local suppliers rocky outcrop think that's controlled by korea that lies within the ear sounds of korea china and japan. until now. korea has dispatched maritime patrol aircraft to the area two to three times a week. but with the announcement of the new gear solid the military plans to run patrols on him daily basis. military officials said neither destroy years and f fifteen k fighter jets will also be on standby in case of an emergency the officials explained korea now needs a stronger military force in its new air defense salad which was expanded to almost two thirds of the country's territory korea defied the chinese declaration of its deal here's the last month and is currently flying military aircraft over yet though without notifying be changed but there have been no reports of a conflict so far the officials also say the patrols will be further strengthened once korea's new rear zone goes into effect in december fifteen. although tensions over the era defend sound seemed to be on the rise in northeast the shia. the japanese government has announced that korea's neely declared years no

china's interests are directly affected by north korea. it does not look like kim jong- un is subject to me in relation by china. manipulation by china. that kim jongrned on his out-of-control just like secretary kerry is concerned that he is out of control -- that kim jong-un is out of control just like secretary he isis concerned that out-of-control. how much can the u.s. and china work together to try to a dress this issue? -- address this issue? leery of thea headstrong kim jong-un? they really wanted and tonomically minded leader take the helm and follow in china's footsteps. has abdicated -- has advocated a line of trying to hold onto nuclear capabilities. host: from florida, and daniel is next on the -- from florida, el is next on the democrats ' line. screen thered your -- she said keep your comments brief. child, the korean incursion into south korea, the chinese- led incursion into south korea i becamefirst time aware of military matters and global things. -- and god love dennis rodman -- he is the best ambassador america can have

officials in china and south korea harshly criticized abe's visit to the shrine. >>> chinese foreign ministry spokesperson ching yang read an official statement on state-run cct. abe visited the shrine in spite of strong opposition from china. he said it's an act of glorifying japan's history of aggression. and a challenge to the international order established after world war ii. >> translator: the japanese leader has worsened bilateral relationship instead of improving it. he has aggravated historical issues and created another political hurdle. japan must take full responsibility for the consequences. >> senior foreign ministry officials lodged a stern protest with japan's ambassador masato kitera. >> translator: we urge the japanese government to correct its perception of history in which it denies the past and glorifies its earlier aggression. in order for japan to gain trust, it should face up to history and apologize to the people of neighboring countries that suffer under its military aggression and colonial rule. >> bilateral ties rapidly deteriorated last year after then pre

dialogues with other countries and would like to directly explain how he feels to the leaders of china and south korea. >>> reaction from neighbors was swift. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson qin gang red a statement on cctv that said abe visited the shrine in spite of strong opposition from china. it denounces it as an acted to glorify the history of militarism and aggression. it's a challenge to the international order established after world war ii. >> translator: the japanese leaders has worsened the bilateral relationship instead of improving it, aggravating historical issues and created another political hurdle. japan must take full responsibility for the consequences. >> senior foreign ministry officials lodged a strong protest with japan's ambassador oovps. the south korean government also condemned abe's visit. >> translator: we urge the japanese government to correct its perception of history in which it denies the past and glorifies its earlier aggression. in order for japan to regain trust, it should face up to history and apologize to the people of neighboring countries that suffered

the leader said that china and south korea did not hesitate to criticize the gazette. chinese foreign minister whiny lodged a protest. sea run china central television a point that wagon called in the japanese ambassador was at that stand out when come to visit a belief in provocation. he won the chinese would fly to the finish. if the japanese continued to challenge the baseline of relations japanese embassy officials in beijing xi'an that's a big step said they did not intend to hurt the feelings of the chinese people. as set out they were trying to build family relations and helps to explain himself directly to chinese leaders. the south korean government also can stand on this visit. global total. oil traded below. we urged the japanese government to correct its perception of history in which it denies the past and glorifies its earlier aggression in order for japan to gain trust. it should face up to history and apologize to the people of neighboring countries that suffer under its military aggression and colonial rule milan as high as rapidly deteriorated last yea

he was in south korea. china is viewed as the country with the largest potential to influence north korea. it is north korea's closest ally but it is for assistance on the case concerning merrill newman. >> tell us more about why the north koreans would have number of american soldiers who fought in the korean war have gone back to north korea and have not created an incident in which the north koreans felt they should detain these soldiers. but merrill newman was not an ordinary soldier. he was guerrilla fighters. >> he's on his way home and we anticipate he'll be home very shortly. >>> assuring chuck hagel that the security agreement will be signed in a timely fashion. hagel apprised early this morning, but afghan president threw a wrench into negotiations after saying he would not sign the agreement until after that country's elections in sprin spring 2014. >>> two days after nelson mandela's death vigils and memorials continue to grow. tomorrow the country begins an official week of mourning of their late pre

