pezzini has yet the previous military drills carried out by south korea on the same island. on a fender the twenty third and that instance north korea reacted by shelling the island and that resulted in two civilian deaths and that's the team remains but it was the worst attack on south korean territory since the korean war ended in one thousand nine hundred fifty three know the first south korea saying that these astounded military tools that they carried out of a news quiz come back and said that they view it as a woman a vis others that the previous military drill in this time as he said they said that they view this as provocative action though you'll see that north korea doesn't need the partnership between south korea and the u.s. and japan in these really. it was a great thing and it is good that the hot stuff korea. was suffering. coming under some pressure from public opinion in the wake of the previous attacks when they got to take this stuff the stuff. with north korea has said that it's not going to welcome i am inspectors to come and examine its nuclear facilitie

the country will keep a close eye on an upcoming meeting between japan, the united states, and south korea, where north korean issues will be discussed. foreign ministers of the three countries will meet in washington on monday to discuss north korea's artillery attacks on south korea as well as recently confirmed uranium enrichment facilities. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson jiang yu said in a statement on thursday that the situation on the korean peninsula is sensitive and complicated. the spokesperson said china hopes the three-party meeting will help ease tensions on the korean peninsula as well as promote disxlalogue and non-conflict. she said china will keep a close eye on the outcome of the meeting. the spokesman called for all parties to participate in an emergency meeting of the chief delegates to the six-party talks on north korea's nuclear programs, which china recently proposed. however, the united states, japan, and south korea remain cautious toward china's six-party proposal. >>> a u.s. diplomatic document posted on wikileaks' website repeats that a senior north korean

and south korea are not ready for the dialogue and this gives us another suspicion that the real goal of both exercises and this. refusal to start the dialogue is to really should north korea even to get into concessions you mention the u.s. then of course there are many differences on this between the u.s. and china i mean could this. new international diplomatic conflict. well fortunately this is a sort of first cry of forces between us and china there are. all the verge of war by their what do so brock's its. first show of force between the two superpowers twenty first century which is very dangerous. i think that both countries both u.s. and china reluctantly drew on to this confrontation but. we do believe developed so quickly that they cannot resist this flow of events and this is the start of a real contradictions global contribution with the global powers and with these rapid events as you say in your opinion is there an actual possibility of an all out war between the north and south both of time been watchin north korea close with us for the last two thirty five years i woul

south korea's foreign ministry has responded cautiously. ministry spokesperson kim young sun said it is as yet unclear what activities north korea will allow the inspectors to carry out. he added south korea needs to take various factors into consideration before it can determine north korea's intentions. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in half an hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

over north korean denials and there are many in south korea who do not believe the official inquiry then we have the artillery exchange that happened on november twenty third which has been blamed on north korea however the exchange was triggered by south korea and marine garrison on an island that lies very close to the north korean coast you consider that you consider president leaves hostility toward north korea . it's his policy of confrontation the escalating war games and it's hard not to conclude that south korea is trying to precipitate a fight to to pick a fight and trying to provoke its northern neighbor washington based investigative journalist wayne madsen says that the south korean leaders policies totally contradict the more conciliatory approach of his predecessors and of the peninsula may indeed see a nuclear war. last few presidents south korea had had what were known as sunshine policies with the north they opened up to the north they they had cross border visits trade all that has been stopped by this present south korean presid

south korea has carved out far and. close to the border with north korea despite threats of retaliation from. council military exercises warning they might aggravate tensions on the peninsula. despite the threats of war from north korea we see in south korea carrying out this weapon till today now this comes after it was delayed at the weekend heats the bad weather we've had there are carried out today around food to people evacuated from the front line buddha knew that the speech to the territory and the rest of the people had me freeview say this weekend to the mainland when they'd received that warning has to be as he said these drills have now got ahead this comes after more than eight hours of discussion last night as an emergency un security council meeting does meet russia's request and participants at that meeting were discussing a russian drought state with a cool base north and south korea to really try and ease the tension was there may be going to vision of them some. serious conflict for that matter so in t

