connie lee reports on how china is sharing its choking smoke it's not fun de st and juicy. xd air into the net these days. this money in spain has at its worst levels in fifty two years and the area is the best and worst as the temperatures drop. china is not only the world's biggest greenhouse gas the matter is heavily mined and call for speeding during the winter air pollution that knows no borders the heaviest pollution in northeastern china is made to wait at the korean peninsula by northwesterly winds. newry jc up to fifty percent of the schema front a nap which is here. the bulls reached record highs and style of the weekend with the pm two point five for the fine particles in the air that was the greatest health risk received about a hundred eighty micrograms per cubic meter. that's beyond the normal level. still much lower than the four hundred eight you will see a change so imagine any countertop says he feels the effects of the warrior. in the sierra has definitely gotten pretty bad recently. sometimes my throat hurts and i have more flynn now it is still far this

connie me. i can use. and moving on to hong kong were five defendants are on trial in what is shaping up to become the biggest corruption case in the city's history and the center of the dollar thomas in reading clock to billionaire brothers who controls hong hong kong property is asia's largest realty companies. others include hong kong's former chief secretary rev peel ply his new friends is quiet and sun hung kai executive director thomas chun. they're facing eight charges including conspiracy misconduct in office and allegedly taking more than freeze point six million us dollars in bribes. all five men have pled not guilty to each of the charges according to authorities shrapnel flying accepted unsecured loans and other perks worth millions of dollars are a number of financial entities while in office between two thousand and two thousand nine the korea schedule this summer for some unknown eighty witnesses for the trial expected to last for seventy days. it's been over three weeks since more than two

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they're consistent with those emitted from aircraft lock boxes the timing is not on their side are connie came reports it could be the break in the spirit has been seeking out for one month now. your search for malaysia airlines flight three seventy two separate signals were detected by the australian vessel known as ocean shield over the weekend. clearly this is the most promising way. and probably in the senate side up. it's the it's probably the best information that we are packed. kiffin said the first signal picked up in the notion that lasted for about two and half hours and the second one for about thirty minutes. officials said the paintings were consistent with those committed by aircraft black boxes. while optimistic about the discovery. tuesday was quick to tamp down expectations. he said further confirmation was needed at the sounds were heard from a depth of forty five hundred meter is the search team plans to lower plinth and twenty one ocean shields underwater economists people once they can pinpoint a more exact location for the signal but officials say it'll take days to

connie lee has more plans to meet rob kearney as the air defense identification zone. he can be finalized by tuesday. and it comes after sunday's national security policy the name of the officials and ruling party lawmakers on their money trying to attain and new air defense down and expansion of korea's own airspace in the east tennessee. government officials declined to reveal what was discussed during the meeting led by national security adviser to junsu they said progress was me korea is now considering expanding the east perth or south to not only country in tow which is covered by a ten at japan's defense announced but also the southern islands of monaco and brutal. korea has already axed pain and to redraw its air defence but his request was turned down flat. in a new lead to careers the sixteen s in a tent to meet strong claims over disputed islands in the train in si units and cut them in japan and t enduring change. meanwhile the current government has told the nation's airlines to ignore his call to submit my plans to fly over the east china sea. i attain it

tackle the country's pending issues the demand that we need to phone in old town of beit qantas and connie and we know that in them an effective state honest it's in the future. we can set up a nomination in the national assembly to promote your own leash and you go. the ruling party chief also spoke out on two issues of domestic harmony and north korea. he fell to four for the opposition to implementing your economic innovation fund announced by president of the event last month. the focus will be fostering the creative economy and balancing the economy as awful. by extending the focus be on to foreign exports to stimulating domestic demand he also stressed that create nice to strengthen the competitiveness of the small firms. and the government needs to practice and told cory is small and midsize farms. then they can grow light korea's nature cooperates i have a strong presence in global markets. he also urged rival parties to pass the long pending bill on north korea's human rights situation and to encourage more culture exchanges between south korea and north korea. he said national in

