but the north korean authority announced that it was successful. but this time they said it was -- it failed. so i was surprised. but anyway, this is -- it's sending a message. the implication is to the north korean people and even to the leaders that the future of kim jong-un's new leadership is grim. >> what's north korea's next step then? >> i don't think north korea -- this failure will affect north korea's game plan too much. they will continue to play the game as planned. i think north korea will say this. it was a peaceful satellite launch, and we are still perfectly willing to abide by the february agreement with the u.s., in which we'll freeze the nuclear test missile test and the operation of the uranium enrichment program while the united states, you decide to provide us with 240,000 tons of humanitarian food aid. however, they would say, if you keep saying it was a missile test and put pressure on us, we would have to walk away from this february agreement. we would have to do the same and walk away from the february agreement, which mi

how did the north koreans do this? they felt comfortable enough to invite the world's press in, including our own stan grant, to watch this thing. that is not something they have ever done before. so they must have some confidence that the technology is going to work. that means where did they get that confidence from? who out there -- what country, what other nation, what other rogue players were helping them with this? the key things in this one that people are going to look for is the reliability of the technology, the guidance system, did the trajectory go, did it go where they wanted it to go. so did they get improvements in their trajectory. most importantly, i would think, is the fueling of this rocket. did the fuel burn evenly? did it burn exactly as they wanted to? that's what helps give the boost and the speed and the velocity of this thing to get it into the atmosphere, if you will, exactly where they say they want to get it. but still, you come back to that bottom line. they say it's a rocket to put a satel

great elaborate care by the north korean government. and when they have the biggest news that they could break to the world media, which they remarkably have allowed into this country, they are not knocking. the chief press spokesperson for this mission countless times and he says you can't say anything yet. is he waiting for word. waiting for direction from the government. again, the world media has been brought to the launch site. has seen upclose the rocket. upclose allegedly the satellite that would be on top of that rocket. they have been inside command control center here. the north korean version of houston but, in fact, right now, there is breaking news. there is no confirmation, number one, shep, of the lift-off which south korean sources say happened at 7:39 a.m. local time here. that's about half hour ago. but crucially, shep, they are saying nothing. i pressed the spokesman again here several times about anything about reports of the possibility of a failure of this launch and the possibility it might have plunged into the s

the north koreans out. if the north korean regime decided to move in the direction of reform, and it's true we don't have much evidence that they've decided to, but the fact of the matter is they don't have the technical specialists to be able to do it even if they wanted to do it. so we really need to find ways to to expose north koreans to long range educational opportunities that will socialize them to western ways of thinking as a way of inducing an internal change in north korea. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you to all of our pa panelists for their excellent testimony. excuse me? oh, dr. cronin, i apologize. i think we would like to hear from you. >> i appreciate that. thank you for this invitation on these timely proceedings. it is my judgment that the regime in pyongyang indeed remains armed, dangerous and prone to miscalculation. the moment we think we know the next movement of kim jong un is the moment we're surprised yet again i want to focus on strategy in the interest of time. my mai

hiroki with us for details on north korea. he's an expert on north korean issues. we'll have you join us again later. thanks very much for your update. >>> now let's take a look at the three-day forecast. well, actually, before we go to the three-day forecast, let's bring you up to date on what's happening currently. earlier the south korean defense ministry said that the launch occurred at 7:39 a.m., but u.s. officials, japan and south korea, are saying that the launch failed. and debris fell into the ocean. just 90 seconds after the launch. so these countries, japan, u.s. and south korea, these hree cous are saying that the launch failed. the japanese government says north korean officials tried to launch a missile within the last few hours but the launch appears to have failed. the launch appears to have failed. at a news conference in tokyo, the defense minister indicated that the north korean launch may have failed. [ speaking >> at a separate news conference, government officials told supporters that the projectile was headed south. they indicate it may have

