but followed instead was a long and simmering confrontation between north korea and south korea that took the form of a contest in legitimacy, a brothers for between two impossible regimes, each holding half of the peninsula and each claiming to be simply korea. which korea would become the legitimate korea? as surprising as it might sound today, the answer at first appear to be the north. it has been able to rapidly rebuilt after the war with the generous help of its communist backers and bigger industries and better rested people aware that her. its gross domestic per capita was twice that of the south. in fact, north korea attract so much money as a socialist state in the 19th 60s that many wealthy korean families living in japan decided to return to the socialist fatherland. nevertheless there were signs the north defendants he could not be maintained. by the late 1960s, production rates begin to slow from the field by eternal deficient is that the stalinist system. the number of incidences of lung dmc also underwent a dramatic as kim il-sung realize the window for reese achievin

south korea put the islands under its control in the 1950s. but japan maintains that the country is occupying the territory illegally. >>> the islands dispute strained ties between the neighbors who are sometimes described as geographically close, but psychologically distant. some south koreans in japan are working to turn things around. hiro has the story. >> reporter: tokyo's district is home to one of japan's largest korean towns. it has about 200 south korean restaurants. 61-year-old runs one of them. he said recently things have been more challenging than anytime since he moved to japan from south korea in the 1980s. >> translator: the number of people visiting the main street in this area dropped significantly a year ago. >> reporter: that was around the time the outgoing south korean president visited the islands. japan protested over the visit. since his visit, more japanese have joined demonstrations in the district. tokyo won the bid to host the 2020 summer games. oh had a sense of amazement when he saw it, especially since the olymp

south korea has the ability, though. it is said to have 100 and several thousand tons of chemical weapons. stockpiles ready to be used. so, he does have the capability, will it use that? south korea seems that's a possibility. >> you mentioned the residence to attack. even if the u.s. does take action in sout syria. how likely is that north korea will care? >> well it's an allie for some time it works very closely what the u.s. will do and how far it will push its wish the to punish syria for what it sees as using the chemical attacks. turkey stopped a ship going from north korea to syria which had military hardware on board and also marked. so certainly north korea has been aiding and abetting syria with its current military operations there. so it's watching very closely one would suspect in the direction that the u.s. takes against the syrian regime. >> now, craig, south korea's neighbors china think very differently. if the u.s. doesn't do anything the, how much will it tharpl america's credibility in asia? >> report

kim je of the japan fisheries agency traveled to south korea to make his case. he told them they were overreacting, and without sufficient scientific evidence. officials in seoul have also said they will impose restrictions on imports from all over japan if they find any radioactive traces. >> translator: japan has some of the strict test food safety standards in the world. our products have never fallen short of them. we cannot understand this ban from south korea. >> they agreed continued talks with the help of experts. >>> time for the latest in business news. investors on wall street took stocks higher. they're happy about a key candidate dropping out of the race to be the next fed chief. we're joined now from the business desk with more on that. tell us what's happening here. >> well, catherine, lawrence summers, he is not a fan of the current round of quantitative easing. whereas many investors are. that's why they cheered his exit from the race. and in fact, the dow jones industrial average rallied on monday, soaring more than 170 points at one stage. ord

south korea put the islands under its control in the 1950s. but japan maintains that the country is occupying the territory illegally. >>> the islands dispute strained ties between the neighbors who are sometimes described as geographically close, but psychologically distant. some south koreans in japan are working to turn things around. hiro has the story.

south korea's unification ministry says about 820 workers crossed the border into kaesong on monday. about half of them will remain there. >> translator: things were tough because we've had no work over the past five months. i hope the reopening of the industrial complex will improve my company's situation. >> reporter: more than 100 south korean companies were operating at kaesong in february and employed about 60,000 workers mainly from the northern side of the border. they produced around $470 million worth of goods in 2012. but north korea abruptly withdrew its workers in april amid rising tensions with seoul. north korea relaxed the stance over the summer leading to a basic agreement in august to reopen the site. south korean workers say they can feel a difference in the way they interact with their colleagues from the north. >> translator: they've completely changed their attitude. they are very eager to work and they welcomed us warmly. >> reporter: many people in south korea hope the resumption of joint operations at the site will lead to better relations between seoul and py

south korea says it will stop imports of marine products from parts of japan over fears they could be contaminated by radioactive water. >>> sexual violence in india has caused nationwide soul searching, but we ask has anything actually changed for indian women? >>> u.s. president barack obama went to st. petersburg, russia, hoping to gain international support for a military strike against syria. but after two days of talks, leaders of the world's 20 major economies are still divided over what to do. earlier president obama tried but failed to persuade chinese leader xi jinping to support an armed intervention in syria. the crisis dominated the talks. some leaders called for a swift and united action against the syrian government. others emphasize the need for the u.n. security council to approve any military action. russia, which chaired the summit, is strongly opposed to the strike. a senior u.s. navy official says it is prepared to action if and when it's ordered. four missile destroyers are stationed off syria's coast in the mediterranean sea. >> they were organized, trained and

