after the news about the earthquake in the philippines , the chinese newscaster broadcast news events in other countries : iraqs president saddam husseins threat to send hundreds of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks to its border with kuwait ; the decision of the soviet union and hungary to accept the north atlantic treaty organizations ( nato ) offer to establish diplomatic relations with the alliance ; deployment of the united states planned space based missile defense system in 1993 , popularly known as star wars ; the decision of the united states to withdraw recognition of the cambodian resistances coalition against the vietnamese-backed government of hun sen ; and the threat of south koreas opposition parties to resign from parliament and attempt a merger to challenge president roh tae woos government .