with headlines this hour christmas is upon us we take a look at how people react to help celebrate the birth of christ the railway strike and turned seventeen. a korean police around a tennis ball that downtown seoul concert said he desperately to be taking the stand. sow seed and were accomplished between government forces and rebels looked up to the canvas

twenty four south koreans peacekeepers are based the story tomorrow. merry christmas to watching primetime years its wettest eight december twenty fifth year in korea flight from seoul and defeat a common thing is so much for joining us. we begin with today's biggest event christmas people across korea commemorated the holiday by gathering at cathedrals and churches for masses and services. all throughout the day. oliver at the vatican help francis celebrated his first christmas as poke at preaching a message of love and forgiveness. i didn't use is up to one has our top story. on christmas day to just trust me a look at but geez it's within the gist of

the day. on loan and grateful enjoyed the morning will be gone for his love. and now you don't cut each roll the main catholic church in central scully. the ship and too young to die presided over at recess next time you attended by hundreds of people. he's desk simplicity and in the end when it sees as encourage people to try and understand either people's pain. i hope you all keep him humble. lol we are still to be praised the pain of the world he also called on people to share god's love with any events including this new recover yet. who are active and ten. france has presided over his face to face this mess is uncanny and they have to be the littlest one point two kg and techniques in arms. some ten thousand people and waited to

return to cardinals bishops and priests attended a mass at st peter's basilica to celebrate jesus was right this seventy seven year old who urge people to stop focusing on themselves in to clean up their hearts to god and getting to see. we love god and our brothers and sisters we walked in the light. but it's hard part is slow. it is dominated by privacy should still seeking and darkness falls within us and around this now. do not be upgraded to two other occasions you love so that the us uses to guide us the offence is also delivering a message of hope especially when there is to meet me and duck meat and the world to deal with the right side of the men's title the ics. the first non european contest in the two

hundred years old soon found him at mass at the santa hat i mean years last month the dmv. at the christmas spirit descended upon all books and corners of the world for the front lines in afghanistan to type the gravest philippine star sponge on game shows is now the special holiday was observed around the clock. in eighteen people gathered at the sterling the capital for mass increase the speed where the maid when she is the head of the new year. i came here to read for prosperity in the coming year and the help of my family. in afghanistan mission of the war is still palpable increase man's soldier stationed tyranny down their arms to pray for peace and to see their families again. i want to send a message to my family that i love that meant that my comments in return like the sea and salad. during the philippines weeks i think

that station and the massive steel when the typhoon struck in november. people gathered at a cathedral to share this period of the season. barring some of the affected areas are still without electricity or water and find it hard to expect christmas gifts this year but they're grateful to the line. i really love them all lined up. that is not building up like it's moving twilight. each link related to the second set in her annual christmas message is important to pause and take stock of the defence to meet my sis factions. she also stressed the need to keep the right balance between action and reflection the people of the world made all the different situations we all share one common. not the bestest christmas season and didn't even hear i am. by this time most of our viewers in korea i've probably un wrapped their christmas presents so what did they get

the idea we have today down but most likely made it on senseless free gift recipients here in the nation what a perfect getting a gift from santa. honesty or a loved one. if you can get christmas gifts for yourself what would it be. well looks like people in korea i would get themselves out running tactics. not surprising for one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world according to a survey of more than eight hundred people. when shopping on the comp. more than thirty seven percent said they were by themselves in new territory for christmas this year. coming in second were fashion items at about twenty six percent and tickets to performances at nearly seventeen percent. but how about the most want a christmas gift from others the courier site to korea town with results showing that many women were slightly

differently. at the ten hundred people surveyed last week and everyone moves on a christmas gift this year but tax for both men and women the second most wanaka was a little different. next up with the bunny theme going for gift cards. well one and one each of the regular accessories at number three and lance won it at the next album and one gift cards. and if you haven't bought your christmas gifts that's what she did not buy for others surveys as flowers. nearly forty percent of men's flowers were the worst christmas gift and twenty seven percent to one n second st. other items on the list include the christmas cards and cookies. what books cds and homey topics. any average amount of money spent on gifts this year about one hundred thousand won or about ninety five us dollars economy. i mean. oh well christmas day as if they ever spikes for many most of

