there is no daylight between what we expect from north korea. president obama speaking in south korea in april expressed support of the peaceful and progressive unification. the u.s. alliances stronger than ever. it signals to north korea that the security it seeks is not to be found in nuclear weapons. our growing trilateral security cooperation also sends a powerful message of deterrence to pyongyang. protectort or meaning and patron, china has a key role -- last remaining protector or patron, china has a key role to play. we welcome the steps the prc has taken to oppose pyongyang's nuclear program. published the 100 and nine banned item control list. the we seek to show north korea its nuclear program stands in the way of the secure future it says it wants. we continue to increase the cost of illicit activities by unilaterally tightening shank shins -- tightening sanctions. the seizure of panama by a huge carol --military military gear proof sections are effective. the vast majority suffer from their government's self impoverishing policy. the

policy toward the democratic people's republic of korea, dprk for north, commonly known as north korea. the north korean regime is a global pariah working against the interests of its own people, its neighbors and the world. >> would you mind pulling the mike just a little bit closer? make sure everybody in the room can hear. >> that's better. it violates its obligations by pursuing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles posing a growing threat to the united states. our friends and allies and the global nonproliferation gime our friends and allies in the global liberation regime. they both them enormous amount of the scarce resources to weapons to a massive standing army and the vanity projects all on nine out of 10 north koreans have suffered. we have no illusions about that age are the regime. we have refused provocations with concessions. we have instead tighten sanctions and told dprk that neither its occasional charm effects or his frequent aggressive behavior will lead us to accept a nuclear-armed north korea. i've call recent demonstrations robe and to engage with possible but w

north korea is on the hook. they've got to conduct this investigation that they promised the japanese they'd conduct. so we'll be watching very closely to see what kind of results the north koreans come up with and whether or not it meets the tests that the jap japanese are imposing on them. >> also, ambassador, in your prepare statement, you said that china is quote north korea's last remaining patron. considering its budding relationship with russia and elicit networks with countries in the middle east, iran, especially, i wonder if that's completely accurate. the recent economic trade deal between russia and north korea comes at a very opportune time for them. it provides them with economic boosts that it needs to counter the sanctions and also to counter balance the chinese who have been putting some pressure on them but not nearly enough. i think a lot of our minds. for russia this deal undermines u.s. efforts to cut off north korea's finance and economic well being while enhancing its own web of influence b

policy on north korea. i will focus on human rights aspects of our policy on which there's been broad bipartisan cooperation. i want to thank you, mr. chairman, committee members, for your interest in north korean human rights issues for the hearings you held, for the meeting she held both here and in seoul and tokyo with victims and their families. north korea remains a totalitarian state which seeks to dominate all aspects of its citizens lives, including denial of basic freedoms and human rights. reports portray a vast network of political prison camps where individuals are subjected to forced labor under horrific conditions, and the government commit human rights violations, including extrajudicial killing, enslavement, torture, prolonged arbitrary detention, abduction of foreign citizens as well as rate, forced abortion, and other sexual violence. this past year we've made significant progress in our efforts to increase international pressure on the north to improve its human rights. in march of this ye

how would north korea respond? >> well, china has said that they support fully united nations sanctions and i talked about some of the signs that the chinese are beginning to take unprecedented action in that direction, signalling to north korea they will pay a price if they don't come around in particular on the nuclear issue. this is why when we talk to the chinese we try to talk about how we can work in concert to bring pressure on thenorth korea in a surgical way. we're going to keep at that because we think increasingly the core chinese interests in stability on the korean peninsula and our core interest in security that these are converging concerns. and we are seeing signs for the first time in decades that the chinese also recognize this that their stability will be affected unless we can address proactively north korea's pursuit of these weapons. so that's where we're concentrating our energy and we're saying to the chinese there's more you can do. we respect the fact you'll make decisions about how you do

and north korea remained aligned with russia and with china, and but north korea had a brand of dough tall tareanship that was increasingly isolated and increasingly cruel. kim il-sung was a popular leader. he had real grassroots support from lots of north koreans. and when he died in 1994, people genuinely wept. his son, the first hereditary dictateyear in a communist state, kim jung ill, was less popular. he didn't have a popular touch, but he was shrewd and he was cruel, and the camps, as an instrument of enforcement, became increasingly important, and their population grew, and there is -- there are indications now, with this third kim family leader, kim jong-un, who is 28, 29 years old, and interestingly is about the same age as the hero of my book. he -- it's unclear how popular he will be or even if he is in control at this point. >> host: we'll come back to your hero of this book, shen, after i show you some video from our first book interview back in 1990, when i asked you why you liked to travel. >> i went to school one. to college and read and got interested in faraway land

