officials from the south korean airline and boeing attended. the board released transcriptions of interviews with the copilot who was flying the jet for training purposes. he told investigators he was concerned and stressed about attempting a visual approach with a plane as big as the boeing 777. such an approach involves lining the jet up for landing by looking through the windshield rather than using radio-based guidance instruments. the pilot also told investigators that he had not been paying close attention to the auto throttle which he thought would automatically adjust the engine's power to prevent the plane from flying too slowly, but it did not. the plane was losing speed when it crashed. the board also released new footage of the incidents captured by a fixed security camera. it shows the plane hitting the ground and pivoting in the air before crashing. the ntsb is expected to complete its investigation and compile a report next year. >>> people living in cities across canada will soon have to go out to get their mail. managers with t

it has a south korean helipad and is under de facto south korean control. because of an accident in history in 1951 when the americans drew the air defense zone, it didn't include the area or two other south korean isds which are not under dispute. this is really an opportunity for south korea to right what many here were surprised to see was the current situation and extend the zone further south, allowing greater ease of military operation within the zone by sea. the south korean government making it clear that it's doing things in a different way. it's saying that it consulted with its neighbours and the u.s. and is doing things in a regularised way. >> thank you for joining us, hy fawcett. >> it's known as the day of infamy. 72 years ago this weekend pearl harbour was attacked. 400 japanese planes i attacked the u.s. fleet in hawaii pushing the u.s. into world war ii. thousands gathered at pearl harbour, including 70 world war ii veterans and survivors. it overlooked a memorial for the uss "arizona." that battleship sang during the attack, killing nearl

south korean aviation authorities have confirmed to neighboring countries. they'll extend to their air defense identification zone. this sunday. it will overlap japan's and its one china declared last month. they all lie outside each nation's airspace. initially the south korean and japanese is the oldest were adjacent to each other over the east china sea. south korea's own did not include a submerged rock both it and trying to climb but authorities in beijing said there's did include the rock officials in seoul. ask them to revise it but the request was denied then they announced the plan to extend their zone representatives with japanese airlines say the change will affect their operations they say thereby zone covers south korea's current air traffic control area. defence ministry officials in tokyo told lawmakers with the ruling liberal democratic party. how they plan to deal with the change. they said the self defense forces and the south korean military have used the communication line to notify each other of their flight plans in their ears owns they

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south korean -- and degree of difficulty integrating with south korean society. the south korean society has been growing, but it may not be cost ofgh to handle the the absorption of north korea on its own if it is a sudden change in north korea. host: the other point of 's comments, the amount of executions happening in north korea. do you have any comments on that? publicthe number of executions have at least doubled. aides were executed in advance of his detention and trial and execution. host: our line for independents. good morning. at the publicly available information we are able to see, not necessarily intelligence, it seems to me that north korea is run like organized crime. you have all of these different parts of the government that run different stuff and bring in hard currency for their own benefits. you have what looked like a sanctioned public hit coming from the top. it seems like an organized crime family like the old days back in new york. what are your thoughts? there are a number of analysts who have drawn that analogy. if you look at the type

the giving ammunition to south korean troops. officials in tokyo say this is the first time japan is using its peacekeeping operations wall to provide the un with weapons. defense ministry it's notable that i and senior officials of the self defense forces decided to supply south korea with about ten thousand rounds of rifle ammunition. sds personnel taking part in the south sudan mission. all the ammunition. and she ate this decision was based on the situation on the ground the urgency of this issue and humanitarian concerns. then received a request from south korean troops deployed in the restive eastern state of joan delay. the self defense forces are the only members of the un mission to retain the same entity as the south koreans. fighting erupted in cheers of more than a week ago. the train south to the soldiers lowered to the present sell bikes here and it's those supporting former vice president. we wish our. the violence has spread to other regions armed groups assault that a un facility and johnny blaze last week killin

as well as that, it did enroach on the existing south korean air defense zone and south korea has wanted to extend its own zone to cover two of its islands that were not included when the original zone was drawn up in 1951 by the americans, and there's a submerged reef and that falls under the new zone which extends 150km or more korean peninsula. that has south korean scientific research station and helipad on it. it's in a strategically important part of the waters and south korea's own military aircraft operate with greater ease in this area. sea trying to say that it's going this in a regularized way than china did a few days ago, saying it's consulting with its neighbours, leaving them with a grace period so it can have further consultations about how the rules will work. joe biden was here in seoul speaking to the south korean president and they are very much on the same page as the south korean partners. >> harry fawcett, thanks for that, from seoul. >> let's go to beijing, to rob mcbride. how are the chinese to react? >> we are still waiting, but they issued plans last week. they

