In 2012 the worlds press was full of reports about north korea dictator kim jong il had died in december 27th and now everyone was wondering what north korea would be like under the leadership of his son 28 year old kim jong un. An old asian proverb says seeing with your own eyes is better than hearing a 1000 reports so in early 2013 my friend philip and i decided to visit north korea the 1st challenge lay in actually booking the trip. We normally plan our trips abroad ourselves but individual tourism doesnt exist in north korea even booking the entry and departure arranged. Its are dealt with by a state agency. Before entering the country we had to sign a paper declaring that our visit had no journalistic purpose. We had to get permission if we wanted to take photos and film and sound recordings were forbidden. All the following material was shot on a camera with a built in video function. I hid the blinking red recording light with black sticky tape we were only vaguely aware of the
There is an arche and without safety there is catastrophe u. S. President donald trump signs an order that he says will encourage better policing but makes no mention of the National Debate over racism. Of the World Trade Organization fined saudi arabia broke global rules in failing to stop a pirate broadcaster stealing content from a cattery sports network. A day after north korea blew up a Liaison Office that was used to communicate with south korea its military is announcing further escalations the army says that it will redeploy troops to the heavily fortified border and Demilitarized Zone it also intends to resume regular military exercises and to reestablish guard posts in frontline areas on top of this north koreas rejected souls offer to discuss. Reducing tensions lets take you live now to pot which is on the south korean side of the border al jazeera is rob the bride is that rob whats the mood there in that border area. In the light of north koreas behavior. I think throughout
North korean state media cited a spokesperson for the army on wednesday. The report says the units will be mobilized in two areas where interkrkorean joint projects ar located. The announcement follows the militarys warning on tuesday that it was reviewing an action plan to reenter the Demilitarized Zone on the border. The report also unvailed plans for military exercises that would be conducted near the military demarcation line. Regional players are reacting to north koreas moves. The japanese government will work closely with south korea as well as the united d states to analalyze the norths reasons f demolishshing the liaisison off. Before the tuesdays explosion. Japanese government officials consider it unlikely that the incident will lead to Major Military clashes between the two koreas as pyongyang had given advanced warning of their plan. Some officials have noted that it w was kimim y y jongng, nortn leader kim jonguns sister to w. H. O. Had given the warning. They say it appe
Balloons with propaganda into the north they believe that the South Koreans were able and should have been able to stop these defectors from doing this it doesnt raid the north but i think theyre probably using that as an excuse to almost create a crisis cycle if you like partly out of frustration i think at the way that south korea as they see it has not been able to get relief from International Sanctions to get the United States to move on their position on Nuclear Weapons they probably naive li believed that moon j. And the president of south korea was able to do more than he was able to do is hand to a certain degree are tied but i think there is a certain frustration that they have that patience has run out with the south and they are lashing out now at south korea and it remains to be seen just where the place goes but i think possibly they might believe that still the South Koreans can put pressure on the United States but also partly this could be for domestic consumption they
The internet is something so many of us take for granted but africa is still behind other regions in terms of online quantitative easing now some of the big tech firms are racing to bridge that gap but at what cost what happens when the same Company Controls the content and its delivery this is inside story. Hello im come out santa maria from video chatting to working from home one thing that is keeping us all going during this lockdown is a good Internet Connection think about when the online world became part of your everyday life and how transformative it was ordering banking educating building a business all from your computer and then from your phone but in africa into. 20 only 4 in every 10 people has access to the internet and so tech firms are seeing an opportunity they want to develop the internet infrastructure there for example facebook and google teaming up with Telecommunications Firms to build cables under the sea project which i aim to connect to the continent to the mid