making headlines this hour south to north korea has agreed to reunite this month hundreds of family members separated by the korean war be the first such bringing it to forty three years the kids received a series of the policy briefings ministries and other key government says the fear that the lands of achieving her policy goals too the plane finally arrived so the two days before a grand opening of the twenty fourteen winter olympics after being delayed by fourteen thousand point

barrier. but the stories of war. when safe at their effect here in korea line from school. john went to do so much for joining us. well it's been a long time coming but the two koreas today reached an agreement on when to hold the next round of three unions for families separated by the korean war the pair suffered its third week of the very end if the go ahead as planned to be the first trains in mourning thirty years of punk funk he has a top story. after just four hours of discussions the teacher me and agreed on wednesday to resume the loves us and gave me a chance for families separated by the korean war. the koreas have agreed to hold a round of family reunions from february twenty oh two

the twenty fifth. at about two mm gun. a divided family members selected for last year's canceled the unions will take part with one hundred south koreans meeting with their loved ones in the first round and another one hundred north koreans taking part in the second round. a team of south korean engineers will cross the border on friday to check on facilities at the mountain resorts and the south korean delegation will follow five eighth ahead of the events the plans the unions calling site itself to me as i'd love to eat military exercises with the united states which bag from late february or april. north korea had earlier wearing that the two men carrying it back to not take place during the military trials and experts had twenty two the possibility of the lord speaks to how our proposal on the b you get the flu however the app running trails bike not a major issue during the talks. there was no specific mention by north korea of the south in the us joint military drills. nora

call for the military exercises to be canceled during the talks. regarding north korea as a last minute cancellation of a round of that maybe unions last year the ministry said that she sighed and read that section and said it should not happen again. millions of koreans were separated by the korean war more than six decades ago and considering their age it's the time to see their loved ones. one last time is running out. barry has agreed to meet for another round of red cross talks following the family were huge hands he's got a lot of great depth in that area business which includes old and the meeting ends on a regular basis. he thinks. the two koreas may be making progress in improving their frayed relations but just a sliver of hope remains. now of realizing their free peninsula are cutting cane reports on the continuous advancements in kenya its nuclear programs and its refusal to abandon united

states has once again firmly laid out its demand that north korea take initial steps towards the new playstation in order to resume the six party talks at a press briefing in washington tuesday daniel russell us assistant secretary of state for east asia said talks with north korea should focus on the new car into the korean peninsula should not be topped for talks eight. he also said washington stands ready to negotiate with countdown but only on the basis of the statement signed in two thousand five. under the landmark deal coming and then create discrepancy their program in return for security economic and energy benefits. however the north failed to abide by the agreement carrying out the review their bomb tests between two thousand six and two thousand thirteen russell's comments echo those made by playing babies the us envoy on north korea said last week that the six party deal thursday to cost will not race in alaska and down team says its policy

direction. the us north korea remain at odds as cunning and has not shown any change in its position in recent years speaking in moscow on tuesday the north korean ambassador to russia said the chance of resuming talks with fading away. because of washington's hostile policy towards north. the six party talks involving the two koreas the us china japan and russia have not been held since late two thousand e hse honey can i be the news as she enters her second year in the nation's top off the stress and talking they started her check in with government ministry officials on this wednesday for clearer picture on the nation's direction for the next twenty days to be briefed on during the intel plans to achieve for policy goals the presidential office correspondence art into the store cal will have definite ministries in offices perform the tasks set by the administration in the last year. the office

further from the posse for a nation he ended in report cards depressing impact on wednesday for the first time in care from in history. at a latitude forty listed tasks like one per cent were said to be on the right track sixty percent receive satisfactory marks every and twenty percent up or crates now as i categorize the past and present export meat recalls because they did well and lead the foundation for peaceful reunification last year receiving high marks and forty one per cent of the related tasks. all atop a horse breaks for task related to economic or plotlines nation. topping the validation list for the ministries of defense gender equality and four it appears based on the evaluations each ministry is required to submit plans for enhanced their performance for two thousand fourteen sometimes this man during the first day of the government status report to present at the creek at the shares on tuesday. it's getting rid of unnecessary