. >>> north korea warns it will attack south korea if the country resumes scheduled live fire drills on yeonpyeong island in the yellow sea. south korea suspended the drills in the wake of north korea's shelling of the island on november 23rd, that killed four people. south korea plans to resume the drills between saturday and next tuesday depending on weather conditions.

will continue to work closely with south korea and japan and will be ready to respond to any situation. >>> meanwhile, a japanese government task force on north korea has said it will stay on alert for further possible provocations by the country. the members re-affirm the stance in a meeting at the prime minister's office in tokyo on wednesday. the foreign ministers of the united states, south korea and japan will meet in washington on monday. secretary of state, hillary clinton, south korean foreign minister and japan's foreign minister will discuss responses to north korea's artillery attack and they'll also talk about disclosure of a uranium enrichment plant. >> this demonstrates the close coordination between the united states, republic of korea and japan and our commitment to security on the korean peninsula and stability in the region. >> crowley rejected a chinese proposal for an emergency meeting of chiefs of the six-party talks on north korea's nuclear program and express nod interest in re-opening the dialogue with north korea. they say the three country also call on china t

in south korea. president lee is often times seen as a puppet of the united states and the area around his office is called by many south koreans the news united states of south korea and south korea certainly seized on any opportunity it can to escalate tensions there is the sinking of the south korean corvette cheonan which was immediately blamed on north korea over north korean denials and there are many in south korea who do not believe the official inquiry then we have the artillery exchange that happened on november twenty third which has been blamed on north korea however the exchange was triggered by south korea marine garrison on an island that lies very close to the north korean coast you consider that you consider president leaves hostility toward north korea. it's his policy of confrontation the escalating more games and it's hard not to conclude that south korea is trying to precipitate a fight to pick a fight in trying to provoke its northern neighbor washington based investigative journ

tensions on the peninsula is only making the situation worse in the north korea attacked one of south korea's islands. and four people were killed at least eighteen people were injured pyongyang said that this was a response to. attack according to north korea in the time from south korea so the tensions are still high on the peninsula the two ministers definitely have a lot to talk about and the meeting of course comes at a very crucial time here is you just told us a lot of people are hoping for a calming of tension a lot of interest involved here. absolutely this these tensions have been continuing for decades and now with this latest rise which is that biggest in over a decade everybody is hoping for. the tensions and the violence to stop but. there's a huge amount of factors decisive factors in this whole situation here and i'm not even talking about the ideological factors or barriers between north and south korea pyongyang is really intimidated by the south koreans alliance strong alliance with the united states due to constantly hold military drills in the region in fact right after n

>> after the yeonpyeong shelling, south korea's domestic reaction is very serious. president lee myung-bak said it is very important to reinforce the unity of countries who are against north korea's aggressive brinkmanship. this exercise will create symbolic deterring effect. however, i have to point out that japan-south korea security corporation or the security cooperative mechanism with the united states has not been strong. it is time that japan, south korea and the united states intensify joint security cooperation to respond. officers from self-defense forces observed u.s. south korea's military exercises. next week, three countries will have foreign ministers meeting to keep this unity. so this six-party talks can wait. >> thus far, there have been a number of disputes in east asia, the incident between china and japan in september near the senkaku islands is one and another is north korea's shelling of south korea last month. what do you think will be the key to stabilizing the region? >> u.s. and its alliance unity is a key to keep deterrence. on the other h

in south korea. president lee is often times seen as a puppet of the united states and the area around his office is called by many south koreans the news united state of south korea is there ever a danger do you think that the north would ever play the car that it's that it's brought out yet again talking about maybe using its nuclear deterrent if i have a bit of sacred war ever did break out there could that happen and which nations are likely to be drawn into the conflict. the north could use its deterrent you never know what's going to happen when there's a game of brinksmanship being played as the south koreans obviously are i don't believe the south koreans want to bring this to an open state of conflict and i don't believe they actually want the north koreans to retaliate but when you play this kind of dangerous game anything can happen i believe the vice chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff had mentioned that it's very important that the united states control this escalation so that it d

