against north korea's live fire drills crossed the disputed maritime border with south korea soul responds with artillery fire and f fifteen k fighter jets again threatens a new kind of nuclear tests all says tibet has been the north would pay the price scientists bring us to a world where nanotechnology skin patch watchers analyzes and immediately deliver medication on time you speak instead. and. cheers and korea and hello to those of you were watching from around the world it's monday marks thirty first year in seoul on abt them from limping so much for joining us. we begin this evening with the latest skirmish between the two koreas soul in kunming exchange fire across the western maritime border on monday after the norse artillery shells fell into waters in this town for more under the new tensions on the korean peninsula. we go live to a correspondent on funky at the hideout new center as honey what can you tell us. data exchange of fire between fifty three s came to an end at about three thirty pm korean time. it all began and it'll pass me in on this monday after north korea began

south korea's defence ministry remains on high alert after north korea fired by her belief that seemed to stretch the short range missiles into the east sea early monday morning the ministry said the missiles flew about five hundred km which means they can hit targets in south korea and japan. the lunch comes just days after the north fired four short range missiles from the same location. such launches of short range missiles by kenny and are a common part of its regular military trials but soul sees the latest string of law it is as an intentional provocation in protest against annual joint military exercises between south korea and the united states. under the company's north korea short range ballistic missile launch appears to be a typical two sided tactic. the north seems to be intentionally rationing of tensions by firing the missiles during the key result exercises. south korea views north from the sbc missed a lot says as the violation of the un security council resolutions as a handful of un sanctions and every team from using ballistic missile technology experts say bunches

if it were yours and korea. those of you were watching from around the world it's monday the twenty fourth here in seoul find a job when they do so much for joining us. we begin this evening in the hague where in about an hour from now the third nuclear security summit will officially kick off as a leader of the most recent two thousand twelve summit host nation has to bach and is expected to give remarks at the opening session will be bringing you live coverage of the presidents speech at eleven pm korean time but first the staff but the wrath of the president talked packing day and the netherlands for bilateral talks with dutch prime minister michael wright said any summit with her chinese counterpart to thinking we can apply for presidential office correspondent is time to indicate that you can have it this time ago with the best leader iga chain and agony. i love me back and back an economic hike and i didn't get elected the market trading partner why do you. agent. welcome back rectification didn't really k

pastor ninth north korea fires to winter range missiles shortly after the leaders of south korea the us and japan agreed to transfer. now to give up its nuclear ambitions. hold on to the japanese leader for her first time in twenty two months of tensions over japan's national sins and that protect the bar for reconciliation of the two for months if not years to come surely as main opposition democratic party and supporters that mattered one acre at first so don't force it to form the new party ahead of local election is due to the start of our next prime time tv. the reds at rei and woe to those of you were watching from around the world it's minus eight march twenty six here in seoul on the pk and shun the baby so much for joining us. we begin this evening in berlin where present in a is on her state visit. turner forty stations expected to lay out her unification policies with hopes of learning from the german re unification experience for that latest on her trip because that line for presidential office correspondence he has time to cool it is traveling with the president is and w

many come to korea for the job. it didn't move it to their staff will be greater interest among overseas koreans to live in korea because korea has become globalized book many new employment opportunities and take advantage of opportunities is what one korean americans do. this is about the thirty one year old's counterparts uses american influence is and train ethnic background to start the match to fusion restaurant in town. it's going to california and has never really vast array of it is available to us but when the korean taco truck trend started to really bloom and i can i woke up when it was like a weather we introduce a scaly and talk which trends in korea as opposed to a student again the restaurant has climbed the anti three locations in the span of two years. i think korea is as they did such an under rated place to do business and to live as an act that was the couple. and i think the opportunism of really abundant. honey i am nice. it's over now to the latest on the ukraine crisis a series of diplomatic

