a journalist trying to expose what kim jong un's regime wants to hide: the secret world of the north korean people. he has an undercover network which covertly films life inside the country. >> (translated): obviously, it's an extremely dangerous thing to do. in north korea, even filming everyday life is considered a form of political treason. if they are caught filming, they'd be locked up and may never be let out again. >> narrator: even filming on the chinese side of the border is illegal. >> narrator: the people who work for jiro smuggle their footage across the tumen river, which divides china from north korea. the north korean border guards have been known to shoot to kill. the border has become even more tightly controlled since kim jong un took over as supreme leader two years ago, the third ruler in the kim dynasty after his father and grandfather. he inherited the world's most isolated country, where the people have no internet and the state has almost total control on any information coming in or out. even with the tight security, jiro and his japanese news organization manage to

i met a north korean refugee, a 16-year-old girl, north korean girl who was the victim of sex traffickingaped, was freed and when i heard her story and met many more teenage victims like her, it was through them that i learned that what exists there is this modern day underground railroad. and i decided i mad to do something to help. the process of helping north koreans escape is quite complex. it starts by getting them first out of north korean, and that is either by the north careens crossing the river that separates north korea and china, or by bribing a border patrol guard. it starts in north korea, runs through china, through southeast asian countries and ultimately to bangkok, thailand where they are granted passage to south korea. when north koreans first encounter the outside world, there's really nothing like it. and many of them -- their past time is just devouring books, tv, movies, news. to help north korean refugees is -- comes with risk as well. north korea will send assassins in to china to assassinate foreign workers helping -- assisting north korean refugees. they will po

and citigroup are the portraits of north korean leaders in seoul. one member of the group says south korean skewed and north korea for firing ballistic missiles and threatening to carry out the fourth nuclear tests. a former us intelligence chief has welcomed the possibility of the jeep and exercising its right to collective self defense. dennis blair spoke to nhk world into account where served as director of national intelligence he was also the head and the us pacific command. he commented on crime is issued on its push to re interpret the japanese constitution past japanese government had maintained the constitution does not allow the right to try the self defense the restrictions on japanese military. actions related to japan's past and past agreements i think he could be gradually adjusted to redress the new realities the appointed hour the rest of the north korean missile attacks as a key issue in

this is a north korean detector, or a detector who claims he was a north korean. turns out he was of chinese ethnic origin, someone that could travel back and forth between china and north korea. he claimed north korean citizenship and was allowed to settle as a south korean. he gained a degree, worked as a civil servant, the first defector to work as a civil servant for the government. gaping access to details of fellow north korean defectors. he sneaked back into north korea to attend the funeral of his mother. at that point the nis says he was turned by north korean agents and has been working as a spy ever since. he got off on the charges, the evidence of his sister. she recanted that evidence in court, saying she was forced to give evidence against him by 9 national intelligence service, and appealed the prosecution. during the appeal submitted three documents - chinese immigration documents, suggesting he travel to north korea on five occasions. it turns out they were forgeries, and the nis, the national intelligence service admitted that. the broker used to

to help north korean refugees is -- comes with risk as well. send assassins in to china to assassinate foreign workers assisting north korean refugees. they will pose as refugees themselves, so that really threatens to sabotage the work, but to see the transformation where we become friends, break down those walls and barriers, and they trust us, our organization, and we become partners in this work, some of them become, you know, real partners in helping and assisting other north koreans. >> mike kim's organization continues to help north korean refugees. coming up tonight on al jazeera america, sentenced to life in prison, but a pardon from president obama gave her freedom. her emotional story and what she has learned about life behind bars. >>> plus persistent drought in california, what can californians do now, and the dangers what do they mean for this year's fire season? >>> and tonight an image that caught our attention, freeze frame from north korea, kim junk underwarmed by emotional soldiers, a photo released by north korean central ne