it have to be militarily in gauge change or perhaps an economically change or base change well south korea expects north korea to change north korea does not want to change north korea's prepared is doing everything possible to avoid this change because it simply cannot sustain any economic or political change so resides on the other for a north korean regime it's a survival south korea is doing everything possible to destabilize the situation either militarily or using to provide the traditional usual for this time trying policy they can use on truck about destabilizing the region the south has been staging these nonstop military war games i think approximately forty nine times this year alone what's the logic behind this well south korea is a security ally of the united states and united states is presence in the region united states really wants to influence its control over the group in utah united states our station for this station in the sky. and part of the korean peninsula these what irritates north korea tremendously sort of feels threatened intimidated cornered. this very fact a

has as many as twenty soldiers involved in the military exercises with south korea and the u.s. of course has been reader reading over and over again that what's and what's more important is to condemn the actions of north korea and this of course is something that has been causing a diplomatic deadlock throughout the weekend here but for now security council sessions have somewhat died down and the members have taken a break to wait and see this because now north korea has said that they're not going to react to the military exercises. well sara flounders from the think tank the international action center says south korea's military drills are disturbing the precarious balance on the peninsula. this is a fourth direct provocation of u.s. south korean military exercises in less than a month we're really talking about many many ships in the area fifty to seventy ships hundreds of aircraft tens of thousands of troops operating just a few miles three to seven miles off of north korea's coast many miles north of the demilitarized zone that in itself is a provocation so here is south

south korea and the u.s. went ahead with these military exercises on its way here naughty tangled in a web the reports whole and free zones playing victim to agreements sensationalism . and want your grown ones to come to its ties with you take it down to just. moscow has warned lawmakers in washington that any change to a new nuclear arms reduction deal could destroy the percs foreign minister in the role of said that for russia the start treaty is not up for renegotiation meanwhile the u.s. senate rejected all amendments from republicans seeking to do that either ratification to january when they hear a majority in congress democrats hope that from three will have enough support required for passage the us president urged the senate to ratify the document this week describing this datsun treaty as a national priority to see cities in the job ruben from the national security network says despite the republicans amendments the treaty will eventually be signed. many of these amendments are designed to make a p

south korea says it will carry out additional firing drills for a one-week period beginning december 6th. the south is preparing itself for possible further provocations by the north after last week's shelling of yeonpyeong island that left four south koreans dead. the south korean military announced on tuesday that the exercises will be conducted at 29 locations across the country, including yeonpyeong island. the south korean military says it plans to stay on the highest alert for the time being. south korea and the united states began a four-day military drill in the yellow sea following the exchange of fire on november 23rd. on wednesday, the final day of the drill, the two nations will carry out exercises to protect the u.s. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "george washington" from enemy attacks and to deliver supplies to combat areas. >> conventional forces -- provocative actions by those forces. >> a weekend poll by south korea's kbs television shows that more than 70% of those surveyed want much stronger responses to any future provocations by north korea. >>> nations concerne

and south korea one not ready for the dialogue. gives us another suspicion that the real goal of both exercises and this. refusal to start the dialogue used to really brace should know if there were even concessions. that was your cue to the riot there from the russian academy of sciences. well barack obama's democrats have fought back another attempt to amend a landmark nuclear arms control deal with russia a senate votes turned down republican calls to alter and effectively kill off the new strategic arms reduction treaty hailed as one of the u.s. administration's main foreign policy achievements start would slash the two country's nuclear arsenals by a third the agreement was signed by dmitri mutated and barack obama in april but needs to be ratified by both the american senate and the russian duma russian lawmakers say they've been ready to do this for months and have been waiting for capitol hill to do likewise is now a race against time for the democrats whose majority in the senate will be reduced in january they need over a

the fact that south korea is increasing cooperation with the united states constantly holding various military drills in the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states hold a new set of military exercises south korea's has also recently held the new moreland which is calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea and such close ties with the united states at this point where this moment may make the tensions even higher so the two foreign ministers are definitely have a lot to talk about here in moscow all right we're going to scare now live from the foreign ministry let's keep the conversation going we're joined now to talk about the situation on the korean peninsula by going to tell the riaa who's the director of korean studies at the russian academy of sciences thank you for being with us why do you think these talks are being kept behind closed doors. well that's a normal practice them that talks between foreign ministers are held between hold closed doors and only afte