how long they expect these purges to continue in that south korean government the worry they are have not a tree and the hormones of all booked up i believe one thing is pretty clear that there's nothing to be another execution of a b b q because chinese like you know second hand man and then a few issued in the apartment and that the mother of the set of numbers the numbers to your mobile for in a country that is the core question for the entire country so it's not happen. instead the midst of status diego crews were called for backup. the knock on a solar in all the commands of times and table are the followers. mr chalk. to continue so much for joining us in sharing your thoughts and too much all business at the injured craig has an industrial complex continues in spite of news out tongue some tax execution and still on the schedule for next week is a visit by a thirty member t twenty delegation the unification ministry said friday that around thirty officials from international financial organizations and the g twenty will cross the border to the north on thursday afternoon when t

in south korea, it really is homegrown because japan obliterated the south korean nation at beginning of the 20th century. it is a problem because both south korea and japan are our critical allies in that part of the world. and they're sort of pulling themselves apart. that is a problem for us as well as the japanese and the south koreans. >> you mentioned the blocks that may be aligning. much a trade war as it is a political confrontation? >> the regions are getting closer and closer together all the time. at the other end of that, you see geopolitical conflicts getting worse. this sort of puts the lie to that notion, oh, you know, we will just trade more. we will have prosperity. >> you don't buy that. you don't think rockets can smooth disagreements. >> they certainly haven't. smoothits can disagreements. >> they haven't. they have become more prideful, more arrogant. you see these historical antagonisms which were not very ii arent after world war now starting to affect geopolitics in the region. >> has it been possible to use taiwan as a model for how to do business with china b

from a band featuring south korean food has been held in tokyo the company's traditional food culture known as kim jon was recently designated as a unesco in tangible cultural assets along with japanese queasy nor a white silk the south korean embassy organize teach them some subtle ninety two and cultural exchange between the people of japan and south korea. john involves making an issue with tomato spicy pickled vegetables called kimchi during the cold winter months. participants at the event a cold one point eight tonnes of chinese cabbage from south korea in eighteen seasoning ingredients including red pepper as boisterous and pets japan's princess park a model and the prime minister his wife at the outback among those present at the vet. my health by adding seasoning to the cabbage leaves and some kind of sorts some of the kimchi pickles will be sent to areas hit by the two thousand and eleven ethos to northeast in japan having used to and deceived up next the wild weather forecast. i i wound. i am the eye. do. sth. the psalms use my eyes to see. it is. i don't. i a creek summits

. >>> an event featuring south korean food has been held in tokyo. the country's traditional food culture, known as kimmon, was recently designated as an intangible cultural asset, along with japanese cuisine. the south korean embassy organized the event on saturday to deepen cultural exchange between the people of japan and south korea. kim jon involves making and sharing with neighbors spicy kick he willed vegetables called kimchi during cold winter months. 1.8 tons of chinese cabbage from south korea and 18 seasoning ingredients, including red peppers, oysters and pares. japan's princess, tack mottau and prime minister's wife were among those present at the event. they helped by adding seasoning to the cabbage leaves and sampling the source. some of the kimchi pickles will be sent to areas hit by the 2011 disaster in northeastern japan, and used as embassy events. >>> up next, the world weather forecast. >>> and that's it for this hour of "newsline." i'm keikichi hanada. on behalf of our team, thank you for staying with us.

and ending off here the korean although certain on the chart is the latest south korean fighter to joint the ultimate fighting championship the role that c lightweight champion signed a deal with the ufc for six fights and he gets to start next month on ufc fight night in singapore there he'll get a chance to shine with fellow nationals in town view who fights terror except a dine in the main events and mr perfect con don't call. that does for me here the sportscenter this has been speaking to check back at midnight for the latest in the world of sports. sticks it is. says. the air was filled with fine dust from china here in seoul today. it tells us over for a cable down at the weather center it was the latest. one guy said preliminary fine just watch this. issued at eight this morning but was canceled at nine pm. now the pull of strong winds made it feel colder than the number is in fact come to the provinces under a quilt. we bought and it looks like things will stay that way there tomorrow nonetheless the bullet get back to season i have a good starting sunday afternoon while taking

on how south korean and us officials refused their joint efforts under all possible scenarios in light of the sun removal of north korea's former number two man comes home to sell to me in the us of a high level meeting tuesday in washington. you for your responses to all possible scenario is that emerged in the north south route is by foreign minister confused on us to be secretary william burns felt in pencil and defense preparations to better prepare for the possibility of north korea's prop occasions. they also agreed that the instability in north korea thinkers the leadership to launch a provocation at some point in the near future to solidify his power base south korean official said so will maintain its current defense that it's good to come yet. the stress that when necessary. south korea was ready to take additional measures. kim also highlighted the sole watch the lions mistletoe kill time as the key factors to ensure peace and stability in northeast asia. in terms of diplomacy and security on the korean peninsula. the two koreas the us china japan and russia play key roles t