value of life to be enjoyed by north koreans and recover common sense of identity between north and outh koreans. with that principle in mind, we will pursue the initiative. president obama and i shared a view that while detention and conflict persist, we must actively seek ways to promote peace and collaboration into northeast asia. in that context, i strongly support the u.s. policy to rebalance toward the asia pacific region as it contributes positively to the peace and cooperation. i firmly believe that president obama's asia trip demonstrate his strong commitment toward his policy of rebalancing toward the region and his pledge to implemented the commitment. as the un security council member, south korea stands side by side with the u.s. to stand by any issues undermining. they work together in asia africa and poverty fightings. we'll gather our wisdom to tackle new challenges. another important pillar of our alliance is practical cooperation and economic social and culture sectors. this topic has continued so far and will continue. together with the u.s. our mutual defense trea

oh yes more than fifty north koreans were seen recently working the link construction site . north korea more bruised up and he's killed since the prison to a bomb on bullion construction company. each kid from underneath our eoy run seven hundred dollars all payments made using a lump sum to the north korean company you'll see what the north korean company seems to give the workers some spending money to buy cigarettes will can be cute but no more than that. today is the special most koreans are indeed responsible for collecting foreign currency payments all will be posted to leader kim jong un. and he used a speech however if you want such as buying luxury items and giving them the keys sydney all souls you called it the other don't. de facto say this is them grew more important from the nineteen nineties. after the breakdown of the rationing system linking jong il was in power. it's the time to choose the leader uses this money to buy the loyalty of his subordinates. she manages the money himself it has a separate economic system also the curie i can. handed out god's gift

value of life to be enjoyed by north koreans and recover common sense of identity between north and south koreans. with that principle in mind, we will pursue the initiative. president obama and i shared a view that while the tension and conflict persist in northeast asian region, we must actively seek ways to promote peace and collaboration in the northeast asia. in that context, i strongly support the u.s. policy to rebalance toward the asia-pacific region as it contributes positively to the regional peace and cooperation. i firmly believe that president obama's asia trip demonstrates his strong commitment toward his policy of rebalancing toward the region and his pledge to implement the commitment. as the u.n. security council member, south korea stands side by side with the u.s. to resolve any major issues undermining peace and stability in the global community. the u.s. and korea are marching together to carry out development cooperative activities in asia, africa, and also poverty fightings. we'll gather our wisdom to tackle new global challenges, such as climate change, energy

the countries are considered north korean allies. the u.n. human rights council says the abductions and camps for political prisoners are crimes against humanity. members last month called on the security council to start procedures to punish those responsible. the leading u.n. investigator into the human rights abuses said the security council must act at once. >> doing nothing is not an option. if ever there is a call for action at the highest level on human rights, this really is it. masamoto said he hopes the council will put pressure on the leaders in pyongyang. the japanese government says north korean agents abducted at least 17 japanese people in the 1970s and '80s. >>> ukrainians will spend the coming days watching to see if an international agreement will help end the unrest in their country. 12 people from the u.s., russia, ukraine and european union put together a plan to address the crisis. pro-russian activists are occupying government buildings in the east. ukrainian forces have been poised to move in. nhk world's craig dale ha

scott herold of the rand corporation the ambassador, i wonder if you could put the north korean nuclearssue in the broader context of security threats that north korea poses to its neighbors and the region. including its chemical and biological weapons programs concluding its cyber and unmanned systems program, conventional strike capabilities. there are other areas that north korea poses, risks and challenges and the nuclear one obviously gets the most attention but are there any prospects for enhancing our engagement with north korea in other domains? for example, the aftermath of a certain use of chemical weapons we managed to get some forward progress there. is there any progress to begin a relationship with north korea in a different domain or to put pressure on them to come forward and make progress in some other area? >> well, clearly there is the need to address the other issues, not only chemical, biological weapons, but missiles as well. but at the same time i don't think it's advisable to mix the nuclear issue with these other issues. it will only make the issue more complica

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

efforts should be made to provide information directly to the north korean. y bolster existing activities of voice of america. statestion, the united should redouble its efforts to persuade north korea's neighbors more easycilities for access as well as explorer transmission technologies that would allow us to exploit the ofreasing ubiquity smartphones in north korea. we can broadcast rate into the telephones. legislation before congress introduced more than 100 cosponsors and contains more provisions to support activities as well as establishing a fund to support activities under the north korean human rights act. we should have no illusions that the provision of information will lead to fundamental political change. it should have some effect of undercutting the north korean propaganda machine and increasing the pressure on the north korean government for greater accountability. it is important to ensure to the extent possible that it is a mechanism of transformation and not simply an instrument to reinforce the status quo. would be toity enforce involuntary