the warning cme as south korea started atiller drills three weeks after north korea's deadly attack on the south yeonpyeong island. shortly after that attack, the u.s. navy participated in exercises with south korea. meanwhile, north korea accuses the south of collaborating with the u.s. and japan to pressure it. south korea's current drills are expected to continue through friday. >>> well, by the end of this day we could have a good idea whether the tax bi will get through congress. the senate will hold its first test vote on a deal president obama made with republicans. it would extend the expiring tax cuts on every american, not just ose who make less than $250,000 a year. many say they're prepared to accept a deal, but those in the house are not s willing to compromise. >> i'm not a member of the tail between the legs part of the democratic party. i think we still fight for the thin we care about. >>> it would renew unemployment benefits. >>> opponent's of prident a bam ma's health care have their eyes on virginia as it has a challenge on the overhaul. attorney general cucelli sai

of these times they've done a very quick strike and pulled back and counted on the pressure in south korea being against really striking back. and over the history of the west conflicts with north korea since the end of the korean war, all countries have restrained themselves from striking back against north korean provocation. if they miscalculated and if this new more assertive policy by the new south korean defense minister and the new south korean government takes hold, then it's possible there could be a retaliation and escalation. and that's what has so many in washington and in asia worried. >> i think they're the worst-case nerios. david articulated them very well. and they're also the likely scenarios that are down side over the next month because this clearly... the reason we're talking about this is because this is just continuing to escalate and has been. now, it seems to me that the red lines... one of the things we expect... david and i, i think, fully expect further provocations from this north korean government. the response you just got from south korea, china, the united

foreign ministers from japan, the united states, and south korea recently agreed that north korea must meet five conditions before the six-party talks could resume. one is that the north must declare and implement the joint statement adopted at the six-party talks in 2005. the statement commits north korea to abandoning all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs. another condition is that the north must accept inspectors from the international atomic energy agency again. north korea expelled them in april 2009. >>> during his recent visit to pyongyang, chinese state councillor dai bingguo conveyed what the u.s., south korean and japanese ministered had discussed. dai had meetings with kim jong il among others. according to japanese officials, north koreans were quoted as saying they would not heighten tensions if the united states and south korea do not launch acts of provocation. the north koreans also reportedly said they would consider accepting iaea inspectors. the japanese government says it plans to keep calling on north korea to meet the five necessary conditions for resu

and south korea militaries are trying to avoid giving north korea an excuse for provocation. >>> japan is shifting its approach to defense. it plans to upgrade the mobility of the self-defense forces to enable them to respond to moves by north korea and china. the cabinet endorsed the guidelines on friday. they are the first in six years. the guidelines call north korea an unstable factor in the region's security. china, they say, is a growing concern for the international community as that country becomes more active in waters near japan. e plan calls for boosting the surveillance capabilities of the sdf and enabling troops to be more mobile. the changes reflect a shift from a deterrent stance to one that allows japan to readily counter emergencies. the number of ground sdf personnel will be cut by 1,000 along with a substantial reduction in the number of tanks. the maritime and air self-defense forces will be reinforced and more submarines will be used. security will be increased in the waters of southwestern japan by deploying ground sdf troops on the nansei islands. the guidelines

the security council has not been entirely successful the previous military drills carried out by south korea on the same island. on a fender the twenty third in that instance north korea reacted by shelling the island and that resulted in two civilian team rain but it was the worst attack on south korean territory since the korean war ended. and nineteen fifty three south we're saying that these astounded military tools that they carried out of north korea's come back and said that they view it as a woman even though you see maybe north korea certainly the partnership between south korea and the u.s. in japan in these military drills i read today is that perhaps south korea with the new government coming under some pressure from public opinion certainly in the wake of the previous attacks and they've to take this tough. on north korea at the north korea for its part has that that it's not going to welcome i.a.e.a. inspectors to come and examine its nuclear facilities at the moment russia and china certainly made it clear that there are pacing any actions that can be seen to inflame the tensi

