south korean soldiers watched their enemies from this observation post. behind them 12 kill meters away, north korean soldiers stare right back. the island lies in the northern limit line. the seaboarder between the two koreas. the north korean military launched an attack last november 23rd across those waters. they fired 170 shells, about half landed on the island. they killed four people, including two civilians. they hurt 18 others. the shells damaged dozens of buildings, homes, businesses, military facilities. about 1700 residents had little choice but to flee. they stayed away for three months. then little by little, they started to return. but many of them needed a new place to live. workers began rebuilding, last month residents began to move into 15 new houses. we have seen lots of examples how people are trying to get back to the lives they had, and how they're dealing day to day. the elementary school is the only primary school here. student body totals a mere 76. at 2:30 on an ordinary afternoon, a blast rest natd through the hauls. this man in

this is the highest award given to members of the caribbean -- korean diaspora internationally. he was highly respected in our community, serving the population from youth to seniors. he cared about elevating the profile of our community, educating and engaging korean americans on the rolls the card holder in our communities. he was quite active. one of the most admirable was when he became primary caregiver for his wife, who is currently battling pancreatic cancer. upon her diagnosis, he supported and attended her health and well-being seven days a week, until recently. he is succeeded by his son, who serves at the mta as a human resources director, his daughter, his wife, and his three grandchildren. derek is a friend of mine and someone who carries a legacy with community outreach and advocacy. he is here on behalf of his father to receive the certificate, signed by all the members of the board of supervisors. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor kim, and supervisors who are present here today. my dad, all the work he did was for the korean people, but he cherished his adopted

the korean- american community. i attended his funeral services last week. as a testament, there were hundreds of people lined up for his wake, including the general counsel but represents cent -- represents of correa here in san francisco. -- represents south korea here in san francisco. i want to honor a person who has made a lasting impact on the korean-american community in the bay area. the community is proud of its history, roots, and heritage. many came here fleeing the consequences of a very difficult civil war that raged on the peninsula. due to many of the unfortunate economic consequences of that war that lasted for decades. he was an advocate for families and preserving our heritage. mr. kim established the east bay caerleon school and is a past president of the -- korean school and is a past president of the community organization. he led immigration celebrations. he has received a presidential recognition award from the 14th, 15th, and 16th presidents of the republic of korea. this is the highest award given to members of the caribbean -- korea

korean attack. north korea's military pounded the island with artillery a year ago on wednesday. four people died. yeonpyeong is located near the disputed maritime border in the yellow sea. the victims of the attack were two south korean marines and two civilians. 100 military officers and other people gathered at a hillside park for a memorial service for the two marines. they could see north korea in the distance. organizers unveiled a monument bearing the portraits of the dead marines. following the memorial service people honored the two civilians who died in last year's attack. they unveiled a monument near the factory where the victims were working at the time of the shelling. donors paid for the monument. about 3,000 people also went to tejang national cemetery for a memorial ceremony. prime minister kim hwang sik addressed the gathering. >> translator: my heart bleeds at the memory of the incident. the south korean government will never compromise when it comes to the safety and security of

korean attack. north korea's military pounded the island with artillery a year ago wednesday. yongpyeong is located near the disputed maritime boarder in the yellow sea. the victims of the attack were two south korean marines and two civilians. 100 military officers and other people gathered at a hillside park for a memorial service for the two marines. they could see north korea in the distance. organizers unveiled a monument bearing the portraits of the dead marines. following the memorial service people honored the two civilians who died in last year's attack. they unveiled a monument near the factory where the victims were working at the time of the shelling. donors paid for the monument. about 3,000 people also went to the national cemetery for a memorial ceremony. prime minister kim hwang sik addressed the gathering. >> translator: my heart bleeds at the memory of the incident. the south korean government will never compromise when it comes to the safety and security of its people and the coun

and north korean minister.e explains importance of the railway. >> translator: this railway symbolizes the friendly relationship and economic cooperation between our two countries. we want to work together with russia to form a transportation network that serves people in both countries. we also want to foster a cooperative relationship that is mutually beneficial. >> translator: the demonstration train is a clear example of the implementation of the agreement between the leaders of our two countries to establish a new cargo route from northeast asia to russia and vice-versa. rajin port will become a new cargo center in the asia pacific region. this center will make it possible to create the longest euro-asian transport corridor, over 10,000 kilometers long. >>> russia says starting next summer it will use freight trains to transport coal into north korea. >>> time to check on some of the stories we've gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin with this item sent by ntv, nepal. nepal's main political par

