so foreign currency is pretty essential to north korea survival. the question is, what's more important to the north korean leadership, developing new ballistic missile program or seeing their economy flourish, the regime decided to go for the bomb in 2005, it officially announced that it had nuclear weapons as a protection against attacks from the outside and to strengthen its power on the inside. piano again, the city of the chosen brand, new apartment block line, spotlessly clean avenues. here is where the union's upper class reside. only those who are considered loyal to the regime live here. those who want to enter the capital from the outside need a permit. so young children from young young's economic research institute, he's authorized to talk to journalist, for example, about the sanctions on to didn't wanna do so. guess we'll take him to our house and to the house and have him on our going didn't we will be considered when you guys will turn on work when he started things get on the 20 will k. so i pronounce was wrong, you know, on the san

north korea is changing. an impoverished socialist state has turned into a country with a highly flexible shadow economy. in many ways, north career is run like a commercial company. all that matters is cash came. the work is here and no longer slaving away for the revolution. but for the wealth of dan, nita and his cronies, the gap between rich and poor is widening. while the population in pyongyang enjoys a constantly growing prosperity. 40 percent of the rural population still suffer from the nutrition. what a database shows beyond any doubt, instead of asserting, i know the only excess. now we can prove what it does. it owns companies, it operates these companies and exports all kinds of things. and that is actually quite and an important development in understanding how north korea managers to earn money above. we know, know exactly through what kind of companies office 39 dust is qindzhong, silk folks spinning mill, named after kim jong owns grandmother. a model factory. 1600 workers are employed here. m

may be prohibited providing military supplies, training, and much of that has been done through north korea's embassies, particularly in africa and the middle east side of all the countries in the middle east. currently, syria and our republic has the greatest levels of prohibited cooperation with north korean military entities have his ascent. the father of the current theory and death part and can assume we're friends from the 1900 sixty's own back. then the north koreans helped the syrians during the war against israel and supplied them with weapons and ammunition. an important source of income, right up to day. using tactics similar to those of 18th century pirates bureau, $39.00 runs ship under both flags and fate names. according to the un, north korea has thus managed to send large numbers of weapons to syria. between 20122017, at least 40 shipments from north korea passed through the suez canal. but in 2018, the us managed to have one of them intercepted. so we found something called go on its way to syria. these were acid resistant tiles, involves which could be used in chemical weap

with this code from north korea. the same code is also used for deliveries from von desk to europe, and the us among the customers. a money, a money jacket that look exactly like the one on bone dest website can also be bought in europe. this one costs 219 euros. it can't be proven beyond doubt whether garments like this one are made in north korea, but can it be ruled out? we ask the fashion brands a money, right? we confirmed that phone, dest is one of our suppliers, and as such, is regularly subject to checks and inspections. the result of these checks being the no finished products and manufactured in north korea, like all our suppliers. it's also required to declare which sub contractors it uses and where these are concerned. it's also the case that none are in north korea. we've also contact to advance desk and writing. the company offered no explanation as to why and to what extent it trades with north korea. in one thing can be sent for certain. well known fashion brands have their goods manufactured by a chi

request for military assistance. 90 days following north korea's invasion were grim. . ground and air forces in size and firepower to match the scale of the expanding war. as u.n. military units went to the public of korea by air and sea and may ground targets were pounded by her air force. ti gene and pusan gave the general and his u.n. command the need -- needed time to prepare its own initiative. un's initiative turned out to be the bold invasion some 150 miles behind koreans lines. the surprise paid off. when elements of the 1st calvary division raised 100 mouth to link up with advancing seventh infantry division forces north korea's plan for unifying korea became a nightmare. ♪♪ ♪♪ by september's and stohl was retaken by u.n. forces and the embattled capital of korea was returned to president sigmund reid. ♪♪ as north korea watched its grand strategy for conquest sagging collapse its communist leader kim il-sung would admit that his decision to invade the south would not have been made had he believed the united states would commit itself to such total military su

then the leader kim jong il here is north korea cinema of dream. the what do you see when you come over to them? money? i'm not in the middle of media and you'll log into those get all means on when i use on jason you're going on has on what you don't know. so you know there's a ton of i asked, what do you mean? the queasiness interval i was using only things humans, i guess only they get it's a clear summer day on the banks of the tate and river impede gang north korea. these young students from the countries the lead film academy are attending and to lecture. hi. and good, something can be done. so we put on pull, you know, i'm hungry. all you would have given these orders up and it was only because it means i don't think it is. i don't know, what else you about in the filming this encounter a single session last in just a few hours, has taken us an entire year to arrange it was in 2008. when we 1st off the permission to make a documentary about north korea is aspiring film workers as a call here. months of negotiations followed, but the answer w