regulations in normalizing have more health practitioners and policy. she ordered ministries to determine the difficulties companies are facing and to devise methods to help them for example like camping the total member of three completions. the president also called on ministry to work towards eliminating lax management and sector an established posture room count depression the histories and offices will be separated in ten ninety three was based on the issues they deal with to give your status reports president excess and this is designed to reflect the emphasis on cooperation among related ministries in reaching the administration's key policy pools. the status reports will run through febuary twenty four. what seems to achieving its. and say that's why their president aka ms office named its new spokes person for a newscaster of being ill and started his career as a reporter at pbs in nineteen ninety one and has since

served as the tv stations washington correspondent and demeaning corrupt its flagship news programme in there with reporters tuesday afternoon and said he would do its best to communicate with the press so that the pocket ministry should enhance its communications with the. the appointment comes about a month after former presidential spokesperson can hang resigned citing personal reasons. following his ruling party counterparts speech on tuesday the head of the main opposition democratic party delivered his own keynote speech at the national assembly on this wednesday the cuba until about the reform politics and questionnaire of the gap between the haves and have nots. mckenzie has hit the accounts. addressing the full assembly and members of president. on wednesday democratic party chief. he said his party at the forefront of reforming party politics. and we will

push for the passage of our bill aimed at preventing lawmakers for misusing their privileges that this new work or setting up an independent ethics committee. people walk from lawmakers and execute the contents of this bill earlier this week the democratic party leadership issued a political reform proposal that centers around describing the privileges of lawmakers including having all lawmakers report an independent ethics committee your plans for overseas travel and commemoration ceremonies for the publication of earplugs cam also called for a reverse reform of the planetary system is bound to mean. he was having the parliament hoping year round. operating the parliament's budget committee and all kinds and constantly carrying out a commentary on its puppet government. instead his party will fight the government's downsides a sequel age pension plan. a president must fold belt of original pledge to give all senior

citizens age sixty five in a buffet with a two hundred thousand lining for what they ate five us dollars every month he also said his party opposes the government's policy to allow hospitals to form for profit subsidiary east st healthcare sector should be made more and not less. he stressed that the re unification with her reactive have something that can give teens overnight. i didn't park said the unification will be like the jackpot that has created a room with the fantasy that beautification will come evening quickly i am concerned about the situation singer probably need to agree on how to prepare for a peaceful reunification with north korea. the democratic party. she is called forty establishment of a preparatory body comprised of the government lawmakers and civic leaders. can see i use their recent turbulence in the global economy has spread

from horrible emerging markets to major economies like the us and europe and assist any maurice here in korea as to whether the country is strong enough to weather the storm. you'll be on at school this korea headed for upright says along with other emerging market economies are built to differentiate itself from the rest of the paddock the benchmark cost the close of five month low on tuesday and after investors sold a net one point four billion us dollars worth of cost the stocks in january despite the major sell off however korea still seems on a different path from that of developing economies the struggling developing countries all have something in common. current account deficits and budget deficits and political turmoil to korea in the contrast is relatively free from political strife and has held the economic fundamentals to make it stands in stark contrast to those countries during this huge stock sell off in january foreign funds

flow into the pot like its one point six billion us dollars worth which is some two hundred million dollars more than that not be sold in the stock market. korea's credit default swap him for a sovereign bonds. the two countries the fall risk. also stands much lower than that of other emerging market economy. at seventy five point five. this is compared to india's two hundred and seventy five point four and in doing he says two hundred and thirty five point two. we also have an ample amount of foreign currency reserves at best it's a current account surpluses for the past twenty four months. on top of that there's korea's large foreign exchange reserves which the record high of three hundred and forty eight billion us dollars last month experts say that the strong economic fundamentals and it's unlikely that korea will be a part of its budget crisis is developing countries. this is what investors to hold a large lot

of korean stocks and bonds and other places. it was a major markets have been this year. ut and opinions therefore next worst date on the sharp pullback in global equity markets and heightened volatility we bring in dr young chainsaw professor of economics at the catholic university of korea think so much for joining us give thanks that an oppressor as hopeless understand the reason behind the recent movement in currencies and equities worldwide and whether you see this as a momentary blip or a deepening of market correct. ok i see the status of a combination of three factors the first is the half to tapering now quantitative easing on the scale and for this length has something that we've never seen before in modern economic times. and then the second factor is some emerging economies to have some serious problems argentina comes to mind up now you also have other economies like india indonesia turkey and some