-south korea alliance. earlier this year we held a hearing in our subcommittee to examine the facts behind the current nuclear energy agreement with south korea and why it needs to be extended. simply put, the agreement with south korea strengthens americans' no proliferation priorities. it helps create american jobs in the energy sector and it's important symbol with our long friendship with those of south korea. i want to thank the chairman of the full committee and also the ranking member of the committee from new york, elliot engel, for introducing this bipartisan legislation. america's friendship with south korea is stronger today, i think, than probably at any other moment in our history. forged on the cold dark battlefields of the korean war, this the 60th anniversary of the u.s.-south korea alliance, marks a significant milestone in our ever-growing relationship. there is no doubt it has indeed become the cornerstone of peace and security in east asia. in fact, it is the enduring, relevant and forwa

south korea is likely to choose the s 35 fighter yet because it has advanced stelth functions. south koreans living knowsed de against them. the rallies have been prompted in part by a long standing territorial dispute. nhk world has the story. >> reporter: this district is home to one of japan's largest korean towns. it has about 200 south korean restaurants. this 61 year old runs of them. he says recently things have been more challenging than anytime since he moved to japan from south korea in the 1980s. >> translator: there are a number of people visiting the main street in this area, dropped significantly a year ago. >> reporter: that was around the time the outgoing south korean president visited disputed territory in the waters between the countries -- south korea controls the takeshima islands. japan lodged a protest saying takeshima is part of its territory. since his visit, more japanese have joined demonstrations. they shout discriminatory comments. this gathering happened shortly after tokyo won its bid to host the 2020 olympic games. the olympics bring together peo

, the republic of south korea and the 28,000 u.s. troops stationed on the border. i've just returned from asia where i had a very serious and long conversation with south korea's defense minister about the threat that north korea's stockpile of chemical weapons presents to them. our allies throughout the world must be assured that the united states will fulfill its security commitments. given these threats to our national security, the united states must demonstrate through our actions that the use of chemical weapons is unacceptable. the president has made clear that our military objectives in syria would be to hold the assad regime accountable, degrade its ability to carry out these kinds of attacks, and deter the regime from further use of chemical weapons. the department of defense has developed military options to achieve these objectives, and we have positioned u.s. assets throughout the region to successfully execute the mission. we believe we can achieve them with a military action that would be limited in duration and scope.

if other countries follow south korea's example there will be another blow to japan. tokyo is bidding to host the 2020 summer olympics and the government has been promoting the city's reputation for safety and concerns over radiation may ruin its chances. florence lee, al jazeera tokyo. >> reporter: and still to come this hour we take a look at the protests of a detention center in thailand where muslim refugees from m myanmar are refusing to go to their cells. >> reporter: people are voting for the next president. >> reporter: and frustrating day for the u.s. open champion and joe will tell you why he took it out on his racket in sport. ♪ american and british spy agencies have cracked encryption systems designed to protect information online. and that is according to newspapers the guardian and the "new york times." they say they got the information from documents leaked by u.s. whistleblower edward snow den and rob rent alleds reports. >> reporter: the cyber spy agency cracked many of the codes that are meant to keep sensitive internet communications private. acco

if other countries follow south korea's example that will be another blow to japan. tokyo will host the 2020 summer olympics and the government has been promoting the city's reputation for safety and concerns of radiation my ruin its chances and florence lee in tokyo. >> reporter: a move seen as a sign of improving relations between korea and the deal was made between talks of members of a committee who talked about reopening the case on joint industrial zone and the hotline is a coordinate cross border travel are used to coordinate cross border travel between two countries and cut after the north's nuclear test in february. and refugees are refusing to turn themselves to a facility. 100 people broke out of the cell where they have been kept for nine months and it's dirty and over crowded and security forces surrounded the building and given the prisoners two days to surrender. walmart is one of the wealthy country in the world and brings in 10s of thousands of revenues but they have been protesting against the low wages and we have the story from new york. >> walmar

