but the south koreans stood firm. they say the destroyer does not need to come into port because the drill will take place out at sea. u.s. commanders lead the exercise every year. sailors practice preventing trafficking in nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. >>> diplomatic ties between japan and south korea have been strained over the territorial dispute. but that hasn't stopped officials from many companies in the two countries from talking business. representatives from some 230 companies got together in seoul on tuesday in an event sponsored by the two governments to help promote bilateral trade. about 50 of these companies are from japan. they are interested in buying machine tools, cameras, lighting equipment, and other products from south korea. japan imports of south korean machinery parts that are growing due to a weak wen and the improved quality of various products. >> translator: i don't know how the territorial issue is affecting our political situation, but as far as business is concerned, i see n

>> the north koreans i saw a little bit of them i expected. i came across young women wearing fashionable clothing. even people are using phones. i was surprised to see many north koreans riding bicycles from children to seniors. but, in the countryside, roads are not well maintained. we once encountered a car that runs on burning charcoal. areas seem to be behind economically. >> north korea of course has very tight media restrictions. how did that affect your coverage? >> i was surprised that north korean officials seldom stopped us from shooting images or interviews. our cameras could capture almost anything with the exception of military facilities. but that doesn't mean we were able to go wherever we wanted. we were not free to streike out on our own. north korean officials, worked out our schedule and route beforehand. we had to follow instructions. so, while our crew had more freedom, than usual. we still faced tegt ight restrictions. >> do you think the regime will open north korea. >> the country has changed little by little since kim

the south korean foreign ministry. he said the maneuvers near japan's territory violate its sovereignty and called them unacceptable. the south korean official reportedly brushed aside the protest. the two diplomats also discussed ways to mend bilateral ties. >>> japan's prime minister says he's ready for a second term in office. yoshihiko noda says he plans to run in the ruling democratic party's presidential election. dpj members will vote in two weeks' time. noda announced his candidacy friday. he expressed his determination to lead japan as it faces a number of pressing problems. >> translator: there are tasks that have yet to be finished and cannot be left as they stand. i bear the responsibility of dealing with japan's many challenges. they include a comprehensive reform of the tax and social security systems, as well as leading the country to recovery. i want to continue carrying the responsibility of what this country needs to achieve now and in the future. >> noda has led efforts to double the consumption tax

americans can't get enough of the goofy korean music video called gangnam style.makes it irresistible? abc's david wright takes a look. ♪ >> reporter: korean pop music, gangnam style. a viral video sensation. more than 120 million hits president the artist behind this video, burst on the american music scene last night. >> dude, you got over a hundred million on youtube right now for gangnam style. how does that feel? talk to me. >> reporter: you may not have gotten the word, but the moves -- they have universal appeal. the video is number one on the itunes music video chart, trotting past taylor swift. the unlikely slightly chuby popstar behind the video is a 35-year-old south korean rapper. >> i didn't expect anything overseas at all. so i was just thinking to make a huge hit in korea that was my only purpose. >> reporter: abc's bureau chief sat down with psy who explained that gangnam refers to a wealthy seoul neighborhood. >> it's like beverly hills of korea. i don't look like beverly hills. and i'm saying beverly hills style, myself, how embarrassing. like wh

but i don't think this is going to be a fatal blow to the korean economy. instead in the long term. i think it will be much easier for korean firms to finance their projects in the international market. and so, this -- credit rating upgrade is kind of benefit to korean economy rather than a concern. >> a small firm in tokyo has built an eco friendly car that runs on both hydrogen and gasoline. the minivehicle was remodeled from the regular gasoline powered car. equipped with hydrogen tank, fuel injector and control mechanism for running on hydrogen and gasoline. hydrogen emits no carbon dioxide when burned as fuel. the car uses gas len for sudden acceleration. company officials say combination of the two fuels cut emissions by 75%. the car can run 150 kilometers on one tank of hydrogen and 500 kilometers when gasoline is also used. at present it costs about $64,000 to remodel a regular car. but the company aims to cut the lost to less than 1/10 of the amount and begin mass production. >>> the austerity protest, vie l violent in spain. at lest 14 people were injured. 23 arrested. tho

>> the north korean are not rich, but they don't seem to be starving either. i came across young women wearing fashionable clothing. even people in some of the cities are using mobile phones. i was surprised to see many north koreans riding bicycles, from children to seniors. but in the countryside, roads are not well maintained. we once encountered a car that runs on burning charcoal. rural areas seem to be lagging behind economically. >> now, north korea, of course, has very tight media restrictions. how did that affect your coverage? >> i was surprised that north korea officials didn't stop us from shooting images or interviews. our camera crews captured almost anything with the exception of military facilities. but that doesn't mean we were able to go wherever we wanted. we were not free to strike out on our own. north korea officials worked out our schedule and route beforehand. we had to follow the instructions. so while our crew had more freedom than usual, we still faced tight restrictions. >> do you think kim jong-un's regime will open up north korea?

