i am confused whether i live here in seoul or in pyongyang. reporter: his brother has been sending leaflets critical of the regigime by balloon ovever the border for more e than a dade.e. the two brothers fled north korea some 20 years ago and call for south kokoa to push h back

pyongyang says it will deploy two military units in two areas near the border with the south. this comes one day after the north blew up an inter-korean liaison office in kaesong. north kokorea's state run mea a aired video o of the explolosio wednesday. it c came with a wararning to t south saysing the destruction is only the first step. and the next step will be decided based on how seoul responds. state media also says that the north military plans to mobilize near the border. the units will be deployed to two areas where interkorean joint projects are located. the tourist area and the kaesong industrial area. the north unveililed plans for exercises that will l be conducd near the m military y demarcati line. one of south korean's top military officials is expressing deep concern over pyongyang's announcement he's warning against further provocations. >> translator: the north will be sure to pay if these measures are put in place. >> meanwhile, south korean's unification minister has offered to resign over the worsening relationship. seoul had proposed dispatching its dire

we'll see the recapture the city of seoul, the fall of the north korean capital of pyongyang. do you'll see the missouri giving support to our ground troops. and with us again will be a combat veteran who saw as it happened, a part of the big picture. this is captain carl's immerman, thanking you for being with us. >> this u.s. army from from the national archives describes how psychological warfare was used during the korean war. the film shows radio

pyongyang has c cut communications with seoul before but this is the first time since 2018.ome analysts believe this is an opportunity for north korea's leader, kim jong un, to further escalate tensions between the two sides, including across the demilitarizezed zone. >> i would p pbably expect some exchchange of fire onon the d.m. maybe some kind of rather dramatic actions of all possible kinds.. well, this is north korean policy. reporter: china says it hopes relations between the two sides will be restored quickly. but for now, the north's leader has reminded the world he's still a force to be reckonned with. brent: you're watching d.w. news. we want to take you back now to houston, texas, for these live images coming from the funeral of george floyd. we'll leave you with that and after a short break, i'll be back to take you through the day. here, now, houston, texas, and the funeral of george floyd. ♪ ♪ >> these exits are for everyone except for the family. if you are exiting the building, we're going to ask you that respectfully exit through the side doors that are her

sending them messages by sea and by air campaigns by north koreans if it does in the south of angered pyongyang causing tensions on the peninsula to spike me one defector who says no not at the risk he won't be start. a great welcome a malicious cyber attack by a sophisticated stay. astride the as prime minister has held a briefing to warn the country of specific risks as a broad ongoing attack gathers pace scott morrison says all levels of government critical infrastructure and essential services of being targeted is stopped short of naming any saucepan. on just about a strenuous public broadcast of the ib saying is reporting that federal agencies believe china is to blame is some of what scott morrison had to say a little bit earlier. we know he does a sophisticated slight rise to some of the actor because of the sky oh and night of the targeting and the tri craft used there are not a large number of state by state actors the can engage in this type of activity and it is created by strongly advise that we have received the has been done by i stood by step with very very significant type abili

plus sending rice by sea and leaflets by air the anti north korean propaganda campaign that's got pyongyang to take drastic action we'll hear from an expert on korean relations on why it's happening now. i'm sara kelley welcome to the program german prosecutors say that the killing of a georgian man in berlin last year was ordered by the russian state the german government says it is taking the prosecutor statement very seriously saying that it may take further steps against moscow over the matter including imposing sanctions the victim was a georgian citizen of chechen ethnicity who fought against russian troops in chechnya he was killed in broad daylight in the german capital last august following the prosecutor statement the russian ambassador to germany has been summoned to the foreign ministry and burlap. and for more on this i'm joined now by roman country ranko from russia service tell us because that the german government is considering what we've heard are quote further steps against moscow over the matter what could that look like well that's a $1000000.00 question 1st it's a comp

