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Lars and heads the office of germanys fleet wish nauman foundation in seoul three times a year he works on projects in the north he says the progress being made is obvious . there are more consumer goods including cars and mobile phones as well as individualized clothing styles. from inside pyongyang there are numerous foreign cars its incredible you can find brands from japan which is still considered an arch enemy despite that no one seems to have a problem with japanese luxury cars and produc...

Analysts say kim yo-jong is the real power just under her power. >> kim yo-jongs power exists because of proximity to the leader himself. she is the person that he entrusts more than anyone else in the regime. >> reporter: experts say one of kim yo-jongs top responsibilities now is counterintelligence, acting as her brothers eyes and ears, helping him identify who might be plotting against him inside pyongyangs dangerous halls of power. analysts say shell be gathering intelligence when shes at t...

Thanks early this morning, defense secretary jim mattis said pyongyangs provocations becoming more pronounced, our goal is to solve this diplomatically. i believe president trump has been clear on this issue. joining us now the columnist for the daily beast and nuclear showdown, takes on the world gordon chang and the bureau chief in seoul, south korea. the general cap cured remarkable footage inside pyongyang, north korea, taken during a reporting trip there earlier this month. >> jonathan, let...

Calls by japan and the eu to ramp up pressure, all this as we are learning more on how the sale of luxury goods inside north koreas connected to a secret slush fund for kim jong-un. cnns david mckenzie live in seoul with the latest. good morning to you, david. what do we know? >> reporter: good morning, dave. yeah, you know, there is a market split, it seems, though the south koreans deny it, of the south korean strategy and that of the u.s. the americans wanting to push sanctions, potentially, ...

Missile programs. pyongyang officials here say they will push forward with more nuclear tests and more missile tests. wolf? >> very disturbing. will ripley joining us from pyongyang in north korea, thanks will. for the first 100 days north korea, russia, syria, have dominated president trumps foreign policy agenda. for more lets discuss with our panel global affairs correspondent elise labott. our senior correspondent clarissa ward. and our military and diplomatic correspondent john kirby, for...

Only believe traveled 22 miles before exploding over north korean territory. they had initially thought it traveled much further exploding over the waters just off the japanese coast. it was enough to stop rail service in the country, both bullet trains and subways as there was a nationwide north korean missile alert. a sign of how tense things are not just on the peninsula but in the region inle. threatening to ratchet it up is the strike group conducting naval exercises with the south korean n...

North korea test fired a ballistic missile that the u.s. military says blew up over land. it comes only hours after the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson warned that if pyongyangs nuclear and ballistic missile programs are not curbed it could lead to catastrophic consequences and president trump tweeted this. north korea disrespected the wishes of china and its highly respected president when it launched though unsuccessfully a missile today. bad. cnn international correspondent will ripley ...

Right now. tax reform will be difficult. republicans on capitol hill have a different vision of it and while publicly theyre saying we can get there, i think there will be problems on that. when it comes to health care, strictly from a political standpoint he needs to get health care done this year. if he goes into next year and tries to do health care and fails heading into a mid term election that could be disastrous. >> even if he gets it through the house he has to get it through the senate ...

Here. for the vice president of the united states to be on the korean peninsula at this tense time. and also a day after north koreas biggest holiday of the year where they like to show their military might, according to an aide traveling with the vice president, this was not a matter of if, but a matter of when. and had there been a nuclear missile test and not something that clearly was not of this i will -- ilk the u.s. reaction and action could be quite different. >> thanks, dana, very much....

Easter sunday service. briefly talking about the north korean situation but not indicating that there will be any kind of response to this failed launch. u.s. officials saying that why would they invest resources talking about a failed launch. however, if there is something more provocative such as a sixth nuclear test which analysts believe could happen anytime in north korea, that may force the united states to take some kind of action. so there still is the potential for the situation to esca...