south korean defense officials say north korea has fired a missile into its eastern sea the south korean news agency says it was in fact a ballistic missile that was launched in that direction. joining me is our panel. with us also is colonel jack jacobs. ben, let me first begin with you. breaking news story right now coming out of the korean peninsula that north korea tested this ballistic missile. it is the first time north korea has launched such a ballistic missile during the trump presidency. we know he's meeting with the japanese prime minister this evening far working differential gave us sense twhaung president is currently discussing with his japanese counterpart. >> they have to be discussing a response right now. this is the first real foreign policy test that is not something that the president has created for himself in this very young administration. it's perhaps fortune that this happened while he was with one of our closest alliance, the leader of one of our closest alliance in east asia. but this is is something he's going to have to be talking leaders in japan and in so

>> the south koreans are used to it. the north koreans have tested more than 1,000 missiles of varying capabilities. including long range missiles. this is one of the reasons why the u.s. is most concerned. missile that's some believe, they could be capable of striking the u.s. they have that capability. playing it in a way with the asian region, to destabilize the region. so pyongyang's program has been since the 1960s and '70s. the real threat is they would have a missile would carry a nuclear warhead. we know they've carried out five nuclear tests, two last year. we don't know so many things about those nuclear tests. we don't know, for example, whether they are atomic or hydrogen tests. all of those make a difference to what those, how capable north korea is. but the real fear, and i suppose aim for north korea is to put the missile tests with the nuclear tests and come one a nuclear missile which would change the strategic position for had north korea and change risks for the countries that surround north korea. >>

when the north koreans provoke, more and more south koreans say, we need that system. so we have to see. and of course i think we're all a little bit surprised that president trump chose to pass on it. maybe that's a good sign, because i think elise labott had it right, that he needs to kind of talk to some people, think about these things before going public. >> as you mentioned, this was not an intercontinental ballistic missile. the range of that is typically somewhere near 5500 kilometers. this particular missile traveled about 500 kilometers. just to give that perspective to our viewers. again, officials still assessing whether this could be considered a successful launch, what kind of test exactly this was, what kind of missile this was. it's believed to be in the intermediate range when it comes to the missiles north korea has been testing in recent weeks, months, and years, obviously. ambassador hill, i'm wondering, given your experience with north korea in terms of negotiations, but not necessarily with their current leader, kim jong un, does it make a differe

the south korean government confiscated it and is keeping it in seoul. last week, a lower court ordered the government to hand it over to south korea and not back to japan. it said japanese pirates raided the area centuries ago and seized the statue. the south korean government appealed the ruling saying it cannot be sure that the temple will take proper care of the figure. >>> it's been two years since islamic state militants announced the execution of a japanese journalist kenji goto. the news at the time sent shock waves through his home country and made headlines around the world. today, a close friend is trying to honor his memory by carrying on with his legacy. nhk world's miki ebara reports. >> reporter: two years after the announcement of the death of kenji goto, close friend kazunori kurimoto is still trying to piece together what happened. >> hello. >> thank you for coming. >> i've written this book. >> reporter: the paris-based journalist recently published a book in tribute to goto's life titled "a message of life." >> translator: at the time

kimjong—un has not been testing because of the crisis going on in south korea over the south korean president being impeached. he doesn't want to influence the people in south korea to support the conservative replacement but i think he is also anxious to take some action against the trump administration and coming up in march, there will be a major exercise in south korea and he will very much not like that and so i think he is reacting to several things going on at the same time. both the japanese and south korean governments have said they will protest strongly to pyongyang. north korea's most recent missile launch is absolutely intolerable. north korea must fully comply with the releva nt u n korea must fully comply with the relevant un security council resolutions. the white house said it would consider the full range of options including new sanctions, increased military deployments and calls on china to do more to influence the north but president trump was not giving much away. influence the north but president trump was not giving much awaylj just want everybody to understand and ful

one hand when it comes to income, sought south koreans are awary. this test is something they've seen before. there were two dozen such tests in 2016 alone. the sense of nervousness came from when candidate trump talked about should the u.s. be willing to pull back from some of these strong military alliances between south korea and the united states and even japan and the united states. hearing trump unequivocally support japan and with the trip that james mattis took here to south korea unequivocally stating the united states supports south korea in its efforts to push back against the north kore north korea regime, there is a general sense of relief among south korean officials that the united states isn't going anyway and that it is willing to work with the south korean government as it attempts to tackle the continued provocations from north korea. >> matt rivers live in seoul, south korea following the story. thank you for the reporting and context on this. we'll stay in touch with you. >>> u.s. and south korean officials believe the test was