railway workers in korea that the day off as part of a strike. that's now stretched into seventeen days and counting and reportedly key union members including one of the leaders are now holed up inside a buddhist temple in downtown seoul tuesday the police arrest our team's young explains. a's in every league union and the cop maybe the deadlock. as for union members would that be the breaking in your mind all of whom need a bit of rest during a police raid in seoul on sunday have reportedly sought refuge inside it to his temple in the capital. around two hundred police officers have set up outside to rest any of them did they kill said they set foot outside the temple both boys ecb had no immediate plans to send officers and eads spokesman take someone's head to union members enter the temple on tuesday night. he also urged the government and its the right meal the operator called me up to haul me is to

create the new delhi operator which the union says is the spread or pipe efficient we ask for the public's understanding about why we were so desperate as to seek help from religious circles as we tried to protect ourselves from authorities the country's political rival parties are divided on how the appointees are handling this and not the ruins of the party said the union should stop using the temple for personal themes and returned exiles and the main opposition democratic party says the police operation around the temple is inappropriate and call for a better approach to resolve the conflict the trees and i was contacted the union declared an end death knell walk out on december night in protest of a plan to flood a subsidiary that one then each new create reading specs troops departing from southern seoul the government as the night since the one of the site that is moving into a private beach and the seniors said that management of the railway

operator must in the queen's means that the sixteen point six billion dollars. but that the league union and showed no signs of that gap. he called for ground staff in each of its tea and a large scale protests in seoul on saturday. the up and use it on the political front rival party leaders of the national assembly met on this christmas day and agreed to break the deadlock and pass key legislation this coming monday when the bells this the twenty fourteen national budget so the move has eased concerns that their friends having to drop the tentative budget for the first time in the nation's history. i've come to pay for. korea's bridal party is ready to leave down their swords and pass a number of key bills that have been held up over by partisan bickering in recent months. officials from the ruling had a tea party and main opposition democratic party met on wednesday and am free to pass

next year's budget held this coming monday. the three hundred fifty seven point seven trillion won or roughly three hundred or eight billion us dollar budget plan for two thousand fourteen drawn up by the government in september has been stabbed in the legislature and in a deadlock between bill rowling and main opposition parties over allegations at the national intelligence service try to sway opinion in favor of now press them up and head of last year's presidential election. to that and the two parties also agreed on wednesday to pass a bill under warranty and i guess. additional talks on the decals are scheduled to run through friday the christmas day and treatment of liver does not resolve all the pending issues at the national assembly. the ruling and opposition parties remain at odds over a series of bills aimed at revitalizing the economy which is suffering from sluggish growth president pat in and urged policymakers earlier this month to pass

the legislation saying it is needed in order to maintain the momentum of recovery seen them on record high exports this year. on seeing items before your dns and another begins. get the latest line from seoul. any expert analysis from ages fourteen with a viewpoint on the cold its local network and why for the odd rifle that has seventeen always on standby south. we're now to be escalating violence in self seed and while the country is on the brink of sliding into a full blown civil war the un security council has voted to nearly double the number of peacekeeping forces in the region. kenyan she has more on the growing crisis in

new york the un security council unanimously voted to increase the number of persons health and the top half thousand. the same time he went last and fifty five hundred additional peacekeepers to the country nearly doubling the current number. violence has been escalating between couples under the control of former vice president rick nash are and forces loyal to president subject here. speaking after the vote. un secretary general and demons said the un had the port of covert attacks. tens of thousands fleeing their homes and innocent civilians being targeted because of their ethnicity. here is a batik and tried to call his ousted vice president star isn't that mean you are. when you are are among the largest ethnic groups in south sudan the un high commissioner for human rights committee police said. there's palpable fear among civilians

the boat due to a new word backgrounds and the needy killed on the faces of their tribal affiliation. leahy also said mass killings have been back to mandate and a top un humanitarian ordinator insult to the end of the edc and thousands of people are believed to have been killed over the past week of violence. the un says at least eighty thousand have been displaced by the south sudan crisis. but about half the man seeking shelter with a new way it is a way to open them up with the united nations who keep us out of the press. that is better for me to be pedantic was the designated sufficient in on it i kind of info meanwhile forces loyal to president here claim in retaking control of war. a strategically important talent. after teams of rebel control. and here and wish i had boats and you're willing to talk. but michelle has amended its political allies be released from prison worst