>> going to north korea is not a good way to report about north korea. i went along with a group of about 600 westerners when the new york philharmonic went to pyongyang at the invitation of the government for a special concert. and like almost all western visitors warehouse and a high rise hotel on an island in pyongyang and taken to various places that they want to show off, statues, a simile halls, grand avenues, the subway. and then we were taken to the airplane and left about two and a half days later. so my understanding of north korea based on that trip is, is, that the country is bizarre and full of white concrete and very immaculate address to guards. but that's not the reality of north korea. the way t you find out about the reality of north korea him and it's increasingly easy for a border to do it, is to go to seoul in south korea where the are now close to 30,000 defectors from south korea, almost all of whom have arrived in the past 10 years. and you can talk to them him and they are far the best sources of what it's like to live in that co

i've been looking for a chance to really see north korea. i have covered the factors which you can cover from china or south korea. that is one part of the story because these are the people who laughed. but what about the people still living there. finally, i found about this being set up by christian missionaries in the pyongyang. i actually got this job in 2011, which has been to be the last six months of kim jong-il's life. >> you got a job doing what? >> teaching english. >> how controlled with your life on a daily basis? >> my god, you know, it is the most controlled state. the recent u.n. report says i guess the brevity of the violation is unparalleled to any state in a contemporary world. from the minute you go win, you will be followed every second. you give up your followed in passport and all that. >> you have to give up your phone? >> they don't want anything to connect you to anyone. and then they will be with you all the time. you are not going to leave. you can think of it as a tour anywhere. even the package tour you can go of

i think there are limits to what north korea can do. , we are imposing sanctions on north korea. e united nations and united states and japan and korea, to o. there is potential concern that takes thismehow opportunity to change its policy toward north korea and changes sanction regime, it could work in a different direction with international sanction resumes -- regimes against north korea. there are limits to what north korea can do. i hope that japan can bring the japan.es back to from a humanitarian viewpoint. that is the best scenario. i wish it can happen. then there might be room for further progress. i do see the limits on that front. ,inally finally, japan and korea bilateral summit, there are obstacles what can be done. i mentioned that we agree to disagree but there is not a reason for that alone. since the japanese government has come to the conclusion that error statement is indelible, it remains valued but it's a difficult start. i think prime minister abe should make it clear that if he wants to improve the situation with south korea, he should take the initiative.

many are turning their attention to women who have defected from north korea. ny of these women have appeared on television and men are drawn to their honest and unassuming personalities. the phenomenon has spawned dating agencies about introducing south korean men to north korean women. in this episode of "asia insight" we follow men in their quest. a report on the evolving schemes of match making in south korre >>> occhon is a small town in central south korea. praying at the local temple is thought to bring good concern. every year some 5,000 men and woman come here to pray hoping to find a lifetime partner. praying is good, but the monk who runs the temple offers a more practical approach. he organizes match maiking events strictly for people wanting to get married. these events frhave so far produced 1500 couples. participants begin by registering at a reception area on the temple grounds. 44-year-old oh woo jeong heard about the event from a friend. he lives in neighboring city. up until his mid-30s he had to change jobs several times. now that he's finall

i think there are limits to what north korea can do. now, we aree all imposing sanctions on north --ea, the united states and the united nations, the united states and korea, too. concern a potential that if japan somehow takes this opportunity to change his policy toward north korea and change the sanction regime, it could work in a different direction with the current multinational -- international sanction regime of north korea. fundamentally, i think there are limits to what north korea can do. i hope that japan can bring all the ftps back from a humanitarian viewpoint. i wish it could happen. then there might be some room for further progress of bilateral relationship. i see the limits on the front. koreay, japan and bilateral summit, there are obstacles what can be done. that we agree to disagree but there is not a reason for that alone. since the japanese government thatome to the conclusion error statement is indelible, it remains valued but it's a difficult start. abehink prime minister should make it clear that if he wants to i

