and those on vessels coming into the ports of japan for humanitarian purposes. >> suga said north korean officials have promised to form the committee within around three weeks. japanese leaders are repeatedly demanding north korea reinvestigate the abductions. they considered lifting some sanctions in phases if authorities in pyongyang showed a willingness to launch an effective probe. the north koreans have pushed for the lifting of sanctions related to travel and for the settlement of issues tied to japan's past colonial rule of the korean peninsula. >>> of course, we'll have updates for you on this story and more at the top of the hour. do join us then. thanks for watching. a7guc "france vingt-quatre >> welcome to the -- >> welcome to the "france vingt-quatre" newsroom. russia has signed a deal with catholics dan and belarus. belaruse.tan and edward snowden says he would like to return home. he said he worked as a spy for the cia overseas, something the u.s. government designs -- denies. and the search is suspended until more powerful goodman can be used in the search for flight

korean and u.s. officials have been pushing for years to make progress on a range of issues, including north korea's nuclear program. and they're cautious in their support. diplomats with the south korean foreign ministry released a statement. they say they understand the japanese government's position on the abduction issue from a humanitarian standpoint. still, they're wary about any negotiations involving north korea. the spokesperson for the u.s. state department said japanese officials notified their american counterparts about the agreement in advance. >> we continue to support japanese efforts to resolve the abductions issue in a transparent manner. >> psaki would not answer questions about japanese plans to ease sanctions. >>> the families of the abductees have fought for years to find out what happened. they're urging japanese government leaders to ensure the investigation will lead to their relatives' return. japanese and north korean leaders met in 2004 at a summit in pyongyang. the north koreans agreed to conduct an investigation into the fate of those who were kidnapped. but japanese off

state of the north korean economy. s one example, the north soldiers are smaller now than they were years ago likely due to malnutrition. at the same time the threat has become much more dangerous in terms of weapons of mass destruction particularly nuclear weapons and the deadly provocations. despite a number of efforts over the years, the u.s., korea, japan, china and russia, five to six of the six parties as well as the rest of the international community have been singularly unable to prevent the democratic people's republic of north korea from marching towards the nuclear weapons capability. we haven't seen it demonstrated yet that is a very cold comfort. as it is well known the alliance grew from the events of june in 1950. kim il sung invaded soviet support and the u.s. during extension of his efforts to other parts of the world felt obliged to counter this invasion. it became the first campaign of the cold war. over the decades the alliance has been successful to date in the touring the repeat of the invasion. t

the taepodong missile series at the north koreans have is a three stage missile and experts in our nations capital and in many of our unclassified reports in our nation's intelligence agencies etc. were saying that north korea simply was using to primitive materials and technology to successfully launch a three stage missile. guess what folks? on 12/12/12 december 12, 2012 the north koreans successfully launched a three stage missile and put a satellite into orbit. what does that mean? it means they can hit alaska or hawaii at least but not texas. he in addition to that they have the croissant 13 also called the kn eight under development. the reason i would like to express to you folks while this is so important is because this missile has the same types of ranges that the taepodong service has but it comes on a mobile launcher so instead of having to put it on a big pad and take it down on the train and fuel it they put it on a transporter launcher basically along tractor-trailer that lifts up like this and then they just fired the missile. what does that mean? it means warning time is d

well, if you're a north korean and you have to kill that guy, you've got to kill two guys. nd let me explain why. because if you're a corps commander, a division commander, a brigade commander in north korea, you don't have one guy looking over your shoulder, you have two. a guy from the general political bureau who's looking over your shoulder and is the same rank that you are, and he's reporting back to the party. you have another guy over your right shoulder who belongs to the military security command which is the military version of the state security department, and he reports directly for the national defense commission. you have three separate chains of command. how in the world could you have a coup with that going on from corps all the way down to battalion? very difficult. everybody in north korea's being watched, so i'd say it's unlikely. how about a palace coup? i mean, kim jong un only has about a hundred palaces literally in north korea which he inherited there his father. i'd say, again, that's unlikely. largely because, again, a dy nastic regime. what would

korean. >> right. because they don't consider it to be north korea. >> right. t's the ancestral home of all the korean people. >> right. and there's a story where kim jung-il asked a question of his advisers about what's the highest mountain in the world, and someone says mount everest? and he says, no, you're wrong, it's mount pektu, and the reason why is because height shouldn't be measured by actual height, but rather like the spiritual greatness. >> yeah. because mount pektu is the birthplace of the revolution, therefore, it's the highest mountain in the world. and it is absurd, but you have to imagine what it's like growing up in a country where this is what you're taught as your reality. and even if -- like, i met a refugee, and there's another story in "dear reader" which i talk about which they repeat ad nauseam where kim jung-il's in kindergarten, and his teacher's teaching him one plus one equals two, and he says, no, that's not correct. if i that a drop of water and i add another drop of water, i have a big drop of water, and if all the korean people

