here's the sharm land and welcome to a special holiday broadcasts from the itn news for him. after a tug of war between the nations rival parties that lasted into the wee hours of the new year the national assembly finally approved theation's bget r two thousand fourteen series of other key bills were also passed arly five hours aft the clock struck midnight. our team and he'll start to sell. there will be no additional budget

necessary as the t cells in the fourteen national budget was approved by the national assembly on early wednesday morning. the budget bill which is worth three hundred forty billion us dollars was part of the package deal with two of the bills one to reform the national intelligence service and the other to attract more foreign investment into the country. the nis reform package that agents from gaining access to government offices and media outlets and also calls for stricter punishments for agents that do not abide by the new regulations. those found guilty of breaking the rules will face a maximum of seven years in prison off from the current two years. the so called foreigners investment promotion bill allows the subsidiaries of korea's conglomerates to set up joint ventures with foreign partners without having to go with a hundred percent step in the joint foreigners the bill lowers the share ownership to fifty percent the poem and also approved a bill that bans new cross

shareholding investments among conglomerate philly gets a practice that has long being denounced as the toll for owner families to control their business and parts of the small stakes. under the real issue which is expected to take effect in the second half of the new year. subsidiaries of the conglomerate with total assets of more than four point eight billion dollars cannot engage the new cross shareholding more starkly investments among themselves lawmakers also passed a series of revised tax bills what will widen the income range. for those subject to the top income tax rate of thirty eight percent. our basement for the top income tax rate is two hundred eighty seven thousand dollars in yearly income. and i will be lowered to one hundred forty four thousand dollars under that age the government says an estimated ninety thousand individuals will end up paying more in income taxes which will result in an additional three hundred million dollars in tax

revenue annually. to get. i need onions. fans of online videos from korea had the opportunity to see right at the start of the new year clip promoting the telco eyelets admin nine on wednesday the foreign ministry released a video using ample historical evidence to spread the word about korea's sovereignty over the islets and to counter japan's recent barrage of online videos whichried to cim the territory. currently the video is in korean in kenya view that tok tok god and knoweth a donkey au dot kr other language versions fails to follow this the us the japanese cabinet minister visited the controversial yasukuni war shrine in tokyo on wednesday just six days after prime minister shinzo ave enraged neighboring countries with his own vision. visit the ocean top action due to know that is japan's internal affairs and communications minister said he visited

the shrine to pay respect to those who lost their lives in more. the yasukuni shrine honors two and aalf million war dead including convicted class a war criminals is viewed by neighboring countries like korea and china as a symbol of japanese wartime rations and she knows this it is likely to further inflame tensions in the region. in a spirit of the new year has north korean leader kim jun an extended an olive branch to us here in seoul in his new year's message and its leader called for better ties with south korea are you leon. as the tents the north korean leader whose own and delivered a rather conciliatory message toward south korea on wednesday. we must create an atmosphere to improve ties between the two koreas. i will work together with anyone who values are people and seeks re unification to improve relations. then the search which was part of a daniel

new year speech that was podcast lines on c1 tv it was rather unexpected. and it didn't all have been expecting a military prosecution by north korea sometime in march or april this year as it was to turn attention away from instability following the execution of tongues could take against former second most powerful man in come the end end to his uncle they now expect north korea to instead of proposed dialogue with scone in the coming months. the only their genes on and also mentioned the straight relations with south korea and the united states pointing to their military exercises around the korean peninsula. he called the rehearsals for a new clear war against the north he warned that if war were to break out. it would spiral into a quote a nuclear catastrophe. now after the execution of time to take a keen and not mentioned by name. instead two to refer to him as a factional is to help and so every new thing in the spread of the ruling workers' party time was

executed in mid december after being charged for trying to overthrow the government. also when speaking with this widely cited to us no group of top officials made their annual visit to the concert and palace of the side. he respects the reasons you lately there's been a song and tudung it. this bodies minds take their uni and i didn't use. the corio railway corporation is doing all it can to normalize train services following a three week long union strike that officially ended on tuesday although all union workers are back on the job for rail operated services are not running at full capacity just yet. subways are to resume normal operations on january six and all train services on january fourteen. as of wednesday the tx bullet train operations were running at seventy two percent of the normal levels. he's ten now and moving hype train services at fifty six percent and sixty two percent respectively. a cargo train

services at thirty percent train taking reservations for the upcoming lunar new year holiday will begin next tuesday. despite slowing global trade in two thousand thirteen korea posted a record trade surplus of forty four billion us dollars last year up two percent from the previous year. the trade ministry on wednesday said the surplus was due to a steady growth in exports on the back of increased outbound shipments to countries like china in the united states. looking ahead however the ministry says korea's trade surplus may train as there are concerns over the us federal reserve's a stimulus to bring slowing economic conditions in the emerging countries and strengthening korean won. and on new year's day the first to rush and touristy take advantage of the korea rush of visa waiver program arrived by boat in mistletoe port on korea's east coast during a russian president vladimir putin's visit with