the biggest thing with north korea is that on to the diesel. also the information came in that we did not know they, we were oppressed. and imagine that if you don't know you are pressed that you don't know your slave. how do you fight to be free? and this information they're going in to north korea are telling us koreans that they are pressed, and they are in slaves. and they can be freed on they too. so this information i believe is the only hope that will change north korea. repeat my people. i in 2011 out. they were reported from tanzania on the sinister trade in the body. parts of l. b knows. this is where they put it right here and on the spot rewind, revisit the survivor. mutilated to service, the rituals of witchcraft. when you go to rewind, spell of the l. b. no, on our 0. the native need. the brakes north of doing the best job you can, we've seen one water pay 2 teen at wells far further. with detail covering the government says the taliban is relying on human shields and losing people shot them home from around the world. the price a

but here in north korea, even comedy. so the higher purpose, one of the many chairs, you have to have an initial renew, new medium. so we so we can return our call, its bitingly cold, the next day minus 6 degrees celsius in the sun. and we don't onset. it's also freezing. most of the crew are in thick winter clothing, but for obama, you and me and the fellow actors, there's no such luxury. they're dressed for their parts cold, but ready to start such men. but then a power outage, one of several, during our time here, mom due to you to see the trinity to do they fumble in the dog for a while and then it's business as usual on sounds in which one you'll continue working despite the blackouts. and you'll do not actually letting them know anything you want them to either call you to that said, when you get on said the actors run through the scene, you and me take the opportunity to figure out a new problem like a home office now or in the dark, they're about to give up and call it a day. when the power comes back on or show u

the biggest thing with north korea is that on to the diesel. also the information came in that we did not know they were oppressed. and imagine that if you don't know you are pressed that you don't know you're a slave. how do you fight to be free? and this information they're going into north korea are telling us koreans that they are pressed, and they are in slaves. and they can be free on they too. so this information, i believe, is the only hope that will change north korea. repeat my people, i own county in the cold from june as yet to south africa. the pandemic has reopened preexisting economic political challenges. but the gap between rich and poor nations continues to widen with a lack of china is cranked down on capitalism. counting the cost on al jazeera, freezing winds, and rugged terrain and at times seem impossible. but for afghan traders who brave the con corridor, that is no choice combating the impossible to sell that goods in isolated areas. we follow that daring journeys as they overcome the extremes. risking it all i've got is

north korea will never give up, it's nuclear weapons program. they did the idea that this is the only call that they really have to play on the international fronts. and that's, that's, that has to be, has to be recognised, has to be confronted all of these discussions. what do you say to that? while there's a lot of credibility in that line of thinking, however, that would be an arrangement with north korea where it degrees not to expand its current nuclear weapons capability, not to expand its ballistic missile capability, not to resume testing of nuclear weapons, not to resume guessing long range ballistic missiles and perhaps to scale back the extent of its nuclear program somewhat. so that would be a major accomplishment. it is absolutely correct. that's the all demand for complete, irreversible verifiable disarmament of north korea's nuclear program has never worked at. it's not like if you were good to speak with you. tara grove, thanks me was thank you. a corona virus lockdown is being extended in new zealand. biggest city, oakland for 2

korea. the north koreans interpreted that as a statement the u.s. would not go to war to defend the south korea. so in june of 1950, armed with soviet equipment and aided by the chinese the north korea invaded south korea. as you can see from our map they stormed right across the board are for the south koreans were largely caught off guard and unprepared. the u.s. had military forces in japan under far eastern commander douglas macarthur. the problem was those troops and their units were badly under strain the troops were badly trained. in the equipment they had was carryovers from world war ii. wasn't that useful for them pretty quickly through over some forces. the saddest episodes with task force smith. i was a battalion commanded by a guy named charles smith a lieutenant colonel had extensive combat experience. smith occupied a position under soviet built tanks or white throat. one guy lieutenant ali connor fired a bazooka 22 rounds point blank and shoot soviet made tanks and they bounced off. needless to say that was disconcerting for the troop