. >>> the south korean military has canceled a landing drill on disputed islands in the sea of japan. the drill wases part of a yearly training exercise. south korea controls the islands. japan claims them and calls them takeshima. military commanders scheduled the drill during four days of training this week around the island. government leaders decided to cancel the landing. president lee myung-bak visited the islands last month. a senior aide says that was enough to show his resolve to protect the territory. the official says the drill was not intended to provoke a war with a friendly nation. >>> the south korean and japanese leaders will attend a gathering this week of the asia pacific economic cooperation forum. but they're not expected to meet face to face. president lee and prime minister yoshihiko noda will be among members attending the summit in vladivostok, russia. >> translator: there's no meetimeet ing scheduled between the leaders of south korea and japan. neither side has proposed holding a meeting. >> he said ministers would not meet either. japanese foreign minister k

a north korean official first mentioned the issue as the remains in march. negotiations between north korea and the united states and south korea have been tense recently. that's one reason why north korea is eyeing improvement over tying with japan, i think. >> what can you done to ensure that high-level talks move smoothly. >> resolving the issue -- there remain a wide gap between two countries. the biggest outstanding problem, but the late kim jong-il insisted the issue had already been resolved. it's unknown whether his successor will aim for an overall resolution of the issue. whey anyone interesting are the moving that took place just as bilateral talks were to begin. first north korea allowed a group of families and journalists into the country and then proposed a joint investigation into look into the grave sites. the remains of the japanese is an important task that has to be resolved. once the investigation begins, a certainly amount of money will flow, it will help the economy and boost employment. i think north korea will put more private on the

the south korean official reportedly brushed aside the protest. the two diplomats also discussed ways to mend bilateral ties. >>> the aid group save the children is known for its humanitarian work all over the world. now in a controversial move, pakistan is abruptly expelling the ngo's workers. patchari raksawong at our bangkok bureau has more on the story. >> the pakistani government has provided no reasons, but they have ordered foreign staff of save the children to leave the country. the move follows allegations at the ngo helped the u.s. military operation that killed al qaeda leader osama bin laden last year. a local representative of the ngo says the government notified the group that its six international staff members stationed in the country must leave within two weeks. the ngo has come under government scrutiny following accusations in the local media that the group was in contact with pakistani doctor shaki shakil afridi. the doctor is believed to helped the u.s. identify osama bin laden. save the children completely denies the reports.

that explain the south korean stance.hey will double the annual budget for collecting documents on the islands and running such ads. >>> japan's largest opposition, liberal democrating party will choose a new leader later this month. the party could not reconcile on internal feud. five candidates will compete for the post. the foreign prime minister is expected to announce his candidacy during the day. he wants to continue constitutional and educational reforms he began when he was prime minister. acting policy chief, is also to run. he was two months defense minister. and machimura is running part of the same faction, and repeatedly asked the former prime minister not to stand in the election. they'll compete against policy chief, ishiba, and the secretary-general, the son of the tokyo governor. current president, didn't have enough support and didn't seek re-election. the vote will take place in two weeks. >>> wen speaking ining and sai country's economy has been affected by the crisis in europe and dealt a blow to expo

the south korean foreign minister did not show up either. he has rejected japan's proposal to bring their dispute to the international court of justice. south korean officials believe no dispute exists over the islands since they control them. >> awe officials from japan, china and south korea are pushing ahead with talks on a free trade agreement in this climate. leaders tlihe three countries reached agreement on a trade deal. negotiators are meeting in seoul over two days to work out some of the details. they're hoping to start formal talks by the end of the year. south korean officials indicated their political conflicts could have a negative impact on those plans. >>> japanese business leaders will meet lateren the d ein the the foreign minister. part of the private sector effort to help mend relations. the chairman of the japan business federation traveled to beijing. and the chairman and business leaders will join in the discussions. he said they need to make efforts to rebuild ties. china is japan's largest trading partner. >>> u.s. s