but i think that the south koreans aren't looking to start a war here. i think they're going to go through their own domestic political process, they'll select -- they'll get some -- there will be an end to this nightmare they have, and then everyone is going to sit down and try to figure out, what happens now? we're in this brave new world, new leadership in the u.s., new leadership in south korea, and relatively young leadership in a provocative north korea. that's when the game will really begin. >> let's push on with your description of set theater. we talked about all the important pieces in this geopolitical puzzle. we talked about the united states. we talked about japan and south korea. we have not yet talked about china. and we just saw a few days ago somewhat of an about face quite fully an about face with the president of the united states saying that he will honor the one china policy, which is the only way as it has been stated by china for there to be a relationship between the two nations. so given that has now happened, how important will

rebecca: south korean spy agencies accuse north korean agents of poisoning him at the --ogne for desk kuala lumpur kuala report airport. he later died on the way to the hospital. no motive has been confirmed, but south korean officials say it may be a warning to north korean defectors. thee are inspecting situation and we plan to check the personal security system for north korean defectors and officials and we urge them to be attentive of their own security. rebecca: despite keeping a low as long kim jong nam been considered a potential assassination target. >> someone like him who is related to the leader, who had been expressing dissatisfaction with his brother's leadership and is in a position to serve as a focal point for opponents to the regime, his life is going to be in danger. rebecca: with pyongyang's involvement is confirmed, it would be the highest profile un ing under kim jong three years. genie: more trouble for the campaign of french conservative presidential candidate france wealthy own -- fillon. it has now emerged that his campaign spokesperson is under investigation

four other samsung executives have also been charged by south korean prosecutors. three of them have now resigned from samsung's corporate strategy office which oversees the activities of the dozens of samsung companies. ashleigh ngheim is in our asia business hub in singapore. this story has been unfolding in more details at the last couple of hours, bring us up to scratch. more details at the last couple of hours, bring us up to scratchm all emerged after south korean prosecutors held a press conference confirming as you say, charges would be laid against samsung's boss as one of those four executives. three of whom you have now resigned. essential to this case is the claim that samsung's boss, jay y lee, met the south korean president in a private meeting just between the two of them. it's claimed that they agreed samsung would pay millions of dollars to the friend of the president, who would then get south korea's national pension fund to banka korea's national pension fund to bank a major restructure in favour of mr lee and to help the family shore up their co

they have not been testing because of the crisis going on in south korea, over the south korean president being impeached. he doesn't want to influence the people in south korea to support a conservative replacement. but i think he's also anxious to take some action against the trump administration, and coming up in march, there will be a major exercise in south korea, and he would very much not like that. and so i think he's reacting to several things at the same time. and what about the fact this has happened while the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, is being hosted by president trump in florida? well, kim jong—un really likes to have media visibility. and what he's done in this particular case is desert visibility from the trump—abe meeting, which is exactly what he wants to do. he chose this time, it seems, to have that kind of effect. and in terms of how this compares to previous missile tests that north korea has carried out, do we take anything from the type of missile that we think this is, and what can we draw from that, in comparison? i mean, is it of greater or lesser

the south korean military he south korean military says that north korea has fired a missile into the sea of japan. the type of missile has not been identified, but the test comes as president trump hosts the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe. the us president donald trump has told reporters he could bring forward a new executive order to replace a proposed travel ban suspended by the courts. it banned entry to citizens of seven mainly—muslim nations. in a tweet he also said the american legal system is broken. clashes in the iraqi capital baghdad have left at least five people dead. the trouble broke out between the security forces and supporters of the shia cleric, muqtada al—sadr. tens of thousands of demonstrators at the rally denounced government corruption and demanded electoral reform. proposals for new official secrets legislation could see journalists and whistleblowers jailed for publishing leaked material, including documents related to brexit. under the plans, which were drafted for the government by the law commission, people who disclose official information that c