unfortunately, the biden administration has been slow off the mark on the north korea file. of course they were dealing with the renewal of the strategic reduction pretty with russia, which happened in february. the resumption of talks with iran on the comprehensive plan of action by thing with little bit. and also there were draws problem of not just on. so these are a number of important programs. but unfortunately, it seems that the united states prohibition position has not changed. the oil demand or complete irreversible verifiable disarmament of north korea's nuclear program has never worked at is not likely to work. the subject of consternation and negotiation for decades young beyond as the heart of north korea's nuclear program, is cooling tower was famously destroyed in 2008 as part of an international drive to dismantle parts of the program. in exchange for relief from sanctions, the following year in north korea kicked monitors out. nearly a decade later, kim jung own offered to dismantle young john in return for the same concessions. the trump administration rej

without inspectors in north korea, dia relies on satellite images. using these it says is detected a discharge of cooling water at the main nuclear plants and young beyond. and that suggests the reactor is operating. if the latest findings are correct, the you and nuclear watchdog set, it's a deeply troubling development and it's believe young beyond react to produce plutonium for north korean nuclear arsenal. in the past, the white house says the a report underscores the urgent need for dialogue and diplomacy. whatever warmer relations that appear to be cultivated under former president donald trump seemed to have grown cold under his successor joe biden. as u. s. military exercises were held with the south. unfortunately, the biden administration has been slow off the mark on the north korea file. of course, they were dealing with the renewal of the strategic reduction pd with russia, which happened in february. the resumption of talks with iran on the comprehensive plan of action by thing with it. and also there were draws from of, not just on. so

the global nuclear watchdog raises the alarm believing north korea has restarted operations that it's main nuclear plant. ah. now as us evacuations approach, the final hours it winds down its 20 year mission enough can stand the pentagon announcing that 122000 people have been flown out in the biggest air left in us history as the last few flights take off from cobbled several rockets were 5 towards the airport early on monday, i saw affiliates in afghanistan says, is responsible at approximately 11 pm eastern time last night. as many as 5 rockets were fired at the cool airport. u. s. military forces successfully employed our force protection measures to thwart that attack. us forces retain the inherent right of self. busy defense and are authorized to meet threats with a swift and forceful response. us troops are among the last international forces to leave. and while huge numbers of afghans have been flown out, many who want to leave a stranded face and a looming humanitarian crisis, set off a flurry of diplomatic move un secretary of state. and the blinking will hold a virtual meet

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not to mention possible nuclear weapons. weapons i would give north korea leverage, right. and they've got, you know, 30 and they're 20 or 100 instead of, you know, 50 or whatever. we don't know how many they have been this, give them more bargaining chips when eventually you go station take place by apparently allowing the world to see this new activity at young. beyond the north korean leader may be signaling he's ready to talk and are chappelle al jazeera for the 1st time in a decade, palestinians and israelis have held high level talks, palestinian president mahmoud abbas bolt israelis. defense minister ban gaps for more than 2 hours in ramallah gan says they discuss security and the economy of the occupied west bank and gaza. he reportedly told above that israel is looking to quote, take measures that will strengthen the palestinian authority's economy. the meeting fall is, is ready. prime minister natalie been visit to the us where he met president george by will the united nations middle east envoy says he hopes that the meeting leads to more to president. this was t

i think they don't want to become north korea. they| want to become north korea.ht be like to have seen what it might be like to have a flourishing media, civil society, education, women in work, women in government. they have seen on that. i hope that if trying to govern all afghans, they will take account of that. 50 govern all afghans, they will take account of that.— govern all afghans, they will take account of that. so you've accepted there is a possibility _ account of that. so you've accepted there is a possibility the _ account of that. so you've accepted there is a possibility the taliban - there is a possibility the taliban could come back to power in afghanistan?— could come back to power in afuhanistan? ~ . ., ,, , afghanistan? whatever happens, there surel has to afghanistan? whatever happens, there surely has to be — afghanistan? whatever happens, there surely has to be a _ afghanistan? whatever happens, there surely has to be a political— surely has to be a political compromise and whether that means a taliban government or the yogita. in which pow

will be needed. >> without in thors in north korea -- korea, officials rely on surveillance.atest findings suggest the fluke already reactor is operating. it's believed it produced plutonium for north korea's nuclear arsenal in the past. the a.i.e. underscores the need for dip loam sip. whatever warmer relations that were silt samed under former president trump, relations have been cold with biden. >> of course, they were dealing with the renewal of the strategic arms reduction in russia which happened in february. the reduction of talks in iran. fighting with covid and also withdrawals from afghanistan. a number of important perhaps but unfortunately it seems the united states' traditional position has not changed. the old demand for complete, irreversible verifiable disarmament of north korea's nuclear program has not worked and is not likely to work. >> north korea's cooling tower was famously destroyed in 2008 as prosecute of an special drive to dismantling parts of the program in exchange for release from sanctions. nearly a decade later, kim jong-un offered to disminute