news of another american being held by the north koreans could further complicate u.s. efforts to deal with north korea's nuclear threats. elise labott, cnn. >>> foreign minister and secretary of state john kerry have talked on the phone about the crisis in ukraine. officials released a statement saying sergei lavrov stressed the need for the the military to cease operations against the pro-russian separatists in the eastern part of the country. those groups have seized land and government buildings and they refuse to leave. meanwhile ukraine's prime minister says russian military aircraft crossed into and violated ukrainian airspace last night. russia has denied violating the airspace. >>> back in this country, the nra finds itself in a dogfight this year. it's being challenged by a new antigun lobby backed by billionaire michael bloomberg. but the nra and about 70,000 supporters meeting in indianapolis this weekend aren't flinching. executive director pierre says the organization faces a do or die challenge. >> we trust in our freedom, and in an uncertain world, surrou

rumors about the possibility of a fourth north korean nuclear test. the editorial claims so was raised speculation about a test to divert attention away from the seller of all ferry tragedy. calling it a major insult to the north. such comments are nothing new they did indicate that tongue down is actually gearing up for another test four days before tongue as third nuclear test last year the north korean regime and then solon was in a similar fashion. just as they did in two thousand on it for a second one. it is possible and not create is playing psychological games with the side door with keeping a close eye on the north because they could conduct another nuclear test. some north korean experts believe is unlikely that condo will conduct the fourth nuclear test in the coming days or weeks. as recent events don't bother complete patterns seen in the past. the regime typically losses intercontinental ballistic missiles rockets pride to nuclear test which hasn't happened. but the korean government says is a prayer for good possibility with the numbers

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

. >> or any korean. >> right, because they don't consider to be north korean. there's a story where kim jong-il ask this question of his advisers about what's the highest mountain in the world and someone says don everest? he says no, you are wrong. it's actually mount picked two and the reason why is height shouldn't be measured by actual height but rather the spiritual greatness. >> it is the birthplace of the revelation. it is absurd that you have to mention what it's like growing up in a country where this is what you are taught as reality. i matter refugee and there's another story which i talk about this brilliant moment where kim jong-il is in kindergarten and his teachers teaching one plus one is two and he says that's not correct. he said if i have a drop of water and i add it to another drop of water i have a big drop of water, not two drops so therefore one plus one sometimes equals two. >> the teacher goes what? >> what the genius in between tears. i met a refugee and i asked her about this and she and first-graders hearing the story and she goes to

joe said to thomas that it was important to find mechanisms that bill after the north korean regime and not its people. since then and by the end. meanwhile cut out has warned washington of strong countermeasures that maintains its so called hostile north korea policy is that some see as a threat to the fourth nuclear test north korea's national defense commission said friday that the united states along with the international community has been critical of communist rocket launches but has not raised issue with south korea's ballistic missile launches last month becoming a state called this part of washington's two sided nature and added it must withdraw all sanctions on pyongyang. experts say the strong countermeasures penang is referring too could be additional missile launches a war for nuclear test. moving out to the rowley said the interim results of the drone investigation the south korean government strongly believes the three drones recently found in different parts of the south came from north korea to confirm and reinforced or findings to promise now in the hands of a team of

part of what he said. >> in light of what we expect to be further provocative actions from the north koreans form of long-range missile tests or nuclear tests or both, that it's important for us to look at additional ways to apply pressure on north korea. further sanctions that have even more bite, as well as highlighting some of the human rights violations that make north korea probably the worst human rights violator in the world. >> president obama mentioned that the world has been calling for north korea to give us its nuclear program. it has refused to do so. continuing to make these provocative actions. but it's almost like what we hear in relation to both north korea and russia, is that imposing these sanctions, enacting these resolutions, it doesn't necessarily do much in the short term, and president obama, again, acknowledged that on the situation in ukraine during this trip. what the administration has focused on is the long term, looking at the isolation and the economic destruction that result, essentially these countries doing that to themselves through their own actions. wolf.