a south korean it court authorized the arrest. the arrest was requested by a special prosecutor investigating a political scandal involving suspended president park. the court rejected the first request to arrest the conglomerate head citing a lack of evidence. both have denied allegations. the arrest is a major break for the special prosecutor investigating the scandal involving park. che is in detention and faces charges of abusive power and fraud. observers say the arrest could have an impact on the samsung group. he's 48 years old and became vice chairman in 2012 after his father had heart attack in 2014. he became acting chairman. the samsung group is compromised of 49 affiliate companies. samsung electronics is the core of the group. it's grown into a global power house through sales of sma smartphone and power careens. the group is in the business of heavy machinery, construction and finance. it operates in more than 90 countries and territories. in april of last year the group's total assets were worth more than $300 billi

they have not been testing because of the crisis going on in south korea over the south korean president being impeached. he does not want to influence the people in south korea to support a conservative replacement. but i think he is also anxious to take some action against the trump administration. and coming up the trump administration. and coming up in march, there will be a major exercise in south korea, and he would very much not like that. and soi would very much not like that. and so i think he is reacting to several things at the same time. and what about the fact this has happened while the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, is being hosted by president trump in line? well, kim jong—un really likes to have media visibility. —— in florida. . what he has done is desert visibility from the donald trump and shinzo abe meeting, which is exactly what he wa nts to meeting, which is exactly what he wants to do. —— divert. he chose this time, it seems, to have that kind of effect. in terms of how this co m pa res to kind of effect. in terms of how this compares to previous m

of staff of the south korean military as well as south korean officials that in fact, north korea had launched a projectile into the sea of japan. that was confirmed a short while ago that in fact, it was a ballistic missile. we have also gotten confirmation from the white house that president trump was briefed on this situation. this is, in fact, the first time that president trump is dealing with a north korean missile test. this is the first time that north korea has carried out such a test in the three weeks that president donald trump has been in office. prior to him joining -- i should say prior to him taking the oath of office in january, the president had actually tweeted about this. in fact, i think around january 2nd he said north korea was in the final stages of developing a weapon capable of hitting the u.s. at the time he said twheehat wo happen. that was prior to him taking the oath of office. since then, this is now the first time north korea carried out a test. i would like to bring in kelly o'donnell who is traveling with the president and brings us more. do we have a

the south korean military said the flight distance was about 500 kilometres. side by side with president trump: japan's prime minister says the missile launch is "absolutely intolerable". european union countries could struggle to maintain a united front during brexit negotiations, according to the president of the european commission. jean claudejuncker has told a german radio station that the challenge of britain dealing with each country individually will inevitably put pressure on the bloc. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. so so often inevitably we focus on the conversation here in written about the forthcoming brexit negotiations, the forthcoming brexit negotiations, the excitement of some and the fear of others. —— britain. at this interview is an insight into the hopes and fears on the other side of the channel and jean—claude juncker acknowledging a potential vulnerability for the eu, that a block of 27 sitting around the nation will inevitably run the risk is as being divided. he said written could offer something to co

involvement in the death and accuse south korean media of publishing false reports. tonight a south korean lawmaker briefed by the intelligence agency says kim jong-un has gone on another execution binge ordering five security officials killed because they gave what he calls force reports. >> reporter: the reported executions of kim jong-nam could be a signal to the elites in south korean to stay in line and not defect since kim jong-un will stop at nothing to kill his enemies, even a brazen public attack in an airport overseas. >> is there any information about the north korean handlers? >> four members of that assassination -- of the two assassination teams got out of malaysia and fled. they could be out of reach for international law enforcement. they say it's unusual for the north korean to carry out sags nations abroad and that they use their own agents who are trained to swallow cyanide pills if caught. >>> coming up a candidate donald trump thought it might be a snap to replace obamacare but president trump doesn't sound so sure. >> it's an unbelievably comple

this is the kind of situation frankly the south koreans have reacted to many, many times before. this exact kind of test happened multiple times throughout the year in 2016. there was some two dozen different test launches that were conduct the by the north koreans in 2016. so the south koreans came out today, they said they were very upset by this as they always are, they say it's against international law, they say they are going to try and look at more punitive actions, but it's the exact same kind of thing we hear from the south koreans every single time the north launches a test missile like what we saw early this morning. >> matt rivers, we're seeing japanese prime minister shinzo abe, u.s. president donald trump, let's listen in. [ speaking in japanese ] >> translator: north korea's most recent missile launch is absolutely intolerable. [ speaking in japanese ] >> translator: north korea must fully comply with the relevant u.n. security council resolutions. [ speaking in japanese ] >> translator: during the summit meeting that i had with president trump, he assured me that

