frankly terrifying. but if you re looking for what really sets the country known as the hermit kingdom apart from the rest of our socially net worked planet, consider this. kim jong-il died two days ago. two full days went by before the official announcement actually came out. that s how tightly controlled the media there is. when word did finally arrive the dear leader was dead, his blinkered and brainwashed followers mourned him like the god they ve been told he was. the grieving, as you d imagine, is intense for a leader they d been told first walked at 3 weeks of age, talked at 2 months and authored not read, but authored 1,500 books while in college. those who are not overcome were simply dumbstruck on receiving the news. like this gathering for example. they, like most north koreans, not likely aware their fallen ruler scarfed lobster and swilled fine cognac while an estimated million ordinary north koreans starved to death during the famine his economic policies crea
bomb of nagasaki. he knows about nuclear fear and suspects people here are not getting the truth. the company is hiding information, he says. they re not telling the truth. he says radioactive substances are spewing out of the plant, but they re not coming clean about the dangers. some u.s. officials have even questioned the japanese government s radiation readings. each new crisis has officials here scrambling for answers. reassurances day after day that no one is at risk. radiation measurements has not been serious, serious enough as to have health effects. although some readings are high, but these values are not the ones that pose direct human threat today. but this all depends on other conditions. environmental monitoring conditions.
confirmed dead. more than 10,000 others are still reported missing. the nation paused at 2:46 in the afternoon local time today on friday for a moment of silence to mark one week since that magnitude 9.0 quake struck. the tsunami that followed knocked out the power to the fukushima daiichi power plant. but right now, officials say radiation coming from the plant is not at harmful levels. translator: as a whole, the radiation measurement has not been serious serious enough as to have health effect. although some readings are high, but these values are not the ones that pose direct human threat today. but this all depends on other
50 kilometer evacuation zone from the united states government. they re looking at the same data, they re coming up with different recommendations. the united states being more conservative. there s also been a lot of discussion about potassium iodine as of recent. people buying them up in the united states. really the stuff is flying off the shelves. a couple of things to keep in mind. first of all, people taking potassium iodied may develop problems because of the salt, allergies, people with pre-existing thyroid problems may have a problem taking that medication. there s no suggestion, no recommendation, no reason really for people in the united states to be taking this. the radiation levels, even if they cross over the ocean, by the time they get to the united states should be so low that there really should be no discernible human threat. again, you know, people obviouslyancxious about what s happening but the panic button does not need to be hit