finally, tied into that the misinformation is seeping and from the south so finally north koreans are learning what is going on in the south and realizing i am teeeighteen park and my cousin just sent his kid to ucla. something is wrong. these are a challenges. these are huge challenges. how all negative is the maintain incredible military threat? the asymmetric forces are the highest priority and traditional force is capabilities continued to decline slowly but continue to be large and adequately maintained. yes they may be going up against indigenous tanks but they are well maintained. they just don't have a lot of fuel. the results, and the evolving threat to literally the cold war and manager it is extremely expensive to maintain. that is one of the key reasons for the north korean populace because of the expense of the military they have nuclear-weapons but little attention is paid to other aspects of the threat i want to talk about that someone and it is the subject of an entire chapter in my book. talk about the asymmetric threat, long-range artillery, ballistic missiles and sp

south koreans look north koreans because they are all koreans i should say this they have stun that snuck special operations in to assassinate people such as the botched attempt at assassinate the highest ranger detectiver to come south. they also do it by maritime means. they use submarines and submersibles. sfo numbers in north korea have increased by 50% since 2006. this is a significant threat. they've converted seven diversions, think about this, 7 divisions to light infantry. close to 50,000 men. and one of the things that they've done is they took a lot of the heavy artillery and some of the tanks and the apc's et cetera out of these divisions pushed them farther south -- close to south korea and then they jump qualified all these guys and trained them. 50,000 guys they've done this since 2006. the minister of national defense which is a white paper which is a big estimate that the south korea ministry of national defense puts out each year estimates they have 200,000 special operations forces. significant threat. they can go in behind enemy lines and do all kinds of things, disrup

a south korean patrol boat spotted the boats near the south korean eye lan of yeonpyeong last saturday. the north korean red cross thursday sent a written message and demanded the south immediately send the group back. the south's government said the group is from south huayhei province in north korea. all nine reportedly asked for political asylum. south korea says it will not send them back unless they change their minds about defecting. >>> in february, a fishing boat carrying 31 north koreans drifted into south korean territory. the south refused to allow the return of four people who it said had claimed asylum. >>> the pictures next to me show what china looked like 20 years ago. the bicycle was the main mode of transportation. today china is the world's biggest auto market. the country's inland cities are rapidly industrializing and increasing numbers of people are driving cars. the trend is causing big problems like traffic jams and air pollution. in an attempt to reduce car use, the city of wuhan is encouraging citizens to get back on their bikes. nhk world's yutaka yano tells

the two sides of the korean peninsula failed to agree on the revival of a joint tourism project in the north mt. kumgang resort. officials of the south reunification ministry and the tourism resort held talks with korean officials. the north's representatives refused to listen and demanded separate talks with officials of the tourism country. the south's delegation called off the talks without scheduling a next round. the project was suspended in 2008, after a south korean tourist was shot by a north korean soldier. the north unilaterally seized the south korean owned facilities at the resort but talks on reopening the resort were reopened after the north recently requested them. >>> the presidents of china and sudan have agreed to continue strengthening their countries' bilateral relationship even after southern sudan achieves independence next month. hu jintao met omar al bashir wednesday. the official chinese xinhua news agency said hu would keep his friendly policies toward sudan in place despite the change in the african nation's domestic affairs. hu pledged continued cooperation in resource development and agricultural assistan

the south korean military says the troop stopped it after mistaking it for a north korean plane. they fired the rifle at the azeana airline which had more that 100 passengers onboard. thiness den comes amid high tensions between north and south korea. we will bring you more on that when we get it. back to one of our main stories, government forces in syria are reported to have shot dead 16 people after a demonstration against the rule of president assad. across the country thousands have joined in anti-government rallies. 10,000 people are estimated to have fled the violence taking refuge on the border with neighboring turkey. journalists are banned from syria. but matthew price has crossed into the country and has a special report. >> we took the route the smugglers used, winding through the olive groves and down the hillside to avoid the border patrols. after an hour's hike, we were inside syria. this is how some 10,000 now live here stranded along the border, too scared of their own army to return home. in one tent sat fatmak kabichi, frail. i came here because of the violence,