he did not add it on youtube you'll move and said the south korean side would also move the view of history and sovereignty of the ego or the topic in the islands and is called in japan the japanese foreign ministry initially uploaded the video in october. on wednesday japan released the same video in nine different languages including korea. and that's our report for now i intend to launch in beijing. stay tuned we'll have much more news at the top of the aisle the new the us. i use. lou will will will will. the us the idol welcome to nhk world news line and you know tony and took ill cures a look at some other stories we're following this hour. i am. south korea has told other countries it's expanding its era the fences on to overlap those of china and members of japan's ruling coalition have agreed on guidelines to cushion the impact of

biden will meet friday with south korean preston parker man. south korea is considering expanding its air defense identification zone to include its southern islands and the underwater rock the new era defense zone would overlap those of japan and china. south korean defence ministry came quite can explain the plan at a parliamentary meeting on thursday kim said the government is considering incorporating areas around its southern islands of iran though and home to go into the zone. south korea's airspace over the silence overlaps japan's air defense identification zone. kim also said an underwater rock called he'll go in south korea should be included in the refined so that also claims the submerged rock and included it in the air defense identification zone a declared last month. japan also includes the rock in its era defense sell. thursday marks the eighty sixth birthday of thailand's widely revered king kong the palm of june the day. he called for solidarity in a televised address during a break in anti government demonstrations he did not

new maundiesed south korean -- newman advised south korean guerrillas, on october 26th north korean agents entered the plane and removed him. last week they released this video of him reading a so- called confession and apology. >> but the information of the kpa and attack the communication system and killed three innocent operators. >> reporter: the north korean video signaled the impending release according to stanford's research center director daniel snyder. >> it was a stupid act on their part andas i said the good thing is that they didn't keep it going and hold him forever and ever can they're certainly capable of doing. >> reporter: the brevity of the remarks suggests an effort to avoid offending north korea. many have wondered why newman with his history of work with south korean guerrillas would have gone to the north for a visit. >> would you go back again? >> probably not. >> reporter: while the korean were may be the forgotten war in the u.s., newman know nows that in korea at least north korea, that war has never ended. reporting live in palo alto, don knapp, kpix 5. >> since

officials with the south korean intelligence service said last week academy. the men they are and they said two of his aides may have being executed i must say there may have been a power struggle within the leadership. people in bangkok are bracing for another major demonstration protesters are calling for the resignation of thai prime minister eamon auctioneer want their clandestine won nine races in the capital to what the prime minister's office in the final showdown the city government is influenced by a nice brother the former prime ministers thompson channel on the lead of the largest opposition party the pc to return to one said more than one hundred and fifty parliament members from his party will resign in nashua support for the print ads. it's been in almost a month now. and we've been waiting on the government to show its responsibility. sent out to the people. so that the country condemned stock of france. i may seem like said on sunday that she's ready to call the elections the ep. i knew when to dissolve the house to resign in the face a serious

the south korean military is on high alert at this point bracing for all possibilities in the wake of the execution of times on tech officials are worried that the dprk can resort to actions that possibly divert attention away from the internal situations and condemn such actions could come in the form of the clashes along the western sea border but divide the two countries in the worst case scenario it could be another long range rocket launch where nuclear tests in fact the defense minister here in souls come out on record earlier this week saying that the dprk could launch a provocation between late january and early march without giving t tail and how he reached this conclusion but nonetheless officials here are taking these latest threats very seriously. china's foreign ministry says it opposes any escalation of tension on the korean peninsula and is calling on all parties to remain calm. cummins come up to people in so i laid on the second to the industrial form of dprk the deaf can show us that. the nittany valley has no heed to that of the group forest maintaining the peace an

as in violence to escalate the gunman has provided ammunition to south korean troops to the un the ad is based on japan's peacekeeping operation long this is the first time for japan to use the law to provide the ulama tweet that left pens defense miss it it's a nerdy owners and senior officials of the self defense prices decided to supply south korea with about ten thousand rounds of rifle ammunition and tf is now seeking guidance ousted admission and the and the nation. each this decision was based on the situation on the ground the urgency of this issue and humanitarian concerns the band received requests from south korean kid deployed in the restive east and stayed at the john l a self defense classes i the only members of the termination of a surprise if i can as this is south of the ants. fighting erupted in june not more than a week the daily train sounds good this is a welcome presence tell but here it is supporting former vice president of my shot the violence has spread to other beaches on goods to sell to the un facility in family last week killing at least a dozen people i