pyongyang also threatened to send millions of leaflets this the south.ut on wednesday it unexpectedly announced it was suspending a military action plan gerns south korea. it's unclear why, but a senior official warns that pyongyang may be considered depending on how seoul responds. here in south korea people are split on what the government should do. the survey found over 40% want to pursue a hard line, while more than half the people think parliament should ban leaflet campaigning. here is what some of the people i spoke to had to say. >> translator: while officials are tryrying to make thihings better, defectors are just doing what they want. it's disappointing. >> translator: i think the government needs a wiser policy on its relation with the north. we need to stand firm, but we should also help them when necessary. >> separately south korea's efforts to mend tieies with the north are now being criticized by former u.s. national security adviser john bolton. in a new m memoir b bolton says seoul hadad u unrealisticic expectatations about whatt coul

south korean military officials said on monday that pyongyang has been setting up the speakers in multiple locations in the demilitarized zone. that would violate a 2018 agreement between the two koreas to halt all hostile acts against each other. state media in the north say the country is l loading morore tha 3,000 balloons with millions of propaganda leaflets. that comes as a direct response to a south korean campaignn las month a group of defectors in the south threw anti-pyongyang leaflets across the border. in response north korea last week blew up a liaison offffice theeegime is also threatening i. to deploy troops to a zone developed as an inter-korean joint project. >>> the big apple is starting to shinee agaiain. new york city moved into its second phase of reopening economic activities on monday after nearly three months of coronavirus lockdown. the hardest hit part of the united states is allowing eateries to restore outdoor service and other establishments are resuming operations as well. a restaurant in manhattan is welcoming diners with sidewalk tables spaced about 2 meters

then pyongyang reversed course.dismantled loud speakers and decided to suspend military action plans against the south. the south korean news agency says the moon administration is underscoring its unwaivering policy of seeking peace and prosperity to interkorean peace. it is part of efforts to bring pyongyang to dialogue. >>> leaders of the ten-member association of southeast asian nations will hold a summit via video link on friday. they are expected to discuss the coronavirurus pandemic's severe economic impact in the region. the meeting follows a similar virtual one in april. another topic is likely to be the south china sea where beijing and several asean member countries have conflicting territorial claims. china is pressing ahead with militarization in the south china sea. in april, beijing established two new administrative districts in the region. in a u.s. think tank says a chinese ship began surveying in malaysia's exclusive economic zone in late april. a vietnamese expert on issues surrounding the south

i am confused whether i live here in seoul or in pyongyang. reporter: his brother has been sending leaflets critical of the regigime by balloon ovever the border for more e than a dade.e. the two brothers fled north korea some 20 years ago and call for south kokoa to push h back against pyongyang. critics argue that actions like there's only provoke north korea. activists like those gathered here today outside the blue hohouse, south korea's presidential compound, show the startt division in public opinin over how to dedeal with nonorth korea. some advocate a hard-line approach, while others, like most of those gathered here totoday, favor renew efforts a t enengagement and peacecemaking. this civic group is calling for the president to implement the deals he made into landmark summits with north korea's leader in 2018,8, including suspending cross-border propaganda. >> no matter what kind of non-governmental organization is invovolved, the south korean government can stop them. and the south h korean governmet should stop them f from sending

seen a number of recent military threats by north korea in the last few days but what message is pyongyang sending by blowing up this legs in office and why now. hi yet thank you for having me so i think the stencil of the north koreans said that it was about leafleting which is to say you have served north korean groups in south korea sort of christian groups who released balloons filled with leaflets and they flowed into north korea but i don't really think that's what it's about the north koreans have experienced that from southern groups for 20 years i think what they're really trying to do a signal to us that they're very upset about the course of the negotiations with to donald trump but also with the south korean president right trump and moon have been engaging north korea now for close to 3 years and not much has come of it and i think the north koreans are disappointed in this is how they're they're telling us but let's just stay with south korea for a 2nd because cell has warned it would respond strongly if the north continues to worsen the situation so what are the options open

