japan's envoy called for the return of japanese remains dating back to the evacuation of the korean peninsula around the end of world war ii. he also asked that japanese women who relocated to north korea with their spouses several decades ago be allowed to visit japan. north korean delegates said they were ready to cooperate on both issues. the two sides also agreed to discuss the north's nuclear and missile development programs. >>> earlier i spoke to tetsuya endo, who was in charge of japanese negotiations with north korea in the 1990s. please tell us, what's your take on this latest round of negotiations? >> seems to me, in order to solve the difficult issues and problems, parties need to meet and discuss the matters. in this sense, ulan bator meeting this time was at least one step forward. in addition, the meeting decided to continue discussions later on and also the meeting dealt with a wide range of issues, including, most difficult perhaps, abductions. >> so there was meaning to this meeting. what do you think is north korea's motivation to continue a dialogue with japan? they have b

the current guidelines mainly cover contingencies on the korean peninsula. morimoto is dispatching his senior defense vice minister to washington. nagashima will quickly push to restart negotiations to review the guidelines. >>> china's foreign ministry has expressed concern about moves to review the guidelines. >> translator: the japan/u.s. alliance was forged under a specific historical situation. the alliance should not exceed the bilateral framework and should not harm the interest of any third country. >> hong said china hopes. >>> china and the u.s. will respect the security concerns of neighboring countries. >>> it doesn't feel like winter in tokyo with the warm weather, but elsewhere it's a different story. there's snow in our neighbor, china. rachel ferguson has more with weather. raich snell. >>> hi, there. we're following a snowstorm moving across the north. it's going to be moving across the beijing area and heading into northeastern china and also north korea. blizzarding conditions could be expected. it's wet snow, as well, and we're getting an

japan's envoy called for the return of japanese remains dating back to the evacuation of the korean peninsula around the end of world war ii. he also asked that japanese women who relocated to north korea with their spouses several decades ago be allowed to visit japan. north korean delegates said they were ready to cooperate on both issues. the two sides also agreed to discuss the north's nuclear and missile development programs. >>> earlier i spoke to tetuya endoh, who was in charge of japanese negotiations in north korea in the 1990s. please tell us, what's your take on this latest round of negotiations? >> seems to me in order to solve the difficult issues and problems, parties need to meet and discuss the matters. in this sense, ulan bator meeting this time was at least one step forward. in addition, the meeting decided to continue discussions later on and also the meeting covered a wide range of issue, including most difficult or perhaps abductions. >> so there was meaning to this meeting. what do you think is north korea's motivation to continue a dialogue with japan? they have been si

back behind it a high pressure system is dominating much of china as well as the korean peninsula bringing dry conditions. that could be burned off as new system coming in from the east. from the west rain will be intensifying here over southern china. down towards the south rain showers much of the philippines in the west, in the south and windy conditions continuing in the west and the south of the peninsu peninsula. clear skies for beijing. 17 degrees in tokyo. that's about seven degrees higher than yesterday. moving into the americas. thanksgiving day, u.s. thanksgiving day is coming up thursday. it's going to be the busy week for you. drivers may run into extremely dangerous traveling conditions for the northwest as a new system moving in from the pacific. right now we're looking hefty showers along the coast from northern california up into british columbia. you may see as much as 160 millimeters of rain in the next it's more than the monthly rainfall for november. the lines areery g. syses forwa east heavy snow is going to be possible. that's going to be aomni kilom eaonnd warm cond

back behind it, a dry condition for much of the korean peninsula and much of china. because of less windy and cloudy conditions. morning lows quite chilly here. down to the south, a foggy morning for the southeastern part of china. as for the philippines, rain throughout the country. particularly in the south. rain also can be found in the south and west of the indochina peninsula including southern cambodia. here are the temperatures then. minus 5 degrees in ulaanbaatar. looking chilly but seasonal here. 10 degrees in beijing with plenty of sunshine. 7 degrees in seoul. cloudy conditions in shanghai with a high of 15 degrees today. all right. moving into the americas then. the northwestern part is going to be the stormiest in throughout the thanksgiving week. we're seeing a low pressure system moving into the west coast bringing hefty showers on the coast from british columbia down towards northern california. the heaviest rain is going to be found in oregon with up to 160 millimeters likely into the next 24 hours. as you can see, the lines are very close to each ot

said wednesday south korea will keep working closely with obama for peace and stability on the korean peninsula and northeast asia. >>> russian president vladimir putin sent obama a telegram congratulating him. putin's spokesperson declined to discuss the contents of the message, but said he hopes obama's re-election will have a positive impact on russia's ties with the united states. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has congratulated obama. in a statement he said he'll continue to work with the u.s. president to ensure interests vital for the security of israel's citizens. the two leaders are divided over how to deal with iran's nuclear ambitions. the u.s. is urging netanyahu not to take military action. palestinian president mahmoud abbas also released a statement saying he hopes obama will continue his efforts to achieve peace in the middle east. >>> the elite officials in charge of china are gathering in beijing to chart the country's future. the communist party is about to begin its transition of power. hu jintao and other leaders who have been at the top for a decade are stepping