korea today, even though north koreans can only all other north koreans. it means information can flow from one part of north korea where you cannot move around easily, to another part. the more information we can pour into north korea, it can seep in. china is richer than it used to be so it's the example that north korea really is fall beg hind because it's trying to prop up a military that's gobbling up more than a quarter of its weak gdp. $27 billion gross domestic product. more than $5 billion is now coming in from china. china is the number one patron. we've got to expose this and get information flowing in. we do need our south korean ally. there's an election coming up this december in south korea. >> i want to flag the fact the north korean human rights act has been a major contribution from the u.s. congress. the strong support for funding for information flows, you know, targeted at north korea. we still need to work very hard on highlighting china's really terrible policy of repatriation of north korean refugees. i know you've been doing a lot

this is the first time north korean officials have admitted such a failure. >> the north koreans launched a rocket in 1998 and 2006 that were said to carry satellites. but leaders of many other nations believed those were actually missile tests and analysts failed to confirm the existence of any satellites. japanese government officials said the missile flew for more than a minute. they say it may have reached up to 120 kilometers into the air. and it appears to have split into about ten pieces. they fell into the yellow sea west of the korean peninsula. the government's top spokesperson condemned the attempt as a violation of u.n. security council resolutions. >> translator: even though the launch of the missile failed, it means north korea went ahead with it despite objections by japan and other countries. we cannot help but call this a serious provocation to the security of japan and in violation of u.n. security council resolutions 1695, 1718 and 1874. this is a deplorable act, and we've launched a strong protest through diplomatic channels. >> nhk reporter is in pyongyang and he'll b

i do not see the north koreans giving up this capability. i think it's something we have to deal with given the current set of conditions. >> would you like to add? >> i would add, thank you very much. i think what the department of defense brings to bear, what general thurman and his theater bring to bear are three important things. a strong deterrence capability. to deter the north from use these horrendous weapons of mass destruction. a robust defensive capability. should these be used general thurman and his forces together with the south kor

and the north korean peninsula. north korea with kim jong il will remain just as stable in its leadership. kim's successors, his son, jim jong-un would pick a brighter path for its people faded with last week's failed missile launch. denuclearization of the north korean peninsula remains a goal theist and six party partners strive for. however, given north korea's erratic behavior recently, over the course of the past several years, the goal of denuclearization seems further away than ever before. i commend the administration for halting assistance to the north and encourage the president and secretary of state to stand firm against any other further destabilizing actions. furthermore, if north korea proceeds with testing a nuclear weapon, as likely if prior behavior is any indicator, all members of the six party talks must condemn this behavior. the future of north korea is bleak and as the people of north korea that would bear the unimaginable hardship of kim jong-un's tierney. it is my belief north korea will nev

yuko atani covered stories on the korean peninsula. >>> why did north korean officials hold off the launch today? >> well, certainly they seemed ready to go. our colleagues were watching events unfolding in pyongyang. so they thought the launch might come on the first day of the five-day window. they keep their eyes on the screen but nothing happened. although there are several possibilities. one might be weather. it was cloudy there. clouds and wind do not favor a launch. another possibility might be that it was canceled for security reasons. kim jong-un may want to watch from the launch site so his presence would require tightened security. finally the leadership may want to choose a symbolic day for the launch. they may want the timing to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the birthday of kim il-sung on sunday. >> there's plenty of symbolism this week. so, how does the launch fit into what's happening politically? >> well, all of the events seem orchestrated to highlight the leadership of kim jong-un. memberers of the workers party named him their leader on monday. it's a newly-crea

are taught to all north koreans. the country's neighbors. the young leader, who has suffered a blow to its prestige, may be tempted to respond with a new show of power. perhaps by testing a nuclear bomb. this is already a dike -- a deeply isolated place under sanction. developing missile technology and nuclear weapons. north koreans are oblivious or unconcerned that the rocket was a failure and that america and britain and others may seek the un at to isolate this country even further. >> for more on the impact of the failed launch, i spoke to the managing director of the washington institute for policy. how likely is the regime to launch a missile to save face or to test a nuclear bomb? >> this was an embarrassment for the regime. it comes at a time when the younger kim is trying to consolidate his power behind the scenes. of course, this is a replay of what happened in april of 2009, when there was a failed rocket launch followed very quickly by a nuclear test. the fear in the west is that we will see another nucle