connie fan paul was a typical sunny winter day here in small but things are looking to put in on them not for the family of the unions are probably taking place for more let's go over trekking but down at the weather center. the dow the main guys come on can that is seen snow at this hour and it looks like another centimeter will fall through early tomorrow morning but the good news is that after this kind of snowfall. clear skies and moderate temperatures are forecast at the north's mount and bazaars and currently the east coast regions are seeing these guys seemed to westerly winds. and then sent to the new province will go well he says seven centimeters of snow but there's some really coming when the snow clears out the bestest present expecting sunny skies with moderate winds at times on friday the rest of the nation will enjoy i had to post anything today that tomorrow's politics seven degrees while timetable that is enclosed and reached the low teens moving on and on and says it makes you a deep freeze pop with built in seats at suu. i could see a guy. a study on the broadcasts

thirty five thousand taxes nationwide are set to be equipped with nfc capabilities for this service connie me. the team korean baseball organization cso was right but defensive gems by players all across the week and the top office announced the list of nominees for top defensive honor stephen j joins us with the latest lover. k guys a total of forty four nominees were announced by or for the prestigious golden globe awards which honors players who go above and beyond in fielding a golden globe will be handed out to the top player at each position and someone leans on the ballot include next to first baseman the titles to church early strike and time zones and the members of sports media report from thursday through december six and on december to the golden globe awards ceremony will be held that the courts auditorium and sell beads. number one that's check out wednesday stopped epl match up the mall the standings and the cornell audience faced off in the years that it's the first half the beef is with all the aunts match each other on the floor and it's tied thirty nine thirty nine going

between the us and russia failed and in any agreements in the russia ukraine dialogue also faltered are connie can reports. national efforts to resolve the crisis in ukraine to baby steps foreign parents wednesday the united states and russia agreed to continue talks the next day. but no progress was made between russian and ukrainian government. speaking after the meeting us at kent state john kerry he said talks with rochelle will continue to try and de escalate the crisis we agree to continue intense discussions. in the coming days. with russia. with the ukrainians. in order to see how we can help normalize the situation stabilizes and overcome the crisis. kerry said there are no expectations at the top and resolve the conflict but added there are a number of ideas on the table. us officials say kerry had presented russian foreign minister sergei lavrov with a plan for restoring ukraine sovereignty while addressing moscow's concerns about its black sea fleet and the many ethnic russians that lived in eastern ukraine. the two are expected to meet again in rome on thursday lover of confirm th

for more on this and other stories we have connie week joining us tonight. so let's start with the netherlands. yet such athletes are making quite a lot of headlines at this year's olympics you're absolutely right that vector art dominate this year absence especially in speed skating and take their spirit twenty seven metal copper tin speaking at the olympics. and that's been taking that into the path. their latest win and speedskating and that ten thousand meter race from tuesday and this race is the longest beach in advance twenty five laps to be exact but indiana during person i helped derail and took gold in a new olympic record of twelve minutes forty four point four five seconds. his teammates ben kramer and bought the young also did well taking home the silver and bronze respectively. and let's not forget about the korean athletes are any olympic champion friend thank you for your absolutely right through his own. so when we can see here are the gold medalists from the twenty ten olympics and a record setter from bad to actually finish for three days

the news has sent stocks down world why are connie lee tells us more the us economy in the spring this is according to the minutes from the federal reserve's october policy meeting released on wednesday after meeting officials said they would start cutting back essential things in action on line program. as long as the us economy keeps growing still ahead after the announcement but experts say the markets will eventually add text me and the fed's job is to come and help support the economy through its various easing measures when the economy needs the help. but eventually it has to wean the markets away from from the cutie. christ. so to say and so eventually markets will settle just fine for now fed officials will stick with the current eight five billion dollars on chinese team its program. experts believe he will most likely not start to steal it back until january or march. in the meantime officials are seeking other ways to boost the economy before but it's the feast of purchases in the coming months. the plan according to the meeting minutes as the key interest rates to use her o

gives us more details the organization for economic cooperation and development says a breeze but connie will be caught in two thousand fourteen. as it continues to recover from a prolonged economic slowdown. according to the oecd economic forecasts released tuesday the local economy will find its greatest gains from a rebound in global exports and business investment over the next two years. i will report that assesses economic trends show that korea's gross domestic product is expected to pose a two point seven percent growth rate on here for two thousand thirty one ten per cent from its estimate back in may. as for its two thousand fourteen economic forecasts. the oecd said korea's gdp would jump three point eight percent in two thousand fourteen on year that's slightly lower from earlier this year due in part to concerns over the nation's highest level of household debt. the paris peace organization said the mounting household debt problem is likely to hamper private consumption growth through two thousand fifty other concerns include the koreas declining working age population and f

