hardly anyone in north korea has internet access. the country is virtually shut off from the rest of the world. and yet, despite the odds, some north koreans do manage to escape. >> chanyang ju wanted very simple things -- enough to eat every day, a chance to spend time with her family, a boyfriend. >> my name is chanyang ju. i am 25 years old. >> her incredible story begins here in north korea, where she was born and grew up in the midst of a famine. according to estimates, 2 million people in the people's republic have died of malnutrition since the 1990s. >> north korea followed communist ideology with a planned economy. we had a food distribution system, but it wasn't working. in order to fill our stomachs, our mother and father would gather small grains and mix them with lots of dried vegetable leaves. we couldn't even imagine having rice. corn was our main source of food, and even that was hard to get. >> north korea has asia's second-largest army. the country isolated itself from the rest of the world in 1953. resistance to the

i think we fundamentally have to look at north and south korea, and what are north korea's objectives toward south korea? i don't think they've given up yet. maybe they have, i don't know that. if they haven't given up, we've got a really big problem, because that's where what you call the deterrence effect of the nuclear weapons plays a really big role, and you correctly put that. you didn't know. you said you don't know what they're thinking on that. i think that's what we need to figure out and convince them very quickly that south korea is against seoul, before we really ramped up to challenge that, they were doing all kinds of mischief in south korea, if you all remember. and they were not getting punished for it. later on in the '80s, we showed that we could punish them for it and they stopped. for the last 25 years, they have not monkeyed around in south korea. i'm very afraid that once they get the nuclear deterrence they don't want to use nuclear weapons. they never will. but i can imagine the south and us being a lot more nervous pricking at them if they have nuclear weapons

what are north korea's objectives towards south korea? i don't think they have given up yet. maybe they have. i don't know that. but they haven't given up, we've got a really big problem. because that's where the what you call the deterrence effect of the nuclear weapons plays a really big role. and you correctly put that. you didn't know. you said you don't know what they're thinking on that. i think that's what we need to figure out and convince them very quickly that south korea is off the table. otherwise, if you remember back in the 1970s when they had a very large artillery capability against seoul, before we really ramped up to challenge that, they were doing all kinds of mischief in south korea, if you all remember. and they were not getting punished for it. later on in the '80s, we showed that we could punish them for it and they stopped. for the last 25 years, they have not monkeyed around in south korea. i'm very afraid that once they get the nuclear deterrence they don't want to use nuclear weapons. they never will. but i can imagine the south and us being a lot m

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they are basically the lifeline for north korea, one of the frustrating things for the last few years has been china's unwillingness to engage in creating a lot more pressure on north koreans, that's going to have to change as well. that'll be complicated because both chinese are focused on their own internal economic issues and likely to be somewhat annoyed at the new trump administration because there appear to be trade fights glooming. >> yeah. that being the case, the u.s. needs china to effectively fight this threat as you mentioned, mr. trump has had harsh words for china on trade and other issues. do you believe, though, that president-elect trump can work with china against the north korean threat? >> well, you know, ultimately countries do what's in their own interest and the chinese have to see that it's in their interest not to be a nuclear armed north korea that actually is a threat to others. the question is can it become a nuclear north korea that extends that threat around the world and even reaching the u.s., destabilizing force and i can't imagine the chinese want tha

national security presented by a nuclear north korea. mr. predecessor issued a similar warning yet. >> it shows tow proliferation of the deadly technology can allow small leaders, failed, cruel and criminal leaders to threaten and disrupt the world on a grand scale. >> reporter: and now new evidence of a grewing crisis inside north korea. a human rights advocation group released these photos, which is thought to confine up to 120,000 men, women and children. this image detailing one of the camps perimeters and numerous guard checks. >> north korea also presents the greatest sustained humanitarian challenge of our time. the whole country is a prison, run by a sadistic warden. >> a nuclear north korea has been a nightmare scenario for multiple administrations of both parties and now it is an effective reality. what mr. trump has not lady out is how he plans to deal with north korea differently if at all in mr. obama. china has the most influence on north korea but donald trump at least during the campaign has talked about a much more aggressiv

