. >> south korean officials say kim jong-un's grip is loosening. officials from pyongyang defected to the south last year. one of the defectors was a senior spy with the military intelligence unit. the other was a diplomat who had been stationed in africa. they privately sought asylum in south korea. >> translator: it can be seen as an example of unusual moments among the north's elite. >> south korea's news agency reports the spy is the highest ranking official to defect. it cause a source as saying the defector die voulged details of the bureau's operations against south korea. >>> earlier our eye on asian anchor spoke with senior correspondent on the defections. >> reporter: now, we have just said two very high level north korean officials have defected to the south. what's behind these defections? >> it's a very complex issue, but i think we can say that there's fears to demonstrate loyalty to kim jong-un. kim has reshuffled his subordinates so there appears to be a lot of anxiety. people who lose favor with kim face being disloyal. some flee fr

we are appealing, pushing the south korean government also to give it the highest priority, actually, in reaching out to the north koreans. narrator: ha-mu jing from the south korean ministry of unification says some 6-7 million people on both sides remain separated from loved ones. narrator: and thanks to these efforts, there has been some progress. mr. gang was chosen to take part in a reunion of divided families, one of just 20 such meetings since 2000. family members from the south, most of them now in their 80s, traveled to the north to meet their long lost loved ones. mr. gang, who'd applied to meet his sister, found instead that he had a son he didn't even know existed, who'd been born to his former wife. [singing in korean] the family spent two days together under highly supervised conditions before once again being wrenched apart. many of them are now so elderly, they know the chance of ever seeing their loved ones again is r remote. mr. darusman also seeks an end to the division of the countries and the suffering of the people. darusman: this is a system that has no parallel

it was a crucial meeting between president obama and between the japanese and south korean leaders. certainly the japanese and u.s. officials did mention that trump's comments would not dealt with within that meeting, just to put that into perspective. but they did talk, obviously, about north korea and about what we've seen from north korea this year, notably a nuclear test in january, and of course that satellite launch, widely seen as a missile test in february. followed by many photos and pronouncements by north korea that they have miniaturized a nuclear weapon and many other issues. certainly that was the key to this meeting. we heard from obama saying that all three agreed that they had to restore a sense of stability and peace to the region. we heard from south korean president park geun-hye as well and she said it was important to make north korea understand that it cannot survive without giving up its nuclear program. obviously, the one focus as well was the u.n. sanction, whether or not they would be implemented fully. president park did say that that was vital that they

sources from japanese and south korean intelligence services told nhk they have established where the cargo passenger ship was sailing by analyzing satellite imagery and other evidence. the sources say the vessel's movements were coordinated with the north korean submarine when an apparent slbm launch took place in the sea of japan on april 23rd. the sources say the north may have used a ship instead of a military vessel to collect data on the suspected test launch so its military moves would not be detected. it used to travel between its home port. the ship has been banned from entering japanese ports for a decade as part of the nation's sanctions against north korea for its nuclear test and ballistic missile launches. >>> bank of japan policy makers have resisted calls to ramp up their monetary stimulus. they say they may need more time to achieve their 2% inflation target. the policy makers spent two days looking at the state of the economy and deciding how best to respond. they focused on sluggish consumer spending and weakening growth in emerging economies. the fallout from the k

south korean military officials say a suspected mid-range north korean ballistic missile crashed seconds after it was launched. they say it is the second such failure this month. south korean's military sources say the projectile was launched from the coastal city of wonsan thursday. they believe it was a musudan ballistic missile. japan's top spokesperson said there is no immediate threat to national security. >> translator: we are working with the united states and south korea to closely monitor what's happening in north korea so that we can promptly deal with any kind of situation. >> north korea's previous attempt took place two weeks ago. it's believed the same type of missile was launched from the same sight. but it exploded in the air seconds after launch. thursday's launch comes after pyongyang's announcement that the ruling workers' party will hold a congress next week, the first one in 36 years. >>> south korean defense officials have been on the alert for possible missile launches by north korea aimed at boosting national pride. >>> officials at japan's central bank have ignor

