than greater isolation.reporter: barack obama vowed to stand by south korea to counter a nuclear threat from yang. diplomatic war of words as the military build up continues on the russia/ukraine border, we meet the men with protecting the oil resources ahead of key parliamentary elections plus. >> i'm rob in los angeles with a report of turning 60 and how this clean energy is growing. ♪ north korea will be more isolated if it continues with its nuclear program. that is the warning from u.s. president barack obama. he also says he must live up to international obligation and abandon weapons areas knowledge -- arsenol and it's an effort to improve relations between south korea and japan and harry is in seoul and we have been listening to both leaders there and north korea has been quite the pressing issue. >> that's right, both leaders gave time in the opening statements of north korea. obviously it's one of the key issues of any american president visiting here would speak with his opposite number in south k

north korea occasionally throws hissy fits that will keep them in power. that's not going to change. and iran is very interesting. there are talks going on and it looks like there is a reasonable chance that the iranians would actually be willing to enter talks to put the nuclear genie out of their equation. in the case of iran, no one trusts them and the talks will verify it. this is one of the hopeful accomplishments of this administration. >> the president dead set getting the united states out of afghanistan and iraq. we're out of iraq, we're on our way out of afghanistan. mission kind of accomplished? what kind of places is the united states leaving behind? >> i don't know too much about what's is going on in afghanistan and iraq. i think it's a good strategic decision to move out of these countries which in the long term are not important for america's place in the world. yes, they present domestic threat in the form of terrorism as we saw in 9/11, but what is going on in asia is much more important for america's long term stability. north korea is g

obama said the response from the alliance wouldn't change. >> with regard to north korea, the united states and south korea stand shoulder to shoulder in the face of provocations and refusel to accept a nuclear north korea. threats will get north korea nothing other than greater isolation. we're united on the steps north korea needs to take including banning nuclear weapons and programs and living up to international obligations. of course we're concerned about the deep suffering of north korean people. united states and south korea are working together to advance accountability for serious human rights violations being committed by the north. i mentioned to president park that the united states supports the korean people's desire for unification. i share president park's vision. as you outlined madame president in your recent speech. a unified creator free from fear of war and nuclear weapons. >> president barack obama said north korea was the most isolated country in the world. it wasn't easy to know how to deal with it, saying there's no magic bullet. >>> warning shots fired a few

authorities in north korea last month fired a series of rockets and missiles, including two ballistic missiles that flew toward the sea of japan. members of the u.n. security council condemned the launches. officials in the north responded by saying they may conduct new forms of nuclear tests. the envoys are believed to have confirm that chinese and u.s. officials will urge the north to exercise restraint. they're scheduled to meet two more times this week. >>> japanese government sources have revealed that the prime minister met with a former chinese president's son. the talks between shinzo abe and hu deping took place last week. hu is believed to be close to chinese president xi jinping whose late father hu yaobang worked to develop ties between china and japan in the 1980s. hu visited japan for about a week. he left on sunday. the sources said hu met abe last tuesday. it's thought the two men exchanged views on improving ties between their countries. a meeting between hu and yoshihide suga had already been made public. >> translator: i told him that japan/china ties are one of the

president says north korea should expect a firm response from the international community if it conducts another nuclear test. >> barack obama made the comment as he arrived in south korea from japan. a south korean government official says the capital of north korea, pyongyang, has completed all the preliminary steps for a nuclear test. >> traveling with the u.s. president on this tour of asia is white house correspondent michelle kaczynski and she joins us live from seoul. michelle, first, what can you tell us about the movements, the apparent movements of north korea at this time when the u.s. president is there in seoul on this visit? >> reporter: in some respects, it was almost expected by the south korean government. we talked to some officials before this trip and they said look, there were these warnings that the north koreans tend to give before they conduct a missile test. it's sort of a two-part process. they send one warning, then another warning, then there's a missile test. in this case, the south korean government received two warnings, so they've been waiting for this tes