please give a warm welcome tuesday korean-american musical group for tonight's opening program. we're in a wonderful? founded 18 years ago, the music and art culture center's mission is to raise across cultural awareness, inspired artistic expression, has and from the arts education and preservation of cultural values on long korean-americans and thier youth. since coming to the u.s. in the early 1990's, she has been a pioneer in educating youth and the general public on caribbean dance in the san francisco bay area. -- korean dance in the san francisco bay area. once again, are round of applause for our opening number. it is such a pleasure to be with you here tonight for this special celebration. please stand now for our national anthem, sung by ayumi perry. ayumi. >> ♪ oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly str eaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that

a south korean representative praised the forester's efforts. a cenotaph was built in the 1960s, despite anti-japanese sentiment among south koreans. >>> winter is just around the corner here in japan and here's a loo at how the an intelligent capital, kyoto, prepares for the asrade it looks thin but the taste becomes thicker and richer as the temperature drops. these are turnip pickles. the vegetables are salted in wooden barrels for a few days before they are ready. making pickles hits its peak next month. >ojp wer. >>> hi and welcome back. let's talk about weather now. starting off with asia, we're going to be looking at high pressure system dominating much of china, we're going to be seeinghi system going to be moving just across the pacific coast of japan. wreoi to be looking at showers in much of the country, toi regions are going to be targeted with very heavy rain in towards the weeken however, this system will be moving rapidly away from t country. starting friday overnight. so it looks like tokyo throughout the day on friday, we're goi

it's the military measures to south koreans major exercise. they would be assuring last november, south korea, they conducted some maritime exercise to -- which north korea proclaimed that their own territory water. so after the confinement and sharing that it is their own territory, north korea made -- well, counter showing, but the main reason why they shelled the island was they hoped to draw some attention to the world, some unstable, very dangerous situation in the yellow sea area. >> the incident obviously strained relations between the south and north, but recently, south korea has softened its stance with north korea. professor, why are we seeing this change of stance in south korea? >> well, i think still president lee myung-bak has some hope to make achievement or new development in the south in order to made some legacy for his presidency. so, therefore, still he has one more year. >> we're talking about north korea. can't help thinking about when the talk on north korea's nuclear program will resume? >> next february to march, u.s.

it's the military measures to south koreans major exercise. they would be assuring last november, south korea, they conducted some maritime exercise to -- which north korea proclaimed that their own territory water. so after the confinement and sharing that it is their own territory, north korea made -- well, counter showing, but the main reason why they shelled the island was they hoped to draw some attention to the world, some unstable, very dangerous situation in the yellow sea area. >> the incident obviously strained relations between the south and north, but recently, south korea has softened its stance with north korea. professor, why are we seeing this change of stance in south korea? >> well, i think still president lee myung-bak has some hope to make achievement or new development in the south in order to made some legacy for his presidency. so, therefore, still he has one more year. >> we're talking about north korea. can't help thinking about when the talk on north korea's nuclear program will resume? >> next february to march, u.s.

the average korean family spends roughly 20% of their income on private constitutering.ack home, sung-do usually continues his studies well after midnight. >> it's true that study hours is horrible. i might enjoy the pain i cannot avoid. i'm trying my best to enjoy this environment and this age. >> the korean education system is at the heart of an extraordinary economic success story. 30 years ago, the nation's per capita income was less than $1,700. today, it's almost $24,000. but many here think that the pain students endure is not worth the price of admission to the world's elite. suicides among school-age children are abnormally high, doubling in 2009 compared to 2003. president lee mung bach has made easing academic pressure one of his top priorities, pledging to reduce study loads and create a more engaing curriculum for students. >> the process is so painful. they don't know how to enjoy learning. >> a former minister of education now advises the president. as minister, he changed the college admissions process so there would be less emphasis on the entrance exam.