it is considered a kidnapping capital of south-east asia >>> south korea has confirmed that a north korean army colonel deeffected last year days, the prime minister defected last year. south korea has granted him asylum. it follows an announcement that 13 workers at a restaurant run by the north in the undisclosed third country had defected as a group. >> translation: this morning's report is true. that is all i can say. i cannot give details included detailed personal information. from the perspective of our government, we believe it is an example of showing the unusual movement of the powerful class >>> right to our correspondent. it seems almost as if we've got a trend going on. why do we think that the south korean authorities have decided to acknowledge this defection of the senior military man now when it happened a year ago. >> reporter: this is a very significant development. it is very rare that you get such a high-ranking official defecting like this. i'm sure the south koreans are making as much of it as they can. they will only say that he was a colonel, that he had direct con

korean defectors living there already have to deal with discrimination, and they're concerned that the regime's actions could make things worse for them. there is one organization trying to make people succeed in the south. nhk has the story of a man doing just that. >> reporter: north korean defectors are learning how to sound like south koreans. they speak the same language, but their accents and dialects differ. their goal is to fit in and not to be recognized as defectors. while they were able to flee north korea, life is the south isn't exactly easy. this man came to south korea ten years ago. hehe works in sales and notices he's at t a disadvantage. >> translator: when clients hear me speak, their attitudedechange immediately. i cannot succeed. >> reporter: he escaped the country at the age of 12 with his brother. they had no idea where their parents had gone and were totally alone. when he arrived, park could hardly read and write and ended up lagging behind in school. that gave other students an excuse to bully him. >> translator: other students mocked me for studying with younger classmates. it hurt me and made me very angry. >> reporter: several years after graduating, park has found a way to

. >> we're also learning that north korea has just sentenced a south korean-born american to ten yearsubversion and espionage. according to china's state run media. paula hancocks joins us more with both stories from seoul, south korea. let's talk about the sentencing of the south korean-born american. has he been identified? >> reporter: yes, he's kim dong chill. there was a press conference where he gave a public apology and admitted to espionage. it's not known whether he was under duress for the interview with cnn or for the public press conference. it's not known whether they were his words or words given to him by north korea, but we do now know from xinhua, chinese state might yeah that he has been sentenced to ten years hard labor. it is the longest in the long list of american citizens who have been detained and charged in authority korea. it comes on the back of a u.s. student as well, otto warmbier. so certainly a pattern has emerged. and the pattern is being followed, once again, by pyongyang. >> also, paula, we talked about the latest missile test. north korea continues to

i can tell them if south koreans agree, they could visit bases in south korea and confirm no nuclear weapons there. who said we want to do that. we just figure you might. there was not a lot going on here, but avoiding a crisis was something and we were able to get through the new york stage of the talks to get to the geneva stages of talks through the next month. all of them meant it was one 200 mega watt reactor. all gas graphite reactors. that is moderated. none of them connected that estimate worn 00 kilograms each year. the idea was to do something about that too. if they helped them get too modern in the united states, they built in south korea and built all over the world. off we went then. the negotiations went on for another year as to how that would happen. there is a little complexity about the staging and there three are three stages and we open office it is here and things both sides do and start removing sanctions and second phase, they start really dismantling stuff. we start delivering real nuclear equipment for these reactors and the third phase, they have two reacto

>> well, george, we've just heard a statement from the south korean ministry.'ve condemned this launch. they also said in the past that if north korea carries out another so-called provocation, then they would go back to the united nations security council and strengthen those sanctions that were passed against them back in march. already those sanctions have been described as ground breaking, and they say that they will go back and try and strengthen them even further. now, we've also heard on saturday night when this launch took place from the joint chiefs of staff that it flew around 30 kilometers. they also say that for it to be considered a success for this type of launch, it has to fly 300 kilometers. so it was short of that mark. significantly so. but they didn't call it a failure. knowing only too well that any outcome of this kind of test will teach north korea something. and also, of course, washington has reacted. one u.s. official telling us, "north korea's sub launch capability has gone from a joke to something very serious. the u.s. is watching th