a little claw back as well as the south korean currency. that?re we doing on 11.45. this should take us all the way back to levels right before the u.s. elections. we've basically come full circle now on the weakness yuan in the south korean and the strength hasn't taken us back yet to the current levels. change the boards. have a look at the bond markets. the reason i bring this up is because in an hour's time the b.o.j. should be conducting open market alterations. now, the question really now is, this is a thursday story. yields push up. the shortened of the curve here. when you look at the ten-year, negative nine, negative 21 on the two-year, does the b.o.j. come in and buy more bonds, five to 10 year is what they're scheduled to, to really go in and focus on? will they buy more to try and anchor this? and bring the yields back, especially the ten-year, closer to where they are targeting. essentially zero percent. that is something to watch that comes out in about an hour's time. guys? >> all right. avid, thank you so much. >> one of the tech world's most highly

that has been a big game for the south korean won. that comes on the back of the dollar just continuing to slip. we saw those u.s. drops report not really showing so much strength for wage growth. we continue to see the dollar index is slipping. the bloomberg dollar index capping six straight weeks of decline. more.losses, losing 3% or we're seeing a bit of a softer trading for chinese futures after coming back from the lunar new year holidays. we are also seeing for japan's thirty-year losing ground. that is really incredible to see seenwild trading we have in the jgb market. japan is still not deterring those bears. we will not does we will give you details later in the program. let's head to the first world news. president trump's travel ban remains suspended after a u.s. appeals court declined to immediately grant an administration appeal. he gave the justice department until monday to submit further arguments for enforcing the ban on people from seven muslim majority countries. it will hinge on whether or not the executive branch

that we are seeing in the south korean press. let's start with the korea times. kim jong-un shows ruthless brutality. the paper says he is behind the attacks. according to some analysts cited by the paper, kim jong nam was seen as a threat to the north korean leader. he was viewed as critical, even a dissident of the regime and apparently getting rid of him was a "long-term standing order" for the north korean leader. genie: there is speculation on how the murder will strain north korea's relation with china. dheepthika: that is right. let's start with a left-leaning punk -- with a left-leaning publication in korea. china was in fact grooming kim jong nam in case there would be a sudden power change in north korea, so he was being groomed, the half-brother, and his family was being protected by chinese authorities. they were living in macau. it ishe korea times," clear that the murky details around what happened to this man has revealed how fragile north korea's power structure is, power that converges on one person, kim jong-un,

multiple south korean media outlets say the attackers were two women, who then fled the airport in a taxi. those same reports claim the women were north korean agents-- but that has not been independently verified. in prince william county-- a rally over illegal immigration gets heated last night in woodbridge. it began last week when board of supervisors chairman corey stewart called on find and deport the 75-hundred undocumented immigrants the county has handed over to ice in the last 10 years. protesters called the comments unfair-- and said that many of those people were likely never convicted of a crime. advocates on both sides of the issue made their voices heard. stewart says about a thousand of those undocumented immigrants have been rearrested. he is also running for governor of virginia. the issue of illegal immigration will also affect the dine lot of people in the d-m-v on thursday. some of the area's most popular resturants are closing for the night, as part of the "day without immigrants" protest. the list is extensive-- two pizzeria paradiso locations in georgetown and

he met with south korean counterparts earlier in the day. he delivered a stern warning to the north korean leadership. met the south korean defense minister in seoul. >> any attack on the united states or on our allies will be defeated and any use of nuclear weapons will be met with a response that will be effective and overwhelming. >> han said the bilateral talks will send the strongest possible message to pyongyang. >> translator: secretary mattis' visit to south korea and our meeting show our strong determination to respond to north korea's nuclear and missile threats. >> south korea says the defense chief reaffirmed the commitment to defending the south and making use of all deterrents, including a nuclear umbrella. officials say they've agreed to deploy a u.s. missile defense system by the end of the year in south korea. earlier on friday, pyongyang issued a statement saying the system is driving the korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war. pyongyang insisted that the military exercises be canceled. warning unless the exercises