so it is korea-china, china- japan, korea-japan.alk about the middle east and these cultural and tribal wars. they have the same versions well. it had just been able to suppress them with economic growth a lot better. you ring him, they have to have a job. if they don't have a job, then they are part of the problem. >> i spoke at a university in shanghai last month and what was so striking was how many times i was asked from young people there that i get asked in america, which is will i have a job? and the big challenge for china right now is that they have to get rich before they get old. thing about china. 20 years ago, china was the story of two maternal grandparents and to paternal grandparents and two parents all saving for the mac lab top for one kid -- mac laptop for one kid. now that one kid will be paying the nursing home those of maybe two grandparents, one set of parents. for that kid to be able to do that, he needs a job that isn't just stamping out the glass for iphones. he needs a job that is knowledge-based, the has

korea has an air defense zone. its boundary is being moved, including islands and submerged reefs, one disputed by china. the latest from south korea and china. 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 tha

moving ahead it seems that there is both the willingness both on the part of north korea and china toontinue their economic cooperation despite this execution and both of their interest and north korea and for their very survival they do establish economic zones, establish some kind of economic reforms going forward but as far as china is concerned one of the worst case scenarios is some sort of i'm imploding north korea state. >> in is on the north korean execution. violent protests have broken out in bangladesh and three people have been killed so far and opposition is calling for a general strike on sunday. nicole has more. >> they just met him in prison and didn't expect this would be the last time they would see him. in fact, they thought a final court decision would be made in a week. >> he is to be given seven days and they will decide in seven days about the petition and not give any decision now. >> in the end there were though more chances and his appeal rejected and he was executed and a tribunal set up by the prime minister found him guilty of crimes carried out for the wa

here's a sample of some of those we met in the queue. >> this is my first time, i'm from korea. >> china >> china. >> i've been seeing it from far. i wanted to try it myself. >> when you come here on holiday, it's one of the things, boxing day. >> reporter: there we go, high on the list for tourists coming to london. boxing day the official launch of the sales we're seeing a shift away, due to online shopping, which is on the rise, at its highest ever, accounting for 20% of nonfood sales and that's having an affect on where sales begin. people still come in hugs numbers, suspecting to take in $4.2 billion across the uk. that's a good sign for improvements in 2013, going into next year. >> yeah. wow. online is all what i do. >> all the way. >> not queueing up outside. the a public holiday, boxing day, everybody's off. >> no excuse. >> good to see you. >> stand in line. >> i did not know, rosy educated me, the a big tourist thing. >> we saw that. very international. >> yeah. >> thanks so much. rosy and michael awesome explainer. >> boxing day. >> all about it. >> nothing do with the boxing

it's the latest twist and territorial disputes between south korea china and japan center on a group of uninhabited islands in the south china sea at first glance it looks like an offshore oil rig but the steel platform is south korea's eo to ocean research station. it's built on a submerged island one hundred forty nine km off the korean coast. china calls eo eileen celia. last month taking unilaterally declared an air defense identification zone that covers the site. now south korea has extended its air defence oh two included as well. japan's air defense own also covers the sole control brought the research station is at the center of a simmering territorial dispute we don't believe this will significantly impact our relationships with china and with that and i'm so hip and as we try to work for peace and cooperation in west asia into. so did john chinese unilateral declaration angered seoul and tokyo. both governments have refused to recognize the move. korean and japanese aircraft or ignoring these things demands to identify themselves when flying to chinese to clear defense own.