people who would think the expense of south korea standard of living appreciate and south korea to me cry the gratuitous next article from salon in which tells us that it's not just the scene and that's suffering from this month twenty cents. but the here and leave the rest of the suffocating as the zing of penrith and cousins out to be driving the pace is also seen in smog levels seen in the past week supply to be on par with teaching one of the world's most polluted cities. and you see here that i felt how were covered in small hike in on the right it says pair with us on its air quality index reached one hundred and eighty five micrograms just hundred and eighteen one hundred and fifty six earlier this week. annals of my sunset the safe limit of eighty micrograms. this has prompted french authorities to limit the number of cars on the road for the first trying since and nineteen ninety seven. incidentally disturbing to see city's adult around the world to winning with beading and it's not nice is signaling that air pollution is rising as a global environmental problem the collectiv

north korea. and was u.s. ambassador to the united nations. he joins me from new hampshire. governor richardson, is north korea saber rattling when it fires shells at south korea or is this a major escalation of tensions? >> well, yeah, it's serious. what north korea is saying is look international community it's not just ukraine, syria. we're here too. and then they are also saying you have to engage in dialogue with us but the u.s. and south korea, other countries are saying to north korea, we're only going to engage in dialogue if you agree to reduce or terminate your nuclear weapons. that's the holdup and then the new leader of north korea, he's so unpredictable, he seems to be catering to his military by being war like. the danger area and this area is a tinderbox. >> if north korea wants talks with the west, why is it threatening to set off new neek lar devices? seems a strange tactic. >> they're basically saying look, if you don't deal with us, if you don't enter a dialogue, we're going to

we north korea claims of the south korean government is lending north korea however with you once again emphasize that this is not true. the harshly worded comments mentioning president up by a name for the first since coming out and greeks to stop cross border century that came on that theory fourteen at a high level meeting between the two three as the suffering government says pyongyang has violated the deal. north korea is lashing out at and this is place on the new crossing the north that the recent create us japan meeting the criticism against president pumpkin he seems to suggest the north possibly the need for issue by itself despite the harsh words coming from the north and the high chance that more will come. experts say they're not likely to affect the current efforts to improve the relations on the korean peninsula. it's a lot. aiden news. it seems are a korea could soon face consequences for its latest ballistic missile launches a un security council meeting is set for thursday to talk about ways to punish the rogue state while the us congress will also consider new sanctio

korea and china fta and tyrant or anti bush is in korea china japan and as for korea japan fta. it's virtually stopped due to the idea so we went on court issues. liberal trade illegal edition. and as for our korean tired of tea a couple to mile nine. negotiation long workout. however you know we have a mini shoes in negotiation. so out of both countries delegation try to bridge the gap. in many issues but i did take some time. all right professor time thanks so much for joining us tonight is my pledge the new. your gateway to the day's biggest story in korea and around the world breaking these are the hottest interview and a whole lot more. enjoy the tetons chum limited and ut head of the heart of seoul right i need to be done well i had to be on and on tv next in line. there is rising well trained doctors and the government will be able to talk through their differences and inferred an upcoming dr strike planned for the last week of the month. pessimists on reports and some sticking points to bind the two sides medical doctors and the garments are preparing for a meeting after

what north korea said no to south korea's proposal to hold working level talks on stage in additional reunions of families separated since the korean war but experts say the commons for dean to completely shut the door and souls offer upon some key reports the mystery on thursday rejected south korea's proposal for talks on visiting the union for families separated by the korean war. the response comes one day after still offered to meet for red cross working level talks next wednesday at the true spirit of coming down in a statement the north said a proper atmosphere had not seen for me it is scott's baby in a sheet. south korea's unification ministry expressed its regret and called on the north to reconsider. isn't the doomed and go the issue of separated families is a path to be resolved between the two koreas before anything else without being tied to any other issues he picks me up i know i did not completely slammed the door on the south it said in part to humanitarian issues like making of the unions are regular events should not be dealt with by red cross officials experts say

south korea's defense ministry officials say the thing north korea's missile launches on sunday were in response to ongoing annual military drills between seoul and washington on top. north korea fired off twenty five missile three different times on sunday review of this as an arm protest against troy military exercises with the us north korea needs to stop. well kim said monday that the ministers keep you close eye on the possibility of future provocations as last package from missile launches as can be on standby. caden did not give any prior notification of sunday's losses from the north's east coast. the rockets which were shot into the ec are believed to have a raised seventy km experts say it's not unusual for north korea to test fire missiles. but it is the president that for the regime to fire up so many him one day. officials in seoul believe the rock is for sophia made surface to surface frauds which lacked precision. but a very powerful. in the snow. but in the senate can carry up to five and fifty immigrants of explosives. you can also deliver chemical weapons capable of

