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approached in three decades north korea is the ruling communist party the workers' party of korea needs to discuss the transition of power analysts expect few changes in pyongyang's foreign policy but focus will surely be on the state's nuclear ambition the russian public opinion research center also citizens if north korea's possession of nuclear weapons would pose a threat to russia's national interests forty seven percent of russians believe it would be six percent disagree the workers' party congress is widely seen the first public steps in leadership change as it was in nine hundred eighty when kim jong il made his political depute peter ok now i'd like to go to you it's still not in the cards that the north korean state could collapse because of its economy because of just too many resources being poured into the military let's talk about scenarios here right now we have we have. thirty eight thousand american troops south of the border we have a country parts of it are experiencing famine it's a pretty large population twenty two million people and would let's talk scenarios what
approached in three decades north korea is the ruling communist party the workers' party of korea needs to discuss the transition of power analysts expect few changes in pyongyang's foreign policy but focus will surely be on the state's nuclear ambition the russian public opinion research center also citizens if north korea's possession of nuclear weapons would pose a threat to russia's national interests forty seven percent of russians believe it would be six percent disagree the workers'...
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korea. but -- ok. how's that? i do not think there is any difference. the alliance, and when i talk about the alliance -- is this better? too good. when i refer to the alliance, i mean the south koreans and the americans. they have gone on a good job and i had a front row seat for the last 30 years watching how effective that alliance has then at deterring war on the peninsula. from the same seat, i saw they did not do a good job in deterring provocation, because it happens all the time. everybody's sitting in this room remembers and third and fourth grade, the bully trying to take their lunch money. essentially, for several past decades, the north koreans have been doing that to us on a regular basis and, and we keep letting them do it. everybody knows the way to stop a bully is to stand up to him. and we do that sometimes, but we do not do it often enough where it deters those provocations. many of these are fairly serious, like five times on the president, the sinking of the south korean
korea. but -- ok. how's that? i do not think there is any difference. the alliance, and when i talk about the alliance -- is this better? too good. when i refer to the alliance, i mean the south koreans and the americans. they have gone on a good job and i had a front row seat for the last 30 years watching how effective that alliance has then at deterring war on the peninsula. from the same seat, i saw they did not do a good job in deterring provocation, because it happens all the time....
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and then proceed further north korea views the u.s. as posing the biggest threat and believes that the main obstacle for their economic development comes from the u.s. standing in the way of international aid. let's try and move from the economical and political more towards the personal you've spent so much time in north korea i believe you've even met kim jong il personally what kind of a man is he. i met kim jong il both as a journalist and the diplomats in particular during the then president putin's visit to north korea in two thousand i carefully read what a number of state leaders who met him as a president wrote about him. i want to say that kim jong il appears is an energetic and informed person who knows what he does and knows what to strive for i think that the stereotypes appearing regularly in western and frankly also in recent publications about some unpredictable politician and regime are absolutely ungrounded because an irrational and unpredictable politician would hardly be able to hold power in his hands for the past
and then proceed further north korea views the u.s. as posing the biggest threat and believes that the main obstacle for their economic development comes from the u.s. standing in the way of international aid. let's try and move from the economical and political more towards the personal you've spent so much time in north korea i believe you've even met kim jong il personally what kind of a man is he. i met kim jong il both as a journalist and the diplomats in particular during the then...
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korea as a tool for unification? have they taken that perspective. -- perspective? so far, it seems like the united states involvement has led to the status quo of a divided peninsula. we have seen moves from south korea like this reunification tax where they're starting to address the issues, trying to help the failed states that -- state that north korea is. >> can you respond to that? >> when it comes to the chinese influence over north korea, the south koreans are afraid that china might take over north korea economically. then when there is a contingency in north korea, china will continue. -- intervene militarily. the role of china in the korean peninsula became greater and greater. your suggestion about -- i understand your question is that chinese economic -- the chinese role in for the development of the north korean economy is good for -- in the further development of the north korean economy is good. i totally agree with you. i would like to see north korea become like vietnam or china. their living standa
korea as a tool for unification? have they taken that perspective. -- perspective? so far, it seems like the united states involvement has led to the status quo of a divided peninsula. we have seen moves from south korea like this reunification tax where they're starting to address the issues, trying to help the failed states that -- state that north korea is. >> can you respond to that? >> when it comes to the chinese influence over north korea, the south koreans are afraid that...