on the edge and that was easy to commute and cussed and procedures for south korean workers crossing the border to the north as well as allowing the use of the intranet and all the phone with the complex another key issue was attracting foreign investors on the same day with kirby of up to a delegation of foreign officials found a group of twenty nations to the joint business park the south korean government expects that or to be the first step in mobilizing the complex which is regarded as the last remaining symbol of economic cooperation between the two kirby yes experts say there is a inter korean talks and visit by the g twenty delegation will offer a glance at north korea's economic policy and we have a chilling at present stand. after tat execution as the country's key economic policy maker. i'm happy in charge of a handful of economic cooperation projects. meanwhile four nba star dennis rodman left for kenya for the third time this year. experts say if krugman eats with his north korean friend and done in the egg and able to help every team remained stable at least for now. on

this is a south korean government for political asylum and is now being protected by south korean authorities at a secret place in china sources say how clever that it was easy to bring him to spell it as china has intervened. while the us is also demanding that he be handed over to washington this close aide of times is known to be the person in charge of attract foreign investment in managing the finances of the workers' party of north korea according to multiple sources he also took care of one's private funds. and as well. there are at the secret expenditures meet the current leader kim jong man in his late father john in. two months after the men fled north to attend southern their clothes states were publicly executed the contents whereabouts were not clear. in related news japanese newspaper new mutations and says to the man didn't come in packs have different views on the strategy for north korea's economic reforms citing the north korean sources. the japanese deal reported to the wind was against some tough times progressive reform plans of expanding special economic zones to fourtee

it has a south korean helipad and is under de facto south korean control. because of an accident of history when the americans drew the defense zone, it didn't include that area. it's an opportunity for south korea to write who many were surprised to see was the current situation, extending its zone allowing for an ease of military operation within the zone. the south korean government making it clear that it's going things in a different way to beijing which made the announcement. it's saying that it consulted with the neighbours and the u.s. and doing things in a regularized way. >> the french president issued a veiled warning to the president of the central african republic. francis hollande said it will be tough to keep is in place given worsening violence. hundreds of people have been killed. france is distracting troops and plans to double its forces. >> 10,000 flood the capital. everyone has been ordered off the streets except for foreign peacekeepers and the presidential guard. others have the latest on the crisis. we start with bangui. a barning -

. >>> clark with south korean officers in riot gear. police use tear gas too force their way into the headquarters of a militant labor group to take custody of over 100 union leaders. more than 6,000 workers walked off the job two weeks ago to protest a possible government plan to privatize south korean rail system there. >>> coming up: doctors in france have just conducted the most advanced artificial heart transplant. agls welcom. >> welcome back to are al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are the top headlines. russian prisoner mikhail khodorkovsky spoke out earlier. >>> thousands of occupants of south sudan, donald booth is in the war torn nation to help bring an end to the conflict. >>> a bomb exploded on a bus near tel aviv. >>> in germany a demonstration turned violent on saturday, when 7,000 people gathered to protest the election of a leftist educator. fireworks at police officers, german police say 22 officers were injured in these classes and that an unspecified number of protestors were also hurt. >>> thousands of pe

south korean lawmakers have given insight into what may have led to the downfall of a top figure in north korea. they disclosed an intelligence report that concludes jangson thaek was executed because he disobeyed his nephew leader kim jong-un. >> translator: we believe that kim had ordered jang to address conflicts of interest and abuse of power by his aides. jang refused, leading north korean officials to conclude that he had disobeyed the order. >> north korean authorities also accuse jang of plotting to overthrew the state. the report by south korea's national intelligence service says that was exaggerated to justify the execution. it adds the korean workers party now faces tighter restrictions, and it notes that the head of the state security department and chief of censorship is becoming more powerful among kim jong-un's close aides. jang's wife has not been seen in public for some time, but the report is she's only withholding public engagements. the report concludes that jang's immediate entourage has not been effected by the purge and it says kim jong-un continues to have a firm

. >>> south korean president pack geun-hye says trust and feelings should not be sacrificed by digging up wounds of the past. she made the comments days after japanese prime minister shinzo abe visited a war-related shrine in tokyo. park spoke during a meeting with senior aides. she said a country that repeats acts not in line with universal values can never be considered a first-class nation, no matter how affluent it is. she did not name japan, or abe. abe visited yasukuni shrine last thursday. the memorial honors japan's war dead, including military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by an international military tribunal after world war ii. abe says he went there to renew a pledge never to wage a war again. and to pay his respects to those who died in conflicts. he says he'll continue to try to explain his visit to people in asia, and other parts of the world. but government officials in china seem to have heard enough. they say the prime minister lost his chance for dialogue by visiting the shrine. >> translator: prime minister abe himself closed the door to talks with c