more than 50% of the fridges in india are made by south korean countries. they designed them with the frequent power failures. the firm is concentrating on air-conditioning. until now most air-conditioners have been window units. they provide cool air not much daylight gets in. a small device attaches to the wall. the rest of the unit sits out doors. to entice customers panasonic devise aesed a slogan, regain y window. sales have risen from 1 to 13%. >> translator: the number of our customers have rapidly increased. the manufacturer is building a new plant in india. managers hope to start operating this december and produce a million units a year. >> translator: india is the only remaining large market. we're researching the market to make something that hits the right spot with indians. >> reporr: japanese tv manufacturers are trying to make greater inroads here. the driving force behind this success are the sony stores. 300 of them across india. the strategy is not to lower the sales price. the higher price gives prestige to the company brand. >> it's t b

he's leading a civilian group of japanese expatriates from the korean peninsula. before the war ended, he lived in what is now north korea. he's visiting a district with a detention center known for its inhumane conditions. i'm in a corn field about a five-hour drive from pyongyang. last year, the north korean authorities discovered some remains of japanese people who died around the end of world war ii. an excavation uncovered the remains of at least one person. a coin dated 1941 was also unearthed. masaki is convinced there are more japanese remains here. >> translator: i waited for this opportunity for a long time. my wish has finally been fulfilled. we will remember the victims and offer prayers for them. i pray that you all may rest in peace. >> reporter: japanese from the korean peninsula around the end of the war could hardly take anything with them. about 20,000 are believed to still be buried in north korea. some japanese families want to visit the site and repatriate the remains of their relatives. yasushi wamura is 80 now. he and his family returned to

church coalition for north korea freedom, the korean american coalition, the korean churches for community development, 300 pastoral coalition and the 318 partners, these are the yupes that suggested that with a lot of hard work we might get this legislation through. they put through countless phone calls and meetings and rallies here on capitol hill and i think really helped generate the widespread support this bill has today. and of course the bill stems from the problem that for over 50 years, north korea has been one of the world's most repressive regimes. every imaginable freedom that we enjoy here, speech or assembly or association or worship, and actually, oddly enough, even the right to smile, is denied in north korea by one statute or another. meanwhile, the regime's elites live in luxury. and of course the people, especially in rural areas in north korea starve. it is little wonder then that tens of thousands of north koreaen -- koreans, many of them women and children, flee to china fnd for many it's a last resort. it's a final chance to avoid starvation for those children and a

we have more heavy rain he head together korean peninsula. there is a band of rain from south eastern russia through in towards central eastern china. one of the low pressure systems is heading in towards the korean peninsula and bringing with it torrential rain and thunderstorm so there is potential for further flooding, landslides and mud slides here on the korean peninsula had a rough time reisn't wli several bouts of torrential rain over the last couple of weeks. we will see more heavy rain runs again for southern part of china. and in fact southern china, parts of southern indochina peninsula as well as philippines and northeastern india in towards bangladesh. these are all places dealing with heavy rain and thunderstorms today and can you see low pressure systems here, helping to really ep hans that southwest monsoon moisture. so as bringing the heavier rain with it and will again be that possibility for flash flooding as well as landslides and mud slides to occur. as for much of china into mongolia, strong high pressure is keeping thin

to get a foothold japanese companies have to compete with their south korean rivals. nhk world has the story. >> reporter: a panasonic researchers walks through an area in new delhi. he's examining the lifestyle. >> translator: they put medicine here. >> reporter: the company faces stiff competition from south korean firms. it spurs oat japanese company. he checks out the refrigerator. >> translator: for about an hour this pack stops ice cubes from he melting during a power failure. >> reporter: more than 50% of the fridges sold in india are made by south korean countries. they design the devices with india's frequent power failures in mind. panasonic builds its sales plan around the same part of line. the firm is con traiting on air-conditioning. until now, most of the india's air-conditioners have been window units. though they provide cool air, not much daylight gets in. so the japanese firm came up with this model. a small device attacks to the wall. the rest of the unit sits outdoors. panasonic devised a slogan. we are your window. it attracted shoppers. the perc

south koreans will decide which direction they want to go in when they vote on december 19th. nhk world, from seoul. >>> earlier, i spoke with nhk world's reporter who is covering the south korean presidential election. what prompted ahn to get into politics? >> yeah. ahn started holding dialogue meetings in the middle of last year, with people across the country. he's been listening to young people's complaints about employment and other problems. he published a book in july expressing his sympathy for youth and sending messages to them. he wrote things such as everyone should be given an equal opportunity to try things under the same conditions. many young south koreans are disillusioned at the state of politics and share a belief that .society is unfair. ahn is particularly inexperienced. that's the very reason voters are hoping he can bring about political change. >> how is the presidential election expected to play out? >> yes. stays suggest he is trailing just behind the front-runner. park guen-hye but ahn's support base overlaps with what of the government moon jae-in.