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be found easily but north korea maintains that shroud of secrecy while. it happened so that for centuries korea was detached from the rest of the outside world this has to do with the fact that back in the middle ages that frequently suffered from invasions by the mumble isn't japanese feel free this convince the ruling class that the country would live better if it reduced its contacts with the surrounding countries to a minimum but today in the twenty first century while the economic ties back on the world do you think that this policy of isolation will help north korea progress economically yeah there has been that much talk in the west about north korea opening up with them on its integration into the world community not up with you with whoever real policy that's very often at all sorts of statements some sort of best theory or broke out in the media recently around the fact of the swedish department store down seven jeans manufactured in north korea if the west is really interested in north korea developing some industries or to enter foreign market
be found easily but north korea maintains that shroud of secrecy while. it happened so that for centuries korea was detached from the rest of the outside world this has to do with the fact that back in the middle ages that frequently suffered from invasions by the mumble isn't japanese feel free this convince the ruling class that the country would live better if it reduced its contacts with the surrounding countries to a minimum but today in the twenty first century while the economic ties...
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korea. coming up saturday, it is the mark of the ninth anniversary of the september 11 terrorist attacks. we will be live featuring aviation officials who will recount that day from 2001. >> at long last, the united states of america joins every other industrial nation in the world that says health care is our right, not a privilege. senators and congressmen have been holding town hall meetings, and we have been covering them. watch them in our video library. it is all searchable, and free, on your computer, any time. the c-span and networks. we provide coverage of pop -- of politics, and nonfiction literature. find our contact anytime through our video library. we take our -- we take c-span on the road with our digital boss and local content vehicle. it was created by cable, provided as a public service. now, the veterans affairs secretary speaking to the american legion the and milwaukee. he will be speaking about agent orange, and golf-war related illnesses. >> thank you for your leadersh
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korea. this is a very recent recession that demonstrates the u.s. is very strong in its reaction to the cheonan incident. they joined at the very beginning in the rescue operations, and also, [unintelligible] -- the were in strong support of the u.s. administration. this is the largest area ever conducted in the caribbean peninsula. -- kirby and peninsula. i might say that this is the reincarnation of the incident that happened between 1977 and 1993. it was a deterrent to north korean leadership and rain that in north korean policies -- north korean policies. one side effect of this is china's reaction. when we conducted this exercise in the wake of the cheonan sinking, the chinese reaction was unusually harsh. i think it has awakened at the international community. it is central in the war, as reflected in the sense of china. china had some objection to this joint exercise. for example, july 15 -- "we formally oppose any foreign militaries placed in the yellow city, undermining china's secu
korea. this is a very recent recession that demonstrates the u.s. is very strong in its reaction to the cheonan incident. they joined at the very beginning in the rescue operations, and also, [unintelligible] -- the were in strong support of the u.s. administration. this is the largest area ever conducted in the caribbean peninsula. -- kirby and peninsula. i might say that this is the reincarnation of the incident that happened between 1977 and 1993. it was a deterrent to north korean...
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to north korea the soviet union was the very opposite of a threat especially in the korean war of the early one nine hundred fifty s. the u.s.s.r. came to see as many socialist states in largest possible was happy to a communist regime against u.n. troops but the veterans of those battles only recently got the chance to talk about their memories for them it was yet another war that didn't exist. i was there for a year in the home and when we came back we talk about it even hint. those that died were buried and the notes to their families would read killed in the course of duty where when how their was not open for discussion it was hard but it was top of their of course seventy seven out of seventy eight green cities were destroyed almost completely and yet everywhere i went i saw people trying to rebuild homes roads everything we'd see women on the road carrying their kids and their belongings to a new town and would give them lifts we weren't allowed to but we did. when the eastern european communist bloc fell apart its influx into the north korean economy planted despite the fact a
to north korea the soviet union was the very opposite of a threat especially in the korean war of the early one nine hundred fifty s. the u.s.s.r. came to see as many socialist states in largest possible was happy to a communist regime against u.n. troops but the veterans of those battles only recently got the chance to talk about their memories for them it was yet another war that didn't exist. i was there for a year in the home and when we came back we talk about it even hint. those that died...