the south koreans thing it is a purge that is going on. they talked about a rein of terror by the north korean leadership. we know that two allies of jang were executed at the time he was ousted and arrested from the party. we have reports about who other associates seeking refuge in china. it remains to be seen how far this goes, whether others will be prosecuted or persecuted. as far as the official reaction goes, it has been muted in the last hour or so. we had the ministry of foreign affairs at their briefing, giving an official announcement to news of the execution, saying it's the internal matter of a neighbouring country, not wanting to get involved, not feeling it can get involved as an ally of north korea. it is said that there'll be stability on the korean pennsylvania and economic and political stability, and wishing the people of north korea a happy life. >> thank you for that. rob mcbride joining us br beijing. >> opposition groups in bangladesh called for a strike on sunday after the execution of a senior leader. violent prot

this tends to send south korean authorities at least one new thing on this count as on the current attacks like the twenty ten shedding of south korea's young son aiden one suspects this and jake oni says turns execution of plants that that lte of north korean state ends. what is indicated however is the values of the regime their low regard for human life and what is probably the worst human rights record in the world. kearney also said mills. the rains do not honor their financial obligations and i increasingly isolated. as amounting to view china as the key figure behind north korea's economic performance and try to second. how his execution might affect the country. officials in county and at the post attack on to five insult discussing the ongoing investor complex in the most polluted city of cats on the thirty month and stayed the same dance the execution. who's the president will be wednesday the tenth song takes courage is an internal affair. though the nose is separate to the problem from the case on complex. jungle the project is and will be implemented as scheduled the expense a

south korean media reported extensively on events to mark the anniversary of his death. >> translator: we always have to be careful about national security. >> translator: north korea might need to go through a purge to build a new framework. they might be showing off their toughness. >> reporter: we asked a professor how south koreans view the day's events. >> translator: his name had originally been on the official list of people who would attend the funeral of a high ranking party official on monday, so she hasn't completely lost favor. but she didn't appear at the memorial ceremony for kim jong-il, because her husband, jang sun thaek was executed and suffered a huge shock. also, north korean citizens would connect her with the execution. kim jong we has lost power in terms of her position in the political structure in north korea, but in terms of relations by bloodlines, she is the only living relative of kim jong-un, and she will remain in place as a symbolic figure. she will probably be given some type of honorary post and remain behind the scenes in support of the administratio

that, but the south koreans feel they provided slave labor for the japanese, that they haven't been fully compensated. so they still want payment. the japanese settled that a long time ago. so the south korean prime minister in saying that, as a matter of fact, our problem with the japanese is much greater than that with china, that's any first trip should be to china, not to japan. >> that was a little bit of a snub as far as the japanese -- >> well, it was meant to be. getting back to japan, the fact is that other countries have set up, including the japanese and the south koreans, zones over which others should not be flying. the chinese are say, well, now we've set up the zones. but the chinese zone is pretty comprehensive and it chriss koszs the other two. >> right. >> now all are looking to the united states. atz you pointed out already, the problem here is we have strategic problems. in other words, we have allies with japan. we're committed, really, to defend japan in the case of war. >> in a way sort of this tight -- like nato as far as the tightness of it. >> so when we se

newman advised south korean guerrillas during the war. on october 26th as he prepared the fly -- no fly home from north korea they entered the plane and removed him. that's week they released this video of newman reading a so- called confession apology. >> with the information of the kp a and attack the communication system and killed three innocent operators. >> reporter: the north korean video signaled an impending release according to stanford's research center director daniel snyder. >> it was a stupid act on their part and as i said the good thing is they didn't keep it going and hold him forever and ever which they're certainly capable of doing. >> reporter: the u.s. tries to get the release of another american, kenneth bae held for more than a year. many have wondered why newman with his history of work with south korean guerrillas would have gone to the north for a visit. >> would you go back again? >> probably not. [ laughter ] >> reporter: while the korean war may be the forgotten war in the u.s., newman know nows that both emot

south korean football star is near a deal to play for an english tea and stephen kaye joins us in the sports center to tell us he was making the move below that. loaded hello hello john well football there to sign on is finalizing a contract deal with chelsea beattie says ceo of the english woman super league. and when it goes to show for them from next season. the twenty two year old midfielder nick named jean sc for her goalscoring touch was contacted by chelsea ladies fc to play for them. late last month. caught their eye after helping her current team called alien ness of japan to three straight league titles. now chelsea ladies fc which finished second to last with just three wins this season will be looking to rebound next year with tea on the roster now more about south koreans playing overseas this time it's a constant tigers also what he pai home stadium of the lights out closer to what the grounds and stood atop the mount that close yen stadium in the snow media near kobe. he said that he was awestruck by its size and capacity and that he was looking forward to pitching and

