if you wanted to eavesdrop, try to establish somebody s schedule, these would be apartments that would give you a i great view of who is in which office. reporter: kim s regime are taking away the view of people who are very powerful. those elites who analysts say he describes with luxury goods and cash to keep him in power when you get to the point where you are blocking the view of your elite families in north korea, it is something that will breed discontent. those who have been elevated to power by the supreme leader understand this is something they may have to just swallow. it maintains authority with mortar rounds and anti-aircraft. compared to that, having your
unless they are told to. just like the grandfather and the father, kim jong-un perhaps even more so has ruled through fear, the politics of fear. reporter: that s evident in this propaganda video kim s regime produced to highlight his summit with president trump in singapore. showing the kinds of displays of affection for kim that president trump says he appreciates. the video has the classic signatures of a north korean production, adoring crowds seeing kim off at the airport, dramatic music and upon his triumphant return, women in colorful robes, top officials, even normally stoic jeb general practically weeping. they are saying it s carefully choreographed. massed early in the morning and standing around for hours with flags. when the moment comes, everyone knows exactly what they do to wave their flag or the flowers.
nuclear bomb during trump s first year. and fired off more missiles than north korea s ever tested in one year. i think north korea responded in kind by saying, we better quickly get as much capabilities as possible. because we re dealing with an administration now that says everything is on the table. reporter: everything, including open threats if north korea were to fire a missile toward the u.s. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. reporter: kim s regime responded by threatening to target guam. the threats and insults only ramped up from there. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. reporter: kim brushed back by calling trump a lunatic old man. trump tweeted in response, why would kim jong-un insult me by calling me old when i would never call him short and fat. president trump s pretty good at schoolyard insults. the north koreans have a whole propaganda factory that designs
olympics in south korea. kim jong un would never have thought about talking with the south if it were not for president trump. reporter: but many argue that trump s volatility has made kim more aggressive. he tested his most powerful nuclear bomb during trump s first year and fired off more missiles than north korea s ever tested in one year. i think north korea responded in kind by saying we better quickly get as much capabilities as possible because we re dealing with the administration now that says everything is on the table. reporter: everything including open threats if north korea were to fire a missile toward the u.s. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. reporter: kim s regime responded by threatening to target guam. the threats only ramped up from there. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. reporter: he called him a lunatic old man and trump tweeted why would kim jong un
it traveled about 620 miles, reaching a higher altitude than kim jong-un s major icbm test in july and splashed down inside japan s exclusive economic zone. the waters off japan s coasts where it has the right to fish and explore. they re reminding the united states, they re reminding japan that she have been quite earnest in increasing the range and capabilities of characteristics of their missile force. reporter: kim s regime has tested missiles this year at a furious pace. this makes 23 missiles launched in 16 tests since february. but the north koreans had been fairly quiet recently, not testing a missile in more than two months. so why now? this could be a reaction to political events like being put on the u.s. list of terror sponsors or other recent condemnations of north korea. it could be shaping ahead of the winter olympics in south korea this winter. probably more likely, it s just part of north korea s ongoing missile program and their development of missiles that