he is respected around here on korea and korea politics. he is widely published, including an ongoing blog entitled "asia unbalance." he has been there since 2008. before that at the asia foundation, see aside pacific form, and hawaii. hardship duty. [laughter] and then we will turn to yuki tatsumi. she has been at the stimson center since 2004. this is her second time at the heritage. this is a bit bigger crowd. camerasthink we had any for southeast asia. at cisis.t, yuki was -- csis. we appreciate you being here and sharing your perspective with us. lee.ll start with dr. and then we will move on from there. during the u.s. occupation of japan, 1940 to 1952, if the united states had all of japanese actions in colonial states mayunited have pursued the following actions. one, prohibit the speaking of the japanese language in japanese schools and force japanese to speak english. two, start the school day with the singing of the american national anthem. subsumed japanese history and the narrative art of american history. all government secto

-japan-korea triangular relationship. this, i would argue, sends the wrong message to north korea, and as i suggested, i think it also sends the wrong message to beijing. nevertheless, there is a bit of good news in r.o.k. japan and security relations, in that both sides have often managed over the last several years to insulate some elements of their routine security dialogue and cooperation from the most divisive aspects of japan-rok relations, and the two sides have also managed to keep much of their ongoing security cooperation under the radar, and that is a good thing. the bad news is that rok-japan security regulations is subject to the vagaries into the public mood swing, media hype, mutual recriminations that has come to harmonize -- criminalize this to an uncomfortable degree. dust we have witnessed how reasonable and important bilateral initiatives such as the now-defunct military information secrecy agreement were torpedoed because of the downturn in bilateral ties. we see how straightforward commonsensical coo

what was south korea been compared to north korea? >> they were both poor and they were both recovering from the ravages of world war ii. that war, the united states divided the peninsula in the wake of world war ii, between north and south. and the south was a military dictatorship aligned with the united states. and the north was a military dictatorship aligned closely with russia. kim ill song was the leader who emerged in north korea. and he, over a period of 10 years greater they called the person out i'm so. came off as a state after a stolen state. and the invaded south korea in 1951. and made some real progress across south greater it was a counter attack by u.s.-led forces and united nations forces and then over the course of three years they fought to a stalemate. and the same line was returned and north korea and south korea been divided ever since. north korea remained allied with russia and with china, and, but north korea developed a brand of totalitarian leadership that became increasingly isolated and increasingly cool

and korea and japan. and i found that when we talk about sensitive issues between as an issuepan such on our territory, the sex slave issue -- very emotional, and the ,hrine issue which is explosive our japanese counterparts from tokyo tended to behave very without american sense. maybe our japanese counterparts think that koreans behave well with our american friends, as well. so i think there is some kind of a spirit, a dialogue, a partnership, even when we talk about sensitive issues the between the two sides. mind you, united states cannot issues, the phony issues between korea and japan. u.s. was the leading international leader after the arrangement for japan and for korea, including sensitive issues, including u.s. support for korea-japan diplomatic normalization, including our trilateral security framework to the turner northkorean -- to deter korean threat. so this is a matter for the united states, as well. in retrospect, the united states have played, whether it wanted or not, directly or indir

and korea and japan. and i found that when we talk about sensitive issues between korea and japan such as an issue on our territory, the sex slave issue -- very emotional, and the shrine issue which is explosive, our japanese counterparts from tokyo tended to behave very rationally without american sense. maybe our japanese counterparts think that koreans behave well with our american friends, as well. so i think there is some kind of a spirit, a dialogue, a partnership, even when we talk about sensitive issues the between the two sides. mind you, united states cannot disregard the issues, the phony issues between korea and japan. u.s. was the leading international leader after the war to make an arrangement for japan and for korea, including sensitive issues, including u.s. support for korea-japan diplomatic normalization, including our trilateral security framework to the turner north korean -- to deter north korean threat. so this is a matter for the united states, as well. in retrospect, the united st

