kyung lah 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
threats. the north koreans have become masters of the ham handed bluff. but even if the nuclear part is bluster could this ignite a conventional war? kyung la, 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
mode of operation basically is threatening. but we also know that they re dangerous. they have nuclear weapons. they have ballistic missiles. and we have to take that very seriously. the secretary of defense hagel took a position that we re going to improve and add more defense to any type of missile that can come on the west coast of the united states, alaska and also california. i want to ask you about that. first, the deputy secretary of defense is in seoul today for the joint military exercises i referenced. he said north korea s threats would deepen the commitment to seoul and that u.s. budget cuts wouldn t alter our defense of south korea. we have 30,000 troops in seoul, second only to afghanistan. that is a massive commitment. with all the cullbacks in the defense department, isn t this a scenario that has to be up for trimming just by definition. we have to prioriize and always be on top of the national security when it deals with american lives and threats from
we know that north korea for a long period of time, their whole mode of operation basically is threatening. but we also know that they re dangerous. they have nuclear weapons. they have ballistic missiles. and we have to take that very seriously. the secretary of defense hagel took a position that we re going to improve and add more defense to any type of missile that can come on the west coast of the united states, alaska and also california. i want to ask you about that. first, the deputy secretary of defense is in seoul today for the joint military exercises i referenced. he said north korea s threats would deepen the commitment to seoul and that u.s. budget cuts wouldn t alter our defense of south korea. we have 30,000 troops in seoul, second only to afghanistan. that is a massive commitment. with all the cullbacks in the defense department, isn t this a scenario that has to be up for trimming just by definition. we have to prioriize and always be on top of the national securit
government. one day his father died and he becomes the leaderment we know that north korea for a long period of time, their whole mode of operation basically is threatening. but we also know that they re dangerous. they have nuclear weapons. they have ballistic missiles. and we have to take that very seriously. the secretary of defense hagel took a position that we re going to improve and add more defense to any type of missile that can come on the west coast of the united states, alaska and also california. i want to ask you about that. first, the deputy secretary of defense is in seoul today for the joint military exercises i referenced. he said north korea s threats would deepen the commitment to seoul and that u.s. budget cuts wouldn t alter our defense of south korea. we have 30,000 troops in seoul, second only to afghanistan. that is a massive commitment. with all the cullbacks in the defense department, isn t this a scenario that has to be up for