second on north korea i think the main difference between iran and north korea is that north korea is too late. north korea's estimated at between six and a dozen nuclear weapons but we don't know where they are so we don't have any military option there. we did have a military option in 1994. the united states and president clinton seriously considered a strike in 1994. many people advocated for it and some of those people who abdicated for it have said recently that we should've taken action in 1994 that north korea has led to many problems over the past 10 years and if we have taken action we wouldn't have to deal with those. north korea's transfer nuclear technology and helped syria build a nuclear reactor. north korea has been our aggressive and it has attacked south korea and a south korean warship. it shelled a south korean island. north korea is engaged in nuclear threats against our allies and even engaged in threats against us. i remember last year a threat to los angeles and austin texas of all places and a few other things. if iran acquires nuclear weapons these are things

-- north korea. when polls show that japan is considered to be a threat second only to north korea or to be a greater military threat than north korea americans are perplexed. we have seen that most recently in the many mischaracterizations of what the japanese collective self-defense would entail. the japanese context, changes that are being contemplated for collective self-defense seem monumental. and responding to changes but from the u.s. point of view they are small. to implement all 15 scenarios is disappointingly inadequate from what needs to be done. what i would recommend for south korea would be to criminalize -- compartmentalize its foreign-policy to exercise pragmatic leadership i not allowing emotional nationalism to impede security policies necessary for the defense of korea. and articulate a framework for resolving the issues by defining language that would enable seoul and tokyo to move forward rather than continuing amorphous demands for sincerity. and if culinary steps are taken in

north korea is another issue. it's a special honor to be able to participate in this discussion today. this panel has been asked to address the implications of this downturn in korea-japan relations with the united states and try levels -- and trilateral security operations and victor launches into a good discussion of that. i will try to add some additional thoughts. in doing so, let me provide you with my own assessment of the current state of korea-japan relations to the ones you have already heard. i don't think it will surprise anyone if i echo some of the comments that have been made and suggest this relationship is deeply problem-plagued and often dysfunctional and in the worst shape i have seen it in in many years. it is deeply and personally disappointing for me to say that having spent as much time as i've spent working to improve our ties with both countries. it occurs to me that if korea and japan were two countries on different continents were separated by thousands of miles or facing different securit

china and north korea. in my humble opinion, it brought no tangible benefits to the japanese government. japan's soleated and key ally, the united states, and increase the tensions with south korea and up over a third -- with south korea. kerry laid a wreath as a germanic gesture of peace and justice -- a dramatic gesture of peace and justice and show there show respect without clinical theater. -- without political theater. also, careers should see that -- korea should see that japan is korea's passive ally. president she, during his visit in south korea and july and vote - nation,at ravaged the saw endedhe without clear-cut victory, without indemnity, yet a war in which the koreans were the biggest losers. the war was 400 years ago. japan today is not a feudal kingdom. south. today is -- south korea today is not the isolationist moniker he a 400 years ago -- isolationist monarchy of 400 years ago. as transparent as president xi's efforts may have been, it was also transparent that this was a false analogy.

, i think the main difference between iran sed north korea is in north ca korea it's already too they are estimated to have six a to a dozen nuclear weapons, buta we don't know where they are so we don't really have a military option there.north we did have a military option in 1994.on't h many people in the united av states, president clinton id seriously considered a strike on north korea in 1994. many people advocated for it. and some of those people who ste advocated for it have said in recently that they were right, d that we should have taken action in 1994, that north korea has led to many problems in the pase ten years, and if we had taken action we wouldn't have to deal with those. so north korea has transferred 1 nuclear technology, it's helped syria build a reactor, they y attacked a south korean war 't e ship, shelled a south korean island. north korea is engaged in nuclear threats against our allies which makes ensuring ouru allies much harder. engaged and even engaged in nuclear threats against us. you might remember they threatened east los angeles and austin, texa