he said south korea's military increased surveillance and been on heightened alert. last month the north korean state said leader kim jong un ordered preparations for what he called a test explosion of a nuclear war head. the president ordered south korea as military to be ready. she said it must be prepared to firmly deal with provocations by the north at any time. north korea has conducted four new clear tests at the test site in the northeast. the latest in january. south korea's news agency has reported a pickup in activity and quoted military sources say vehicle movement and human activity have more than doubled since last month. one source reportedly said preparations for a fifth nuclear test appear to be in the final stages. a south korean military official is revealing more details about a failed ballistic missile launch. the official says it was a medium range missile that was fired from the east in port city of wonsan and exploded seconds after. south cokorea's joint chief of staff announced. the missile has a range of about 4,000 kilometers and can reach the u.s. pacific island where

. >>> south koreans went to the polls to cast their ballots. according to exit polls president park geun-hye's ruling party is likely to lose its majority. public broadcaster kbs says the ruling party will take 121 t to 143 seatss out o of 300. itayshe main opposition party is expected to take 1011 o 123 seats. the third largest people agencies party is expected to nearly double interests seats. once again south koreans went to the polls today to cast their ballots in a parliamentary election. according to exit polls president park geun-hye's ruling party is likely to lose its majority. public broadcaster kbs says ruling party will take 122 to 123 seats out of 300. the main opposition party is expected to take 101 to 123 seats. the third largest people's party is expected to nearly double its seats. >>> the united nations children's agency says nigeria based boko haram is using children in suicide bombs. unicef said the number of children involved in attacks in nigeria and neighboring countries increased from four in 2014 to 44 the following ye

he met with shinzo abe, and south korean president for the first time in two years. >> we agreed during this meeting that tri lateral in northeast asia, deterring the north korean nuclear threat and the potential of nuclear. >> they agreed to jointly deal with the islamic state militants. obama held talks with china's president. for more, we go to washington, covering the talks. he joins us live. shuhe, what did the talks come up with? >> reporter: yes, the three leaders agreed to enhance security and defense ties, prime minister abe called the nuclear development a threat to the international community. >> translator: to cope with such threats, we agree to strengthen tri lateral corporation in every field, this is extremely meaningful. >> reporter: president obama said the three countries will consider taking additional measures incoming weeks or months to pressure the north. so we should closely watch what those additional measures will be. >> okay, and what about probably pok, what stance did she take? >> well, to put it simply, pressure. pok called the u.n. security council resoluti

arm in the world war so those south korean soldiers are lie die hands i want to say no issues like this like die hands or the children of the raised women regarding the comfort women issue for japanese japan so the fact should be taught in history and i don't want to have a bias education for our children and i don't want to have certain propaganda from a certain countries in our children's education and learning history is to create a bright future for this country and the world let's create peace if we want to know the importance of human right this comfort women issue is not suitable if history proved this sorry this comfort women issue is proof indication from certain prop enhanced it would be a shame for us to include this in our textbooks please think about the comfort women issue including in our textbooks thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you to all the speakers a special order of business, there is none tonight. and other educational issues none and consent calendar resolution, there is none tonight. and a vote on the consent calendar which is moved and seconded and m

north korea has sentenced a south korean born american to ten years of hard labor for subversion and espionage, according to china's state-run media. kim dong chul was arrested back in october during an interview with cnn in january, he admitted to gathering information about pyongyang's nuclear program and military facilities. cnn was not able to determine if he made that confession under duress. here's part of the interview. >> how did it work? how did you pass on the information that you collected? >> translator: i bribed a local resident and had him gather important materials considered national secrets in this country, such as military secrets, nuclear-related materials. i got these materials, hid them in my car and secretly brought them to china where i handed them over, or i would go to south korea and deliver them directly. >> paula hancocks is following the story and joins me live from seoul, south korea, what more do we know about this man and his activities? >> reporter: well, natalie, when he spoke to cnn in january, he did say that he had been arrested in october 2015. h