the other thing is we have to remember why the north koreans test. the important reason is they want a deterrent. yes, they want a deterrent against the united states and also against china. china and korea have been fighting for 600, 700 year. >> they are the only ally they have. >> the chinese keep north korea in business for china's interests, not north koreas. they figure if we get the chinese upset, it doesn't matter, because they'll give us aid, they'll continue to give us food and oil. so the nooe jps go out and do -- north koreans go out and do what they want because they know china won't punish them. what about the document showing shipa's preparations for a north korean collapse. >> i think the chinese had contingency plans going back to when you had the great famine in north korea, and refugees going across the boarder. whether the document is real, i don't know if that is true. the point is china is looking at this because they understand the problems that north korea has, and they could civil over into china. >> what about the timing of

. >>> japanese and north korean authorities have agreed to more high-level talks. representatives from both nations have wrapped up three days of meetings. they discussed several issues, including pyongyang's nuclear program and japanese citizens abducted by north korean agents. the talks followed up on a meeting they held in march in beijing. after wednesday's one-hour discussion, junichi ihara the head of the foreign ministry's oceanic affairs bureau says solving the abduction issue is a top priority. he asked north korean officials to refrain from provocative actions against the south. ihara also said any further nuclear and missile development should stop. he said song il ho the north korean envoy showed serious concern over a japanese court's approval for the sale of the headquarters of the general association of korean residents in japan. the building is in the process of being sold to a japanese firm at auction. the north korean envoy didn't rule out future talks on the abduction issue. >>> european union leaders say they'll rethink their policies after the

that was of north korean design. north korea has a habit of dealing with not only rogue regimes but with rogue nonstate elements. and the fact that they have a proven record of selling anything they can sell in order to get money ought to be of a concern but every time korea does a nuclear test, he used to be every figures, now they have broken that pattern. we make protestations of that getting serious on counter proliferation and somehow it just drifts away again. one of these days we will make up and find more than one new member of the nuclear club, and that would be something i think that if we really, if we found we were we could really clamp down on both seaboard and overland proliferation of nuclear material and designs, that would be one way where we could defeat their strategy. but i wouldn't look for that anytime soon. >> any questions? go to the line, please. >> thank you, general, for clarifying a lot of issues in the complex relationship of apartheid arrangemearrangeme nt. i would like to make first clea

universe and that if north korea having nuclear weapons for example i can or trendy wore off fifty nuclear weapons it could be a good sweat to not be a boon to this sort of korean peninsula to the north it is to asia if we persuade china to do the part of things to stop the north koreans so blessed and actions. i think they could to be yes and that they could do more than the us posada brussels potential response to a fourth nuclear test. is there any more room for us to impose sanctions this problem when he climbs into this weekend was lots of the contentions. i don't think that no work. the youth so i think that we need to conceal it. the new two distinctions of example we need to. all contain the north korean ships some type of ships out of the two vehicles site so we dollars kind of love. we don't know he prepared for all of aunt difficulties so we cannot make north korea to follow our own facts. all right well thank you so much for your insight and comments tonight yes. now for our troubled world the second and then lets go of apollo at tag any center for the latest expansion on me. there was her with ukraine called the international monetary fund has appr

i was with you third i don't think we should make a response on a visa be north korean threat contingent on chinese wishes or attitudes. it's a mystery to me why neither we nor the south koreans who have a very important relationship with china, why neither of us can get the of the right more things and stop doing some of the wrong things for the northern regime. chinese statements, public statements and what we know about chinese attitudes suggest they are fed up with the north korean regime. while they might talk about the possibility of a more moderate approach, that is not what they are seeing. intohat does not translate stronger chinese pressure, given haveeverage they over north korea, why doesn't translate into having more impact on north korean behavior, whether it's nuclear testing or a variety of other belligerent activities, i don't fully understand. china watchers say, well, it's because they treat the north korean regime with kid gloves your full that if they push it too hard, they might create even greater instability in the regime and on the peninsula in . i'm not convince

in dally conversation differed from north koreans. professionals, 66%. differences were deepened. >> in count seoul they celebrate a hero, the copying who was responsible for the creation of the korean alphabet, spreading communication across the peninsula, he was not to know his country men were divided by a border, and increasingly by diverging language. >>> an international cliff diving competition has been held in cuba for the first time. and a british diver won. he beat a mexican diver who won last year's competition in australia. 14 divers from seven different companies jumped from a 27 metre platform, and is the first to be held in brazil. they are the top stories on the week site. past is not dead, it isn't even past. northern ireland still lives in 30 years of deadly strife, known as the troubles. recorded reminiscence of the bad old days become the subject of a legal battle and it's the inside story. hello, i am ray swarez.