president here says there should be no preconditions anz added onions. and staying in south sudan a mortar bombs from rebel forces explode near a camp for korean peacekeeping forces. the tech injured four nepalese army soldiers and prompted the korean unit there to beef up its defense capabilities. i can and then as this report. korea is planning to beef up its defence capability in south sudan with a load of ammunition from japan and the united states. tensions escalate in the world's newest country a fact that hit too close to home on wednesday. when mortar shells struck an area close to where a korean peacekeeping force the station. no casualties reported a fourth soldier from nepal were injured in the blast. that reagan into country the troops mostly engineers and medics is currently working as part of the un mission there the korean government made the request for additional ammunition to the us which facilitated the deal which

korea will borrow ten thousand rounds of admonition from pan and pop thousand from the us. that minister from the us and japan as most compatible with free escape to ruffles. this rate they asked before. so tune in to support a true force command of all the up with mates and i understand that the force command over when you say has a range of his set us up trial for any nation to court and engineering team the alice in seoul have reported that the us is optimistic about the cooperation between the two countries. donate to bring korea japan a step closer to easing the tensions between them. i adore ministry said. however as the sentence of the loan and not a single corporate hope to pursue what the self defense. memaw korea's defence ministry says that it has no plans to discuss additional troops ousted and at the start of a sears know

for sure. he went to london i did and it's. i'm back here in the country the sierra the government came to the rescue of hundreds of thousands of people struggling to keep their heads above water park efforts to tackle the nation's snow balling debts. industry sources said wednesday eight to fifty thousand people at their debts paid off by the deafening and twenty thirteen from financial institutions like financial supervisory service and credit counseling and recovery service that is the largest ever number of people to be bailed out by the state exceeded the initial expectation of around seven hundred thousand financial institutions expect more than nine hundred thousand veterans to be rescued and government bonds next year. more reasons for korea's biggest automaker to celebrate this christmas and motor will see its annual sales in china. the one million mark for the first time since it entered the market eleven years ago in a statement wednesday that said it had sold around million vehicles in china

between january and december this year. the estimated sales figure is up about twenty percent from last year that surpasses the company's target of mine and that seventy thousand vehicles for it this year. the also said that its fuel its sales in china now exceeds five million vehicles. what is korea's leading research institutes has developing new technology that allows smartphones to instantly connect with other devices without the fuss of exchanging contact information. a poly shows us how this day she will come education technology could revolutionize how people interact. movies often portray smartphones as futuristic devices that can instantly connect and control their digital environment all without the needed tech support but that future may be closer than we think the new technology to build here in korea aims to do away with punching and passwords or e mail address is when

users want to connect with each other in nearby devices it's a technology called visual communication that's been developed by the electronics and telecommunications research institute or x ray. it all in the car to devise a shot at with o'grady opie. he then helps to automatically find the cord that device using the imaging technology. in principle they should allow for communications connections to be quickly established teeth. the new technology has numerous advantages when compared to current standards on the market. first it works independently from the station which allows for direct communication between devices without a wireless network. since it uses radio waves data connections can be operated as far as seventy meters apart and connecting two new devices is as easy as taking the picture in the harry peters could bear to leave for movie goers of a

fire emergency or customers at a restaurant could download a menu by pouring their smartphones towards the sun. researchers predict the efficient and fast connecting technology will also help push wearable smart devices such as glasses into the mainstream market the market operation effect of these proximity activated mobile services is quite large. one can estimate this market creation of text to be worth roughly one thousand nine hundred and fifty million us dollars. if adopted as an international standard that peace in the visual and wireless communication has the potential to usher in a new era of mobile services and greater convenience for consumers. audi audi on . her

suffering athlete has been recognized overseas as the best in the world stephen j joined us in the sports center to tell us to it is steven. hey guys korea's very own ice queen in n out was voted the top female athlete of the year in the us poll turnout with tennis star rafael that all who took home the award for the met. the online poll conducted by the us sports academy and nbc sports brand throughout the month and these two athletes dominated the voting can jump back into the spotlight this year after a two year hiatus and one of the world championships in march by twenty points the widest margin ever recorded there. the malt shop call for parking fee but someone beats wolf you know candidates as well. now moving on to football news bolts word midfielder chris knox art is unhappy with his palm of the team and has requested a transfer the twenty four year old seems to have been pushed down in the order after having to set out from a knee injury suffered in south korea's friendly versus molly in october and in the last