. >>> south koreans he been rking hard to woo tourists from china, their biggest trading partner, and that work has paid off. it makes you have the largest group of foreign visitors. their go-to destination is a place they are changing with purchases big and small. >> reporter: it's a popular des mags r for tourists and honeymooners alike. it's in doubt with a mild climate and beautiful nature. some 3,400 chinese visitors were aboard this it luxury cruise ship. it arrived at the island from sheng high in late august. four years ago, the island became the only place in south korea that accepts chinese tourists without a visa. the number of chinese visitors has tripled over the past three years. shopping is the highlight of their trip. they buy all kinds of brand name goods from watches to bags. >> translator: i bought souvenirs. >> reporter: chinese businesses are making end roads too. the president of a real estate development firm, it's parent company is located in eastern cho china. his firm will be the first among chinese businesses to build a large resort on the island. getting pr

the korean superstar psy will take to the stage to perform that.e'll try to keep up with the wild dance moves and see what "gangnam style" is all about. everybody is doing their horse dance today. can't stop. >> i was in the dressing room, you know, like practicing this morning. >> you were? >> you'd be right. >> meanwhile, another thing people are excited about, pre-orders start today for the new iphone 5. the hitch for many users is that it comes with a new charger. was that really necessary? we're going to get into that and find out what you're supposed to do with your now obsolete old connectors. people everywhere saying what are we going to do. >> you do sound a little bitter. the horse dance will cheer you up. serious news beginning in the middle east and the ongoing violence there. arrests have been made in connection with tuesday's deadly attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. more from tripoli this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. officials have arrested suspects and they have several more under survei

things will turn stormier across the korean peninsula next week. we are expecting another hot and sunny day. out west we've got a seasonal frontal line moving in to western japan. you'll see short time heavy rain as well as thunderstorms. cooler air flows in from the north. we'll see a sharp drop in temperatures. only 24 degrees expected. still on the hot side in tokyo. temperatures will remain over 30 degrees for the next seven days. it continues to move toward west and parallel to mexico for the next several days. it could bring moisture as well as conditions across the coast. we have a long frontal line stretching from southern plains up toward canada. conditions are quite severe in and around texas as well as oklahoma. wet conditions will remain for the next few days. rainfall could be up to 100 millimeters. that's a lot for this region. flooding will be a major concern here. meanwhile cooler air coming from the north over the eastern half of the west in canada. temperatures are cooling down to 23 degrees in chicago. 19 degrees in toronto. we h

. ♪ >> reporter: korean pop music gangdom style.sensation number one on the itunes music chart. last week at the music video awards. >> you got over 100 million on youtube right now, okay? how does that feel? talk to me. >> reporter: the words may be lost in translation but the moves have universal appeal. the unlikely slightly chubby pop star is a 35-year-old south korean rapper, jay song park. >> it's like beverly hills of korea. i don't look like beverly hills and i keep saying i'm beverly hills, pefrl hills, guy. >> reporter: video of poker faced of korean's place. on rodeo drive at the tony salon by maxiannn. if he say gangnam style, does that mean anything in beverly hills? ♪ >> reporter: youtube is full of local adaptation. london style. at dodgers stadium when they recently plucked psy out of the crowd the dance cam had no problem finding people who knew it. >> you have to use your upper body. >> reporter: he was signed by justin bieber's manager poised to become the biggest korean pop star ever. leading the charge gangnam s