they say the south warship fired at chinese boats and a north korean vessel. they vow to relentlessly punish south koreans including president park geun-hye. >>> japan's chief cabinet secretary said north korea should refrain from any actions that could increase regional tensions. officials are scheduled to meet in sweden on monday. >>> now, news production at south korea's public broadcaster has been disrupted because of a strike by journalists. hundreds of tv and radio news producers at korean broadcasting system walked off the job to demand that their president resign for allegedly interfering in news reporting. a bureau chief was recently removed from his post for remarks he made about last month's ferry disaster. he came under criticism from the victims' families. the bureau chief and denounced kbs president for editorial interference. he said he repeatedly pressed him for news favorable for the administration of park. as a result of the boycott, most of the broadcasters's news programs have been shortened or canceled. the kbs board will meet early next w

earlier this week, three north korean patrol boats same south of the line, and they were forced back. north korea said it was simply policing illegal fishing else haves in the area, and warned it would target the ships as a result of that. south koreans have contacted north korea by the military hot line saying they will hold them responsible for any further action. >>> still to come here on the program . . . 13 ukraine soldiers are killed. also drawn from life, we get a child's eye view of poverty in spain. a a only on al jazeera america ♪ ♪ >> hello again, a reminder of our top stories. thai soldiers have moved quickly to enforce a nationwide curfew. this is the unusually quiet scene in downtown bangkok. the heads of thailand's army has taken control of the country after six months of political dead lock. >>> russia and china have vetoed a french lead attempt to refer both sides in the syria war to the international criminal court. >>> and residents in a south korean island have vak wait their homes after north korea fired missiles into the island. >>> and we're getting news in from

korean boats. warning shots were fired. northea says it was policing illegal chinese fishing vessels in the area. south koreans have contacted north korea saying they will hold north korea responsible for any further such action and warned that will retall if attacked. >>> a city in china, where several deadly attacks have taken place in recent weeks. now in the past an ethnic group called the weeingers have been suspected of attacks in china. j.j. green joins us now live from washington. j.j. let's begin with the basic we, who are the weeingers? >> the weeingers? are a group of people. there are about 11 million of them in the world and 10 million live in china in this region, and the others are spread out there turkey, kazakhstan, and some other places, and most of them are muslims. and that is a part of the reason why they are having these problems with the chinese government, over their ethnicity. >> this unrest has been going on for years. >> yeah, in fact, the problem for the -- the weegers is they believe they are the orig

the incident comes two days after north korean ships crossed that line, prompting south korea to fire warning shots. more now. >> the south korean military says two north korean artillery shells fell within hundred 50 meters of the patrol boats. of the northern limit lime, that separates northern and southern waters, north korea does not recognize. the south korean cans said it appears to have been land bailed artillery, the island which was attacked by north korean artillery in 2010, with the loss of four lives. south korean officials say they ordered the evacuations of locals to bomb shelters, they ordered shipping back into pouter, and they fired back from this vessel five warning shots landing within the same kind of range of the north korean patrol boat, just north of the northern line. now, this is interesting because earlier there week, three north korean patrol boats came south, of that maritime border, they were forced back by south korean boats warning shots were fired, north korea says that it was simply policing illegal chinese fishing vessels and that iten wayed south kor

>> the north koreans know the chinese keep north korea in business. north koreans figure out if we just get the chinese upset, it doesn't matter because they will give us aid and more food and oil. so the north koreans do what at the present time to do because they know china won't punish them. what about this document? do you think it's legitimate? >> i think the chinese have had contingency plans for this at least going back to the middle of the 1990s when you had the great famine in north korea and you did have refugees going across the border into china. were this is real or not, i don't know if that is true but the point is, china is looking at this because they understand all of the problems north korea has. >> what about the timing of this leak? is that significant, given we are looking at this fourth nuclear test? >> that's probably something along the lines of where i would be thinking largely because the chinese want to slow the north koreans down, create some second thoughts in their minds and one of the ways to do is to leak through the ja

differed from north koreans. for words used by professionals, it was 66%. differences had become deeper for professional terminologyie. >> in downtown seoul they celebrate a hero. responsible for the creation of the korean alphabet. he was not to know 600 years later his country men would be divided by a border and by a diverging language. >> you can keep up to date with the our news the eastern regions holding the vote is the story. >> in 2009 peace came to sri lanka after 26 years of civil war. >> government troops had crushed the tamil tigers - a guerrilla force which had waged a brutal insurgency seeking self-rule for the tamils c a minority making up about 12 percent of sri lanka's population mainly living here in the north.