business. >> the united states and south korea stand shoulder to shoulder both in the face of north korea's provocations and in our refusal to accept a nuclear korea -- north korea. threats will get north korea nothing other than greater isolation. >> reporter: but for the u.s. dealing with north korea means dealing with two allies in seoul and tokyo at loggerheads over history. obama came from a meet we are japan's prime minister? a week that honored war criminals honoring the dead. such behavior has infuriated south korea, still calling on japan fully to adz dress the abuse of south korea's so-called comfort women, or forced prostitutes by japanese soldiers during world war ii. >> this was a terrible egregious violation of human rights. >> reporter: truthfully facing up to history is a form of works used repeatedly by president park. the fact that president obama chose to use a similar phrase is something that will go down very here in seoul. president park held out the prospect at least of improved ties with japan. >> translator: i think what is most important that we go back to the pled

north korea's provocation is public announcement of possibility of engaging another nuclear tests theree individuality to korea sent a strong message to north korea and provocative action and must not be tolerated. president obama has no efforts to emphasize deter rance against north korea's provocation and strengthen our mutual cooperation based on the slthre the capabilities is solid and will be further cemented. tomorrow president obama and our joint advise i had rokus combined forces commence for the first time since it was formed in 178 to reaffirm deterrence capability. it is a new pattern of provocation will bring about new level. we exchange views on what nature does the u.s. and korea need to take international community in the case of the provocation. we hope that north korea supports stability while make a right choice to resolve interests and hardship north koreans undergo. we consider that the environment is experiencing threats opposed by the nuclear programs and missile activities. therefore we should review the timing and condition of the sl reviewed. we also agree to ou

and north korea. the swedish talked on our behalf. ey, for instance, are talking with the north korean authorities about kenneth bae, a korean christian missionary who's been in north korea for almost two years. he's serving 15 years in a north korean labor camp for allegedly trying to topple the government, with his evangelical activities. once in a while, the swedish ambassador is able to visit mr. bae, talk to north korean authorities about him, but it's a concern with the lack of relations between the two countries. >> other than dennis rodman's relationship with the president of that country. elise, thank you for that, keep us posted on any developments that come from that bizarre story. >>> question about cell phones. every one of us almost carries one these days. that is certainly probable on board flight 370. what about passenger's and crew member's phones, wherever they are, do they hold clues to the mystery of this disappearance? we'll show you something pretty surprising, how experts can still get information from those phon

with regard to north korea, the united states and south korea stand shoulder to shoulder.both in the face of provocations and our refusal to accept a nuclear north korea. threats will get north korea nothing other than greater isolation and we're united on the steps they need to take including abandoning their weapons programs and living up to their international obligations. of course we're also deeply concerned about the suffering of the north korean people and the united states and south korea are working together to advance accountability for the serious human rights violations being committed by the north. i mentioned to president park that the united states supports the korean people's desire for unification and i share president park's vision as you outlined madam president in your recent speech of a unified korea free from fear of war and nuclear weapons. it's a vision of a unified korea where people enjoy the political and economic freedoms that exist here in the south. beyond that peninsula are alliances increasingly a global one. we're grateful for south korea's

this would run counter to what he really can report by the us based north korea analysis site thirty eight north to just a fad that unlikely that the regime will carry out before the nuclear test while us president rob obama is visiting the region over the next week. the report cited analysis of satellite imagery which indicates everything activities at the new plebiscite differ from those leading up to past tense. but a korean official said the dl on the thirty eight north website is different from what the government act. the new life as it is keeping close watch on movements in the north. amid speculation that it may be carried out before a nuclear test speaking to reporters on air force one white house spokesman jay carney said the us is monitoring the movements at the north with a nuclear test site the us state department a good party sentiment and urged north korea to exercise restraint koreans refrain from actions that threaten regional peace and security and to comply with the international obligations and one. seasoning. i don't use. chin chin to continue to be moderate but t