policy in north korea. i will focus on the human rights aspect of our policy, on which there has been broad bipartisan cooperation. i want to thank you for your interest in the north korean human rights issues, and from the meetings you have held here and in tokyo with victims and their families. north korea remains a totalitarian state which seeks to dominate all aspects of its citizens' lives, including denial of basic freedoms and human rights. reports portray a vast network of political prison camps. individuals are subjected to forced labor under horrific conditions. the government commits human violations, including enslavement, killing, prolonged arbitrary detention, abduction of foreign citizens as well as rape, forced abortion and other sexual violence. this past year we have made significant progress in our efforts to increase pressure on the north to improve its human rights. in march of this year, the u.n. human rights council -- last year, the human height -- human rights -- huamn rights counci

korea to denuclearize. that is why north korea remains at the top of a bilateral agenda with beijing. secretary kerry raised prominently there in early july. we welcome the steps that piercy has taken to oppose john yang's nuclear weapons program. since 2012 china has voted for two new rounds of u.n. sanctions and last year published a 900 item item control lists banning export to north korea. together with our allies and partners the end partners the seek to show it stands in the way of the secure future it says it wants. we continue to increase the cost of its illicit activities by unilaterally tightening sanctions. we work closely with u.n. security council and like-minded partners to ensure full implementation of the four key security council resolutions. the july 2013 seizure by panama of a huge cache of military gear demonstrates u.n. sanctions are effective. the welfare of north korea's people is the central focus of u.s. policy. the vast majority who suffer from the government self impoverishing mil

north korea is on the hook. they've got to conduct this investigation that they promised the japanese they'd conduct. so we'll be watching very closely to see what kind of results the north koreans come up with and whether or not it meets the tests that the jap japanese are imposing on them. >> also, ambassador, in your prepare statement, you said that china is quote north korea's last remaining patron. considering its budding relationship with russia and elicit networks with countries in the middle east, iran, especially, i wonder if that's completely accurate. the recent economic trade deal between russia and north korea comes at a very opportune time for them. it provides them with economic boosts that it needs to counter the sanctions and also to counter balance the chinese who have been putting some pressure on them but not nearly enough. i think a lot of our minds. for russia this deal undermines u.s. efforts to cut off north korea's finance and economic well being while enhancing its own web of influence

policy on north korea. i will focus on human rights aspects of our policy on which there's been broad bipartisan cooperation. i want to thank you, mr. chairman, committee members, for your interest in north korean human rights issues for the hearings you held, for the meeting she held both here and in seoul and tokyo with victims and their families. north korea remains a totalitarian state which seeks to dominate all aspects of its citizens lives, including denial of basic freedoms and human rights. reports portray a vast network of political prison camps where individuals are subjected to forced labor under horrific conditions, and the government commit human rights violations, including extrajudicial killing, enslavement, torture, prolonged arbitrary detention, abduction of foreign citizens as well as rate, forced abortion, and other sexual violence. this past year we've made significant progress in our efforts to increase international pressure on the north to improve its human rights. in march of this y

after realizing it was too dangerous to return to north korea she decided to settle in south korea. the pair talk for 30 minutes and seem to be enjoying each other's company. as the number of unmarried people in south korea continues to increase, match making could be the key to reversing the country's falling fertility rate while offering single men and women some hope of finding a partner and living happily ever after. >>> welg come welcome to "newsline." i'm catherine kobyoshi in tokyo.

-japan-korea relationship. this i would argue sends the wrong message to north korea. as i've suggested, it also sends the wrong message to beijing. nevertheless, there is a bit of good news in security relations. both sides of often managed over the last several years to insulate some elements of their routine security dialogue and cooperation from the most divisive aspects of japan-rok relations and the two sides of managed to keep much of their ongoing security cooperation under the radar and that's a good thing. the bad news is that rok-japan security cooperation remain subject to the vagaries of their to -- diplomatic and political relations and the public mood swings and media hype and mutual recriminations that has come to characterize bilateral atmospherics to an uncomfortable degree. thus, we have witnessed how reasonable and important bilateral initiatives such as the note defunct military information secrecy agreement were torpedoed because of the downturn in bilateral ties. we have seen how straightforward commonsensical operation like in sharing app in --

korea. turn off cell phones as we prepare to begin. we welcome those who join us on the heritage home page and on c-span. our internet c-span viewers are always encouraged to participate and answers. -- in questions and answers. we will post the program within 24 hours honor heritage homepage for everyone's future reference as well. opening the program will be walter low man. serves an adjunct professor at georgetown or he leads a graduate seminar on american foreign-policy interest in southeast asia. prior to joining us that heritage, senior vice president the businessof council and serving as senior county director. also has served on the republican staff for the senate foreign relations committee and senatorial aide on capitol hill. these join me in welcoming walter loman. ?alter [applause] >>thank you. to begood to hear her -- here amongst the many friends. we're here to talk about a pretty serious issue and that is a matter of history. of course when we say history what we're talking ab

