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april 2022, a military parade celebrates the 90th anniversary of the north korean peoples ami. the with great fanfare. dictate, came joan own, presents the once song, 17 intercontinental ballistic missile, a weapon with several nuclear warheads. north korea can use it to attack almost anywhere in the world. it is a clear warning with an unmistakable message to the us, an old enemies of the kid. dentist. date the

the the every. yeah. on the 1st of january, the people of pyongyang gather at the moment, showed a monument. together they commemorates the deceased, president's can assume,

and his son, kim jong il, and wish them happy. new year. the up on january, the 1st 2018 current head of state came jump on use is the occasion to make a special speech. it is a clear message from north korea to the well, especially the us we don't have your name the. the property is 22, was the order for the bridge. i know part of it was way from your own words, which is the

to join the the church to the should be like that. at the end of 2017 king john own, celebrated north korea's nuclear weapons program as a success in his new years address a month later, he made it clear that this development had taken place on the instructions of his predecessors to me. in this new year's day speech came jones and declares that the country has now achieved its ultimate goal of becoming a nuclear power and is practically unassailable. even for the us, the it is the full film into the loan. hell, dream of that came in his date north

korea's nuclear program began back in the 1950s with kim il some the founder of the democratic people's republic of korea, and self proclaimed it tunnel presidents in the 19 searches came oh some which is a nationalist activist against the japanese colonial rule, he was trained by the chinese communist party and later by the soviet union where he lived for a time during the 2nd world war. 1945, atomic bombs dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki. japan surrenders and gifts korea back itself into the game ill so immediately recognizes the power of this new weapon

the . it defies ya ponds. what you're thinking through this adult book on the ultimate that you've reached the incidentally, the fall of japan was also relatively important for the nuclear program. because we know that the 2 atomic bombs in her rush them on august 2nd. you on august 6th, the 9th 1945 ultimately forced upon to surrender. with nick reinstalled his overpowering colonial power because he had little power to oppose. it indeed brought to his knees by 2 palms as it turned out to his daughter's this led to the conclusion you could spend you clear with. and this more important always has been done off this list by going up because i that those are to him buffering these dixon off to here ashima. japan withdrew its troops from the korean peninsula. but

the country was still far from free. career continued to be ruled by foreign powers, as it had since 1910. the soviet union controlled the north, while the us control the south. similar to germany, off to the 2nd world war, the country was divided into occupations, ends in the north, kim il sung, consolidated, whose power with stallings health in the south. the white house installed, seeing monterey, as president a division intended to be a temporary solution, became permanent. the in 1950 under came ill. so north korean troops across the board at the 38th power. lo, to re unite the country by force. and so began the korean war.

so many historians, one of the most brutal was that the 20th century, the around 4500000 people died within 3 years. the us commander in chief of the united nations combined in south korea. general douglas macarthur publicly called for the use of nuclear weapons. and once again, tim also recognized the strategic importance of the bomb, the kind of one to the north korean nuclear programs. again, early on, long before the collapse of the soviet union. north korea wanted to develop its own nuclear weapons, but the soviet union wanted to prevent this. the stucco danielle,

the bomb became north korea's obsessions. the country had to support his china and the soviet union. the latter designated its 1st nuclear bomb back in 1949, the kim il sung, did everything in his power to obtain the 2 communist states nuclear weapons plans . the china are on the side of the union, off against each other. sometimes the support of asian sometimes most got the choose north korea rigs,

which at the rivalry between the 2 superpowers when it comes into cedar. does a patio one who are in 1963 with the help of the soviet union. north korea built a nuclear research center and a research reactor in young beyond of 100 kilometers. no 50 on yang, the north korea huts sites. north korea has been working on it. nuclear programs since at least the 1970s are 1960. so i'm sure i can confirm this for my own personal experience or state. taken by my father was a nuclear physicist. i'm. we lived in russia and the 19 seventy's was done. where there was a nuclear research center in the north koreans, scientists were already working there at the time of the day. it is the us by planes observe the construction of the facility. at this point,

however, the international community was not concerned the, it still seemed unlikely that north korea would ever oppose a serious threat to the west. the in the communist world, however, joan gang was seen as a shining example, relying on a policy of friendship. kim l. so allied himself with heads of states and policy leaders who were also not on good terms with the us the it maintained close relations with other communist states,

especially the ged and romania, the at the end of the $198.00 is these friendships came to an end the eastern blog collapsed for soviet union disintegrated. germany was through unified and the romanian dictator, child chesko, was ousted from power and executed. joan gain suddenly found itself alone. the thoughts for intelligence school by the death of cho shift, who in the fall of 1989 cisco, i think it was in december. this was a very dramatic signal for the north korean leaderships, acknowledged. so do not go and i believe it was also one of the reasons they decided to vehemently against reform and the reform cause of the,