this is interesting because earlier this week, three north korean patrol boats came stoudt of that maritimeorder, they were forced back, warning shots were fired. north korea saying it was policing illegal vessels in the area, and that it warned south korea on wednesday that it would with target south korean ships as a result of that. they called off conference in south korea. they scheduled that next month, the spokes woman says he is able to make a full recovery, and we hope so. putting limits on the sna, to spy on americans but some wonder if it goes far enough. plus, prejudice and bigoted billionaire mike cure ban's personal admission as he weighed in on the donald sterling racism controversy. are jumping ship.tes they they say it is a watered down version, libby casey reports. >> the biggest change to government surveillance that the house bill would make is that it takes out of the hands of the nsa american's phone call records. that information about who you called and when you called them would no longer be kept, instead it would be in thend has of phone companies for 18 months. two

leaked document reveals the chinese army dealt up with a possible collapse of the north korean government, including proposals to create refugee camps. the documents relate to japanese media. a professor of korean studies joins us live from seoul. thank you for being was. it seems like an interesting report. a real rare insight into the thinking of beijing towards its allies in pyongyang. firstly, the strong possibility that the regime may not survive. >> well, i would say it's vt. it has been done by the chinese, contingency planning has been done for a long time. it's the case when some information is leaked. there have been cases when chinese sort of deliberately leaked other areas of its contingency planning, and when i talk to the chinese they don't make a secret of the plans. >> how much do you think the plans tie in with contingency plans that south korea, the u.s. and other neighbours in north korea must be making? >> i believe there is little if any. at least all major parties worry about other parties almost as much as they worry about north korea's ability. if there is a crisis

also in 2009, the north korean foreign minister spoke on the enrichment program. the uranium enrichment facilities in november 2010 say that north korea is pursuing a highly enriched uranium program. north korea showed significant activity related to the nuclear development and we continue to detect a nuclear reactor at the facilities since august of last year and we also invested that they are continuing there is uranium enrichment activities as well. in a nuclear test sites to conduct any time. if not, they determined that there is a political need for the nuclear test they are retained to conduct one. if they conduct the fourth nuclear test or attempt to try something different from the previous three tests first of all they would try to show up there diversity of nuclear weapons by utilizing a highly enriched uranium to hold the nuclear test. in particular considering the fact that they possess only for the programs of plutonium north korea is in a dire need. north korea has 26 tons of uranium deposits in 4 million tons are rated. in the bomb testing there is a

allies, but progress in this area would only increase our confidence in the face of persistent north korean provocation. during last year's provocation cycle, it appeared that north korea might conduct a test of a regional capable ballistic missile that could potentially reach u.s. soil and guam. in response, many of you are aware, the u.s. army did a magnificent job of rapidly deploying a battery to the island. there it remains, readily deployable if necessary if somewhere else in the world but in the meantime defending u.s. soil from potential threats. with the unpredictability of the north korean regime, we may find ourselves doing more of this sort of thing in the future elsewhere in the region. and in europe, our commitment to nato missile defense remains ironclad as secretary hagel has said, as dems are by our strong support for missile defense capabilities either already deployed or being developed for the european phase-adaptive approach. our contribution to nato missile defense. here i'd like to lay to rest the persistent misconception that in shifting away from the original progra

says it appears to have been land based artillery, the island which was attacked by north koreanrtillery in 2010, with the loss of four lives. south korean officials say they ordered the evacuations of locals to bomb shelters, they odderred shipping back into port, and they fired baaing from the vessel five warning shots landing within the same kind of range. now this is interesting because earlier this week three north korean patrol boats came south of they were forced back, warning shots were filed. it was simplylessing illegal chinese fishing vessels in the area, and that it warned south korea on wednesday, that it would target south korean ships as a result of that. south koreans have contacted north korea, they say by the military hotline, saying they will heed north korea responsible, they have already warned them they will retaliate if attacked. >> the u.s. says the u.n. approved sanction today against the radical group. this comes as protestors took to is streets of nigeria's capitol. that protest took place as people in the central city mourned those killed in tuesday's