-south korea military exercise scheduled to start next week. the korean workers party newspaper said the test was of a tactical rocket. it says kim ordered the launch and that the rocket's capacity was confirmed. the paper did not specify when the tests took place nor its location but is believed to refer to the test-firing of five missiles on thursday from wonsan in the east of the country into the sea of japan. meanwhile, south korean president park geun-hye has again urged north korean leaders to give up their nuclear and missile programs. and she called on pyongyang to accept her proposal for talks. park said north korea's nuclear development and missile launches will only deepen its international isolation. she said the two koreas should begin with feasible steps and hold meetings to pry open small channels of communication. >> translator: this is my deepest wish that north korea sends delegates to the u.n.'s conference of the parties for the convention of biological diversity, which will be held this october. >> south korean officials hav

-japan-korea triangular relationship. i would argue this sends the wrong message to north korea. it also sends the wrong message to beijing. nevertheless, there is a bit of good news in rok-japan security relations in the both sides have often managed over the last several years to insulate some elements of their routines security dialogue and cooperation from the most divisive aspects of japan-rok relations in they have both managed to keep much of the ongoing security cooperation under the radar. that's a good thing. rok-japanws is that security regulations is subject to the vagaries into the public mood swing, media hype, mutual recriminations that has come to criminalize this to an uncomfortable degree. dust we have witnessed how reasonable and important bilateral initiatives such as the now-defunct military information secrecy agreement were torpedoed because of the downturn in bilateral ties. we see how straightforward commonsensical cooperation, for example, in sharing ammunition in a peacekeeping operation in sudan became impossible because of the negative dynamics in jap

is for more than north korea? >> sure. >> given they are a stakeholder in the success of the capitalist korea economy do you believe they are more open to pressuring the north for say market reforms similar to their own? >> they've been trying to convince north korea for years to engaging reform of their economy and the north koreans have resisted that. >> what leverage are the chinese prepared to use to rein in belligerent behavior try to achieve some of those market reforms, and are they prepared do you believe in some kind of timetable to move eventually towards an accomodation with the south if not outright reunification with the south. >> this is one of the fascinating conversations that have occurred during the recent summit meeting between the president of china and president of south korea. beijing is voting with its feet. president of china has met multiple times with its counterpart in south korea. has yet to travel to north korea. things are changing. i wish they were faster. these are the changes i'm o

he told him south korea, north korea and the united states existed. that the leaders in south korea were thieves and thugs. but none of that was interesting to shin because he had no context for understanding that. his context was that he had been hungry his whole life and he learned if he could get out of this cage he could eat. he said, you know, that was enough for him. >> camp 14 is how far from the chinese border? >> it is about 300 miles. and it is about 50 miles from the mountains of central north korea. >> what was the camp surrounded with? what kind of fence. >> it was a barb wire fence between 8-10 barbwire lines electric electric. it was the kind of fence that will grab you and kill you. shin heard about grilled meats and got excited and said let's fry to escape park. and park was okay with that idea. he met park just two months before deciding to escape. this was all sudden. shin was very excited. they were really lucky in their escape planning because they were assigned on the first of the year to go up to the side of the camp to gather f

finally, consider korea. korean leader attitudes are driven in part historical fears that both japan and china somehow look down on korea based on historical experience. they fear economic domination by china similar to the military domination of korea in the past. they reject japanese apologies for it actions during the colonial time because they do not consider them to be sincere. korean suspect they did not respect them. they celebrate to national separate holidays on japanese colonial rule. independence day commemorating the effort of 1919 march first and national liberation day august 15. just this year joining with the chinese they completed a new on honored as a patriot but condemned as a terrorist in tokyo for a fascinating general of korea and former prime minister of japan in 1909. yet the big currents of world koreapment have propelled to a much more secure position than it has upheld in the past. it has a security treaty with the united states, the most powerful region in the world. territorial co

