i believe we can go to harry fawcett standing by in ty paiz. we know the aviation authority had a press conference recently, what did they have to say? >> that press conference is still going on i just literally walked out of it. the official was explaining what happened according to the black box data to those two innocence. engines. engine number 2 on the the right side automatically the propel her turned so it was 90 degrees oso it was direct to the direction of travel it was absolutely flat, providing no forward momentum. the engine sent to the cockpit a message of flame out. we heard message from the pilot that one of the engines had flamed out. it was in fact still working wasn't providing any forward thrust. tragically about 20 seconds later according to mr. wong of the aviation safety council there was a manual command to the one engine, the one engine still working, it is certified ofly on just one engine and that command again that manual command feathered the propel her on that side of the plane and cut power to it. i asked him, are

let's go now to harry fawcett who joins us live from the capital taipei. aviation authorities are holding a press conference updating the situation on the recovery operation. what else -- what did they have to say? >> reporter: well, i just stepped down the corridor from that news conference onto this balcony. so far i have to say not a great deal has been said. what the executive director of the air safety council was saying was really outlining the nature of the investigation introducing investigators from both canada and france respectively the countries where the engines and the aircraft itself were manufactured. and saying that any country with involvement in the incident as well obviously the other main country involved is china because 31 of the people on board were from china. that they will have involvement in this investigation as well. so far no clear information as to exactly what has come from the black boxes. we were hoping to hear an initial appraisal of what those black boxes had told them about the cause of the accident. the big questions

harry fawcett. harry, bring this up to date. we can see that it is dark behind you. >> that's right. the activity goes on as it has through the day, and since this happened on wednesday, still hundreds of people involved in this effort. we have seen soldiers going along the path dispatching a large contingent upstream and have been coming back with pieces of wreckage. one man carried his arm, carrying a panel from the fuselage. still wreckage to be recovered. as well as that the divers work through the night trying to find the missing 12 people. we saw about 10 head downstream packed with divers about half of the divers are volunteers working in difficult conditions cold water. visibility close to zero. extremely difficult. that work goes on. as that work goes on, of course, the investigation gets under way as well. the key part of what happened will be the fact that the pilot gave the may day saying there was a flame out in an engine that we understand has been replaced. when there's a flame out it's something usually connotes

harry fawcett.al jazeera, south korea. >>> despite the high cost, many are hopeful the city will be selected. >> diane wants to be an loimple olympic champion. the 18-year-old's not giving up. she's hoping to compete here in her home city al marti in 2022. >> translator: people will say somewhere in this area kazakhstan. >> also in with a chance. it boasts a lot of preexisting infrastructure all close to the city. and the cost, a mere $5 billion organizers estimate just a fraction of the sochi games. the only competition is beijing. which has ample resources but unlike here, lacks sticky snow. these are the games that nosh wanted. all the european cities that were thinking of hosting have withdrawn their bids because the games were going to simply be too expensive and unpopular with their publics. not true here of kazakhstan, rich in oil and so-called managed democracy any criticism can be carefully managed. there are laws that ban unsanctioned protests. so these environmentalists chose a conspicuou

harry fawcett has more from seoul. >> it's an extraordinary fall for someone of high status in south korean society as haether cho, over something as trivial as a bag of nuts. the chief judge in delivering his verdict said that she did not regret her action and they amounted to trampling human being. it happened on september the 5th. at jfk airport, where she was served the bag of nuts she abused the flight attendant and the chief flight attendant in that cabin, and forced the plane back. where the flight attendant was rejected. she knew she was breaking the safety law by changed flight path of the aircraft and was convicted. an executive from korean airways convicted for interfering in the government investigation into all of this and a member of the transport military involved. korean air executive given an 8 month sentence and the transport ministery a suspended sentence. cho came to exemplify the impunity of control over the behaviour of the very powerful conglomerate families that very much run the economy in this country and is starting a one year prison term. >> harry fawcett

harry fawcett has the story. >> still they bring in ge 235. they seem so light so flimsy, hard to imagine they were part of the fuselage meant to withstand the forces of flight. incredible that anyone managed to survive. this man did and he saved four others. unbuckling their seat belts as the water rose around them. >> translator: i saw the others were drowning. if i did not move quick enough to help them, soon they would have been dead. >> reporter: wanted to say something seemed wrong even before takeoff. one father moved his family to the right side of the plane on hearing a strange sound from the port engine. in his last message the pilot said there was a problem with the engine. the airline though denied media reports that the turboprop took off with an unchecked faulty engine. >> translator: the reports are not true. we can present the documents that proved we had checked the plane before its takeoff and will send the documents to the civil aeronautics administration for investigation. >> but with two fatal crashes in the last two month