. >> as far as i'm concerned the korean car industry has save the culture of my state. hundreds and hundreds of spin-off businesses everywhere all over montgomery and even in georgia. and the children of the workers, they have boosted the castro programs. they're building churches all over the place, funding. the culture has improved as a result of a carrion's. i don't know what alabama would do without the koreans. it is been a beautiful thing to see. and i am intrigued at how commerce brings people together. a very beautiful way without central planning. i can tell you, koreans have nothing in common. culturally in any other way. we love each other. it's a beautiful thing to see how, sprays people together. beautiful. >> what is? >> founded in 1972 back in the analog age when people just read paper and ink and got their work to the milk. you don't remember these days. i vaguely. and it was very prosperous. it was a kind of us source for libertarian ideas back in the old days. bump up against the digital age, 1995. it began to have problems and never became profitable

. ♪ >> reporter: korean pop music gangnam style. ♪ coming up style >> reporter: viral video sensationthe itunes music video chart. last week at the music video awards. >> dude, you got over 100 million hits on youtube for gangnam style, okay? how does that feel? talk to me. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: the words may be lost in translation, but the moves have universal appeal. the unlikely slightly chubby pop star behind the video is a 35-year-old south korean rapped named psy, real name, jae sung park. >> it's like beverly hills of korea. i don't look like beverly hills, and i keep saying i'm beverly hills style, beverly hills style. >> reporter: video of poker-faced send-up of korean's place in beverly hills itself on rodeo drive at the tony salon by maxianne. if i use the phrase "gangnam style" does that mean anything in beverly hills? ♪ >> reporter: youtube is full of local adaptation. london style. oregon style. at dodgers stadium when they recently plucked psy out of the crowd, the dance cam had no trouble finding his signature horse trot. >> you got to use your u

south korean foreign minister didn't show up either. he has rejected japan's proposal to bring the dispute to the international court of justice. south korean officials believe that no dispute exists over those islands since they control them. >>> hundreds of chinese have protested in front of the u.n. headquarters angry about china's nationalization of the senkaku islands. the protesters gathered ahead of noda's speech. >> we want to get the information to all the leaders in the united nations let them know, the island belong to china. >> the demonstrators waved chinese flags and signs demanding that japan leave the islands. >>> mahmud ahmendinejad criticized israel for posing a constant threat to his country. he told the general assembly the major powers are taking advantage of their possession of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction to threaten states. >> translator: israel's continuing threat to resort to military action against our nation is a clear example of this bitter reality. >> he also called for reform of the unit

. >> reporter: korean pop music gangnam style. number one on the itunes music video chart.e music video awards. >> dude, you've got over 100 million hits on youtube for gangnam style. how does that feel, talk to me. >> reporter: the words may be lost in translation, but the moves have universal appeal. the unlikely slightly chubby pop star behind the video is a 35-year-old south korean rapper, stag name psy, real name jay song park. >> it's like from korea, i'm not beverly hills. keep saying beverly hills guy. >> reporter: video, a poker-face stand-up of korea in beverly hills itself, on rodeo drive at the tony saloon by maxime -- >> if i use the phrase gangnam style does that mean anything here in beverly hills ♪ >> reporter: youtube is full of local adaptations. oregon-style. london-style. at dodger stadium when they recently plucked psy out of the crowd, dance cam had no problem finding people who knew his signature horse trot. psy was just signed by justin bieber's manager. he's now poised to become the biggest korean pop star ever. leading the charge gangnam style. dav

woman the north korean woman who. call for memories she sure had a baby and she was busy on farmville feeding her virtual baby as she will but if you are a virtual baby in growing virtual vegetable that she forgot to feed her analog baby in the real world and the baby died that's really horrible if that's the case if that's true or not remember the sort of thing i think is you know we're going into virtual slavery but it has real world consequences that as far as goes a group of virtue of us both are by and reversible will enable him to follow your line of thinking if in fact someone was so addicted to farmville that they neglected their child at least in this case if you're addicted to virtual farming you're receiving food so you have the sustenance coming to you so you can feed your kids in case you should be able to go to the grocery store i think they're going to virtual wal-mart's buying virtual gem of food they should do well that would really go along with your bag story which we have barely any time for but i

military forces are in south korea given in response to the north korean invasion in one thousand nine hundred fifty there in japan both for the defense of japan and as part of the treaty to maintain peace and stability in asia and many of the bases in japan are also directed for a korean contingency. knew the asia pivot the obama as ration really isn't a pivot. not even a rebalancing as the obama administration claims because there's no change in forces well what we have is. seeing that they're bringing you know the u.s. navy the u.s. air force is growing exponentially over the next two years in terms of the asia pacific region and the u.s. if you look at what's not i mean we see what you do blame it to darwin it's part of the unit deployment program which is a lawyer next to me where the next twenty years the next ten or twenty years this is where it's going in terms of the organization where you are really very they were always down in u.s. forces overall ok you have given the five hundred billion dollars and an additional five maybe i was wrong maybe that's rush down in the number