>> i'm from south korea. originally i was born a race they are and i came to america when i was 13. >> host: why did you come to the state? >> guest: do now, as all immigrants do, there's a lot of turbulence and i ended up in queens originally come in new york a word of english. >> what do you do for their day-to-day? >> iamb a journalist so i publish novels, literary novel was how i became writing. i am coming out with a book actually. i've been a journalist since the first time i went into north korea in 2002 and that's when if first to mention north korea and that is what i have been covering more or less. >> that is why we invited you and tv to preview your book coming out in the fall of 2014. "without you, there is no us: my time with the sons of north korea's elite". how did you get a job in north korea? how did that come about? >> it took a long time. you know, first of all what i wanted by joining the pro-north korean and then i went to someone's birth day celebration. >> what was the process like of

south korea. >>> cochon is a small town in central south korea. praying at the local temple is thought to bring good concern. every year some 5,000 men and woman come here to pray hoping to find a lifetime partner. praying is good, but the monk who runs the temple offers a more practical approach. he organizes matchmaking events strictly for people wanting to get married. these events have so far produced 1500 couples. participants begin by registering at a reception area on the temple grounds. 44-year-old oh woo jeong heard about the event from a friend. he lives in neighboring city. up until his mid-30s he had to change jobs several times. now that he's finally found stability as a regional public official he's ready to get married. he fills out a personal profile form with details about his height, weight, occupation, annual income, family background and assets. then he describes to the monk's assistant his ideal woman and other conditions he might have. from dozens of files the assistant then

of korea. it said the improvement of relations between the two koreas would be impossible with the presence of the u.s. in the south. it also said failure to cancel the joint drill could push the two sides to the brink of war. and urged seoul to show sincerity toward improving relations. >>> u.n. officials say the number of people who have died in the conflict in eastern ukraine has nearly doubled over the past two weeks. government forces have intensified their operations to end an uprising by pro-russian separatists. residents caught up in the fighting are desperate for help. but a russian bid to send them aid has stalled. nhk world craig dale joins us with more are details. >> reporter: as the confusion over that aid delivery hangs in the air, officials with the u.n. human rights agency say one thing is clear, this conflict has become much more deadly over the past couple of weeks. they reported earlier that more than 1100 people had died from when the uprising began in mid-april until july

his wife is originally f north korea. she's also the company's presiden kim jong ho is registere the agency. after working as a taxi truck driver, the 38-yea began working as a used salesman just over a yea he says that the ongoing recession is affecting s he's dated several south k women in the past but it worked out well. during lunch he checks t profile of a perspective from the north korean ma making a she's 35 years old and 1 centimeters tall. he doesn't have very hig but he's agreed to the mng any way. the rendezvous takes pla coffee shop suggested by agency. he arrives 30 minutes ea waits patiently. the woman comes from a p family. she fled from north kore china when she was 22 to earn some money to send home. she spent the next ten y living in various places. after realizing it was t dangerous to return to n korea she decided to set south kore the pair talk for 30 min seem to be enjoying each company. as the number of unmarri people in south korea co to increase, match making be the key to reversing th country's f

after realizing it was too dangerous to return to north korea she decided to settle in south korea. the pair talk for 30 minutes and seem to be enjoying each other's company. as the number of unmarried people in south korea continues to increase, match making could be the key to reversing the country's falling fertility rate while offering single men and women some hope of finding a partner and living happily ever after. >>> hello, and thank you for joining us on this edition of "newsline." >>> representatives from hamas have reportedly agreed to extend a cease-fire in the gaza strip. they have been holding indirect talks with negotiators in israel to try to end a month of fighting and the latest three-day truce was running out. palestinians negotiators say the hamas delegates agreed to extend the cease-fire for another five days. israeli officials have not responded. the two sides were meeting in cairo, though not face-to-face. egyptian mediators have been acting as a go-between. they are demanding the economic blockade on gaza.