a border that north korea does not recognize. the south koreansars to be lands-based artillery fired near the islands. the island this was attacked by by north caree korean military y 2010 which resulted in the logs of four lives, they ordered evacuations, shipping back in to port and that they fired back from this vessel five warning shots landing within the same kind of range of the north korean patrol boat just north of the northern limit line. this is interesting because earlier this week three north korean patrol boats came south maritime border and forced back by south korean boats, warning shots were fired. north korea says it was simply policing illegal chinese fishing vessels in the area and it warned south korea is wednesday that it would target south korean ships as a result of that. south koreans have contacted north korea they say by the military hot line saying this they will hold north korea responsible for any further such action. the they have already warned them that they will retaliate mercilessly if attack. >>> still to come on

firstly, what do you make of these public apologies by north korean authorities. why is this reported on by state media, when it doesn't usually report anything of the sort, anything so negative. >> spread. firstly, let's take it on face value that there's an an accident, a building collapse of a 20-odd story building in pyongyang. one of north korea's - the only real affluent city, a desirable place to live. after all, in represent weeks, there has been a number of high profile accidents, not least in south korea, with the capsizing of the ferry, if, indeed, there was an accident. then perhaps the north is sending us a message, as well as its own people, and there we have to break down with a little more analysis, because in terms of a message to its open people, if it is admitting a flaw in its public infrastructure to its own affluent, powerful elite base in the city of pyongyang, perhaps it's aiming to bedray the leader kim jong un -- betray its leader kim jong un as a caring leader. reports saying that he stayed up through the night and was deeply upset after

so the koreans did fire on the north koreans boats when they were coming into south korean war.ot and you had this return by the north koreans. the fact of the matter is the north koreans are probably heading toward some kind of attention, they have been talking about a fourth nuclear test, the last was in 20 o 2014. they don't want that to take place. bill: how does this affect the posture? >> certainly i don't believe they can put on an alert as a result of this. that have to be some movements made by north korea made before south korean military forces come up on high alert. north korea has a very large army, they have army, maybe air force twice the size of south koreans, but the fact is the south koreans have the united states. that is a relatively small number. truth of the matter is they represent the entire united states military committed to south korea. bill: i want to show you the map. that is the current border between the north and south. you can see how many islands bring th the west coast. where does this go? >> what is happening is the north koreans do not recogn

certainly a north korean ship firing into waters near a south korean warship.much all we know. we will have more if there is more. >>> let's go to breaking news. military coup in thailand. we have our agent here in the studio with me. it's undoubtedly a coup. army says it's taking control of the government. are you surprised? >> not really. when the army imposed martial law two days ago it said it was doing it to secure the region so the rivals could come together in peace without worrying about demonstrators and come to a compromise so the country could return to normal rule. they haven't been able to come to conclusion. there's been turmoil, unrest throughout the period. it's unlikely in such a short period of time they were going to compromise and resolve differences. not many people would be surprised the army said after a couple of meetings between the organizations, the army said enough is enough. we're taking control of the government. >> do you think the army is going to be able to suppress the anger of the progovernment demonstrators out in the streets

he also called on the north korean regime to stop a systematic and widespread human rights by leasing which include forced labor. north korea immediately dismissed substantial portions of the report rejected a deal to me of the recommendations hours break. they reject the recommendations include closing down any political treason and eradicating state sponsored discrimination based on the political background of family and co operating with the international criminal court. north korea's u n ambassadors cars that can affect the recommendations came out of the monastic communities misunderstanding and prejudice this against the regime to her two remaining one hundred and eighty five recommendations korea said it will review and edit and respond before the council's regular session scheduled for september during which time the floor for a little cuddly the council is the new burst of periodic review is held to a two week period. the wait times a year. join each fish in fourteen countries undergoing review. counting and took the opportunity to back out at the united states the north's st

have killed hundreds of people. >> north korean official met with the families of the victim on saturdayexpressed regret and said construction of the building was not done properly. >> the south korean ferry disaster led to the end of the country's coast guard. sultry as president with and she apologized. >> she says the ability to respond was her responsibility. >> it is too focused on investigating reflecting search and rescue. the coast guard's duties will now go to the police. >> authorities in tokyo arrested four people in connection with last week's call mine explosion. kill 301-last tuesday. the close of the explosion is under investigation. the chargers were not announced. 25 others were detained and questioned. local authorities have banned protest after croats claimed the government. when people show up in brazil for the 2016 olympics they will encounter a sewage filled day. officials say they cannot keep that promise. they're pleading for more money and labor to fix the pollution problem. several have voiced concerns. the singer has done. >> >> he shot to the top of the charts