. >>> president obama is warning north korea against carrying out another nuclear test. the u.s. esident has arrived in south korea as part of a regional tour. he's just visited the national war memorial to pay his respects. his visit is being seen as an effort to improve relations between south korea and japan. unresolved historical grievances are causing tensions between the two neighbours. let's go live to harry fawcett, in the south korean capital seoul. first of all, north korea, there are indications, perhaps, that it's preparing for a fourth nuclear test. tell us about what the indications are. >> well, they've been coming out pretty regularly in the last couple of weeks. there was another report on friday from the johns hopkins university of united states, which has an institution that looks at north korea carefully. a lot of satellite imagery is analysed there, and they are saying, again, that there is increased activity around the nuclear test site and it indicates a desimation could perhaps be imminent. similar words from the south korean defense military saying that th

institute for defense tells us what north korea's recent actions could mean. >> north korea's provocations are not out of control, reckless actions, but controlled, premeditated maneuvers, i would say. typically would be yesterday's live artilleries near the disputed western maritime border with just 50 rounds of firing pyongyang received international media coverage by selecting the timing on the heels of president obama's visit to seoul. like the similar artillery firing a month ago which triggered exchange of hundreds of artillery shells across the maritime border, the selection of the timing and intensity of provocations may have factored into the effect. the prenotification tactics to justify provocative military maneuvers may indicate he worries about seoul's countermeasures and the frustration. overall these activities may have synchronized for creating a sense of urgency on the korean peninsula among six-party nations. pyongyang is on standby to conduct a new form of nuclear test for showing off its nuclear capabilities. instead of carrying out the first nuclear test,

i think congress might at some point maybe step up here. >> speaking of north korea, the presidents hadr warning today. >> the united states and south korea stand shoulder to shoulder both in the face of kim jung's provocations and our refusal to accept a nuclear north korea. threats will get north korea nothing other than greater isolation. >> he talked about and was asked about additional pressure against north korea. >> yeah, look, getting back to the issue of sanctions. we did have one seemingly successful effort with sanctions with north korea when the bush administration went after the bank and everyone freaked out. it seems that kim jung unhas no problem with putting people in the gulag. you cut off his ability to import porn and crown royal, and he listens. the problem is in the six party -- >> is he having trouble importing porn? >> he needs hard currency. >> it's possible to come up with some sanctions that bite. i don't know that the administration is willing to do it. >> next up, the friday lightning round. because what we all really want... ...is more. there's a reason it's

park remain included condolences for the victims of the ferry accident and a strong message for north korea and its hero star kolkata reports. this is the hallmark of the military base in south korea after his visit to japan. this will be obama as both visits since he took office. but it's his first time here says prison to cling to power. the market expressed in the snowboard memorial. there she lay between the automatic right to freedom. we decided that day. he was officially unveiled at the blue house where he met kristen park truly this go down to business. the model for a moment of silent prayer for the victims of the phyllo ferry. he also expressed his sympathies to the families of those could die before are still missing. obama because of the concept of time when south korea's armed forces are on high allies. milton area is quickening of wolf new clear text. north korea's state media reports the us and its allies are only worsening the situation on the korean peninsula and wind all the nuclear war. lee the situation on the ninja there is so intense that we could hasten due to warrant

why wasn't there more concern with north korea when the cia was telling us that north korea probablylutonium-based nuclear material and the answer was 100,000 casualties minimum and a real mess. no one wanted to do korea and, of course, the footnote was, always, korea doesn't have any oil. >> the public case is about weapons. 9/11 changed everything. the threat of weapons of mass destruction now drives american policy. but policy toward the nation posing the most clear and present danger on wmd, north korea, doesn't change dramatically. instead, inside the administration, it is the existing pre-9/11 planning about iraq and iraq's oil that goes operational. it's one month after 9/11. the state department forms something called the future of iraq project, a comprehensive plan about what a new iraqi society will look like after saddam is gone. officials assemble a group including iraqi exiles to plan for everything from health, to education, to oil and energy. leading the oil team is a highly regarded former cia energy analyst named robert ebel. >> going to bring together all these seni