people especially through north korean refugees which is against the national law they signed up to es. >> tell us a little bit about the number of people who managed to escape north korea, the kind of people that you end up dealing with and some of the stories they have to tell. >> right, so there is thousands of korean refugees in the country every year and most of these people have been leaving since the late 1990s, since there was at north korea and 26,000 have made it all the way to south korea and we estimate there is tens of thousands still in china as well and still hiding that and inland both and a lot of the people that we meet and that we help to come through china and southeast asia or the u.s. tell us amazing stories about what they went through, both the kind of stories the report went through and severity of the charges in terms of prosecution that doesn't have an equal in the rest of the world in terms of how systemic it is and also learned from them how much north korea society is changing and with the modernization and information flows occurring that also provide w

the conditions include yes i'm a policy maker in charge of inter korean that eric and by spring here comes up to the meeting comes as north korea has the meeting tensions on the korean peninsula with a series of missile launches artillery shelling and threats to conduct another new year test all i care on what kind of a message to redeem us and it felt to me and the united states. on sunday at the end use. speculation is time that south korea the us and japan may be ready to be a bit more flexible in their dealings with him or her case and has more on the latest out of the three way talks on north korea's nuclear program south korea the us and japan but considering scaling back the preconditions they want max before beginning talks with noah korea over its new clip of that. following a meeting of the three countries than you could negotiators this week as the korean official told reporters in washington and they're looking out of body waste of these in talks with counting down. the official said that the parties are looking at the conditions with a little more flexibility in mind and that the ways in which north korean sh

24 years old actually tore up his visa at customs and that he appeared to go willingly with the north koreansis comes as south korea says the north is preparing a new nuclear weapons test and has completed all the preliminary steps required for that jim acosta is traveling with president obama who is in seoul, south korea tonight. and jim, what more do we know about this american who is being detained? the story seems really bizarre. >> it does seem very bizarre, erin. it's just another addition to the president's list of worries over here in asia. what we do know is basically what you just said, erin, and that is american officials are not saying very much right now. they've only heard these reports that this american, 24-year-old miller matthew todd was detained by north korean officials in the last several days, that he was behaving erratically when he entered the country, tearing up his visa and he was taken into custody at that point. at this point, erin, all they can say is they're dealing with swedish diplomatic officials who they typically deal with in these circumstances with the nor

rapidly, this situation involving a potential nuclear test by the north koreans. what we're hearing from the south korean government is they have completed these preliminary steps. the key step here is sealing up a tunnel where the nuclear test site is, in the northeastern part of the country. they sealed a tum, and in that tunnel there is the nuclear materiel. that will be the nuclear test. they have to seal it up before they go ahead with the test. the south koreans are saying it is a political decision. all the technical work has been done. it now remains for pyongyang to give the go ahead and it will get under way. we need to stress here, natalie, we have been here, the south koreans have in the past, expected nuclear tests, which did not happen, and north koreans are masters of brinkmanship and expressing their displeasure of events they don't like, in particular there will been recent u.s.-south korean military drills here. and the north koreans have in the past used this sort of activity to express their anger at what happens south of the border. what is equ

north. and south korean government officials believe north korea has completed preparations for a possible nuclear test. north korean watchers say the statement could mean pyongyang will not carry out a test any time soon. but they also say it might be trying to confuse other countries. the korea institute for defense tells us what north korea's recent actions could mean. >> north korea's provocations are not out of control, reckless actions, but controlled, premeditated maneuvers, i would say. typically would be yesterday's live artilleries near the disputed western maritime border with just 50 rounds of firing pyongyang received international media coverage by selecting the timing on the heels of president obama's visit to seoul. like the similar artillery firing a month ago which triggered exchange of hundreds of artillery shells across the maritime border, the selection of the timing and intensity of provocations may have factored into the effect. the prenotification tactics to justify provocative military maneuvers may indicate he worries about seoul's countermeasures and the frustration. ove