variant of some variables look very bad. some variables look ok. in normal times i think they could've made it through these type of problems without too much of a problem but because we're in this movie is set up. i think those problems i getting overblown in some ways. and then the third factor is that the united states recovery hasn't been as fast as people expected well we saw a slight down saying emerging market currencies today a and d speaking of all of that anxiety to think we are on the verge of another asian financial crises like the one that we had in nineteen ninety seven well if you look at the numbers nation. we have a look awful korea korea has the knowledge of foreign exchange reserves. we've been running current account surpluses we have the money government s budget deficit if you look at it lightly if you look at it narrowly

them was stolen so close but if you look at it. a widely by including all of that debt for corporations that the government guarantees them a slightly in the negative. but all are in debt to gdp ratio isn't that bad. so if you just look at the numbers we should be asked whether this without a problem. how likely will the troubles of the so called fred fell five to mention if you earlier but turkey india south africa and indignation gazelle intense other developing country. ok well i should. i should mention that it's interesting that the problem country seems to be changing. that's who early last year was indian then the sun the last two posts a fragile five countries which include india and then late last year it was tricky indonesia and thailand and that this year it's argentina. so again i think it's heavy and the bad news that he gets east is going to be amplified because

of the money so nervous. but the big five countries. i don't think because i don't think the prices if it happens will go on to the two levels it'll just be affecting one two countries consider the highs and lows but measure should be is suffering government take to minimize your risk on the country's financial health. okay well of korea has taken a lot of fun measures already and that's been at the slum that are a few too sheer for the international investors and its national economists the bins. he seemed to be looking very well. we have the mood at the oppositions that the domestic banks can take for short selling korean won. so that should cut down on the foreign exchange rate fluctuations of even started imposing taxes on bond returns to foreigners he previously we had exempted from tax but now we put them

in the tax rate will exceed exactly how well the work of but what they've been around for about two or three years and the a div domestic economist is most intense economist and international investors believe that those measures are looking very well. all right well let's hope that they do thank you so much for your insights tonight. thank you for that for your dns and another began. get the latest line from seoul expert analysis from ages fourteen with the viewpoint only caught with its local network and why on arrival that has seventeen always on standby

south. when government is planning to do more to foster provincial universities over t that it would take in over a trillion won or roughly nine hundred thirty million us dollars as part of a five year plan to improve universities located outside of urban areas. about sixty to seventy universities are expected to benefit from the program which starts this year the ministry will accept applications until the end of april and the universities will be selected in june that if admissions at the participating schools will be cut by twenty thousand at most. new visa rules for foreigners wanting to marry and live in korea will be enforced beginning in april will have to prove they have basic korean language skills by either passing relinquished test or completing a language course as for the korean partners year she will only be eligible to marry a foreigner in korea. if they earn an annual income of roughly fourteen thousand us dollars which is more than one hundred twenty percent of the minimum cost of living

the ministry of justice says the rules are intended to address social problems that arise from international marriages including domestic violence teaching communication difficulties or our lack of ability to financially support the family. but this two days ago the furnace oh two winter olympic games open on friday evening local time deal with a claim made its way into the custody on wednesday the team korea have an entrance ceremony at the london village for all the latest paralympics correspondence courses sun reports. after traveling some sixty five thousand km on the mountains. what easily and either make his first journey into space on the russian spacecraft the olympic flame of dr instruction on wednesday. and keep warm and caring the identity of the planet there is still under wraps we do know that the court looking weeks after me stadium on friday evening preheat oven semite. we held

a belting stumbling at the olympic village on wednesday. buying once again to face in a top ten in the medicare for the third the sinking of the entry gates. saul is ending its largest number of winter sports athletes and games puts everyone on the roster that was the minds of the ice as well. on wednesday with it she was confirmed to attend and he will become the first un chief to give a keynote speech to international and the canadian cows and lead this week before attaining hoping ceremony on friday. a lover of our fallen world leaders to clean the presidents of the united states france and germany would not attend all taking stands against russia's anti gay laws. at the opening speech of the general assembly wednesday. ioc president on the scots when politicians forties innocent young man thinks in africa legal platform on the backs of the athletes. all i can