she approached north korea. how would they respond i was not so much impress the body hopeless piece because it isn't. you might think it is nothing new because they want to call me corporation was a doctor welcome to do with this calling. but the south korean men who want to know scoring oh and getting roped into clue and was pulled on him to come onto the unit was used in cleveland the witch and the music. all cooperation with the sauce quarter with the help of not providing the most couldn't call me alright back to me thank you very much joining us this evening. thank you the word your gateway to the day's biggest story in korea and around the world. breaking these are the hottest interview and a whole lot more. joint audience charlie and i knew she had the heart of seoul. right i need to be done. well i had to the next general election. any show of improved three way tie between south korea the united states and japan three nations will hold defence talks next month in washington dc. the move follows the tri

south korea has repeated its call to north korea to accept this proposal from across talks resuming three unions for families separated by the korean war seoul's unification ministry said friday it sent a message to pyongyang saying that humanitarian issues such as family were unions have always been dealt with by the red cross. a noted the north had agreed at their previous meeting to hold further rounds of red cross times to discuss such issues can have rejected the offer for talks on wednesday saying the proper atmosphere has not been created. seoul says the issue of family re union should not be linked to political or military tensions. this diplomatic efforts to pressure japan to take responsibility for its wartime atrocities may be paying dividends. japan said it has no plans to make changes to its official apology to korean victims that asserted the compensation was already settled back in nineteen sixty five that i can report japan's ambassador to the un in geneva to cause she'll contents in tokyo. contrary to earlier suggestions has never spoken of revealing the nineteen ninety t

korea has accused united states attorney for jeans relations with south korea and hampering the possible resumption of six party talks on its nuclear program. are you the un has more on some strong words aimed directly at the united states by pyongyang's deputy master to the us. missed me and half point the finger squarely at the united states with the filth resumption of the six party talks which are aimed at ending the north's nuclear weapons program speaking at a news conference at the united nations on monday coming and deputy un ambassador rebuild it to the u s with his country's nuclear program as a political bargaining chip as among its us is containing the pivot points against the dprk. united states should be noted. no the fact that. additional missions continued to be taken. by the dprk didn't bother to demonstrate the problem. all set for the fans if they did it. he stuck to us was to blame for the stalled six party talks of sight refusal to meet without preconditions the six party talks which involve china japan russia at the usp of the two koreas are aimed at disarming north

possible topics included north korea's nuclear program. the state of affairs in the north after the hurt and execution of time some cake and other issues of mutual interests in northeast asia. you can even use. add to raise awareness of japan's wartime sexual enslavement of korean women call a status hearing held demonstrations on campus for the very first time it was a show solidarity with ongoing weekly protests were koreans gather you from the japanese embassy in seoul. every wednesday for affairs correspondent on sunday reports in eighteen twenty three years and it fitted in some salt again standing in front of the japanese embassy in seoul. every wednesday alongside the survivors of japan's wartime sexual enslavement. in this state they continue to demand a resolution to be unsettled tragedy. this week the police is extended throughout the capital. these demonstrations are urging japan to apologize for its wartime sexual enslavement of women are being held simultaneously at twelve universities across all know by doing so these college

citing the decreased us export figures to korea. the sealed the deal has fallen far short of john thomas is an improvement in trade balance and don't need any means we were so far in the press where we look at some other hot issues then grab the attention of the domestic media this week from north korea's political show to south korea's electric vehicle trend we now go over to argue me on here in the studio so we are taken away. good evening let's kick it with someone who is emerging as a potentially powerful figure up in north korea with this article from timetable. now the headline of kiera renae sixteen dollars and a little sister young tom makes the pew as member of korea leads power group. now earlier this week the twenty six year old made her first official appearance during the elections for the country's rubber stamp parliament. turn out the polling station casting her ballot. don't the north korean state media as to what school is to find me in as a senior official alongside top party luminaries suggesting that she is a ris

