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 to increase pressure on the north. >>> the federal reserve says the u.s. economy is continuing to improve gradually but its outlook remains uncertain because of a sluggish housing market. on wednesday, the u.s. central bank released it's so-called "beige book" the latest survey of business activity and says the overall economy is on a recovery tract including chicago and new york improving at a faster pace than before. manufacturing is growing and most districts due to the auto industry. consumer spending is picking up especially in new car sales and tourism. that may bode well for the holiday shopping season. employment rose slightly in most districts but businesses are still cautious about hiring or raising wages. meanwhile, the housing market has worsened over the past six weeks with home prices falling in some districts. >>> the u.s. manufacturing index also continued to grow in november. that's the 16th straight month it's pim proved

korea to spread the gospel. >> ta escaped north korea twice. first time chinese authities sent him back, he was imprisoned and wife forced. >> i lost my identity nd considered to have rejected my country and parents after i left north korea. i was not considered a human. i was called by a number prison. >> it was in prison ta came to worship christ. he escaped again and made his way to south korea. he wants to go back. he is enrolled in seoul's underground ministry and the voice of the martyrs korea. >> it is important to send food and do humanitarian acts and train and equipt in the gospel to go back there. >> peck another north korean refugee isa student. a city politician near the chine border where she witnessed a timeof massive starvation. >> therwas trouble with the food. up to 80 people dying everyday in the city. when kim il's son died -->> she made her way to southkorea where she started going to church. at first to receive material help like food. after 5 years of readi the bible, she came to faith in jesus christ. >> i know the truth

korea do you need a north korea. these military drills as provocative we know that they certainly the u.s. and japan's involvement with south korea has provoked seventy five state threats today though they've loosely said that they perhaps we willing to have to face that they'd be willing to welcome the i.a.e.a. in to examine clear facilities and we know the new government in south korea. perhaps coming under pressure from the public especially in the wake of the attack to make them but to really take a tougher stance towards north korea that is the russian ambassador to the u.n. . the u.n. saying that it's really hate now that talk to me and this sort of situation can be a peaceful situation could be resolved. if the situation is spiraling out of control. ok sara for thanks so much for that. and in fact for more on what's happening on the korean peninsula we're now joined by your guitar ryan the director of korean studies at the institute of economics in the russian economy of sciences thank you for joining us here

what we usually see in north korea is that there are out reaches on the part of north korea to try to get negotiating partners in the united states and japan and south korea back to the six-party talks, trying to get concessions. when that doesn't happen, usually there is a provocation on the north's part or sometimes the provocation comes first, it in which case they expect washington, seoul, tokyo would try -- some concession to get back to the six-party talks. that is what we have been seeing happening again. the change, i think, is the level of aggression that happened this year. that is what i think is what everyone is worried about. in march, the sinking -- the attack of the south korean nasal basso killed 46 sailors and shelling of the island that killed four civilians. this is something we have not seen for years, very aggressive actions directed against south korea. so, the question is, are they doing it simply to get back to the negotiation table, get more concessions or aid or whatever they want, or is there a real struggle going on inside p'yongyang. we know kim jong-il ha

south korea and japan. and yet the chinese are still sticking with north korea. not because they're buddies but because they think it's hard to reign them in. >> that's right gushgs chinese have not been willing to take the risk of finding out how much rev ledge they have. there was a moment when the north koreans gave them trouble in the nuclear arena a few years ago when the chinese temporarily turned off the oil to north korea saying they were having technical difficulties with the pipeline. it sure got the north koreans attention very quickly. they have not been willing to do that so far and when you ask them why not-- i was in beijing just a few weeks ago and posed this question at some meetings we were at out at the central party school where they train the elite-- that the answer that we got back was that you don't want to risk breaching the relationship with north korea at a time of succession. that china needs to maintain its open conduit as the only country that can really talk to the north koreans. so they're not really willing to take the steps that t