but the north korean authority announced that it was successful. but this time they said it was -- it failed. so i was surprised. but anyway, this is -- it's sending a message. the implication is to the north korean people and even to the leaders that the future of kim jong-un's new leadership is grim. >> what's north korea's next step then? >> i don't think north korea -- this failure will affect north korea's game plan too much. they will continue to play the game as planned. i think north korea will say this. it was a peaceful satellite launch, and we are still perfectly willing to abide by the february agreement with the u.s., in which we'll freeze the nuclear test missile test and the operation of the uranium enrichment program while the united states, you decide to provide us with 240,000 tons of humanitarian food aid. however, they would say, if you keep saying it was a missile test and put pressure on us, we would have to walk away from this february agreement. we would have to do the same and walk away from the february agreement, which mi

north korea's military has threatened to destroy south korean targets. it says it will launch a special action against its neighbor for grave insults to the country's new leadership. >> the military's supreme command issued the threat in a statement released on monday. it accuses south korea's president lee mun bak of disrespecting north korea but gave no details of the insult or planned action. north korea criticized a south korean group last week for destroys a photo of kim jong-un. the country's leaders staged a rally. south korea's defense ministry said there was no evidence of unusual military action in north korea. the south korean government has expressed concern but maintains the north is trying to divert attention from the country's failed missile launch. nhk's correspondent in beijing says north korea's leadership is attempting to consolidate support for kim jong-un. the correspondent also says the north wants to boost national unity ahead of wednesday's 80th anniversary of the korean people's army. >>> u.s. state department spokesperson victor

the north korean people are starving. south korea reports the cot of the rocket who is been able to buy millions of tons of corn and rice which could have fed millions of north korean people. while food shortages have forced many to eat grass and tree bark to survive and the military recently had to lower the minimum requirement height for soldiers to 4' 9" because a third of north korean children are reportedly permanently stunted because of a lack of food. what a series of problems in north korea. catherine is live in washington, dc, this afternoon, catherine is the food aid off the table for good now? >>guest: well, a short time ago the white house spokesman carney said that the door is being left open for talks but the reality is the missile launch has put the north koreans in a box and now they must show that it can be trusted in the future and the that issue came up at the state department a short team ago. >> we are prepared to engage constructively with north korea but as we have said we are not going to reward ba

no official statement at this point from the north korean authorities, nothing on north korean state television, nothing and north korean state radio. it is strange, because we were all invited here, dozens of journalists brought to north korea to report on this satellite launch. this morning's release have all been assembled here in the hotel that we are staying in. everyone trying to desperately confirm anything. all we know is what has come out from across the border in south korea in seoul, from washington, from tokyo, saying that at 7:39 p.m. the launch -- at 79 a.m. the rocket -- at 7:39 a.m., the rocket launched off. we were taken to mission control a few days ago. north korea has been open and wanted to show the world this, but no statement this morning at all here. >> why do you think that is? could that be a suggestion that has failed, the fact that they are being so secretive about this? gatax is very unusual for north korea to be right -- writing off the way as this week. it is usually very controlled, and the authoritarian rulers here are very careful about the informati

north korean leaders push ahead with their plan to launch a rocket as scheduled. a rocket stands on a launch pad in north korea at this hour ready to go. space agency officials say they'll send a satellite into orbit sometime between thursday and monday. government officials in the u.s. and elsewhere are urging them to cancel the launch. north korean officials invited about 60 international journalists to check out the launch pad. the site is in pyongyang in the northwestern part of the country. althree stages of the 30-meter long rocket are in position. it's marked with the national flag and the name milky way 3 in korean. officials showed journalists what they say is a satellite they plan to launch. the device is covered with solar panels and is equipped with cameras and antennas. the official responsible said everything is ready and it could be fueled up and launched at any time. he said leaders in pyongyang have an even bigger goal in mind they want to put larger satellites into orbit in the future including a geostationary communications satellite. >> transla