in fact, editorials in south korean newspapers say that only 1% of north koreans have even heard of theng. how you could have such an exact figure beats me. what we can say for sure is that the north korean press has simply not reported on any of the popular uprisings of 2011. obviously for fear of sparking protests within north korea. in fact, pyongyang issued a statement in march simply saying libya's dismantling of its nuclear weapons program made it more vulnerable to western intervention. in other words, we the north koreans will keep our nukes as our insurance policy against regime change. so don't expect pyongyang to disarm anytime soon. the regime may interprets the fall of gadhafi as a cautionary tale. don't disarm, don't try and talk to the west, don't open up. meanwhile, the suffering of the korean people continues. just last week, unicef reported that millions of children there are at risk of being severely malnourished. these children will be more vulnerable to disease and stunted growth. and there's little hope that the government has the ability to help even if it wanted

the south korean side disagrees. it calls the islands dokdo, and it has coast guards there. officials with south korea's ministry of land, tranceport and maritime affairs say they will build a break water with a 210-meter pier. the structure will be capable of handling 5,000-ton passenger liners. the ministry says it will also construct an underwater observatory and a wave energy power plant. the estimated cost, $340 million. work will happen between 2013 and 2016. a pier to accommodate smaller vessels already exists. south korea seems to be building the new pier to encourage more of its citizens to visit the islands. the dispute over this territory has been going on for decades. in march, the south korean government criticized japan for approving school textbooks describing the islands as "inherent japanese territory." this new project could heighten diplomatic tensions between the two nations. >>> egypt's military has built a concrete wall along a major road in cairo ahead of a massive rally planned for friday. the move comes after 41 people died in clashes between protest

. >> translator: my dad is a south korean soldier. i was very worried that he might die in the attack. i called him but the phone lines were busy so i couldn't get through. i was anxious and scared. >> reporter: the next day he was forced to flee to mainland korea. he started living in a temporary shelter with his family, all except his father. his mother said he was worried about his father who stayed behind for work. >> translator: he was very anxious about his father as he remained on the island alone. children were on edge when they left their homes. >> reporter: 1,700 residents returned to their hometown after living in temporary shelters for several months. from september, members of a professional orchestra in seoul made their way to the school to help alleviate stress. once a week they offer their talent and instruments to try to soothe the troubled hearts and minds of children through music. >> translator: music therapy uses musical instruments to get through to young people who are mentally affected by the shelling. it helps

the average korean family spends roughly 20% of their income on private tutoring.ack home, sung-do usually continues his studies well after midnight. >> it's true that study hours is horrible. i might enjoy the pain i cannot avoid. i'm trying my best to enjoy this environment and this age. >> the korean education system is at the heart of an extraordinary economic success story. 30 years ago, the nation's per capita income was less than $1,700. today, it's almost $24,000. but many here think that the pain students endure is not worth the price of admission to the world's elite. suicides among school-age children are abnormally high, doubling in 2009 compared to 2003. president lee myung-bak has made easing academic pressure one of his top priorities, pledging to reduce study loads and create a more engaging curriculum for students. >> the process is so painful. they don't know how to enjoy learning. >> sahlberg, former minister of education, now advises the president. as minister, he changed the college admissions process so there would be less emphasis on the entr

and the country. >> the south korean government has repeatedly demanded the north apologize for the yeonpyeong attack. it also wants its neighbor to take measures to make sure something like that does not happen again. >>> the members of north korea's ruling workers party aren't sorry at all. they once again defended their military's attack on yeonpyeong island. the newspaper there ran a commentary on wednesday and calls the shelling a product of provocation. it says south korea is solely responsible. the newspaper maintains the attack wouldn't have happened if the south had not intruded into north korean waters. last friday, "the rodong sinmun" accused south korea of building up its military near yeonpyeong island. it warned that could trigger all-out war. even though the two countries are at odds, they are still exploring ways to improve relations. so far this year, senior government officials from both sides have held two meetings to discuss north korea's nuclear program. >>> japanese defense ministry workers are busy tracking six chinese naval vessels. the fleet recently passed