. >>> the humane society international saves hundreds of animals from a south korean dog meat farm. >of the animals have found a new home in north jersey. until recently this massive mix named merle had never set a paw on solid ground. she had spent her entire life in cages like these, destined to become a dinner entree. she's adjusting quickly at st. hubert's animal shelter in madison, morris county. the center expects to receive about 120 of the rescue dogs which will be available for adoption. >> there's not a difference between the dogs raised for meat and the dogs we share our homes with. >> the humane society says many south korean dog meat farmers like the one who bred merle are trying to get out of the business. >> run areas cross our area are preparing for sunday's blue cross broad street run and so are a group of dogs. ten dogs called the action pack will represent the animal care and control team at philadelphia at a booth along the race route. ten runners will participate in the race in honor of those dogs. they'll raise awareness for the homeless pets of philadelphia shel

a south korean defense official tells cnn this mock up is designed for north korean forces to launchlated attack on the so-called blue house where the president lives could come at any moment. >> commandos could do training exercises where they enter the facility, try to capture it. also this facility was built at a well used artillery range, it is possible they want to blow it up for maximum media impact. >> reporter: he says the assault drill is intended to instill fear. they say he likely knows an attack on the south korean rival would bring massive retaliation from seoul and washington. but president park is familiar with these attacks on the most painful, personal levels. >> because of park and his position, it is very important for security services in south korea to take necessary precautions to guard her safety. >> reporter: kim jong-un's family that led korea since 1948 has a long history of brazen assaults on south korean presidents, trying and failing three times to assassinate them. one of those attempts in 1974 targeted president park's father. >> the one you see here. i

bases, and depicting an attack on the south korean presidential building and launches against the country the president apologized for recent test operation to remove the north korean leadership in the event of a full-scale conflict. this shows ten days after similar video was shown depicting an attack on washington, with things escalating you never know what they might do. bill: information that is important to voters and all the candidates, we will break it down. martha: it was one driver's lucky day or unlucky depending which way you look at it. he survived but was left with that. >> i was fortunate to get out. could have been so many days it went wrong, one way it went right. many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. and even though their dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killi

arm in the world war so those south korean soldiers are lie die hands i want to say no issues like this like die hands or the children of the raised women regarding the comfort women issue for japanese japan so the fact should be taught in history and i don't want to have a bias education for our children and i don't want to have certain propaganda from a certain countries in our children's education and learning history is to create a bright future for this country and the world let's create peace if we want to know the importance of human right this comfort women issue is not suitable if history proved this sorry this comfort women issue is proof indication from certain prop enhanced it would be a shame for us to include this in our textbooks please think about the comfort women issue including in our textbooks thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you to all the speakers a special order of business, there is none tonight. and other educational issues none and consent calendar resolution, there is none tonight. and a vote on the consent calendar which is moved and seconded and m

south korea is monitoring. north korean officials on friday said his country would not tolerate searches of hits ships understand sanctions > > >>> rosalind jordan joins us now. the issue is a big focus. >> it is a big focus. north korea has steadfastly refused to stop efforts to expand the nuclear weapons programme. there was the underground nuclear test. suspected nuclear test, leading to a round of u.n. security council, and united states sanctions against the country. statements by the south korean leader clearly are not enough to persuade north korea to change course. statements made by the chinese president. noting that north korea's nu nuclear did not change things. it goes to the question of how many countries can be considered nuclear states, states that have the potential capability of using nuclear weapons in conflict with other countries. they all do not want to see north korea become a part of the family. >> in the past we talk about stockpiles and black market. is that relevant? >> it's a relevant question. ex