the north koreans have announced they will launch a missile. we are working very closely with allies and other partners in the region to try to discourage north korea from launching this missile as they intended, but we believe that this reflects their lack of desire to follow through on their commitments, their international commitments, and so we have been forced to suspend our activities to provide nutritional assistance to north korea largely because we have now no confidence the monitoring mechanisms to ensure that the food assistance goes to the starving people and not the regime elite, that these monitoring mechanisms we have no confidence that they would actually abide by the understandings. >> so we have suspended the nutritional -- >> yes, we have, sir. >> general thurman, readiness is one of your top priorities, assess you've stated, the president's new strategic guidance shifts the focus to asia. today we haven't seen an increase in resources to reflect the pivot. we understand that each of our contingency plans is under review to a

the north korean government made a rare public admission recently. state media reported an attempt to launch a satellite into space failed. many nations consider it a long range missile test. still, south korean officials say this admission could signify a change of political style under kim jong-un. >>> a group of activists have released balloons carrying pamphlets and food across the border with north korea. they say the initiative is meant to denounce north korea's launch of a missile earlier this month. while the population continues to starve. nhk world reports. >> reporter: here near the north korean border, the members are now preparing for launching balloons with leaflets and chocolate to north korea. the ngo is composed of citizens who fled north korea. they released ten huge balloons carrying 2,000 packages. the leaflets explain the budget for the missile launch equals the cost of 19 million people for two years. >> translator: we're sending these chocolate cakes with our prayers for the happiness of the north korean people. >> reporter: th

using freezing the assets of north korean companies. it also calls for stronger enforcement of existing sanctions. the presidential statement is a unanimous call from the 15 council members including china. traditionally north korea's closest ally. ambassador rice noted last week's launch attempt caused grave concern in the nation. nhk world, new york. >>> japan's ambassador to the u.n. praised the statement. today reporters were told the statement takes into consideration the position that japan has been maintaining. >> translator: the japanese government strongly supports and welcomes the statement. we will continue to work closely with relevant countries to resolve north korea's nuclear and missile issues. >>> north korea says it will continue to develop its satellite technology. it said the rocket launch on friday is the first of a five-year space program. the online version quoted the comments by the north korean committee of space technology on monday. the pro-pyongyang general association of korean residents in japan produces the

it's marked with a north korean flag and the name milky way 3 in korean. officials show journalists what they say is the satellite they plan to launch. the device is covered with solar panels and is equipped with cameras and antennas. the north korean official responsible for the launch facility says everything has been prepared. he says crews could lower the satellite, fuel up the rocket and launch it at any time. he also says his country's leaders have an even bigger goal in mind. they want to put larger satellites into orbit in the future including a geostationary communications satellite. >> translator: we have already set out a concrete program. it could pass over japan. it could also fly over other countries. >> we asked hideki kenada to provide analysis. he's a retired vice admiral from japan's maritime self-defense force and an expert on ballistic missiles. >> the new rockets which they say to carry the satellite into space, when i look at that and also i compare with the old rocket, which was tried to launch the satellite but failed in april 2009,

and also if the united states refuses to talk to the north koreans when they propose talks, north korea might decide to go ahead and conduct another nuclear test. >>> the taliban launched what they called a spring offensive against targets in various places across the country on sunday. explosions and gunfire shook the capital the following morning as after again led forces overpower the insurgents. nhk world's sah shalah has more from kabul. >> reporter: taliban militants simultaneously attacked the parliament building, nato headquarters and several foreign embassies on sunday with rockets and guns. officials with afghans senior military state the taliban moved on the provinces. on the following day, fire fights and explosions broke the silence around parliament, as darkness turned to dawn. the u.s., german and british embassies, and afghan government buildings took direct fire. the japanese embassy was also hit. interior minister said on monday that 36 insurgents were killed during the attack in kabul, and three other cities. he said another insurgents were arrested in kandahar provin

the north koreans knew that. even though they lost the food aid, which was small and kim jong-il was not investing in it, they got scores on the scoreboard by marginalizing. i don't think that is where it was intended -- >> we are running out of time. i would like to ask this panel to comment on the consolidation of the leader -- this is a tool of the military. >> thank you mr. conway. mr. royce is ready now. >> thank you, madam chair. >> sends food aid is being discussed, i will just mention the human rights commission hearing that was august on chin on the subject. we heard testimony of sacks being delivered -- villagers being told not to touch those. and the trucks coming back and picking up the sacks. the question was, what do they do that? at another hearing, it was explained how she had checked this, and the food was being sold on the food exchange in order to get hard currency for the regime. this is perhaps, the greatest problem. as we look at these interviews, debriefings done with them -- they say that