this was a reply by using force so this just shows how unstable the region still is the fact that south korea is increasing cooperation with the united states constantly holding various military drills in the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states held a new set of military exercises south korea's has also recently held the new mall and which is calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea and such close ties with the united states at this point but at this moment may make the attentions even higher so the two foreign ministers definitely have a lot to talk about here in moscow. the director of korean studies at the russian academy of sciences believes that talks stalled between the two koreas because of washington and seoul's counterproductive demands. down here on of these roads were a critical towards the six party talks has now agreed to take part in this talks and now it's the south korean united states who don't want to return to the talks they say they want to talk to

was their reply by using force so this just shows how unstable the region still is the fact that south korea is increasing cooperation with the united states constantly holding various military drills in the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states held a new set of military exercises south korea's has also recently hélène the new model and which is calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea and such close ties with the united states at this point where this moment may make the tensions even higher so the two foreign ministers definitely have a lot to talk about here in moscow. well alexander of our own self who has the green department at the institute of oriental studies is here now with me in the studio tell us tensions on the peninsula reach the peak of course after the november selling of south korean islands by the north once russia's role in preventing conflicts from escalating into war. russia as usual tried to preserve the peace and security of the korean peninsula

first of all, south korea isn't even signing a trade pact with us. they make hundreds of billions of dollars of let's call it profit on the united states. the president goes over there recently and they embarrass him by saying we want more. you wouldn't believe me. this deal that we're making is so bad and they won't even sign it. then they get bomb and we send -- i say two things. why aren't they paying us? they make a fortune. why aren't they paying us for security? why are we doing this for nothing? we are the dumbest people. i see that they embarrass us by not signing the trade pact, then i see the boats sailing, these magnificent destroyers, most incredible thing i've ever seen, and they're all going over, i mean, what's wrong with us? why aren't they paying? by the way, i'd say number one, sign the pact that we want, not the pact that you want. and number two, and more importantly, i want you to pay us for protection. you know what, they'll do it. all you have to do is ask. otherwise they're not going to exist with like a million and a half man

absolutely yes it does raise tensions we saw that the last time south korea carried out the military drills on an extended twenty third on the same island of. north korea responded by shelling the island that resulted in the deaths of two civilians and team of rains it was the worst attack on south korean territory since the korean war ended and nine hundred fifty three and he said that we had the north korea have had cool this this military kill tried out this morning i reckless provocation and we know that they defined south with actions in these drills very threatening we know that the especially south korea is partnership with the u.s. and japan in these twelve has been viewed as very focused by no threats. certainly the military drills carried out this morning will be as the provocation as he said is really of high importance not to everyone involved to try and reach them full this should that will ease the tensions of the moment between the two. right tara firth reporting live from outside the russian foreign ministry thanks for that. well going to tell a riot from the russian a

it's not because south korea. a war or north korea wants a war. north korea doesn't want a war because they will lose. the problem here is miscalculation, misperception. someone makes a mistake. >> that is the point of governor bill richardson's visit to north korea to try to lessen tensions. far easier shed, said, shep, than done. >> shepard: the russians are trying to blame south korea for the tension. the truth is, jonathan, at its core, this is china and north korea vs. south korea and the united states. it's proxy situation. >> absolutely. russia is an important player in this as well. russia initially criticized north korea after north koreans attacked south korea in the wake of those november 23rd live fire exercises. now the russians appear to be changing their tune. they called the u.s. and south korean ambassador into their foreign ministry in moscow today and asked them, asked the south koreans not to conduct these live fire exercises. asked the u.s. officials to put pressure on south korea to bring about a cancellation of those exercis

this was a reply by using force so this just shows how unstable the region still is the fact that south korea is increasing cooperation with the united states constantly holding various military drills in the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states held a new set of military exercises south korea's has also recently when the new mormons were just calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea and such close ties with the united states at this point where this moment may make the tensions even higher so the two foreign ministers are definitely have a lot to talk about here in moscow correspondent got person off shock tactics a limb an aging drug and alcohol abuse have divided opinion across russia videos of deformed fetuses and children eating feces is just a small part of a controversial online campaign authorities have defended the ads saying that only harsh reality will discourage youngsters and kick some sense into addicts you may find some of the images in reflections report