harry fawcett reports. >> reporter: their end of year office parties, and then there's this.lunar new year approaches this electronic's firm is thanking their employees for their efforts with a multi-million dollars bash. they hand out prizes ranging from $3,000 to a new car, but in taiwan it feels like the real winners are getting ever fewer. this person has a bachelor's degree from taiwan's best university but she thinks her future lies with hundreds of thousands of other taiwaneze working overseas. >> another difficulty is that even if i find a job that there is not -- this area is not good enough for me to live in. >> reporter: the per capita has shot up by about half but wages have plateaued during that time. even as big companies have prospered. taiwan continues to post healthy growth figures, but that economic number hides a persistent problem, relatively low wages and poor job opportunities with many big companies choosing to base themselves out of china. this is one of many companies to make the most of relaxed rules on doing business in china. >> sooner or later, ou

harry fawcett, al jazeera. >> more on the website aljazeera.com. rosie perez was three years old when her schizophrenic mother put her in a catholic children's home where she was often abused. >> i had to physically fight back or else, you know, my ass was going to get kicked. >> the oscar nominated actress's new book explains how she overcame odds? >> i felt like i was always acting, always esc

harry fawcett reports. >> already we have a stunning revelation from the aviation council in taiwan. executive director thomas wong telling reporters that one of the aircraft's engines number 2 on the right-hand side there was an auto-feathering. propeller bleadz played running parallel to the direction of travel. it was working just not providing any forward momentum. there was a message from the pilots to the control tower saying they had had an engine flame-out and then just short of 20 seconds after that initial problem there was according to the aviation safety council using the data from the black box a manual command a manual command to the other engine. the one functioning engine that was still pulling the aircraft through the air to feather the propel her onler on that side. and neither engine was providing thrust to the aircraft whatsoever. i asked, are you saying that the one pilot shut down the operation of the other engine and he said there was a manual direction of that. >>> barack obama and the buddhist leader dalai lama, attended an annual prayer breakfast on wednesda

harry fawcett has more. >> reporter: in custody since the end of december heather cho was at least sparedauntlet of cameras. it wouldn't be long before she would be making the return journey as a convicted criminal. it's cements an incredible fall from her position only weeks ago, as vice president of korean air, one just arm of the giant family firm putting her among south korea's elite. cho's lawyer said no decision had been made on whether to appeal. on december 5th in the first class cabin, cho reacted with volcanic fury to being served nuts in a bag and not on a plate. she assaulted the cabin crew member who served her, and order the head flight attendant from the aircraft forcing the pilot to return to the gate. he would later testify that she treated him and his colleagues as slaves forcing them to kneel before her. another executive was sentenced to eight months for impeding the investigation. but it was for cho that the judge reserved his harshest language saying her expressions of regret were insincere, and she trampled on the self regard of fellow human beings. >> translator: t

we've got this from harry fawcett who reports where it all began, seoul, south korea. >> the history of online gaming as a spectator sport started in this studio in seoul in 1999. backed by sponsors and supported by elaborate infrastructure. they classify what happens here as classifying the players as sports people. it is not just being followed closely here in korea but there are aisles on screens around the world following this game. that's why there is commentary live in korean and the english language as well. >> we look at the numbers for the recently world championship. it took place in seoul this year at the world cup stadium. there were 40,000 live spectators and nearly 30 million viewers around the world, which puts it in the same bracket as some of the games sevens and the world series nba finals. it has arrived. loot people don't know about it yet because its broadcast across the internet, but certainly the popularity is there. >> the growing popularity of e-sports can be seen in cold hard cash. the online gaming industry as a whole is worth about $23 billion u.s. every y

harry fawcett reports where all of this began, seoul, south korea. >> the history of online gaming as a sport started in seoul in 1999. south korea is widely with regarded as having the best professional leagues in the world backed by major sponsors and supported by labyrinth structures. they classify what happens here as sport, and classifying its players as sports players. it's not just followed in south korea, but there are eyeballs around the world following this game. that's why there credit interest is commentary in korean and english as well. >> when you look at the numbers of the championship that took place in seoul at the world cup stadium. there were 40,000 live spectators and 30 million viewers around the world which puts it in the same practices as some of the game sevens in terms of viewership. we've already arrived. a lot of people don't know about it yet because it is mostly broadcast across the internet. does not get mainstream coverage. >> the growing popularity of the sports can be. measured in cold hard cash. the streaming service twitch has brought in $1 million l

harry fawcett reports from taipei. >> reporter: there are end of year office parties, and then there's as the new year approaches this electricics firm is thanking its employees for their efforts with a multi-million dollars bash. but in taiwan it feels like the real winners from decades of economic growth are getting ever fewer. this woman has a bachelor's degree from taiwan's best university and a masters earned in london but she thinks her future lies working overseas. >> it takes like a decade for you to enter the job market. and that's the guarantee for finding a better job. and another difficulty is that even if i find a job in this area it's not good enough for me to live in taipei. >> reporter: since 1995, taiwan's gross domestic product per capita has shot up by half but wages have plateaued. taiwan posts healthy growth figures, but that number hides a persistent problem. relatively low wages and poor job opportunities with many big companies choosing to base themselves out of mainland china. companies like foxcon one of many to make the most of relaxed restrictions on doing b

