. 50 are clearly run by a very unhappy north koreans.— north koreans.there something that people want _ north koreans. so is there something that people want to _ north koreans. so is there something that people want to do _ north koreans. so is there something that people want to do if— north koreans. so is there something that people want to do if they - north koreans. so is there something that people want to do if they are - that people want to do if they are in north korea, do they want to leave, how are they selected? amazingly, lots of north koreans we have heard through defect actually want to go overseas. they see it as a way of perhaps making a little bit more money than they might do inside north korea. they have to apply for such programmes and they are tested on their political loyalty. what is really key is they leave their family members behind in north korea. their husbands or wives, their children, they have to surrender their passports once they arrive in the location where they are going to be working and they really live and work on

they divided north koreans into 51 different classes. we have a caste system based what your ancestors did. so basically right now the same resembles the i sing america is how america is being divided by your skin color. they call my son who is privileged because his dad is half white. i mean, he's white, so my son's halfway white. and in america we have a hierarchy of victims, right it's like if your skin color is this, you identify as this, there's more victims and how much you privileged in those careers that like if your grandfather, a landowner, you are in a lower socio class, if grandfather was a communist you're in a higher social class. so nothing you can do, can change your class like you in america, you cannot change your skin color in those who cannot change your ancestors and is so heartbreaking that the same tactic that north korean regime used to divide is being used in. america like, people being punished for something they have not done while like being a white is not crime like you didn't choose to be white when you were

the north korean intelligence bureau is believe to use hacker group specifically for cyber attacks like crypto hex, according to a recent you and report us officials avoid that. north korea will found its nuclear weapons program with stolen money. hacking the unhappy about crypto currencies themselves are almost impossible to hack. that's because they're stored on the block chain which uses advance verification and encryption processes. so heck of target transactions and platforms means that these are the most common methods rigid tax. this happens when you are transferring crypto from one block chain to another. like turning bitcoin into a syrian protocol is called ridge, is created and vulnerable to hacking don attacks. if you're using software to store crypt on your smartphone or computer echos can use malware to steal from your wallet. change, hacks, crypto exchange bad forms hold huge amounts of crypt currency on behalf of their users. where exchanges i hacked your coins can be stolen. how to protect your crypto? there is one simple rule. you should not handle the crypt wallen, any

i personally wrote prior to them as south koreans or north koreans. we korean-american say karine crean -- korean korean. host: you mentioned your parents came to the net essays. but they were turned? tell us why they made that decision. guest: for korean americans like me to see the two flags was moving. i sunk along with the both anthems. i grew up as a american born in minnesota. i went to preschool on saturdays. i had to sink the korean anthem as well. i know it just as well as the star-spangled banner. my parents came here as students many years ago. after 30 years in the united states as american citizens, when back to work in south korea. i think this is an interesting point because of this occasion, 70 years later reminds me how intertwined our lives are as korean-american's, south koreans, americans because of that history, the korean war history. i did write an essay a couple of years ago when the anniversary of the outbreak of the war of what the day was like for my family, my parents when the war broke out and what it meant for us to have t

i think the north koreans clearly, and this is traditionally the case, use those joint drills which areoreans believe is their right to defend against provocation, they use that as an opportunity to test their own weapons. he an opportunity to test their own weapons. an opportunity to test their own wea ons. .. ., ., own weapons. he came out with a checklist of _ own weapons. he came out with a checklist of things _ own weapons. he came out with a checklist of things he _ own weapons. he came out with a checklist of things he wants - own weapons. he came out with a checklist of things he wants to - checklist of things he wants to accomplish and he has been checking that list off one by one. ., checking that list off one by one. . ., , checking that list off one by one. ., ., , ., one. part of it is that kim jong-un _ one. part of it is that kim jong-un has _ one. part of it is that kim jong-un has a _ one. part of it is that kim jong-un has a mission i one. part of it is that kim jong-un has a mission to| one. part of it is that kim - jong-un has a mission to make jong—un has a mission

