'We Are a Dangerous Country'

Oct. 18, 2006 — -- Diane Sawyer spoke briefly with Ambassador Li Gun, deputy director general of the North Korean Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

This is a transcript of the interview.

Diane Sawyer: So, Mr. Ambassador, we keep hearing rumors of a second test.

Ambassador Li Gun: Mm hm.

Sawyer: Second nuclear test, do you know will there be one?

Li: Even if there is a, a, a nuclear test, that is natural, so we don't have to care much about this issue. I think the test itself, uh, will be natural.

Sawyer: And should not be a surprise to the United States?

Li: That's right, yes. We have facing many nuclear arsenals surrounding us, in South Korea and in nearby, Japan. And they have had new exercises.

Sawyer: Do you see this as a dangerous situation?

Li: We already demonstrated our -- we already announced that we have a nuclear -- nuke last year. But we just simply demonstrated peacefully that we have these nuclear weapons.

On the street, away from the halls of diplomacy, Sawyer spoke with North Koreans about their daily lives and their view of America.

You cannot imagine until you arrive in North Korea what it is like to see the rest of the world from their vantage point.

Everywhere you turn, you see giant posters of the great leader, Kim Il Sung, and his son, the dear leader, Kim Jong Il. And when their faces aren't on the posters, there are flowers placed in their honor.

Walk through the streets, and everyone is wearing a pin on their lapel. And on the television, there's a flower again, with pretty music playing and phrases like, "Today the world is constantly envious of the North Korean people."