of course, it is significant that north korea was invited.he fact that north korea said no and an hour before the pope touches down they carry out these missile tests. >> all right, many thanks to you. >>> cnn is reairing its land mark series "the cold war" this year to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. >> it gives an unparalleled look at events that shaped the second half of the 20th century when the threat of nuclear war was just one miscalculation away. we're going to give you a preview of episode 13. >> reporter: the constitution and bill of rights had not removed the wedges of prejudice driven but american society. ♪ freedom, freedom >> reporter: black americans too wanted freedom. where kennedy meant freedom from communism, they meant freedom from hunger, from fear, from humiliation. >> we looked at racism by degree, you know. so if you lived in st. louis, you said well, it could have been worse, you could be in mississippi. if you lived in mississippi, you say, well, we're lucky they didn't kill us all, t

and our friends are right now from north korea and china. mostea is immediately pernicious threat including the growing threat from the nuclear missile programs as well as military attacks on south korea. they are the wolf closest to the sled than -- then china is the 800-pound dragon emerging from the shadows. has really focus been taking our eyes off the ball of these very real threats in asia. both north korea and china also share another characteristic in that oath of them also have an incorrect view of history. theicularly their role in death of hundreds of thousands of south koreans during 1950-1953. during his visit to seoul, president xi jinping said it was a symbol of chinese in south korea sharing interest and defense against the common thread. but he conveniently glossed over china inrecent role of the 1950-1953 korean war. koreas china or north ever apologized with sincerity or otherwise for their actions anyng the war nor subsequent incident. north korea has not apologized for their repeated attempts to kill the south korean pre

second on north korea i think the main difference between iran and north korea is that north korea is too late. north korea's estimated at between six and a dozen nuclear weapons but we don't know where they are so we don't have any military option there. we did have a military option in 1994. the united states and president clinton seriously considered a strike in 1994. many people advocated for it and some of those people who abdicated for it have said recently that we should've taken action in 1994 that north korea has led to many problems over the past 10 years and if we have taken action we wouldn't have to deal with those. north korea's transfer nuclear technology and helped syria build a nuclear reactor. north korea has been our aggressive and it has attacked south korea and a south korean warship. it shelled a south korean island. north korea is engaged in nuclear threats against our allies and even engaged in threats against us. i remember last year a threat to los angeles and austin texas of all places and a few other things. if iran acquires nuclear weapons these are things

to north korea.an see and read more from will's trip on our website, including that swimsuit fashion going on there in pyongyang and even haircut styles for men. if you look closely there in the center, number seven is most popular. you can fall it all on cnn.com/internation cnn.com/international. >>> the uk raises the terror alert over what isis militants might bring home. what u.s. secretary of state john kerry says needs to happen to stop isis. >>> vladimir putin reminds of the military strength as they push to become a member of nato. >>> we'll bring you all the details of a mine collapse. >>> hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm isa

north korea state news agency published a statement from the committee for the peaceful reunification of korea. it said the improvement of relations between the two koreas would be impossible with the presence of the u.s. in the south. it also said failure to cancel the joint drill could push the two sides to the brink of war. and urged seoul to show sincerity toward improving relations. >>> u.n. officials say the number of people who have died in the conflict in eastern ukraine has nearly doubled over the past two weeks. government forces have intensified their operations to end an uprising by pro-russian separatists. residents caught up in the fighting are desperate for help. but a russian bid to send them aid has stalled. nhk world craig dale joins us with more are details. >> reporter: as the confusion over that aid delivery hangs in the air, officials with the u.n. human rights agency say one thing is clear, this conflict has become much more deadly over the past couple of weeks. they reported earlier that more than 1100 people had died from when the uprising began in mid-april u

this is north korea. this country, the 12-year-old is the baseball fee none who scored that game-winning run for chicago's jackie robinson west team in the little league national championships. what many didn't realize, during all of those intense games, he was homes. he and his parents have been staying at various friends' homes since june, but now all of that's changed. a chicago businessman announced he'll pay the family's rent for an entire year. >> he's a superstar. and superstars, you can't -- the superstar and homeless don't go together. we had to do something for this little superstar. our superstar, chicago's superstar. >> we've got so much straight ahead in the newsroom. and it all starts right now. >>> hello again, everyone, i'm fredricka whitfield. stories topping our news this ho hour. unoccupied u.s. embassy in libya overrun by members of an islamist militia. militia members on embassy grounds even diving off the roof into the swimming pool. u.s. diplomats evacuated the embassy last month. n