north and south today? however away are we from the relative golden days of the sunshine policy? >> we're a very long way away from that basically, the previous south koreanpunishment, the first after the sunshine policy was quite hard line and the north responded in kind. the current president had actually visited north korea, met the late father of the present leader, kim jong-il. she wanted trust politic which for various reasons hasn't worked. the north is calling her names that i'm not going to repeat on a family radio station and in offering various things which they shot back in her face, it couldn't be worse at the moment. >> always good to talk to you. thank you very much indeed. >> at least 11 government soldiers have died in ukraine after pro russia separatists attacked an army check point. thirty others were injured when government opened fire in the eastern village. ukraine is due to hold presidential elections in three days. meanwhile, local volunteers are forming military units that they call battalions in the eastern part of the country. we report now from the town. >> it's by the side of the road that they make final adjustments before st

>> it's a reflection of the fact that even north korean authorities understand that they cannot keep of iron grip on their people the way that they did, you know, 20, 30, 40 years ago. >> reporter: north korea going so far as to release this photo monday of leader kim jong-un visiting hospital with his wife. cnn cannot independently verify the authenticity of the image. north korea has acknowledged disasters before, including floods that killed scores in 2012, and a 2004 railroad explosion that killed hundreds. but this time, the regime took responsibility. analysts say perhaps hoping to draw contrast to what it says is south korea's avoidance of responsibility for the recent ferry disaster that killed nearly 300 people. now, don't look for north korea to change its tune any time soon in favor of more openness. in fact, analysts say the regime kim jong-un is still quite repaired to do away, to kill any of those in opposition to him to preserve himself in power. wolf? >> that's a very mysterious place, indeed. all right. barbara starr reporting for us. thanks very much. >>> finally, i

now is it a danger to life to be an ex-girlfriend of the north korean leader while some media outlets claim it is reporting that a local singer former love interest of came drunk has been executed because of the jealousy of kim's wife but the woman has suddenly reappeared on state t.v. evidence that not all stories about north korea based on facts western and south korean media like to demonize the country stories about executions are extremely popular journalist described flame throwers bombs and even hungry dogs being used by the authorities to kill the convicted constant military exercises also part of north korea's image including large parades and displays of all types of missiles the media portrays a population so starving that humans are forced to eat fellow humans at last the reports tell every north korean citizen must obey fashion policy and have the same haircuts as the leader of the country here on late from not from korean community development says the media choose sensations without evidence while telling about north korea. it's incredible how even the most well respect

north korea firing shots at a south korean patrol ship after a northern country an ship crossed the line on tuesday, prompting south korea to shire shots. >> south korea says that two shells fell within 150 meters of its patrol boat, 10 kilometers south of the line that separates northern and southern waters. a border that north korea does not recognize. it appeared to be land based artillery. the island, which was attacked by north korean artillery in 2010, the south koreas ordered evacuations of locals on the island from a bomb shelters, and they fired back from the vessel, warning shots, landing in the same range of the northern korean boat north of the limit line. earlier this week, three of the boats came south of that maritime border, south of the boats, and warning shots were fired. north korea said that it was simply policing illegal chinese fishing boats in the area, and it warned that it would target south korea ships because of that. they warned north korea by the military hotline, saying that they will hold north korea responsible for any such action, and they have warned the

now is it a danger to life to be an ex-girlfriend of the north korean leader while some media outlets claim it is reporting that a local singer a former love interest of kim jong un has been executed because of the jealousy of kim's wife but the woman has suddenly reappeared on state t.v. evidence the not all stories about north korea are based on facts now western and south korean media have a tendency to demonize the country despite a lack of hard facts stories about executions are popular with journalists describing flame throwers bombs and even hungry dogs being used constant military exercises are also part of the image presented over north korea including large parades and displays of all types of missiles the populations portrayed as so starved that humans are forced to eat fellow humans on reports also claim that every citizen must obey strict fashion policies men have the same haircuts as the leadership or purely from a new york based group for career and community development says the media prefers sensation rather than fact when it comes to the country. getting ready for ev

personal attack on president obama having his state media publish a rant laced with racial slurs from north koreanferring to the president as a monkey, and calling for "divine punishment to the juvenile dliv consequent obama." the obama administration was not amused. >> the leader of north korea should focus more on improving the lives of his own people than in saying these kind of ridiculous things. >> reporter: recent satellite images indicate increased activity at north korea's main nuclear site and seoul says the tunnel is being sealed. a final step before detonation. a former member in the inner circle of kim's father, kim jong-il, told kreefty ahn amanpour, the son is acting out to consolidate his own power. >> but he has no one inside north korea. he did not build up his power to get where he was. he received it symbolically. >> reporter: south korea is so worried about ongoing military threats from the north that the country's vice defense minister said this week that president obama and president park agreed during this recent summit to shelf the transfer of control of troops on the korea