i think the south koreans put in about a billion or so towards the program. but how do you recollect the view from tokyo at the time especially in this context of what was in and what was outside of the deal. >> i'm out of government so i did not have insider information. my observation is from the outside. tokyo's condition was to address the reduction by the framework of the deal. i think that reminds me of the prioritization within the japanese government on dealing with north korea. and so the threats, nuclear threats posed by north korea at that time was not really immine imminent. there was no proof of credible capability of north korea and there's no sense of urgency on the side of japan. reduction issue, that was a comment by the government at that time to deal with. the way the japanese government at that time and also i would like remind that the japanese government was very fragile politically at that time. so i think we need to sort of mobilize various issues and then, of course, that issue is so much of consensus of the public. so i think -- dome

but we need to -- we need to make sure that we continue to find of fly in formation with the south koreans. that's going to be the successor state on the korean peninsula. we don't want to mess up that relationship again. i think we need to really do a deep dive with the chinese on this issue, on south china sea, on number of issues. and i would humbly suggest following lee hamilton's suggestion that we need to put some really real suggestions on the table that, you know, when i was in iraq -- and i'm going to get to the middle east in a second. when i was in iraq, president obama appointed vice president biden to come and visit us like every six weeks. it seems like every six days when you have a vice president descending on you. but the point of that was, this issue's important, i'm putting my vice president on this like a rug. and so vice president biden was there all the time, it seemed. you know, it was pretty clear that this was a top priority for the administration. let's get iraq right. i think the new president needs to get the new vice president to have some specific assignments

. >> reporter: south korean officials believe this was an attempt to test a medium-range missile.ll prepare for all possible scenarios. >> our military is monitoring for the possibility of a fifth nuclear test and additional missile provocations and preparing for such situations. >> reporter: this launch follows north korea's fourth nuclear test in january, and a long-renning launch in january. this failure is seen as a setback for leader kim jong un and is considered a breach of u.n. security council resolutions. the u.s. says it was aware that north korea was preparing to test a mid-range missile. it is closely monitoring the korean peninsula. 28,000 troops are stationed on the south korean side. katie logan, fox news. >>> taking a check of stocks right now, the dow is down some 30 points. staying below 18,000 at 17,985. >>> the sky high price of homes in san francisco may finally be leveling off. home prices in san francisco fell last month for the first time in four years. red fin says the average price 2%. last year home prices in the city grew 15%. right now the median price

the south korean military released this statement. and maintaining all provisions against any emergency situations. cnn's paula hancock is joining us live here. so paula, if i believe this correctly you are in seoul. what are you hearing there this hour? >> reporter: well, at this point, obviously details are fairly scant. what we're hearing from the south korean side is the joint chiefs of staff saying that north korea has fired what they assume is an slbm, this submarine launched ballistic missile. they're not saying whether they consider it a success or a failure. we're hearing nothing from the north korean side. it only happened two hours ago and certainly that would be very quick for the north koreans to announce this, but if it did appear that it was a success, we can guarantee that they will be announcing this state run media is obviously something we're watching very closely at this point. what we understand is it was off the east coast, the south korean military here is on high alert. they are on a state of readiness for any e

the south korean company has seen profits under pressure from rivals. >> let's focus on the panama papers the french startup that helped sift through information. >> they were working on finding the key details in those 11 million documents. the french technology company was approached to help in that task. we spoke to the ceo. this information already exists in the data, but it is really huge. the ability tos find specific names inside the data and then check if there is a connection between bank accounts come offshore companies. and follow the connections like we follow the money as well. also in france, the mayor of a town near paris is try to do the unthinkable, cut jobs from the public sector. >> protection for workers is very strong in france. service workers are practically unpardonable. u- on fire opal -- o nfireable. it is an unprecedented move in the sector. >> public servant job for life is no longer the case in a town northwest of paris. the mayor's wants 200 municipal employees to take redundancy and they won't be replaced. the business development advisor is going to become