finally, consider korea. korean leader attitudes are driven in part historical fears that both japan and china somehow look down on korea based on historical experience. they fear economic domination by china similar to the military domination of korea in the past. they reject japanese apologies for it actions during the colonial time because they do not consider them to be sincere. korean suspect they did not respect them. they celebrate to national separate holidays on japanese colonial rule. independence day commemorating the effort of 1919 march first and national liberation day august 15. just this year joining with the chinese they completed a new on boreal honored as a patriot but condemned as a terrorist in tokyo for a fascinating general of korea and former prime minister of japan in 1909. yet the big currents of world development have propelled korea to a much more secure position than it has upheld in the past. it has a security treaty with the united states, the most powerful region in the world.

of korea. it said the improvement of relations between the two koreas would be impossible with the presence of the u.s. in the south. it also said failure to cancel the joint drill could push the two sides to the brink of war, and it urged seoul to show sincerity toward improving relations. >> then they'll push earth into the water to build the base. more than 200 locals showed their opposition. they dem vated in front of a u.s. base next to the site. some tried to block vehicles to stop police and security guards. the local mayor is also opposed. he say he's out raged the central government is having the buoys laid. he promises to keep up his protest. opinions among residents are divided. 46789 t . >> translator: 2 base would be dangerous here. >>. >> translator: the people of japan should work together to defend our country. we need bases as a deterrent. >> analysts say the base relocation will be the biggest issue in okinawa's gubernatorial election this november. >>> >>> japanese government

korea does not import missionaries, it exports missionaries. there are korean missionaries everywhere in asia. >> it is spreading, the one i think of the catholic church i do not necessarily think of asia. out of the 1.2 billion catholics in the world, only 3% of those live on that side of the globe. the church is looking at this china is a very atheist country and has been quite hostile to the catholic church. is there a plan -- >> the current chinese regime has yielded on capitalism, why not religion? whether a country like china that is growing so fast, so much is going to be able to live without meeting the spiritual needs of the people, that is a great question we might ask. the pope is clever to go to south korea between the asian tigers japan and knocking at the door of the most powerful chinese giant now. >> the first visit to asia in 15 years for a pulp. the first time in south korea in 25 years. anything to read into the timing? >> that is due to the situation in korea. there's a catholic president. an embattled one. the catholic chur

how would north korea respond? >> well, china has said that they support fully united nations sanctions and i talked about some of the signs that the chinese are beginning to take unprecedented action in that direction, signalling to north korea they will pay a price if they don't come around in particular on the nuclear issue. this is why when we talk to the chinese we try to talk about how we can work in concert to bring pressure on tnorth korea in a surgical way. we're going to keep at that because we think increasingly the core chinese interests in stability on the korean peninsula and our core interest in security that these are converging concerns. and we are seeing signs for the first time in decades that the chinese also recognize this that their stability will be affected unless we can address proactively north korea's pursuit of these weapons. so that's where we're concentrating our energy, and we're saying to the chinese there's more you can do. we respect the fact you'll make decisions about how you do

south korea made a move last saturday at a meeting in mee january march. south korea foreign minister and his japanese counter part sat next to each other. he offered to shake hands and they held talks for the first time in about 11 months. he also met with a foreign minister from china. he said he's taking a concerted stance with south korea on historical issues involving japan. but he said the two ministers merely laid out their respected positions, underscoring views on japan. signs have also emerged for a change in china's firm stance against japan. the former japanese prime minister met with chinese president last month. he met with his counterpart in mee january march. it was first talks since prime minister abe took office in late 2012. but china remains firm on its condition that their preconditions with improving ties with japan. chinese officials say they want abe to recognize a territorial dispute exists over the islands. for the second straight here, abe did not visit the shrine on august 15th, the day japan marks the end of world war ii. but t

again, north korea continues to posture with missiles toward the south korea border and so forth. again, not helpful. what would south korea's response be at this juncture? i think south korea has shown incredible restraint given some of north korea's provocation in recent years. if in fact there was a misfire accidentally or intentionally that were to land in a south korea city, what have the south koreans indicated would be their response. >> the south koreans increasingly resolve that there should there be a provocation on the part of north korea that they will respond. this is due to the fact that in 2010 there were two dead rily attacks by north korea to south korea including the death of civilians. this is what our alliance with south korea is all about. ensuring that we can present a front on the peninsula to make them understand that they cannot have the aggression. that those days are gone. that the best path forward is the vision that has been laid out by the president of south korea who has talked about a path forward including person to person unification. >> i want to