so we hope to create a framework for cooperation calculus the first time where south korean ambassador to need one so i'm grateful that i hit japan and south korea will work together and one closely japanese government official single straining consent to the east second team citizens during the nineteen seventies and it eats. japanese tourism officials estimate that the number of foreign investments to the country has stopped the complete skull of tasmanian for the first time. do you accept and to disseminate it has nothing to post them on the miles down a couple fun time and was invited to join his band as that everyone wants this taffy he was a black board agreed on. we often come to japan i'm so impressed by the services of sales clerks and other people wherever we go in this country. this is from asian countries has said that it will move on instead these applications from people from south east asian countries the company has been stepping up efforts to tackle in tennis as kind of thing you cannot expect to see what does that mean what's going on studio twenty one best as i am ar

south korean military is on heightened alert. as we just heard, there's concerns north korea could follow this execution up with some sort of military provocation. the government says they are on heightened alert, watching for any sort of steps the regime could take to restore legitimacy and build the port around kim jong-un. >> thank you very much. >> now to the central african republic where the united nations refugee agency says more than 600 people have been killed. someone hundred 60,000 forced from their homes. that in the past week alone by sectarian violence. >> a spokesman said 450 people were killed in the capital alone . reprisal killings have followed in the midwest. the african union says it is prepared to more than double its peacekeeping force to 6000 troops. france has also deployed 1600 of its forces. the c.a.r. has a christian majority and was plunged into chaos. in south africa, scuffles broke out this afternoon when a crowd of mourners had been waiting to see nelson mandela lying in state. the lee said they we

after winning approval from the prefectural government south koreans protests against prime minister seems a lot of candy and a visit to the line honoring and bored i am twelve member of the world prepare to celebrate your refugees from stiff paste and stir japanese and us leaders had spent nearly two decades trying to negotiate the relocation of an american military base in okinawa. but widespread opposition in the southern prefecture stole the move and strained relations. now the governor of okinawa has given the go ahead to a plan to reclaim land for a new base in each key roles to local comic that has the details. i feel as though that may not have the mind of the main funding of me looking good for you at fifth and i am station we came up to now he explained he still wants to base to the loop. the function of identity. he said. for now peace. it's the best deal joel. well then. we have decided that this project complies with environmental protection measures. and meets the relevant standard the gorge so well. we decided to prove the japanese government's proposal to live so don'

south korean foreign ministry spokesperson told tale accuse japan of making unjustified territorial claims he said it's regrettable that japan continues to do so. despite repeated calls by south korea to stop. he also said it's unacceptable that japan calls for better ties while ignoring the historical issues. i know. north koreans have been marking the anniversary of the death of their former leader kim jong il died two years ago state television broadcast images of the memorial ceremony in pyongyang the son and successor of the former leader kim jong we sat on the podium flanked by other leaders sitting next to him was spent sitting next to kim was cheered me on an the director of the general political department of the army. he is said to be playing a larger role in the leadership style and execution of the leaders. i call a town suntec last week john was the former vice chairman of the national defense commission. humility we will raise high the workers' parties with planting and dedicate ourselves to which i commanded you don't own and no one else. it was good later in the day kim and

south korean troops who supplied about ten thousand rounds of life planning nation from japan. the four hundred japanese troops is stationed in un facilities in the capital juba. providing evacuees with medical care and water supplies. japanese defence ms siti thirty onward as though with no teaching in a lot ahead of the unit about the security situation. it is tedious day. life is returning to normal. and the situation and to but it seems to be calming down japanese government officials say that and sharing information with units of other countries as well as un officials the cbd with dry ice t s troops in fighting in juba intensifies. it's time now for the latest in a business news. my sis use on nasal well remain in japan he's the president at south bank a major immobile phone operator. he made headlines earlier this year with the successful acquisition of an american telecom giants and he's making headlines again. she joins us now from the business sense and good morning tessa detests the winning captain lot of the us is the biggest consumer market in the world so his back

minister shinzo of a's visits to the us securities trying according to south korean media. the resolution says the blaze visit is a provocative move damaging regional and global peace calls on japan to stop such behavior as adults associate as acute as it reflects on some of the forest cost meanwhile south korean president park in haiti has also turned in japan for digging up wounds from the pots calling for an end to axe all but ruined trusted she described as between the two nations. yasukuni shrine pays to be two convicted world war two criminals war criminal was and is widely seen as symbolic of japan's brutal oppression of with an itunes turning to thailand now where anti government protesters have cleaned up their encampment city and then call to prepare for new year's celebrations. this lead us to tip top tube and joined his supporters sweeping up the thai capital's democracy monument the size of an opposition camp since november. but since it has vowed to continue mass rallies in the capital. off to new year's day. mom says is a gunman killed one for tessa and wound