as nato says russia has deployed tens of thousands of troops on the eastern ukrainian border are connie came reports the united states was quick to respond to russian president blatter who is warning that moscow may cut its gas supply to ukraine. it accused russia of trying to take control of ukraine using its natural resource and as a leverage point weekend them russia's efforts to use energies that will of course and against ukraine ukraine is now painted four hundred eighty five dollars upgrades clearly not set by market forces and well above the average price paid by eu members. the state department spokesperson also added that washington is encouraging ukraine and its western border allies to prepare it to her first natural gas flows in the pipeline for that kiev has access to additional gas supplies if needed. the warning came after kiev missed the deadline to pay its two point two million us dollar gas that. a letter to eighteen european countries instead cast a line gazprom will be compelled to require that ukraine make up from peanuts. and that if the back payments are not made

connie lee reports on the environmental catastrophe you can clearly see it but this city of eighteen used a hair under a fake link and ask mom. this is sixty and umbrella of hazardous pollution and a cd and now the world health organization has called a taste not occurred since the americans moved in we have to use the crisis the crisis means that the need to take immediate action to protect ourselves. chinese environmental inspections have been dispatched to twelve factories nationwide there are reports that authorities have shut down or find certain factories for not falling pollution regulations. pollution levels in beijing are on the floor under fifteen on an air quality index. nine times the level it seems safe for humans. bg has been under an orange alert since monday see the second highest warning level. residents are being asked to wear masks or stay indoors and hospitals are reportedly crowded with patients suffering from breast to treat problems with gay children and older citizens are more susceptible to breathing problems and a strong makes people call it a lot to you. if

composing koreans they now account for nearly fifteen percent of all foreigners in the country for connie lee reports on how their immersing themselves in korea yet coach and work and can dance is known here in korea is receiving her scholarship to study in korea she sticks her hand she needs his team from ten at just seven months ago. i'll be studying law at southern university. the scholarship given by the overseas korea from teaching she has been set for nationals of korean descent. now routine dna chance to come to korea for the first time in or buy helsinki for her opportunity to study in her field of choice. when i found that there are more advanced and developed courses in the area of law that i wanted to study here in korea and china. and she's not the only one making them into the motherland according to recent espn ministry of justice the number of foreign nationals of corinne ethnicity surpassed the two hundred thousand mark for the first time last year that said twenty four percent increase in the year before. between them the record number comes from the increasing number of

the seventies treated at the eighteen thousand patients to type and some patients such as mine and connie came to the hospital stuff from on top of the injury has not been a full treatment is received with a very big difference and eight. behind them if i am about to be deducted on a cookie. today was the fifth of the group and it got to be good and blessed us with a mentor and programs designed to train doctors nurses and pharmacists is what is going like that registration stuff the koreas have competed at no cost to meet a couple times. it is just healthcare with a head to the lost legacy. munich is good through the woods. we left the theater just next door to the hospice and a sticker invitational quarter inch pipe and in two thousand and ten. jointly funded by which the koreans and americans is designed to educate students in a variety of occasions including vehicle the comics construction will be coming the next thing i like to think of future past and it died in detention on tuesday and. chris and mary total recall was that some children in this case and on the salmon. you just know

thank you very much for joining us this year well as we saw from connie's report of food businesses may be quick to respond to this the de regulation drive which really got a real boost last week from prison on seven hour meeting. i do think that meeting had its intended effect and is korea over regulated. well of. i think the seven hour long televised discussion was her own slice of antiquities department because of the park and there was not. she just kept going in setting up the reception was so little time. no american is very apparent even in precisely on time. and this is a typical scene in her strong determination to implement very aggressive on to the research and writing the problem with the great nation is at six am in overtime the economic environment is changing. and those old regulations no longer detectable i did all that different. well any ambitious plans that the government set out is to cut the number of regulations and by twenty percent until twenty sixteen which is roughly two thousand two hundred bowls to think this is feasible. on the side of the plan and with the