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lattimer's of science alexander should have been president thank you so much for joining us north korea remains one of the few mysteries today everything is known information about everything can be found easily but north korea maintains that shroud of secrecy while. you were it happened so that for centuries korea was detached from the rest of the outside world this has to do with the fact that back in the middle ages that frequently suffered from invasions by the mongols and japanese this convince the ruling class that the country would live better if it reduced its contacts with the surrounding countries to a minimum as a result koreans were even banned from setting up settlements in certain locations particularly on the sea shore information inflow was controlled and restricted when japan occupied korea in the early twentieth century this policy was preserved by the occupants in order to retain this colony under its control the first thing japan did was to take all the foreign relations of korea under its control and start the japanese ational korea the koreans were forced to adopt
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on north korea? randy? >> well, i think we clearly have some common aversions, and i'm choosing my words carefully here, because it's not necessarily common interests. 'cause i think there is some divergence between the united states and china on north korea and the korean peninsula, but certainly some common aversions. uh, we both would not benefit if north korea remained a nuclear armed country with an expanding arsenal. we would both suffer if there was instability or a hard collapse that lead to chaos, and so forth. so, i think the sense of common aversions have given us a basis for discussion and some limited cooperation. but as some of the commentators noted, there are some limitations to the degree to which we can cooperate with china, and we're finding that through the course of this effort to cooperate with china. >> david? >> i think it's important to emphasize that if you ask in broad-brush, are we both concerned about proliferation? yes. are we both concerned about erratic north korean behavior?
on north korea? randy? >> well, i think we clearly have some common aversions, and i'm choosing my words carefully here, because it's not necessarily common interests. 'cause i think there is some divergence between the united states and china on north korea and the korean peninsula, but certainly some common aversions. uh, we both would not benefit if north korea remained a nuclear armed country with an expanding arsenal. we would both suffer if there was instability or a hard collapse...
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would like to have to have go away as a headache the north korea and listen if north korea collapses if we do nothing north korea collapses it's going to cause tremendous problems in the region for china for south korea lots of refugees unsecured nuclear materials unsecured nuclear weapons and of course the north also acts out i mean it did sink this korean ship killing forty six sailors it's engaging other acts that have been provocative i think everyone would like for northeast asia to be a peaceful and stable and you know there are enough problems in the world in pakistan and elsewhere without having this problem but right now it doesn't look like it's going to improve anytime in the near future will of course one of the reasons for the continuing fascination surrounding north korea is it's very unique regs dulce north korea in european have the right to choose it saying form of government it's a malaysian whatever western governments might say even if you prefer self-imposed isolation. sure i mean i think as long as countries with live within widely accepted international laws th
would like to have to have go away as a headache the north korea and listen if north korea collapses if we do nothing north korea collapses it's going to cause tremendous problems in the region for china for south korea lots of refugees unsecured nuclear materials unsecured nuclear weapons and of course the north also acts out i mean it did sink this korean ship killing forty six sailors it's engaging other acts that have been provocative i think everyone would like for northeast asia to be a...
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and the business news is next with korea. that's twenty past two pm here in moscow walking to business as of been reporting in the news the man of moscow yuri luzhkov has been dismissed by president medvedev liskov has ruled the city for eighteen years and with it he set the planning conditions for construction business r.t. spoke to the head of penny lane real estate agency about the impact of his departure on moscow's will estate market and this is what he said we expect a very long period of time when everybody is frozen nobody is approving or giving any permits everybody is stuck waiting for new orders from the new czar they are all worried if they could do something wrong there was worried orders to follow as they do no really know who will be on top tomorrow before everybody is stuck with no job going on and i believe that this would be a huge harm to the industry bad debts aggressors to our banks have reached twenty percent of the loan portfolio the highest since the beginning of the crisis the international financial
and the business news is next with korea. that's twenty past two pm here in moscow walking to business as of been reporting in the news the man of moscow yuri luzhkov has been dismissed by president medvedev liskov has ruled the city for eighteen years and with it he set the planning conditions for construction business r.t. spoke to the head of penny lane real estate agency about the impact of his departure on moscow's will estate market and this is what he said we expect a very long period of...