and the by team is looking at a lot of other things besides north korea. and so the americans aren't particularly pushing hard in north korea one way or another. i think the buying people would like to have conversations and somehow negotiations for the north, but fairly pushing forth where the trunk people did. so i think if you're the north koreans, the thinking is, you know, look, i'm and there's nothing going on. the americans are offering us anything. the current south korean president lane, keep out of office in 6 months. right. so why don't we serve, restart this and keep making weapons right? because the weapons are, would give north korea leverage right him if they've got, you know, 30 instead of 20 or 100 instead of, you know, 50 or whatever. we don't know how many they have been. this gives them more bargaining chips when eventually negotiations take place again and of course that they don't in the north and the weapons suit north, korean security and other more the better. so i think it's really just sort of a, a reflection of the stalemate neg

because the weapons are, would give north korea leverage, right? and they've got, you know, 30 instead of 20 or 100 instead of, you know, 50 or whatever. we don't know how many they have been. this gives them more bargaining chips when eventually negotiate and take place again and of course that they don't in the north to the weapons student or trans curity and other more of them, the better. so i think it's really sort of a, a reflection of the stalemate negotiations over the last 6 months. still ahead on al jazeera children, olsen's my decades of war and afghan. the son worry about their future on the telephone room. and you see linds extends a cove at $900.00 locks and its largest city on relaxing restrictions for the rest of the country. ah. hello there. widespread thunderstorms and showers are expected to continue for much of south east asia. you can see the cloud cover behind me. we are going to see the heavy falls across parts of sumatra and borneo. as malaysian, indonesia continues to see the rain answer. wessy is likely to see some of the

but, another thing that has just popped up again is north korea.at i don't thinp obviously had a very different perspective when it came to that your thoughts on this development? >> you know, we led the charge on three different sanction packages on north korea that totally neutralized them. what you are seeing kim do now basically he senses the weakness of biden so he is going to go ahead and start getting aggressive. his hope is that he is going to get the united nations to shake and other countries around the world shake to lift sanctions to start sending them money. it's the last thing we should do. we should not do that the next thing biden needs to do is to stand firm on those sanctions. he needs to make sure you doesn't acknowledge the taliban as a credible government. he needs to also make sure that he is strong and stays out of the iran deal. these are all going to be very important issues that he has to face going forward and he can't show any weakness whatsoever. >> bret: you know, we just had this ceremony the bringing the bodies back

because the weapons are, would give north korea leverage, right? and they've got, you know, 30 instead of 20 or 100 instead of, you know, 50 or whatever. we don't know how many they have been. this gives them more bargaining chips when eventually negotiations take place again. and of course that they don't in the north and the weapons student or korean security and other more the better. so i think it's really just sort of a, a reflection of the stalemate. negotiations of the last 6 months or people on the u . s. gulf coast are waking up to damage towns flooded streets and no electricity at south harkin. ida may land phone in new orleans as a category for storm late on sunday. either has since been downgraded to a tropical storm. the forecast is warning. the danger is not over, more flooding is expected. as the storm moves north will fill of l is life force in new orleans. so fill just what's the situation there right now? well hey, it is. it is morning after the night before the proverbial morning of the night before the winds only stopped a few h

president biden has said he is willing to talk to north korea, but north korea hasn't been a policy priority action we are seeing might be a way that pyongyang is signaling it wants to move further to the top of washington's to do list. laura: scenes of devastation in new orleans monday after hurricane ida tore through the city, leaving more than a million in the area out per. at least one person died. president biden asked people in affected areas to shelter-in-place as the storm makes its way inland. >> this was the force of ida's winds as it pounded new orleans with water. a hospital filled with patients is cut o. it is no match for the storm. part of the roof was lifted off by the gusts. low lighting areas were overwhelmed by the tidal surge. this footage from a fire station captured the dramatic rush of water. in new orleans, the entire city went dark as the storm raged outside and a transmission tower toppled into the mississippi river. at this hotel, workers struggled to get a generator running. across southern louisia, the painful task of surveying the damage frohurricane ida is unde