. >> meeting to speak about human rights in north korea. two former north korean political prisoners are among those giving evidence. >> reporter: north korea remains one of the most closed off and secretive countries in the world. that has not stopped the united nations team from releasing a report of gross human rights violations. >> if ever there is a report at the highest level, this is it. >> reporter: they allege north korea has created crimes against humanity including rape, forced abortions, extermination. born in one of north korea's camps, he was forced to watch the execution of his mother and brother. his testimony is one of the key elements of the report. he is in new york with a special meeting with the security council. >> i was really nervous and insecure because they informed me there was a delegation from north korea, and i was shaking. but as someone who is going to talk about human rights issues then i felt proud. now i really want to talk about them. >> u.n. report calls from the security council to refer the issue to the

while north korea will be celebrating the birth of its elite founder kim il sung this week in south korea and the international community will be watching with anticipation to see if the regime launches another provocation its history is any indication. our foreign affairs correspondent. he starts us off with wikipedia crucial week for inter korean relations. april has historically been a month of provocations for north korea it was in april that the common street in connected to the vets five long range ballistic missile launches and unilaterally closed and the inter korean factories island in the north thththth e momomoma events and provocations are one way for the north korean leader to demonstrate his strength and power for bridgend consolidation. if history repeats itself this week to turn out to be a crucial lead in inter korean relations. tuesday marks the birthday of north korea's founder keith on and on friday that joint military drills between seoul and washington the country and north korea notification to despatch of possible missile on to spite their estate is also amazing co

why wasn't there more concern with north korea when the cia was telling us that north korea probablytonium-based nuclear material and the answer was 100,000 casualties minimum and a real mess. no one wanted to do korea and, of course, the footnote was, always, korea doesn't have any oil. >> the public case is about weapons. 9/11 changed everything. the threat of weapons of mass destruction now drives american policy. but policy toward the nation posing the most clear and present danger on wmd, north korea, doesn't change dramatically. instead, inside the administration, it is the existing pre-9/11 planning about iraq and iraq's oil that goes operational. it's one month after 9/11. the state department forms something called the future of iraq project, a comprehensive plan about what a new iraqi society will look like after saddam is gone. officials assemble a group including iraqi exiles to plan for everything from health, to education, to oil and energy. leading the oil team is a highly regarded former cia energy analyst named robert ebel. >> going to bring together all these senior

officials in north korea had announced an agreement between obama and south korean present cochrane and to boost deterrence against the north. the two leaders met on friday in seoul amid concerns that tony and could be preparing to conduct a new protests. he mostly a state run television reported in a statement issued by the country's committee for the peaceful unification of korea. one was a not so numb tongue and then there is none. i once went on to collect her book the statement said obama is visiting reaffirms north korea's belief that money is the only way to deal with the us it said the visit strengthen the north's was on to state with its policy of fighting a full scale nuclear war. meanwhile families of japanese nationals abducted by north korea held a rally in tokyo a call from government efforts to form a result the ship. about fifteen hundred people attended the event the governments of japan and north korea recent bilateral talks last month the japanese delegates demanded of the investigation into the fates of the best teams. porter moved along the beginning that. we are ru

i added that the officials agreed to seek various ways to resume dialogue that will be to north korea. the new crazy following the trilateral fashioned a south korean envoy met separately with its us counterpart putting a beast and his japanese counterpart teaching how to protest the un condemnation of its heat to medium range ballistic missile launch with me every time since last month when it threatened to conduct a new type of new clear text. that's our concern is the fourth new contest was in the works the same satellite images of north korea nuclear test site for just one yet. his increasing its capability to conduct future attacks although no signs of an independent test have be detected. but some experts say they've read in the operation had been a contest in the coming weeks in time for us president drop a bomb as they bid to sell in tokyo later this month. on friday evening. the essays are under serious scrutiny following the daunting discoveries of three suspected north korean prone to weston a month and south korean soil here appear to have spied in all corners of the count

in their dealings with him or her case and has more on the latest out of the three way talks on north korea's nuclear program south korea the us and japan but considering scaling back the preconditions they want max before beginning talks with noah korea over its new clip of that. following a meeting of the three countries than you could negotiators this week as the korean official told reporters in washington and they're looking out of body waste of these in talks with counting down. the official said that the parties are looking at the conditions with a little more flexibility in mind and that the ways in which north korean show sincerity about giving up its nuclear weapons program could be up for discussion. the three nations together with china and russia have been trying to do new horizon or under the six party framework for more than a decade. the six party talks have been suspended since late two thousand because of repeated provocations by county and in return for u s food aid two years ago has come the agony to suspend its missile a new plant testing place a moratorium and if you mak

