their early 20s, said lee young-guk. they have to be a certain height and charming. they re trained from a young age to sing and talk politics and economics. pleasure squads. an astounding concept when you think this is actually real life. paula is with me now but say defectors say the reason from the eyebrows in half to show he s quote unquote strong and mean. mean for sure. strong perhaps not. paula, it s interesting the defense secretary ashton carter was talking about kim jong-un. he s inexperienced and inexperienced leaders take risks. he has a lot to prove. your report shows that you have to show this power. exactly. this is a man in early 30s, in charge of one of the most isolated countries on earth. he doesn t have the credibility that his father and grandfather had. he doesn t have the years of experience the years in the public eye.
the irony here is that al shabab has actually been losing ground and territory and power in its power base of somalia, but it s maintained this ability to strike out outside the country and that s become more public. this was an internally focused group until a couple years ago. of course the westgate mall and now this. stand by. we have much more coming up on this story. also another important story we are following, feminism north korean style. kim jong-un apparently will allow a visit by some international feminists including america s perhaps best known feminist. he s bringing back his country s at the same time demeaning so-called pleasure squads. stay with us.
personal entertainment, well by synchronized whether by synchronized swimming or a shower of affection. kim jong-un died in december, 2011. there is a mandatory period of mourning. so it is possible that the son refrained from the practices in observance of those compulsory three years of mourning. now that he s out of that period, he may be in the process of reunsettled resuscitating the brigades. pleasure squads, give us a break. to the u.s. state of indiana and its controversial religious freedom act. you have probably heard by now about the small town pizzeria that said it would refuse to cater a same-sex wedding. memories pizza, as it s called, started getting threats.
entertains kim jong-un. hear with our report now. reporter: with tensions already hi as the u.s. and south korea conduct military drills, more sabre rattling toward the west. north korea testfiring four short-range missiles traveling 84 miles before plunging into the sea. an official saying, we urge north korea to refrain from provocative actions and focus on fulfilling its international obligations and commitments. meanwhile, the north korean leader is setting his sights on his personal indulgence. kim jong-un is reabsoluting so-called pleasure reinstituting so-called pleasure squads. according to a pro-north korean paper, young female companions are based on good looks and measurements to be at their disposal, by their side for
some disturbing news out of north korea. the young leader is now recruiting women for what are called pleasure squads. this report comes as they fired four missiles off the west coast in a show of force. this is a bizarre story. reporter: it is. this the ninth time this month that north korea has tested these missiles. some see this as especially antagonistic given ash carter will be in south korea next week. with tensions high as the u.s. and south korea conduct military drills more saber rattling towards the west. north korea test firing four short-range missiles traveling 84 miles before plunging into the sea. a pentagon official saying, we