rice and medicine to north korea in plastic bottles using ocean currents for 4 years now following pyongyang's recent complaints so korean officials have vowed to stop such activities but park is undeterred. and i don't know why the government is trying to stop this no they should say that there is nothing they can do because this is a nongovernmental group activity. i think it would be wrong to suppress such organizations because of what was said by north korea's kim. i'm confused whether i live here in seoul young on and. joe knows brother pox on hack has been sending leaflets critical of the kim regime by balloon over the border for more than a decade the 2 brothers fled north korea some 20 years ago in call for south korea to push back against pyongyang critics though argue that actions like theirs only provoke north korea. activists like those gathered here today outside the blue house so chris presidential compound show this dark division in public opinion over how to deal with north korea some advocate a hardline approach while others like most of those gathered here today favor renewed

in october, the north korean capital of pyongyang was overrun and the only question seemed to be how soon the fighting would end? optimistic gi's said thanksgiving. may -- military strategists looked towards christmas. but as un forces edged closer, whether, north korean resistance became bitter. thanksgiving turned out to be korean style. and then came communist china's own thanksgiving surprise. giving the world 19 52nd shot as waves of men and equipment port across china's border into north korea to again change the entire scope of the war. 18 chinese divisions slammed into un forces using massive personnel and material superiority. the war became more savage than ever. the chinese directed offensive gained momentum and zeroed in on the port city of who none in off the sea of japan. just before a grim 1950 christmas, you went forces were evacuated by sea. our eight army received a new commander in general matthew ridgeway, who immediate concern was the three to one man power superiority enjoyed by the combined chinese and north korean forces. again the 38th parallel was crossed as

all relations between north and south korea remain tense a day after pyongyang threatened to restart military exercises inside the demilitarized border zone tensions on the korean peninsula have escalated in recent weeks hitting a new low tuesday when john yang blew up its joint liaison office with seoul the north says the moves are in retaliation for cross border propaganda by activists in the south who want to topple the north korean regime for let's bring in correspondent frank smith in seoul good day to you frank can you take us through this latest escalation how did we get to this point. well we need to go back to 2018 when we had a couple of summit several summits some between north korean leader kim jong un and us president donald trump but for our purposes today the 2 summits are 3 summits between. so korean president movie j.n. and north korean leader kim jong un and they drew up the so-called panmunjom declaration and part of that involved a draw down of tension along the border an elimination of propaganda activities that had taken place you know between the 2 koreas inclu

south korea says it will respond they have the north keeps raising tensions after pyongyang blew up a liaison office in the border town of case on the site was opened in 2000 and the team to help the 2 countries communicate the spite officially being in a state of war north korea's leadership had been threatening military action for days. u.k. scientists are hailing the 1st successful trial of a drug that helps save the lives of the most acute coronavirus facials giving low doses of the cheap and widely available steroids that some methods so reduce the bets by about a 3rd among those with the most acute infections the stream is that. their welcome to the stream of josh rushing sitting in talk to me ok today coming to you live from my old life because it killed an 18 in the core of t.v. got the dog out the kids are talked to in the better in my wife is working the camera lights. joins the conversation today on you tube in the live chat and we'll get some of those comments in during the show today's topic is about police reform of course that started here in the u.s. but those protests

near the demilitarized zone and resume regular exercises along frontline areas comes a day after pyongyang destroyed a liaison office used to communicate with south korea. indian and chinese officials are blaming each other for a deadly border brew in a disrupted region of the himalayas 20 indian soldiers were killed. at a cheap and widely available steroid can dramatically cut the death rate from close at 19 the drug trial in the u.k. is shown the dicks of meth is a reduced death spiral the 3rd among those with the most severe cases of infection . a court in indonesia is deciding whether to send a group of papua activists to prison for their role in anti racism protests in august last year the 7 including students regional officials and independents leaders were involved in marches in jet fuel or the capital of poplar province they've been charged with treason for staging a protest calling for prop one independence and condemning the mistreatment of ethnic melanesians man since i'm sorry by the indonesian government tensions flared after indonesian soldiers attacked a student dorm. and dr