south koreans and the japanese. south koreans and the japanese. south korea is in the midst of critical gridlock with the impeachment scandal. there is talk about potential progressive candidate who might be the frontrunner in the next election. a candidate who would then develop a more accommodating position towards austria. there are potential tensions, if you like, between the us and some of us are lies that could be exploited by north korea. in the end, when we look at this particular missile which landed in the sea, it does not seem to have been a particularly sophisticated missile. no, it is not, fortunately, a real game changer. last year we saw a flurry of north korean missile launchers and sombre relaunches and the world of course is legitimately very worried this will be a gradual process of enhancing the north's strategic abilities to appoint that, at some point, was in the next two or three years, the north could predict would nuclear device on the scene. this could strike at us territory. we not there y

we have the south korean and japan, they have treaties with them. we want to keep things cool, and unlike donald trump's lack of coolness on a lot of foreign policy issues outside of this, i commend him for being cool and measured in this first test clearly by the north koreans. >> so you're saying there is time for a gnaw approach and this is just a reminder. i know you're already commenting about donald trump's coolness or lack thereof, but this was donald trump on the campaign trail when he was talking to anderson cooper about this sort of matter. >> wouldn't you rather, in a certain sense, have japan have nuclear weapons when north korea has numbering clear weapons? and they do have them, they absolutely have them. they have no carrier system yet but they will very soon. wouldn't you rather have japan perhaps they're over there, they're very close, very fearful of north korea and we're supposed to protect. >> so do you anticipate a revisiting of that statement or encouragement of that view? >> no, no. i think that the trump administration has wa

the south korean company south korean company saint-saens and other officials indicted today. prosecutors announced e.j. dionne and the others today. february 17th, charged with bribery, bustamante, perjury and concealing profit gains from criminal acts. he could face years in jail. he's accused of being deeply involved in a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of south korea's president. nicole: top executive at bluebird resigned. he resigned from uber for not disclosing a sexual harassment charge that his former employer. he denied the allegation that was revealed this week by tech news outlet. it was that had up a search at google where he worked for the teen years, joined google in january to leave the marketplace department in the bad sense of training technology. huber has been dealing with charges of discriminatory and sexist behavior at the company. lauren: the parent snapchat for his $3 billion ipo on thursday. it expects investors to buy as much as a quarter of shares to agree not to sell them for a year. that is called a lockout. that helps companies moder

an update on the south korean court had issued an arrest for the de facto leader of samsung. he was going into court as you saw in the pictures. samsung says they will try to do their best to reveal the truth in the court trials. and some commenting in email statements. we will bring you more as it comes in. in 2030, google running tests and expandingon broadband across the globe. they say it is not necessary anymore. they say they have found ways to run the program with fewer balloons in particular regions. we are joined by tom giles. break it down. it can be slightly more targeted now. tom: they have figured out how to do it much more efficiently, another example of what people have said about ruthless -- they are asking people to scale back the ambitious projects and do things more efficiently, in a way that will help the different moonshots, if you will, achieved profitability more quickly. she has brought more accountability and this is a product where google is scaling back and as you said, do things more efficiently. what google has done is take computing prowess and e

south korean media immediately claimed north korean agents had assassinated kim on the orders of his own younger brother, kim jong—un. north korea's young dictator has been tightening his grip on power, ruthlessly purging potential opponents. what's so sensitive? last year i saw for myself how strange north korea can be. i was detained and expelled for insulting the kim leadership. much more telling is what he did to his own uncle, seen here on the left. jang sung—taek was hauled away from a party meeting, accused of treachery, and executed. has he now also eliminated his brother? kim jong—nam was once his father's favourite, being groomed to one day take over as north korea's supreme leader. but his downfall began here in tokyo, when he was caught sneaking into japan on a fake passport. these pictures of his humiliating deportation from japan are said to have deeply angered his father, north korea's late dictator kim jong—il. his place at his father's side was taken instead by his younger brother kim jong—un. kim jong—nam then went into exile in macau. in interviews, he

focused on the south korean scandal. the chairman has been re-summoned once again, less than a month after the court rejected the request of his arrest. there seems to be new findings here according to investigators. they also want to question the impeached president. but there is push back on when and how that is going to happen. haidi: two turmoil and south korea to turmoil in the u.s. about how speaking the trump trade will continue. the honeymoon is over. the fiscal tax policies will not get done until 2018. health care as well. he sees the u.s. economy slowing in the first half of the year. not a great picture there, betty. betty: he also sees oil topping out as well. going to be playing games with money in the markets. but what about playing games online? you must be secret gamers, right? -- maple these games stories, dungeness fighter? apparently they are popular in korea and china. i'm curious to hear from them and what they think about the online gaming market after pokemon go and super mario run. what is the ne