north korea wants to be higher up on the list, and yet according to a source speaking to cnn, north koread to several emails sent by the biden administration saying that the emails were not specific enough, that the u.s. didn't list agenda items to try to move the conversation forward from the one deal that was signed between former president trump and kim in singapore. and so certainly a complex diplomatic web to untangle just adding to president biden's list, michael. >> all right. will ripley. >>> winds are still at 95 miles an hour, and this was a much more powerful hurricane, of course, category 4 when it made landfall near new orleans on sunday and continued to power on, holding its shape well inland. highly unusual and moving slowly, which created a lot of havoc. well over a million customers have lost power, including all of orleans parish. and storm surges, flash flooding, and tornadoes all concerns as it continues to move inland. thanks for spending part of your day with me. i'm michael holmes. you can follow me on twitter and instagram @ho@holmescnn. robyn curnow will pick up a

and some of north korea's brightest young stars. ah, what did it take to serve a national propaganda machine? ah, a compelling portrait of the privileged lives of the countries elite, rewind north korea. cinema of dreams. analogy 0. o. and again, i'm nora carlindo. however, the top stories on out to 0. gun forces fighting st battles against the taliban in several cities. and port has been hit by rockets. the runway has been repaired, but there is still no flights. security situation is fragile and lash guard and taliban are inside the city center. and army reinforcements have been deployed in harass, to mark as says i've gone for the facing attacks in multiple places across the country.

, but north korea has not exactly been a policy priority.tion here we are seeing might be a way that pyongyang is signaling it wants to move further to the top of washington's to do list. ♪ ros: i am ros atkins. we are here in the bbc newsroom. our lead story is america is facing questions over a drone strike in kabul. i witnesses say civilians, mostly children, were killed. let's turn to the u.s.. more than one million people are without power in louisiana. that is because of hurricane ida. there are warnings the power could take a while to come back. on saturday, ida made landfall as a category four hurricane. the second most powerful level. that was 16 years to the day that hurricane katrina devastated the state, killing 1800 people. it is listed as extreme on the hurricane scale, meaning winds between 209 and 2 kilometers per hour, and a likelihood that evacuation will be needed. evacuation orders were issued ahead of the storm. people who remained are being told to shelter in place. ida has been downgraded to a tropical storm. flash flo

and some of north korea's brightest young stars. ah, what did it take to serve a national propaganda machine? ah, a compelling portrait of the privileged lives of the countries elite, rewind north korea cinema of treme analogy the around the use. ready a code read for humanity, a landmark un report issues a warning on how human activity is causing irreversible heating to our planet signs. those changes already visible from greece to siberia, to the u. s. spies destroying forests and devastating the lives of many. ah, hello. i've had them seek.

if we go further toward the north, we have had a run of rain through north korea.oss japan, 40 out of 47 prefectures are under excessive heat stroke warnings just because of how hot the temperatures have been. low temperatures, however, in australia, are still below average. perth basking in the sun after coming off of its wettest lie in half a century. in new zealand, this system sweeping in. first, we have to talk about the capital wind -- talk about the powerful wind in the capital region. on thursday, it will bring us rain and wind. heavier falls as we look east. in india, we are still dealing with that heavy rain. monsoon rains are also picking up on thursday. >> north korea -- isolated and heavily sanctioned. yet, earning billions around the globe. >> there involved in everything around north korea. investigation.people in power euro 39, cash for kim, part one on al jazeera. ♪ >> welcome back. our main story -- event have an held to mark a year since the devastating explosion at beirut's port. 200 people were killed when a chemical stockpile ignited, and ther

. >> north korea, isolated and heavily sanctioned, yet earning billions around the globe. >> they are involved in everything that makes money for north carolina -- for north korea. the money goes straight into their coffers. >> a two-part investigation, bureau 39, cash for king, part two on al jazeera. >> the top stories, a u.s. defense official warns the taliban could surround afghanistan's capital in 30 days and take it in 90. the group has seized control of nine provincial capitals in the past week. afghanistan's interior minister has revealed the government's plan to stop the taliban. he says the government is throwing support behind local uprising movements. the italian island of sicily has ordered -- recorded europe's hottest ever temperature of 48.8 degrees. the fire is fueling fires -- the temperature is fueling fires in italy. wild turkeys southwest -- while turkey's southwest struggles with fires, the north has flash flooding. homes and cars have been swept away. authorities say at least one person has died and others are missing. 13 people were injured when a bridge collaps