to say what's the south korean government's response and would be making at its launch on at a press briefing earlier today south korea seen it acacia ministry spokesperson key nato said the government is keeping a close watch on north korea let's take a lot. you know it's difficult for us to give to you kill the outlook right now. we are closely monitoring north korea's internal and external movements with every possibility in mind. experts say the latest move by directory as the last phase of teams and part consolidation. that kid has firm as all of the old guard and be close to his father and that he is now solidifying his own inner circle. ten has in serving as a young leaders mentor for the last two years since the death of former north korean leader kim sung it and that's considered that the second most powerful man in the north pole a team of people high ranking posts this could mean instability with the average jane and then backtracking north korea's efforts to its economic reform one of his key policy goals because time was known to be more aware of market forces that his n

the south korean government also can stand on this visit. global total. oil traded below. we urged the japanese government to correct its perception of history in which it denies the past and glorifies its earlier aggression in order for japan to gain trust. it should face up to history and apologize to the people of neighboring countries that suffer under its military aggression and colonial rule milan as high as rapidly deteriorated last year after then president e mail not visit the islands in the sea of japan controlled by south korea and claimed by japan may he became president in steady rain has refused to meet with out that there's a growing feeling cells to me and that japan is shifting to the rights under the outgoing government. is routinely demanded that japan take measures to address such historical issues as the so called comfort women. many of the women were forced to work as prostitutes for japanese soldiers during world war two officials of the us embassy in tokyo express that governance is disappointed that his action and says it will exacerbate tensions w

the senior south korean village author shows us the two sides agreed to repack trade remains based on the agreed upon judge you on humanitarian grounds. an agreement was reached between so the ageing of the dismount off to south korean president up when he made the offer as a humanitarian gesture during a visit to china in june still on the toe and contains the former nba star dennis brought amanda has had its tryouts fully dprk team to face it doesn't and the eighth entrance and an exhibition game to mark the last day of kim jong un the dprk scorpion to grow them on the ride didn't kill me on the infestation put the finishing touches on plans to bring twelve bucks nba players to kimi on forty eight generate the eighth game but some of the twelve americans have not been convinced to come to kenya on diet of security concerns ruckman has penned title what king on instructing the ppi pace possible players and said it is planning another gain in june. mosman that it generates game is on track despite the base and the execution of king jo mom's uncle both men stressed that he hopes to gai

joint factory project the two koreas are inching closer to easing the commute for south koreans who work in the cats and dogs so complex seoul's unification ministry said tuesday that construction of an electronic verification system to control the passage of workers at the toy business park will begin on wednesday construction is expected to be completed by the end of the year. once adopted the system will allow south korean workers to cross the intra korean border at any time of the day after signing up. surely they are required to notify the authorities of the time the plan to enter and leave the park prior to their trade and tonight will meta human rights activist who played a direct role in consulting the commission of inquiry about the current human rights situation in north korea still at our house in acting deputy director general of citizens alliance for north korean human rights and joins us now in the studio. welcome to the program thinking for having me what to any new work extensively with north korean defectors and say you haven't hear to what the current situation is

the entertainer was a wonderful year for south korean sports stars across the bow but a new poll says that one player shine the brightest even shake joins us with details. well the big guys he was indeed a great year for sports and according to recent poll of south koreans. one homegrown at me captivated their hearts and minds the most. more than fifty one percent of respondents in a poll of over fourteen hundred people carried out by gallup korea said the mosque their views known that it was most popular athlete this year his rookie season for the l a dodgers was a gem. here are fourteen wins with the three year rate as the middle of the rotation pitcher and had a distant second with thirty five point two percent of the vote was figure skating queen. you know not. and speaking of the queen she'll take part in one or figure skating competition ahead of the sochi winter olympics in february. the korea skating union confirmed that kim yu na will compete in the two thousand and fourteen korea figure skating championships seen as the final dress rehearsal before the gates the national com

in south korean restaurants it soon may become common. a water smel sommelier. >> under a government plan to increase employment figures, some jobs that were considered part time like a water expert and server will now be legitimized. increasing the number of people in letting overnight, will encourage smaller industries to grow. >> by adding 100 jobs to the official list each year, the government hopes to increase the employment rate from 64% to 70 by 2017. the newcomers will be allowed their own training facilities such as one to teach man cures and pedicures or nail art as it's known in south korea. in at the moment there isn't a national license for nail artists here in korea. but now the government will recognize it as a proper job and they also heard there would be a national license for nail artists. >> it is hoped the new plan could reduce it even further through reducing potential markets. >> we have to experiment, that kind of new market creating, and new potential creating jobs and industry in other areas. >> if they do, those