the border and resume military exercises but seoul says it will no longer tolerate what it calls pyongyang's unreasonable behavior bribe reports now from part 2 in south korea. making its message clear and unequivocal the destruction of the joint liaison office has been widely broadcast by north korean state run media accompanied by warnings that it will increase its military presence along the border separating the 2 koreas. guard posts that had been removed to deescalate tensions will now be restored while military exercises on the northern side of the border will be resumed bringing this unusually strong response from the south. such moves thought to the efforts and achievements made by the 2 koreas to maintain peace and the north will surely pay if these measures are put into action the north has blamed the south for allowing defectors to release propaganda balloons into its territory but north korean leader kim jong un is also frustrated at his failure to get more concessions in summits with the south korean president moon j.n. and with u.s. president donald trump the north seeming to c

for growth and prosperities of every country in the region except for pyongyang. we stand ready to welcome the people of north korea into the international community, but this requires pyongyang to commit to economic reform, to treat its people with dignity and to refrain from menacing others with weapons of mass destruction. i believe u.s. policy toward north korea should be straightforward. until we achieve the denuclearization of north korea, the united states will deploy every economic, diplomatic, and if necessary, military tool at our disposal to deter pyongyang and to protect our allies. pyongyang exploded the office in qasam and began rolling back commitments under the april 218 declaration. since february of 2019, since that summit in hanoi, pyongyang rebuffed working-level negotiations with the u.s. in march of this year kim launched a record number of missiles in a single month and continues to unveil new missile systems that pose novel threats to our allies, south korea and japan. kim jong-un has shown he doesn't want engagement but wants to build his

near the demilitarized zone and resume regular exercises along frontline areas comes a day after pyongyang destroyed in the ns an office used to communicate with south korea. indian and chinese officials are blaming each other for a deadly border brawl in a disputed region in the himalayas 20 indian soldiers were killed. and turkey's launched another military offensive against the kurdish group the p.k. k. in northern iraq troops were deployed to a region near the turkish border and jetstar the p.k. k. positions a 2nd offensive against the group this week. the trump administration is suing former national security adviser john bolton in an attempt to stop him publishing a book about his time working at the white house the government says the book contains classified information and must be edited before it's released the book is said to accuse trump of committing several impeachable offenses bolton was fired last year of the 17 months in the job. somebody said he wanted to write a book and he wrote a book i can't imagine that he can because that's highly classified information even convers

pyongyang will deploy two military units near the border with the south, one day after north korea confirmst had blown up an interliaison office. north korean state media cited a spokesperson for the army on wednesday. the report says the units will be mobilized in two areas where interkrkorean joint projects ar located. the announcement follows the military's warning on tuesday that it was reviewing an action plan to reenter the demilitarized zone on the border. the report also unvailed plans for military exercises that would be conducted near the military demarcation line. regional players are reacting to north korea's moves. the japanese government will work closely with south korea as well as the united d states to analalyze the north's reasons f demolishshing the liaisison off. before the tuesday's explosion. japanese government officials consider it unlikely that the incident will lead to major military clashes between the two koreas as pyongyang had given advanced warning of their plan. some officials have noted that it w was kimim y y jongng, nortn leader kim jong-un's sister to w.h

actually born in north korea outside pyongyang, who early on in the japanese colonial error, went innd agitated for decades for korean independence from japan. in fact, he was at the conference at the end of world war i, agitated for korean independence. but of course, the japanese were allies in that war, allies of the western power, the victorious powers in world war i, so he got nowhere with that. and then, the subsequent years, he lobbied in washington for korean independence all through world war ii, and then when the two koreas -- when korea was divided into two nations, he had been known to the washington establishment, and the cia in particul particular, wanted him in installed as the president of the new south korea. so macarthur, general macarthur in tokyo flew him over in a plane to take over in south korea, but he was very impetuous and turned out very ruthless leader. and became very unpopular with the people who had to work with him, the politicians and members of the national assembly. it's interesting that there was an election just before the north korean invasion. a