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others here korea has constantly been seeking to achieve freedom or alter or commerce today korea is one of the countries we've the widest spread and at oracle corporations pre traded on top of that we have been actively participating saying these are how you lateral we are working with the w cio and other structures i would like that's where you've got mentioned specifically in other eerie to belittle in our economy i knew this is education even during the most difficult times when we will leave you with the aid from other countries korean families spent most of their money on their children situation this kind of attitude to education helped us produce a large number of highly skilled of specialists who contributed to major contribution to the development of career. development of korean economy helped improve the social life and democracy. in korea but ladies and gentlemen you know the situation of the twenty first century. provides new goals in developing democracy. science technology is information technology is. affected the development of democracy very much almost everything
others here korea has constantly been seeking to achieve freedom or alter or commerce today korea is one of the countries we've the widest spread and at oracle corporations pre traded on top of that we have been actively participating saying these are how you lateral we are working with the w cio and other structures i would like that's where you've got mentioned specifically in other eerie to belittle in our economy i knew this is education even during the most difficult times when we will...
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south korea's government has blame the incident on a north korea torpedo attack. south korea's joint chiefs of staff say it sends a clear message of deterrence to north korea's leaders. the maneuvs are will involve about 1,700 u.s. and south korean sailors. south korea will send four ships and a submarine to take part in the drills, while the u.s. is sending a ship and submarine. china's government announced its military plans to stage live ammunition exercises in the yellow sea from wednesday to saturday next week. but in an apparent effort to allay china's fears, the u.s. will not send a nuclear powered aircraft carrier to participate in this weekend's joint exercises as it did for previous drills in july east of the korean peninsula in the sea of japan. >>> the leadership race for japan's democratic party is fully under way. the two contenders trying to drum up support for their policy proposals. prime minister naoto kan seeking re-election as party president is being challenged by the party's former secretary-general ichiro ozawa. on friday, the third day of o
south korea's government has blame the incident on a north korea torpedo attack. south korea's joint chiefs of staff say it sends a clear message of deterrence to north korea's leaders. the maneuvs are will involve about 1,700 u.s. and south korean sailors. south korea will send four ships and a submarine to take part in the drills, while the u.s. is sending a ship and submarine. china's government announced its military plans to stage live ammunition exercises in the yellow sea from wednesday...
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i think korea is start to follow the tendency of civilized countries like u.s. and some european countries such as netherlands and the united kingdom. >> thank you very much for joining us today. >>> japanese people enjoy eating a variety of seaweed. one kind famous for its soft texture is considered a delicacy. a good harvest of kelp or kombu, as it's called in japan, needs sunny weather, never a sure thing in some parts of japan. next we follow some kelp harvesters in hokkaido, northern japan, who must wait for a sunny day. kombu gatherers in the hidaka region start harvesting in july. summer is the busiest time of year because that's when the kelp is softest. drying seaweed requires strong summer sunlight. kombu is said to be at its sweetest and most delicious when the sun dries it quickly, while it is still fresh. this means that to make good kombu, the kelp can only be harvested on sunny days. unfortunately, there haven't been many sunny days this season. takashi has harvest ed for year. he's only gone out ten times. that's half as much as usual. >> when th
i think korea is start to follow the tendency of civilized countries like u.s. and some european countries such as netherlands and the united kingdom. >> thank you very much for joining us today. >>> japanese people enjoy eating a variety of seaweed. one kind famous for its soft texture is considered a delicacy. a good harvest of kelp or kombu, as it's called in japan, needs sunny weather, never a sure thing in some parts of japan. next we follow some kelp harvesters in hokkaido,...
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north korea has rejected. they did a series of provocative actions, threatening civilian airlines flying into south korea. the obama administration is emphasizing pressure over engagement. host: the current engagement of pressure is that a good one? guest: i think it is. you need a two-track policy of pressure and willingness to engage. right now, the obama administration has not really sought to reach out to north korea. there's this uncomfortable level. we may see a willingness. this has been misinterpreted by the softening of the policy. it is the pressure that will continue until north korea's pressure changes. you do have to sit in the same room with north korea. that's not a problem. what is important is how you do it and that you don't go back to offering them concessions in the hope that you have to buy them out of this position. host: with us the next 20 minutes or so. wisconsin the independent line. caller: i know there's a lot of emotional desire for reun ification in the south. guest: there is sort
north korea has rejected. they did a series of provocative actions, threatening civilian airlines flying into south korea. the obama administration is emphasizing pressure over engagement. host: the current engagement of pressure is that a good one? guest: i think it is. you need a two-track policy of pressure and willingness to engage. right now, the obama administration has not really sought to reach out to north korea. there's this uncomfortable level. we may see a willingness. this has been...