where north korea said it destroys south korea? i don't think they've been up yet. maybe they have.don't know that. they haven't given up. we've got a really big problem. that is where what you call the deterrence of facts of the nuclear weapons place and you corruptly put out. you said you don't know what they're thinking. i think that is what we need to figure out and convince them very quickly that south korea is off the table. otherwise if you remember back in the 1970s when they had a very large artillery capability against seoul, before we ramped up to challenge that, they were doing all kinds of missions and south korea if you all remember and they were not getting punished for it. later on in the 80s we showed that we could punish them for it and they stopped. for the last 25 years they have not bought it around. i'm very afraid that once they get the nuclear deterrence, they don't want to use nuclear weapons. they never will. i can imagine the south and us being a lot more nervous. they've got nuclear weapons behind. so if they are still thinking of the south, what i mean i

and the uglier one deals with china's influence over north korea and threatening to pull back. president-elect trump has been talking about providing anti-missile missiles to japan, south korea and possibly taiwan as a way to force china to rein in north korea. i'd like you to comment on my belief if he retreats from that area, will there be an effect of japan, south korea and australia getting together to form a nuclear arms protection group? thank you. >> thank you. >> you want to take nato first, katie? >> yeah, the easy one. yeah, i know. let's think about this, though, again. we're in a transition, and i can't read president-elect trump's mind. but i do know what the obama administration has just finished after the last eight years. one of the stunning differences we've seen in the obama administration is president obama introducing the notion of restraint and that actually restraining ourselves in some foreign policy situations can be its own form of action. choosing not to intervene in the war in syria, he defends with the idea that restraint is its own -- is its own poli

we need to look at china as not on our side but on north korea's.e them as part of the problem, we can then craft solutions that will work, like secondary sanctions. the obama administration imposed a secondary sanction on a small fry chinese company in september, but we need to go after chinese banks that have been involved in the illicit activities of north korea. when we cut one of those banks off from the global financial system beijing will notice and we may start to push them in the right direction. >> who are the allies who will willing or very willing to join with the u.s., not -- in partnership as sort of a counter to china, what are they expecting now with this president-elect? >> i think many of them don't know what to expect, just because we have gone through a domestic slug-fest focused mostly on domestic policy and what's happening in the united states, not on the specifics around the world. but i think our allies in asia like our allies in the middle east, when they get a clear sense of a serious action with strategic follow-up from t

so i'm not for preventive war with the north korea. am for preemption if they are about to attack. unlock the door. now, what is it that i accountable say about what the north koreans, the dprk said to us in kuala lumpur? i think i'm comfortable saying that i was asked rhetorically how could we trust you? you want us to give up our nuclear weapons. how could we trust you not to launch regime change? look what you did in iraq. look what you did in libya. look what you talked about doing in iran. how could we trust you? so two things are in my mind. one was how could they trust us. the other was, what were we thinking back all those years when we were negotiating the agreed framework, which was as far as we knew, or at least i knew, was going to stop their nuclear weapons program? because i didn't know they would engage with the pakistanis for enrichment program, facing a program on highly enriched uranium. i knew about the plutonium program. we were going to stop that soccer. so what was my view even that at why they would trust as? we w

there is a prosperous and free south korea and a totalitarian impoverished north korea. this is felt by south korean families separated by the d.m.z., but it is equally felt here by many korean-american families in the united states. in the decades since the momentous liberation of korea, millions of korea families have been separated and today an estimated 100,000 korean-americans have been separated from their relatives in north korea and have south the ability to be reunited. time is running out. earlier this year, the average korean separated by the war was 80 years old. a large number are over 90. it is far passioned time that these war-torn families be given one last opportunity to reunite with family members they were separated from six decades ago. it is everyone's hope and of course, and ours as well in this body, that someday we will see korea reunited. but in the meantime we can do what we can to encourage the re-uniting of these families and i urge my colleagues to support this resolution and i support the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentl

security counsel is voting on new sanctions for north korea. the aim to punish pyongyang for its nuclear and missile tests. negotiations got under way in september after north korea conducted its fifth nuclear test, but the u.s. and china-led talks were drawn out. security council members finalized a draft resolution last week. an annual cap on coal exports. china is major importer of the resource from north korea. the sanctions will also ban exports of copper, nickel and silver. foreign companies with offices and bank accounts in north korea will be forced to close. the measures also urge u.n.-member countries to limit the number of staff. >>> meanwhile, the u.s. wants to impose a new sanction of its own. the embargo will cut north korea's earnings. target companies suspected of sending laborers abroad. a u.s. government source teld told nhk they want it in the sanctions but china opposed. arrangements are under way to coordinate with japan and south korea. the u.s. will announce another sanction next month against north korean institutions in

the white house conveying north korea is a grave threat to america.arning the trump transition team about the threat. >> once the president elect got the detailed briefings on the state of the north korea nuclear and missile programs i imagine it was new information and rather jarring. >> reporter: they say kim jong un's jeem probably has the ability all right to hit japan and south korea. and improving their ballistic missiles. >> they tested the icbm engine. may have new fuels that give it far greater energy and range. and with that range the km-14 can possibly reach washington d.c. those missiles haven't yet been tested to reenter the atmosphere but experts say the north koreans would be able to fire the missiles a u.s. during trump's administration. also new concerns tonight about kim's violent tendencies and how trump will deal with him personally. >> kim juong-un is a dangerous man. enjoys violence. brutally killed dozens of his generals and he's a leader without legitimacy. he needs to prove to the korean people's army that he's a tough guy. >>

special rapporteur on north korea. visited japan and south korea to interview people linked to abductions by north korea and those who have fled the country. quintana says china holds the key to ensuring progress on the issue. >> china is a very important country in regards to the overall human rights situation in the dprk and i am committed to explore also a relation of cooperation with china. >> north korea's human rights issue along with its nuclear program has been on the agenda at the u.n. security council. but the global body has been unable to make a unified response because of strong protests from north korea's delegation. china holds much influence over the leadership in pyongyang, but is seen as being passive in the talks. >>> support for south korea's president continues to drop as she faces the growing possibility she will be suspended from her role. some members of park geun-hye's own party are poised to vote in favor of a motion to impeach her. the push has gained momentum as park has been unable to shake

policy towards north korea and you wrote that north korea pose as grave and expanding threat and it is likely that the next president will face a north korea that has duaned the capability to strike the united states with nuclear weapons. >> i think north korea, that peninsula is more likely than anybody place else in the world to potentially create an explosive outcome particularly tied to the north korean leader kim jong-un. that's a place where four of the five top economies in the world are centered. at least north korea historically has generated a surprise if you will for new leaders in this country. >> nothing stopped them. >> no. >> not the bush policy, not the obama policy. >> i think this has to go through beijing. beijing has pushed back on that time after time. but if beijing doesn't leave this we're going to get to the point where he's going to be able to put a nuea states. >> donald trump does not have foreign policy experience but turning to people who do. does it matter that he doesn't really have much foreign policy experience? other presidents haven't either. >> i thi

missile defense system and china and north korea are livid over this. a loss for south korea and the united states. and ronald reagan got nato members to deploy the pershinning to europe. and this is the same thing. >> thank you, we appreciate it. john. >> fox news alert for you. new information on the attack in ohio state. a newy 's -- new's conference. and house minority leader nancy pelosi frevails. but are democrats paying attention to the mood of the country and what will change for the party moving forward. >> somebody needs to do something andiy we have to have that conversation. and i hope i went into so to speak. for lower back pain sufferers, the search for relief often leads here. introducing drug-free aleve direct therapy. a high intensity tens device that uses technology once only in doctors' offices. for deep penetrating relief at the source. new aleve direct therapy. >> the new's conference. this is angelay buyers in charge of the cincinnati office of the fbi. >> the investigation is comprehensive and thorough and we are going through evi