the tension is being driven by these north korean provocations. so let me ask you the question there, that greg alluding to then have us calculations risk calculations in particular, had a potentially changed. now that we're seeing increased north korean capabilities, a hit 50 isn't in the continental united states. i think any good military strategist would say that things have definitely changed over the last few years. the military 1st policy in north korea has seen a number of successes over the past couple of years, including a cruise missile technology tests of summer in the launch based missiles and recently solid fuel rocket launch. so they're moving ahead and they're evolving and the united states is going to have to evolve with it. so is south korea? i would like to piggyback on what was just sent. however, and saying that although south korea may not get in a digital nuclear capability and they don't have the will for the united states right now, currently enjoys an approval rating of about 90 percent here. and south korea and china has

and japan trilateral security cooperation to counter increasing north korean nuclear threat. my government will respond firmly to provocations while at the same time we will keep the door open for dialogue for north korea's denuclearization. last year i had a initiative that will significantly improve north korea's economy and livelihood. all pyongyang has to do is stop its nuclear program and begin a substantive denuclearization process. i once again urge north korea to seize its provocations and take the right path. korea, with the u.s., will continue to work for north korea's denuclearization. north korea's obsession with nuclear weapons and missiles is throwing its population into a severe economic crisis and human rights abuses. we must raise global awareness of dire human rights situation in north korea. we must not shy away from our duty to promote freedom for north koreans. last month, my government published a report on north korean human rights. we released to the public for the first time. the report documents a wide range of abuses in north korea. it is based on te

and her current book project is a north korean narratives and believe kathy is an interviews with north korean diaspora. next to her in the center is jung pak who is deputy assistant secretary for multilateral affairs and deputy special representative for the democratic people's republic of korea.a. of course prior to being a state she was a dear colleague of ours here at brookings and during her time she wrote what a a thinks probably one of our best sellers, becoming kim jong-un. before that the member very well the essay that you wrote that became really everybody was paying attention because insights were really extraordinary. b and, of course, she has distinct grid intelligence community boat at the cia and that's national intelligence council. and next to me his current holder of the chair and is also professor at catholic university. andrew the way i would describe it in addition being what difficulty is in such a broad range of interests. just tell you about some of the issues he has been working on recently. for example, a recent book on this date in markets in north korea. he'

there were in the past some north korean doctors who went to work in african countries.ly into the north korean government coffers. those workers would then be given a just a pittance, a fraction of what they were making overseas. this was a way for pyongyang to make hard currency by sending its workers overseas. in 2017, some un countries tries to put a stop to this. the un put out a call, and many countries did hear that call —— heed that call. they sent the workers back to north korea, howeverthere sent the workers back to north korea, however there are two main countries that have not done that, we think russia, there might be anything between 20000 and 100,000 north korean workers still working in russia. we also believe there are still thousands of north korean workers are still working in china. soon we are, stay with me, that is interesting but i want to get your thoughts on that story we have been covering over the last 2a hours, that state visit by the french leader to china, french president emmanuel macron has been taking part in some of the final engagements

one that is designed to strike us here in washington dc and also, designed for north koreans to launch quickly and without much notice. this visit is coming on the heels of an unprecedented campaign by north korea to test his arsenal, expand its arsenal. for all those reasons as well as the gao -- political issues when it comes to china, ukraine, semiconductors, global supply chain, all these issues come at an opportune time for the united states and south korea. to both honor their relationship and also show how it is involved. host: does this visit do anything to harm north korea? does it have impact on u.s. efforts to try to get north korea to not keep testing these weapons or potentially attack south korea or the united states? guest: i do think there will be criticism from progressive quarters in south korea because we are under the previous president with the much more engagement, focus on let's try to find a way to talk to north korea and the same with the previous president in united states held several summers with the north korean leader. however, i think the focus with this