by south korea near the border with north korea for the first time in seven years. the north has called the move a provocative act. ♪ the lighting ceremony took place on tuesday evening amid heavy security, attended by around 400 people. the ceremony was an annual event since the 1950s. it was suspended in 2004 under an interkorean agreement to end border propaganda activity. the south korean military's decision to resume the yearly ritual followed last month's shelling of yeonpyeong island by north korea and the sinking of a south korean warship in march. north korea said this is part of the south's psychological warfare and such an irrational provocative act could trigger a new armed conflict. >>> subway authorities in washington have begun random checks of passengers' bags as the u.s. capital steps up security measures for the holiday season. the metro transit system launched the inspections on tuesday. screeners swabbed some passengers' bags and ran the swabs through a device that detects gunpowder. last year on christmas day, an airline passenger arriving fro

scientists visited north korea's nyongbyon facility. the government later admitted that they enriched unionium at the plant. a south korean newspaper quoted an intelligence official saying the north has three to four uranium enrichment plants other than nyongbyon. a u.s. delegation led by deputy secretary of state james steinberg is heading for beijing to discuss north korea with chinese officials. nhk interviewed sung kim before his departure with the delegation on tuesday. he's the u.s. special envoy to the six-party talks on north korea's nuclear program. >> we're looking forward to having a productive discussion. >> china has been calling for an emergency meeting of the chief envoys to the six-party talks after last month's shelling of a south korean island by the north, but u.s. president barack obama is reluctant to respond to china's call, saying north korea should first take concrete steps toward denuclearization. he is also urging china to use its influence with the north as a long-time ally of the country. the talks in beijing

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 actually creates the paranoia from the north korean side and north korea has to spend more

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two koreas were developing together in the north. >>> the north korea military supreme command as denounced south korea's exercise calling it a military provocation but at the same time, it suggested on state-run television that it will not make any counter moves. >>> cnn says north korea has agreed to allow international atomic energy agency inspectors to return to one of their nuclear facilities. cnn reported on monday that north korea has offered to let iaea experts resume inspections of the nyongbyong nuclear complex. north korea expelled the inspectors from the country in april 2009. a cnn crew is accompanying new mexico governor bill richardson, who has held talks with north korean officials in the north. it also reported that the north has agreed to negotiate the sale of 12,000 fuel rods and ship them to another country. if the report proves true, it suggests that north korea may be ready to take concrete steps toward denuclearization of the korean peninsula. south korea's foreign ministry has responded cautiously. ministry spokesperson kim young sun said it is as yet unclear what ac

korea whose military budget is many times larger than north koreans and south korea is integrated with the preeminent military power in the world today the united states. so the options available to p.r. n.p.r. and yang are very limited. the vast they can do is to develop what deterrence it can but it's clearly being provoked and it has been provoked for some time ever since the current south korean president lee myung bak has come to office lease policy is to confront north korea to seek its collapse and to absorb it into the south it will take for example the life fire exercises south korea has conducted forty seven live fire exercises and this year alone. there was a forty eighth ones that has been carried out yesterday. that was initially scheduled but one south korean officer said that when the head anyway because of the tensions on the korean peninsula which only makes sense if the intention is to escalate and aggravate those tensions the united states policy for the last sixty years has been to seek the collapse of the north korean state and its absorption into the south of. the

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 the big chamber when we have this private meeting which was also of course

and south korea next year on its nuclear development. >>> north korea's move to accept u.n. inspectors is being taken as an indication that the north is preparing to take a softer stance on the nuclear issue. but they also say the u.s. and the south will possibly reject the north's call for discussion if they find its measures abandon its nuclear program insufficient. north korea could then possibly conduct a third nuclear test or test launch a long distance ballistic missile. on economic matters, north korea wants to be what it calls an economic power. analysts say the north will have to intensify its efforts to reconstruct its economy next year in order to help strengthen the authority of kim jong-un who has been appointed as the successor to his father, kim jong-il. >>> south korea raised its foot and mouth disease alert to the highest level to deal with an outbreak spreading across livestock in the country. the virus was confirmed in late november in pigs on a farm in the southern city of andong. the south korean government set up a task force on wednesday to handle the