said its japanese and south korean allies have vowed to increase pressure against north korea's nuclear program. the three warned they could take faurth steps to counter threats from pyongyang. a dinner was held at the white house for heads of state and delegates from 50 countries attending the summit. on the agenda is how vulnerable nuclear materials can be better secured. our correspondent has more from washington dc. >> reporter: this is the fourth and final nuclear security summit of president obama's career in the white house. the president is trying to figure out ways of having the work of the summit continue after he leaves office. one thing that obama has been trying to do throughout this summit is to try to get countries to work together on things such as improechg the physical security-- improving the physical security of nuclear materials, whether it's at a hospital or clinic or a power reactor facility. one area that is very much of concern to the world leaders who are gathered here in washington is the idea that someone with nefarious intentions could get his or are her han

it goes back to donald trump's focus and his guiding principle is to put americans first, not south koreansirst but to put americans first and i think he did that and that's what people in our country are looking for, somebody concerned about our country first and not everybody else and that's why he's doing so well. >> sarah huckabee sanders, appreciate your time. >> you bet. thank you, jake. >>> sticking with our politics lead while bernie sanders is busy laying off campaign staffers hillary clinton is working to defeat her plan against donald trump. that's a glimpse at her strategy coming up next. ♪ one coat, yes! ♪ there is a day, for every number. ♪ ♪ there is a time for all my slumbers. ♪ ♪ and i can see that i can't run and hide. ♪ one coat guaranteed marquee interior. behr's most advanced paint. come find our top rated paints only at the home depot. i didn't really know anything about my family history. went to ancestry, i put in the names of my grandparents first. i got a leaf right away. a leaf is a hint that is connected to each person in your family tree. i learned that my ten t

officials recalled the north february threat of a potential strike to protest a joint american/south korean military drills. pyongyang then said the presidential office would be the main target. the officials added that the move appears to be aimed at strengthening unity in the north by stoking animosity towards the south. >>> it's time to check on the markets and the latest trading on wall street. >> the numbers give a better idea of how the economy is performing. the data is all for the month of march. let's start with household spending. the data shows that consumer in japan are tightening their pursestrin pursestrin pursestrings. household spending posted the first decline in two months. spending by all households with two or more members was down 5 to 3%. the average monthly idea for workers households stood at about $4,060. that's up from the previous year. the key piece of data on prices, the consumer price index for march was down for the first time in five months. the index includes oil products but not fresh food. the figure was down by 0.3%. the gauge was actually up. that figure

south korea said that the north fired another short-ranged missile on friday. a north korean official said that the peninsula is now in the state of setting war. >>> south africa's president has expressed regret after he was ordered to repay private money spent on improving his private home. but he said that he did not act dishonestly. we have more from joes hansberg. >> the country's highest court delivered the final damn be werder bremen on the president and the national assembly. both breached the constitution. it ordered the president to repay the money used for improving things like an amphitheater and swimming pool. the president said that the gross over spend should never have happened. >> the matter has caused a lot of frustration and confusion for which i apologize on my behalf and on behalf of government. >> but he defended his actions saying he always intended to pay back the money. >> i respect the judgment and will abide by it. i have consistently stated that i would pay an amount towards the unknown security upgrades. >> but zuma was dismissive of the demand tha

. >>> north korea attempted to fire a missile from its eastern coast and failed according to south korean leaders. u.s. satellites spotted signs that the country was going to fire a mobile ballistic missile that could be capable of reaching far off military bases in asia. >>> a bird strike forced a passenger jet to make an emergency landing in west virginia. this is video of the cracked windshield after the midair collision. the delta flight was en route from nashville to laguardia with 57 passengers on board. the aircraft touched down safely at yeager airport nobody was hurt. >>> nba is expected to address team owners on the controversy surrounding the all star game in charlotte they will meet to discuss the hb2 it limits the protection of lgbt individuals. losing the all star game would be a blow to charlotte. >>> the city of philadelphia held it's first of five public forums on the future of the boulevard. people gathered to offer suggestions from staff members to benefit to the to city and septa on what they would like done to improve the boulevard. in the past five years there were 3