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say that north korea is the enemy of the international community is not fair north korea has been isolated for over half a century and cheering this time there have been few visitors to that country so a lot of the speculation about what is happening in the country is purely based on external knowledge of what is happening in the country yes the countries definitely poor that. mound nutrition especially among the children the isolation there's not help the image of k. and. all efforts to engage the k. would be most welcome it has chosen it on the path of socialism definitely. the country does not worry about what outsiders think about what it does and despite all the strong pressure being exerted on it. k. itself has stood with two. nuclear program and it will hold to negotiations are coding to its own position and there is some reason lucian in the six party talks. the nuclear arsenals of the world's main powers are generally considered to be ultra secure and welcomed it even so as some claim they can be protected from extraterrestrial meddling a group of former american military officers
say that north korea is the enemy of the international community is not fair north korea has been isolated for over half a century and cheering this time there have been few visitors to that country so a lot of the speculation about what is happening in the country is purely based on external knowledge of what is happening in the country yes the countries definitely poor that. mound nutrition especially among the children the isolation there's not help the image of k. and. all efforts to engage...
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among 80 percent is north korea is women. those women who doesn't have friends or relatives inside china, they are traffick 100 percent. >> so many are despate and starving. this seems like their only way to survive? >> yes, because of these refugees a cross the border because they are hungry and desperate. they want to be survived. that is the reasonthey cross the river. >> some women are sold as wives to farmers, others are bought by the cyber porn industry in china. tell us about that. >> yes, from my 10 years of this rescue ministry that i found is 3 stages, late 1990s, these refugees stay close to river because they want to make a river. they crosthe rive then they become traffickers. they sellthem because they see the money. second stage is north korean people in beginning of 2000 theybecome a merchant on the market. beginning of business, they borrow monefrom friends that are relatives. they are experienced. they lose their money. that is how they cross the river to make money back, make it up in china. once they cross
among 80 percent is north korea is women. those women who doesn't have friends or relatives inside china, they are traffick 100 percent. >> so many are despate and starving. this seems like their only way to survive? >> yes, because of these refugees a cross the border because they are hungry and desperate. they want to be survived. that is the reasonthey cross the river. >> some women are sold as wives to farmers, others are bought by the cyber porn industry in china. tell us...
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korea thinks about this. in other words, who could have done it, who in the west? is that the british? whaty is the view of the north koreans as to how this is being played and wide in terms of creating a disruption at a time when north and south korea were moving towards better relations when this happened? >> north korea is the bat boy in the neighborhood. i do not dispute that view. north korea has done enough bad banks in the past that it deserves that label. but that thdoes not give us the right to blame them for anything bad in the neighborhood. it is still possible that north koreans actually did it, but is the burden of proof on the j.i.g. the burden of proof lies on the party that points the finger at north korea. even though i remain open to the possibility that north korea might have actually done it, i need to be convinced by taxes, and perhaps as others are also waiting to be convinced by fax. unfortunately, the joint investigation group has so far failed to convince me or some of the doubters wi
korea thinks about this. in other words, who could have done it, who in the west? is that the british? whaty is the view of the north koreans as to how this is being played and wide in terms of creating a disruption at a time when north and south korea were moving towards better relations when this happened? >> north korea is the bat boy in the neighborhood. i do not dispute that view. north korea has done enough bad banks in the past that it deserves that label. but that thdoes not give...