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

military guy and the north korean drones as the new security threats. it plans to deploy more accurate radar system to take some small unmanned aircraft. students in a taiwan began occupying the parliament building three weeks ago to protest at trade pact with china. the deal would open up treating dozens of service that day as the president of the legislative yuan is trying to persuade students to stop their protest by jean king appeared at the parliament building in taipei on sunday. here's the protesters to end their occupation immediately. wang had earlier issued this statement is that the authorities will speed up the process of drafting a law is to setup the system for parliament to check any agreements with china in and that's the thing that has that anymore. anime is to improve the trade pact which i now will be suspended until this isn't is established this is representative welcome the statement by the said they're calling for tougher regulations than those proposed by the authorities. legislative candidates and leaders of political parties in

north koreans are celebrating the birthday of the country's founder kim il sung. people in the country consider april fifteen the most important day of the year. here are holding many special events over the next several days north korea's state run media say leader jim jones visited cones to sound callous uncaring and the body of his grandfather lies in state their senior military officers accompanied him he laid flowers in front of statues of his grandfather in his late father former leader kim jong woo me back in jong il. the to understand how this came as the founder of north korea. the celebrations are part of efforts by north korea to justify his hereditary leadership civilians and soldiers are for flowers and down in front of huge bronze statues of the former leaders government officials have put a sign boards marking the occasion all over opinion . some people in south korea marking the birthday of the kiddos on rather differently. members of the six surveyed a group burned portraits of the three leaders and salt. one member of the group says south koreans

pumpkins and told reporters after the talks that the officials focused on ways to prevent further north korean provocations. they also discuss implementing stronger sanctions with the un security council shoot their efforts fail. i added that the officials agreed to seek various ways to resume dialogue that will be to north korea. the new crazy following the trilateral fashioned a south korean envoy met separately with its us counterpart putting a beast and his japanese counterpart teaching how to protest the un condemnation of its heat to medium range ballistic missile launch with me every time since last month when it threatened to conduct a new type of new clear text. that's our concern is the fourth new contest was in the works the same satellite images of north korea nuclear test site for just one yet. his increasing its capability to conduct future attacks although no signs of an independent test have be detected. but some experts say they've read in the operation had been a contest in the coming weeks in time for us president drop a bomb as they bid to sell in tokyo later this month. on

north korea says it will not give up its nuclear arms. just because the united states tells the tale. not sure yet has labelled enter korean relations both left and its first official reaction to last the seventeenth out of korea and the united states on sunday to north korea's committee for the keys reunification of korea which handles cross border affairs let me criticize president cut in pay. calling her a winking traitor and a despicable prostitute selling off the nation. it's that the outcome of president obama s trip to south korea clearly justified north korea to the determination to counter the us fidler and settle the conflict within all our new year's showdown factory education ministry said north korea's rhetoric was a violation of an inter korean agreement to stop cross border slandering beach in febuary. falling friday seven talks in seoul the south korean and us leaders vowed to stand shoulder to shoulder against any north korean provocation north korea has the matching attention lately. following its lead last month to conduct a new kind of a new beer tax. the satellite and a jury has showed increased activi

the twenty three suspected north korean grounds recently discovered south korea's defence minister for first time ever vigilant against new security threats. a fix up or japan amid a dispute with china over startle and territorial issues of south korea a country also mired in diplomatic route with it and tightens its bonds with aj. a promising lead to the search for the missing malaysian airline or the us navy ship that experts old one pot signals the stores and more than stomp on time. fan. i know. or to rei. those of you were watching around the world. it's monday it will set your soul. i need to have lunch on wednesday so much for joining us. we begin

. >> that day in 2006, the secretive repressive north korean regime showed the world they had built and tested a nuclear bomb. a rogue country building nuclear weapons, threatening to proliferate that technology, stockpiling weapons of mass destruction.

the north koreans have nuclear weapons.ating iran the same mistakes we had in north korea. i am begging the obama administration if the iranians have a nuclear power program, fine, just control the fuel cycle. do not allow them to enrich uranium. you'll have a north korean result on your hand and in the might if the iranians get a nuclear capability, sunni arab rans are going to want one of their own and you are on the road to arm g.e.d.en. >> what do you imagine prime minister netanyahu thinking tonight as he watches this battle the u.s. denying the visa and iran firing back with covert threat on the united states? covert threat i mean on the negotiations? i don't meaner that going to fire a weapon at us? >> i think he is watching the ukraine and another example of where we are basically abandoning a friend in the ukraine. he remembers the red lines in syria. now you have the iranians directly in an offensive way confronting the united states. so, if i'm the prime minister of israel, i have to really ask myself, can i coun