korean politics, he should do the same with the south koreans. their politics, unfortunately, are in total disarray now. that's another aspect of the north korean testing. one of the -- one of our critical allies in even more political chaos than we are, ana. >> we're showing some images of the president having dinner and a meeting with prime minister abe. again, a reminder that this missile test has happened at the time while the prime minister of japan is visiting the u.s. and we know that in a statement that they released, a joint statement from the president and prime minister abe yesterday, they talked about how they have doubled down on defense of each other and that the u.s. would be most definitely behind japan, and even after the rhetoric that we heard from president on the campaign trail, saying, maybe japan should have nuclear weapon capabilities of its own. so, all of that really setting the stage prior to this missile test, general. >> yeah, and that's a very good point, ana. one of the things that we've seen, as mr. trump has come i

t they are announcing they are south korean broadcast. >> i wonder if you would discuss the main propaganda themes of the communists today. >> i have a chart here which i'll show you. these have taken five propaganda themes. one of them is that it's the united states that puts up the iron curtains while the soviet union seeks closer relations with everybody. we are the people who have the curta curtain. the soviet union seeks peace. they say that united states capitalism can no longer compete with progress under socialism. they are going ahead of us. they also say the communist countries will surpass the united states and allies in growth and strength and also that the united states is fighting a losing battle to maintain its colonialist on the a new countries. >> aren't there some things they can't cover up even with their highly touted propaganda. >> yes. they have seen the very bad effect on the posture particularly in europe and the united states by the execution of the former prime minister of hungry. they have been tremendous demonstrations now in paris and london and other places. th

the biggest scandal in south korean politics could be reaching its conclusion. in a few hours' time a constitutional court will hold its final hearing on president park's impeachment. ms park is accused of allowing a close friend to profit from her connections with the presidency. thousands of south koreans took part rival protests in seoul on saturday over the impeachment of president park. if the court upholds the impeachment, park will be removed from her post immediately. let's get the latest from our correspondent in seoul, steve evans. what we are not expecting is president park to appear. she has told the court through her lawyers she will not appear in person for today's final session hearings. we expect a decision in a month's today's final session hearings. we expect a decision in a months time. this is important. she has said consistently she wants to help the enquiry. she denies any wrongdoing, but she is very keen to help. but when push comes to shove today, she is not going to appear. this thing, sharanjit leyl, is not going to appear. this thing,

the biggest scandal in south korean politics could be reaching its conclusion. in a few hours time a constitutional court will hold its final hearing on president park's impeachment. ms park is accused of allowing a close friend to profit from her connections with the presidency. thousands of south koreans took part in rival protests in seoul on saturday over the impeachment of president park. our correspondent in seoul, steve evans explains what to expect today. what we are not expecting is president park to appear. she has told the court through her lawyers she will not appear in person for today's final session hearings. we expect a decision in a months time. she said this is not important. she has said consistently she wants to help the enquiry. she denies any wrongdoing, but she is very keen to help. but when push comes to shove today, she is not going to appear. this thing, sharanjit, is a sign. let us strip it back a bit. there is a criminal investigation into the companies alleged to have given money. and president park's friend, alleged to have taken mo

an american teenager has little love for the south korean company. he says samsung burned him twice. here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: last september, 19-year-old michael taylor came home after a long day on his parents' farm in rockton, illinois, plugged in his phone and went to sleep. when you wake up what do you see? >> what i saw was a flame, 2, 3 feet long. shooting from the phone. his samsung galaxy note 7 exploded. these are the sheets. leaving him with severe burns. >> i have never had a pain. i literally have taken a pitchfork through my foot it doesn't compare to that. >> samsung apologized in the aftermath of stories like taylor's. recalling all note 7 phones, offering exchanges, and promising their consumers complete transparency. that is where the note 7 started on fire right here. when taylor decided to sue samsung for damages he confronted an obstacle. samsung had buried. >> inside the box, under the phone, inside another box on the last few pages of the warranty guide, is a clause requiring all disputes with samsung be resolved through

