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To the Point

North Korea Tests Missiles Despite Warnings

To the Point

KCRW

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4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2006

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In the past day, North Korea has fired seven missiles, triggering concern and condemnation around the world. The rockets all fell harmlessly into the Sea of Japan, but there are concerns that the defiant Pyongyang regime could launch more missiles. One of the missiles fired had the capacity to reach the western United States, but failed. How should the United Nations Security Council respond? What will China, North Korea's close ally, do to calm the situation? What kind of threat does the nation named by President Bush as one-third of the Axis of Evil actually pose to its neighbors and to the United States? Guest host Sara Terry explores the missile shots heard ---round the world, what North Korea's up to and why.Making News: Enron Founder Kenneth Lay DiesKen Lay, the man at the center of one of the biggest financial scandals in US history, has died, his family said today. Lay, the founder of Enron, was recently convicted on fraud charges, but was still awaiting sentencing. The Wall Street Journal's Rebecca Smith is co-author of 24 Days: How Two Wall Street Journal Reporters Uncovered the Lies That Destroyed Faith in Corporate America.Reporter's Notebook: New Jersey Closes Casinos and ParksFirst it was road construction and the state lottery, now it's the casinos. Five days into New Jersey's budget stand-off, non-essential government offices are closed. At the heart of the conflict between the governor and the legislature is a proposed sales tax increase. Meanwhile, the state is losing millions of dollars a day in revenue. Is there an end in sight? Ingrid Reed is director of the Eagleton New Jersey Project at Rutgers University.

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0:00.0

From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

0:07.8

They were missile shots heard round the world.

0:10.9

What is North Korea up to and why?

0:16.8

I'm Sarah Terry sitting in for Warren Only, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

0:25.3

In the past day, North Korea has fired seven missiles, triggering concern and condemnation around the world.

0:32.2

How should the United Nations respond? What will China, North Korea's close ally, do to calm the situation?

0:38.5

One of the missiles fired had the capacity to reach the Western United States, but failed.

0:43.4

How serious is the threat posed by North Korea?

0:46.5

On reporter's notebook later on, Saturday it was road construction in the state lottery.

0:51.2

Now, state parks and casinos have also been shut down in New Jersey. What's a state

0:55.9

to do in the middle of a budget deadlock? First, here's the news. Support for To the Point comes from

1:04.3

subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors

1:10.5

include the Ford Foundation

1:12.0

and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

1:15.3

I'm Sarah Terry, sitting in for Warren-only,

1:17.2

back with To the Point from PRI.

1:19.9

Today we'll be talking about North Korea

1:21.5

and the missile test it's been carrying out over the past day.

1:24.9

What kind of threat does North Korea

1:26.3

actually pose to its neighbors and to the

1:28.2

United States? What influence will the United Nations Security Council have on the situation?

1:33.7

President Bush named North Korea as part of the axis of evil several years ago. How will the United

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