the bodies were ministers of south korea and japan. that deal for face to face talks this week in seoul they were the first high level ministerial talks since japanese prime minister shinzo while these visit to the controversial yasukuni war shrine. and as it was made possible on japan's request. everyone was curious as to how the talks would unfold. our foreign ministry correspondent on sunday brought us to do it. we had expected a sincere apology from japan. even the united states is asking that korea japan and their free time is but both sought to fail to make progress. he's blessed us with feelings of frustration and disappointment the bruising grill mail is a new legs breasts. it's great this season of change and new beginning. sam and change. i would say. and because i've been going back there in the studio in korea though and in this month that new beginning between the reporter goes into a few weeks. firstly it again and anchor news line at me. he's still asleep in the early hours of the morning. and jeanne she starts today sev

northern idiology relies on the idea that north korea - that america is out to get north korea. so whenever the americans are operating in the region, it's a good opportunity for the north to go after that, hit back, that old stand by. >> this is what north needs to justify the probation. it's a beat up on americans. when president obama is around, some big meeting, it's a great opportunity for little spats and explains why north korea is what it is for its people. >> north korea threatened a fourth nuclear test at some point. we don't know whether that's imminent. how will south korea respond to that? >> it's more significant than what has happened today. little things don't usually spiral as we think they do. the issue has a detonation. the real issue is can they miniaturize it, put it on a rocket and send it somewhere. that takes a fair amount of testing. i don't think that south korea will do anything this kind. but if north korea runs with the missile and the nuclear program, they'll have a serious first strike capacity and nuke a fair amount of south korea. it may force th

due to the very lol while most weight of south korea. and of course so if we want to modernize the armed forces sweetie to reduce the staff to strike in a private companies if they want me for him to come pristine you to cut down the personnel costs. so under the plan itself also plans to reorganize its frontline a net cord level units into central players in military operations. a what is that exactly mean in and says does this indicate that we expect a frontline conflict i think due to your knowledge the people actually use of military units. the deal was one day squad. and platoon company battalion regiment division four and army column is the highest actually in korea. he is commanded by forced us to know that we have two army commands in dili and the winds do. the plan of the ministry of national defense he is to come by in vitro army commands into one in the future. and the rain redistribute the assets the army command so have have right now to the core commands. so it's the military more responsive more responsive and more flexibl

yours the next in the broadcast negotiations for the korea canada free trade agreements are now complete. once passed by both governments it will be canada's first fta with animals it down for the first vice ministerial level talks in balance but still it says that it's part of its stance that it's not on the third anniversary of the human nuclear disaster. lawmakers in korea urged the to reduce reliance on to their energies as a blessing from the tragedy. i've done it eye. you weren't watching from around the world it's tuesday marked the eleventh here and so on the bench on wednesday so much for joining us. we begin this evening with some good news on the long stalled the bilateral free trade deal the fall in their second summit talks in less than six months. president packer and visiting canadian prime minister stephen harper. when freeman on an fta the presidential office correspondence his time as our top story can be as comprehensive trade pact with its twenty fifth trading content goes beyond goods and services to include investment finance and intellectual property. when is she s

they had, we believe it was north korea that had the impact in south korea's median banking institutions. presently it is a disruption of services, disruption of website capability, but they're focused on it and their capabilities are gaining. >> general, again on another issue, can you provide us with just a current status of the relocation of forces to camp humphries? >> yes, sir. our relocation has begun, as you know. we are moving forces according to the alliant partnership plan from the north, which we call area one, north of seoul. yongsong area he predominantly. presently we have not begun the initial movements. they'll begin this year. the majority of our forces will move in 2016. at humphries we're at 13% construction and 67% or so under way. so the build is well under way and we're on track to move the majority of our forces in 2016. >> is there any viable short-term solutions to having enough adequate housing within a drive, you know, a 30-minute drive to camp humphries? >> senator, we just last week had a housing industry seminar in seoul in order to both inform and also gain

do your duty to the day's biggest story in korea and around the world. breaking these are the hottest interview and a whole lot more. join the tetons shot limit and uga of the heart of seoul. drying time he be done. well i had to be on and on tv next to her. demand for korean automobiles in the european market is picking up for the first time in four months the market share of autos produced by hyundai motor and its affiliate kia motors in europe's top six percent in february. that's according to the european automobile manufacturers association which said korea's top two automakers sold eight hundred ninety new cars on the constant last month that says seven point six percent on year john. total sales in the first two months of this year also grew over six percent compared to the same period last year. volkswagen off the market share in europe has over twenty four percent. n korean automakers aren't the only ones making inroads into the global market the country's auto parts industry is also making great surprise on the world stage posting exports of mo