a south korean court is due to hear a final day's evidence before deciding whether president park geun hye should be impeached. protestors at a series of weekend rallies have been demanding her resignation. and this video is trending on bbc.com. it is not a special effect. it's an annular eclipse, and it was only visible in the southern hemisphere. it happens when the moon passes in front of the sun. stay with bbc news, that is buying for me for now. —— bye. our top stories here in the united kingdom: the death has been announced of the labour mp, sir gerald kaufman. he was 86, and was suffering from a long illness. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, called him "constant friend". now let's crossover live to singapore. nokia goes back to the future. we will have the latest on the new designs from the phone maker. will be new handset their success? and if the stress in yourjob is getting over your head, with a fitness session make you more productive, or are companies wasting their money? —— would a fitness session. hello and welcome to asia business report. iam sharanjit and welc

ex-pats from north korea turned bulwark of the south korean regime. today, about one third of the population of south korea has north korean antecedents. he was very clever. he played people and elements against each other, and like other dictators of his ilk, he found ways to accuse his opponents of being spies for the cia, for being dupes of the south koreans. his largest rival was the vice premier and foreign minister. he had them tried for treason and was executed in 1954, 1955. few breaks ony him. he had not yet developed his mantra. it is amazing, north korea had never been independent or self-sustaining. they were really autonomous. they said, we can play off everybody against each other -- the definition of autonomy. quite amazing to go against all of those people. they find out they are the sons and grandsons of the fact, and other -- faction, and other people connected to the kim family. stalin was his model, and he said that continuously. he said, when desalinization started, he opposed it. the russians told him, you have to go along with m

. >>> south korean foreign ministry officials are creating waves with their japanese counterparts over a name. they posted an online video referring to the waters between the two countries as the east sea instead of the more internationally known sea of japan. this is the video by the south korean foreign ministry, the website has versions in korean and it shows maps of the sea and al docum itays that the east sea is the oldest name of the waters and has been used for over 2,000 years. japan's foreign ministry launched a protestn response. it says the sea of japan is the only internationally established name and the east sea is unacceptable. >>> 185 people were killed in the earthquake. 115 of them died in the collapsed building that held a language school. 28 were students from japan. on tuesday the police briefed members of their families. they were told that a decision to charge those involved with the buildings design and construction may be made by the end of the month. >> translator: we kept waiting all these years. all question do is wait for the police to make their decision an

planned and would be positioned in the southern part of the south korean peninsula, but does this latest provocation bolster their argument that they need it there? >> well, it certainly gives proponents of the system some juice, saying we have not heard from north korea in terms of a missile test since january, but this is something we need in order to ensure not only the safety of south koreaens but also the u.s. interest, and even in u.s. interests out on the island of guam. people who are not in favor of that would come back and say by deploying t.h.a.d., you would only encourage the chinese, who are very much against the deployment of this system, and you are only going to provoke the chinese into not going along with u.s. interests in this particular part of the world and you are only going to provoke the north koreans further. >> let's play once more the president's comments last night from florida where he talked about standing behind japan. i think it's important that we kind of try to understand why that statement was so brief. i think we have it. let me know when we have it, i

the division in south korean society deepens. young and old, left and right. the constitutional court is deliberating whether to confirm parliaments this season to impeach apartment and permanently remove her from office. some experts say the country's divisions could affect the rulings. the court's judgment is expected early next month. nhk world, seoul. >>> in thailand, mourning is still happening. the interim prime minister led the ceremony near bangkok's grand palace. work on the facility began afterwards. giant pillars were erected. they will form the corners of the structure, which will be 50 meters high and decorated with lavish carvings. surrounding buildings will be able to hold several thousand mourners at the time. construction is expected to cost around $14 million. the crematorium will be used only once and then demolished. the country is observing a full year of mourning for the revered king. then his funeral will be held. >>> shifting gears for business news. japanese officials have released key data on the country's output. what are you seeing?