use. style koreans believe team korea will finish the set to win three games are ranked in the top ten and the medal count to ten j joins us with the details below that. hey guys a new poll shows that eight of ten koreans expected nation. she finished within the top ten in metals and with the nation's largest delegation heading to the olympics it's well within reach of a poll by gallup korea also revealed that about thirty percent of people believe that south korea to finish in the top five. like in vancouver for four years ago. the nation stated goal in sochi is for a top seven finish with at least four gold medals. and while many are anticipating kenya must quest for back to back figure skating gold with sixty three percent of respondents say the technique

called unfinished. and in the same call about a third of korean said the goal would come from speed skating but you they can be higher with the mens and womens five hundred meter champions taking the ice. i'm talking about defending gold medalists and looked at mom and he's hung up. well they decided to have the fifty meter race during trading to see who was faster and with youtube in the four meter handicap the split two races one to one. but the real test for then will come next week on monday and tuesday. now let's get to wednesday's cup matches starting in the day dl the audi owns ttc bus seventy six to sixty six but now let's go to the game of the night. it's the kt sonic boom posting speakers include thought both teams. that's how could date but it's tasty so the boys and the hat david soul coaching from their people and jefferson explodes for twenty nine points in the second half to go with his ten boards and lg

comes back to win seventy four two. and indeed all states action into the leak when a car and korean air when heads up in the us on other both looking to rebound with the win. the first of all the reindeer. as has the second set in similar fashion that week art shows like the third but greener clauses about and gets the win in straight sets. and that from year to sportscenter this has been stated to check back at midnight for the latest in the world of sports. in

the xian. chee days of the week here in korea were bitterly cold but temperatures eased up a bit today i am i here tomorrow looks to be warmer for the twelveth over tracking again at the lester center account. the evening guys because they've advisories were lifted earlier today and tomorrow morning tennis would jump up top for a decrease compared to today. well tomorrow snow showers are forecast to ride most of the southern breeze and not visit a few which are under a free heavy snowfall last pick it up to fifteen centimeters of snow and other areas that ac will see between five to thirty millimeters of rain like the condo from this blog gets between one to five

centimeters of snow and elsewhere down south between the one to three centimeters currently the southern regions are at the end of the high price businesses abroad. i know which is why edwards. these guys down now now the snow showers will clear up by tomorrow afternoon but will continue their late at night and takes you at a light that fire weather warning it's still an effective than three days including solid so it makes it to keep yourself hydrated taking the lead at tomorrow's readings sullivan and make it to ford's response was and she sat by holding on to live every day was rainy takes you. it's eight degrees while we do and i can and top out at one minus five degrees respectively. well that's all i have read this hour but i'll be back with one of the abdomen. broadcasts and this wednesday nights and nice again so i'm sean went thanks for watching a great night. was he said. as you

amelia's dream and race time and raced up the new plan of action family your mind my brother's new system musician my sister selectors 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 saw me in kiddos looking at the royal dramatic theater in stockholm and she said you wanna try to address that yet why not. am well suited for me and said well you do get some couple hundred coolness him in. for every show. i was just thinking about that have remote control car deck and i

said yes let's do it. i mean and then to just roll on from there the answer for users on tv or radio came to the theater and i started doing some. as a kid the lead up working in the city theater. up until i was twenty one i think in the mind 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 that i did some film speaking i still enjoyed it but. i 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 listened to it with a band and two thousand and five we had just released. our first single and we were doing some some promotional exam in some parts in this and some are bad news and i when i'm onto the stage first

after they introduced the band and there was about thirty thousand people in the audience caught the eye 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 a sexy way 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 feeder schools in sweden. the is one is unstoppable. but i know like i couldn't be here because i had so many calls like paco de da de da tonight or tomorrow night then. and i love it so pissed off 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 all of them the mei tai and the music. i guess i attended my way the school as well. we'll get to watch in a sea world you were ever you go to a maid she asks for your own tablet to access program schedules on demand video. i don't mind in peace. write a book. enjoy the us versions

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