the soviet was of patriot. north korea provided a lot of material assistance. but with the collapse of the soviet union that was gone. and you add that up with the willingness of china to have diplomatic relations with south korea. they felt isolated betray, and they felt they had to take their security into their own hands. and they began to pursue in earnest. this nuclear weapons program came, it also expanded his nuclear facility in your own beyond attracting the attention of the international community. in 1992, the international atomic energy agency carried out its 1st inspections the west turn to diplomacy and compromise to prevent north korea from building

a nuclear bomb producer . because at any time during the day, then you will. i hans blix, let be an inspection to as i can get on there. like to pm young. the inspectors had to change planes in beijing because there was no direct flight. they were the 1st foreigners to enter the young gun facility. north korea trying to hide the true extent of its blue tony and program. the full inspection was not accepted at the rate of chemicals level rotatory in accordance with the agreement, we had as a result, we cannot exclude that this radio, chemical blonde 3 processing font has been operated between february last year. and this year we're not saying that it has to be,

but we cannot exclude that it has been operate the during his visit to south korea in 1993 us president, bill clinton sent a clear message. the point was washington, the threatened consequences. the we believed that was a place to stop, stop them before they made the sick, typically a box. and so a secretary defense design, i made

a public statement that we would not submit north korea to reprocess the fuel and making a new claim to make the degree of bonds. we are prepared to take some form of military action to keep that from happening. at that time, no green past referred to me as a war maniac. by 1994, the dangerous seemed to have been a change for the time being. for the 1st time, north korea signed an agreement, the country pledged to pursue its nuclear program exclusively for energy production . i was involved in this from the early nineties to the present and i looked back in a number of critical coins at united states and in north korea headed greed in 1994 to something called the agreed framework. and that kind of put a lid cap on their program,

especially no more production of plutonium for weapons. and that was working pretty well. pick up the current engine one. yeah. how do you like we just started it in reality, however, north korea had long since found another clandestine way to carry on talk to pakistan had offered kim is assume uranium enrichment technology in exchange for a long and medium range, missiles for good tech on hold. talk to set up to kind of go. so while kim assume negotiated with the us on the non proliferation of nuclear weapons, he was developing a new secret, weakly, a program for them to show when this was discovered, america broke off negotiations with north korea. now it was up to china to put pressure on the came regime in the past, china,

it was helpful in dealing with north korea. our assumption was that china share in the us few that north korea should not have to be weapons. and there should not be instability on the korean peninsula. and because of this assumed shared interest between the us in china, the 2 countries worked well together on north korea during the 2 thousands. the so called 6 party talks in the after less than 2 years, north korea whole tape negotiations. and went on the offensive. the on february, the 10th 2005, the government declared that it was already in possession of nuclear weapons snubbing its chinese neighbors,

the ocean users as east as the chinese perspective. the north korea really is a very, very difficult partner in a certain problem. and so the, the armament of the countries are running north korea, japan, so 3 a, we'll, of course, the presence of the us and the region is heatedly justified by the threat of north korea whole north cause it was relatively clear that the whole thing is actually directed against china, or at least partly against china, and she's not listed the despite the disagreement. is it a nuclear program? north korean leadership regularly traveled to beijing. the communist parties of both peoples republics were officially brother potters. each team generation cultivates these friendship. at least outwardly to those

countries. this is a necessity. history. since the collapse of the soviet union, china, as the north, korea's only allied, the a china does not really have north korea under control. i'm getting. a chinese proverb says that with our lips, teeth are cold. without north korea, china would have problems, which is why the government and you on yang try take immense liberties with b jane, i'm do i scope. see use up to kind of go to the car. during the north korean famine, the chinese cent rice, china is keeping north korea alive because korea is a buffer zone for china. 2 the united nations repeatedly imposed economic sanctions against north korea. if it

did not comply with international rules. officially, china supported this approach unofficially. however, trade with north korea continued the tim jones. good, you can use, it says to be no name off that came join came to power, cortez north korea, launch 2 satellites in 20122013 international functions followed with the china seems cooperative. good. so that's a few months later to much the trade of the boat out. so now what was continuing, almost on change as you go from that one i didn't, but because this one that would be good cool, which we really show when the colors in the cause of pool food and alliance of china and russia and going through yet ever form against the us. this could create a completely new security zone from the on. yeah. and when the 2 large nation, a ton of china and russia, gift the country,