but south korea has similar plans in mind. ceos are accompanying president park on her visit to vietnam. they hope to export products, and technology to the country. the nations work to boost their economic economies. competition is heating up between japan and south korea to seize on that momentum. nhk world, hanoi. >>> that wraps up our report from bangkok. >>> japan's defense ministry says it will keep up strong surveillance in the east china sea. wednesday will mark one year since the country purchased the senkaku islands from a private owner. china and taiwan also claimed them. on sunday, the ministry reported spotting two chinese bombers flying between okinawa's main island and miyako island. they said they did not violate japanese air space. >> translator: we scrambled fighters to monitor the chinese aircraft, which were flying on an unusual course. >> china's defense ministry said the aircraft were taking part in an annual training program, and that the exercise was not aimed at any specific country or target. the chin

officials from japan's fishery agencies are calling for talks with the counter part in south korea. they want to discuss a ban on imports of seafood and infrastructures. japanese fishermen are upset about the decision. >>> a top representative from the country's biggest administration met the fishery chief on tuesday. >> we want to ask the government's effort and support so the ban will be lifted as soon as possible. >> he says information on the safety of japanese seafood should be made public as soon as pochblt fishery agency chief,onko says japan has urged south korea to reconsider the ban. he says japanese officials want to hold working level talks. >>> government officials are struggling with decontamination work in areas near the plant. it will take longer than expected in seven of eleven municipalities. the work will continue after the initial deadline at the end of next march. officials say they're having trouble locating residents who have left the area. they need to get the approval before they can decontaminate properties. they're struggling to find space to store radioac

until now south korea had shown little interest in taking part in the talks. it already has a free trade agreement with the u.s. the newspapers reports that the government changed its mind after japan joined the talks in july and chinese officials began to show interest. >>> major japanese soft drink company has agreed to acquire the beverage unit of a major british pharmaceutical firm. they say the deal with glaxosmithkline and they will acquire the sports drink brand and fruit drink from gsk. the sales of these products total more than $800 million last year. >> translator: we've been able to acquire two brands that have strant not only in europe but there is emerging markets. with this deal we're also aiming for affects for our business in asia as well. >> the beverage and food is trying to find bigger markets because of stagnant growth at home. >>> time for the latest in markets. >>> people who live in one part of the west african country rely on water for their way of life. and the village is built over a river. they fish in it and they travel on it. but

negotiators from north and south korea, the u.s., china, japan and russia launched the talks in 2003. the north koreans and the chinese want to re-open the talks without any preconditions. but officials from the u.s., south korea and japan want authorities in pyongyang to take concrete steps towards denuclearization before they renegotiate. u.s. eresearchers said a north korean nuclear reactor that's been shut down for years may be back up and running and say the facility is capable of generating weapons' grade plutonium. >>> caroline kennedy says if she becomes the u.s. ambassador to japan, she'll work to bolster bilateral ties in line with the wishes of her father, the late president john f. kennedy. kennedy said her father hoped to be the first sitting president to make a state visit to japan. >> if confirm as ambassador i would be humbled to carry forward his legacy in a small way and represent the powerful bonds that represent our two societies. >> she testified in front of the senate foreign relation's committee prior to her confirmation as u.s. envoy to japan. this is the first

these are the faces of south korea. nhk world updates you on what's happening across the peninsula, wednesday and thursday, here on "newsline." >>> the company in charge of the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant says it's safely disposed of 7 million tons of rainwater accumulated over the past two days. severe tropical storm man-yi lashed the area with heavy rains on sunday and monday. officials at tokyo electric power company said the rain accumulated inside barriers around storage tanks for radioactive wastewater. they released the water onto the nearby soil. >> translator: the workers didn't release the water directly into drainage ditches that lead to the sea. we've determined that it's rainwater and are dealing with it accordingly. >> tepco officials say the levels of radioactive substances in the water were below the government set limit of 30 becquerels per liter. they say they will look at ways to keep rainwater from accumulating during future storms. meanwhile, more and more groundwater that flows into the plant's

south korea, north korea had developed a way that they have. sorry if i am paraphrasing. >> guest: the north koreans adopted a stalinist system that basically looked at economics differently than the south. the south adopted an economic expert system. >> host: technically. >> guest: yes. north and south korea or the united states. >> host: why the 38 per low? >> guest: very interesting question. right after the second world war stalin was descending south. and truman was married that the troops would overcome. so the americans looked at where the red army could stop. the future of the u.s. army. under kennedy and johnson, national geographic map and saw that the 38 parallel was just north of seoul. so they ask, will you stop? and they did not think that he would. but he did. he did stop. so a completely arbitrary decision on the behalf of two american officials who decided that the 38 parallel would be the place where they would divide with the understanding, of course, that later on they would come together. >> host: brothers of war is the nam