resolution unanimously approved in 2017, member states had until december 2019 to send back all north koreanse continuing to fund unlawful programmes in north korea, which support the production of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. earlier i spoke to our asia pacific regional editor, celia hatton, who began by explaining why some people describe this as "state sponsored slavery." they call it that because north korean workers are sent overseas to countries often with very little choice about where they are going to go and what they are going to do for. for example, we know that there are thousands of north koreans working in construction in russia or working in logging farms in construction. now what is the key is that these workers are paid by the russian authorities directly into north korean accounts. these workers we believe only receive a small fraction of what they are actually supposed to be paid. they are really given money to buy cigarettes and that is about it. we also believe such workers are still present in china, sometimes working in factories, for reallyjust p

scott schneider. _ north korean aggression. scott schneider, senior _ north korean aggression.chneider, senior fellow for - schneider, seniorfellow for korean studies and director of the programme on career. thank you forjoining us. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. royal wedding and their dresses have long captured the public imagination. and while not always why they have been elaborate. the oldest surviving royal wedding dress dating back the marriage of winters charlotte in 1816. as per the royal tradition in the 19th century it was silver. the dress as part of an exhibition here at the queens gallery about fashion and the georgians. but beyond the visual splendour of the period, what are the clothes of this era say about the people who wore them? well, the georgians were actually highly conscious of making sustainable clothes that could be altered and reused. you can see why dresses like this one, worn at court, might eventually have made wade for more streamlined silhouettes and it was in the georgian era the breeches and stockings for men eventually d

for example, the previous president prioritised engaging the north koreans and was very unwilling to he relationship _ korean president. to prioritise in the relationship with - korean president. to prioritise in the relationship with the - in the relationship with the united states. so i think that i agree with dennis also that we need to have some creative thinking when it comes to diplomacy and i do think that china has to be part of that discussion if we want to bring north korea back to the negotiating table so the united states will have to find a way to work with china and find common ground when it comes to north korea. we've not seen a lot of proposals for that at the moment, the administration is very keen not to make any concessions. they say the door is open to diplomacy but they're not going to make any first moves and that has been very clear and the president agrees with that. they're very much in line when it comes at the approach in north but it does not leave a lot of room for openings at this point so it is very hard to see how we're going to make her way out of thi

the north korean intelligence bureau is believe to use hacker groups specifically for cyber attacks. like crypto hex, according to a recent you and report us officials avoid that north korea will san it's nuclear weapons program with the stolen money hacking the unhappy about crypto currency. it's themselves almost impossible to hack. that's because they're stored on the block chain which uses advance verification and encryption processes. so heck of target transactions and platforms instead, these are the most common methods bridge attacks. this happens when you are transferring crypto from one block chain to another. like turning bitcoin into a syrian protocol is called rigid, created and vulnerable to hacking, wanted hacks. if you're using software to store crypt on your smartphone or computer echos, can use malware to steal from your wallet. change hacks, crypto exchange platforms hold huge amounts of crypt currency on behalf of their users. when exchanges hacked, your coins can be stolen. how to protect your crypto? there is one simple rule. you should not handle crypt wallen, an

and they are south koreans watching north korea. continue to test weapons continue to advance it's nuclear weapons, capability and sour cream perceptions that washington is not doing enough to solve the problems. as long as the south koreans perceive it that way than voices, south korean voices for the government to develop its own nuclear bins. will naturally grow d and cam. thank you so much for joining us. ah. turning now to southern bangladesh and a desperate situation in the world's largest refugee camp, around a 1000000 were hangup. muslims have been sheltering here after fleeing at state sponsored campaign. a violence in myanmar and conditions are bad in the camp surround cox's bizarre with over crowding, hunger and disease, and high crime. for most people, there's also no immediate possibility of getting out. so it's a grim picture and for some perspective on the situation, we have your hottest founder cloud. joining us in the studio, he's the representative of the un high commissioner for refugees in bangladesh. thank you for coming on d, w, and use asia. can you give us a snapsho