. >> it is extremely difficult to get reliable information about the north korean regime.ry's iron-fisted leader has only met face to face with one person, former nba star dennis rodman. now the basketball player is raising some questions about the reported execution of the dictator's uncle. brian todd has the details. >>> this was really different -- >> reporter: far from being contrite, dennis rodman still glowing about the trip he made to north korea in january and the basketball exhibition he sta staged for kim jong-un's birthday. he was impressed with what he saw that night. >> i was amazed just to see the people crying. i mean, literally crying. >> reporter: some of the interview was videotaped, but in the more substantive portion, rodman wanted just the audio recorded. he said that king jong un's uncle was still alive when he was there. >> reporter: the interviews were skeptical, asking again if the uncle was alive. this despite report from north korea's own government news agency the previous month that kim had had his uncle executed for treason. other rodman revel

. >> we all should be used to outrageous north korean rhetoric, and the young new leader has taken powerthat rhetoric has gotten more intense, but this is a different category. he has said terrible things about the south korean president and others but this is the first time talking about president obama and in racial terms, that is new. when asked about the comments the market security council said while the north korean government controlled the media are distinguished by their histrionics these comments are particularly ugly and disrespectful. walsh says don't expect any retribution from the white house. >> i do think having spoke ton the officials in the white house, this will add to their sense that this is a person that they doubt they can do business with. they -- i think they are cob fused, and frustrated by kim john-un and this won't help. >> and just sign add new corp. ration agreement with nigeria. you may remember it was earlier this year, when north korea welcome add team of former nba players, most of the players are african-american, but of course, being a basketball fan,

the north koreans were terrified. unfortunately we surrender that leverage trying to get a diplomatic eel with north korea on the nuclear file. the genie is out of the bottle. host: from "the economist," what what america fight for? the narrative, carla anne robbins, we let syria crossed the red line and the echo chamber is that the u.s. is weak on these issues. guest: that is always the criticism, the u.s. and decline, that is a favorite political argument. i have always been fascinated, every time i go to london, every academic working on american studies says this is the end of the american era. this is premature. i do think syria is a horror, it is not as if the europeans have stepped up on syria either. there is no substitute for leadership. iran, i cannot guarantee the iranians are going to cut a deal, but around is a pretty effective argument for both american leadership and for the efficacy of sanctions. i do not think rouhani would have won if there were not so much pressure on the iranian economy. there is co

the north korean daily blog oceana said thursday that pops and issues only story the potential for war. it also says south korean government was pulling the nation with a diabolical idea. meanwhile the us confirmed wednesday that secretary steve john kerry met with bumps every china's inter national director of the communist party. long considered a team that's in between china's commies party and north korea's workers' party is believed to have discussed a possible resumption of the six party talks on north korea's the new car is ancient the sun. i didn't use. your gateway to the day's biggest stories in korea and around the world. breaking it all on the hottest interview and a whole lot more. join aidan sean ryan and jenny from the heart of seoul begins and i knew last week nights on and on tv. business is korea's foreign currency reserves rose to an all time high last month the bank of korea said thursday that the country was holding three hundred and fifty five point eight billion dollars of foreign currency. as of the end of april up the one and half billion dollars from the previ

month, and maybe they are trying to provoke unrest by the comparison of the caring, quick acting north korean leadership. it's difficult to say with the north. you can never be certain. maybe there is a dual message, we can't ignore the latter. >> the libyan army imposed a no-fly zone, following violence from forces led as the retired army fighters. up to 79 were killed. libya's government accused the fighters loyal to the germ of carrying -- general of carrying out a coup. >> iran's foreign minister said a nuclear deal with world powers is popular, after a fourth round of talks ended in geneva on friday. world leaders want nuclear ambitions scaled back. a deadline has been set since late july. if it agrees to halt, it can be the result of some economic sanctions. >> 25 have been killed in the ball cans after the worst flooding in history. record rain caused rivers to burst their bangs in bosnia and herzegovina. tens of thousands have been forced from their homes. peter sharp has the latest. >> reporter: three months of rain in less than three days. the worst floods since records began 120 ye