by north korea by china by russia until now the u.s. has only been talking with south korea and japan two countries that it occupies and has occupied for sixty five years so they really have no political military independence in a situation like this so the very fact that the u.n. security council meeting took place was an important step yet nevertheless the danger increases as long as all of the ships aircraft carriers troops are in the region and continue these very dangerous military maneuvers again and again every one of them is a provocation any one of them really could lead to a wider war. i think everyone has at this point the announcement from north korea saying that they would not respond to these provocations is an important important step but the real step is to push south korea and the u.s. japan to stop these military maneuvers when some of that is our country which is that involved in this situation which is all they are willing for this is russia it's calling for calm in the region how important would you say the country'

north korea we know certainly we've heard the u.s. does want that russia and china on the other how we're leading cools to abandon this military action it was seen as provoked to play north korea that was made very clear and i both russia and china has said that she more productive than military action right now would be to pursue a dialogue and to take efforts and there really is a real risk of war. with the military drills and the recent attacks on a south korean island tensions to really been rising between the two koreas haven't they sara. 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 t

. >>> south korea is staying on alert in case of further attacks by north korea. it put on another show of military might on thursday, a month after the north shelled its yeonpyeong island. the large-scale live-fire drills happened in the northeastern city of pocheon, which is 25 kilometers from the military border with north korea. 800 south korean army and navy personnel took part in the 40-minute exercise. they used 36 canine howitzers with a range of 40 kilometers to shell ground targets. they also ran an aerial attack exercise with two f-15 fighters. rocket launchers capable of firing 12 rounds continuously were used for the first time. it was south korea's largest live fire drill for this time of year. the exercises were held on the assumption the country would strongly respond to any provocative attacks by north korea. in an unusual step, the south korean military invited about 2,000 people, including citizens and community officials, to watch. >>> south korean president lee myung bak traveled to the front lines to visit soldiers who are stationed there. th

governor of new mexico, bill richardson, is currently visiting north korea and said the north agreed fofto have atommic energy inspectors. the north agreed to have other countries buy its 12,000 nuclear fuel rods. they are designed for nuclear reactors that use plutonium. these are seen as stems towards denuclearizizati denuclearizization. >>> the united states has reacted cautiously to reports that north korea has agreed to allow u.n. inspectors to return to it its nuclear facilities. >> we've seen a string of broken promises by north korea going back many, many years. we'd be guided by what north korea does, not by what it does it might do. >> the u.s. government maintains that north korea needs to stop provocative behavior and take positive steps towards denuclearization. >>> the anti-whaling group is set for a new season of protests against japan. the group launched a new boat on monday to intercept whaling operations in the an arctic ocean. it left tasmania to join two other boats that set sail earlier this month. the boat is capable of traveling at 44 kilometers per hour faster

now north korea says it will not retaliate against war games close to a disputed maritime zone but it has condemned the minute she trails calling them a reckless military provocation russia called for a u.n. security council session warning this. korean exercise could further destabilize the already volatile korean peninsula life. altering events for us over a new york this is where the threats of war on the korean peninsula seems to be a very real one doesn't is that one of the main power ways in the region and the un doing in this case to avoid the worst scenario. well you know alice the events of the last couple of days are definitely the threats and warning signs that have been coming from north korea have been having the international community certainly walking on eggshells here in new york the united nations security council has been meeting round the clock throughout the weekend these emergency sessions were called for by russia which is certainly not taking the tensions between south and north korea likely whatsoever for many different reasons one of them of course being russ

relations with north korea no concessions no cooperation or talks to 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 four north korean regime it's a 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 and states really wants to influence its control over the group when you throw united states aspasia station in the southern part of the korean peninsula china's next door from the korean peninsula and of course if the united states loses control or influence over korea korean peninsula north korea if so unified korea becomes a new dependent state well the certain interests of the united states' national interests might be jeopardized. let's not check some world news and brief the president of the mar