he's calling on pyongyang to do more to prevent people from starving. north korea closed its border with china in january in a bid to stop the spread of the virus. thomas o'hare kintana said it caused homelessnsness and the ct of medicine.. he's calling on pyongyang to allow international aid to be delivered without restrictions saying essential goods are stranded at the border. the special rapture also wants the u.n. security council to reconsider sanctions that impact people's livelihoods and hinder north korea's capacity to respond to the pandemic. it's uncleaear h how many coronavirus cacases there are i north korea as it has not issued a single case with the w.h.o. >>> in hong kong, pro-democracy rallies were held to mark one year since the start of mass protests. aside from a gap during the height of the coronavirus, the demonstrations have continued unabated. several hundred people gathered in central hong kong island on tuesday evening. they called for the territory's independence from mainland china. >> it's my duty to be here because as we ala

and then mcarthur sent his forces across the 38th parallel capturing pyongyang and all the way on tohe chinese border. now, the directives from the joint chiefs of staff in washington were that you should not send american troops to the chinese border because the chinese would consider that a threat. but he disobeyed that. and the whole u.n. command moved towards the border and some reach the border and that's when the chinese -- the disaster for the americans. at the same time, mcarthur made a strategic error in splitting his forces up east coast and west coast of north korea and so the chinese could pick off the two forces more easily that way. and their attacks were a great surprise to mcarthur and his generals. they went into essentially a head-long retreat, all the way back to seoul and then eventually even south of seoul. but the real thing that got to president truman about mcarthur was that he was speaking out geostrategicly, not just militarily, but he kept on pushing for a wider war against china, attacking the chinese bases, attacking china itself, and even mustering troop

pyongyang is angry with defectors sendining messages ovr the border. ince harrison, standing by seoul. >> like you said, based off pyongyang is angry about the activists. for years they have been sending anti-north korea propagandaa across the border, using balloons, leaflets. sometimes, t they carry usb thumb drives and u.s. dollars for impoverished activist grgroups. kim jong-un's sister was cited saying, this is infuriating the refererred tond s s cum." activities as, "s president moon jae-in, the ruling partyty just won n a ma ssive electction, with a sweepig majojority in parliament. seen the governmentt will pass legislation to prevent activists from doing thihis act. they a are trying to settle this down witith north korea. he wants reconciliation but progress has been stalled despite peace talks in the last two years. >> the ties between the north and south but what about north korea and the u.s.? ago, donald years trump met kim jong-un in singapore. what has happened since then? nothing. >> very little has happened. no progress regarding denuc

day could well be that pyongyang is trying to -- it could well be that pyongyang is trying to escalaterying to create crisis with south korea in order to gain concessions. it may also be due to the domestic situation in north korea. uncertainly, kim jonas promised prosperity to his people and, so far, that has yet to come. we know that the covid-19 situation and the speculation that there are a number ofases within the country -- this could be a distraction o mestically to tryt people to rally around what they have described as one enemy. ♪ katty: coal is king, or so the saying goes. as far back as the industrial revolution, that has pretty much been the case. but energy demand has been falling as we all stay home because of the pandemic, and the energy industry has been laying stations that burn coal. instead, there's a renewed push for renewable energy resources. reporter: under the coal-fired power station bites the dust -- another coal-fired power station bites the dust, this one in australia, but it'part of a global trend. why would you burn coal when y can get power from these? j

pyongyang says it's blown up an intercore covid-19 liaison office with the south.tate-rrun media announced the momove tuesday aferernoon.. news agency says explosion was heard and smoke was seen rising from the joint industrial complex in kaesong. iit was oopened in 2018 after t two countries agreed to work to denuclearize the korean peninsula. it's the first facility where officials from each side could contact each other 24 h hours a day. the blast comes days aftter norh korean leader kim jong-un's younger sister threatened to demolish the office. she also criticized seeoul for allowing north korean defectors to send leaflets across the border on may 31st. japan's chief cabinet secretary says officials are closely watching events on the peninsula. >> translator: japan is working closely with the united states and south korea to gather, to monitor and to analyze the current security situation. >> south korea's presidential office convened a national security meeting to discuss how to respond. >>> chinese authorities have confirmed more than 100 coronavirus cases i