and china have come closer together, on their assessment of north korea as a problem and china getting tougher on them on what has been their client state, in effect. >> we will continue to monitor breaking news out of north korea. the execution of the man arguably after kim jong-un, the most powerful in north korea, jang sung-taek. we will continue to watch this. it was exactly three years ago almost to the day i spent six days in north korea. it was also a very tense time. there was tensions between north korea and south korea and i can tell you that that situation on the korean peninsula can escalate like that unless cooler heads prevail. all right, guys. continue to watch it. victor, thanks to you. barbara starr, thanks to you as well. >>> up next, long simmering tensions also exploding as house speaker john boehner unleashes very sharp new criticism of conservative groups. who will win the battle to control house republicans? i'm a careful investor. when you do what i do, you think about risk. i don't like the ups and downs of the market, but i can't just sit on my cash. i want to

killed during the korean war part of a week-long mission including talks with the leader of south korea, china and japan. >> in january, a new state law will protect mountain lions if they pose no immediate threat to people. we talk with crews about the controversial shooting of two cubs last year by the state game warden. >> richard will not forget the day a year ago when two mountain lion cubs wondered into his neighbor and were shot and killed by wardens would thought they posed a threat. >> it didn't seem it was necessary to kill them. we need to do everything we can to protect these animals. >> there are opportunities and options now not available last year. >> the state senator says the killings of the countries sparked so much public outrage that it prompted him to propose legislation requiring game wardens to use fault lethal alternatives unless they pose a threat. it takes affect january 1 but is being used by game wardens. >> it has worked in san jose and santa cruz and los angeles where they have already relocated mountain lions that would have been killed otherwise. >> many gathere

however japanese officials are concerned the expansion could worsen the relationship between south korea and china and at least tension in the region. the us state department said in a statement that south korea has responsibly expanded its and defense and two prior consultation. both chris and jen frankie on for a scent that the south korean government is expanding his own in a manner that's consistent with international practice and respect for the freedom of alpha flight inspectors from the international atomic energy agency and the heavy water reactor under construction in around the facilities at the center of concerns that iran is trying to obtain a broken screen plutonium iran's atomic energy agency says the inspectors began their visit to this site in the city of our run on sunday they're believed to be interviewing officials at the facility. i had a wannabe actor makes it easier to extract plutonium from spent nuclear fuel. if that is suspended as a means to produce a tony and progress can see it's mighty iranian officials say they want to produce the delights materials for the medical tr

upsetting not just to china but south korea and taiwan. it is a weird doublespeak he was using. to ensureg his visit that we never go to war again. he wants to have better relationships with japan, korea, and china, but he is doing this on one of the most controversy locations. even the united states embassy has come out critical of this decision to go there saying that it was not very constructive. it was quite reckless, it was going to exacerbate the situation. >> this is the shrine to the war dead? >> what they take issue with is that there are 10 class a war criminals. this is something which is very very sore spot. if you look at what chinese people have been saying online and they are typically others say that we should be headed towards all-out war. the only thing that will solve this problem is if we wipe them off the face of the earth. there are some angry reactions we have seen from the chinese. are there any more lighthearted moments? >> not many. this some chinese commentators is saying that today international ghosts today because we have the japanese prime minister

going to turn on that's the effect snow machine behind a high pressure will be dominating much of china korea of sunny skies in your forecast here for the next several days unfortunately. if you are in eastern china where the air quality is quite pour acts each a hike on hazardous level at this time while the windsor to stay calm and sunny there but it's not really to be stirred up towards the south tropics quite quiet at this time thirty two free time until afternoon thunderstorm still popping up here though going through your love for the rest of the week the single cover for the americas and one the eastern seaboard were still talk about this storm system that brought widespread freezing rain all the way from texas oft was the northeast and power outages with that over two thousand flights have to cancel out of it well. now it's time to push off along the eastern coastline still looking at the threat of freezing rain through your monday morning it should be tapering off most of its gonna start to change over the reins. southern quebec heavy snow fall out here though on some ears can see ab

over i.odo's waters. >> seoul's move comes two weeks after china's zone of south korea and japan. the new zone extends larger into the larger chinese one and also of that and japan. requiring foreign aircraft to identify themselves,. >> translator: we believe this will not significantly impact our relationships with china and with japan. as we try to work for peace and cooperation in northeast asia. >> south korea's president discussed the plans with u.s. vice president joe biden during his visit last week. the u.s. state department has declared itself on the same page as seoul. an expanded south korean zone would have nothing to do with maritime jurisdiction. adding it would stay in communication with seoul. china's actions last month have given it the chance to do just that. but it leaves one part of the east china sea belonging to two zones, china, japan and south korea. how to manage such a complex state of affairs, equally, they could set the stage for what nobody wants, and accident conflict and increasingly contentious skies. harry faucett al jazeera, seoul. >> paying respec

china will have to be monitored closely. the purge will be nationwide. tensions will continue in north korea, even among officials of local governments. >>> china's announcement last month of an air defense identification zone over the east china sea has triggered concern across the region. japan is working with southeast asian allies to ensure safe flights. the allies have gathered in tokyo for a summit, and one of the main discussions is on the latest chinese move. nhk world reports. >> reporter: the special summit kicked off friday in tokyo. the leaders of japan are working with asean counterparts to project a unified voice on the air zone issue. nhk got access to a draft of the summit's communique. it says japan and the ten asean member states will step up cooperation to ensure air safety in the region. it also says japan will help asean and china create legally binding rules to settle territorial issues over islands in the south china sea. china's decision last month has shaken up other asian countries. china's newly announced zoning partly overlaps with other nations, including japan.