this was a report by using force so this just shows how unstable the region still is the fact that south korea is increasing cooperation with the united states constantly holding various military drills in the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states held a new set of military exercises south korea's has also recently held the new mall and which is calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea and such close ties with the united states at this point where this moment may make the attentions even higher so the two foreign ministers are definitely have a lot to talk about here in moscow. but one leading east asia analyst told r.t. that russia has a pivotal role in helping to stabilize the region because its goal is peace and not to exercise political muscle. russia is the only country that does have a stake box no specific interest. which actually is a difference between russia and the european union so russia can actually be a trustworthy and reliable mediator a neutral broker the

this was a reply by using force so this just shows how unstable the region still is the fact that south korea is increasing cooperation with the united states constantly holding various military drills in the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states held a new set of military exercises south korea's has also recently held the new mall and which is calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea and such close ties with the united states at this point where this moment may make the tensions even higher so the two foreign ministers have definitely have a lot to talk about here in moscow correspondent going off kosovo's prime minister's declaring victory in the first parliamentary election since the self-proclaimed nation split from serbia the poll has been on the mind after european observers said they had allegations of. brought in two areas of oil to the premier the official results are yet to be announced the new government faces a number of challenges including a weak economy ex

was their reply by using force so this just shows how unstable the region still is the fact that south korea is increasing cooperation with the united states constantly holding various military drills in the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states held a new set of military exercises south korea has also recently held the new mall and which is calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea and such close ties with the united states at this point where this moment may make the tensions even higher so the two foreign ministers definitely have a lot to talk about here in moscow. well staying in the region japan is extremely upset with moscow and wants to make sure the kremlin knows that this comes after a visit by the russian deputy prime minister to the southern greil islands the area has been a sensitive topic for both countries since world war two soviet forces took control of the four islands during the war the territory is believed to be rich and natural resources in tokyo is

was their reply by using force so this just shows how unstable the region still is the fact that south korea is increasing cooperation with the united states constantly holding various military drills in the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states held a new set of military exercises south korea's has also recently held like the new model and which is calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea such close ties with the united states at this moment may make the attentions even higher. professor hazel smith from the resilience center at cranfield university says that russia could play a vital role in bringing north korea back to the negotiating table. russian counterpart one by one who will. leverage your legal all you got about ten mile border. but it can provide a channel of diplomatic engagement or communication or new who will united the needle. diplomatic relation whether it's content in go to the middle or at russia her fine but we're not doing enough in the world and al

>> from those outside of north korea, it may have seemed like the north and south were heading towards a military conflict, but the level of tension felt in seoul is considerably lower than earlier this week when the military conducted drills on the island. in reaction to those drills, north korea has been more measured and people are carrying on as normal, as the stock market was unaffected if not stronger. >> has there been any development what the u.s. envoy bill richardson to attempt to have u.n. inspectors in north korea? >> the u.s. governor bill richardson said he came back with positive signals from p'yongyang, but the view from officials in seoul is the north is sticking with their two track policy like in the past. on one hand, they are signaling dialogue, but at the same time keeping up the military pressure to remind the u.s. and south korea of a doctor -- of a darker picture. analysts see this as a typical from the north as they jointed walk away from nuclear talks for years what continuing to buy time to develop their nuclear program. >>> the greek parliament has approved

relations with north korea no concessions no cooperation no talks south korea expects north korea to change north korea does not want to change north korea's prepared is doing everything possible to avoid this change because it simply cannot sustain any economic or political change so resides on that are for north korea nervous removes the survival south korea's doing everything possible to destabilize the situation either militarily or using to provide the traditional usual for the sunshine policy south korea is a security ally of the united states and united states is presence in the region united states really wants to influence its control over the group unusual united states aspasia for this station in the southern part of the korean peninsula china's next door from the korean peninsula and of course if united states loses control or influence over korea korean peninsula north korea if so unified korea becomes a need to penn state while these certain interests of the united states' national interests might be jeopardized. the head of one of moscow's main airports domodedovo has