harry fawcett has more. >> reporter: for the proponents of changing this law, it is a case of fifth timeere have been four previous attempts to get this law off of the statute books. the in 2008 five of the nine yujs voted in favor of making this change but that fell short of the two-thirds majority required. this time the vote was 7-2. and they said while there may be objections on moral grounds, the state has no right to intervene in people's lives. for women's rights group, they will be celebrating, because they argue that this is a way to punish women. the two judges who voted against, one of them said this could lead to a surge in depravity depravity. but i think there is a fair bit of depravity for those who want to go looking for it. the sex industry here is a thriving one. there are love hotels across the country which rent rooms by the hour. so for many people this law has lost a bit of its relevance. at one stage it carried a two-third's conviction rate in recent years that has gone down to 1%. since that time as well nearly 5.5 thousand have been convicted. and it's for them t

let's go harry fawcett joining us live now from seoul. here harry on the screen heather cho. her father was chairman of the airline, reminds us of what happened. >> reporter: well, she is one of the highest status people in south korea a member of a family a third generation member her fall is over something as trivia triv trivial as a bag of nuts. the judge said she trampled human being self regard. all taking place december 5th at jfk airport port in new york when she was served the nuts on a bag instead of on a plate. she abused the flight attendant had both the flight attendant and senior flight attendant on his knees in front of her. he testified that she treated them as futile slaves and she turned the plane back to the gate and had the chief flight attendant ejected from the flight. here the court decided that she knew that the flight path was already in force and she had therefore broken save areas safety law by ordering the plane back to the gate and also that she had interfered in the pilot's execution of his duty. two other peop

harry fawcett, al jazeera. >> more on the website aljazeera.com. rosie perez was three years old when her schizophrenic mother put her in a catholic children's home where she was often abused. >> i had to physically fight back or else, you know, my ass was going to get kicked. >> the oscar nominated actress's new book explains how she overcame odds? >> i felt like i was always acting, always escaping into different realities. >> how a fighting spirit and humor helped her survive? >> i was ham and cheese served on a platter. >> i recently spoke to her in new york. the book starts out with your early years, with your tia, your all the, who you loved and who took really good care of you. at some point, your mother, who you didn't realize was your mother, comes and gets you from tia's house and puts you in a catholic children's home and that's when you first started experiencing abuse. the book is filled with so many painful stories it's hard to recount all of them. how difficult was it for you to go back mentally and recount paper? >> the good thing i

let's go harry fawcett our correspondent who has been following in in the south korean capital. prosecutors want to send her to jail for three years. >> reporter: that's right. that's what the progression cushion had asked for in this case we don't yet have the conclusive verdicts and all the charges against her what we do have so far from the courtroom behind me is the reasoning of the lead judge of the panel of three, and he said that the court did accept that she had changed the flight path of the airplane there had been some debate as to whether a plane which as in this case was still on the runway could have said to have been on its flight path but the court does accept as soon as the plane start today move. at which appointment this argument over a bag of nuts took place on board and as we know heather admits pushed and flu all tablet at the flight attendant and then forced the chief flight attendant off the flight. from that point it did violate aviation safety law by her forcing the plane back to the gate. that carries a minimum sentence, that offense of one year. we don

harry fawcett reports from taipei. >> reporter: there are end of year office parties, and then therethis. the lunar new year approaches electronics firm is thanking their employees with a multi-$000,000 bash. senior management talk about increased revenues and rage rises and handing out prize prizes raging from $3,000 to a new car. it seems like the real winnowers of economic growth are getting fewer. a bachelor's degree from the best university and a masters earned in london. but she thinks her future lies with hundreds of thousands of other taiwanese working oversees. >> i feel like my study. [ inaudible ] for you to enter the job market. not a guarantee for find ache better job. and another difficulty is that it's everyone if i find a job that it's not good enough for me to live in taipei. >> reporter: since 1995, taiwan's gross domestic product per capita has shot up by about half. but wages have plateaued during that time. evening as big companies have prospered. taiwan continues to post healthy growth figures of three to 4% but that headline economic number hides a persistent p