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

the most emotional joined the north korean defectors at the closed door meeting in new york. awesome own toes older sister was adopted more than thirty years ago officials from russia and china state away the countries are considered there is korean allies the un human rights council says the abductions and camps for political prisoners are crimes against humanity the members last month called on security council to start procedure to punish those responsible to lead the un investigator into the human rights abuses said the security council must act at once doing nothing is known about the flavor there is a call for action the highest nibble on human rights peace treaty is it matsumoto said he hopes the council will put pressure on the leaders and kill again the japanese government says north korean agents abducted at least seventeen japanese people in the nineteen seventies and he wants. an avalanche swept down a climbing around on mount everest on friday. ellie's called nepalese guys were killed but to be excellent in bangkok has the details nepalese police say the avalanche

so, the north koreans are extremely sensitive to this, and we've seen on north korean news today kim-un himself visiting a north korean air unit and encouraging them to be prepared to defend their country. but of course, also in even bigger news, u.s. president barack obama will be traveling through the region. he's arriving in south korea on friday, leaving saturday. and the north korean foreign ministry have been berating this trip using a lot of rhetoric, including saying this will bring dark clouds of a nuclear arms race to the region. a lot of doomsday rhetoric. but whether, of course, they're prepared to detonate a nuclear device in an underground test site in north korea while the president is actually in or on the ground, that would be even by north korean standards an extraordinary provocation. >> okay, andrew salmon live from seoul, thanks. and as andrew said, the latest possible provocation from north korea comes as president obama is set to visit the region, leaving today for a trip that will take him to malaysia, the philippines, japan and south korea. but he'll stop fir

as a south korean military failed to take these ones to the press on south korea's oil. the ministry says that the drums are confirmed to come from the north. who could come in clear violation of not only the korean armistice agreement. also of an international treatments for this climb over another country's airspace without prior notification. london. i don't dance. i was of south korea united states and japan will hold the meeting in washington on this monday a separate one on one between seoul and tokyo could also take place on the sidelines she's in it as deacons continually appointed south korean envoy to the six party talks in general is in the us capital for talks with its american and japanese counterparts on showing up countermeasures and preventive steps to deal with north korea's latest provocation. according to south korean officials on his schedule to meet with washington special envoy glyn davies and japanese foreign ministry director general j e t hideout on monday. speaking to reporters upon his arrival in washington on the set that also are designed to reaffirm ordination among the three nations in regards to further prov

north korean troops have carried out live fire drills near the maritime border with south korea. it's the second time in a month the north has carried out military exercises in waters off the korean peninsula. south korean military officials said the drills began around 2:00 p.m. local time. about 50 artillery shells fell on the north korean side of the border over the course of ten minutes. south korean troops were on high alert. they warned people on nearby islands to take shelter. the south korean defense ministry spokesperson said authorities in pyongyang issued a notice earlier in the day. the notice said the drills were imminent. the north carried out similar exercises on march 31st, about 100 shells fell on the south korean side of the border. south korea returned more than 300 rounds of artillery. >>> north korea's leaders have lashed out over talks last week between u.s. president barack obama and south korean president park geun-hye. defense officials in pyongyang warned that they may take measures more threatening than a nuclear test. members of north korea's national d

north koreans are celebrating the birthday of the country's founder kim il-sung. people in the country consider april 15th the most important day of the year. they're holding many special events over the next several days. north korea's state-run media says leader kim jong-un visited the palace in pyongyang. the body of his grandfather lies in state there. senior military officers accompanied kim. he laid flowers in front of statues of his grandfather and his late father, former leader kim jong-il. the public recognizes the eldest kim as the founder of north korea. people offered flowers and bowed in front of the statues. the government has put up sign boards to justify north korea's hereditary leadership. some people in south korea are marking the birthday of kim il-sung rather differently. members of a conservative group burned portraits of north korean leaders in seoul. one member of the group says south koreans condemned north korea for firing ballistic missiles and threatening to carry out a fourth nuclear test. >>> top envoys from china and the u.s. are tryi

the two koreas exchanged fire caused the maritime border after more than a hundred north korean artillery shells fell into south korean territory expecting such as in are you could occur this time around president talking head had told the south korean military to respond firmly should any north korean shells landed south korean territory. seoul's defence ministry each tab its vigilance by dispatching working and fighter jets to the area. the five bills come in accounting and threats of something they can add to that small break and a nice before april thirty f this on top of a threat issued last month to conduct a new type of a new contest. experts say the fourth new clear test to be in the works. as recent satellite and a jury has shown increased the cavity add the veggies nuclear test site. during the visit to seoul last week us president the pub on a wearing that and other testing only further isolate the north and said that south korea and the united states stand shoulder to shoulder against any provocation by the north he eats. shifting our focus to the economy korea posted a curren