>> reporter: on thursday he talked about north korea extensively. talked about the problems between koreas. the fact it's a world divided, persecution has plagued north and south korea. he hoped there would be peace. he appreciated hope towards peace and reconciliation. that was the main theechl his speech as he was with the president of south korea park geun-hye. you can't come to south korea without mentioning north korea. north korean catholics were oe invited officially to invite the pope give his mass on monday, but the official catholic association in pyongyang said they couldn't come because there was a military drill starting the same day. many people, including the united nations, united states, claim there is a tremendous amount of persecution of christians within north korea itself. it's something that pope francis had to mention. he didn't allude to the persecution itself but he hoped there could be peace between the two koreas. >> we'll wait to see what he has to say today. thank you, paula hancocks for us, covering the story in seoul. >

it will encourage progress between japan and north korea on a long unresolved issue. the former ministers of asean will meet in myanmar from friday and their counterparts from japan, china, the united states and north korea will attend the asean regional forum on sunday to discuss security concerns. the chairman's proposed statement from the forum says the diplomats welcome the progress on discovering the fate of japanese citizens abducted by north korean acts decades ago. the two nations recently had talks on the long, unresolved issue. the draft statement also expresses concern over north korea's recent missile test firings. diplomats are considering mentions tensions in the south china sea in the statement. this would include the recent standoff between chinese and vietnamese vessels over a chinese oil rig temporarily installed near disputed islands. but chinese official are said to be opposed to putting territorial disputes on the security conference agenda. >>> cambodians who lived through a reign of terror have waited decades for justice. next year. crown prince

but this is north korea, and these are american fighters.3,000. >> we're here to do something bigger and better. >> reporter: john strongman anderson and former nfl player bop sapp may not be household names to most. in north korea they have star treatment like they haven't had in years, pulling crowds all over, public stunts with smiling kids and a host country keen on any positive international press. we, like the wrestlers, have been invited here and shown a limited view of the country. >> we expected a lot of gloom and doom. >> reporter: the north korea they are seeing is different from the country described by the united nations panel as a brutal state accused of torture, slavery and mass starvation. >> you could find some crappy political view on everything. >> reporter: faux foreichinese, even this american hip-hop artist co-founder of the fugees. >> the infrastructure seemed really good. >> what we're allowed to see. >> well yeah. exactly. >> reporter: japanese retired pro wrestler turned politician organized this event. he says spor

. >>> cnn has been granted rare access inside north korea.'ll bring unusual sites taken in by the team. stay with us. >>> welcome back. abortion rights groups and a judges rule thag keeps abortion clinics open and operating in texas. a judge threw out a key part of the anti-abortion law that was going to take place on monday. it would force many to close if they didn't meet certain standards. the judge said that would be too great of an obstacle for women seeking an abortion in texas. >>> leaving homes after being threatened. these images show members of the community arriving to new residents in guatemala city. the group known for practicing was living in a village. they began receiving threats and decided it was time to move on. >> translator: would you not want another jewish holocaust. we are leaving in this manner. fast, without thinking about it, but very sad. i have lived here seven years surrounded by very good people. it's not about bad people. they have good, peaceful people. friends who offered a helping hand for a long time. >> lo

redirected its force. >> we must first halt north korea's nuclear development that can take away an enormous amount of humidity at -- heuvment at once. >> on -- humanity at once. >> on saturday he'll hold an open air mass, images seen around the world and crucially for the catholic church across asia. >> as he flew over the china the pope sent a message of goodwill to the president and people of the country in which an underground catholic church continues to defy the government. and important element of this visit will be a catholic-asian youth festival but already chinese attendees have apparently been banned from traveling. >> translator: some youth who had planned to attend did not come due to a complicated situation inside china. >> harry fo forsett, al jazeera, seoul. >> if you head over the to our website, aljazeera.com, you can see the lead story, the situation in iraq. >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher and you're in the stream. with former new orleans punter chris hunter dropped, because of his gay rights stance? why the nfl gives out painkillers to players like candy. just to sa