for south korea and the u.s. that position has to change before six-party talks can resume. >> translator: holding six-party talks here early is not that important. what's important is the possibility of changing north korea's intent on the nuclear program and verifying north korea's changes. >> reporter: with that in mind south korea is sending two relatively junior officials. only americans at the talks are academics. away from nuclear matters north korea's general at tud has shifted considerably since the tensions of mark and april this year. seoul and washington are interested to hear what pyongyang has to say. >> earlier we spoke to a professor in seoul, and he said that the north koreans want to be accept as a nuclear power. >> they want something very simple. they want to be accepted as a de facto nuclear power, but they are willing to compromise most likely what they're expecting is the revival of the 1994 geneva framework agreement. in essence, they are going to probably fleece their nuclear program. rec

south korea's government is nixing plans to buy 60 war jets from boeing. the deal was worth around $8 billion to the jet maker. a spokesman from south korea's defense minstry called boeing's f-15 silent eagle: not stealth enough. instead... the government is said to be considering lockheed martin's f-35a. it's more expensive, but is viewed as more advanced and better able to evade radar. it's also the same war jet ordered by the u.s., japan and israel. carnival cruise is sending out a bit of a finanical sos. following several mishaps at sea that stranded passengers and damaged the company's reputation-- carnival is reporting a drop in passengers booking trips. the company is lowering its 4th quarter earnings prediction. in a statement the company said fourth quarter results will be between a 3-cent loss per share and a 3-cent profit. analysts had predicted a profit of 9- cents per share according to bloomberg carnival shares fell nearly $3 tuesday. in a statement the company said fourth quarter results will be between a 3-cent loss per share and a 3-cent p

the governments of china and south korea have expressed serious concern about the impact of the leakage on the ocean. and now government officials in japan fear that this problem could delay the entire decommissioning process. noriko akada, nhk world. >> the disaster presents challenges few people had imagined. soon after the accident, residents within a 20 kilometer radius of the plant and other zones with high levels of radiation colored red on this map, were ordered to evacuate. two and a half years later, much of the regionll the country. >> 40 kilometers from fukushima daiichi, houses the largest number of displaced residents. how have people adjusted to living there? >> reporter: it's hard to imagine what people here are exen designated as a new entry zone. authorities have reachedpericin. much of life on the surface appears to be normal. but take this town hall behind me, for instance, it's actually the municipal office for the displaced people of a town in the no entry zone. nhk got permission to go into the town in july. reporters found desserted homes and buildings, residents

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and now south korea has offered in food aid. which is a small amount, but given how poor north korea is, will that help? >> i think that it will help the north korea people, but only if it's monitored. the problem in the past, the rice given to the north korea regime, and then it ends up in the army's hands, and it doesn't do the people of north korea any good. it's important that the stuff be monitored. and if we can monitor it, we can undermine the regime. then the north korea people know that the rest of the world cares, and the north korea officials who are supposed to be minding the aid workers, they go out and see how bad conditions are in their own country. they insist on monitoring, and the u.n. has been bad on monitoring as well. >> we could conceivably undermine the regime, the family reconciliation program, which had been suspended by north korea, and now it's restarting. i assume you think that's a good thing. >> i wouldn't say that would necessarily undermine the regime. the program took place previously. and i thin

. >>> south korea announced a ban on all fish products from the region around japan's fukushima nuclear plant. a company with radiation detecter shopped for fish as a gesture to boost confidence in south koreans who avoid buying fish. and it's all just a di before tokyo learns if their olympic bid is successful. >> already unions have banned fishing around the fukushima prefecture. in south korea, which already has a partial ban on fish products from japan have banned from all prefectures. >> the government concluded that they have not been able to predict how the incident will be solved. >> the ban will last indefinitely. the latest development is not going down well in japan. the government said it has high safety standards and imposes strict control on all food exports. >> suggesting that south korea's decision was made a little too hastily. >> we've been taking care and consideration in providing relevant information to the south korean government. we will continue to ask them to handle this on scientific the data. >> readings shows that radiation is below the safety threshold. if o

for the first time since april south korean workers, they have crossed into north korea to a reopened industrial park which employs workers from both countries. the two countries agreed to reopen it on a trial basis. the north softened its tone after threatening south korea with nuclear attacks for what it called p called provocative with the us. >> today the president will address the road to recovery and what's ahead. seema mody is live with all of the details for us. good morning. >> good morning, marla. president obama speaks today on the fifth anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers. he is expected to tout the government's response to the financial crisis including recovering taxpayer money from the bailout, and the bailout of the auto industry. in other news futures higher as invest terse react to the desession by larry summers to pull his name from consideration to replace ben bernanke. summer was seen as likely to raise interest rates. the markets coming off a positive week t dow posting its second best week of the year. we get data on industrial production, later this