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let's say there's an attack from where it doesn't matter it could be north korea iran pakistan. if that were to happen if nuclear payback wouldn't happen. but. that's a claim made by the men in this room are missiles began going into what's called a no go condition or on launchable essentially they were disabled detailed in this report full of court sanction sworn affidavits the witnesses have described these craft s. disc shaped or cylindrical shape or spherical if you think what's being said inside this building is completely ridiculous you might want to consider something my name's robert hastings thank you for coming these are men who might know what may have gone on their former air force missile launch officers missile base officers who say u.f.o. spaceships flying saucers make nuclear weapon systems go haywire in one thousand nine hundred sixty six according to a launch officer david shore his missiles were temporarily activated just as his security guard was reporting a bright object moving from missile to missile to missile. a and it's not just in the united states also
let's say there's an attack from where it doesn't matter it could be north korea iran pakistan. if that were to happen if nuclear payback wouldn't happen. but. that's a claim made by the men in this room are missiles began going into what's called a no go condition or on launchable essentially they were disabled detailed in this report full of court sanction sworn affidavits the witnesses have described these craft s. disc shaped or cylindrical shape or spherical if you think what's being said...
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governing north korea is a family business. it started by kim ilsong. his son. kim jong-il took over and is still in power. called the deer leader and now his song will take them into the third decade. he's known as the brilliant comrade. it's grim, poverty filled. it can be a slow change the no the government tolerates night markets where people can sell the things they bruce in unlit streets. police used to stop this kind of thing. now they let it happen. >> the way north korea operates, there will be a stable transition and will take a longer period of time rather than 1 or 2 years. >> there's o one immensly play. china. they want north korea to reform itself but they don't think that the military are capable of doing that. >> so in that closed mysterious country, the emergence of the dear leader, could mean change is on its way for the family business. >> a great editor kim jong-ils son is in power. >> it's still a crime to discuss the family in public. yet here we are in the space of two days. this unknown political novice is given the rank of a 4-star gene
governing north korea is a family business. it started by kim ilsong. his son. kim jong-il took over and is still in power. called the deer leader and now his song will take them into the third decade. he's known as the brilliant comrade. it's grim, poverty filled. it can be a slow change the no the government tolerates night markets where people can sell the things they bruce in unlit streets. police used to stop this kind of thing. now they let it happen. >> the way north korea...
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i don't think we should expect any dramatic changes right away because power in north korea is built on the principles of succession and continuity kim jong il became a leader first and foremost thanks to his image of a true follower of his father's legacy ideas and not as some distort of the foundations or as the person to lead the country's policy into a sharp turn so obviously the same is going to apply to kim jong il's successor. north korea's nuclear ambitions troubled the west and the secretive states tightlipped policies and everything has been successfully used as a tool by countries such as the united states. the united states in particular need a bad guy in the region to justify their military presence in the southern part of the korean peninsula and japan and for deploying their missile defense systems there which they've done somewhat more actively than in europe until now the us and allied military presence in the region was justified by the soviet threat but it's been twenty years without a soviet threat however the united states is not going to give up military allianc
i don't think we should expect any dramatic changes right away because power in north korea is built on the principles of succession and continuity kim jong il became a leader first and foremost thanks to his image of a true follower of his father's legacy ideas and not as some distort of the foundations or as the person to lead the country's policy into a sharp turn so obviously the same is going to apply to kim jong il's successor. north korea's nuclear ambitions troubled the west and the...
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now through porous borders and the defectors from north korea, maybe up to 20,000 in south koreas, basically north koreans are learning that they have to change. >> warner: a lot to walk. thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> ifill: again, the other major developments of the day. home prices rose again in july, thanks in part to a federal tax credit for home buyers. but consumer confidence was down this month to the lowest point since february. and former president jimmy carter was taken to a cleveland hospital after he got sick on a flight from atlanta. a grandson said he had a "stomach bug." and to hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, for what's on the newshour online. hari? >> sreenivasan: if you're weighing whether to rent or buy a home, we rounded up online calculators to help you sort through the pros and cons. that's on the rundown. judy woodruff talks to the co- author of a new book that looks at the "up" side of earmarks. are they good for u.s. democracy? >> brown: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add
now through porous borders and the defectors from north korea, maybe up to 20,000 in south koreas, basically north koreans are learning that they have to change. >> warner: a lot to walk. thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> ifill: again, the other major developments of the day. home prices rose again in july, thanks in part to a federal tax credit for home buyers. but consumer confidence was down this month to the lowest point since february. and former...