china can create pressure on north korea to change their behavior. if it refuses to take the same step with us, china should understand the instability of the region will not work to their advantage. in this sense, china can be the solution for the problem. secondary, china starts to create problems as shown in the process of senkaku island and the fishermen's arrest. they tend to use power for their own sake and ambition. this is called arrogance of power. it will be a difficult job but what we should aim is to guide china into international order, peace free and preventing tension. china should understand its behavior, such as increase of visible activities, for example, has created momentum for japan and united states to have strong island defense exercises. >> that's about all the time we have today. mr. sahashi, thank you for your insight. >>> japan's environment minister says he will seek the understanding of developing countries for japan's opposition to the extending -- to extending the kyoto protocol as a way to fight global warming. ryu mat

the sea border with north korea. the north has warned that they will attack if the exercise it goes ahead. north korea shelled the island last month. that has brought a surge of new recruits to the south korean armed forces, many women among them. this has renewed a debate about who and who should not play a part. >> here, like anywhere, the military is -- but this shows how things are changing in south korea, these are the newest recruits. they are the first female students allowed onto a military training program. this is part of the military's plan to double the number of women in their ranks. this is probably the first time anyone war eyeliner at the enrollment ceremony. -- worn eyeliner at the ceremony. since north korea attacked the southern island last month, the reality of what they're signing up to has become much more apparent. >> before the attack, i always thought of them as our brothers. after the shelling, i have become a lot more alert about the threat. as a woman and now as a member of the military, i

north korea talks a great game. the real issue is what will they do if they are agreeable to returning inspectors to their country they need to tell the iaea that. if they are willing to participate in mechanisms that reduce tensions with south korea, we certainly would favor any step that reduces tensions and improve communications in the region. we will await a full report from gov. richard send. >> do you accept this -- from gov. richardson. >> until you see it specifically from the north koreans themselves? are these ideas -- whether they are going to implement them or not, are these ideas you would see as positive? >> if implemented. we have seen a string of broken promises by north korea going back many years. we will be guided by what north korea does and not what they say they might do. we want to see north korea live up to its obligations. if north korea wants to engage with the iaea and reintroduce inspectors into facilities, that will be a positive step. the key is following through and implementing that

korea over north korea and denials and there are many in south korea who do not believe the official inquiry that says that north korea was responsible for that sinking 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 firing live artillery into waters that north korea claims its own. 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 pick a fight trying to provoke its northern neighbor and briefly does the u.s. have any role here in fanning the flames it all does of course pledging continued support to the south and the north. absolutely i mean the united states' policy for the last sixty years has been to see the collapse of the north korean state and its absorption into the south. the lead government is more closely aligned wit

and south korea merging together and eliminating north korea. would was that a promising revelation? >> china could settle this whole situation with a phone call. north korea is petrified of china. they could settle it with a phone call. but they don't want to settle it because they're tweaking us. when i look at the job numbers and i see what's going on in china where it's booming, you know why it's booming? 'cause they're making all of our products. >> steve: we don't make anything. >> we don't make anything. we do health care, but that's not like making health care. that's taking care of our sick and people. but we don't make anything. when i order curtain walls for buildings and order furniture, not that i want to do business with china, i've done business with china and i don't like it. these are sharp people that are looking to do damage to this country. they could solve north korea in one phone call if they wanted to. more importantly, they're taking all our jobs. so when you see jobless numbers up, i watched the economist, how can the ec

>> yes, we know quite a bit about north korea. i can't go into details, but the patterns of north korean behavior as i've watched the intelligence on it have been pretty well predicted and understood. the particular incidents not so much so, but the general places at risk. we also don't know... again, we don't know things that the north koreas themselves don't know. how long the regime will hold on. when kim jong il will die. some of those sorts of specific things. but we know in general the way the system works. >> it always amazes me the process is happening in egypt it happened in syria and is happening in north korea twice now. where a family wants to pass on control of the country. and what you have is vested interest with a particular family to do it because that family has appointed the key people in all the institutions. >> right. >> rose: so it happened in syria. so the people who have supported the previous president understand that... i assume, i'm asking this question, we better stay with the person we know. the family