negotiations between north and south korea, china, japan, the united states, and russia have not taken place in almost five years, but as nhk world reports, north korea's announcement comes amid new suspicions about its nuclear activities. >> the symposium was titled retrospect and outlook, a decade of a six-party talks, and on wednesday north korea's first vice foreign minister said his country is ready to move ahead. >> translator: we support the talks, and are willing to resume dialogue, including small scale discussions within that framework. >> reporter: the offer comes with one condition. that there be no preconditions for negotiations to restart. that conflicts with the long-held position that north korea take steps for denuclearization before a dialogue can resume. on wednesday japan's chief cabinet secretary reiterated his country's similar stance. >> translator: we will work closely with our allies, including the u.s. and south korea, to tell north korea that it must fully implement what was previously agreed in the six-party talks as well as in u.n. security council resoluti

. >>> the foreign ministers of japan and south korea have met to discuss issues past and president. fumeio kishida and byung-se got together in new york. >> translator: we were able to talk frankly about how to improve the relationship between japan and south korea. >> kishida referred to a number of rulings. he said the issue has already been settled under a bilateral treaty. then urged japan to resolve of the issue of comfort women. kishida explained the issue has been legally settled. he also asked a south korean foshl lift the ban on imports of marine products. the ban was implemented earlier this month among growing concerns among south korean consumers over the possible impact of radioactive water leaks from the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. >>> representatives from iran and six world powers have met in new york. they are trying to jump-start efforts to revive stalled negotiations over tehran's nuclear program. iranian foreign minister muhammad zarif met with his counterparts at u.n. headquarters. u.s. secretary of state john kerry was there on behalf of the u.s. which has

rain from shanghai to south korea. this is not bringing heavy downpours, but light showers will be continuing and that will be moving into japan on saturday and into your sunday. in north eastern china, unstable conditions could trigger heavy downpours. short time heavy downpours and thunderstorms across the area. good news isha the flooding peak has receded. here across southern areas of china, we have been seeing ongoing heavy showers. it looks like additional amounts of 100 millimeters could be well possible. hong kong at 28 degrees. a little bit of sunshine there and tokyo down to 29 with a cool off. heating up to 22 degrees. moving over to north america, a system is pulling into the pacific northwest that can create severe weather, but generally speak calm across the interior here. we have a tropical storm system that formed over water. it will be moving into the baja california area towards your weekend. we have been tracking and now a tropical depression. it will be bringing ongoing heavy downpours across the ca

fish dealers in south korea are testing imports for radioactive contamination. a member of japan's nuclear power regulator said he stans firm that faults underneath a nuclear power plant in north eastern japan are active. they just completed a second survey at the plant. nra commissioner was speaking to reporters after a two-day survey at the plant. the panel investigated a crossing section of a trench dug by the operator. nra officials compiled a report in number based on the first survey made two months earlier. they said the faults appeared to be active. they maintain the faults are not active. the utility has been conduct their own additional survey. >> emerging economic powers struggling with poverty. emboldened citizens demanding democracy and the threat of violence and the push for peace and the shadow of conflict. news and insight on south and southeast asia. every weekday live from bangkok only on "newsline." >> territory yell tensions between the philippines and china are heating up. philippine officials have accused china of building structures on the

we have a rain band stretching into south korea. this isn't going to be bringing heavy downpours but light showers will be continuing. that rain will be moving into japan on saturday and continuing on sunday. in china unstable conditions could trigger heavy downpours, short-time heavy downpours and also thunderstorms. but good news is the flooding peak has receded. here across southern years of china, especially guangdong province, we've been seeing showers. it looks like additional amounts of 100 meters could still be possible. hong kong at 28 degrees. you see a little sunshine there. tokyo down to 29, so a little of a cooloff. ulan bator heating up to 22 degrees. moving to north america, a system is pulling into the pacific northwest. that could create some severe weather, but generally speaking, quite calm across much of the interior here. we do have a tropical storm system that just formed over water. it will be moving into the baja, california, in towards your weekend. and another system that we have been tracking, gabrielle, i

now, north correia sa career cos found gas masks so south korea is concerned, as far as it's cornered with good reason about its own stability with within it's own region. even if the u.s. does take action in syria, how likely is it this north korea would actually care? >> as i said north korea is an ali of syria. north korea will be watching very closely. there is no doubt about that. north korea has its own stockpile of chemical weapons. the u.s. believes that range is between seven ann al hundreds of tons to several thousands of tons, including sarin gas, mustard gas and in fact it, manufactures gas masks, has cam suits and trained its military any did he deck devises so north korea has its only chemical and by lodge cal warfare capability. it will be watching very closely what happens. south career's concerns certainly play in to the hands of the united states who is looking for ally with the limited strike it is proposing on syria. >> if the u.s. doesn't do anything, how much will it harm america's credibility in asia? >> well, i think taillight will certainly impact its credibil