south korea says the north fired another short range missile on friday. a north korean official says the peninsula is now in a state of nuclear war. pyongyang says it will not tolerate a test of its ships. south africa's president say he did not act dishonestly in a scandal over the use of state funds to renovate his private home. he has apologised and agreed to pay back some of the money following a ruling by some of the country's top court. >> reporter: the country's highest court delivered the final damning word on the president and the national assembly, both breached the constitution. it ordered the president to repay the state coffers for home improvements unrelated to security, things like a theater and a swimming pool. in a statement broadcast live to the nation the president said the gross overspend should never have happened >> the matter has caused a lot of frustration and confusion for which i apologise on my behalf and on behalf of government. >> reporter: he defended his actions saying he had always intended to pay back the money >> i respect the judgment

is and south korean military exercises. >>> all right. hold on tight to your bags if you plan to go out shopping this weekend. they might fly away. storm team 4 is tracking strong gusts of wind and bitter cold temperatures that could impact your plans. > home from work. how the victim is now warning others and pushing for change. it's 8:37. >>> command. urgent. we have guys down. urgent. may day. >> six firefighters hurt on the jersey shore last night. when it started to collapse, they were able to get out. they are recovering this morning. the exact cause of that fire still under investigation. >>> a group of teenagers accused of attacking a d.c. man on his way home from a metro station. it happened wednesday afternoon as the man was leaving the guy detective station. a teen stopped and asked him about the presidential election. he told the teen he didn't know anything about that and kept on walking. >> i would say halfway down the block later i heard someone running behind me. as i turned, one of the kids, you know, punched me in my fac

the missile was fired from sondok at around 1:00 south korean time on friday. they said it fell in the sea of japan. a news agency says the missile flew about 100 kilometers. defense ministry officials are analyzing information. on top of a nuclear test and a rocket launch in recent months, pyongyang has fired a series of projectiles. last month it has launched short-range ballistic missiles believed to be scuds, medium-ranged missiles believed to be nodong. flaurk state media reported earlier pyongyang might use force if its sovereignty is athleteened. >>> leaders of china and south korea discussed north korea in washington. xi jinping reportedly urged park geun-hye to refrain from taking actions that could escalate tensions on the korean peninsula. officials of china's foreign ministry says xi called for impremenation of u.n. security council action on north korea as well as dialogue. xi urged all parties concerned to refrain from damaging security interests and the strategic balance in the region. analysts say xi's remarks are aimed at keeping both seoul and

south korean officials say lil' kim's crew tried to jam their gps signals.dn't cause major disruptions other than fishing boats reportin problems. finally, lil' kim or kim jong-un might enjoy looking at stuff. we know he does. but he doesn't want anybody else to look at stuff. north korea announcing it has blocked facebook, youtube, twitter, and a bunch of other stuff. analysts point out very few north koreans have interin net access but visitors hap be able to surf the web. though officials were probable live watching them now. good luck updating your status if you're in lil' kim's hood. rich edson is in washington. let's go trace gallagher in the west coast news hub. do we know why north korea keeps firing missiles? >> reporter: south korean leaders saying firing missiles into the sea is north korea's way of responding to joint military exercises being conducted by the u.s. and south korea, which the north says is nothing less than a rehearsal for an invasion. listen now to north korea's ambassador to the u.s. >> no, they open their color, meaning decapita

south korean government officials revealed a restaurant manager and 12 female employees arrived last thursday seeking asylum. they had been working at a restaurant set up by north korea in an unidentified country. red cross society has issued threats. it says if seoul does not apologize and send back the citizens, there are be serious consequences. china's foreign ministry says 13 north koreans had been there and had left legally with valid passports. north korea red cross society expressed displeasure. they said they plotted with the country to take them by way of southeast asia. >>> top officials from the united states and india have agreed to step up military cooperation, amid marty activities. ash carter and indian defense minister announced the agreement on tuesday. logistic cooperation air and naval basis as well as other facilities and sharing supplies. >> we agreed in principle to share and exchange logistics. as has already been noted. which will allow us to do even more. >> carter said strategic cooperation will range from the india ocean to the asia pacific area. >> we wil

