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it s no exaggeration to say the eyes of the world are now nervously fixed on north korea as leaders from washington to seoul brace for a missile launch that could come at any moment. in response, u.s. military in the region alongside south koreans have raised their alert level to just one notch below all-out war. we re joined live now by nbc s jim maceda in seoul, south korea. and michael o hanlon, director of research and senior policy fellow at the brookings institution. jim, a u.s. official has said that the missile launch from north korea could come at any moment. but what are you hearing on the ground there in seoul? reporter: hi, martin. well, we re hearing pretty much the same thing. basically from this morning, we ve been in missile watch mode, if you will. today was april 10th.
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to wrestle things internally or it is a true threat externally? well, you know, kim jong un is a new leader. he has taken things further than his father or grandfather. threats of a nuclear strike against the u.s. main land. he does not have the capability to do that, but the fact that he would say that he is climbing way out on the limb and the question is can he back down? he can swing at us with all the fiery rhetoric, but we have yet to see if he is capele of backing down gracefully and letting things cool off, miguel. the u.s. has to back up south korea, and there are 29,000 u.s. troops here. what kind of response are we seeing out of washington to seoul? they are relying on deterrence. they know the joint military
kyung lah is in seoul with more. how are these playing in south korea? it s not breaking news here, it s breaking news on american channels but not seoul. we re an hour s drive from the border, from the dmz, anderson. and this is a country that has for more than a decade heard this threat out of pyongyang directed to seoul that we re going to melt you down in a sea of fire. they re used to it. it s like the boy crying wolf. the difference here is the messaging and who it is directed to. this came out, the statement you re referring to, came out at 4:00 a.m. seoul time. north korea is not speaking to the peninsula. it is speaking directly to america, just in time for the evening news. it wants to make sure that this message is heard, just like earlier this week when they released that video of its soldiers taking aim at a cutout of a u.s. soldier. all of this trying to make sure that washington hears that they are certainly responding to what s been happening in this
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