back now to the most news in the morning. cnn exclusive at 25 minutes past the hour. it s a rare look inside north korea, the politics, the pageantry, and the propaganda. as a nation closed off to the world for 60 years opens up just a little to introduce a new dictator to the world. and our alina cho is one of the few foreign journalists invited into the country this week. reporter: good evening once again from pyongyang, we are live outside north korea s most famous monument. an enormous statue of kim il-sung, the founder of north career. for all the circumstance we ve seen over the past several days, what we really wanted the know
celebrations here in north korea commemorating the 65th anniversary of the workers party of north korea. this is how people are celebrating. they re literally dancing in the streets. it s possible they re also celebrating the choice of their next leader, kim jong-un, son of the ailing dictator kim jong-il. for all of the small changes, the larger question, will the change at the top affect the average citizen? for now, north korea remains sealed. we are standing in front of north korea s most famous monument. an enormous statue of kim il-sung, it is a very holy place, even at this time in the evening, there is music, people lay flowers, they go right up to the statue and bow. it is almost like being in a cathedral in a country, john and kiran, where there is no organized religion.
moment. but first, our world view this morning, begins in chile, where the country s new president announced a new earthquake recovery plan. sebastian pinera took power just two days ago. he said he plans to get health, education and highway services back to normal in 60 days. in thailand, tens of thousands swarmed into bangkok. the demonstrators known as red shirts believe the prime minister came into power illegally. illegitimately they say. they want him to call new elections. a renovation is under way for rio de janeiro s most famous monument. the statute is getting a face lift that will cost $4 million. hef rerains and lightening strikes have eroded parts of the face and hands of the statute. new and disturbing information on the victims of the dating game serial killer. three photos of women found among the hundreds of pictures discovered in a storage facility have been linked to missing
shannon: taking a look another international news. acropolis reopened in greece. thursday, cultural ministry employees blocked access to the most famous monument and clashed with riot police. ministry workers say they are owed up to two years of back pay and face dismissals at the end of the month. dutch prosecutors are asking judges to equip politician of charges that he incited hate red against muslims. saying most of the remarks targeted islam. they declined to press charms but they were ordered to by an appeals court. mahmoud ahmadinejad s two-day trip ended with a parting gift. he was presented with israeli assault rifle captured in the war with israel in 2006. iran is a major supporter of hezbollah sharing a western back coalition. it isn t a gift, but venezuela is getting something valuable from russia.