oh the words in korea and hello to those of you were watching from around the world. it's wednesday marks off here in seoul and you could have done many things so much for joining us for the first time in eight months the vice foreign ministers of south korea and japan sat down for face to face talks on this wednesday but is there some key reports that two diplomats made little headway in resolving the difference is that if pushed bilateral relations to a new low in recent months. after three hours of talks in seoul on wednesday the bite foreign ministers from south korea and japan failed to make much progress on improving their free heights. south korean vice foreign minister to pay old stressed that japan should refrain from revising history and work towards restoring trust by resolving the unsettled issue of its wartime sexual and placement of korean women. and the spots japanese vice foreign minisister pak attack the site he said his government maintains the historical perceptions of japan's previous administrations. tensions are high between the two neighbors sou

some of korea's most car a plane is for the tears also made the cut. samsung's legendary charity donkey ranked one hundred second place with a network of about one eleven billion dollars. his only son j why he came at four in a half billion dollars after being deemed the vice chairman of the group last year. paula chief of hyundai motor pro can to honor second place. there are sub par a look at international stories making headlines. i'll see you back here again tomorrow night. we've been enjoying higher than seasonal average temperatures for awhile now but i understand things or change that's right for more let's turn things over turn can go down at the weather center began beating guys look don't get too used to visit warm weather because we are and four up cold snap starting tomorrow afternoon for the rest of the week there once in a month event at us for a test to get one to five centimeters of snow and it here in taiwan province. you can see between five to twenty centimeters of snow crab meat eggs and the southern regions under the table and the

and he's getting ready to connect line to korea today. will i ever has and if i can cripple me silly every time i was visiting department store inside real and that there had been a lot of lines forming in front of dessert shop so that triggered me to think of why and what the desert cranes what people are so i'm excited about to be in line to pack and then later on i started reading articles about the concert industry booming and what the industry is to link to supplement it to me and turned the profane to market and then there was that white in korea march fourteen to wear them then i get e mails. little sweet treat now and i decided to do a cover each line of clothing industry and the search for korea today. going to do and it is. the pool. isn't it actually today to send its first ever live connections that is why she seems to grow more and more tents by the minute and it was over her script over and over again. shops and shops. it has been enjoying the pool leo. mornings in june and the desert seems that no one stole it and also this

forces korea, united nations command, and combined forces command and korea. gentlemen, the committee appreciates your long years of faithful service and the many sacrifices that you and the families that you are a part of made for our nation. we greatly appreciate the service of the men and women, military and civilian, who serve with you in your commands. please convey to them our admiration and our appreciation for their selfless sacrifice and dedication. last year, general thurman was unable to testify at the hearing because of the heightened testimony on the korean peninsula. we are glad that you are able to make it this year. today's hearing is particularly timely as north korea is engaged in saber rattling and dangerous rocket and missile launches including the one just a few weeks ago. kim jung un's regime has so far followed the same destructive policies as its predecessors, pursuing its nuclear weapons in ballistic missile programs with callous disregard for people in its own region. china, despite its long standing relationship with north korea has

north korea's government. second one is to -- they deal with the -- what's north korea's future direction? in terms of north korea's economic policy. what should it do on kim jung's regime if they want to show to the north korean people, the north korean population a good picture, they needaudiences everywhere. these are the faces of south korea. nhk updates you wednesday and thursday here on "newsline." >> delegates for the united nations council has been pouring over china's record on human rights. they will have a report with more than 250 recommendations for chinese leaders. they are responding to concerns raised by officials from the u.s. and other western countries. they demanded action last october after investigates released their latest assessment of the situation in china. the members of the council are asking them to end harassment and arbitrary detention of human rights activists and asking them to guarantee freedom of expressi expression. they must protect the rights of ethnic minorities including