the joint venture is run by north and south korea and reopened after months of reaction when operations were suspended in april when tensions soared between the north and the south area >> traffic has turned to caisson. for the past five months, there's hardly a car or truck on the road. now the industrial park is back in business. it was a day of reflection for many of the 800 or so south koreans who were once again crossing the border on their way to work. >> we will warmly greet on north korean colleagues. we will be happy to see each other again erie it >> i hope everything runs smoothly from now on. that it once again becomes the lively place it used to be. caisson lies 10 kilometers north of the border separating the two koreas. the giant complex employs 55,000 workers, mostly from the north. they work for 120 companies, most of them from the south. it's a symbol of hope and a ray of light for the north's decimated economy erie it most of the people live and die in poverty. may have to raise their own vegetables or keep animals just to survive. the infrastructure is crumbling and

it was particularly ironic was that malaysia and south korea recovered first, which is quite surprising because they had spent more. this really emphasized one of the major policy lessons. the idea has often been this or you will recover faster. you'll go into an inflation and you need to cut down our tighter belts now for the future. this is shown in somewhat of a false i economy. but the answer is really written in the 1950s and only recently reiterated, which is that when countries are in these sorts of liquidity's crises. and they expand to continue their business and essentially the government needs to do the opposite of what they seem to do. one should pay off the debt and you don't want to be in debt as a household or an individual. you do not want to continue to accrue interest. and governments need to do precisely the opposite. including growing the economy out of the debt, you need to have stimulus. the noxious stimulus in the form of stimulus to the banks to others, but also those two safety nets is the poorest are often those who spend a vast proportion of their income. and

the governments of china and south korea have expressed serious concern about the impact of the leakage on the ocean. and now government officials in japan fear that this problem could delay the entire decommissioning process. noriko okada. >> reporter: hk world. >>> tuesday marks the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in the united states. memorial ceremonies are under way. ♪ o, say can you see on this day in 2001 terrorists hijacked four planes and flew two of them into the twin towers of the world trade center. another plane crashed into the pentagon. the hijackers crashed the other plane in a field in pennsylvania. about 3,000 people were killed in the attacks. [ bells tolling ] >> people observed a minute of silence from 8:46 a.m. local time. the exact time when the first plane hit one of the towers. representatives of the victims read out the names of their lost loved ones. the names of the victims are inscribed around the monument. ceremonies will also be held at the defense department and memorial park in pennsylvania. >>> u.s. president barack obama has addressed american

when i was nine years old from south korea. there was a severe economic crisis back then, and my parents made a very deep, you know, leap of faith moving to this country, and when we first got here, it was a struggle, like most immigrant families, and i knew when i was growing up, that i was undocumented, because my parents would go out to work and before they would leave they would tell me kevin, lock the doors and when somebody knocks look through the back window and see if it's law enforcement because they could take you away, and my mother used to tell me always, you know, don't tell your best friends, your neighbors, you know, maybe that you know about your status, because, you know, you can be taken away from us. >> kevin what kind of stress did that cause for you as a little kid? >> looking back, i think it was a tremendous sense of fear knowing that you could always be deported, knowing that your parent could always be gone, and this is sort of the struggle of so many immigrant youth and people is they have this looming

. >>> south korea's ruling party is pushing the government to consider an import ban on japanese farm and marine products. it comes amid concerns over radioactive water in the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant leaking into the pacific ocean. the head of the saenuri party, hwang woo-yea, requested the government to take further measures to protect food imports from japan. he said government officials should consider banning imports of japanese products until their safety is confirmed. south korean officials have asked japan to provide information about contaminated water leaks. fish dealers in south korea are testing imports for radioactive contamination. >>> territorial tensions between the philippines and china are heating up. philippine officials have accused china of building structures on the disputed scarborough shoal in the south china sea. but china's foreign ministry spokesperson said on wednesday that there's nothing to be sorry about. >> translator: china has a legitimate right to operate its vessels in the waters to protect its sovereignty and order. china has done nothing th

south korea is now in talks with china for bilateral free trade agreement. >>> china has announced an action plan to deal with the country's serious air pollution. the goal is to reduce the concentration of contaminants in the air by more than 10% by the year 2017. china's environment ministry said the average concentration of tiny pollutant particles in the first six months of this year was more than seven times the guidelines set by the world health organization. large cities like beijing and shanghai, car ownership will be more tightly regulated and order factories to reduce the use of coal. the total output of nuclear power plants in china will be raised 3.4 times than it is today by 2017. >>> honda motor has unveiled a new passenger car for the chinese market. they're hoping it will trigger a recovery in the declining sales in china where anti-japan sentiment still lingers. honda automotive's joint venture unveiled the new accord in shanghai. the world's largest auto markets this year are expected to top 20 million units. strong sales by european and u.s. automakers supported the