. >>> south korean defense officials say north korea may be preparing for another nuclear test. a spokesperson for the defense ministry says there have been signs of increased activity at a test site. south korean military leaders are now increasing their surveillance. defense ministry spokesperson says that north koreans could conduct a nuclear test soon. authorities in pyongyang have already carried out three tests at the same facility in the country's northeast. but the spokesperson said a test isn't a foregone conclusion. he said north korean officials have faked preparations in the past. >>> u.s. president barack obama is trying to show his so-called pivot to asia is still in his playbook. he's starting a four-nation tour of the region this week. his first stop is japan, where he'll meet with prime minister shinzo abe to talk about everything from trade to security to regional relations. nhk world has more from washington. >> reporter: president obama plans to visit four asian countries, japan, then south korea, malaysia, and the philippines. during his time in tokyo he'll b

north korea is preparing another nuclear test. to coincide with a bonus visit to seoul. when us and south korean leaders meet this standoff with north korea or use the tops the agenda this visit by the american president marks no exception the tightening of the latest attack from county on the united states and south korea stand shoulder to shoulder. both in the face of young on its provocations and in our refusal to accept the nuclear korea north korea the threats will get bored with nothing other than greater isolation. south korea has detected increased activity about north korea's every nuclear test site. i did this non regime led by kenya only can see nasa rocket to launch rail announced plans to conduct a klutz new type of nuclear tests. this tough rhetoric isn't stop on top of the living conditions of many ordinary north koreans millions depend on handouts of the grits biscuits by the wealthy program. now one of the funding has forced the un agency to cut back since. since march. above five to fifty thousand children in such institutions don't get that instead of the highly enriched to do

broadcast investigators believe that north korea is the owner of one man drones that crashed near the inter korean border and is also believed that the devices were used for spying activities. claims to cristobal island and down so freaky wartime sexual slavery statement that increase suspicions over to get there the point of magnitude earthquake strikes off the chilean coast creating a tsunami and prompting evacuations. i've done it begins. i don't. it appears at rei and luck to those of you were watching from around the world when staple second caring soul mind you can hang them from when they do so much for joining us. we begin this evening with evidence of possible spying by north korea through the use of drones to sell korean military has tentatively verified back to flying devices found near the inner korean border came from the communist state the unidentified vehicles are likely to have taken photos of capital seoul and even the presidential office at ten mg l has more. early investigations showed the unmanned drone attacks in three south korean border ireland on monday is from north korea

investigators believe north korean military forces used gps devices to navigate the drones that they found no data showing the routes south korean officials say their work with the us military on a full investigation. relatives of japanese people buried in north korea around the end of world war two have been campaigning for permission to visit the graves. now some have joined forces and set up an organization devoted to the cops let him. group spokesperson away as supple says north korean authorities have allowed some great visits due to the members want more access than they wanted to be allowed to bring the remains homes the posts as they are hoping to go there by the end of this autumn. cousin cole cole foot she is one of those relatives she and her sister were about to head home to japan after the war when her sister died she is buried in north korea new line. i'm only thinking about my tender sister. i just want to visit our great and the cost or her spelling does trade authorities say more than twenty four hundred japanese are buried at the old son cemetery near pyongyang. the

the vote last month was predetermined, north korean are given one uncontested candidate.e'll talk about this and other issues in seoul, the head of the asia program at the chat am house think tank. thank you for your time. put it this way - is there anything you can read into this. we know he gets re-elected. how do you decide the real power that kim jong un has, and about those around him as well? >> well, it's very much, i think, the case of looking at the people close to him. we saw the end of last year the removal of jang song-thaek, an influential figure in the regime. there's been talk in the meeting in south korean might see the removal of the prime minister. if it were to happen, it will be an interesting sign. he is someone closely associated with economic reform. for kim jong un, only recently installed as leader, delivering the goods economically is important as a means of commenting his legitimacy in the eyes of his own people. the meeting is really one part of the theatre state that is north korea, an attempt to use public state and kept call. >> that is what