the republic of korea are. two of our closest allies in the world the present market. we had to put the significant opportunity for the tree to sit down to get there. when i get to know. i believe it is a meaningful chance to have a dialogue with president obama and prime minister the company. prime minister of defense president obama and reid is present pop in the green line which. i want to sincerely thank president obama. i am happy to meet present. it was very happy to meet you because of its upcoming fifth on the new one my muscle. nothing that the fifty minute meeting focused mainly on the common security threat in the region north korea. they discussed the unpredictability of these interchange opened and the country's nuclear and missile development programs they also discussed humanitarian issues such as abductions by north korea post japanese and south korean nationals are among the other piece of defense both leaders for their collaborative efforts to solve the sheet. the three leaders agreed that it's likely to strengthen security cooperation on north korea

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north korea has maintained that the construction issue is already sold. the teton pass it this time is going to discuss the issues sincerely it had agreed to talk further. i think the north conceded to some degree you will. i made a book on a north korea's ultimate goal is to hold direct talks to improve its relations with the us all. the northern and have dialogue with japan and south korea. as a way to talk with washington. relation to the us japan and south korea people who don't need to approach each of them separately. the people everyone hopes for better relations with the self salvatore military was going on and there hasn't been any improvement. boy you are local japan and north korea might have reached an agreement to some degree but it was not country. they will continue to negotiate to reach an agreement you are thinking. your comments in the seventy two non local sentiment. officials say north korean troops fired more than five hundred projectiles mainly rockets on monday. at least one hundred fellow in the south's territorial waters. seoul ha

forces korea. on behalf of servicemembers and civilians, contractors, and families to serve our great nation, nursing for your support. after six months in command, and confident that combined and deter ifces already to necessary to respond to north korea's threats and actions. we know how real the threat is. four years ago to mark, north korea fired a term ito -- fired a torpedo until 46 sailors will stop that terrible day is a -- fired aminder torpedo that killed 46 sailors. that terrible day is a constant reminder. regime remains dangerous and has the capability to attack south korea with little or nor warning. no warning. the long-range artillery can strike targets in the solo but to politan area were over 23 million south koreans and 50,000 americans live -- metropolitan area where over 23 million south koreans and 50,000 americans live. as ingime is expressed their cyber warfare capabilities. has a fast growing economic region that is responsible for 25% of the world's gdp one largest trading

, north korea is an ally of china. they are closely aligned for a military perspective and have been for a number of years. i know there has been some progress made as far as the chinese supporting sanctions. i can't tell you how much they are abiding by that very but my sense is that there has been a close relationship on military capability and military equipment for some time and probably will continue. see the pace of chinese cyberattacks this year coming up 2014. the first quarter so far, the rest of the year. we saw an extraordinary amount in 2013. how would you compare the volume and the quality or the targets involved? >> i think after we made it fairly public that there was knowledge of what was happening from some of the factions in china, for some. of time there was a decrease, i understand. are still lots of cyberattacks that occur, as i said earlier, not only from china but other places in the world heard those numbers of world becomesyber more complicated, are on the rise. general, what is your estimate o

. >>> the leaders of japan and south korea have held their first formal talks since they both assumed office. japanese prime minister shinzo abe and south korean president park geun-hye have been caught up in disputes over history and territory. but they sat down together with u.s. president barack obama. nhk world has a report. >> reporter: the leaders of japan and south korea finally agreed to talk on the sidelines of the nuclear security summit in the hague. president obama had pushed both leaders to mend their strained relations before his official visit to the asian region in april. >> this is the first time that the three of us have had an opportunity to meet together and discuss some of the serious challenges that we all face. obviously japan and the republic of korea are two of our closest allies in the world. >> reporter: president park agreed that it was a significant opportunity for the three to sit down together. >> translator: i believe this is a meaningful chance to have dialogue with president obama and prime minister abe. >> reporter: prime minister abe thanked preside