a large survival space of the community restrictions imposed by the un security council months, which would then be just as effective as us. i'm going to give you more chicago, we will get to such a constellation, could contribute to north korea, becoming a nuclear power type, jeff guns, and i'm calling the it was important for china to keep the us at a distance. so it tolerated north korea's political missteps. and showed solidarity with its brother states the around $30000.00 us soldiers stationed on south korean soil, south of the demarcation line. at the 38th power level ship north korea ever collapse. china would lose its profit, and those soldiers would be added stool something. beijing wants to prevent,

at all costs the government states mean which of the d. p. all it is to us, disturbs peace and security on the cutting condition and leads the situation to dangerous. today, the bush administration has designated our country is target of pre emptive nuclear tech, which means an open declaration of nuclear war against our country to north korea to us is public enemy number one is the us trick is often rule on the slang, our army and people will destroy the land of the us. it's up to the environment a little tough, even wrong. this plan became dentist a convinced that only the us poses a threat to it. the regime paints

a picture of america as the enemy. that is the way correct. respond via aggressive will never avoid the in the country to create a new york settlement on north korea. seize the us. it's greatest threat to settle on top of it was unknown. but always from the most korean propaganda claims to have been continuously victorious against the us. and the korean more between 19501953. well, well sometimes you don't go through which is okay. well i think it was done. good people get is all on the one hand they provoke washington. military, they go to parts. all i so cool. cool. but they have not forgotten that go,

people can get his own commercial toy, helped and went to a peace agreement sometime during the establishment of diplomatic relations with washington. and you don't lose that is all on the title. i'm to get on on a 12000 on please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i donald john trump do solemnly swear. donald john trump do solemnly swear, so help me. god. so help me. god. congratulations. mister crest. january 2017. donald trump became the 45th president of the united states. he was open to diplomatic relations with kim jong own body squandered his johns the. we begin with north korea late today, launching a new missile. north korea has announced its successfully tested a nuclear capable,

intercontinental ballistic missile capability. the world news korea would never reach. a child from north korea says it's made just to ballistic missiles, has demonstrates that it now has the capability to strike anywhere in the united states. the in july 2017, north korea tested ballistic missiles with inter continental range, the the threatening gesture directed primarily against trump and the us. the rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. now north korea's reckless pursuit

of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles threatens the entire world. the united states has great strength and patience. but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. north korea's response was downing his guns well, so we sometimes we don't, but even to include the i need to change the order of the trouble much the see the see get you got you. do you get she don't get to kim john own is just a small dictator from a small country. he was threatened by the most powerful man in the world in

a bizarre verbal exchange. but it was not an easy win for donald trump. yeah. he's that they respect neither their own citizen, donald trump, had to respond to north korea's publication. to not confront just decided to take an unexpected pause. and despite the objections from his advises, he gets ready to meet with came joan own a few months later, the 2 met on neutral ground. the . this is a leader pull really is an unknown personality. people don't know much about him. i think that he's going to surprise on the upside, but i've said it many times who knows? you know, the way they say that, you know, if you're gonna like somebody in the 1st 5 seconds, well,

i think that very quickly, i'll know whether or not something good is going to happen. the, the us, the mir fine. the president donald trump met with kimi on luna's equals, is considered diploma and legal interest. but this does not solve the nuclear problem. it was a unique opportunity for the dictate to kim jones and would you like to say we have said the result was primarily symbolic. the thank you very much. it's been assigned the agreement did not sent

a deadline to north korea's nuclear disarmament. the details were to be determined at another meeting. the 20. 19. at the 2nd summit in high noise, came, joan put all his eggs in one basket. came jones, i made a proposal. it was one sided proposal. it was to close down to facilitate young young clothes at down in exchange for the removal of all important us sanctions. it was one sided and the trumpet administration correctly rejected it. i think if the trump administration had counter with a realistic proposal, maybe we could have made some progress like came june on the left hand or a humiliated, embarrassed right. he was advised that the americans would accept his proposal,

but they rejected it out of an ad since how i, which was in 2019 there's been no productive engagement. and in fact, the north has refused every us efforts to try to engage with the door. for north korea, this was proof. as an understanding with the west was not possible. the country sealed itself off again behind the demilitarized zone, which forms the boda with south korea to fall kilometer wide. no man's land is heavily guarded on both sides. it is the last remaining border of the cold war. the,

in some places south koreans and tourists can see the north, the, well, they couldn't see. joan yang had apparently deposited a launch arsenal of weapons behind the mountains. the government and so estimates, but thousands of missiles are aimed at the city, which is just the 30 kilometers away the day on per pad for an emergency. the sol, someplace stations have shelters, mosques, the chemical attacks and food rations in north korea,