have not made it back, thousands are believed to still be out there, hacking on behalf of the north koreanprogramme. so, that is how this ties together. so it's interesting. crosstalk. and finally bringing that to light and recognising that that is what they have to stop the flow of money. very interesting. jean lee, thank you for speaking to us. that was writerjean lee, she mentioned that she hosts the lazarus project podcast. please check that out. thank you for watching bbc news. don't forget to go to our website for all of the latest news and information and headlines from around the world. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. good friday was a pretty decent one across the country. plenty of sunshine around. there was still a bit of a chill in the air but i think as we move deeper into the easter weekend, it'll start to warm up as we pick up our air source from the south. it's going to stay dry, plenty of sunshine, then, it's all change for the bank holiday easter monday as this area of low pressure begins to spread across the country. but it's high pressure dominating the scene

china has leveraged over the north koreans that none of us have.was between the chinese president and the ukrainian president. do you think this changes china's stance on the war in ukraine? l changes china's stance on the war in ukraine?— war in ukraine? i think that there is an _ war in ukraine? i think that there is an opening - war in ukraine? i think that there is an opening here i war in ukraine? i think that i there is an opening here that president zelensky sees trying to move the chinese to a better position. i not think the chinese have moved yet. they continue even with the call to zelensky not call it an invasion. they continue to still have very warm ties with moscow but zelensky might think that there is at least a measure of opportunity here and i think he is very smart to take it up. test the chinese. see if the chinese will move a little bit. see the chinese will use their influence with moscow because it is not in the chinese interest to have this war go on forever. l chinese interest to have this war go on forever.— war go on for

so we're trying to disrupt this cooperation would be an objective of the north koreans. however, this is only more likely to make japan more determined to continue building up its defenses to deter, to potential south korean attacks, and also potentially china and russia. and given what you say then, to what extent do you think north korea has become more assertive, it's miss on will. it's become very assertive them already in recent years. it's been retching up its scale of launches, but at least this year has been the doesn't launches both of the smaller scale short range missiles and cruise missiles, all the way up to ballistic intercontinental ballistic missiles out such as today's could have possibly been in the role so i was saying they were launching potential nuclear capable, some rain launched missiles. and just in the past of recent times, the lead i came, joe and his, the, his increased his rhetoric about increasing the north korean nuclear deterrence. so up, it's a building up, a crescendo all by threatening rhetoric and the we'll see it could result in a pos

stories making headlines around the world. japan's prime minister for mucus, she thus asked that a north korean messiah did not fall on his country's battery after residence of ho guy though will want to seek shadow on thursday morning, john gang fired, a ballistic messiah that flew 1000 kilometers before landing in the sea of japan, it's the latest in a string of north korean weapons dusts. prezis specifies let us silver has arrived in shanghai on a state visit to china. the brazilian government says the 2 countries are expected to sign over 20 bilateral agreements and discussed trade and investment. china's brazil was big, straight bought. now, president lula is also seeking china support for his b proposal to end the war in ukraine. funeral. those have been held for victims for fire at my detention center and mexico last month, mexico to turn the bodies of migrants from guatemala and ran to the home country. mexican prosecutors and file criminal charges against the countries top immigration official over the blades that killed over 40 micro us president job widen has arrived in the republic

this is firstly, and secondly, but we must pay tribute to the north koreans.ey will increase the number of these weapons. they are very well camouflaged. they have a very monolithic society; fortunately, they do not have as many enemies of the people as we do. yes, they don't exist. they finished with them a long time ago. and those who did not understand, they are there in a cage with a stick invented by the south, but, nevertheless. this series has it all, and you know, of course, today, the world that they define there, like we built. can you imagine that someone came up to the leader of the northern korea and said get up, well, yes, bream. yes, yes , i remember when obama came up and tried to raise his shoulder and roll. so immediately hop, on painful. moved this hand. we don't need to fly in, remember, of course, but that's all the more the deployment of nuclear submarines, uh, in south korean ports. well , it's just to bring the targets closer to this weapon, which they can hit, well, from a military point of view, there is a priori generational, except