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has caterina us out of our reports that practice is not uncommon in north korea. in the twenty first century everything is global and all kinds of information is available online but there remains a lot of mystery in the world wide web that is north korea now many are to be trade secrets. like legal exceptions he was one of you to visit the place and hopefully will share his impressions a alex so tell me you were in place yang what's it like what's your biggest impression be honest with you when i was going there i felt a little nervous having read all the stories about north korea in the western media that it's scary place it's all to different sort of scary things when i arrived there i thought it was nothing like that but the one thing which oppressed me the most of the first days and first hours the young i saw building on the other side of the over my hotel had no curtains on windows and i asked one of the assistants why is that like he said well if you have curtains in north korea it means you have something to hide so i got the impression that this society
has caterina us out of our reports that practice is not uncommon in north korea. in the twenty first century everything is global and all kinds of information is available online but there remains a lot of mystery in the world wide web that is north korea now many are to be trade secrets. like legal exceptions he was one of you to visit the place and hopefully will share his impressions a alex so tell me you were in place yang what's it like what's your biggest impression be honest with you...
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ok let's get some more analysis now on the future of north korea from former m.e.p. glinda forward to speaking to us from manchester in the u.k. is also the author of the book north korea on the brink and a member of the korean peninsula delegation many thanks for speaking to us mr ford who quoted in the media today as saying that you think kim jong un is the chosen there so what do you think it means for the future path of the country. well i mean he's the chosen there but he is not actually officially yet the heir apparent promoted in the last few days to the general and of course the almost unprecedented korean workers' party conference is opening today and it's expected that following that conference you will be getting a high position in the party i think that's a signal to the rest of the world maybe not to korea that in fact he's been designated as the successor to the kim jong il some stage in the future and will he be bringing change with him if he doesn't succeed as you've mentioned the serious change going on in pyongyang with a chance that many senior thi
ok let's get some more analysis now on the future of north korea from former m.e.p. glinda forward to speaking to us from manchester in the u.k. is also the author of the book north korea on the brink and a member of the korean peninsula delegation many thanks for speaking to us mr ford who quoted in the media today as saying that you think kim jong un is the chosen there so what do you think it means for the future path of the country. well i mean he's the chosen there but he is not actually...
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north korea is the enemy of the international community is not fair korea has been isolated for over half a century and cheering this time there have been few visitors to their country countries definitely poor. nutrition especially among the children it has chosen it's on a path of socialism the country there's not worry about what think despite all the strong pressure being on year p.p.i. itself has stood with. its nuclear program and it will hold the negotiations cording to its position. in the six party talks. the nuclear arsenals of the world's main power generally considered to be ultra secure and well guarded even sorry some claim they can be protected from extraterrestrial meddling by a group of american military offices say aliens have been showing interest in the us sun russia's nukes foot decades citric moon reports. perhaps few things say normal or routine more than a daily dose of coffee a cup of calm in what can on any day be out of the ordinary. out of the ordinary like a nuclear holocaust out of the ordinary. let's say there's an attack from where it doesn't matter. i
north korea is the enemy of the international community is not fair korea has been isolated for over half a century and cheering this time there have been few visitors to their country countries definitely poor. nutrition especially among the children it has chosen it's on a path of socialism the country there's not worry about what think despite all the strong pressure being on year p.p.i. itself has stood with. its nuclear program and it will hold the negotiations cording to its position. in...
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north korea postponed a party conference originally set september 7th. there is speculation of dissatisfaction among some party members. but now it has been the purpose of the conference was to show the succession of power. >> so the change of power continues, what do you foresee happening in the future in north korea? >> well, the country is now faced with many tasks and much international controversy. north korea has been suffering from a devastating economy and the priority is to get aid and a guarantee of political stability from the united states. at this moment there is no sign the obama administration will lift economic sanctions. in order to get foreign aid, they may return to the six party talks. however, they cannot stop nuclear disarlington national cemetery because it is the negotiating card with the united states. after the sinking of south korea's war ship in the yellow sea in march the tension worsened and will cause stabity in the north. in order to get economic cooperation from japan the north has to first solve the abduction issue. ther
north korea postponed a party conference originally set september 7th. there is speculation of dissatisfaction among some party members. but now it has been the purpose of the conference was to show the succession of power. >> so the change of power continues, what do you foresee happening in the future in north korea? >> well, the country is now faced with many tasks and much international controversy. north korea has been suffering from a devastating economy and the priority is to...