. >>> the south korean government says the north is completing a new missile base and cites concerns about fresh military provocations. defense minister told particle omt monday that north korea has almost finished the cite for long range missilesn the northwestern area. the minister said it's larger than others in the country and is equipped with high-tech devices. he also said last week north korea launched a short range missile into the yellow sea from another base. he said it was to test its performance and was successful. the north has been strengthening economic ties with china but it has been refusing dialogue with the south and ignoring their calls to apologize for sinking a south korean naval vessel and for the artillery attack yeonpyeong island. it's improving its missile performance and deploying more patrol ships in the yellow sea. >>> china is said to begin operating a high speed railway between beijing and shanghai late this month. the trains will run at 300 kilometers per hour and 250 kilometers per hour. the faster one will cover the 1,300 kilometers between beijing a

has been refusing dialogue with the south and ignoring their calls to apologize for sinking a south korean naval vessel and for the artillery attack yeonpyeong island. south korea is on high alert as the north is improving its missile performance and deploying more patrol ships in the yellow sea. >>> vietnam held a military drill in apparent move to drills. its navy conducted a live ammunition drill 40 kilometers off of the province. it was held in the morning and at night and lasted nine hours. the ministry did not disclose the number of ships involved in the exercise. vietnam announced over a period of about two weeks, china had obstructed its fishing boats and a survey ship owned by state-run oil company. the vietnamese people staged protests against china on june 5th and 12th in the capital hanoi and ho chi minh indicating increases objections to the country. the u.s. state department expressed temps that the display of military power would only heighten tension in the region but vietnam said it was just a routine exercise. >>> china is scheduled to begin operating a high-speed railway

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there is a growing view that the shelling of the yeonpyeong island and the sinking of a south korean naval vessel in march 2010 were initiated by north korean leader kim jong-il's heir-apparent and son kim jong-un. the south korean government is concerned that kim jong-un may ig interior china's warning and launch a new offensive to gear up for the succession of power. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton says the philippines can count on the united states for maritime defense support. there are concerns about growing tensions between southeast asian nations and china over territorial disputes in the south china sea. clinton spoke on thursday in washington following the meeting with philippine foreign secretary del rosario, whose remarks follow an incident in the south china sea in march. the fill peian government says chinese warships interfered with one of the country's exploration ships near some disputed islands. >> we certainly wish to do what we can to support the philippines in their desires for external support for maritime defense. >> clinton said the u.s. will aim to prov

. >>> japan protested a visit by a south korean cabinet minister to disputed islets in the sea of japan. the islets called takashima and dokdo in south korea are under korean control but japan claims sovereignty over them. maeng has young kyu made the visit wednesday. vice foreign minister kenichiro sasae protested to former vice foreign minister shin kak oo. sasae said it is unacceptable. he said japan strongly demands that no such ministerial visit be repeated. he said the islands are south korea's territory but added that he will convey the message to his government. >>> researchers in japan believe they observed something scientists have not seen until now. their experiment involved the fundamental particles known as neutrinos. they say they've seen neutrinos make a transformation that's never been recorded. the researchers say the observation could provide an important clue about the origin of the universe. the finding was announced on wednesday by a group led by professor takashi kobayashi at the high energy accelerator research organization in ibaraki prefecture. the team generat

the south korean diplomat has declared climate change is his first challenge. reflected on his reappointment. >> as you said, he was reappointed by acclamation and i actually asked him a little while ago why he thought that was. he said it was because he had worked hard at being a bridge builder and seeking consensus and try to connect countries and their interests. i think he is widely seen by diplomats as someone who is very hard-working and very serious and very diligent and determined. crucially, he has managed to keep the support of the five members of the security council because he needs the endorsement of all of them in order to get a circuit -- second term as secretary general. he has come under some pretty harsh criticism from some u.n. officials and those who follow the u.n., the men's rights workers who watch what it has done. -- the human rights workers who watch what he has done. there is a weakness that maybe his inoffensiveness is something that is a weakness. he is too timid to challenge the big powers and the big human rights abusers. that is

profits on large panels have become smaller due to intense competition from south korean and taiwanese makers. >>> u.s. stocks ended lower with market players taking a wait and see stance ahead of key jobs data. to see how to see how stocks are performing this friday in japan we cross over to ramin mellegard at the tokyo stock exchange. ramin, how are things kicking >> good morning to >> good morning to you, ai. having a look at the markets, starting off in the positive and markets really look to be set up for the u.s. jobs numbers and global stock markets will be focused on that. the nikkei and the topix both in the passive, just barely, not a major move but in the positive nevertheless. now domestically japanese markets are also digesting the news of prime minister naoto kan having survived a no confidence vote yesterday and announcing his indication that he will step down once the recovery of the country takes hold. now the political uncertainties that follow may be of concern to markets especially as just this week, we learned that moody's investor service put japan's debt rating o

