coming up with an agreement between 50 plus states but nonetheless, we share a common vision and a commitment. i m confident that following the meeting in washington, d.c. the meeting that will start tomorrow will contribute to enhancing our safety and security. mr. choi. question going out to president obama. president, you just visited the dmc and today the north koreans are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of kim il-sung. they were having a big parade in north korea, also celebrating the new leadership of kim jong un. if you can share with us your shouts of visiting the dmz and what you thought about the leaders in north korea.
feed its people effectively, if it can t make anything of any use to anybody, if it has no exports other than weapons, and even those aren t ones that in any way would be considered state of the art, if it can t deliver on any indicators of well-being for its people, then you d think you d want to try something different. i don t get a sense that they ve made that decision yet. but my suspicion is that at some point that s what the north korean people are going to be looking for. and they do have that opportunity. and when they make that decision, i know i speak for president lee, no one will
matter, cannot stand alone. it is imperative that all leaders and countries work together as a responsible member of the international community and this is the surest way to ensure a better life for the people of that country. and if they do so, of course, including the republican of korea and the united states and many other members of the international community will help the north koreans realize a better life for their people. thank you very much. we ve been watching a joint news conference with president obama and south korean president lee myung-bach there. we ll now return you to our regular program. i believe in stabbings. i believe some people should be stabbed, child molesters, rapists. we have to live by a set of standards in prison.
sanctions, stronger enforcement, greater support on the part of the international community for a stronger enforcement. i suspect that will happen this time as well. so they need to understand that bad behavior will not be rewarded. there had been a pattern, i think, for decades in which north korea thought that if they acted provocatively, then somehow they would be described into ceasing and assisting acting provocatively. and president lee and i have agreed from the start of our relationship, that we re going to break that pattern. and i suspect that it will ultimately end up having the impact intended but in the meantime, it s the people of north korea that are most likely to suffer. i do want to comment on the
now clearly are contrary to previous obligations that they ve made and international law. and when they do that, then we ll be able to sit down and resolve, hopefully, some of these longer term issues. in the absence of that, it s hard to figure out how these discussions would be productive. and frankly, president lee and i both have a lot of things to do. so we try not to have our teams sit around tables talking in circles without actually getting anything done. and my hope is that at some point the north koreans make the decision that it is in their interest to try to figure out how to feed their people and improve their economy, rather