you can't come to south korea without mentioning north korea. north korean catholics were oe invited officially to invite the pope give his mass on monday, but the official catholic association in pyongyang said they couldn't come because there was a military drill starting the same day. many people, including the united nations, united states, claim there is a tremendous amount of persecution of christians within north korea itself. it's something that pope francis had to mention. he didn't allude to the persecution itself but he hoped there could be peace between the two koreas. >> we'll wait to see what he has to say today. thank you, paula hancocks for us, covering the story in seoul. >>> severe storms hit parts of europe thursday with, according to our meteorologist ivanka brar ra, and we always believe ivan, baseball sized hail. >> yes. baseball, tennis ball, teacup size, whatever you want to call it. it was giant stuff happening in russia. this is about the time i would show you a picture, but we don't have them yet from this part of the

second on north korea i think the main difference between iran and north korea is that north korea is too late. north korea's estimated at between six and a dozen nuclear weapons but we don't know where they are so we don't have any military option there. we did have a military option in 1994. the united states and president clinton seriously considered a strike in 1994. many people advocated for it and some of those people who abdicated for it have said recently that we should've taken action in 1994 that north korea has led to many problems over the past 10 years and if we have taken action we wouldn't have to deal with those. north korea's transfer nuclear technology and helped syria build a nuclear reactor. north korea has been our aggressive and it has attacked south korea and a south korean warship. it shelled a south korean island. north korea is engaged in nuclear threats against our allies and even engaged in threats against us. i remember last year a threat to los angeles and austin texas of all places and a few other things. if iran acquires nuclear weapons these are things

of korea. it said the improvement of relations between the two koreas would be impossible with the presence of the u.s. in the south. it also said failure to cancel the joint drill could push the two sides to the brink of war. it urged seoul to show sincerity toward improving relations. >>> u.n. officials say the number of people who have died in the conflict in eastern ukraine has nearly doubled over the past two weeks. government forces have intensified their operations to end an uprising by pro-russian separatists. residents caught up in the fighting are desperate for help. but a russian bid to send them aid has stalled. nhk world's craig dale joins us with more details. >> reporter: well, as the confusion over that aid delivery hangs in the air, officials with the u.n.'s human rights agency say one thing is clear, this conflict has become much more deadly over the past couple of weeks. they reported earlier that more than 1100 people had died from when the uprising began in mid-april until

in korea, it's very different. this tnt was introduced to the country not by priests but aristocrats, intellectuals in japan. intellectuals in south korea, they are run by the roman catholic church. it is impressive. they experience it as being an agent of liberation and that is one of the reasons the church is grown in the last 10 years by 70%. >> pope francis 90 in south korea but it might be a chance he has found time to check in on the football scores. >> that is south america's top competition. thousands of fans to the streets in the capital and pope francis became an honorary member of the. luis suarez is free to kick the ball again. >> he was banned for four months and nine international fixtures. they barred him from any football related activity. finally, the italian national football team has a new head coach. >> the resigned after a disappointing performance at this year's world cup. the 45-year-old reportedly signed a contract. >> extra watching. yowy >>> this week on wealthtrack, two outstanding pers

it had to be south korea. the next day another modify ied into a popemobile although the wind made it tricky. >> welcome. >> reporter: he offered sympathy and hope for the parents of schoolchildren killed in the ferry sinking and for those who survived. pope francis is making speeches in inc. dwlish on this trip for the first time. officials say he's been practicing so he can reach more people. he called for peace and reunification for the two koreas. >> korea for peace is close to our hearts. >> reporter: this afternoon the pope is heading south of seoul to a rehabilitation center for the disabled. also meeting some of the laymen there in that particular area and then, of course, we have another big mass coming up on monday which will be back in seoul. george. >> paula joining us live in seoul, we appreciate your reporting, paula. >>> the police released the name of an officer who shot and killed an unarmed african-american teenageer. >> yes, coming up why that announcement has done little to reduce the anger