it was moon's first official response to a series of threats from pyongyang.the north has been angered by y defectors to the sth who he e sent a antiregee leaflets back across the border. it says it wildedemolish the inter-korean liaison office and is threatening to take military action against the south. the two koreas have held joint ceremonies to commemorate the anniversary in the past, but this year the south did so alone. senior officials at the ceremony expressed deep regret about the current situation. more touough rhetoric from the north korean army tutuesday mornining. it said it will study action plans including advancing into areas which are demilitarized under an agreement with the south. the army added it will transform its border area into a fortress. the comment comes days after leader kim jong un's younger sister announced the commanders of the army will think of the next step against the south. >>> turning to the philippines where one of the country's most well-known journalists have been found guilty of libel and facings up to six years of pr

and this really was the culmination of weeks of this with the scythe which pyongyang blames for stalled peace talks failing to stop defectors distributing cross border propaganda but the north's automating could be about attracting attention from much further afield for shelf breaks there. is nothing easy in the relationship between north and south from an all out war 2 decades of indecision and now even this tentative peace might be falling apart a liaison office right on the border was meant to incentivise talks between the neighbors well instead it is literally being blown away now here is a very unequivocal message from kim jong un sr the for law and the tragic scene of the useless nor south joint liaison office completely collapsed would be seen corresponding to the mindset of the enraged people to surely force human scum and those who have sheltered the scum to pay dearly for their crimes in office was tragically ruined with a terrific explosion it comes amid an escalation between the 2 neighbors pyongyang for instance has been ramping up threats to move in the army 7 into the now

well this really was the culmination of weeks of the speed with the scythe which pyongyang blames for stalled peace talks on feeling to stop defectors distributing cross border propaganda and north korea also later threatened to send troops into the to militarize borders so all but wiping out a deal to reduce tensions with the sides agreed barely 2 years ago. the artillery units deployed will operate the level of the from guard duty to top class comm by due to system through all the front line and all kind of regular military exercises in the areas close to the boundary if the north actually takes such a move it will certainly paid the price for it. let's go through what they had to this perhaps north korea has been complaining in recent weeks that propaganda leaflets have been feeling from the saw it claiming it's in violation of their reached agreements some defector groups have been sending flyers by balloon across the heavily fortified border the government the site react to the taking at police action against those groups saying their activities were not helping efforts to achiev

on cheese day morning the sounds defense ministry confirm deficiency in pyongyang hadn't found saddam routing call to the liaison office no calls no military hotlines but they didn't are you going to. be escalation in tensions comes off to anger in the north at the sounds fadia to stop activists from floating balloons filled with anti. leaflets across the border. on monday students how to ronnie in the north capital protesting against the leaflets and those who have defected to the south. p.r. nyang has cut communications with so before but this is the 1st time since 2018. and you wanted some analysts believe this is an opportunity for north korea's leader kim jong un to further escalate tensions between the 2 sides including across the demilitarized zone. and given that i would probably expect some exchange of fire. may be some kind of. all possible kinds well as this is not. china sends its hopes relations between the 2 sides will be restored quickly but for now the north leader has reminded the world he's still a force to be reckoned with. hong kong is marking one year since pro-de

believes pyongyang's ultimate aim though code really about generating attention much further afield. think it's just because of those leaflets those anti north korea propaganda. which they say that's why they did it but it's highly unlikely that that is the only reason because for them to risk alienating seoul and really getting back on the bad side of potentially of the united states because of this aggressive act it's very difficult to believe that it's simply because of some fliers that were you know desperate distributed over to the border in north korea so i definitely believe that this is their kind of the last he'll marry attempts to really get america's attention which is becoming increasingly difficult with this domestic situation the u.s. now so i think that's why they're resorted to such a aggressive act now they are otherwise maybe wouldn't have done in their eyes they're probably thinking well we tried diplomacy we tried talking to tromp we tried sitting down with the south korean president we tried taking the diplomatic peaceful route but well it's not really gotten us

