but those who were born here, like park pil—sun, have their history sewn into this land.t him off from his brother. translation: my brother lived to the north of the border. - then the korean war happened and the border was blocked so we couldn't visit each other any more. i haven't heard from him since. did you ever think that 70 years later, north and south korea would still be divided? who would have known it would last this long? why have you stayed living in the village all these years? i'm not a well—educated man. i'm not sure what i'd have done for work if i had left. all i know is farming. my wife has alzheimer's, so i can't go anywhere. she doesn't let me leave at all so we just watch tv together all day. the villagers are under no obligation to live here. habit and necessity are the reason so many have stayed put rather than a belief in the role they're playing. once the risk from the defection has gone, we're taken out to the fields bordering north korea. this is designated a high—risk field, meaning these armed soldiers must stand guard while the resident harv

and the new minister defense andrei belousov, pil-96 of the special flight detachment of russia with putin on board flies to beijing at dawn, the plane parksn... negotiations of the russian and chinese delegations take place in the beijing great hall of the people, at first a narrow composition, with foreign minister lavrov sitting to putin’s right, on the left - secretary savpeza shaigu, congratulates the russian president on his re-election and calls him a great friend. dear president putin, my great friend, i welcome you to china. i am sincerely glad six months later to be back in hospitable china among its friends to meet you. last march, the chinese leader, after taking office , also chose russia as the first country to visit. the trade turnover of the two countries, according to the russian estimate, is 227 billion dollars; the chinese record is 240. in the first 4 months of this year , trade turnover increased by another 5%. the financial times writes that us sanctions threats are not working. putin said that already 90% of bilateral payments are made in national currencies. exports of chinese cars to russia grew sevenfold last year