. >> the former south korean foreign minister was criticized by some european countries at the start of his term for failing to address human rights concerns, but ban has become active in addressing international issues. he has strengthened partnerships with the obama administration in his efforts to achieve a world without nuclear weapons. more recently he supported the multinational military operation in libya. the challenges that ban will continue to tackle in his second term include the problems of the middle east and building a new framework on climate change. >>> police in southern china are offering cash and urban residency status to domestic migrant workers who help identify participants in a three-day riot in early june. in a local newspaper dated sunday, police criticized those who took part in the riot. violence broke out on june 10th after security officials mistreated a street vendor from the inland province of sichuan. they'll be given the title of excellent migrant worker and official residence permits. >>> different status are given to rural and urban residents. migra

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. >> the former south korean foreign minister became u.n. chief in january, 2007. he has been criticized by some european countries for lacking leadership and failing to address human rights issues. but china's u.n. ambassador said u.n. ambassadors from asian countries and unanimously agree to ban's re-election. the five permanent members of the security council have also backed him for a second term. ban has built an alliance with the obama administration to address foreign policy issues to the united nations as much as possible. ban will serve through the end of 2016 if he wins his second term. nhk world, new york. >>> the japanese government will restructure its nuclear organizations to clarify roles and responsibilities if a nuclear disaster occurs. nhk has obtained a draft of a report. report says the government will make the nuclear and industrial safety aswren genesee ingent from the ministry of economy, trade and industry. it says the operator of the fukushima daiichi plant, tokyo electric power company should improve the design of its nuclear plants to ens

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the company will sell its global wire business to a south korean company for about $50 million. shares have staged a nice rally as it has been successful in rising tire prices and selling higher-end tires. the return of the auto market has helped too. and finally, here are the first biotech gilead very active this friday, disclosed a department of justice supoena. it is cooperating. and finally, here are the first new stock offerings for june. salt lake city-based data storage maker fusion i.o. went public yesterday at $19. nice rally there. lastly, taomee holdings ended the week above its initial price of $9 thanks to a late-day surge today. it's a childrens entertainment media firm based in china. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: almost $2 trillion are invested in u.s. index mutual funds and registered index exchange-traded funds. the strategy behind them is to give investors exposure to a broad array of stocks, usually based on the size of the company. but maybe there's a better way to build an index fund. that's the subject of a story in "bloomberg markets magazi

joining us from st petersburg from the economic forum mr krammer we started talking about about south korean bad in the book about competitiveness of these two projects but as far as i understand natural gas which you pipe which you pump through the pipes also has competition like the new sources of gas for example the shale gas and the liquefied natural gas they're putting downward pressure on natural gas prices is this really the trend is a true. well you know i think we have to look at the l.n.g. and chilled gas in quite a different way. the shale gas first of all we know the story about the u.s. for a large and rather unexpected volumes of shale gas have come to the market where. we are now as an industry looking very hard at what could be the possibilities elsewhere in the world and what i'm hearing. about europe in that respect is that yes there are in geological trying certain possibilities it is not yet quite clear how complicated some of the production will be in europe it could be quite different from the us and our number of environmentalists who surround shale gas. which may also