have its own nuclear arsenal to deal with north korea. caused alarm bells in japan given the history of world war ii as we all know. is that still, as far as you know, the president-elect's policy? >> no. i think that was something he threw out somewhat for discussion and also i think to send a signal to north korea and maybe to china at the time that we have an ally over there that's sort of getting pushed around when it comes to the sea lanes by china and potentially by north korea. i think he was saying japan is a great ally of the united states, has been for decades, we're not going to lower our commitment. >> so he really doesn't want japan to go nuclear? >> no, i don't think so. >> all right. what about the other criticism he had of japan. the u.s., as you know, still has 50,000 troops in japan right now. he was very critical of the japanese for not shelling out more money to pay for that u.s. military protection that it gets in japan. he says they pay some but not enough. he wants more, i assume. i don't know if he will raise this

just last month north korea tested two musudan missiles.failed leaving large burn marks on roads. >> the burn marks here and here tell us that the missiles probably exploded upon launch or shortly thereafter. >> reporter: but his regime did test a musudan successfully this past summer. experts say it is a major threat. >> it is launched off of this truck. it is a mobile missile. that means that it is very difficult to track it and to detect its presence before launch. unlikely a silo-based missile. >> reporter: it is a missile which could carry a nuclear war head as far as guam where america has military basises. also improving its longer range intercontinental ballistic missiles. a american officials warn of its capabilities. >> potentially could reach part of the united states, certainly including alaska and hawaii. >> why would kim want to provoke the u.s. around the time america elects its next president. >> these are just not random. north korea chooses windows they know will gain maximum trngs from the world and united states in parti

everybody is surprised how far north korea has gone.clear weapon guam and the concern about the continental united states. greg: the only country that has influence over behavior is china and they have been reluctant to exercise that power and influence. can trump force the chinese, i mean, he has said during the campaign that he will label them a currency and hit them with heavy terrorists, might that get their attention and cause china to put the firm fists on north korea to knock it off? >> they are worried about chaos in north korea, loose nukes, they are only willing to go so far in putting pressure on this regime that they do have an alliance with, agreement with, treaty with. they have been close. they fought together against us during the korean war. now, the other thing that people are overlooking as the united states and others do have opportunities to make it much more difficult for north korea instead of operating through beijing. it would be great if beijing would do this but they have not done enough. going after north kor

we haven't really been paying attention to north korea.neither the administration nor the press has really been paying attention because it's so intractable and they have had syria and all the russian, iran, and all the rest of it. what james clapper, outgoing director of national intelligence, said was that trying to get north korea to renounce its nuclear weapons, remember, it is a weapon state, not just a program, it has devices that it's tested, trying to get north korea to renounce those, he said, clapper, try to get north korea to cap its nuclear weapons capability. something really interesting to watch and to see if a new administration does have a different approach than obama, who was sort of strategic patience did not want to directly engage the united states with north korea, relied heavily on china. you know, it's only paid certain dividends. a whole new intensive set of trying to figure out that will be required, and it's very tough. very tough. >> increasing enigma north korea faces with another administration. christiane ama

flags in north korea will fly at half staff and north korea sent a wreath to the cuban embassy on word of his death. back in 1960 both countries came together bay they both did not like the u.s. and they established a relationship. have nine days of observing the leader's death. that's latest. back to you. >>> a new confrontation brewing over the dakota access pipeline. protesters fighting pipeline construction must vacate the property by december 5 or they face arrest. the decision is nest to -- necessary to protect the public. they want a peaceful transition to a safer location for the protesters and not forcibly those that choose to do so stay about at&t their own risk. >>> demonstrators fear what trump will do if the pipeline nendz his hands. if that delay waits until obama is out of office protesters say they expect the orrder to be full steam ahead. because of trump's promises to bolster oil production. his stock shares in the complaen affect his decision. decision before trump is gnawing rated. >>> offering all the classics from donkey dong packman. how the new downtown destinat