do the north koreans have that capability? >> they have the capability of developing a nuclear weapon. they have an estimated three to six nuclear bombs already. that's different from developing a technology, a nuclear bomb small enough to fit on the top of a rocket and travel a long distance. and they certainly don't have that technology as yet. >> woodruff: they certainly don't? >> do not. >> woodruff: how far are they? >> i can't say. i just don't know. >> woodruff: in other words what they have now is not small enough, isn't the right size, the right technical specifications to work with that kind of missile? >> that's certainly as far as we know. quite frankly, of course, the north korean government and society is a very secretive one so we don't know everything that's happening. but we were able to monitor the nuclear tests. we are able to monitor the missile launches and that's the best estimates we have, that they haven't developed the technology to deliver a bomb a long distance. >> woodruff: since we have to engage i

in relation to launch vehicles, the south korean-- i mean the north koreans have already made very clear that they are going to do a second launch in this five-year plan, even though this one was planned, both of these were planned in the previous five year plans. so the point is that they are going to do another launch. >> ambassador hill, how do you think they're going to react to this failure? do you think it makes it more or less likely or is it immaterial to whether they go ahead now with the nuclear underground test? >> well, i defer to others as to the dimensions of this technical failure. i mean obviously they've had problems with this rocket before. and they might sort so to speak go back to the drawing board. but i think they're pretty intent on pushing ahead with this missile program. they understand that a nuclear program without a means of delivery sell really not a nuclear program. so i think they're pretty intent on moving ahead. and the real question will not be so of the u.s. diplomacy with north korea as it will be the u.s. diplomacy with south korea and china because t

of drawing the north koreans out. if the north korean regime decides to move in the direction of reform, and this country that we don't have much evidence that they have decided to, the fact of the matter is that they don't have the technical specialist to be a will to do it even if they want to do it. we need to find ways to expose north koreans to long-range educational opportunities that will socialize them to western ways of thinking as a way of inducing internal change in north korea. >> thank you very much and to all of our panelist for excellent testimony. dr. curran, i am sorry. i am so used to going that way. -- dr. cronin. >> thank you for this invitation on these timely proceedings. it is my judgment that the regime in pyongyang indeed remains armed and dangerous and prone to miscalculation. the moment we think we know the next move of kim jong un is the moment we are going to be surprised yet again. we have heard about some of the tactical rigid tactical mistakes a recent policy. i want to focus on strateg

north korean officials intend to fire off the rocket between april 12 and 16. they have invited experts from around the world to watch the launch. space officials say they are inviting foreigners to soften international criticism. >>> a north korean official reiterated the launch would be to send a weather satellite into space. the head of the north american affairs bureau held informal talks in germany with former u.s. secretary of state, thomsz pickering. they attended a seminar. lee told reporters an airport in berlin, he described the talks with the u.s. as calm. he also said a weather observation satellite would help agriculture. a german researcher who attended the seminar said north korea showed no intention of cancelling the launch. the united states opposed the launch and threatened to withdrawal an offer of food aid. >>> investors are starting off on a good note. wall street brokers went higher. we have more details. good morning. >> good morning, kathryn. as far the dow jones, it hit the highest since december 2007. it closed at 13,264. again, that i

north koreans are taught to revere them like dogs. -- like gods. the achievement would help a young man reinforce his right to the amount of the power. there is no mention here of the rocket blowing up a minutes into flight. just a brief statement that things had not gone to plan. north korea has placed huge importance on the rocket launch. what effect will this have on the regime? working by hand, gangs of workers line the boulevards of p'yongyang. the rocket was meant to be away that showing the north koreans that the state is technologically advanced. america and the north's a neighbors said that this was a disguise to test an intercontinental missile. his father also tested nuclear bombs. strength and self reliance, they are bridges that are taught to all north koreans. now, this country's neighbors feared that their young leader, who had suffered a blow to his prestige, maybe tempted to respond with a new show of power, perhaps by testing a nuclear bomb. this is already a deeply isolated place. developing both missile technology and nuclear we