china's interests are directly affected by north korea. not look like kim jong- un is subject to me in relation by china. manipulation by china. that kim jongrned on his out-of-control just like secretary kerry is concerned that he is out of control -- that kim jong-un is out of control just like secretary he isis concerned that out-of-control. how much can the u.s. and china work together to try to a dress this issue? -- address this issue? leery of thea headstrong kim jong-un? they really wanted and tonomically minded leader take the helm and follow in china's footsteps. has abdicated -- has advocated a line of trying to hold onto nuclear capabilities. host: from florida, and daniel is next on the -- from florida, el is next on the democrats ' line. screen thered your -- she said keep your comments brief. child, the korean incursion into south korea, the chinese- led incursion into south korea i becamefirst time aware of military matters and global things. -- and god love dennis rodman -- he is the best ambassador america can have anywher

korea/china, china/japan, we talk about middle east and cultural and tribal wars, they have their same versions there, they've just been able to suppress them with economic growth better. >> rose: but xi jinping has more problems in terms of how many people he has to bring from the rural areas to the urban. and when you bring them now they have to have a job. if they don't have a job then they're part of the problem. >> so i spoke at a university in shanghai last month and what was so striking to me is how many times i got ask the question from young people there that i get asked in america. which is "am i going to have a job?" and the big challenge for china right now is that they've got to get rich before they get old. so think about china. 20 years ago china was the story of two maternal grandparents and two paternal grandparents and two parents all saving for mac laptop for one kid. one child policy. now it's going to flip. now that one kid is going to be paying the nursing home bills of maybe two grandparents, one set of parents, and for that kid to be able to do that, he needs a

identification jones was set up in nineteen sixty nine but did include some parts of korea is tapering and this time china has become and the salt air defense identification gel and it includes korea some territory and also overlaps with each offensive defense identification zone. so this becomes a hobby should come in three countries. as china's more aggressive stances recently actually backfired in giving us more justification in its pivot asia. he has so close to the sp but they show policy well actually timeouts allow action and close to locking up on the use of the season to strengthen the pivot asia policy. and about well we witnessed these three weeks in a state we witnessed the cds so well in a tree to raise taking place for the last few days and this can be integrated as a typical example of security dilemma. taking on the action with the contention of strengthening its own security will dampen its own security said his company the block but can be taken is example of the ongoing situation of northeast asia what's your outlook of the possibility of the current tension between and among the partie

north east monsoon north of that belt high pressure is dominating that's the big topic here in the china korea over torture can't really be tapering off as he packed snow machine. talking about northeastern china that air pollution out here unfortunately with this in place. this is due to having any clue into the air the wind starts to calm down it doesn't stir up the atmosphere very much an already start to see some unhealthy readings and the portions of beijing. even in and around shanghai and that's expected to continue to remain in place through the coming days the ventilator on this week we start the next storm system come through now will store up the atmosphere a little bit of light it captures all really reader on average if you're in beijing thirteen there for you high sole intent to kill is a wellington fifteen degrees here. jaunty been getting at the high teens little bit above average. the beer for us though warmer tantra slowly seep in. after the big blast of cold air we actually saw last week. now on the blast of cold air into the americas that's what's going on here right now we

. >> china and south korea slammed the premier's visit, calling it a provocation. many of japan's neighbors view the shrine as a symbol of japan's past military aggression. shinzo abe is the first to visit the shrine and seven years. >> some symbolic steps in the heart of tokyo. japanese prime minister shinzo abe approaches the shrine. he said his visit was to remember his country's war dead and not aimed at hurting the ealing's of other nations. -- hurting the feelings of other nations. >> i pray for peace for the souls of all the people whose lives were taken by the war. also, i made a vow to renounce war, and it has made me more determined to make sure we live in an era where people's lives are not engulfed in pain by the misery of war. >> despite his comments, there was a swift response from countries that suffered under japanese occupation during the second world war, like south korea. >> it's not very convincing, when he says he is open to dialogue at the same time makes a visit to the shrine. we need to look at who exactly is creating obstacles to dialogue a