there have been weeks of dispute with the south which pyongyang blames for stalled peace talks and failing to stop the factors distributing cross border propaganda north korea also later threatened to send troops into the demilitarized border zone all but wiping out a deal to reduce fenton's with the south agreed upon barely 2 years ago it was here units deployed will operate the level of the from guard duty to top class combat duty system throughout the front line and will resume all kind of regular military exercises in the areas close to the boundary if the north actually takes such a move it will certainly pay the price for it. north korea has been complaining in recent weeks that propaganda leaflets have been flowing from the south claiming it is in violation of the reached agreement defector groups have been sending flyers bible loon across the heavily fortified border the government in the south has taken police action against of these groups saying their activities were not helping efforts to achieve peace and prosperity on the korean peninsula on saturday reports emerged that nort

they're harboring weeks of dispute with the saw it which pyongyang blames for a stalled peace talks failing to stop defectors distributing cross border propaganda north korea also later threaten to send troops into the to militarize borders zone 'd all but life being out of a deal to reduce tensions but the so i think read barely 2 years ago. the artillery units deployed will operate the level of the from guard duty to top class combat duty system through all the front line and will resume all kind of regular military exercises in the areas close to the boundary in the north actually take such a move it will certainly paid the price for it. let's get some background to this north korea has been complaining in recent weeks that propaganda leaflets have been flowing from the saw it claiming it's in violation of the reached agreement some defector groups being sending flyers by balloon across the heavily fortified border the government in the south has taken police action against the group saying their activities were not helping efforts to achieve peace and prosperity on the korean peninsula

tragically ruined with a terrific explosion it comes amid an escalation between the 2 neighbors pyongyang for instance has been ramping up threats to move in the army into the now demilitarized zone skeptics though saying that all of this is just diversion tactics and really kim wants the attention of washington never again will we provide the us chief executive with another package to be used for achievements without receiving any returns nothing is more hypocritical than an empty promise think it's just because of those leaflets those anti north korea propaganda. which they say that's why they did it but it's highly unlikely that that is the only reason because for them to risk alienating seoul and really getting back on the bad side of potentially of the united states because of this aggressive act. it's very difficult to believe that it's simply because of some fliers that were you know desperate distributed over to the border in north korea so i definitely believe that this is their kind of the last he'll marry attempt to really get america's attention which is becoming increasingly

but what pyongyang does next is what we are all wondering. that is one of the reasons why this out as a stepped up with monitoring of the border, just in case there are any infractions. laura, thank you very much for that. in the three weeks since the death of george floyd and the worldwide protests that followed, there's been much criticism of president trump's response and of the decision to deploy the national guard into american cities. what are people thinking in the rural heartland? 0ur west coast correspondent sophie long has been travelling around montana to find out what those who supported him in 2016 think of their president now. in big—sky country, support for the president is riding high. horns honking and this is the relatively liberal city of bozeman. happy birthday, president trump! love you! i love him, and he deserves a chance. democrats cut him off at every angle. women for trump. it's important, and this is the election that will make the difference. not everyone is happy to see this celebration. i think that he doesn't ca

at the same time, not unexpected given the level of threats coming out of pyongyang.ent role being played by kim jong moons sister. -- kim jong-un's sister. what do we know about her? stephen: she's the one who responded to the speech and the comments coming from the south. she said moons speech is irresponsible. she was the one that rejected a request to send an envoy to smooth over the latest flareup intentions. it was on saturday that the sister issued an unusual statement, saying it was high time to break ties with soul. she was the one who warned on the weekend that the next action from pyongyang against the enemy would come from the army. clearly, she is kim jong-un's most trusted confidant. highersimply in the echelon due to the bloodline. does it mean she has earned more trump --? trust? ? is kim jong-un somehow incapacitated? she has taken a more leading role because of that. she may just be filling out her role. her title is the first deputy director of the propaganda and agitation department. she is maybe taking that to heart. much.: thank you so our chief