the time since they asked for the talks to happen has doubled the number of artillery forces on the frontline and 70% of its submarine units have left their bases. what south korea is saying is north korea is beefing up its military capabilities while they are trying to defuse the tensions. of course, at the same time, north korea has been demanding for south korea to shut down its propaganda speakers, to stop blasting those anti regime messages across the border and even as south korea is in these talks, it is also continuing that campaign and it also has its troops on high alert. so there may be hopes around the talks themselves, but the situation in general, george, is still extremely tense. >> the land mines and the loud speakers, that incident, and the loud speakers that north korea wants shut down, that seems to be front and center, but do you have any reason to believe that there may be more involved in these talks, a bigger scope of