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education and i would hope to learn english and pursue this dream as a human rights advocate on north korea and other issues. he has not done exactly as everyone hoped in terms of education, training, psychotherapy. he is his own individual person but he is now doing this webcasting in south korea and he is very excited about it. he is in a much better place now than he was in 2008 when i met him. and he is thrilled this book is selling in the united states and people are learning about the camp. and that was the goal and the reason we went through the m misery of talking about it. >> our guest has been blaine harden and his book "escape from camp 14: one man's remarkable odyssey from north korea to freedom in the west." thank you very much. >> thank you. for a dvd copy of this, call the number on the screen. for free transcripts or comments visit us at qanda.org. they are also available as c-span podcast. coming up tonight, the commune can caters has christopher harrison. then a look at the return of the taliban to afghanistan. and then an interview with bruce hearsener later. >> cspan 2 p

i think south korea has shown incredible restraint given some of north korea's provocation in recent years. if in fact there was a misfire accidentally or intentionally that were to land in a south korea city, what have the south koreans indicated would be their response. >> the south koreans increasingly resolve that there should there be a provocation on the part of north korea that they will respond. this is due to the fact that in 2010 there were two dead rily attacks by north korea to south korea including the death of civilians. this is what our alliance with south korea is all about. ensuring that we can present a front on the peninsula to make them understand that they cannot have the aggression. that those days are gone. that the best path forward is the vision that has been laid out by the president of south korea who has talked about a path forward including person to person unification. >> i want to make sure that the people in south korea know that as one of our close allies in the region we do stand with them and their right to defend themselves and to make sure that tho

it called for improved relations with china and north korea. he even invited north korea to mass, but they declined. >>> in wisconsin, a woman loves giraffes. she went to the zoo. hopped a fence and went right up to one. the giraffe licked her face and then kicked her in the head. she's okay but she'll have to pay an almost $700 fine. >>> breaking this morning, wikileaks founder julian assange will leave he can what for. >>> our country faces a far greater threat than before 9/11, what one person says. e with a d. that's not the coffee talkin'. [ female announcer ] start your day with kellogg's frosted mini wheats cereal. it's a delicious way to get the nutrition you want. >>> now here's your first look at your monday morning dish of scrambled politics. wikileaks founder julian assange announced he will be leaving the ecuadorian embassy in london soon but add no further details. he confirmed reports his health suffered two years living in the embassy. >>> a new report by der spiegel says kerry was spied on. the german spy agency recorded a call

they were involved in domestic eavesdropping, for example, as opposed to documents dealing with north korea or russia or china or whatever. so he didn't say how many documents, but he said there were considerably fewer than the 1.7 million that the n.s.a. has alleged, and that 1.7 million is basically based on the documents he may have at one point seen, but certainly not the documents that he copied and by them missing the clues he left, we

should -- peninsula should work to peace and communitiment north korea fired five short-range project isles as the pope arrived. thousands converged on the capital in japan to demand the prime minister set down. two rallies set off from lahore and will arrive in pakistan. the main rally led by former sports car imran khan. >> reporter: after several hours, imran khan and the professor are on the way to islamabad, with thousands of supporters. the leaders, imran khan, will gather more supporters as he passes through major towns in the punjab. the two marches are combining and the government is wondering how to deal with the situation, because the local administration has not removed the obstacles. it will be interesting to see how the large crowds are able to come into the city and what

just looking at the contrast between south korea and north korea is a great example of what america can do that is good for the world using all of its instruments of american foreign policy. [applause] >> now, the $200 billion deficit that reagan ran up in the 1980's was a product of tax cuts but a strong increase in military spending that seems to have contributed to the end of the cold war. was that a worthwhile investment? is the world better off, including mass, because there is no soviet union and eastern europe is free? >> caution, someone is lobbing softballs. >> my witness. >> obviously that is a

when the cia was telling us that north korea probably already had plutonium-based nuclear materialand the answer was 100,000 casualty, minimum, and a real mess. so no one wanted to do korea, and then, of course, the footnote was always, korea didn'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 of 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 for what a new iraqi society will look like after saddam is gone. state department 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 ebol. >> we're going to bring together all these senior ex-i