>> people flying through the china zone would have to identify themselves to the chinese and a large part overlaps with japan zone which was already in place and south korea which has b an air defense zone. it's existing boundaries now being moved. and you can see th see at the tp include islands and disputed by china. let's go to harry forcet from seoul. this is in spodges response to t china did. that move was seen as a direct confrontation with japan over the islands. but it also includes the new chinese zone su submerged reef n south korea which is defacto under the control of seoul. there is a scientific research station and a south korean heli pad there. and for sometime south korea wanted to extend their defence zone southward to include this area. it was history that two south korean island were not under the original boundaries of this zone which was drawn up by the americans in 1951. this is an opportunity for south korea to ease their operations in this area that they call their own. it has done so differently in the way china behaves. it's consulted with it's neighbors and it's given a seven-day grace period before the new rule takes effect. a

sittingxecution is not well with south korea, japan, china, or the u.s. either. theh korea is seeking ability to deliver nuclear warheads on long-range missiles. the latest development only makes the korean peninsula that much more unstable. >> south korea does not want a failed state on its northern border and china does not want north korea advance north of the border. >> the country is deeply worried about the developments, deeply so. the defense department is also stepping up surveillance. >> our government expects that north korea's recent development could bring a bloody reign of terror. we are watching rebellious her obligations -- int the south provocations against the south. >> the question is will south korea do anything beyond surveillance? rex i don't think -- >> i don't think south korea does much other than stay vigilant. seen as one of the few relatively moderate minded north koreans. not as if his disappearance represents the ascendancy of a new wing that one's engagement. if anything, it is the opposite. a time to stay vigilant, but i am not sure

china. he'll travel to south korea later this week. >>> u.s. leaders responded quickly to china's move with both words and actions. top officials criticize the chinese for trying to change the status quo in the asia-pacific. and military commanders sent b-52 bombers to fly over the air defense identification zone. it sent a strong message to authorities in beijing that the operations of u.s. forces in the region wouldn't change. we asked bonnie glaser with the center for strategic and international studies about biden's visit to the region and how much will the identification zone dominate the talks. >> i think this new air defense identification zone that china has announced will be a very important topic of discussion. it has created new tensions between china and the united states. it has certainly increased the friction between china and japan. and now introduced new tensions between china and south korea. and created the potential for an accident in the region that could be quite dangerous. it is the timing of the announcement and the exten

china especially in the economic field. we'll probably diminish into the relationship between north korea and china will have to be monitored closely since the kurds will be nationwide. intentions will continue in north korea. even among officials of local governments in many key to a certain sentences. south korea's defence minister has warned that hardliners in the north. good press for military action against the south in one gene says they may try to demonstrate loyalty to their leader the minister spoke to the national defense committee on friday. he knew and she believed the execution has started a new opponent after that we have raised the level of others to prepare for the possible outcomes the defense minister said south korean authorities are braced for nuclear or missile tests or localized attacks like the two thousand and ten shillings. as south korea's don't own island. leaders in neighboringountries viewed china as the key figure behind the north's economic reforms. there are now trying to ascertain whether and how the execution will affect the reclusive nation officials in pyongyang have proposed to their cou

japan, people around abe to arrange some sort of official meeting with his counterpart in china and south korea look dimmer than ever. one interesting other fact about today's visit is the response from the u.s. want theobviously tempers to calm here in northeast asia, it once japan, china, and south korea to start talking to each other. and the state department issued a statement this afternoon saying it was disappointed that prime minister abe made the visit and exacerbated already testy ties between japan and its neighbors. an important contribution from the u.s. there. >> thank you very much. 120thcelebrates the anniversary of the birth of mao zedong. thousands gathered in celebration near his childhood home. hisound it the republic but legacy remains divided. historians, he is responsible for 45 million deaths from famine but china sees him as a great figure who changed the face of the nation. but xi jinping did acknowledge that mao zedong had made mistakes and should not be revered as a god. >> imagine the english premier league season liverpool heading to manchester city. after four wins