on the agenda, efforts to ease tensions with japan and the potential threat of north korea's nuke year testing. south korea is in mourning a last week's ferry accident. >> leaving japan with no trade deal in place, president obama reassured tokyo that it would fight alongside japan if the dispute over islands escalates to armed conflict. it comes at a delicate time for the grieving nation, one week after a ferry disaster left more than 300 dead or unaccounted for, many high school students. the president attended a service more military members and their spouses. a push for immigration bill back home, it remains stall would in the house. >> if there's anything that this should teach us, it's that americans are strengthened. >> then it was off to the national war memorial in seoul. a tour of the grandest palace. it is his meetings with the south korean president and what to do with its neighbor to the north that will dominate talks with north korea threatening to conduct another nuclear test and activity around the test site, president obama said any test would meet a firm international

north's nuclear program the docs have been stalled since two thousand and eight authorities in north korea launched a series of rockets and other weapons last month including two ballistic missiles into the sea of japan. members of the un security council condemned the launch its officials in the north responded by saying they may conduct new forms of nuclear tests. the envoys are believed to have confirmed the chinese and us officials were urged the north to exercise restraint. they are scheduled to meet two more times this week. the former us intelligence chief has welcomed the possibility of japan exercising its right to collective self defense dennis blair spoke to nhk world in tokyo. blair served as director of national intelligence. he was also the head of the us pacific command. he commented on prime minister shinzo of its push to re interpret the japanese constitution passed japanese governments have maintained the constitution does not allow the right to collective self defense the restrictions on japanese military. actions related to japan's past and past agreements i think need

both in the face of young on its provocations and in our refusal to accept the nuclear korea north korea the threats will get bored with nothing other than greater isolation. south korea has detected increased activity about north korea's every nuclear test site. i did this non regime led by kenya only can see nasa rocket to launch rail announced plans to conduct a klutz new type of nuclear tests. this tough rhetoric isn't stop on top of the living conditions of many ordinary north koreans millions depend on handouts of the grits biscuits by the wealthy program. now one of the funding has forced the un agency to cut back since. since march. above five to fifty thousand children in such institutions don't get that instead of the highly enriched to do what it means the windows and biscuits didn't and so since it opened. all i'm saying that he's this imminent of plant in north korean children. but it will take broad diplomatic stand for the pontiff china to bring pyongyang back to the negotiating table over a nuclear deal. what drivers in south korea have recovered more bodies from the ferr

. >> reporter: 24-year-old american was picked up by north korea for his, quote, rash behavior. north korean state media didn't release a picture but identified him as miller matthew todd. they say he tore up his visa and promised to seek asylum as he passed through customs. u.s. officials tell cnn they first learned about his detention days ago but are not confirming it publicly. >> we are, of course, aware of the reports that a u.s. citizen was detained in north korea. >> reporter: the news of the detention seems time to president obama's visit to south korea. part of a campaign by north korea's reckless young leader kim jong-un to steal the spotlight. >> i think it is carefully measured. world attention is there, especially an american youngster seeking political asylum. that is a very useful self-esteem booster. >> reporter: new satellite images also show increased activity and north korea's main nuclear site suggesting to some officials kim is on the verge of another nuclear test. >> in light of what we expect to be further provocative actions from the the north koreans, whe

ap japan and north korea the engine house not mine. before the news conference. it tells the meeting took ill with a crew of the ethics of the half empty the first team to help clean up their loft on. we want international community to walk ard so we can see the sign of the solution to the program the japanese government says at least seventy s the distance were kidnapped in the nineteen seventies and eighty dollars month is the study is on the issue of whether comedy. paul wants the government. families sit aside and un mechanisms. must work together in this new chapter of dprk him its way time is running running out we must act to be torture the victims' families and loved ones. north korean officials denounced these claims and feed them easily and is aimed at destroying the country's viability and social system. my remarks queensland with every intention of building a north korea's military commander don's mom said you really use all its judicial mechanisms to punish those responsible for the human rights violations. it was nice to be a part to the internation