north korea has said three nuclear attempts. there is rumor of a fourth test but it hasn't happened yet. last year, he was able to put a satellite into space harking back to what i was talking about with iran. we believe north korea has the capability to put it into the convention until ballistics somewhere on the west coast of the united states. at some point in the future, it could become more accurate and have a longer range. it will be even a greater threat to us. let me talk about china lastly. i am getting the hook here. there is so much to talk about. beyond the united states, or he as the potential to shape this entry more than china. any of you keeping up on the news, you know that. china is increasingly powerful whether you are talking militarily, politically, or economically. in my opinion, china would like to replace the united states in the pacific, if not globally. i think it is taking steps to do that. it has already thrown its weight around increasingly in territorial disputes in the east and south china seas wit

after world war ii, korea was divided into two countries -- north korea and south korea. in 1950, communist north koreans invaded their southern neighbors. u.s. president harry truman immediately sent troops to help south korea. now its remembered as a war. back then it was called a police action. >> it's best and more accurate to call it a korean conflict. congress never declared it a war. technically, we are still in an armistice, and technically that conflict is still under way. >> whatever you choose to call it, the fighting raged for three long years, much of it in the bitter cold. at the korean war veterans memorial, 19 bronze statues represent the different military services that took part in the conflict. >> they're slightly larger than life-size to depict the hazards, the tough conditions that american soldiers experienced during the korean conflict. >> the memorial has another striking feature -- a massive wall of black granite. look closely and you'll see etched images. you'll also see your reflection in its polished surface. >> so, there's a dual focus there wi

president said the papal visit would be an opportunity for a period of reunification but only if north korea changed its current course. >> translator: to reunify the korean peninsula and the prosperity of humanity, you must first halt north korea's nuclear development that can take away a enormous amount of lives at once. >> the pope will be hoping to send plenty of other messages during his five-day visit. on saturday he will hold an open air mass in front of millions, crucially for the catholic church across asia. as he flew over china the pope sent a message of goodwill to the president and people of the country in which an underground catholic church continues to defy the government. an important almost of this visit will be a catholic asian youth festival but already some chinese attendees have apparently been banned from traveling. >> translator: some youth who had planned to attend the event could not come due to a complicated situation inside china. we are sorry. >> it is just as much a visit to asia a region where the catholic church sees potential for growth. harry forcett al jaze

the meeting between the parents of one of the abductees and their granddaughter who was born in north korea. north korean agents kidnapped -- in 1977. her parents don't know what became of her. >>> america's big-name coffee shops are familiar sights around the world. but on their home turf, smaller specialists outfits are giving a run for their money by offering what the coffee giants cant. nhk world's -- reports. >> reporter: franchise coffee shops are a familiar sight in most u.s. cities but portland, oregon has a lot of small cafes run by independent owners. in many the barista prepares the coffee manually. about a year ago, a resident began tours to taste the best blends. they are so popular they are now offered five days a week. >> everything is good. very educational. >> reporter: while mass produced coffee still dominates the market, more people are starting to prefer coffee that baristas prepare by hand. a cup of java costs about $2.75. that's about 50% higher than what the chain stores charge. just the same, speciality coffee are becoming popular. the shops that sell it are called

north korea's state news agency published a statement from the committee for the peaceful reunification of korea. it said the improvement of relations between the two koreas would be impossible with the presence of the u.s. in the south. it also said failure to cancel the joint drill could push the two sides to the brink of war, and it urged seoul to show sincerity toward improving relations. >> then they'll push earth into the water to build the base. more than 200 locals showed their opposition. they dem vated in front of a u.s. base next to the site. some tried to block vehicles to stop police and security guards. the local mayor is also opposed. he say he's out raged the central government is having the buoys laid. he promises to keep up his protest. opinions among residents are divided. 46789 t . >> translator: 2 base would be dangerous here. >>. >> translator: the people of japan should work together to defend our country. we need bases as a deterrent. >> analysts say the base relocation will be the biggest issue in okinawa's gubernatorial election this november. >>> >>> japanese