that suggests it came from somewhere on the korean peninsula. police do not believe the group are defectors from north korea. they say it's likely they are fishermen who got into trouble at sea. >>> a chinese man in prison for fire bombing the japanese embassy in seoul now has a crack legal team on his side thanks to the chinese government. chinese authorities assembled the team to seek expedition of liu qiang from south korea. he was arrested in january after throwing bombs at the embassy. he's also admitted to setting fire to the yasukuni shrine. in tokyo last december. japanese officials have asked south korea to transfer liu after his jail term ends under their extradition treaty. however the chinese contracted lawyers want the man sent home as a political offender, rather than handed over to japan. south korean judicial officials say the legal team is made up of five lawyers from a prominent south korean law firm. the trial at the seoul high court is scheduled to begin on thursday. >>> tibetan exiles of india have taken to the streets in ne

. >> translator: we will discuss the latest situation on the korean peninsula. i hope to build closer ties with china. >> lim's visit comes nearly a week after an american satellite imagery firm tsunamied a photo showing activity at a missile launch site in north korea. analysts say authorities in the north have recently transported trucks and many fuel tanks to the site. it is the same location from which they tried, but failed, to launch a long-rain ballistic missile back in april. north korean officials say it was a satellite-carrying rocket. >>> pob you louse, prosperous, pushing ahead. china's rise for wealth, power, and problems. an income gap divides its people. pollution threatens their health. and at sea strained relations with its neighbors. find out the challenges china faces on "newsline." >> territorial disputes cent centering on the south china sea have caused continuing political repercussions. now i's affecting something else. travele travelers' pass portillos. patchari raksawong has the details. >>> the philippine government says it will not sta

said wednesday south korea will keep working closely with obama for peace and stability on the korean peninsula and northeast asia. >>> russian president vladimir putin sent obama a telegram congratulating him on winning a second term. the spokesperson declined to discuss the contents of the message but said he hopes the pe impact on russia's ties with the united states. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has congratulated obama. in a statement he said he'll continue to work with the u.s. president to ensure interests vital for the security of israel's citizens. the two are divided over how to deal with israel's. mahmoud abbas also released a statement saying he hopes obama will continue his efforts to achieve peace in the middle east. >>> the lead officials in charge of china are gathering in beijing to chart the country's future. the communist party is about to begin its transition of power. hu jintao and other leaders who had been at the top for a decade are stepping aside. the next generation is taking over. the 18th congress of the chinese communist party starts thursday. the meetin

maintaining peace and stability on the korean peninsula is the common responsibility of concerned nations. it's also in their interest. >> a u.s. defense department official declined to comment on the analysis, but the official said the u.s. asks north korea to follow a u.n. security council ban on launches involving ballistic technology. >>> the people who wont to be south korea's next president are mapping out their strategies in the lead-up to voting day. official campaigning is now under way. and so for the next three weeks candidates will be crisscrossing the country to sell their message. park geun hye of the ruling saenuri party is one of the front-runners. she visited a national cemetery in seoul where she paid respects to those who died in the korean war and other continflicconflic. park expressed her determination to become the country's first female president. >> translator: south korea has to choose whether it wants to move forward with a prepared future or go back to the past which is marked with failure. we are now standing at a crucial crossroads. >> park also said she will

is reportedly getting ready to test another one of its missiles tensions are building on the korean peninsula with the south holding military drills in order to mark the shelling of its territory by young and two years ago also for you. according bahrain has a jail terms to not exceed treated pro-reform protesters as the country is slammed by human rights organizations for the long running brutal crackdown on dissent. british lib dem minister lynne featherstone said that since women have babies it allows men to pass them up on the letter to power essentially children are set back for women who want to be successful and equal to men so they want to give men the option of taking maternity leave or would that be paternity leave i don't know i kind of see the logic of her view but my question is featherstone is why exactly is success in the corporate world the primary goal of life for men and women as a feminist i would think you understand that wanting to fight your way up the ladder to buy a big car to replace your shortcomings is a very male way of judging success are women who choose to have

to go on with south korea north korea of course some china's trying to denuclearize the north korean peninsula and now of course you've got the u.s. backing south korea with its ballistic missile range in tension so that's an air of tension isn't it always danger i've been up on the militarized zone or a number of times and under it once and tunnels built by the north koreans. you know there are millions of men ready to go war that are few hours notice so it's a very dangerous situation and the u.s. and south korea keep holding these military exercises quite close that north korea which makes crazy and it tends to provoke incidents so the chances of war there are high work worries the u.s. of course is that north korea's missiles were inaccurate as they are threaten japan and all going to our air and. it's not another we're really interested the thoughts on this eric thanks very much indeed for joining us live there from kind of that everybody go to. developing it live here in moscow.