. >>> south korean foreign ministry officials are creating waves with their japanese counterparts over a name. they posted an online video referring to the waters between the two countries as the east sea instead of the more internationally known sea of japan. this is the video by the south korean foreign ministry, the website has versions in korean and english. and it shows maps of the sea and historical documents. it says that the east sea is the oldest name of the waters and has been used for over 2,000 years. japan's foreign ministry launched a protest in response. it says the sea of japan is the only internationally established name and the east sea is unacceptable. >>> 185 people were killed in the earthquake. 115 of them died in the collapsed building that held a language school. 28 were students from japan. on tuesday the police briefed members of their families. they were told that a decision to charge those involved with the buildings design and construction may be made by the end of the month. >> translator: we kept waiting all these years. all question do is wait for the po

the south korean military says north korea has fired a missile into the sea of japan. the type of missile has not been identified. it is the first such test since president trump took office, and it comes as the japanese prime minister visits the us. a white house official says president trump has been briefed. the us president, donald trump, has told reporters he could bring forward a new executive order to replace a proposed travel ban suspended by the courts. it banned entry to citizens of seven mainly—muslim nations. in a tweet, he also said the american legal system is broken. clashes in the iraqi capital, baghdad, have left at least five people dead. the trouble broke out between the security forces and supporters of the shia—muslim cleric muqtada al—sadr. tens of thousands of demonstrators at the rally denounced government corruption and demanded electoral reform. let's take a quick look at what has been making headlines on the front pages of some of the first editions of the sunday papers. we start with the observer, which leads on a fresh row in the chur

south korean media are reporting that kim jong nam may have had a book account named kim choi. he went to an international school in switzerland and has 140 registered friends. it was last updated in november of 2015. little information comes out of north korea say for state run media reports and those outlets stayed quite on the death but we know that kim jong nam spent many years abroad and was no stranger to international media. more on who he was and what could have made him a target. >> his death sounds like something out of a cold war spy movie. his life has the same level of intrigue. he was once seen as a likely hair to the regime but became establish stranged from the family. unshaven in clothes and with gambling as a hobby. they reported beijing's open door economic reform policy but in 2013, he was killed. experts say he was offered protection from china and that was a problem according to one export. >> kim jong nam was a symbolic figure as kim jong il's son. he would have been very useful. >> south korea's intelligence chief says kim jong nam may have been put on t

the south korean government is trying to verify the reports through diplomatic channels. the japanese government has also been gathering information. government officials say kim jong-nam was not directly involved in north korean politics. they say that if the reports of his death are true, they'll try the assess if there is a connection with the domestic situation in the north. kim jong-nam was the oldest son of former north korean leader kim jong-il. he was in his mid-40s. he lived outside north korea, reportedly staying in beijing, macau and singapore. he was once believed to be a possible successor to kim jong-il. japanese immigration officials took him into custody at narita airport in 2001. they said he tried to enter japan with his family using forged passports. they said he told authorities he wanted to visit tokyo disneyland. he apparently did not attend his father's funeral in 2011. observers say he didn't want to interfere with the process of establishing a new regime. kim had not recently talked to foreign reporters, but there had been sightings of him in sout

a south korean intelligence officials believe he was poisened. malaysian police is detained two women. an indonesian national and one with a vietnamese passport. they can be seen in surveillance footage recorded at the airport. a local media report says that imams taken the previous day show what appears to be a group rehearsing the attack. it says two women and four men can be seen spraying liquid at each other. the report says police suspect they were testing airport security. the detained women have reportedly told police they were asked to appear in a prank video. malaysian authorities have not released the results of an autopsy on kim's body and a police official says there's been no request from kim's family to hand over his remains. a japanese journalist who knew kim says he was critical of the way power is transferred in north korea. >> translator: he said the inheritance of power is counter to a socialist system. he also said a chinese-style reform and open-door policy is the only way north korea's economy can survive. >> gomi says kim w

defense chief met with south korean counterparts earlier in the day. and he delivered a stern warning to the north korean leadership. mattis met south korean defense minister han min-koo in seoul. >> my use of nuclear weapons would be met with the response that would be effective and overwhelming. >> han said the bilateral talks will send the strongest possible message to pyongyang. >> translator: secretary mattis' visit to south korea and our meeting show our strong determination to respond to north korea's nuclear and missile threats. >> south korea says the defense chiefs reaffirmed the u.s. commitment to defending the south and making use of all available deterrents including the nuclear umbrella. officials also say they've agreed to deploy a u.s. missile defense system known as thaad by the end of this year in south korea. earlier on friday, pyongyang issued a statement saying the system is driving the korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. north korea also demanded that the u.s. and south korea cancel their annual joint military exercises