it's a development because it enables further cooperation between north and south korea. it's taken the korean angle if you will. it goes beyond the zone and enables hem to have the negotiation on other issues. >> so kwha changed what changed? why did they decide to reopen this park? >> nort north korea needs money. another factor was the pressure of china to bring north korea back on a peace path if you will. the third part was also that south korea's negotiation and with the president's part which focused on developing small incremental measures to oh the north. those are key factors. but they -- north korea is what they call it. where they want to build and they improve the economy but at the same time, they prepblge ple nuclear program. on one hand, while they have a possible reopening. remember it's a technical issue. there's stale louthere -- michas in singapore and thank you for your insight. . >> thank you. . . time now for the second. >> the last week it was in denver and today tampa and seat st-seattle. it's when severe weather causes delays. the 49ers, it was s

i worry about what china is doing and india and south korea is doing. those countries are committed to having a great, great educational system. right now, our country is struggling. we are doing our children and ultimately our nation a grave disservice. >> you will hear a skills gap. companies will complain about a skills gap. research shows investing on the front end, better skills and better cognitive ability later on. why not invest on the front end? >> politicians think about the short-term. they think about the next election. early childhood investment is the best investment we can make. the president and i are convinced of that. it is the ultimate long-term investment. you have folks smarter than me. dr. heckman talks about a 7 to r. you get less teenage pregnancy and more high school graduates and more folks entering the world for work. that is pretty darn good. why don't we make that commitment as a country? today, the average child coming from a disadvantaged community starts kindergarten at 5 years old in the fall. they start kindergarten a y

when i was 9 years old from south korea. there was a severe economic crisis back then, and my parents made a very deep leap of faith moving to this country. when we first got here, it was a struggle, like most immigrant families, and i knew when i was growing up that i was undocumented because my parents would go out to work, and before they'd leave they would tell me, kevin, you know, lock the doors, and when somebody knocks, look through the back window and see if it's the law enforcement. they could take you away. my mother used to tell me always, you know, don't tell your best friends, your neighbors, anybody that you know about your status, because, you know, you can be taken away from us. >> what kind of stress did that cause for you as a little kid? >> looking back, i think it was a tremendous sense of fear knowing that you could always be deported. knowing that your parents could also be gone. this is sort of the struggle of so many immigrant youth and people, is that they have this looming fear behind the back of th

chinese markets will be closed today as well as south korea. so no direction from there. however, indonesia might be a bit of a focus. it did out perform yesterday. i'll keep track of those as well. back you to. >> all right. thanks for that update. executives at the biggest bank in the u.s. have agreed to pay almost a billion dollars in fines after their traders already lost $6 billion. jp morgan chase will pay the penalties to u.s. and british financial authorities for the trading scandal known as the london whale. the bank posted $6.2 billion in losses last year on derivatives trading conducted at its london office. last month prosecutors filed criminal charges in a new york federal court against two former traders. they accused them of trying to hide the losses. regulators at the securities and exchange commission condemned executives for failing to quickly inform financial authorities about the trades in question. chief executive officer james dimon took a rare step of accepting responsibility for the wrongdoing. he said they've learned from their mistakes and have w

. >> ben just landed at san francisco international airport after a business trip in south korea. >> certainly we'll never be the same flying i'm sure. >> it's the first time he's flown since asiana flight 214 crashed in july killing three passengers. levee was one of the last to exit the boeing 727. >> you just feel like he missed the runway. >> we're so lucky that we were able to exit so fast. >> it is unknown at this time why the slides inflated inside the aircraft. >> according to the ntsb, two evacuation slides on the right side of the plane deployed inside of the cabin, pinning two flight attendants to the floor. only two slides on the left side of the plane deployed correctly. >> you need them to work. >> it's been a concern, it's been on the docket, studied by the ntsb and faa since 1968. >> slides have been a problem for years. >> in 1999 the ntsb found that emergency evacuation systems often do not operate as intended. a slide fully inflated inside the cabin of a boeing 737 blocking two exits. in another report, the board found that slides failed more than 30% of the time.