in the yard in this we're not facing hundreds of thousands of chinese troops on the korean peninsula this is not strictly speaking a real war in that sense. and more opinion and speculation what's behind this high profile scandal calls for you so you had better have you also say i want to make all the timing and here's how opinion is divided at the moment just over a third say the damning information came out to prevent general betray us from testifying about that time the u.s. consulate in benghazi a little over a quarter of believe it's part of a bigger part of the whole leadership in a number of top jobs nineteen percent say the timing is linked to the u.s. presidential vote with a cover up taking place to ensure obama's re-election and the same numbers seen no foul play say it's purely betrays his mistakes that led to his downfall so let us know what you say on the dot com home page. all right hold back with more international news in just a few minutes. looking at some drugs you simply do not believe they come speak and good news how they can wrong oh. it's an international sled

is reportedly getting ready to test another one of its missiles tensions are building on the korean peninsula with the south holding military drills to mark the shelling of its territory by penang two years ago. british live demo minister lynne featherstone said that since women have babies it allows men to pass them up on the letter to power such a children are setback for women who want to be successful and equal to men so they want to give them the option of taking maternity leave or with the paternity leave at all i kind of see the logic overview but my question is featherstone is why exactly is success in the corporate world the primary goal of life for men and women as a summer star i would think you'd understand that wanting to fight your way up the ladder to buy a big car to replace your shortcomings is a very male way of judging success are women who choose to have families failures or at least. and successful in your book even as a mary know that my pocket is really empty after having the first of hopefully many kids but i don't see or chose a financial setback keeping me from buyin

is reportedly getting ready to test another one of its missiles tensions are building on the korean peninsula but a self holding military drill so are the shelling of its territory by planning and two years ago. plus a court in bahrain has a jail jail terms to medics who treated pro-forma protesters this is a country it's slanted by human rights organizations for the long running brutal crackdown on dissent. on tuesday starts at five am even earlier in the winter tending to his flock of story hundred sheep in the mountains and pains of. thirty five years old it wasn't the life he dreamt of having studied accounting but he dition on familiar duty dictated that he would take on the care of these animals off to his father. he's just made camp at their winter farm stage setting up his ute the traditional to the union round tent made of diskin. back amongst his family and his job is a lonely one and tough going out in all weathers braving streams of plus to minus forty degrees celsius it's just that i'm with them there are certain difficulties there's not enough time for everything i'm almost alon

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. >> like thers japanese defeatedt the end o of world war ii, the korean peninsula is divided north and south. >> while americans took control of the south, the soviet union established them communist north in 1945 under the leadership of a 33-year-old radical name kim il sung. >> he was one of the most dominant totalitarian dictators of the correctthcorrectth 20th . >>si we talk about stories but they're nothing compared to kim ilsun. >> he was born the same day the titanic was sinking in the north atlantic. >> he was a christian. his mother and father took him toas church. >> melanie kicker patrick covered. asia for the "wall street journal". >> kim il sung went to church. >> as a young man. there were many, many christians iny, and pyongyang in the 1930s and 1940s was known as the jerusalem of the east. >> by 1948 he's formally appointed head of the korean workers party. he's the unquestioned leader of north korea. >> over the next decades, the personality established around him rivaled any of the 20th century. >> they're nothing compared to what kim il sung is. >> in 1948 they start

similarly in uses of troops on the korean peninsula, if the north koreans were to attack the south koreansamericans are not in favor of u.s. intervening militarily, if we, if the u.s. does so alone. but if it does, so as part of the un-led operation, americans would support it. we asked about the support for a military basis, long-term u.s. military bases. there is still very substantial support for us. military bases around the world. it's declining over time, and we're seeing that those who say fewer bases has increased, certainly since 2002. but they are holding onto the idea that we need bases if we're to maintain our military superiority which you've seen is a very important goal. we asked about the use of troops in attacking terrorists as well as air strikes, and we found again this same pattern of declining support. again perhaps not surprising. although you can see that the support for air strikes, and i think we probably could include in that the use of drones, is still very substantial, nearly, nearly three in four. when you look at a goal that is -- they consider very central to

dry conditions for the korean me pi peninsula. very chilly. mi minus 4. let's go over to europe and then we can see dot l clouds over the atlantic. this system is expecting cold air. to the south a lingering storm system bring in thunderstorms and heavy rain. rain will also spread through much of the bruns wick in the next 24 hours. it's achkting much of thunderstorm bringing in thunderstorm as well as heavy rain. temperatures are staying in the single digits. getting back to normal, 12 degrees and 12 degrees expected in vienna. here is my extended forecast. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." thanks for joining us.