this word, table, it is a common business structure in korea. can you explain how it works with respect to samsung? >> they go back to essentially pak jungh hee era. they were designed to take industrialized south korea. you have the equivalent of a u.s. conglomerate or it it is family controlled. you don't have the strength of corporate ownership that shareholders would have in the u.s. or other countries. this has really helped in south korea economically developed. it has allowed the government to work more closely with the development process. much of that ended in the 1990's, and especially in the 1997 financial crisis. >> the chaebols seem to be under threat in south korea. there was a headline from bloomberg but called samsung's chaebol a time bomb. why? >> i think the challenge with the chaebol is because of the family structure, you have a situation to where -- lee kun-hee built a company into one of the top companies in the world. while e.j. young may have many of the skills needed to lead the company, the question is, is family leader

tell us why south korea and why now, why is the pope going there? >> well, the pope has never been to -- pope francis has never been to asia. he is coming back from rio youth day in rio that he had to go to asia. we know that's when he was a young priest he wanted to go to japan as a missionary. it was not possible for him because of his health. that's the personal factor. there are more serious reasons. they could not have enough time to go to asia, john paul ii went two times to korea in 1984 and 199. that is a quarter a century ago. it was necessary to go again to this country which is a very dynamic country regarding the church. >> dynamic country of course, if terms of its economy and in terms of the development there. because of the church, too, and the growing number of catholics? >> every year you have something like 100,000 babyities many of adults meaning that just 10 years ago, you had 30% catholic, less catholic than today. it's kind of a very exponential growth. the growth is very quick. the catholic church is feeling it, a good 10% of

about north korea. it's unlikely he'll be her five days and not mention the persecution of christians on the northern side of the border. there is a very complicated relationship between the vatican and china. china has its own catholic church but it's state run. so there was a courtesy telegram sent from the pope to the chinese president. this is significant in itself. so there are a number of main themes that we have with the po pope. rosemary? >> very significant that his papal mean was given permission to fly over china this time. i did want to touch on this information we just brought to our viewers that north korea fired those three projectiles an hour before the pope's arrival. a lot of people making the link between the two situations there. what's being said there about that? >> reporter: this is something that north korea has been doing for several months. they have been test firing missiles on a number of occasions. that is really the season for doing that, during the summer they quite often

just looking at the contrast between south korea and north korea is a great example of what america can do that is good for the world using all of its instruments of american foreign policy. [applause] >> now, the $200 billion deficit that reagan ran up in the 1980's was a product of tax cuts but a strong increase in military spending that seems to have contributed to the end of the cold war. was that a worthwhile investment? is the world better off, including mass, because there is no soviet union and eastern europe is free? >> caution, someone is lobbing softballs. >> my witness. >> obviously that is a

. >>> north korea is acting sharply to an ongoing military exercise south korea and the united states were holding. it began last monday in south korea based on a theoretical take from the north. about 30,000 u.s. and 50,000 south korean forces are participating. south korean communities are also taking part in emergency scenario. north korean state run media have repeatedly denounced the south and u.s. it said the general staff off the people's korean army is preparing for a preemptive site. the newspaper said on saturday the north has begun preparations to turn military head quarter operations into a sea of fire. it said as long as the u.s. military remains in the south there will be no peace and stability on the korean peninsula. military officials from the u.s. and south korea are prepare iin rocket launches. >>> hundreds held a protest on saturday two weeks after an una unarmed black teenager was shot by a white police officer. supporters of the officer held a separate demonstration on the same day. around 1,000 people took part in the demonstration in ferguson. it was organized

the pope arrived in south korea. are they related? >> i think most people assume that they are. they got some attention. we're talking about them and they have been firing a lot of these short-range projectiles to test them. but of course, an hour before the pope lands in south korea is obviously i think most people think it's no coincidence. >> all right. reporting live there from seoul. many thanks to you as always. >> we have this incredible development on the u.s. east coast. part of the new york city metro area saw an entire summer's worth of rainfall in just a few hours. that caused a messy scene in parts of the city. >> we turn to our meteorologist to find out a little bit more about that. that is a lot of rain. >> it is a lot of rainfall. we're talking upwards of 13 inches. it is a state record for new york state of any storm. this region of new york, notorious, long island, new york, we've seen blizzards and hurricanes make landfall here, but never before this date have we hand this much rainfall come down.