. >>> increasing tensions in asia, south korea has declared an expanded air defense zone that overlaps with once announced last month by china. it includes a strategic area disputed by the two countries. al jazeera's terry faucet reports. >> it may be about lines in the air but extend over land and sea. this is what south korea called the submerged rocky reef with a scientific research station and under the very obvious de facto control. the strategic waters and rocks are claimed by beijing and seoul as part of their exclusive economic zones. now south korea has asserted its rights in the air above. >> translator: the new korean air space defense identification zone has been modified to be in line with the country's flight information region, which does not overlap with neighboring countries. this modified zone includes the air space over ioto waters. >> it's two weeks after china's surprise extension of the air defense zone encroaching on those of south korea and japan. the new korean zone extending deeper into the enlarged chinese one. the government won't goez new rules requiring foreign aircraft to identify themselves un

increasing tensions in asia over disputed islands in the east china sea. south koreaxpanded its air defense zone to overlap with one announced by china. it goes into effect next week >> a cold snap is gripping the nation. self -- several deaths have be have been linked to the weather. >> messy conditions and airport delays. >> hundreds gathered to remember johnnon on the anniversary of his death [ singing ] >> fans met in central park to honour the former beatle. toward marking 33 years since he was shot to death outside his apartment building. people gathered at strawberry field, a favourite spot renamed in memory of him. >> michael is back with sport. nfl games are getting critical. >> there's a handful of games. people are jockeying for important position. there's only four weeks remaining in the schedule. we had teams solidifying play-offs. others are trying to call one out. both scenarios are in play as the philadelphia eels hosted the lions, the eagles entered the game tied with the cowboys. dallas hosted a tie break erg. the lions head up north. they had more t

after his fifth it's cheap and you go to china and south korea and china and biden will meet rise in gdp in other chinese leaders on wednesday. his visit to japan and china is viewed as a means to highlight the us japan cooperation and to confirm their next course of action however japan and the usa taking slightly different approaches to china the us state department on friday approved of us commercial airlines providing flight plans to china one traveling through the air defense town major us airlines have also made clear that they will comply with such requests by chinese authorities the japanese government however will continue to ask if that lives not to submit my classic chinese authorities. instead they say biden will also tried to wean japanese support but she made the us goal of concluding a chance to think a partnership the trade agreements by the year and. japanese emperor. i keep still and embrace me to go on down and getting into an imperial couple met with japanese nationals living in the coury. andy also saw something be left behind more than half a century a cow sunda

this is also china and south korea. he south koreans did was expand their zone to overlap with china. this is not so much japan's story. this is china's story pushing out from its borders. >> will this affect japanese companies? >> no doubt. they have done this so many times in the past. essentially, what china does is it ferments a lot of nationalist among youth. they are allowed to protest -- they are not allowed to protest other things, but they are allowed to go to the streets against japan. we have seen disastrous effects on japanese businesses, especially carmakers. every three or four years, this -- three or four years this happens. economic set your clock by it. theisplay in -- explain confrontation between chinese leaders, japanese leaders and those in korea. theyople in china feel have not apologized enough or been contrite enough because of world war ii. essentially, you have problems that tokyo has with china and also with south korea, and to a lesser extent with singapore and some of the other countries. but

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our stories the controversial shrine china south korea. prime minister places kept his cabinet has called for his own resignation. well out there. the economy. here's the costs. it was very predictable consequences japan's prime minister paid his respects at the gas so corny war shrine in tokyo on thursday. it's dedicated to those killed in battle but also honors and convicted war criminals. china and south korea slammed the premier's visit calling it a provocation. many japan's neighbors to the shrine as a symbol of japan's past military in question. turns out is the first prime minister to present the shrine in seventy years in the heart of tokyo some symbolic steps. japanese prime minister shinzo of the approaches to yasukuni shrine. he said his visit was to remember his country's war dead and all up and it's hurting the feelings of other nations. the tunnel. it's all good. so i prayed for peace for the souls of all the people whose lives were taken by war. when is she insisted. also i made about to announce war going on. and it's made

americans killed during the war part of a mission that includes talks with the leaders of south korea, chinand japan. >> groups are celebrating a law january 1 to protect mountain lions not an immediate thread to people after the controversial deaths of two cubs in half moon bay. wardens killed two cubs that wandered into town looking for food and their mom. the public outtry was so great a law was passed requiring them to use nonlethal methods to capture the cats unless they are a threat to the public. >> we lost the wolf and grizzlies but we have mountain lions. we have lions in the state. that is exciting. a lot petroleum -- people feel the same. >> the law is not in effect but the we we new policy has been adopted by wardens. >> amazon is looking to the skies if a way to deliver goods nasaer than ever testing delivering packages using drones. this is video showing how the service works picking up packages at the warehouse and then delivered near the facility. the items will not be too large with kayaks and table saws out. they have to be under five pounds. the project should be up and ru