for allies and partners in the region, which is home to several military flashpoints like the korean peninsula. events like fukushima after the tsunami makes it clear that the united states is uniquely capable of delivering on- traditional security like humanitarian assistance and disaster relief as well. our renewed commitment to asia also flows from the demand for u.s. leadership across the nation. this could take a long discussion as well. the fact is, today there is tremendous demand for u.s. leadership in the region. the demands today are unprecedented. in addition to the traditional security demands, there is demand for economic engagement, trade integration, as well as strengthening regional institutions, codes of conduct and the protection of individual human rights. guided by these interests, the president has been clear about the future that we speak. he laid out our vision last year in australia. i would recommend to you, it is a fundamental statement about the united states view toward asia, its vision of asia. it is also a fundamental statement on the importance of freedom. i reco

china, the prospects of asian economic integration, and, of course, the security problems on the korean peninsula, to name a few. u.s. leadership in continuous engagement in this region will be critical in these and many more issues ahead. as the president of the economic institute, i think the tremendous past contribution of these notable assistant secretaries of state to the u.s.-korea relationship. but more broadly their tireless efforts to ensure security, stability and prosperity in asia pacific region during the tenure. we look forward to your insights as you discuss about the future, and thank you again to dean carol lancaster, president degoiia, and, of course, georgetown university for cohosting this timely event. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. and again, i want to than thanke lancaster school of foreign service, president degoiia and the korea economic institute for helping us put together this event today, forging a consensus, u.s.-asia policy for the next administration. my name is victor cha, a professor here and director of asian studies. and what i do, particularly f

the rise of china, the perspective of asian integration and the security problems on the korean peninsula to name a few. u.s. leadership and continuous engagement in the region will be critical in these and many more issues ahead. as a president of the economic institute, i thank the tremendous past contribution of the notable assistant secretary of state to u.s. korea relationship. more broadly, their tireless efforts to ensure security, stability, and prosperity in the asia-pacific region during the tenure. we look forward to your insights as you discuss about the future and thank you again to dean carol lancaster, president, and of course, georgetown university for cohosting this timely event. thank you very much. [applause] thank you for helping us to put together the event today. forging consensus u.s.-asia policy for the next administration. my name is victor i'm a professor here and directer of asian studies and what i'd like to do isly start with kurt campbell. who has been the assistant secretary of state for east asian affairs in 2009 for president obama. previously he was the c

the rise of china, the prospects of asian economic integration, and the scurvy problems on the korean peninsulaeadership and continuous engagement in this region will be critical in these and many more issues ahead. as the president of the economic institute, i thank the tremendous past contributions of these medical assistant secretaries of state to the u.s.-korean relationship. more broadly, their tireless efforts to ensure security, stability, and prosperity in the asia-pacific region during their tenure. we look forward to your insights as to discuss about the future and thank you again to dean lancaster, the president, and georgetown university for co- hosting this time the event. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. i want to thank the school of foreign service helping us put together this event today. forging consensus, for the next administration. my name is victor cha, and what i would like to do for the students in the audience is introduced our panelists because you will understand why we think this is such a great event. i will start with kurt campbell, who has been the ass

we might have been able to take advantage of to see the collapse of the north korean state and reunification of the peninsulaer is able to consolidate power then we're going to see this unhappy movie continue and north korea, which tried to build nuclear reactors in syria until israelies destroyed it in september, 2007, and which will sell anything to anyone with hard occurrencey will remain a nuclear proliferation threat around the world. >> this is still the most brutal dictatorship on earth. they have brutalizing 250,000 people who they starve and beat to death. and i don't know what is going to happen to north korea. but the key to it again is china. chinese should without the chinese support, the economy of north korea could collapse. just as china is playing a role in the un in regards to syria. >> when i think about north korea i think about a particularly in the context of nuclear proliferation. and if you look at one of the greatest threats the nation faces, the president faces it's that threat. how are we going to enjoy -- ensure we're doing everything to protect ourselves against nuclear weapons?

we might have been able to take advantage of to see the collapse of the north korean state and reunification of the peninsulaable to consolidate power then we're going to see this unhappy movie continue and north korea, which tried to build nuclear reactors in syria until israelies destroyed it in september, 2007, and which will sell anything to anyone with hard occurrencey will remain a nuclear proliferation threat around the world. >> this is still the most brutal dictatorship on earth. they have brutalizing 250,000 people who they starve and beat to death. and i don't know what is going to happen to north korea. but the key to it again is china. chinese should without the chinese support, the economy of north korea could collapse. just as china is playing a role in the un in regards to syria. >> when i think about north korea i think about a particularly in the context of nuclear proliferation. and if you look at one of the greatest threats the nation faces, the president faces it's that threat. how are we going to enjoy -- ensure we're doing everything to protect ourselves against nuclear weapons? >> tak