for activists protesting against washington's plans to use a new south korean base for the u.s.navy have been arrested at the site opposition to the base comprised mainly of local residents and civics groups has centered on environmental concerns as well as fears of destabilising korea china relations we can now talk to activist matthew hoey whose friends are among those arrested matthew thank you for joining us can you tell us how visa for south korean protesters been charged with anything and why were they detained in the first place well or more leaders of virus this. are the lifeblood of our international scene. just as we are holding this resistance and it's year. annual conference known as the changing process it's the republic of korea a un disarmament is being held ten minutes away from a site. for members of the resistance brothers song. who is a religious and peace leader here in the village. he was the leader of our international team and amateur filmmaker known as. and young still kang with my very close colleagues went to the hotel with a conference was being held w

the south korean government planning to build more in the sea of japan. the japanese government claims sovereignty on historical facts and international law. the south korean side disagrees. it calls the islands tokto and has coast guards there. officials with south korean ministry of land transport maritime affairs say they will build a break water with the 210-meter pier. it will be capable of handling 5,000 ton liners. also construct an underwater observatory and a wave energy water plant. the estimated cost more than $340 million. south korea appears to be building to encourage more visitors to the island. urged south korea to cancel the project. met friday with the first vice foreign minister. he said his country regards as inherently japanese. he added south korea's new plan, if true, is unacceptable. insists the islands belong to south korea, but he said the government has not decided anything yet regarding the project. >>> egypt build a road. the move comes after 41 people died in clashes between protesters and security forces in the past week. de

in the south korean capital, they held a rally in announcing north korean leader. they were met by a special u.n. envoy. joining us now for more as our correspondent who has been following those developments. thank you for joining us. what has he been able to find out about human rights issues in the north? >> there is one very crucial fact that he has not been able to get access into north korea. he hasn't gotten confirmed access into china. he is having to do almost all of his research from here in south korea. he is preparing for a new report on human rights in north korea. it is a quite difficult line. she says that he was using this opportunity to call on south korea and the international community to provide a more humanitarian aid. despite worry concerns about the human rights situation inside the country. >> are there any plans for a un representative to go to the north? >> i think he would very much like to go to north korea. she made several requests to do so, so he is having to really do a lot of his research here. he has been meeting defectors and south

or the other great items that they have, and i had some korean tacos at the last festival.line was almost impossible to get through. lastly, my hope is that the three brothers continued to flourish for years to come, and please, on the first monday of the month, not this month in the, for the monday night, and there are other community-based efforts. let me see and daniel r. david is here, and the beat of the music, kind of a a little bit later in the evening -- and i know you were one of the reasons for that. it is an honor to recognize namu. >> it is wonderful that you are recognizing us. my other two brothers could not come. one has a day job, and the other is the cehf -- chef and is getting ready for a busy night tonight. thank you. it is very much an honor. [applause] supervisor: it is really good to have them. there are always some surprise guests at this restaurant. president chiu: all right. supervisor farrell. supervisor farrell. supervisor farrell: shelly, come

would talk about trying to persuade and north koreans to stop their programs.it was also the main liaison with the syrians in proliferating this technology. from north korea to see. he was doing double duty. the significance of it was that it was a designated terrorist sponsoring state acquiring from another designated terrorist sponsored state, north korea, this deadly capability. one of the things that we were most concerned about that i spoke about at the time was the possibility of another 9/11. but this time the terrorists would be armed with something far deadlier than box cutters and airline tickets, that they would have a nuclear weapon or an agent of some guy. and i believe this is a situation where it's most egregious case of nuclear proliferation, that i can recall. during my time. when the israelis produced the evidence, we spent a lot of time on it obviously. i advocated a course of action it would've involved in a military strike to take up. >> by the united states? >> by the united states. it was a target out there by itself in the desert. that w

the move comes amid easing tensions on the korean peninsula. interim talks have been held twice since july. observers say south korea hopes to make its neighbor soften its attude through more aid delivered by unicef and other organizations. >>> officials from japan's transport ministry and railway companies met dinish triverde on tuesday. the indian government plans to introduce a high speed railway system on six of the country's lines to help the economy grow further. the japanese delegation explained the shinkansen has not had any fatal accidents since its introduction in 1964. they were impressed by the safety of the japanese bullet train. >> translator: this is a dream project. the railroad reigns supreme in india. we'll do our utmost so that we'll be able to see shinkansen trains running all over that vast country. >> european firms have already begun surveys of the estimated number of passengers on four of the six lines to lay the groundwork for winning contracts from the indian government, but no japanese companies have taken part in the