south korean time on friday. they said it fell in the sea of japan. the news agency said the missile flew about 100 kilometers. defense ministry officials are analyzing information. on top of a nuclear test and a rocket launch in recent months, pyongyang fired a series of projectiles. it launched short range ballistic missiles believed to be scuds. they are believed to be a new type of rocket. north korea's state media reported that pyongyang must use nuclear force if its sovereignty is threatened. >>> leaders of china and south korea discussed in washington. ping urged them to refrain from taking actions. officials said they called for resolutions on north korea as well as dialogue. and the strategic balance in the region. the remarks are aimed at keeping both in check. south korea is conducting the largest ever joint military drills and they are discussing the deployment of the state-of-the-art missile system in south korea. she stressed the importance of cooperation to stop the provocations. she said north korea's recent missile tests showed the im

for instance the south korean government arranged a bus service to transport a group of students studying at the local university to fukuoka airport. >> translator: the second major quake was especially scary. i was on the fourth floor and we lost power. so, i was very frightened. >> reporter: the center provides food for evacuees. today's lunch was rice bowls and miso soup. the ration is limited because there are tens of thousands of people taking temporary shelter all over kumamoto. >> the food is amazing. this is my first meal but i'm very impressed with it. >> reporter: there are people who have food allergies. or follow religious regulations. the center says they're trying to cater to everyone's needs. the center's representative says he ask every evacuee to please help each other. >> help each other, the foreign citizens and the japanese resides. and we can save our service. >> reporter: local cities in japan like kumamoto are becoming more and more international, the disaster has hit everyone in the region and people are doing their best to overcome the situation together. takafumi

. >>> a south korean news agency says north korea has deployed up to musudan mid-range missiles. the yonhap news agency broke the news. they said one or two have been launched. they have a range of up to 4,000 kilometers. it puts a japan and a u.s. base in guam in reach. a defense ministry spokesperson in seoul declined to confirm the deployment. >> translator: our military is keeping an eye on the possibility of a fifth launch, including a musudan and preparing for this. >> officials in tokyo are raising the alert level. >> translator: we cannot rule out further provocation by the north. japan will continue to watch the situation and take all necessary measures. >> the move comes just before the birthday of the country's founding father. >>> the bank of japan chief says policymakers are prepared to wrap up theirs easing mers if it calls for it. gene otani that's the details along with other news. >> analysises are looking at adopting a negative rate but he said policymakers won't hesitate to lower it further. kuroda was giving a lecture at columbia university in new york. >> we

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. >> staff at korean airlines delivered water on a flight and officials at another south korean carrier have donated almost $100,000 to kumamoto prefecture. >>> a major japanese auto maker admitted to misconduct involving fuel efficiency tests. gene otani has the details along with other top business stories. >> officials at japan's mitsubishi motors says workers falsified data for 625,000 vehicles. they say the misconduct involved four types of mini vehicles. >> translator: i believe the data were intentionally falsified. investigations are under way as to why it was carried out. i myself was not aware of the incident. but i feel it involves the responsibility of management. >> he says the company has halted production and sales of the four models. two models were sold by mitsubishi and the two others produced for nissan. they say the manipulation came to light after officials at nissan pointed out problems with the data. officials at toyota motor are anxious to get their assembly lines up and running again following the series of earthquakes in southwestern japan. the car company susp

percentages and we need to -- we need to make sure that we continue to try to fly information with the south koreans. and so we don't want to mess up that relationship again. and so i think that we really need to do a deep dive with the chinese on this issue, on the south china sea and this is something that we need to actually put some real suggestion into the table. president obama invited us to come visit every six weeks. it seems like every six days. but the point of that was this issue is important and i am putting my vice president on this. so he was there all the time, it seemed. and so it was pretty clear that this was a top priority for the administration so let's get it right. and i think that the new president needs to get the new vice president to have some specific assignmenassignmen ts and i would put china at the top of that. you know, i think that china is -- my concern is not that it is too strong or that it is going to take over the world. my concern is that it could become too weak. so i think when an important state like china or russia becomes too weak, that is when it becomes m