in relation to launch vehicles, the south korean-- i mean the north koreans have already made very clear that they are going to do a second launch in this five-year plan, even though this one was planned, both of these were planned in the previous five year plans. so the point is that they are going to do another launch. >> ambassador hill, how do you think they're going to react to this failure? do you think it makes it more or less likely or is it immaterial to whether they go ahead now with the nuclear underground test? >> well, i defer to others as to the dimensions of this technical failure. i mean obviously they've had probms with this rocket before. and ty might so so to speak go back to the drawing board. but i think they're pretty intent on pushing ahead with this missile program. they understand that a nuclear program without a means of delivery sell really not a nuclear program. so i think they're pretty intent on moving ahead. and the real question will not be so of the u.s. diplomacy with north korea as it will be the u.s. diplomacy with south korea and china because the rea

in fact, although north korean, the north korean regime is willing to starve its own citizens, it maintains the world's fourth largest army. north korea has more than 1 million active duty personnel and thousands of artillery systems, tanks, armored personnel carrier, aircraft and surface combatants. more than 70% of north korea's combat power is positioned within 90 miles of the demilitarized zone. this puts our 280,000 troops and 24 million citizens of seoul, the world's fourth largest city, easily within the erratic regime's lethal reach. last month the united states and north korea announced that the regime would stop uranium enrichment and missile testing and aid lew international inspectors to return to north korea's nuclear facility. in exchange for nutritional aid. but two weeks ago north korea said they would launch a long range rocket into space in april. a clear violation of their agreement with the administration. this is typical behavior shown by the regime. a cycle of pro vauk cases and reconciliations designed to get what they want without giving up their nuclear weapons prog

north korean officials intend to fire off the rocket between april 12 and 16. they have invited experts from around the world to watch the launch. space officials say they are inviting foreigners to soften international criticism. >>> a north korean official reiterated the launch would be to send a weather satellite into space. the head of the north american affairs bureau held informal talks in germany with former u.s. secretary of state, thomsz pickering. they attended a seminar. lee told reporters an airport in berlin, he described the talks with the u.s. as calm. he also said a weather observation satellite would help agriculture. a german researcher who attended the seminar said north korea showed no intention of cancelling the launch. the united states opposed the unchnd threatened to withdrawal an offer of food aid. >>> investors are starting off on a good note. wall street brokers went higher. we have more details. good morning. >> good morning, kathryn. as far the dow jones, it hit the highest since december 2007. it closed at 13,264. again, that is th

. >>> in the middle of all these political events, north korean space officials are expected to carry out their much-anticipated launch. they say they're fueling up the rocket they're using to send a satellite into orbit sometime between thursday and monday. many countries question their intentions, though. they believe the north is testing its ballistic missile capabilities. the space officials say the launch will happen in to tongchang-ri. north korean authorities allowed journalists from about 20 countries into the satellite control center wednesday. it's located in the capital. the head of the control center is from the korean committee of space technology. he told reporters the satellite is now loaded on the rocket. paek did not specify the exact date or time of the launch. the official in charge of the launch site said the rocket can be fueled quickly and automatically from equipment located beneath the launchpad. >>> u.n. security council members are working on how they will respond if north korea goes ahead with the launch. u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice says

problems in north korean. if you fly over the korean peninsula, it is just start in north korean, and that is a good symbol of the stage of development. there are very few roads. the education system has largely collapsed. factories do not work. good a place is a basket case -- no place is a basket case -- of places the basket case. if you live where now? >> i live in seattle. >> how old are your kids? >> my kids are 7 and 9. the >> no more washington post? no more new york times? >> i took a buyout, and i have been working for the economist and occasionally pbs. >> what kind of things have you done for frontline? >> i work on a compromise for alaska. >> do you have another book in mind? >> i do. >> it might be about the compromise in alaska or about my father's generation, and i am not sure. >> what do you expect? will the end of in south korean permanently note, or will they come to the united states? >> a couple has been important. he calls them his parents, and they are happy about that. they helped bring