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. >> reporter: the former south korean foreign minister became u.n. chief in january 2007. he has been criticized by some european countries for lacking leadership and failing to address human rights issues. but china's u.n. ambassador, li baodung said u.n. ambassadors met and unanimously to ban's re-election. the five permanent members of the security council have also backed him for a second term. ban has built an alliance with the obama administration to address foreign policy issues through the united nations as much as possible. ban will serve through the end of 2016 if he wins a second term. widad franco, nhk world, new york. >>> and in other news yemeni president ali abdullah saleh has reaffirmed his intention of staying in power and says he will return to the country within days. saleh flew to saudi arabia on saturday to receive medical treatment after a rocket attack on his presidential palace. many yemenis interpreted his flight as signaling the end of his presidency but yemen's state-run tv said sunday that saleh called vice president hadi to say his declaration

south korean soldiers fought at the passenger jets after mistaking it for a north korean military plane and supported a short and easy on it plane which had more than one hundred passengers on board no harm was done to the aircraft and a to see incident highlighting the ongoing tension on the border between the two koreas. libya's prime minister says his government has helped talks with rebels as were the night those who accuse nato of escalating violence in the country fresh air raids. explosions and tripoli thousands of colonel gadhafi supporters have staged that in the week to be the biggest since then. gratian began. and huge wave of flooding in china has killed more than one hundred people and forced at least half a meter lovers to flee central and southern areas of the country are on the highest state of alert troops call they knew to be a definite. said to be the worst in fifty years was caused by tarantula rains weather forecasters were due to continue for another week. how we continue our journey to the coldest continent on earth on talk to you magine that dealing with a fierce

south korean soldiers a passenger jets after mistaking it for a north korean military plane in support of the shorter asiana airlines plane which had one hundred passengers on board no harm was done to the aircraft it's instant highlighting ongoing tension on the border between the two koreas. libya's prime minister says his government has helped talks with rebels is a good night for those who accuse nato of escalating violence in the country fresh air raids. on the explosions of tripoli thousands of colonel gadhafi supporters stage them grabbing the biggest system. gratian together. and huge wave of flooding in china has killed more than a hundred people at least half a little novelists of the central and southern areas of the country are only state of alert troops then units of the aid efforts being acceptable the worst in fifteen years was caused by tarantula rains the weather forecasters continue for another week. we continue our journey to the coldest continent on earth on talk to get you magine that dealing with the fierce climate there the snow from todd from religion. from some

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council and even bases in a lot of battles in reelected by the general assembly room tuesday the south korean the us pushed through a number of vital reforms in the areas of climate change and nuclear disarmament is also supported pro-democracy movements in the middle east and north africa. now we continue our journey to the coldest continent on earth on toxic you can imagine dealing with a fierce climate leaves little time for religion but all it is shown thomas found out that isn't the case during a visit to the southernmost russian orthodox church the planet. perched atop a picture ask a rocky hill overlooking the sea so it's a typical and a tiny russian orthodox church so this scene looks like it could be taken right out of a siberian picture book think again. at the words this is important so far this is the only antarctic station that has a russian orthodox church. in fact the trinity church is the southernmost russian orthodox church on the planet and getting it here was not an easy operation. in two thousand and two they built the temple from the cedar tree and the church was built an

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with twenty of them in serious condition the blast happened at a wedding ceremony in the north or south korean capital or he's going to negotiate over. with the leaders. of the moments of the number of people has risen to over fifty with a sum of twenty being any serious condition now some of those people have even burns all across their bodies and they're all have been placed in three different local hospitals here in of let us meanwhile russian emergencies ministry's plane has arrived and have brought medical specialists from moscow and these are experts who will a check of point those injuries and work out a list of a dozen people were the most severe ones to bring them to moscow for special treatment the blast happened during a wedding ceremony and here in russia's north caucasus weddings are big celebrations and usually are not less than three hundred guests are invited for this type of ceremonies and the food is being cooked outside in special councils that's why it requires gas canister east and one of these gas canister used exploded and seriously injuring a significant number of peopl

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people tried ginsburg tried to pull generation beyond screen so there are good writers there was south koreanwriters there would be people who ride for theatre and then move to cinema. and also there is this school of new drama which tries to change the rules not to fold a check of type of writing and to move elsewhere sometimes it's chucking sometimes they don't like it sometimes they use the words of the. screenplays and. places but it works and the younger audience is full well. i also wanted to ask you about the budget there you say that the mascot for the festival is trying to become one of the three main events of the year of this kind. do you have enough. money i mean what's the budget of the festival kind of going to be compared with where with con when nobody has enough money we can have twice as much money is still won't be enough the budget the official budget of the festival is known the state is given the round trip to see million dollars violent of three million dollars in dribbles for the festival each year as far as the sponsors are concerned it depends of the years but in fac