north korean forces shot more than 500 rockets and other munitions off the west coast of the peninsula as part of a live action military drill. about 100 shells fell on the south korean side of the disputed boundary known as the northern limit line. south korean forces responded by firing 300 rounds. south korea's defense ministry says officials at the u.n. command urged leaders in the north to stop their aggressive action. the u.n. command also proposed holding general level talks. it's unclear if the north replied. >>> officials in seoul say the shelling was a premeditated act aimed at provoking the south. last week, north korea also f e fired ballistic missiles into the sea of japan. the shelling prompted south korean government officials to hold an emergency meeting. they agreed to strengthen security, and to keep monitoring the situation. u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel says he is staying in close communication with the commander of the u.s. forces in south korea. >> the provocation that the north koreans have once again engaged in is dangerous, and it needs to stop. >> he said

now south korean defense ministry officials confirmed more activity around the site where the north koreans carried out three previous nuclear tests. the spokesperson for the state department says u.s. officials are monitoring the situation on the korean peninsula closely. >> we continue to urge north korea to refrain from actions that threaten regional peace and security, and to comply with its international obligations and commitments. >> psaki says u.s. officials are coordinating with their allies in south korea and japan. >>> u.s. researchers have been looking through satellite photos of the nuclear site. president obama is scheduled to visit seoul on friday. researchers say a test during his stay is possible. but unlikely, based on the limited images available. now researchers at johns hopkins university say the photos were taken over the last six weeks. they say the images show movement of boxes and what may be lumber near a tunnel. they say one shows a large vehicle traveling back and forth down a road leading to the tunnel. they say the images indicate the north koreans have begun n

region south korean defense ministry officials confirmed more activity around the site where the north koreans carried out three previous nuclear tests the spokesperson for the state department says us officials are monitoring the situation of the korean peninsula closely koreans refrain from actions that threaten regional peace and security and to comply with the entrenched opposition and one. jackie says us officials according to be with their allies in south korea and japan. us researchers have been looking through satellite photos of the nuclear sites. they say it is unlikely comes and will conduct a nuclear test lauper is to barack obama is on is in the region. he is scheduled to visit seoul on friday. researchers at johns hopkins university say the photos were taken over the last six weeks. the city images show movement of boxes and when baby number one picture displays large vehicle traveling back and forth down the road leading to the tunnel. they say the images indicate that north koreans have begun new operations but the analysts don't see the same level of activity this all the four

north korean media says kim jong hoon has been re elected to the country's top military post. the confirmation came during a session of the nation's legislative body the tissue and it's easy to have it better. i managed to get it. yet it in hindi and ended up with old sheets but then had enough the supreme people's assembly compiles the state budget finance loans and appoints members of the leadership. north korean media says the political bureau discussed a proposal to reese truffle the state leadership body. the plan is to be submitted during the parliamentary session western analysts are monitoring how come the abcs power structure me change and the king ordered the killing of a cycle council attack last december. history has been making provocations recently he has hinted it may conduct a new form of nuclear tests. late last month it launched ballistic missiles for the sea of japan. teams searching for the missing malaysian airline or have picked up more signals that could be from the plane's black boxes. man of the austrian an agency coordinating the international search

after his deputy resigned and three senior officials are accused of forging documents to prove a north koreana spy and the case against him acquitted but intelligence agency appealed the decision and we have more from the south korean capitol, seoul. >> this case is around a man who defected in south korea in 2004 and got a degree and became a civil servant working for the government and had access there by to thousands of north korean details and activity addresses and so on. national intelligence service accused him of being a spy for north korea but he was acquitted when the cyst recanted testimony against him. there was an an appeal by the prosecution and there were documents submitted from the chinese immigration service saying he travel to north korea on occasions since and the documents are forgeries created by national intelligence service agents and it has been a big scandal for the national intelligence service which has the boss apologizing in a public manner and one of his deputies resigning, all of this coming on top of the nis allegation of interference in the 2012, december 201