okay. shita says that a north korean missile did not fall on his country's territory. after residents of hor, keidel were warned to seek shelter. on thursday morning pyongyang fired a ballistic missile that flew 1000 kilometers before landing in the sea of japan. it is the latest in a string of north korean weapons tests. a 2nd lawmaker from the u. s. state of tennessee has been reinstated nearly a week after he was expelled for taking part of a gun control protest inside the house chamber. justin pearson and another black legislator were forced out of the republican controlled body. their supporters marched in memphis after a local commission reinstated, peers. in the u. s. state of indiana. thousands of people have been evacuated after a fire broke out at a plastic recycling facility. official say that negligence caused the blaze. a health warning is in force over smoke, which could be toxic prison authorities, and one of ecuador is most violent. jails said that they found 6 inmates hanged in their cells. relatives of prisoners had been gathering at the prison gates

says north korean hackers stole a record amount of crypto currency last year. it's calling for a government official to be sanctioned. the report is from a u.n. security council panel on north korea. it says hackers from the country stole over $1 billion of crypto currency in 2022. it also says they're using more sophisticated techniques making it more difficult to trace. experts say crypto assets stolen by north korea are used to fund its nuclear and missile program. the program is recommending sanctions against the head of a government agency believed to be involved. meanwhile u.s. and south korean officials in charge of north korean issues have discussed responses with pyeongyang accelerating nuclear and missile development. u.s. special representative song kim and the south's top nuclear envoy met on thursday. the foreign ministry in seoul says the two agreed to strengthen cooperation with the international community to persuade the north to immediately end its provocation and enter talks for denuclearization. the head of the japanese foreign ministry's asia

this >> translator: these are things north koreans have used. they tell a lot about the country's economic situation and the lives of its people. >> reporter: he has collected several thousand pieces of such litter. the wrapper on this candy big looks like the popular hello kitty. this instant noodle package has the same design and colors as the south korean product. he says the items indicate changes in north korea's economy. >> translator: many products in north korea now have slogans and designs that appeal to consumers just like in capitalist countries. >> much of the collection is packaging of dairy products. this is the result of a directive issued by north korean leader kim jong-un in 2021. >> translator: kim jong-un ordered a steady supply of dairy products for children, so the country has made that a top priority. >> but he says it's unclear how kim's instructions have improved the lives of the country's people. the barrel of this toothpaste tube has been cut off so all of it could be used. this has been repaired. many people around the

all the north korean construction companies, employees left the country within 24 hours. john was 1st on the scene back then there was some sort of a public. oh, and they ran, i mean they literally lifted food standing on the table like i am the you in fear didn't and maybe it was indirectly financing the north korean nuclear weapons program with projects such as the state house. ah, north korea also profited from other public contracts, such as the construction of the museum of independence in front of the museum, there's a statue of the countries national hero and former president, sam, norma. this looks like a cl cast out of bronze. that is, in fact it's kind of a plastic. so the polymer, the digest, spray paint, you see a graduate period everywhere as, as all fakes to cornerstone. i was on fake museum with half finished communist inspired frescoes that supposed to do this, a lot of good victimization. all the dues missing another reason namibia is so attractive for asia, is its pristine natural environment. gigantic open spaces and nearly uninhabited. namibia has only

the penalty for violations is sanctions when news of the payment became public, all the north korean construction companies, employees left the country within 24 hours. john was 1st on the scene back then. there was some sort of a public. oh, and they ran, i mean, they literally lift the food standing on the table like that. i am the you in fear didn't maybe it was indirectly financing the north korean nuclear weapons program with projects such as the state house. ah, north korea also profited from other public contracts, such as the construction of the museum of independence in front of the museum. there is a statue of the country's national hero and former president, sam knew yuma this looks like it's, you know, cost out of bronze. that is in fact it's kind of a plastic like a polymer. the day, despite bite, you see the cracks and peering everywhere. it's all fake stickle and stuff for song fake museum with half finished communist and spied frescoes that supposed no. this is a good dixon version that use mercy. another reason namibia is so attractive for asia, is its pristine natur