for the north korean crisis. if the north koreans can be portrayed as victims in their own nuclear places, you know, there's something wrong with your public diplomacy. so i think we've fixed that problem. but we certainly don't have indication that the north koreans are serious about picking us up on this and by the way, the chinese pushed the idea that even if we can't have diplomatic recognition, recognition on the part of the u.s. and other countries and north korea is indeed a state, indeed a nation state, if we can't have that immediately, can we have the solution that china had for a number of years which was to open a u.s. liaison office in pyongyang so the chinese came to us with that idea. they had a good experience with it and we said great. we'd be prepared to look seriously at that. the north koreans weren't interested in having a u.s. facility in downtown pyongyang. what they said we were interested in was recognition. we could do that but only in the context of denuclearization. host: let me go bac

united nations officials consider new sanctions on north korean companies. officials are weighing whether to freeze the assets of more companies affiliated with pyongyang. they're expected to choose the firms within two weeks. the security council adopted a presidential statement on monday, condemning the launch of what it called a satellite using ballistic missile technology. the statement calls for additional groups and supplies to be added to the sanctions list. the council's sanctions committee discussed how to handle the list of candidate companies submitted by the united states, japan and others. the committee chairman said he expects more member states to submit lists of their own. >> i'll tell you a number of companies have, and it's an ongoing protest. i think more suggestions will arrive. >> he said the committee will study the list over the next two weeks and select the firms to be targeted. >>> the north korean leader kim jung-un carried his first public comments. kim said that a nation cannot defend its right to autonomy and survival without ade

canceled 240,000 tons of food gended for the north korean people. ending what had been a tentative thaw in relations. the failed rocket launch also set back north korea's missile program and embarrassed its new leader kim jong-un. but, unlike previous failures, state television actually owned up to it. perhaps because the world's news media had been invited to witness the preparations. jil wit, formerly a state department expert on north korea and now the editor of this web site said that's almost as important as the failure itself. >> the... north korea didn't have to admit it failed. i think that says a lot about the confidence of the regime. >> reporter: u.s. officials feared a confident north korea could go back to tactics like shelling south korean islands. >> we're entering what could be a very dangerous period where if you have north korean provocations and a south korean response it could exschrat. >> reporter: u.s. officials expect the north koreans to set off an underground nuclear explosion at this remote test site where signs of fresh di

they say the north is inviting outside observers to soften international criticism. >>> a north korean official has reiterated that the launch will be for peaceful purposes to put a weather satellite into space. the head of the foreign ministry's north american affairs bureau held informal talks near berlin with former u.s. under secretary of state thomas pickering. the two attended a seminar hosted by a u.s. think tank. the talks were calm. he said a weather observation satellite would be helpful for farming. u.s. officials oppose the launch. they've threatened to withdraw an offer to provide north korea with thousands of tons of food aid. >>> pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi has reached out to other political parties to work together for myanmar. her party won more than 40 seats in by-elections. the eselection just a small step toward democracy following decades of military rule. nhk world reports from yangon. >> it is not so much our triumph as a triumph of the people who have decided that they must be involved in the political process of this country. we hope that this will be

what are the north koreans trying to prove right now? >> well, there are three events going on in north korea, one, the 100th anywhere of the founder of the country, number two, the succession of more power for kim jong-un. and then third this launch. so it's a big celebration occasion for the north koreans. i think what is happening is kim jong-un is consolidating his leadership by trying to i'm the guy, but his most important audience here is the north korean mill your. i think it is a cover for a ballistic missile test. secondly to the international community, the fact that he's assembled all of those journalists is basically saying, you're going to notice us, we want to be major players in the international community. we have nuclear weapons and if you want us to get rid of them, we want something substantial in return. they're scaring people, it's their unpredictability, their unique style of negotiating which i have seen for ten years, and it's a little supersome, because it was my hope that the young leader would be a moderate, wo

korean people. >> reporter: north korean authorities have responded with harsh criticism saying the balloons are an insult against their leader kim jong-un. south korea's armed forces have deployed vehicles to track the balloons by satellite and to observe any retaliation by north korea. the group says this action is meant to support the civilian population in the wake of the recent leadership transition. another grp is preparing to launch more balloons next weekend. this time they will be loaded with pamphlets and radios capable of receiving broadcasts from south korea. fumito sako nhk world, south korea. >>> in other news a bomb explosion has killed three people and injured 38 others at a railway station in the eastern pakistani city of lahore. police say the bomb exploded after 6:00 p.m. on tuesday. th say the blast occurred near a wting roo for express trains linking lahore and karachi to the south. police say they suspect islamist militants were targeting ordinary citizens. in northwestern pakistan a car bomb went off at a marketplace in january killing more than 30 people. >>>

