north koreans have been marking what would have been the 70th birthday of his late father, kim john-il. kim reviewed the parade from a balcony decorated with a portrait of his father. he stood with his uncle and others. the north's leadership appears to have intensified efforts to day fie the ruler. they gave him the highest title. analysts say they are using celebrations of his birthday to strengthen the rule of his son. >>> japan's government says 120 pro-young yang residents recently brought a total of 70 million yen, about $890,000 on a visit to north korea. public security officials say the korean residents, including executive officials of a pro-north korea association traveled to the north via beijing and other routes in late january and earlier this month. north korean residents are required to report to customs authorities when they take over 100,000 yen or $1,270 to the north. customs say at least $890,000 were brought into the country. public officials say the association was asked by north korea to donate money to celebrate kim's anniversary. >> translator: north korea is a

the unusual aid delivery is the first of its kind since the death of kim john-il. kim jong-il. pictures were released by a south korean human rights group, said to be taken january 12th. they show large cargo trucks stacked with rice bags waiting at customs stations near the north korean border. the group quoted the driver of one of the trucks saying he had been told to bring the rice to north korea from january 9th. the group said it confirmed a convoy of about ten trucks carrying rice moved through customs and into the north for ten days. the group saidhina rarely ships such large amounts of rice in january, and such aid usually comes in spring or fall. >> translator: the unusual timing may indicate that china made a political decision to send rice to maintain its clout with north korea under its new leader, kim jong-un. >>> taiwan's president appointed a financial expert as the new premier. the taiwan economy has been slowing as credit fears in europe loom large. he announced that appointment, following his re-election and parliamentary election on january 14th. chen has con

an official mission to the north to express condolences over the death of kim jong-un's father, kim john-il. the letter presses the south to can sell upcoming joint military exercises with the united states. the drill scheduled to start the end of this month. as we mentioned, the letter contains questions for the south. the north asks it to promise to stop criticizing it for the sinking of a south korean war ship and shelling of young popping island in 2010. the south car kor ian government has shown more flexible attitude to the dialogue. the letter is apparently aimed at increasing pressure on the administration of south korean president before the general elections in april. south korea's unification ministry says the government won't respond every time the north tries to push through demands at a critical phase of inter tori and ties. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." of "newsline." thanks for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

time the two sides are meeting about the north's nuclear program since the death of former leader kim john-il in december. the vice foreign minister arrived in beijing tuesday. he did not speak with reporters. he will meet the u.s. special envoy for north korean policy. attention is focused on whether the north's nuclear stance changed under the new leader, kim jong-un. there's also speculation about whether north korea will comply with the u.s. demand to stop its uranium enrichment program in exchange for food aid. >>> japan and australia held the first meeting about whether japan should join talks on the trans-pacific partnership free trade agreement. government officials from the two countries met tuesday. australian officials say they welcome the start of japan's consultations for joining the talks, but they stopped short of expressing support for japan actually participating in the free trade negotiations. they stressed that a prins well is all are tariff free, including farm products. they are continuing discussions on the requirements japan must fulfill to join the talks. six out of ni

the unusual aid delivery is the first of its kind since the death of kim john-il. pictures were released by a south korean human rights group, said to be taken january 12th. they show large cargo trucks stacked with rice bags waiting at customs stations near the north korean border. the group quoted the driver of one of the trucks saying he had been told to bring the rice to north korea from january 9th. the group said it confirmed a convoy of about ten trucks carrying rice moved through customs and into the north for ten days. the group said china rarely ships such large amounts of rice in january, and such aid usually comes in spring or fall. >> translator: the unusual timing may indicate china made a political decision to send rice to maintain its clout with north korea, under its new leader, kim jong-un. >>> taiwan's president appointed a financial expert as the new premier. the taiwan economy has been slowing as credit fears in europe loom large. he announced that appointment, following his re-election and parliamentary election on january 14th. he concentrate

korea agrees to return to talks about its nuclear program for the first time since the death of kim john-il. the united states is wading back into the waters with north korea. americans have been frustrated in efforts to kick start talks over the nuclear program. the obama administration announced envoys will meet next week for the first time in four months. the delegates from the two sides are scheduled to meet on february 23rd in beijing. these will be the first such talks since kim jong-un took over as leader in december. representatives of the united states and north korea last met in october in geneva. u.s. state department spokesperson said the u.s. wants to see if north korea is ready to take concrete steps toward denuclearization. the talks have been stalled for more than three years. the u.s. envoy will visit seoul and tokyo in the days following the talks. davies will report on the progress. >>> trade his a high, 62% jump from the previous year reflects the north increasing dependence on china. china's customs authorities say there was $5.6 billion worth of trade between the count

the style may be news, but when it comes to substance, it says kim john you know is kim jong il. lucy williamson, bbc news, seoul. >> sport coming up in about 20 minutes. sue is here. >> got lots of ice in the bulletin today. we're going to start with ice hockey. detroit red wings setting a new record, 21 successive home victories. how good is that? this latest victory over the dallas stars, they've been unstoppable at home this season. their home record, phenomenal. since november 3, in 27 home matches, they've had 24 wins, two ties, and just one defeat. so, if you are a fan of the red wings, you are very happy indeed. >> not bad. and also something that we don't see an awful lot of. >> no, we just watched the last goal go in. look at this. this is horseracing on the ice basically. so you just get yourself on a pair of skis to be the sort of jockey -- that's all you go. >> and there you go. skiing itself is a bit tricky. horseracing can be a dangerous profession in the best of times, so you put the two together, and the danger factor goes up exponentially. but yes, terrific acti

kim jong-il. for science and international affairs. johnn. have we learned anything more about him since he assumed power back in late december? >> yes, you know, north korean propaganda has been showing a lot of footage with inspection tours, traveling to different parts of as more footage of him, we don't know what he sounds like. no one actually knows what his voice sounds like, in a sense there's been no audio of this. there are two south korean officials, the former president, his widow, and the former chairman and his widow, both went to play their respects at kim jong-il's funeral, and they had a brief audience. aside from the two individuals, again we don't know what he sounds like. >> john, why do you think that is? >> you know, i think there's a lot of speculation. one thing is they are trying to cultivate an image of kim jong-un as almost being the reincarnation of kim song un. so perhaps their voices are different. hence there will be something of a censorship in that area. >> interesting. do we know yet the extent to which this

john f. kennedy. >> they're celebrating the death of kim jong il. he would have been 70 today.amento kings. the lin legend growing with each day. >> wasn't drafted out of college. two nba teams, the rockets and the golden state warriors both cut him. the knicks scooped him up. they sent him to the d league. because of injuries he was called back to the team. in one week this unknown asian american with a degree in economics from harvard has put up lebron james numbers. >> he came out of virtually nowhere. >> yes, he came out of nowhere, which is my nickname for harvard. folks, you know things are rough when a harvard economics grad has an easier time getting a job as an nba point guard than a wall street bond trader. >> you know something, soledad, you have a better chance of coming out of harvard of being president than a professional basketball player. >> that's so funny. i didn't realize that. >> five presidents from harvard and four professional basketball players. including rob marciano. he told me that. >> did he? i think he is right on that. wow. so even more power to je