harry fawcett, al jazeera, south korea. >>> during world war ii they didn't worry about low birth rate but a high fertility rate. >>> senegalese fear land mines abandoned by the efforts to remove the danger. danger. >> new threats tonight from boko haram. the nigeria based rebel group warns it will send suicide bombers to any country joining to fight against it. the threats come as he african leaders gather in cameroon for an offensive against group. ten states are putting up $100 million against the fight. about 10,000 people were killed last year and almost a million people have been displaced in nigeria. meanwhile, nigeria's army has recaptured two towns after an intense battle in the northeast. soldiers drove boko haram fighters in borno states. the town of chibok is also there, that's where boko haram kidnapped about 200 school girls in april of last year. >>> in neighboring chad, u.s. backed counterinsurgency efforts against boko haram. >> land mines planted during the conflict are now preventing farmers from growing the food that the country needs. nicholas brings us important o

have harry fawcett al jazeera south korea. >> still ahead of this newshour, we're going to take you intochts of the northeast where two predators face a thread of their own. >> robin and i will have more of that in just a moment. >> the tiger and far eastern leopard are one of the rarest, under constant threat from poachers. but a new national park has been created to help protect them. reporting now from vladivostok in russia. >> it's early morning in the far east of russia. the temperatures are freezing, minus 13° celsius. you could never believe a forest like this could sustain wildcats but it does. >> all these are rooting for food and this is really what they're after. korean pine cones full of oily nutritious nuts that they will live on throughout the winter. this is the base i of the tiger food. >> a kind of conservation ripple effect. they have increased over the years but there are still problems. favel has assisted in the recovery of tiger pelts. >> here one man was responsible for eight tiger skins. this one was a cub clupped to clubbed to death just terrible. >> it's been a b

harry fawcett al jazeera. >> we'll have sport and 4 hours after a ski jump record was set she'll tellus how it was broken again. >> the tiger in the far eastern and leopard are in parts of russia and are in constant threat. >> it's early morning in the forests in the far east of russia. the temperatures are freezing minus 13 degrees celsius. you wouldn't think cold like this could sustain a forest where tigers live, but it does. forester brian midiksky show me why. >> this is what they're really what they're after. korean pine cones. full of oil and nutritious nuts that they'll live on all winter. >> in an effort to protect the tiger, the korean pine is protected, too, a conservation ripple affect. the siberian tiger numbers have increased from their extinction levels to 500 today. there are still problems. over the course of 20 years there have been the confiscation of tiger pelts worth $50,000 each. >> one man was responsible for eight tiger skins. this one was a cub clubbed to death. injuresjust terrible. >> it's been a big problem for police and it's not just tiger skins. these wi

harry fawcett, al jazeera. south korea. >> stay with us in sports. 24 hours after a ski jump record is set we'll tell you how it was broken again. again. >> the tiger and leopard are of the most under threat from poachers but a new national park has been created to help protect them. nick clark reports from flad vladivostok in russia. >> you wouldn't think cold like this could sustain a forest where tigers live but it does. forester bri millikofski tells me why. >> this is what they are after. korean pine cones. full of oil and nuts that they will live on all winter. >> the korean pine is taken care of too. the siberian tiger numbers have drastically increased from near extinction numbers to more than 500 today but there are still problems. assisted in the confiscation of more than 100 tiger pelts worth $50,000 each. >> here one man was responsible for eight tiger skins. this one was a cub clubbed to death, just terrible. >> it's been a big problem for police and it's not just tiger skins. these are the paws of

harry fawcette. >> a borich terror raid the president of the philippines said it should have been cancelled. it was targeting one of asia's most wanted terror suspects. >>> here on al jazeera, we will go behind bars in new york where a unique program is seeing success. >>> baghdad, a snapshot in the capitol. >>> the streets of due by with the tour de park. >>> welcome back to al jazeera. they say that the council is a part from over a decade ago. a peace plan for ukraine by telephone on sunday. the leaders of germany, angela merkel has offered a proposal. the >>> the white house says it can't confirm a female american hostage was killed in syria. in an online statement they sad sadthe 26-year-old aid worker was buried under the rubble after a raid in raqqa. as i said earlier, the u.s. president revealed his security strategy. now at washington the middle east. he said here we will begin to al jazeera now we heard susan rice say that the u.s. does not face any existential -- what do you make of those commends each president obama unveiled this new security strategy? >> more than a just fisph

harry fawcett reports from where it began in seoul, in south korea. >> the history of online gaming as a spectator sport started in this studio in seoul in 1999. it's going strong. south korea is regarded as having the best professional league backed by major sponsors supported by an elaborate infrastructure. and this year the korean olympic committee gave the sports an associate membership classifying the players as sports people playing the most popular game league of legends. it is not just being followed in korea, but there are eyeballs around the world following the game. that's why there's commentary in korea and english as well. >> we look at the numbers for the league of legends world championship taking place in seoul. there were 40,000 live spectators, and 30 million view erts around the world, putting it in the same bracket as the game 7s from the world series and n.b.a. finals. we kind of arrived. a lot of people don't know about it yet. it is mostly broadcast over the internet and doesn't get a lot of mainstream coverage. the popularity is there. the glowing popularity can