>> basically, the north korean rocket launch will have a multiplier effect. internally, north korea is in the process of transition. their new leader needs to show that he is able. so it has political implications. it carries significant military indications for the north koreans. >> a lot of people are saying that north korea needs food aid, particularly from the west. >> basically, that is a good question. north korea has been cooperating with other countries before on its ballistic missile program. the question is who basically financed the new space launch vehicle as well as the new space launch center. there may be speculation that north koreans cooperated with the iranians before. so it is a big question where they got the money for it. >> [inaudible] >> the ballistic program is the internal central of gravity. their own strategic objective is to merge the program with the long-range ballistic missile. they have nothing to negotiate if they give it up. >> what happens now with the six-way party nuclear talks and aid from the west? >> really come up with

these include freezing the assets of north korean companies. it also calls for stronger enforcement of existing sanctions. the presidential statement is a unanimous call from the 15 council members, including china. traditionally north korea's closest ally. ambassador rice noted that last week's launch attempt caused grave concern in the region. widad franco, nhk world, new york. >>> china says the presidential statement reflects a basic understanding shared by the international community. china is north korea's closest ally and has been reluctant to condemn it. the foreign ministry spokesperson said dialogue is the only way to resolve issues. he said the agreement between the u.s. and north korea is important for a nuclear free korean peninsula and for peace and stability. the pact was reached in february. the chinese government has implemented its call to implement the agreement, stipulates the north suspend its uranium enrichment program in exchange for food aid from the u.s. japan's ambassador to the u.n. praised the statement. he told repo

and frankly, the north koreans are very depend ent on it. but they siphon a lot of that food aid and feed the troops and have a million -- [overlapping speakers] >> new young successor, ruler in north korea. >> that's the big question, a lot of people don't know much about him. and this is an example of how -- >> educated overseas. >> i can't tell you that. >>> forced prediction, yes or no? rob portman will be the running played, vice presidential with mitt romney in the fall? >> no. >> not even odds. >> yes. >> yes. >> answer is yes! bye-bye!

problems in north korean. if you fly over the korean peninsula, it is just start in north korean, and that is a good symbol of the stage of development. there are very few roads. the education system has largely collapsed. factories do not work. if you live where now? >> i live in seattle. >> how old are your kids? >> my kids are 7 and 9. the >> no more washington post? no more new york times? >> i took a buyout, and i have been working for the economist and occasionally pbs. >> what kind of things have you done for frontline? >> i work on a compromise for alaska. >> do you have another book in mind? >> i do. >> it might be about the compromise in alaska or about my father's generation, and i am not sure. >> what do you expect? will the end of in south korean permanently note, or will they come to the united states? >> a couple has been important. he calls them his parents, and they are happy about that. they helped bring him to the united states, and they have given him counseling, and vice, and love, and sec

now, north korean officials saying nothing. we've put this question to our government minders, they're denying even that they know that it had taken off. if you go into the press center, where i've just come from now, that's been specially set up for this event, there is an empty chair where the government official was meant to be sitting. all of this, an enormous embarrassment. you know, piers, they've gone to great lengths to open up this window on to north korea, to allow the world's media in here, even takes us up to the site itself, and i stood right at the base of the rocket. that's how -- that's how confident they were that this was going to be able to take off. that it would be a success. and when i put that question to them the other day, they said it's not just about science, this was decreed by the departed dear leader, kim jong-il himself. so much riding on this, and so much embarrassment now. and as of yet, no comment. piers? >> yeah, it will be very interesting to see how they respond and how they react to this. t