pres and pocketing in seoul last november the two leaders signed an agreement for a visa free travel program to boost tourism and trade an overall relations under the scheme which took effect on wednesday citizens of either nation can visit the other with out of the center for up to sixty days and up to ninety days in total over a six month period last year approximately ninety five thousand south korea's travel to russia while more than one hundred sixty seven thousand russians visited korea. moving on down to the ongoing civil unrest in self seed and the south sudanese government and rebels were set to begin talks in neighboring ethiopia late wednesday in a bid to end weeks of violence that is left over a thousand people dead. presents all that here and a rebel leader reid which are sent delegations to a piece about but to hash out the details of the peace agreement. tots gun and says south sudan government acknowledged that it was

the key town of four to rebel forces united states welcomed the move by both sides and reiterated that need to end the bloodshed that has sent about tens of thousands of civilians fleeing from their homes. well may not come immediately to mind but seoul has become a world class beer town in musicals are the new hot to get in the nation with a number of popular films and novels being transformed to fit their korean audience is for tgi and takes a look at what's drawing people to the theaters musicals are between nazis and the big apple that right here in seoul as well. again more mass appeal by kathleen mullin and green week he starts to dry knew the answer to the theater and seventies musicals which are the some western novels and films have in the match into thinking green on he sees some the high season causing her yet this does it include the three musketeers which

features to the stars turn these are actors and a look in his time who both play the role of activists including john s airmen the sun a novel by alexander dumas that was it recounts the adventures of a young man after the mold to travel to paris where he meets friends who live by the motto all for one and what's wrong. another musical ghosts tires twenty six year old actor to one as the meal the esc week and seen attorneys are two actors i guess that he nearly double the chance. the musical is based on the nineteen eighteen and elbows as i had to sleep in anymore. you were sealed with the help of a side kick returns to earth as it goes to see molly from falling into danger. that being a sunken into the soundtrack nineteen ninety as presented in a receiver james and the musical content and unions. it was out a relatively mild winter day here in seoul clear skies started in two thousand fourteen here in the nation thanks to a high pressure system from china and on

thursday we can also expect to see clear skies and temperatures will reach similar highs but a touch cooler and two to twelve degrees celsius. so if you do have the time off it's perfect opportunity to be outdoors. well now let's get a check up on the weather conditions around the flow yet that's all from

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the two towns. nineteen sixty four. the shinkansen bullet train was will's first place people. it's technology that allowed these trains to run it up to two hundred and ten km run attracted attention worldwide. she celebrates at the maximum speed of two hundred and seventy km making the one hundred and fifty kilo or two to between tokyo osaka. in just two hours and twenty five should you frequency of these core speed trains also continues to increase. during the tour to rush no one train that leaves every two minutes the news every two minutes

thirty seconds. we strain to bottle some reputation for safety to believe tone in his tube and it was between zero cost to retell it the unique japanese teachers to improve passenger comfort. you can see that sweet little treats the direction in which the stream became constantly struggled to increase various new technologies were developed to combat the train passes to a tumble it pushes the call of their infants. which makes a very loud noise when it emerges from the opening to reduce this effect should the trains moment such sweeties. this runs smoothly over long been streamlined. it should say resistance by thirty percent significantly reducing

the leaves. the major source of noise is friction between we listened to. fully wheel covers now most of it. when speed rail technology continues to make the stripes march two thousand and eleven. to do them and teaching dance. i have this state of the art technology allows its new train to operate at speeds of three hundred and twenty kilometers per hour. statistically teaching dancing. the ways this was achieved was to redesign the campgrounds crocs. six in between

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earthquake of two thousand and eight. the design of the world's coldest and most technologically advanced inspired by imperial japanese league. yields are mom's current re releases are some very traditional downtown area of tokyo the far east of commons and industry and seventy eight cents. amos and you have that system was what was going to get in. many of his works in life. tompkins old downtown this premature as david murray to teach them especially during tough things have a check. today's token wants to be enjoying the scenery from my place. he destroyed the observation deck. there's an exhibition

in all it just me telling us you need to stop the nineteenth cent. still easily recognized events many old shops of supply and insanity. reaching back to its greater use of commercials. from the camino real and direct descendants of the temple. mike and lisa is one of japan's own shopping street. two hundred and fifty meters long with a smile and twenty shops of all some of the charms of being in business more than three hundred years. dear old sweet shoppe so famous bridges and

roads of the mind often serving fish caught in a nearby city of austin chronicle. once in a shed in the sky trees and the old and she too much on it. once every five minutes. shrines great festival features belittling highly decorated characters in the main streets. aye aye aye. me dont engine trouble is another testament to the deep ocean of local residents at times should she go sentosa festival a tool to make several foreigners and three meantime you'll see many talks and gorgeous team. in november. between only two tournaments held in utah beach on. late into the shrine is crowded with

people who try to please elaborately decorated them with us. it reads english speaking between too busy to call it that i would be like going to be of our citizenry next to the traditional trade is such a cute old towering above the coldest areas of the cup. this striking and symbolizes the promise of a new life the culture of tokyo's down i knew the eye. and. you

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