second on north korea i think the main difference between iran and north korea is that north korea is too late. north korea's estimated at between six and a dozen nuclear weapons but we don't know where they are so we don't have any military option there. we did have a military option in 1994. the united states and president clinton seriously considered a strike in 1994. many people advocated for it and some of those people who abdicated for it have said recently that we should've taken action in 1994 that north korea has led to many problems over the past 10 years and if we have taken action we wouldn't have to deal with those. north korea's transfer nuclear technology and helped syria build a nuclear reactor. north korea has been our aggressive and it has attacked south korea and a south korean warship. it shelled a south korean island. north korea is engaged in nuclear threats against our allies and even engaged in threats against us. i remember last year a threat to los angeles and austin texas of all places and a few other things. if iran acquires nuclear weapons these are things

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after world war ii, korea was divided into two countries -- north korea and south korea. in 1950, communist north koreans invaded their southern neighbors. u.s. president harry truman immediately sent troops to help south korea. now its remembered as a war. back then it was called a police action. >> it's best and more accurate to call it a korean conflict. congress never declared it a war. technically, we are still in an armistice, and technically that conflict is still under way. >> whatever you choose to call it, the fighting raged for three long years, much of it in the bitter cold. at the korean war veterans memorial, 19 bronze statues represent the different military services that took part in the conflict. >> they're slightly larger than life-size to depict the hazards, the tough conditions that american soldiers experienced during the korean conflict. >> the memorial has another striking feature -- a massive wall of black granite. look closely and you'll see etched images. you'll also see your reflection in its polished surface. >> so, there's a dual focus there w

south korea never lost a game in little league play. bottom third, illinois down 2-1, a chance to take the lead, ground out to third, inning over. top five, south korea up 3-1. dong wan sin is up. he can hit that baseball. and deep center, that's gone. and going on to win, 8-4, they had fun shaking hands with south korea after the game. >>> all right, chicago might have come up short on the field, but following the loss, that's them huddling around the telephone. they got a call from a fellow chicagoan, president barack obama. that's a cool moment. they're not going to forget that. >>> and angels and a's, and josh hamilton, gone, two runs shy, 385 feet, and over the lazy dog, tenth home run of the season trout, mike, takes it to center field, 417 field. the angels win, best record in baseball. trout's 29th home run this season. check out a live "sportscenter," 9:00 a.m. eastern on espn. >>> meanwhile, check this out, this is the world's scariest selfie. three teenagers, two eating bananas for some reason, and the other with the camera i

and more rain to be falling across south korea. about 200 millimeters of additional rain could fall due to the seasonal band and low pressure system. which is quite active. the front stretches into southern china. we may see a little bit of the showers across the area where the flood has not alleviated yet. 33 in beijing. it's really hot out here. above the average range. and 34 still in tokyo. another round of danger with heatstroke. here across eastern areas of the u.s., again, thunderstorms will be ignited in the mid atlantic states and that's likely to pull away from the great lakes region. but thunderstorm warnings are in place in parts of tennessee. 97 kilometers per hour gusts and very heavy down hours are possible. another area with severe thunderstorms will be in the dakotas and into nebraska. we may see flooding occur. we have flash flood warnings in place in northwestern montana. we have chance of thunderstorms across the florida peninsula again look messy in atlanta, miami, d.c. and new york. and in central locations su

and the first trip to asia in 15 years, pope francis visits south korea on a five day trip and calls for peace. eace. >> welcome back. let's recap the headlines here on al jazeera now. at least four children have been killed after iraqi troops carried out attacks on the city of fallujah. a mosque and a water purification plant. fallujah has been the scene of ongoing antigovernment protests for months now. >>> reports from eastern ukraine suggest five people have been killed during more fighting in donetske. the ukrainian government says they seized a town cutting off the rebel held city of luhansk. >>> protests in egypt, marking the mack akerr a year ago, killing at least 800 people. >>> pakistan's capitol islamabad is in lock down ahead of the arrival of thousands of protesters from lahor. protesting the leadership of the government. accused sharif of rigging last year's elections. kamal hydr has the story. >> on their way to islamabad with thousands of their supporters. the leader imiran kha imran khae instructing his party workers who have a government in the province to bring a l