Fresh from the weekend, delivering a new week of CNN STUDENT NEWS. I`m Carl Azuz at the
CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
We`re starting in East Asia today with the tale of two Koreas.
First, the North, a secretive communist dictatorship that claims it recently tested out a hydrogen
bomb. International officials reacted with everything from anger to doubt over the Asian
country`s statement.
But yesterday, a U.S. B-52 bomber flew over South Korea. It was a message that the U.S.
would stand by its southern ally if war between it and the North ever breaks out again.
Will Ripley, a reporter with CNN, says North Korea absolutely took notice of the flight.
Before that, he spoke to South Korean students who find pride and optimism in their country`s
military efforts.
As the clock strikes midnight on Kim Jung-un`s birthday, an eerie melody, reminding North
Korean of their leaders.
Musical propaganda echoes through Pyongyang every day and every night, reinforcing a message
of loyalty to the supreme leader.
On the front page of North Korea`s main state newspaper, Kim Jong-un signing the order for
what the regime calls a hydrogen bomb. Many outsider observers question the claim.
But there`s no doubt among these students lined up outside Pyongyang`s science and technology
center, the North Koreans say we`re the first foreign media to visit the building.
It looks like a symbol of science.
North Korean researcher Lee Won believes this week`s nuclear test ensures peace, even as
much of the world calls it a dangerous, provocative act.
It is only for the self defense.
So, the North Koreans want to be friends with Americans?
Why not?
But the current political climate makes that impossible. Years of isolation began during
the previous Kim regimes.
Young future scientists, doctors and other students have little or no access to the Internet,
only a state-controlled intranet.
You see a lot of students doing research here in the library, and they are using North Korean`s
version of the iPad.
They study surrounded by photos of their leaders and models of North Korea`s weapons.
It means that our nation is very powerful.
Medical student Lee Jue Sung sits beneath the replica of a rocket that launched a North
Korean satellite into orbit.
This is all for peaceful purpose. We don`t want war.
But outside experts accuse North Korea`s space program of being a front for ballistic missile
development, missiles that could some day carry nuclear warheads across the region or
even the world.
So, you get a sense from that about the media restrictions that North Korea imposes on its
people. There`s no freedom of the press, no independent media. The communist government
actually jams broadcast from the outside the country.
But South Korea, a republic, has found a way to get its message across the border that
the North can`t control, at least for people within earshot.
And what they hear paints a very different picture from what their leaders want them
to hear.
This is South Korea`s latest against North Korea, K-Pop. It may sound bizarre, but Big
Bang`s hit song "Bang, Bang, Bang" has been blasted across the DMZ as part of Seoul`s
psychological warfare. Propaganda loud speaker set up along the most heavily fortified border
on Earth, broadcasting anti-regime messages, basic news reports, music, and the message
to the people of the north of being lied to by its leaders, all guaranteed to anger Pyongyang.
One of the few measures which the North Korean side takes seriously. And this is exactly
why they decided to do it. They believe it`s a kind of soft spot of North Korea.
The loud speakers were dusted off last summer after a decade of silence. This s followed
a landmine in the DMZ, which maims two South Korean soldiers, an incident blamed on the
North and rejected by the North.
In August, Pyongyang fired on the loud speakers, sparking a brief exchange of fire across the
border.
But why is the country that`s not fazed by international sanctions affected by a loud
speaker?
The most dangerous virus that could destroy North Korean regime, all the foundations,
ideological, theocratic foundations of North Korean regime is a truth about North Korea,
truth about outside the world.
Some defectors say they heard the broadcast was still in North Korea and it helped them
make the decision to escape.
They say truth hurts and that is definitely the case in North Korea, an isolated regime
that very strictly controls information going in and out of the country, but appears powerless
to stem a dangerous message from the South.
Paula Hancocks, CNN, Seoul.
From the Korean Peninsula to Europe, our next stop today is Germany. After World War II,
the European country made it illegal to sell or display any books that promoted Nazi viewpoints.
Of course, that included Adolf Hitler`s manifesto "Mein Kampf". The title means "my struggle".
It`s an autobiography. It was published in two parts, the first in 1925, and the second
in 1927.
It laid out Hitler`s ideas about race and hate, and it gave a preview of how his Nazi
Party would try to dominate Europe in the years and the war to come.
The copyright on the book expired on January 1st of this year. So many Germans are grappling
with a highly divisive debate: should "Mein Kampf" be reprinted and sold in modern day
Germany?
Is it a manifesto of a madman or a useful educational tool? "Mein Kampf", Adolf Hitler`s
personal treaties (ph) is hitting store shelves in Germany for the first time in 70s years.
Scholars unveiled the controversial new reprint on Friday.
The book was always available in other countries and online, but the German state of Bavaria,
which held the copyright, banned its publication, until now.
"Mein Kampf" became a best seller in 1933. In it, Hitler outlined his Nazi vision for
Germany, that ultimately led to the deaths of tens of millions of people in World War
II. Now, scholars at Munich`s Institute for Contemporary History have released a heavily
annotated two-volume version, explaining Hitler`s half truths, lies, and hateful ideology.
It is necessary to conduct research on the terrible driving forces of the Nazi era and
its deadly racism, and to critically present and make it available to an informed public
for discussion. Hitler`s "Mein Kampf" is no exception.
Germany`s teachers association endorses the reprint, calling it an opportunity to immunize
young people against Hitler`s xenophobic slogans.
My experience as a citizen and as a teacher is that something which is forbidden creates
a lot of curiosity. This way, it can be demystified.
But the book`s reputation has sparked heated debate in Germany, which is still struggling
with the legacy of the Nazi era and the holocaust.
CNN`s Christiane Amanpour spoke to the grand son of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess and
the son of a holocaust survivor.
There is no reason to let anybody read this book and the umbrella of the academic aspect
of it in my mind is a farce.
I think for these young people, it is important to know how a book can destroy human beings
in such a way while it was a manual for crimes, for extermination.
Ultimately, Germans will decide if "Mein Kampf" becomes a best seller again. It`s now on sale
for the equivalent of $63 a copy.
Starting in the U.S. Northeast on today`s "Roll Call".
Pelham is a town in southeast New Hampshire. From there, the Tigers are stalking CNN STUDENT
NEWS. Hello, Pelham Memorial School.
A few state south, we`re well aware of Delaware. It`s because folks like the Colonials of William
Penn High School are online.
And, finally, in Vaxjo, Sweden, it`s great to see our viewers at Teleborg Centrum Skola.
Thank you for watching from Northern Europe.
A traffic camera in eastern Canada recently caught some pretty rare footage. Say hello
to the snowy owl. It`s OK if you missed it, we`ve got in slow-mo.
Scientists say spotting one of these is not an every day occurrence. They`re nomadic and
somewhat mysterious. This one according to ornithological experts was probably looking
for a perch. They say the traffic cam in Quebec might be a good spot to stalk prey in a nearby
field.
Though the prey probably hate it, thinking, lemming alone. I don`t give a hoot if you
find me palatable. You don`t deserve such an imperchable perch from which to perch-sue
the a-perch-fect a-perch-tizer. Was that a lot of pun? Owl say.
We hope to see again tomorrow on CNN STUDENT hoos.