year claimed four lives let's talk more on this with professor really good friend from the university of vienna thanks so much for being with us here on r.t. now could we see a repeat of that young pyong island incident when the north part shells killing four people claiming it was responding to provocation are we going to see an escalation in tension again. well of course we all hope that this will not be the case that information is yours to lose customers will be going to you know exactly what was going on it's a little bit surprising in the short term because the hopeful signs of towards an issue between north and south korea. oh a little bit surprised just this is happening now on the whole school system as the situation is complicated and they might have to show some force to do it population so you're still struggling to find out what that really means and how despicable are the two countries technically remain at war following the nine hundred fifty to fifty three korean war. people wonder of course will there ever be a peace agreement and if we do see tensions escalating and things get

your thoughts that was what is our frank the chair of east asian economy the society at the university of vienna. well now to some other international news stories this hour steve jobs the founder of the electronics giant apple has resigned as c.e.o. following health problems he'll be replaced by chief operating officer tim cook jobs who under vent underwent a liver transplant following pancreatic cancer so that he could no longer handle his duties the fifty five year old has been on medical leave for an undisclosed condition since mid january. and after being shaken by tuesday as earthquake the east coast of the united states is bracing itself to be hit by hurricane irene and heavy rain and winds earlier better parts of the caribbean sweeping through cuba as well as the dominican republic it is expected to become a category four hurricane as it passes over the northwestern bahamas and route to the eastern u.s. east coast are no deaths or injuries have been reported the best. and mass student protests continue to shake chile as demonstrators demand free education and changes to school funding no

response to seoul's provocative military exercises in the area after running frank from the university of vienna says despite the tense situation on the peninsula hopes are high both sides will eventually reach a peace deal. it's a little bit surprising in the short term because there were hopeful signs of talks in indonesia between north and south korea. so be all little bit surprised as to this is happening now and get out of the mess the situation is complicated and they might have to show some force to their population eventually we all think that there's going to be a peace agreement because the current situation is obviously not sustainable the question is when and under which conditions and to the right now the north koreans are struggling to have a succession problem there how could the mess that you call me that is really don't know also worsened by the recent floodings and next year to have a big event coming up with the need to show some success to their people so far it's not even clear we're going to draw your son. because he does not get official lubin on the success or even if you

attack was a response to seoul's because the military exercises in the area dr wright from the university of vienna says despite this has situation on the peninsula hopes are high both sides will eventually reach a peace deal. it's a little bit surprising in the short term because there were hopeful signs of talks in indonesia between north and south korea. your little bit surprised to this is happening now and go to north korea because the mess the situation is complicated and they might have to show some force to do population eventually we all think it was going to be a peace agreement because the current situation is obviously not sustainable the question is when and under which conditions right now in north korea are struggling to have a succession problem the mess that you call me that is really also worsened by the recent flooding and next year to have a big event coming up we need to show some success to the people so far it's not even clear we're going to join you. because he has not yet officially been an aunt's their successor even if it is successor however it's still not clear what typ

a response to seoul's provocative military exercises in the area dr gregory frank from the university of vienna says despite the test insulation on the peninsula hopes are high both sides will eventually reach a peace deal it's a little bit surprising in the short term because there were hopeful signs of talks in indonesia between north and south korea. have your little bit surprised is that this is happening now and go to north korea is the most the situation is complicated and they might have to show some force to do the population eventually think it was going to be a peace agreement because current situation is abuse they're not sustainable the question is when and under which conditions and right now north korea is struggling to know the succession problem the mess the economy that is really also worsened by the recent flooding and next year to have a big event coming up we do need to show some success to the people so far it's not even clear. juggles. because he was not able to actually be the knowledge of the successor even if you look so that's a whole lot worse still not clear what car

north responded by shelling one of the south islands without search dr roger frank from the university of vienna says the situation on the peninsula is difficult but it's hard to say what led to the latest events so. we don't you know exactly what was going on it's a little bit surprising in the short term because there were hopeful signs of talks in indonesia between north and south korea. so be all little bit surprised as to this is happening now and the other could be just a mess the situation is complicated and they might have to show some force to do a population so we are still struggling to find out what that really means and how this could go well of course eventually we all think that there's going to be a peace agreement because the current situation is obviously not sustainable the question is when and under which conditions and to the right now north korea is struggling to have a succession problem do however the mess the economy that is really also worsened by the recent floodings and next year to have a big event coming up where they need to show some success to their people so tha

a response to seoul's provocative military exercises in the area dr rudiger frank from the university of vienna says despite the tense situation on the peninsula hopes are high both sides will eventually reach a peace deal. it's a little bit surprising in the short term because the group will pull signs of tours in indonesia between north and south korea. so you know a little bit surprised this is happening not only out of school because the mess the situation is complicated and they might have to show some force to do population eventually we all think it is going to be a big boost current situation is obviously not sustainable of course for those western under which conditions and to the right now almost a real struggle you know succession problem you who must economy that was really also worsened by the recent flooding east and next year to have a big event coming up with the need to show some success to the people to. it's not if you keep your word if you drop your son. because he does not beautiful chalupa in the arms of the successor even if you were still not clear what kabul success you

vienna in dayton, ohio. -- vivian in ohio. >> we are back live at the iowa straw poll on the campus of iowa state university. 202-624-1115 forrats -- for republicans. the line for democrats is 202- 624-1111. this is the first test of organizational strength for the republican candidates. the no. 4 iowa residence is -- it 202-737-2579. today, the governor of texas, rick perry, has announced his candidacy. you can watch that speech in his entirety. he will be in iowa tomorrow. from newark, new jersey, on the democratic line. thank you for waiting. caller: good afternoon. great coverage of the straw poll. a does want to say something about what michele bachmann said in her speech. she said she was going to go vote right then and to follow her. she lives in minnesota and never was a resident of iowa. that is all i have to say. host: next from connecticut on the republican line. caller: think it recovering this alive. the caller who called a few minutes ago and made a comment about ron paul saying he is for small government but in this case is introducing government into the bedroom by talking about abortion, abortions do not hap

university of new orleans. it's a great pleasure to introduce this evening's speaker. before i do that, just a couple special welcomes. a special welcome from friends from vienna that are here. so the visitor come from far and wide as we all know, so special welcome to the family from vienna and to my world war ii seminar graduate students this spring at unl. special welcome to you too. [applause] i'm very pleased to have the opportunity to introduce dr. gerald steinacher who is from austria. he did his studies at the university of innsbruck and while studying at the university of i innsbruck like many studen, like myself, given the intimate relationship between the university of i said brook and new orleans and a relationship that dr. nick mueller, in fact, started with a summer school almost 40 years ago, i had the pleasure to study with dr. ambrose at unl, and actually dr. steinacher when i started teaching at unl fell into my hands when in 1996, 1995-'96 he came as a student for a year as so many innsbruck students do. we will have this fall more than 50 students coming from innsbruck studying for a semester. dr. steinacher was working then, beginning to w