pacific coastline of japan is going to be staying dry, same thing with korea, northern china, china peninsula will be dry, but chilly with below-average temperatures. high pressure towards the south is kicking up some moisture there across the tropics. parts of the philippines, flash flood advisories in effect due to a low pressure area. now also that rain is extending over towards malaysia, parts of bourn owe, you've seen 80 millimeters sunday into monday. once again, staying dry in the north. seoul with a high of 10, tokyo, 11. let's see what's going on in europe. the big topic truly is this monster of a low pressure area just off the northwestern portions of the british isles. you can see it right here. it's very deep. you have these lines close together with the isobars. some of these winds are going to be rather damaging. you're going to be seeing sustained around 50 to 60, easily over 100 kilometers per hour along the british isles. heavy rain advisories in the snowfall farther towards the north. if you have travel plans towards the western parts of europe, into the scandinavian peninsu

china sea. vice president joe biden will meet with the presidents of south korea and china and the prime minister of japan during this trip. >>> in bethlehem, a giant christmas lighting at the church of the nativity tonight. a catholic mass marked the start of the christmas season before the tree lighting today an there were also fireworks. bethlehem is believed to be the birth place of jesus. >>> a giant menorah was lit in alexandria, on this, the fifth night of hanukkah. crowne plaza hotel in old town. hanukkah is a jewish festival of lights lighting of a candle every night for eight nights. >>> the search for a missing teen in virginia leads to a confrontation at the home of the only suspect in the case. tonight what happened during the search for alexis murphy. >>> plus, fans and co-stars leave tributes for actor paul walker. >>> and the rescue to remember for a group in fairfax county firefighte people go to a mattress store and essentially they just get sold something. we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. it's the ultimate sale on the bed clinically proven to improve

world bank and china saying look you know the situation in this world has changed and even though some countries in the region japan south korea are still kind of fighting over issues related to world war two china saying look we have to move on and this is one way of doing it by saying hey we are going to in some sense by ourselves we draw the maps here in northeast asia to. reflect modern realities now again the united states and its allies should not see this as you know yes or no but ok look this is what you have said we're going to come back with our offer on the table and then we can negotiate around that and then we'll see perhaps a line drawn for air space that is more a better reflection of the realities on the ground in the region today martin the you think united states is really interested in dealing with china and equal because i think what john just said makes perfect sense we are living in the twenty first century second world war was a long time ago though i would add john the caviar the chinese do you remember the second world war with the chinese the japanese did did them martin i mean it history does play a

world bank and china saying look you know the situation in this world has changed and even though some countries in the region japan south korea are still kind of fighting over issues related to world war two china saying look we have to move on and this is one way of doing it by saying hey we are going to in some sense by ourselves re draw the maps here in northeast asia to. reflect modern realities now again the united states and its allies should not see this as you know yes or no but ok look this is what you have said we're going to come back with our offer on the table and then we can negotiate around that and then we'll see perhaps a line drawn for air space that is more a better reflection of the realities on the ground in the region today martin do you think the united states is really interested in dealing with china as an equal because i think what john just said makes perfect sense we are living in the twenty first century second world war was a long time ago though i would add john the caviar the chinese do remember the second world war with the chinese the japanese did do them martin i mean it history does play a

we will the fight against illusion involving china, japan, and korea. run,old enjoyed a 12-year but all good things come to an end eventually. more on this morning's edition of "asia edge." >> it wasn't so bad. looking forward to the fed meeting tuesday and wednesday. will be tapering happening -- tapering happen or not? details on all of that next. closed for lunch time right now. no one seems that eager to put in trade, reluctant but nervous obviously. jakarta is lower by more than 1% and htc also down. we go across to singapore straits, malaysia and thailand, all down by .2%. -- also, newspi zealand is up currently by went one percent. the rest are booking the -- probably up by .1%. the rest are looking up. >> as john was mentioning, asia- pacific markets are being driven by pieces of data. signs of manufacturing slowing. stephen engle is in beijing for us. is there a danger that we read too much into it? mean, we are drawing a lot of conclusions from a slight dip down in the flash number. this is the preliminary number for manufacturing pmi for dece