of darwin to the liberation of pacific islands, from the rice paddies of southeast asia to a cold korean peninsula, generations of americans have served here, and died here -- so democracies could take root, so economic miracles could lift hundreds of millions to prosperity. americans have bled with you for this progress, and we will not allow it -- we will never allow it to be reversed. here, we see the future. as the world's fastest-growing region -- and home to more than half the global economy -- the asia pacific is critical to achieving my highest priority, and that's creating jobs and opportunity for the american people. with most of the world's nuclear power and some half of humanity, asia will largely define whether the century ahead will be marked by conflict or cooperation, needless suffering or human progress. as president, i have, therefore, made a deliberate and strategic decision -- as a pacific nation, the united states will play a larger and long-term role in shaping this region and its future, by upholding core principles and in close partnership with our allies and frie

a low pressure system that will be rapidly developing just over the yellow sea moving across the korean peninsula overnight tuesday and then that system will bring locally heavy rain towards japan, in towards our wednesday. much of mongolia and china looking calm, but temperatures cool. locally heavy rain at times. much of the rest of japan looking dryer and sunny. we have a low pressure system that will be rapidly developing just over the yellow sea, which will be moving across the korean peninsula on tuesday. that system will wring locally heavy rain towards japan in towards our wednesday. much of mongolia and china looking very calm but the temperatures are going to be very cold. the monsoonal flow is still affecting eastern philippines and hainan in vietnam bringing unstable weather the next couple of days. and the high, beijing 10 degrees. tokyo, 14 degrees. manila and bangkok in the lower 30s. heading over to the america, let's first talk about a tropical storm kenneth. now kenneth has potential of becoming a hurricane even later today. local time. it's not going to be bringing us

for activists protesting against america's plans to use a new south korean base for the u.s. navy have been arrested at the site opposition to the bases mainly from locals who fear it could destabilize south korea's relations with china as well as damaging the environment activist matthew hoh who's near the base as the voices of discontent are going on heard the government not playing fair. this was a small quiet person demonstration we went to the conference to deliver a message to the liberal statements about their concerns at the naval base in tucson moment we are seeing and bits that are this moment there's far gravity being probably the same with people at least and whether currently being detained this is going to be one of the largest military bases in the world i need the bases we can kassidy it is bases twenty large destroyers aircraft carriers some subs and it will be outdated aegis missile defense system where her hair less than three hundred miles away from the chinese mainland this is a very attractive location for the united states military and initially there w

it is believed that this favors american workers over south koreans and that is how they responded. if you were charged with genocide, what would be your defense? in cambodia, the deputy leader of the khmer rouge said that he signed off on the murder of 2 million people for their safety. more than a quarter of the population was killed during the revolution. now the number 2 is standing trial. >> from across cambodia, memory converges on the capital. on the motorbike taxi, a mother who lost four children and her husband. >> i feel pain and anger. it is up to the court now to decide what happens. >> in this public bus, survivors and former khmer rouge travel together. all hope that this might help reconciliation including this man, who ordered the death of a couple who fell in love without the party's permission. sitting around them are those who knew nothing of the past and those who can never forget it. >> one of the things that your order is the killing of two people. why did you do that? >> it was the wrong thing to do but the decision was made by those above me. if he had debate

rain across southern china and a mix of rain and snow across the korean peninsula. and for japan, hokkaido and the tohoku area will see rain today. down towards the south, it's wet again across the philippines, thunderstorms possible here. and luzon will see rain developing into thursday. for the indochina peninsula, we'll stay dry. but large parts will see rain throughout the day. temperaturewise, we're expecting 6 degrees in seoul and 5 in beijing. we're expecting only 10 degrees for tomorrow mere. heading over the americas, a low pressure system. that brought early season snow to the deep south, now impacting the eastern part of u.s. and canada. cold precipitation and winds. 30 se now, the system will move north eastward. so things are getting drier across most of the eastern u.s. by wednesday evening. for the west, a low pressure system is moving across the pacific northwest as well as the bc area and that will spread heavy snow here. that will also move to the central plains in the next 24 hours. so you may see snow here on wednesday. otherwise it should stay l

