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Filing of a lawsuit over crackdown on Korean cultural exports would turn THAAD issue into a trade dispute

Missiles in to the waters off its coast as fears over its nuclear capabilities increase. paula hancocks is in seoul for us. what do we know about the missiles and about the timing of the launch? >> reporter: well, it has been a relatively quiet summer from north korea, about two months since we saw the last missile launch. what we saw this morning was two cruise missiles fired in to the waters of the west coast. the missiles themselves are not of great concern to washington or seoul, they don't technically break any rules. but it does potentially signal that north korea is back to testing once...

After starting the season way back in January, season 8 and the Gen 2 era will come to an end this weekend wirh a double header in Seoul

And so this kind of show of force is really just to show pyongyang that they are able to strike back if they wanted to. now, of course, whether this makes any difference to kim jong-un it's probably unlikely. he is very much it austin powers in a testing mode at this point with no interest it appears to have any kind of negotiation or engagement with either washington or seoul. we've heard just last year, january of last year, kim jong-un gave his wish list of his weapons capability. he gave a very open wish list of exactly what he wanted to perfect when it came to his missile campaign and it ...

From responding to North Korea to long-term approaches toward China, the U.S., and Japan, South Korea’s next president will have a full agenda from day one.