the most forced to bear on this leadership in north korea? >> china, no question. is almost the only country with influence over what happens in pyongyang. >> there is a rift. explain the fear china has? >> china does not when a failed state on the southern border. the river is the physical berry. there are a couple of bridges. it is a lot of illicit trading. a lot of the foreign goods going into north korea, cross the river. the refugees who escaped the gulags, cross by swimming across the river. they also don't want an extension of south korea up to the river. >> and the chinese province that borders the river are mainly filled by korean nationals -- not nationals the ethnic koreans. this purge of the uncle, that was china's key to north korea, wasn't it? >> there were reports of that. he was the sponsor of one of the special economic districts right on the river where they were trying to build a bridge and encourage economic actually -- activity. but we have to be very cautious about interpreting what is happening inside the north korean government. it is myster

that includes australia, china, korea, japan and india. lenty of opportunity in china. ,he cities that we fly to direct service to singapore. it is a gold mine. >> when will you expand? are we looking at china? >> we already have four cities in china. we will certainly add more. in japan we have one. we will likely add more. australia, india. is there risk? is their concern? issues could pop up. >> i agree wholeheartedly. we are regulated by the same people. singapore doesn't 1 -- have one rule for other carriers. company.e same absolutely, there are issues. there is no reason for thinking that low-cost carriers are -- scoot expectations on higher than others given that it is a unit of singapore airlines which is associated with quality and quick service? >> i think the expectations regarding safety and liability and punctuation are there and absolutely right to be there. secret thatr made a we are a low-cost carrier. we provide very cheap when a to -- it is a very customizable product. in the beginning, perhaps people were unsure about how

finally for money don't want to conduct on north korea rate of coal prices in china. despite the continued increase in the planter cycle prices north korea's re export price of the china. according to data from china's rid of court in december the price of imported answered my call from north korea has increased by forty five dollars per tonne compared to last month. more content with merely due to a recent change in the country's politics and like all of the high carbon content and the cute security. a while even thermal power chemical engineering metallurgy and construction. during the past few years. china continued to increase and like all imports from the country. typical downtown a couple shows the type importer or one point eight million tonnes and recycle. north korea north korea made up nearly thirty five percent i go and like all imports. forty seven of the year. the import volume has increased one point five million tonnes the kitties around forty one percent of the toe and just like all important. more keen to point out that china's future in port north kor

china. where do we go? >> we have obligations to japan, south korea, and the philippines. igation. clearly the united states will be with its allies. it will be a very, very difficult time. they are pushing out. they don't respect us. therefore they think they can push us around. and that's really a problem. >> you know, i almost hate asking a man of your intellect this question. dennis rod man. is he a side show, doing damage or doing nothing? >> he is doing damage. the new ruler needs dennis rodman to show his regime is normal and everything is secure. so he is bolstering his rule after the execution. that's a real issue here. >> thank you so much for helping us. that's a wrap of this hour of "weekends with alex witt". your rheumatologist about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a s

interesting because the united states has been working with china to put more sanctions on north korea. china at arm's distance. now that their main person is gone, what are the chinese going to do, continue to press sanctions or try to get to know this new young leader. it's a difficult call for the chinese and we have to watch it carefully. >> they have been silent. they are clearly trying to sort out what their next policy is. could this be more destabilizing. is he erratic besides the funny stuff, paling around with dennis rodman, opening disney amusement parks in a famine stricken country. does this tell us he could be crazy to do something serious? he's got nuclear weapons. >> it's something we certainly have to be concerned about. very clearly the ideology is becoming much more hard line. when regions like this go through an internal power transition, they tend to be more violent in terms of their external behavior. i think you're absolutely right, we have to watch this very carefully. i don't think we're at the end of it. >> victor thank you so much. the book is "the impossible state.

the two koreas the us china japan and russia play key roles that are also the members of the long stalled six party talks aimed at the nuke the rising north korea. to them in. i didn't it. now returned to the last of our three part series on benjamin's first two years and how he takes a look at how far north korea's nuclear program has come and where it's headed. he's a national prosperity and its citizens called home was strongly that our kids out and has made it clear that north korea will never give up its new in progress. and during his two years in power the gambhir has taken steps toward making more of a new clear states the first one the piece was done. powell has increased at the same time now the news that the and into the news at that of focusing on me due to rising and how to put a piece of wool hat into the room range missiles the significance that it knew that that that has kept an eye away from its ally. aj has been or ignore its high ratings and let ahead without lots lots lots to spend there and see it as incendiary since then china has delayed the non international sancti