rob mcbride is in budget, and harry fawcett is in seoul. is this a tit for tat move? why have they done this? >> well, certainly it's a very direct response to what china did on november the 23rd by extending their zone into the east china sea. a lot of the attention on that surrounded the islands claimed by japan and china. the e.u. in china. as well as that, it did enroach on the existing south korean air defense zone and south korea has wanted to extend its own zone to cover two of its islands that were not included when the original zone was drawn up in 1951 by the americans, and there's a submerged reef and that falls under the new zone which extends 150km or more korean peninsula. that has south korean scientific research station and helipad on it. it's in a strategically important part of the waters and south korea's own military aircraft operate with greater ease in this area. sea trying to say that it's going this in a regularized way than china did a few days ago, saying it's consulting with its neighbours, leaving them with a grace period so it can have fur

harry fawcett explains how the move is raising tensions in the region. >> south korea's announcement may be about invisible lines, bet they extend over land and see. this is what is home to a scientific research station and under de facto control. these waters and rocks are claimed by budget and seoul as part of the exclusive zones. now south korea is experting its rites. >> translation: the new korean air space defense zone is modified to be in line, including air space over the waters. >> seoul's move comes two weeks after china's extension of its zone encroaching on those of south korea and japan. it extends deeper and overlaps that of japan. the government in sole won't impose of new rules, requiring foreign aircraft, allowing for consultation with neighbours. >> we believe it will not significantly impact the relationship with china and japan, as we try to work for peace and cooperation in north-east asia. >> south korea's president discussed the plans with u.s. vice president joe biden. the u.s. state department declared itself on the same page as seoul. an extended zone will h

. >> harry fawcett has more from the south korean capital seoul. >> no shortage of enthusiasm from the military, and the party figures assembled to commemorate the second anniversary. hardly surprising when you consider one of the offenses was accused of in the lead-up to the execution was he didn't applaud enough when kim jong un was appointed to a position of power. the young leader himself was stern faced, grim throughout the proceedings, and people here have been watching them closely to see what they can discern of the leadership situation in north korea. the government is concerned by all this. the president talking about the possibility of reckless provocations in the future. her defence minister being more specific saying that the military here had to prepare itself to take on north korea in the case of military provocations between january and march next year, saying they had to be defeated at the source and command center. he said that this could be a turning point in the 68-year communist regime. one parliamentarian talking about indications of an imminent nuclear test or a

let's bring in harry fawcett. ing itself over the s way of disputed islands and china? >> certainly in the first instance it is a very direct response to china's own extension of its air definition zone on november the 23rd. that extent overlaps south korea's air defense zone, as well as japan's and -- japan's one. over what china called senkakku islands, and japan called diaoyu island. there is an area which includes an undersea reef. there is a south korean research station that's been built on that. it has a south korean helipad and is under de facto south korean control. because of an accident in history in 1951 when the americans drew the air defense zone, it didn't include the area or two other south korean isds which are not under dispute. this is really an opportunity for south korea to right what many here were surprised to see was the current situation and extend the zone further south, allowing greater ease of military operation within the zone by sea. the south korean government making it clear that it's doing things in a different way. it's saying that it c

. >> we'll try to get that report from harry fawcett later. new footage has been released of an asian boeing 747. three died and more than 180 were injured. a hearing into the crash revealed that the pilot was nervous about landing the plane manually. >> stark where are reports. >> surveillance video released made others realise they were coming in too low and slow. it hit the run which, hit a seawall and snapped off the tail. we have an issue in aviation that needs to be dealt with with respect to automation and performance when it comes to interaction. in the asiana crash, the captain disconnected the autopilot and it disabled the automatic speed control. the crew failed to notice that the speed was dropping. the plaps are becoming so automated. they are removing human judgment from flight. pilots really are becoming somewhat complacent. >> it's been a challenge with other airlines. an flight crashed in buffalo, both on confusion about automation and the pilot's failure to handle controls. >> just last month the faa issued a report finding t

south korea announced an overlapping the one announced by china, harry fawcett has more. >> south korea'snnouncement may be about invisible lines in the air, but they extend over disputed areas of land and sea. this is a submerged rocky reef, home to a research operation and under their strategic control. south korea has asserted its right in the air above >> translation: the new korean air defense zone is modified to be in line with the country's flight region, which does no overlap with other country, it includes the air space over the waters. >> the new korean zone extends into the chine chinese one and overlaps that of japan. the government in seoul says it will not impose rules requiring foreign aircraft to identify themselves until december 15th, allowing for consultation with neighbours. >> translation: we believe if will not impact our relationship with china and japan as we try to work for peace and cooperation in north-east asia. >> south korea's president discussed the plans with vice president joe biden. the u.s. state department declared itself on the same page as seoul. chin

harry fawcett reports from seoul. >> this was the final chapter in jang song-thaek's downfall.im jong un's uncle, widely held as the second-most powerful man, handcuffed, cowelled and on his way it execution. >> despicable human scum, jang, perpetrated acts of trechery in betrayal of trust and love shown by the party and the leader for him. >> the 3,000-word statement catalogued his crimes - attempting to over throw the leadership, building a power base and failing to applaud properly >> people on the streets who would have spoken of his with reverence were denouncing him and hissal lies. >> for the group of trial dat s daters -- traitors, execution is too lenient. >> that is what is ilum nating, a leadership that strives to maintain perfect unity admitted to a large and powerful threat from within. >> they announced what jang song-thaek - what was wrong and executed very quickly. this means they tried to prevent other counterattack from jang song-thaek supporters. >> a possibility is internal strife could result in provocative behaviour. >> translation: hour government expects

jz's harry fawcett has more from bangkok. >> this is day three since suthep thaugsuban declared on mondayafter a mass rally of anti-government protesters. no sign that yingluck shinawatra or her party is preparing to set down and leave the role. which is what the protesters are calling for. there was a number that cut the wall, calling on police to leave the compound, leave it to the military. all eyes on the military, because the protest leader called on the military to take a stand and stand by the people. people who support him and his side of thai politics. he wants a meeding today. there are no indications yet. there was a report that they rejected it last night. we spoke to spokespeople who say they are considering the top brass as to whether they will heed the call and meet with suthep thaugsuban and the people around him. it is a key development if the ministry takes the side of the anti-government protesters. they stepped back from the fray. they say they have learnt the lessons of 2006 and perhaps they'll help to meadiate. they wouldn't take one side or the others. >> u.s. milit

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