. >> north korea's live fire and return fire from south korea across the board. tale of two economies as crimea welcomes help from russia's prime minister but aid from the west may still not be enough. >>> aaron is here looking at a new advertising campaign called do it for dane. >> when on holidays, the danish have 50% more sex. the idea is simple. make more babies at a time when the country is facing its lowest birth rate in 27 years. >> hello. 7:00 a.m. in washington, midday here in london, 8:00 p.m. in tokyo where the latest assessment of our global climate has some pretty stark messages. the u.n. intergovernmental panel says we must expect more flooding, rise in illnesses, fall in production of staple foods, and further warming of the planet. it could lead to turbulence and conflict in what it calls a jockeying for food and water. this reports we could adapt to many of these changes. >> reporter: it's called a gift from the ocean. now it's not so bountiful. rising sea temperatures are killing their crop. global warming is probably the cause. hundreds of inte

the us presidency that with leaders from korea and japan. search teams looking for the missing malaysia airlines plane how the community. over a hundred potential objects up and spoke to the french sauce light images covering the sith indian ocean. there between the one me set at twenty three meters in length investigators cannot tell what other possible patriots from the missing plane. but the new leaves will help direct the search operation in france. every new release sent back images showing that they need the two ministries we're endeavoring to grow trying to find. you know anything or your families it's exactly what happened she said. the dutch the case over two thousand kilometers off the coast of her the transport minister said it's imperative to link the possible debris to the missing flights. this will help further reduce the search area. i look at mort a break from the plane meanwhile two chinese ships are together looking for two major placing odds of a small supply aircraft searching for the missing objects australia which is le

north korea is a buffer between south korea and china. is china willing to pay them, is south korea willing to pay them? it becomes an issue of containment. no one know what is his next move is. >> that's the beg question mark. there is no communication with north korea and no way of knowing. the scary thing is he, the country, seems to be becoming more and more unpredictable. exchanging live fire to me seems to be ratcheting it up. you hear a lot of threats, a lot of bluster and we always talk about the saber rattling, 500 artillery shells, 300 artillery shells. that sounds serious. remember the north korean shell, south korean islands, civilians died in that. how does south korea then calibrate its response so you don't go to war. it's a real danger in that part of the world. the chinese used to be the best kind of communicator with the north koreans. that was north korea's sort of red line to the world. for example, when the executions happened of kim jung il's uncle. you don't want to be surprised. >> you don't want to be surprised. t

he first visited north korea ten years ago. officials denied the existence hearing challenged people in the country. but he persisted in asking to people people who cannot hear. on his third visit in 2006, his request was finally granted. when he met some disabled children he observed their difficult circumstances. >> reporter: at a school for the deaf in north korea students learn sign language, but their reading and writing lessons are inadequate. sign language varies drastically across the country. that's because north koreans are not allowed to travel freely and there is not that much communication between people in different regions. >> reporter: now grund is looking to standardize the north korean sign language. with help from local people he makes and distributes sign language cards to different parts of the country. north korea is the brunt of criticism from other countries because of its nuclear program. but grund casts politics aside on behalf of north korea's disabled people living here. >>> let's bring in sigh ak ka

the words and korea and woe to those of you for watching from around the world it's thursday marks twenty eight here in seoul and youtube. and john when things go so much for joining us. we begin this evening with present optimism aggressive campaign for tea regulation to unleash grow in a rare live televised debate the korean leader stressed that come down on red tape is the best way to revitalize korea's economy and create jobs for presidential office correspondent in time reports she did hear him and know come see us back into the aggies are going to teach them to be seen in the league and it's nicely done. didn't eat it again. you don't get to a gun has few hundred only to come out or you'll get it to other senior to find out what happens now. at a special televised debate anti regulation or state president not highlighted. speaking of regulatory reforms would encourage businesses to innovate and acted clean bath alternately leading to job creation as an example of unnecessary event is the president talked about how to proceed and that can be and tommies are not able to purchase the p

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. >>> the leaders of japan and south korea have agreed to hold a summit meeting. the occasion will be an international conference in the netherlands next week. they'll be joined by u.s. president barack obama. it will be the first formal talks between japanese prime minister shinzo abe and south korean president park geun-hye. they both took office more than a year ago. u.s. officials proposed the meeting to be held on the sidelines of the nuclear security summit in the hague. the obama administration has been concerned about the tensions between its two major asian allies. japanese officials agreed to the talks, and after further consultation, so did their south korean counterparts. last week, abe made clear that he has no intention of revising a 1993 statement regarding the so-called comfort women. in the statement, japan's then-chief cabinet secretary yo hi kono expressed apologies and remorse. park has welcomed abe's announcement. japanese officials say north korea's nuclear development and the issue of nuclear nonproliferation will be on the agenda at the sum