two matches with his tv he was subbed in late in the game to little effect lol coup has garnered interest from former team fc alex burke and also mines teams that employ fellow national team mates. now let's get to some top matches of the night starting in the kb how well it was a triple header of this christmas day with as kate eating some solid eighty three eighteen sixty eight and the teal and dismantling tcc eighty six to sixty watt but now we go on to the top match up it's the lg said pearce taking all the kinky sonic boom in taiwan now county da makes it even takes the six point lead into halftime. dallas the third period and no decent head of the top. and tonight the twenty three points. now the fourth tee hee sorry clark scored thirteen points in the quarter for a last ditch effort but it's lj who takes a seventy two to sixty six. now let's end off with d

league action the top ranked from somewhat improved thanks to god the creator john both at home and heads up to the fans have taken the last two meetings. both teams shot for shot in the first set but it's the jungles that they can eventually. demos are in the zone and pick up the contents of the second set as well. the blues and show some signs of life in the third. but the symbols part of it. michael sanchez has twenty five points and greener wins in straight sets for me and the sportscenter this has been speeding shed to peck at midnight for the latest in the world of sports. norm. the i you. in

the shh shh. the christmas cheer not everything received today was a welcomed guest defying dance that frequent visitor from china meeting on invited appearance here in the nation. let's go for tracking book out at the weather center for details. merry christmas so how that was to find us ahmed has fifty two guys well as being pretty high level of the fine dust right nowin ft now ty say that non contact info is

getting ninety one might compare per cubic meter of fine dust now as to the victory times the normal amount. nonetheless there's been plenty for those of you who've been waiting for snow because snow showers are forecast nationwide tomorrow however that's note that the sale a drop in temperatures peaking at the new highs on friday afternoon below zero degrees taking all of that the current conditions the southern coast and take you under the influence of the low pressure front which is why those regions will be the first to the snow showers late at night. well we won't be getting that much snow at the mouth at once will get up to three centimeters. also don't get too used to the state average. because as i mentioned earlier tomorrow larry's will bring forth winter weather a lot of it now the last number that forecast to jump back in the havoc this or the next week for tomorrow's trading halt at the fifth day at minus one victories but the height of three d watkins

and push and greet six and nine degrees respectively looking on to either beat in eggs and fold the top out at eight degrees while blocking and peeks at my side. well happy holidays and back tuesday. after broadcast on this christmas day and due to pain so come and thanks for watching will cease. its zero. we are. from the beginning i think i'm race time. i dressed up in the kind of acting family your mind my brother's

consistent musician my sister sectors. my mother is an actress director and my uncle's an actor. i was so years older than my mother saw an ad in the news paper about doing so may get the dose looking at the royal dramatic theater in stockholm and she said you wanted to address that yet why not. am well suited for me and said well you do get some couple hundred coolness in him. for every show. i was just thinking about that and remote control car deck a i said yes let's do it. i mean and then it just rolled on from there the answer for users from tv or radio came to the theater and itart doing some as a kid ended up working in the city theater up until i was twenty one i thi in the nine to stop because that was a moment where i thought that um. i was beginning to think that this is my choice or or or so stop doing theater. i did

some film speaking i still enjoyed it but. stopped yelling gauging and i'm really trying to get to. to be interested in more jobs. i started doing music instead of eating them. i was six our with a band. and two thousand and five. we had just released. our first single and we were doing some some promotional em in some parts in this and some are bad news and i when i'm onto the stage firsts. after they iroduced the band and there was about thirty thousand people in the audience going i felt like a rockstar and i was. those are really cool moment because i thought this is really really cool. but still i was a dj in the back row and the other two guys rapping and singing came on and i was looking at them scratching and i was thinking that. they are exactly where they want to be right now and i was out it was more like a

hobby to me and him. and then so that's that was what i expected to step back in the night till the guys couple weeks later that i wanna apply to the to the theater academy and the night i was accepted so i left stockholm. there are four different theater schools in sweden. the is one is unstoable. but i know like i couldn't be here because i have so many calls like paco de da de da tonight or tomorrow night then. and i love it so stoked i still know what to say no but i need to leave everything and then moved to mumbai where unknown nobody in it so hopefully difference. seal of the city and and. so i started in this. in this class of people. cool and knew nothing else but theater which was very odd to me because because i had all the life of. other than the mei tai and the music. i guess i attended my way

the school as well. new wing will who will rule of law nothing killings mass graves and thousands dead across the country violence in south sudan escalates is some question whether there is more to the nrl has been just an internal conflict the villagers were stuck in a word that we didn't ask for the outcry against drawn warfare being heard across the world are two troubles to a region in pakistan where the other hand strikes have become a deadly everyday reality. martin's how the bailout exit leaves people there wondering