the leader of north korea has sent a nine page letter to president-elect donald trump. kim young -- kim jong un stopping -- up until now north korea has said little about trump's surprising election win. kim jong-un safe and goes on to claim the obama administration went out of its way to overthrow the leader as the country and accuses the u.s. of constantly keeping malicious slander and criticism on north korea and said president obama pursued a quote addresses and heinous strategic policy. one of the president, president obama boosting wages for millions of americans. that is in jeopardy. federal judge has blocked a rule to send overtime pay for pork -- 4.29 workers and the rule was to take effect december 1. now would have doubled the maximum salary to receive overtime pay to $47,500. the move is only temporary while the judge considers his final ruling on overtime pay. the labor department says it disagrees with the judge's decision and is considering all of its legal courses. a wayne state university police officers fighting for his life after being shot in the hea

one of the most is threats come from north korea and kim jong-un. now we're being told the white house considers north korea a grave threat to america and the president-elect has been briefed. brian todd has more. >> reporter: new information that donald trump got a dire warning about a major national security threat he will face when he enters the oval office, a threat that comes from a young dig dictator who executed his own uncle. intelligence officials tell cnn the white house is conveying that north korea is a grave near term threat to america. "wall street journal" says the obama team viewed north korea as trump's top national security priority and warned the trump transition team about the threat. >> once the president-elect got the detailed briefings on the state of the missile programs being, i imagine it was rather jarring. >> reporter: weapons experts say kim jong-un probably has the and already to put nuclear weapons on missiles and they're improving their longer range missiles. one called the kn-14. >> they have tested the engine. it ma

it's after a news network reported that north korea is planning to launch a missile. fox business network said on tuesday that pyongyang will launch an intermediate missile in the next three days. the japanese government looked to check the nationwide warning system. >> translator: the government has been working to collect and analyze intelligegence related possible missile launches to north korea. but i would like to decline further comment. >> north korea conducted launches of musudan missiles. both were said to have failed. >>> it's decision time for america. two dwuded presidential candidates have been fighting a bitter battle for the white house. >> she should not be allowed to run. >> he is denigrating. he is talking down our democracy. >> the winner sets for the next four years. impacting relations around the world. including here in asia. u.s. election 2016 on nhk "newsline." >>> the u.s. presidential candidates are pulling out all stops in the frantic race to the finish line which is just days away. both candidates are making a last ditch effort to win over

before then, the experts plan to ex-more ways that north korea's leadership can be held accountable. the u.n. human rights council has adopted resolutions. a resolution adopted this march recommended setting up the group of experts to holook into issue such as abduction of foreign nationa nationals and detention facilities. >>> cubans inside and out of the country are both mourning and celebrating the death of fidel castro. his death is reverberating around the worlden and nhk world gives us some of the japanese reaction. >> translator: when they heard that fidel was dead, some of the cubans broke into tears. it was quite emotional to be here at such a historic moment. >> reporter: this group of japanese were in havana when the news was announced. they witnessed cubans react to the death of a figure who towered over the country. cubans are now coming to grips with what it means for their future. >> translator: we can't waste this historic opportunity to open the doors to all voices and all children of the cuban nation, including the young, who want to contribute to the country. i thi

what has been his effect on nato and the uglier one, deals with china's influence over north korea. nd threatening to pull back. excuse me, president-elect trump has been talking about dividing missiles to japan, south korea and possibly taiwan as a way to force china to reign in north korea. i'd like you to comment and my belief is if he retreats from that area, will there be a factor of south korea and australia getting together with possibly singapore to form a nuclear arms protection group? >> thank you. >> you want to take nato first katie? >> the easy one. let's think about this. we're in a transition and i can't read president-elect trump's mind but i do know what the obama administration has done for the past eight years and one of the stunning differences we've seen in the obama administration's president obama introducing the notion of restraint and that actually restraining on some foreign-policy situations can be its own form of action. choosing not to intervene in the war insyria , he expends with the idea that restraint is its own policy role. by the same token, preside