concern over north korea's nuclear program. president obama's top nuclear adviser says that its nuclear capabilities are more advanced than iran's. amid all of this, our own wolf blitzer is heading to north kree eya, and right now he is in the beijing bureau, and wolf, tell us about your assignment. >> suzanne, we are getting ready in the next few hours to get on a plane to fly from here from beijing to pyongyang with governor bill richardson. this is a tense moment as the crisis is escalating, governor, how worried are you that it could simply get out of control? >> well, i am extremely concerned, because of the rhetoric and the actions of the north koreans and the tenseness on all sides, and that is what we are seeing. i am going there on a private mission. i'm not representing the u.s. government. but the invitation of the top officer from day one. i have been able no the past to succeed with the north koreans to get them to release american pilots and prisoners and the remains of our soldiers from the korean war. get them i

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 after them the mayor says may or may not and the cost of the press or the journalists so there's nothing

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 tensions there are existing at the event. well some more reaction to this your guitar ryan from the russian academy of sciences says the probability of war between the two koreas is now at its highest point for decades first time i've been watching north korea close of this for the last thirty five years i would say that the danger war is now is now real and it can start unpredictably you know have been saying it's ready for talks for several months already. it has been said to the chinese it has been said publicly. so parrot is ready for dialogue for dialogue both on the issues of nuclear nuclear program and the broader issues of security in the korean peninsula fortunately the u.s. and south korea while not waiting for the dialogue. gives us another suspicion that the real goal of more exercise is. a refusal to

korea. >>> nations concerned with north korea are carrying out diplomatic moves following china's proposal of an emergency meeting of chief delegates to the six-party talks. japan's top negotiator to the six-party talks met china's special envoy on korean peninsula issues on tuesday in beijing. akitaka saiki asked wu dawei to explain beijing's request for a meeting of the chief delegates to the six-party talks on north korea's nuclear program. saiki is believed to have outlined why japan is reluctant to attend. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson hong lei said the main purpose of china's proposal is to ease tensions on the korean peninsula. >> translator: china provides a place for dialogue. we believe other member nations will seriously consider the proposal and respond positively. >> in the meantime, a close aide to north korean leader kim jong il arrived in beijing on tuesday. choe tae bok is chair of his country's supreme people's assembly. he's expected to discuss the current situation on the korean peninsula with chinese leaders during his five-day visit. >>> more details are emerg

we have this report from seoul, korea. >> it was not just the liberal threats from north korea. south korea counted down for its live fire exercises. they blamed the u.s. for being a bigger threat on the peninsula and north korea and called for the drills to stop. but despite such concerns of other voices of restraint in the region, south korea went ahead with eli fire drills on schedule. on the island, villagers and journalists were moved to bunkers and the exercise went on for about 60 minutes, and then they asked why north korea has to carry out these at such a sensitive time. some believe it was that they wanted to prove a point. the government here is try not to be prescriptive about when and where military drills can take place. >> the ongoing live fire exercise on yeonpyeong island is a standard and legitimate defense exercise. the exercise is a matter of national sovereignty. >> earlier, the north had warned that if the exercises went ahead, it would attack the south more strongly and on a larger scale than before. rocket launch vehicles had been reported near the border

using north korea as aids to talk to china. thank you very much. >> first, he will be surprised to hear that i disagree with the characterization of my exercise. what we have demonstrated is is the united states will stand by its alliance obligations to south korea and if north korea engages in provocative behavior the united states and south korea have the capacity to respond if necessary so we view this is stabilizing and a sends a clear message to north korea that it needs to be sifted its provocations and there will be consequences if it gauges in that kind of behavior and we think this is an element of stability creation rather than the opposite. with respect to the applications for china we have made it clear in all of our discussions from public and private that our responses are being driven by north korea's behavior and not directed at china and this is the reason why believe it's important for china to work with us to restrain north korea and pointed back in a direction of meeting its international obligations with re