still to come on al jazeera, unity in name only and south korea unification church tries to get over the death of the founder after one year. in the record books and age 64 the first person to swim from cuba to florida without a shark cage. ♪ >>> disorder in a mexico court. why this judge lost his cool. ...hed rsey, and obama shared a few praise. >> coach shula retired with more wins than any coach in history. each time that record has been challenged, team after team has fallin short. >> michael eaves joins us to talk more about that. the president was having a lot ♪ hello again and let me go through the top stories on al jazeera, the united nations says 2 million people fled from syria into neighboring countries and three quarters of them are women and children. u.s. secretary of state john jerry will press syria later on tuesday and they are appearing before a senate committee trying to persuade congress to back a strike. and syria's president says a foreign military strike could start a regional war and assad told the paper it's volume tile where chaos and extremism could spr

it makes talks on nuclear weapons further away. >>> harry fawcett is live for us in south, south korea. >>> it's getting harder to see a doctor these days. according to the association of american medical colleges, the u.s. will face a short and of more than 90,000 primary care physicians by 2020. some are adopting new methods to deal with that. al jazeera's mark schneider visited a hospital in dallas where some patients take part in shared medical appointments. >> reporter: one week old isaiah zamora is having his first week's check up. he and his mom are far alone. this is a group check up for newborns. welcome to the world of shared medical appointments or smas. >> translator: i feel well. i felt comfortable and i learn a lot pause there were other moms like me with more questions. >> reporter: these group sessions are a possible answer to the national doctor shortage. here they include one on one exams but the concerns and questions raised by the parents lead to group discusss. she was concerned she wasn't producing enough milk because her son seemed hungry all the time. the doctor

at the age of twenty one are through had just won three gold medals for south korea at the two in the olympics in two thousand and six but just a few weeks later that future looked to be in limbo after a disagreement and subsequent irrepairable fallout with the korean skating union however russia offered on a new chance and a new home in the hope he could reproduce his medal winning performances. when i came to russia two years ago for the first three months i missed career but then i met other athletes and things became better i like being here i like the food the culture it's all very interesting. after missing out on the vancouver games due to his then ongoing differences with the korean federation the twenty eight year old is determined to make a name of themselves in the upcoming olympics season. last year i started to skate professionally again and with every competition i've participated since then i've been true for this year has also been good for me with the russian championships and i had to do well in the upcoming world cup however the russian short track team isn't all ab

the negotiations between russia, the u.s., china, japan and north and south korea stalled in 2008. >> translator: all parties should be devoted to the talks. we should not only return to the talks but extend the talks and also reach agreements and achieve peace. >> translator: the hostility towards north korea does not solve the nuclear issue. instead it has made it worse. the nuclear threat by the united states has become strong and more real. they have not even started a discussion about a peace treaty. >> joining us live from beijing is our correspondent scott heilman. who is at the talks in beijing, and what's happened so far? >> reporter: we have the two top level negotiators from china and north korea, and the other members, the other four nations had lower level representation at this because quite frankly it wasn't part of the six-party talks. this was a forum marking the 10th anniversary when the six-party talks began in this building behind, and that's where the forum was held today. it's really the first step down the path to try to get these talks restarted, which is a maj

the malaysian experience was flat for the malaysian or south korea recover first with a surprisingly his face but more viscerally emphasizes one of the major policy lessons the ada is you will spend or you will recover faster going into inflation or you need to cut down now for the future this was unknown -- showed as a false dichotomy why? the answer was written in the 1950's and only recently reiterated wed countries are in the liquidity crisis they cannot get the loans to retain their staff, is essentially the government does the opposite what the household needs to do. you don't want to be in debt as an individual. you don't want to continue to accrue interest. governments need to do the opposite to grow the economy all indeed too high a stimulus not just to land to others but as those who spend the vast proportion of their income and a lot of safety nets observe the cycle and help us grow out of the short-term debt. the imf did recognize this they issued a formal apology for the first time. it took five years but one of the most dramatic apologies from the international institut

first time for south korea athletes. >> interesting, thank you very much, that is paul with the sports. stay with us now, plenty more ahead and it is good to have you on. ♪

for south korea and the u.s. that position has to change before 6-party talks can resume. >> holding six-party talks, be it early, working level or full is not that important. what's important is the possibility of change in north korea's intent on the nuclear program and their identifying their changes. south korea are sending two relatively junior officials the only americans at the talks will be academics. none theless away from nuclear matters, north korea's general attitude has shifted considerably since the tensions of march and april this year. seouso at least washington wille interested what they have to say. al jazerra, seoul. >> tony abbott has been sworn in as australia's prime minister. comfortable lower house election this is month. his alliance doesn't change the senate which means it could be dill to him to push pollution through his legislative agenda. >> we pledge ourselves to serve the people of australia for their benefit to the very best of our ability. we are determined to honor our commitmen