how do you say thank you, thank in korean?ge ] for your show, revolution, good luck. >> thank you very much. >> there you go. that's our korean lesson for the day. now, the weekend weather weekend. gorgeous weather here in the east. rain in texas into oklahoma. sunny and hot. smokey in the central plains. sunday, we are looking for a gorgeous day along the east coast. more wet weather in the mississippi river valley. we continue to heat in the southwest. >>> good morning. this morning, another gorgeous start. another feeling of fall in the air. we are in the 50s and low 60s in much of the region. milder on the potomac and near the bay. patchy fog lingers in the rural areas. it will dissipate in a couple hours. later today near 80 by mid afternoon. cloudiness, a small chance of a sprinkle. saturday and sunday, cool in the morning. sunshine, low and that's your latest weather. >> okay. >> hit it. >> oh, yeah. >> we're going to do this next tease. >> psy is coming up live next. first this is "today" on nbc. this message. experien

michael holmes catches up south korean rapper, psy... still 3 (nats) the south korean pop star jae sang park -- beeter pnown as psy -- is taking america by storm. "i'm here to promote myself. i'm the guy, i'm the guy and i'm the guy." (nats) his "gangnam style" up more than 200 million views on youtube... and is everywhere on tv. (nats) saturday night live's season premiere... (nats) the today show... and mtv's video music awards. "i didn't expect talking to cnn at the vma's...crazy!" psy even credits cnn for helping fuel his newfound worldwide fame. "first of all, i ike appreciate cnn a lot because you were the first guys who brought me in front to the world. like how many days was it? it was already a long time ago, but that was first time cnn appeared me. that's what i saw -- put me in front of the world." but while everyone knows his song -- the korean op star says he's still trying to get people to remember his name. "the video is much more popular. so if people say like, 'hey, i'm is psy?' and so i say, 'gangnam style, youttbe vide

moving towards the korean peninsula or western japan. stormy conditions across the southern islands of japan as well as taiwan. wind could exceed, 160 kilometers per hour. that is strong enough to topple trees and cause property damage. in terms of rainfall, the bulk of the heavy ran should stay over the waters. but, sanba could intensify, and the west coast of the philippines will see intensifying showers over the course of the next few days. as for the rest of east asia, tropical depression to the east of japan is dissipating. so it is not going to produce rain to japan. but heavy rain from -- southeastern russia, through the korean peninsula, down through southern china will be moving towards the east. western japan is going to see short-term, heavy rain on your friday. all right, moving into the americas then. we can see a long, cloud band stretching from quebec through the western great lakes down towards the four corners region underneath the cloud. seeing short time heavy rain and thunderstorms. as the the system tracks towards th

south korean foreign minister didn't show up either. he rejected the proposal to bring the dispute to the international court of justice. south korean officials believe that no dispute exists over those islands since they control them. >>> two car bombs exploded near the syrian army headquarters in the capital of damascus. the blast killed at least four people. the explosion struck early wednesday morning, they were followed by several hours of gun battles between rebel fighters and government forces in the downtown area. an anti-government activist told nhk the explosions hit the third and fourth floors of the building. four people died. syrian information minister said on a state television that the explosions caused only minor damage. he said there were no casualties and that the terrorist attacks had failed. the army command headquarters is in an off-limits zone where the presidential palace is located. >>> after months of wrangling deployment of a fleet of u.s. aircraft is about to take place. defense ministry officials say that 12

the south korean leader called for building stronger armed forces. the leaders of japan and columbia are pushing for stronger economic times. they gave the green light for starting nuclear level instructions. japan's business leaders hope the epa will boost exports of bills and other products to columbia. more than 1.2 billion people have taken part in the first nationwide earthquake drill in new zealand. many students and company workers took part. the drill was based on a scenario involving a large quake occurring in early work hours. students crawled under their desks as instructed by teachers in the elementary school in the southern city of christ church. >>> europe's first north korean restaurant has closed after just eight months. a dispute between it's dutch emowner and it's employees -- the manager of the restaurant closed it earlier this month. he said he called police when staff tried to steal restaurant property last month. employees responded by trying to sue him over wages. the manager said he opened the restaurant to promote cultural ex