there's also a change in the sense of the capabilities of the north korean regime. or two ago and a big alarm in japan is front of mind. i am press to ask you a difficult one for your time cap brookings you also wrote extensively about north korea. if i could ask you to analyze for us alliance do? what can the international community do? of a more effective strategy north korea? whoever wants to take it. >> i will start. wish i had a really crystal-clear answer to your question. in some ways it's a way to ask what did the u.s. and south korea do wrong correctly? mr. root north korea in the nuclear dilemma in particular. there is no one correct route obviously. and to a significant extent the covid era and the shutdown of north korea's borders have made things even more difficult than they were prior to that. it's worth considering or remembering north korea had much more interactions with the outside world in 2,002,012, 13, 14, 15 and we can imagine in the father's time even. so, back then 10 years out kim jong-un own was considered a young and. we expected some kind

belligerent rhetoric coming out from north korea or recently they are angered by these and large scale military exercises that have been taking place between south korean and u. s. force is also april, sees a number of important anniversaries, and we know north korea are often marks these anniversaries with some sort of weapons test. and the one of the most important ones is coming up this weekend. it's the day of the sun, which the 100 and 11th anniversary of the birth date of the north korea's lead a kim l song. also we know just quickly that her at the north has been extremely uncommunicative or of late. but there are these hot lines as they exist between north and south and for the past 6 days. now nearly a week that north simply hasn't been responding when the south has made regular calls either in the morning or the afternoon just to test that the lines are actually working with that update. rob mcbride, thank you. while craig mark is a professor of international studies at kia, which su women's university in tank, yet, he says, pung young's goal is to disrupt to recent corporation effort between south korea, japan and the u. s. it just shows the

soul said it sent a boat to respond to the north korean vessel which had been chasing a chinese fishingith the chinese boat causing minor injuries among some south korean sailors. meanwhile the north korean vessel retreated. in greece, young people tossed firecrackers and molotov cocktails onto the streets of athens last night in celebration of orthodox easter. this is a recent tradition when that has increasingly controversial among residents of athens. you can imagine why. it is really a 90-year-old holocaust survivor will be honored monday of the 80th anniversary of the warsaw ghetto uprising patients for the last people live who witnessed the act of defiance against the nazis. she also will join five other survivors as torch lighters at the memorial to mark holocaust memorial day. that is look at some stories from around the globe. ♪ allergies don't have to be scary. (screaming) defeat allergy headaches fast with new flonase headache and allergy relief! two pills relieve allergy headache pain? and the congestion that causes it! flonase headache and allergy relief. psst! psst! all go

may have against north korean weapons will be relieved, i believe. if nuclear weapons are used, our two countries will strength then our -- strengthen our response in a swift manner. any further questions to me? please? >> translator: i have two questions for you. with regard or to extended deterrence, the ncg has been formed. how will korea function under ncg? any kind of nuclear-equipped assets will be in function? and to president biden, korea is to maintain the ncg, and it is to strengthen the deernest the, correct? so based on your view, do you think this is enough to guard korea against the north korean nuclear threat? thank you very much. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: well, let me answer your question about the activities of the ncg. we are going to be sharing information, and we are going to be acting jointly. that is the key. i can't talk the specifics right now about what type of information and what type of specific activities we will be conducting, but, however, under the nuclear umbrella our extend th

he much more enjoyed waving his hand at an american than shaking his fist at north koreans in folk americansaditions at the memorial the veterans of the korean war nowhere wrote a word about who unleashed this war during a visit to the military memorial in the air vitale, the aromas of american bombing and biden diplomatic tricks, painfully tried to remember against whom the united states fought in korea and whether there was oil on the occasion of the lucky cheating on another gullible biden ally, decided to throw a feast, it seemed that everyone who came to dinner with an asian was promised a free drink and a hamburger, just like the photo from angelina jolie was one of the conditions for the sale of the remnants of south korean sovereignty and had to be invited to the event. she chose the son who matched best with korea judging by her enigmatic look, anje. she hatched plans to adopt zelensky from some asian star . the dress almost fell off, but the reporters managed to make a wish on the wedding general and decided to tolerantly replace the naked asian with disabilities. biden. in a black