think where people differ on this and where jim has just articulated is there is a sense that the north korean threat was emerging perhaps faster than some thought, perhaps it was becoming more serious than some people thought. and so i think senior decision makers did not have the luxury to say let's look at this as how can we get the best system by 2025? let's not deploy ce 2. let's go with an ekc design. because they wanted something in the field more substantial in the field by 2017. if you take that threat, the uncertainties, and the fact that as a senior decision maker you have responsibility for making these decisions then i think the decision that was made is perfectly reasonable. >> take a couple questions at once. this gentleman in the middle. we'll collect two and then turn to the panelists. >> mike from the iiss. i guess a simple question. what is the pacing technology for the evolution of more reliable effective missile defense? is it sensor technology? kill vehicle, boost capability, computing power? just like to get some thoughts on that. >> let's got to gentleman on the blue ri

on state-run media today, north korean officials apologized for what tay call a serious accident and said the building was not constructed properly. north korea rarely calls attention to its internal problems. >>> at least 13 people have died in flooding across bosnia. nonstop rain fall pushed water levels to the highest in recorded -- in the last -- ever recorded for the former yugoslavia. officials say parts of the country got two months worth if two days and pushed rivers way out of the banks. it's bad, too, in neighboring serbia. more than 24,000 people had to be evacuated out of the flooded areas. red cross officials say many people are refusing to leave their homes. the water is chest deep in some places. >>> it was ten years ago, a historic moment for gay and lesbian couples. years after fighting for the right to legally wed, one consolidate became the first to allow same-sex marriage. that's ahead. >>> but first -- an opera sing we are a soaring career with a metropolitan opera in new york. then a stroke nearly up ended his career. dr. sanjay gupta has the story about how the

having his state media public a rant laced with racial slurs from north korean citizens, referring tot as a monkey and calling for, quote, divine punishment to the juvenile delinquent obama. the obama administration was not amused. >> the leader of north korea should focus more on approving the lives of his own people than in saying these kind of ridiculous things. >> reporter: recent satellite images indicate increased activity at north korea's main nuclear site. seoul says the tunnel is being sealed. a final step before detonation. a former member in the inner circle of kim's father, kim jong-lir jong-ill told cnn the son keeps acting out in order to consolidate his own power. >> translator: but he has no one inside north korea. he did not build up his power to get what he was. he received it symbolically. >> and wolf, south korea is so rattled by these threats, ongoing military threats from the north that the vice defense minister told reporters this week that plans from the u.s. to transfer control of troops on the korean peninsula to south korea are on hold indefinitely, wolf. >>

not earningr those the average north korean wage. >> a dispute between china and vietnam. . >> hello, everybody. i am rishaad salamat. we are live in hong kong. this is "on the move." clashing over territory, resources and national pride. the annulment china square off at sea. modi says he is on a divine mission as he begins to form india's new government. how to lose supporters and alienate people. tony abbott taking a hit after last week's budget cuts. let's have a look at this deepening maritime row between china and vietnam. beijing evacuated thousands of citizens following violent protests. foreign businesses were sacked and to chinese people died. companies from taiwan and korea were also affected. there have also been clashes at sea. happened.out what signs this could be resolved peacefully? about 12 hours by boat just to get out to the area of the oil rig. once you are there, the horizon is dotted with ships left and right. i was out there for three days and here is some of what happened at sea. shipsnese and vietnamese have been locked in a tense cat and mouse chase about 140

north korean government officials have denied any involvement saying it is all a fabrication by their counterparts in seoul analysts say the noise is likely to further denounced the investigation findings. i knew officials at a common japanese research center have given their final word. they concluded a pint if they didn't fabricate and manipulate images in her research and they will reopen the investigation lead author of the paper article or book accept claims that she hasn't played to three thousand can develop into any type of tissue that bears of the in house had elijah has a beak and research isn't it. they had rejected appeals by opel cars out in january she published a paper in the science journal nature ultimately we don't need to reopen our investigation of this fabrication case mozilla night. i mentioned watanabe said the man is examined her objections it one by one agency is evidence that were different from theirs in experiments described in the paper bubble pack they claimed it was a simple mistake. i think the officials that she intentionally used altered images and ba

the north koreans were terrified. unfortunately we surrender that leverage trying to get a diplomatic eel with north korea on the nuclear file. the genie is out of the bottle. host: from "the economist," what what america fight for? the narrative, carla anne robbins, we let syria crossed the red line and the echo chamber is that the u.s. is weak on these issues. guest: that is always the criticism, the u.s. and decline, that is a favorite political argument. i have always been fascinated every time i go to london, every academic working on american studies says this is the end of the american era. this is premature. i do think syria is a horror, it is not as if the europeans have stepped up on syria either. there is no substitute for leadership. iran i cannot guarantee the iranians are going to cut a deal, but around is a pretty effective argument for both american leadership and for the efficacy of sanctions. i do not think rouhani would have won if there were not so much pressure on the iranian economy. there is conc