yeah, 24 muslim countries and north korea. which reminds me of me when i was younger and i wanted to buy condoms at the store, i would order a bunch of stuff on top just so it didn't look like i was just there for the donned ms. soda, detergent and -- condoms -- and the guy blind the counter would be what kind of condoms? magnum? ultra thin? what kind of condom do you want for your penis? no, it's fine, man, i'm just going to hit it raw. this is too awkward. ( laughter ) but this wasda a database that was considered highly discriminatory and trump is going to bring it back. giving trump a muslim registry seems like a dangerous idea. you wouldn't give jared a list of all the playgrounds, you know what i mean? ( audience reacts ) for more reaction, we turn to senior religious registry correspondent jordan klepper, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) jordan klepper, i gotta say, religious registry correspondent, that's a weird title. >> yeah, i made it up. i used it to pad my resume because i thought it would never be a real thing

the move comes in the face of a growing threat from north korea. their agreement details the range of informaon tll share and rules for prec their intelligence. japanese officials say seoul is eager to strengthen security ties to deal with north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile tests. but some in tokyo worry that the south korean procedures to conclude the pact might not go smoothly. president park geun-hye is now embroiled in a deepening political scandal. four years ago seoul cancele the signing of a similar agreement because of domestic opposition related to japan's war-time past. prosecutors in seoul are seeking to question president park over the political scandal and public outrage against her shows no sign of abating. nhk world has more. >> reporter: 260,000 people took part in the rally in seoul. that's the biggest rally in south korea since its democratization in 1987. >> translator: this is the first time i've participated in a rally in over 40 years. i think president park herself is not so bad, but politics itself is to blame. >> t

macarthur pushed north into north korea. china, which had gone communist the year before, sends and does not have relations with the united states, with a lot of countries in the u.s. command, sends a notice through india. if you approach the river, you will be forced back. macarthur meets with truman at island october 15 and discounts notions of intervention. push north and take pyonjgjang. corps finds chinese volunteers and discounts them. they launch an attack and our home before christmas 1950. 350,000 chinese attack. the u.s. army faces a desperate about -- battle on the river. the u.s. marines in the reservoir are surrounded by the chinese and fight their way down is not retreat. it is attack in another direction. the seventh division, which reached the river here, turned around and retreated back. in the dunkirk, 105,000 americans and koreans pull out september 12 through 24, 1950. this is an important moment of history. there were 100,000 korean refugees that has lived in the north and do not want to stay. they show

you don't mess around in north korea. >> and the reason they were doing this is just to say they could do it. >> just to be funny. they were so bad that there north korean caddy told them, you have brought shame upon your families. >> they were that bad. >> if i was going to pull a prank, there might be other locations than north korea. >> that's the thing. i can't believe they toyed with this. everybody knows, although the fact that they suck so bad is good because you don't diss the leaders. that golf course is the only one in north korea open by kim jong-il. of course, he got 11 holes in one. >> on a much brighter note, warriors in oklahoma city. that's a big deal in oakland. >> remember the romance and the breakup. we'll talk about it tomorrow. >> will see you. they prey on our children, spending billions. addicting 17,000 california kids each year. eventually killing one-third of them. now tobacco companies are spending millions to... defeat prop 56. because in every state that's raised tobacco taxes, smoking rates go down. so who are you going to trust? pediatricians, cancer grou

and how big p of a threat and what kind of damage can north korea cause. >> it is a great question and interesting problem. we didn't get here overnight. this is decade's worth of policy that led us to a failed in bilateral and failed six- party talk and patience that the obama administration took and saying in another way we will not engage the problem. this goes back to president bush and clinton and madeline

quote we understand that north korea court convicted u.s. he was charged with hostile acts against the country and sentenced to 15 years hard labor. now he has gone through the criminal process. we urge that country to pardon him, grant him amnesty and immediate release on humanitarian grounds. is that effective way to negotiate with north korea over an american hostage, do you think? >> well, look, the problem, tucker is, that the north koreas don't want to talk to us. >> right. >> they have isolated themselves from the entire international community. i have been working with the north koreans to try to get otto out. >> good for you. >> we haven't had much success. we are trying to find the remains from the american soldiers from the korean war. see if we request get remains back. find some humanitarian way that allows otto warmbier who is a kid. he just made a mistake, to come home. so we're working that and we're working with the white house to make that happen. i mean, they have to be very careful. ours is a private effort, a humanitaria