south korea fought back. they involve more than 10,000 combined marines from the united states and south korea. this is a picture. these are the ships, amphibious vehicles and this is a smoke screen, the black circles here are a smoke screen not part of the fire itself. you can see marines during a training exercise, during a landing exercise there, and this next one here, one of the military vessels that is working out in the water. so it was a big show. the black ring is a smoke screen. not part of the fire, and more interesting pictures of that. gorgeous pictures in the middle of this, and now the north koreans and the south koreans exchanging fire. jonathan hunt is with us now on the news deck. this isn't the first time this sort of thing has happened. we haven't seen this in a while. >> in the the firearm but it's no less dangerous for all that. we of course know that north korea is one of the most inpredict regimes in the world. they use that unpredictable to get attention and keep their southern neighb

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north korea conducted its third nuclear test in february of last year. afterward the council unanimously adopted a resolution to step up sanctions against pyongyang. china is traditionally regarded as an ally of north korea but china's representative supported the resolution. >>> let's now get the latest business stories from ron madison. >>> all right. well people in japan are getting out their wallets and going on a spending spree. they're racing to beat a consumption tax hike that takes effect in april, and their splurge has lifted retail sales for february to its third highest level. economy ministry officials say sales by supermarkets, car zealers and other retailers neared $107 billion. that's up 3.6% in yen terms from a year earlier. the officials say consumers have mostly been buying up big ticket items like cars, home appliances, furniture and jewelry. but they say shoppers are now stocking up on daily necessities such as tissue paper, and detergents, as well. political leaders here in japan are worried that retail sales will decline after the c

kok has welcomed today's announcement japanese officials say north korea's nuclear development and the issue of nuclear nonproliferation will be on the agenda at the summit the cpi the administration hopes this will mark the start of better relations with south korea. thailand's prime minister who auction no one has suffered a setback the country's constitutional court has nullified the country's general elections held in february and ordered a fresh poll analysts warned the decision could prolong the country's political turmoil. the court ruled that the parliamentary elections in early february violated the constitution that says the poll must be held on the same day nationwide voting was canceled at nearly twenty percent of electoral districts including bangkok due to disruptions by anti government demonstrators protesters are still demanding what's resignation and say they will obstruct any new election. no date has been set for the new poll. it is also unclear whether the largest opposition democratic party which boycotted the peppery cole will take part japan the european union ar

why wasn't there more concern with north korea when the cia was telling us that north korea probablyad plutonium-based nuclear material and the answer was 100,000 casualties minimum and a real mess. no one wanted to do korea and, of course, the footnote was, always, korea doesn't have any oil. >> the public case is about weapons. 9/11 changed everything. the threat of weapons of mass destruction now drives american policy. but policy toward the nation posing the most clear and present danger on wmd, north korea, doesn't change dramatically. instead, inside the administration, it is the existing pre-9/11 planning about iraq and iraq's oil that goes operational. it's one month after 9/11. the state department forms something called the future of iraq project, a comprehensive plan about what a new iraqi society will look like after saddam is gone. officials assemble a group including iraqi exiles to plan for everything from health, to education, to oil and energy. leading the oil team is a highly regarded former cia energy analyst named robert ebel. >> going to bring together all these

en gauge in dialogue, exposing the whereabouts of those abducted from japan, from the republic of koreand other countries. >> it's not just about abductions. the international commission of inquiry says north korea has a system of mass repress, torture, execution and rape to control its people. >> the democratic people's republic of korea condemned the process and denied human rights abuses. >> as we stated those human rites abuses mentioned in the report have totally nothing to do with dprk, our people are happy with pride and honour that they have one of the best systems in the world for promotion and protection of human rites. >> however, in 2012 north korea admitted to kidnapping 13 japanese nationals in the 1970s, and '80s. revving the case to the international criminal court may be a way to get action. to do so requires approval from the united nations security council. one of the permanent members, china, say the u.n.'s findings are divorced from reality. a council at china's mission alt geneva said: if prosecution for the crimes is unlikely, other avenues will need to be explore