some take the once powerful uncle of north korean leader kim done and in response to south korean military said it was ready to retaliate if provoked. the main reason for this match sixteen attack helicopters and two hundred pieces of heavy artillery to island's western maritime border with kenya. tonight in the room. and we know turnover to pushing god where the annual bell ringing ceremony will take place at midnight to mark the new year at uni and is standing by the sight smell me and tell us more. hi guys and the unforeseen died at the downtown district of the world. now that the most that is the biggest and most traditional venue to celebrate the ringing of the new year. now we have less than two hours untill midnight and already i'm seeing a lot of people come here surrounding the weekend and police on tuesday seen everywhere to control the thickly drumming how to ride one hundred thousand people are expected to be here with me tonight. now on the web to write something nice i must say i was around this time of the year that temperatures dropped as low as much as ten degrees right no

from what the south koreans feel. these. re people here in south korea know the country as well as they possibly can. the national intelligence security report seems to indicate that this is over a conflict of interest as opposed to a power struggle. there was a feeling that kim jong-un was trying to consolidate power by eliminating his uncle. now it would seep that he punished him and was really sending a strong message to say that he is the man in control. >> absolutely fascinating. anna, thank you very much for us in south korea. >>> back closer to home. >>> colorado officials offering condolences to the family of claire davis. the 17-year-old was shot at her high school. she died over the weekend after eight days in a coma. the shooter, an 18-year-old classmate, also killed himself at the scene. karl pierson's parents are heart broken by the girl's death. police say pierson seemed to choose davis at random. >>> the family of a 13-year-old california girl declared brain dead is not giving up hope. they plan to rally outsi

i imagine south koreans worried, as well. are they going to beef up their presence along the border? >> well, the dmz has been a source of tension for a long time. i don't think most people would predict any kind of a major military advance by the north koreans. certainly not across the dmz which is very well defended by the south koreans and the united states but more in the line of an missile test or a nuclear test. that's the kind of thing they've done before to deflect attention from the problems inside north korea. so i think that the u.s., the south koreans, the chinese, japanese very worried at this time because this young man's very unpredictable. >> nick -- you said it 37 a lot of people wondering what is his next step here. as nick was mentioning, china a close trading partner and ally with north korea also reacting to all of this. china's official position, what happens in north korea stays in north korea. >> these are the internal affairs of the democratic people's republic of korea. as a neighboring country, we h

there is a scientific research station and a south korean heli pad there. and for sometime south korea wanted to extend their defence zone southward to include this area. it was history that two south korean island were not under the original boundaries of this zone which was drawn up by the americans in 1951. this is an opportunity for south korea to ease their operations in this area that they call their own. it has done so differently in the way china behaves. it's consulted with it's neighbors and it's given a seven-day grace period before the new rule takes effect. and they had el held talks withe biden. the state department is on the same page in terms of south korea's reaction in terms of the airspace zone. we are still waiting for the official chinese reaction but their views are well known. they have issued statements last week when details of this plansn were first announced. they e expressed their regret ad said they would respond pragmatically and keeping open the lines of communication and working wnlt within the laws of convention. when china

difficulty integrating with south korean society. the south korean society has been growing, but it may not be cost ofgh to handle the the absorption of north korea on its own if it is a sudden change in north korea. host: the other point of 's comments, the amount of executions happening in north korea. do you have any comments on that? publicthe number of executions have at least doubled. aides were executed in advance of his detention and trial and execution. host: our line for independents. good morning. at the publicly available information we are able to see, not necessarily intelligence, it seems to me that north korea is run like organized crime. you have all of these different parts of the government that run different stuff and bring in hard currency for their own benefits. you have what looked like a sanctioned public hit coming from the top. it seems like an organized crime family like the old days back in new york. what are your thoughts? there are a number of analysts who have drawn that analogy. if you look at the type

what the south korean government plans to do to cut unemployment numbers. and a do it yourself job. astronauts suit up for a spacewalk at the international space station. >>> and we have the latest from the world cup. >> thailand's main opposition party said it won't take part in a general election next year. the democratic party leader said the decision was made to ensure political reforms were impleme implemented. the prime minister shinawatra has called for the election. but many say she's under the influence of her brother, thansik shinawatra. >> the democratic process is being slanted by some groups and that's makes people lose faith in the party system and election. >> we have more from bangkok. >> reporter: thailand's opposition party made it official. they will not run on the february 2nd election. they say they're still looking to get a people's council, and they want election reform before they go back to the polls. meanwhile the government party said after the election they'll call all the parties together and form a people's reform commission. the people's reform commiss