Asia This Week

'Uncertainty and anxiety on Korean peninsula (2013x1)

: 05, 2013

Asia This Weekö is a new program that reports on Asia from Asia for the global audience. The first broadcast concentrates on the volatile situation on the Korean Peninsula. Under leader Kim Jong–un, North Korea has ratcheted up its rhetoric, including a recent declaration that it has entered a "state of war" with South Korea. The posturing has caused Park Guen–hye, South Korea's new president, to change course. Previously, she had spoken of encouraging dialogue with the North, a more accommodating approach than that of her predecessor. However, faced with North Korea's statements, she said her country's military would respond strongly to any provocation without political consideration. The program includes accounts from the North–South military border along the 38th parallel as well as interviews with experts and ordinary people in South Korea.