north korea. also true with iran. and as i watched president bush, bush 43, come into office i was hopeful there would be a bolder position with regard to our posture with north korea and iran. i remember serving in congress some of those years and watched how the political handcuffs were put on george w. bush in such a way he didn't have the political support to use the bold actions that i believe might have been necessary then to avert the nuclear power that has materialized in north korea, nor the impending nuclear power that appears to be materializing in iran. i don't think george bush was able to utilize the tools. i don't know if he had the will. i believe he did. i believe he had the judgment but not the political tools because this congress was so lined up against president bush, there were so many debates on this side of the aisle that were lined up against the commander in chief, 44 votes forced by this speaker of the house designed to unfund or undermine our troops to diminish the power of the commander in

shells about she landed on north korea. ever spoken. this morning to come up to a thousand like. the u.n. security council meeting that meeting with russia's request and the people there with. trying to come to some form of. tensions between the two sides. we cannot be optimistic in the situation that's why we suggested an urgent meeting of the un security council most weekend we did not want to condemn anyone we really wanted to urge the sides to show control tensions are very high the meeting took place and although unfortunately no statement was made we managed to send a clear message during the discussion. part of the fate of. the u.n. meeting to reach some form of agreement to be cheated to visions of opinion if it whether to openly condemn north korea for recent actions or certainly know that that's the course of action that the u.s. wanted whereas russia and china have been leading the cools for as he said easing the tensions they said that rather than military action when there's a real risk of war now was actually needed in the seat of dialogue and a diplomatic efforts t

saiki expressed hope for russia's diplomatic efforts to rein in north korea, noting that north korean foreign minister pack ui chun is scheduled to visit russia next week. >>> south korea's government and weapon manufacturers have resolved to boost the domestic defense industry amid growing tensions on the korean peninsula. on thursday the south's defense ministry and arms manufacturers held a seminar to discuss the country's military capabilities. south korean forces struggled to effectively respond to a north korean artillery attack on yeonpyeong island last month due to problems with waep weapons deployed there. a member of the presidential advisory commission asked weapons manufacturers to analyze the problems and quickly improve domestic capabilities. an industry representative pledged to help enhance the country's defenses. an official said the government continues to support the defense industry as a pillar of the nation's growth strategy. south korea's government and military industry are jointly promoting arms exports. on thursday president lee myung bak agreed with indonesia

of that that north korea's decided to acquire the target so if you want nonproliferation if you want to nuclear free world you have to stop threatening other countries with war and invasion and nuclear annihilation so as to buy the subject from an exam room so official institute of oriental studies he told us he believes china and america's respect involvements with north and south korea could lead to a global conflict. will be nightmare for many countries and first of all for the six countries we who met in the six party talks we share the common border with giving control and chang also and of course china can be involved because they have the treaty alliance to reach a business career first and they demonstrated the recently. read in the stool prevent the collapse of north korea and it will be true supercar you will treat united states and china. it's possible. for a world war can start to careen finish will unfortunately. looking ahead on this channel tonight x. american soldiers he once proudly signed up to say they come to tell us how they eventually found their actions hard to

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. >>> 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.

korea is an example of that they are so they have to walk a line with north korea north korea is its own independent state and if it wants to do stuff it's going to do stuff and so it's also learning about the limits of economic and political power and it still faces internal issues how to balance all the millionaires in the cities with hundreds of millions of poor people in the countryside and lastly the issue here is people power this year we witnessed sort of internet surges of nationalism of chinese on the internet taking positions maybe stronger than the position of the government and then the government having to respond to that and sort of navigate that so lots of developments in china this year you know steve it's interesting is we saw. the man of the year where you are the forbes magazine the most powerful people and for the first time we have the chinese leader on top mr obama second and i know a lot of people say that as a result a kneejerk response to the midterm elections and fair enough but i mean there is something to that now and maybe not speaking as to you as a demo

envoys to both south korea and north korea that could help make sure that tensions don't escalate and of course the united states has been playing somewhat of a different game we have to remember that the u.s. 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. sara flounders from the think tank the international action center says south korea's military drills are disturbing the precarious balance on planes. 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 t