meanwhile, the korean peninsula and much of china are experiencing very nice conditions but a system will develop by the korean peninsula and bring a mix of rain and snow to the northern end of the peninsula as well as northeastern china on saturday. down towards the south it's mostly wet across the philippines. you may see scattered thunderstorms throughout the day. out west, vietnam and the malay peninsula looking at ongoing rain. risk of landslides are dangerously high here. 14 degrees in tokyo and 8 in seoul but warming up to 22 in chongqing. heading over to europe, we can see a large and powerful low pressure system through the north of the british isles. lines are close together meaning the winds are blowing over much of the scandinavian peninsula. in terms of precipitation, blustery, showers are impacting across most of northern europe. those extremely windy and wet conditions will likely continue throughout friday. and we can see wide-spread showers developing over finland, by tonight. but it's a different story for most of continental europe. it stays dry and settled thanks

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negotiator is said to have rejected the north korean request. the joint statement was adopted it stipulates that the relevant countries will discuss providing a power station with light water reactors at an appropriate time if north korea dismantles all its nuclear facilities and renounces nuclear weapons. the six-party talks were later suspended and north korea began to construct a nuclear power plant by itself. >>> the people at japan's space agency has begun work on a challenging task. they're trying to change the course of a spacecraft headed for venus. they want to put the akatsuki probe into orbit around the planet in four years. the japan aerospace exploration agency, jaxa, failed to redirect akatsuki. the probe had some engine trouble. it's now circling the sun. engineers thought they could make another attempt at putting akatsuki into orbit by 2015 at the earliest. they gave up when they discovered the probe's main engine was more badly damaged than they thought. now they hope to use smaller engines to drive the probe into a different o

with the korean taco. crate truck or if it's a kosher deli on wheels you desire or mac and cheese cheesecake they're all here we can get. food trucks is a very washington social phenomenon because we get to enjoy each other's company while we attain the food but we get to avoid the social anxiety and waste of time of actually having to share it with. a phenomenon now under threat by those whose hunger for power may prove greater than the public's new found out a tight for competition that you say we're going right with our government in washington d.c. christine freeze out our team. and be sure to turn tune in to our team next week for a brand new line read all about it or maybe you won't in the u.s. that's right the country that prides itself on press freedom might not be so free after all especially after the arrest of twenty six journalists during the occupy wall street rallies in the past week alone so as the so-called ninety nine percent start flexing their first amendment rights by protesting i'll ta

ministry says the concert is scheduled to take place friday, is being arranged by a group of south korean lawmakers to entertain the garage station in the sea of japan. the ministry asked south korea to can sell the event, and says it can't allow a concert to be held on japanese territory. the foreign minister said they asked the south korean government to stop the concert tuesday and wednesday. last week, japan asked south korea to cancel plans to construct a research and visitor center on the islands. >>> developers from some of the world's leading high tech companies are showing off projects at the international row would the exhibition in tokyo. models used in disaster areas are drawing a lot of attention after the march 11th earthquake. here is more. >> reporter: robots like this one are highly recommended by the promoter of this exhibition for use in disaster areas. such robots are being used in the restoration work at the fukushima daiichi power plant. this is being shown to the public for the first time to give a better understanding of the usefulness of robot technology. the powe

he presents the news by using a device that changes korean letters into braille. told reporters that he wants to help more people with disabilities find work in broadcasting and eliminate prejudice. >>> the nigerian red cross says at least 100 people have been killed in sars of attacks in northern nigeria. armed men attacked a police station and a church among others in the state of yobey over the weekend. the "associated press" reports to a local islamist group is claiming responsibility. the u.s. embassy said three hotels in the capital are possible terrorist targets and warns people not to go near. >>> a delegation from fukushima prefecture has ended a six-day visit to belarus and ukraine. the two countries were heavily contaminated in the 1986 chernobyl accident. they used to live in a town about four kilometers from chernobyl. the head of the group said they learned a lot that should be useful to people in fukushima. >>> a chinese fishing boat found in japanese territorial waters has been escorted to the port of nagasaki and its skipper taken into custody. a