mandatory protection against the western style, south korea as always, guarantee survival. even before it had a, an active nuclear weapons program. it had the kansas, you know, $10000.00 artillery tubes within range of so, so if there were ever efforts to intervene military to stop their program, they would be in a position to cause massive death and destruction in so and so they've been real relentless. they've been single minded in pursuing this policy. the in the face of the french, south korea vacillated between 2 strategies. on the one hand, it was seeking close ties with the us, with joint military exercises. the,

the us was demonstrating its determination to defend south korea against the north, at all costs danica it strategy against a nuclear power, which seemed ready for anything i should be able to find. so i knew of career has finished developing it sends continental massage. and what will be left by on the washington is unlikely to get up to new york to save. so your computers can directly threatening the south of nuclear weapon. and since 2022, they have even passed the law justifies of preemptive nuclear strong. and where there are signs of possible attacks when the sound does sound like these are signs of an increasing the aggressive new to the adult transfer to the 100. and when are you going to do? the 200 in the north korean problem is not solid sides. korea will also one equal

your width and then japan, good command, taiwan. nuclear domino had told me that 2nd thing is that would cause a nuclear domino effect in northeast asia. you have to, it says when i knew the south could be a 2nd, the strategy was dialogue with the north the countries heads of state match for the 1st time in june 2000 since then left leaning south korean presidents of salt, a diplomatic relationship with a kim dennis date the in 2018. the olympic games took place in film, trying south korea a good opportunity for

a renewed attempt at talks between north and south. made them let me see, ladies and gentlemen, the president of the republic of korea, moon j. n. for the 1st time in history, athletes from both countries entered as one team under the quotes of moments of elliptic history as the north and south serena leeds and serve as one team owns the flag of the korean peninsula. it was also the 1st time that a member of the king dentist had set foot on south korean soil. came jo john the dictates his youngest sister presenting herself to the public in a friendly and diplomatic manner. the

news i'm going to use out of so you're kind of probably soon got old bava hasn't latan, couldn't you would you can give the thing a jo junk is considered the 2nd in power in the country hunting physical you let me talk to them. there was nothing like this before under the rule of chemical song and kim drum is it k? hi i see in just says to me and they wanted to go now. power is divided between the siblings system, which includes only the binder and then the criminal. josh had something happened to kim jung own. him, jo john could take over as number 2. he's a, a kind of funny in the day, the 2 months off to the olympics. a summit meeting was held between kim jones on and south korean president moved jay in right on the border in the demilitarized zone,

the, the, the, the atmosphere was relaxed, came, joan was respectful and even demonstrated a sense of humor. this went type a well with a south korean media, the

north korea institutions, they're gonna understand what the disputants offices. i think north korea has already taken a very close, looked at the relationship between east and west germany. and they are fully aware of that as long as north korea is economically weaker than sized 3, i think was a good sized 3. it will always be a major threat to you because it goes to the north 3 in strategy towards the ice cream is 1st of all to establish something of a balance is east off to ball. if it chief this in the military field, especially with nuclear weapons, a lot of investments about them, but not yet economically and which of these and provides you bought the nation, but hopes of peace. what quickly dashed the jo. yeah. let me choose the under the leadership of our beloved comrade, kim jong, to the new intercontinental ballistic missile of our great military power was launch. i just need kim jones own

continues his nuclear program and propaganda unabated. although north korea is one of the poorest countries in the world, it invests so launch positive, it's gross domestic product. and it's nuclear. us know the every military exercise and every new intercontinental ballistic missile, all celebrated on state television, came joan own stages, his military strength for his people. sometimes as a general sometimes in the style of the top gun. illiterates has heads, that it will be, the north korea's goal is no different from that. of other states, a flourishing economy or power, a good social system, the nuclear energy seems to be a good way for them to achieve this. so that's what they think that if they hold out for a while longer, everything will be fine. a race against time you can control kind of can more time

passes, you can, the more north korean nuclear weapons that will be kind of the more difficult it will be to negotiate with north korea. it is often said the time is working against ice cream, the system because the economy and politics are on stable. she's done, we paid a warrant because if we look back over the last 30 years, so it's walters, it brought us regime is not collapsed. it's nuclear willis getting stronger. international sanctions, less effective for by 100 con, kitchen and things seem to be moving in north korea's neighborhood. she doesn't want to have to come to speak to the the tv part up again to always ends the same way with a successful rocket launch towards the us. the

problem for you when you to want to ease of it is for putting your money in place. i don't to go to tell you, i'll just keep all of the month. i need to get it paid double. and i dropped the jim jones on his sofa and managed to send his country against the rest of the world. his main goal is to continue the kim denise date as the sense of power in north korea. to achieve this, it needs military strength. but it also needs to succeed economically to end it's countries, poverty and hunger. the

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