>> i'm that korean.t, it would be better than being a top chef. >> according to who? >> according to korean culture, according to korean uncles and aunts and it's just -- it doesn't register that that is a profession. you know, i wouldn't have to explain myself if i just said i was a cpa. never. you know, that's -- >> you still got some splaining to do. >> to just get it across that i cook and that there is this phenomenon that happened on the streets of l.a. that changed and opened up korean culture to the world. >> what does it mean to be korean-american? does one create one's own world? i don't know that i'm any smarter about that now than when i first get to k-town in the middle of the night and discover the change and fabulous and delicious slice of america i never had known was there. but i'm trying to figure it out. >>> the kennedys were almost morbidly afraid of this march. >> they closed the bars. they put the national guard on standby. >> i was terrified people weren't going to show up. >> it w

you know, taiwan, the young generation, they like korean drama, korean songs, korean music.ut this is the one thing, the one thing, i think that in the other way, some taiwanese young people, as far as i now, they were, holiday visa. i do not see that amounts of again people going to korea. the language barrier is one thing, and of the korean style of life, they do not like korean food. it is very hot, spicy food for the taiwanese people. there is a renewed effort for working out this program. >> area of a lot of attention is on tourism. the summer months, many people are thinking about where to take the family for vacation. individuals are talking about holiday. their market has developed very well in recent years. what some of the lessons that time one can learn from correa in terms of tourism and attracting more and more tourists to taiwan? also, korea. >> surely your happy to know the this is a happy thing to know. but you know, the korean wave, we do not have one and we have this nation. this is a bigger, more attractive place to attract korean tourists. so, we have to

it was really the soviet koreans that helped to establish this proto- north korean regime. and so he had his reservoir of soviets loyal soviet citizens who could speak korean. and also began infiltrating into the indigenous, like people's committees began to spring up right after the revolution to the americans, on the other hand, they didn't have koreans who could speak english. so the problem for them is how do you govern a place without any people whom you can communicate with. so we are the only people who are able to fulfill that role, were very elite, well educated people. and many of them of course had collaborated with the japanese regime. the americans also when they came into the south, their mission was not nation building to they were thinking about demobilizing the japanese army. and so when general hodge came, he use many of the japanese officials already in the south. because he was a silly when you come there to do which was to be mobilize and get the japanese troops after and, of course, from the korean perspective it looks very odd. so almost from the very

the heatwave comes as south koreans face a power shortage. technical problems on monday forced two thermal power plants to two offline, and 6 of the country's 23 nuclear reactors are undergoing inspections or maintenance. government workers will have to forego air-conditioning for three days and authorities have asked residents to do what they can to save power. a heatwave two years ago resulted in major blackouts. >>> sayaka mori from our weather team joins us now. tell us what's behind all this heat. >> yes, it's imbearably hot in many parts of the northern hemisphere. several high-pressure systems are to blame. across east asia, many record highs set in east china, south korea and western and central japan. in fact, in japan, tens of thousands of people have been carried to hospitals due to heatstroke so far this year. now, this is the reason. we have the pacific high which is very strong this year. on top of that, we have another high, the tibetan high. the two high-pressure systems are compressing the air and working as a powerful heat e

north koreans work there for south korean businesses. it's considered a rare symbol of inter-korean cooperation. north korea's committee for peaceful reunification of the fatherland issued a statement. it says the failure of the kaesong complex would have a great effect on inter-korean relations. and it says leaders in pyongyang are responding to expectations at home and abroad for an easing of tensions. the statement goes on to say south korean businesspeople will be allowed to enter and leave the complex which is in north korea. it says the north will assure their safety and that of their assets. north korean workers will return to resume operations. authorities in pyongyang withdrew 53,000 of them in april. they're protesting against joint military exercises involving u.s. and south korean troops. the north korean statement proposed holding talks on august 14th regarding the resumption of operations at kaesong. a spokesperson for the south korean unification ministry welcomed the decision. >> translator: we give credit to the north fo

south koreans held a service at their national cemetery in memory of yoo heung-jun. yoo's remains are the first of any south korean conscripted to sakhalin to come home. officials from the japanese and russian embassies paid their respects. russians took sakhalin from the japanese at the end of world war ii and have held it ever since. yoo had to leave what's now south korea six months before the war's end. he left his wife and son behind. south korean officials found yoo's remains in a cemetery on sakhalin and asked the russians to return them. yoo's son placed his father's remains in a tomb and hopes they will rest in peace in their homeland. some south koreans conscripted to sakhalin under japanese rule have been able to go home with financial help from japan. leaders in tokyo continue to offer that help on humanitarian grounds. >>> managers of duty-free stores in south korea are seeing a drop-off in customers from japan so they're trying to attract more with the help of some of south korea's biggest pop stars. staffer from the lotte duty free chain held a promoti

he prayed for that more koreans. many were working in the city as conscripts or laborers under japanese colonial rule. >> translator: i don't know much about the atomic bombing. i'd like to find out more about the damage it caused. i want to feel the tragedy. >> reporter: before coming to japan, moon and the others went to a nursing home for atomic bomb survivors. moon listened to their stories. the survivors have suffered from health disorders and poverty. and they've faced discrimination for having been exposed to radiation. moon and others have tried to raise awareness about the atomic bomb survivors in their country. in hiroshima, he visited the peace memorial museum to really understand how the bomb killed tens of thousands of people in an instant. >> translator: i was shocked to see what the atomic bomb did to people. their clothes were torn and their skin was burned and peeled. it is heart-wrenching to think that so many people were killed and hurt. >> reporter: the highlight of moon's trip was meeting japanes

he turned up on a south korean island. ministry officials there say he appears to have swum across the maritime demarcation line to seek asylum. a south korean military official says residents of the island of gee o dong reported finding the man early in the morn. it is close to what's effectively the maritime border in the yellow sea. police and military officials took the north korean into protective custody. the man is reportedly saying he came from the north and wants asylum. no one noticed him until he knocked on the door of a home. >> north korean man swam to the same island last september and spent a week undetected hiding in a house. some south koreans are questioning how well their military is guarding the border. >>> here's the three-day world weather forecast. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. thank you for watching.

it's considered a rare example of inter-korean cooperation. delegates are holding the seventh round of talks in kaesong in north korea. those from the south have said these discussions are the last they'll take part in. it has been closed since april when north korea pulled out its 53,000 workers. delegates had wanted to resume operations in july but they didn't make a breakthrough in six rounds of talks. north korean authorities agreed last week to this latest meeting. they suggest they are eager to restart kaesong and will send workers back there and say they'll lift restrictions on access for south korean business people but officials in seoul are pushing for certain conditions to be met. they want the north to admit responsibility for closing the plant and guarantee it won't close it again in tensions rise. north korean authorities say both sides should promise to work toward preventing another shutdown. >>> israeli and palestinian negotiators will sit down on wednesday to try to map out a path to peace. the u.s. brought the sides together

but north koreans are insisting on the resort north of the border. north korean officials said on thursday they're considering bold constructive peace building measures. we spoke with dr. kim choluu, a specialist at the korean institute for defense analysis in seoul. >> three points, first of all seeking diplomatic isolations after the third nuclear test. with the recent flurry of offensive for dialogue, north korea tries to set the mood of reconciliation which would give necessary justification for the six-party talk. secondly, kim jong-un regime is trying to ease the international economic sanctions for the cash-strapped economy. simply, pyongyang needs money and foreign direct investment. the quick and easy access reopening of the kaesong. furtherly, kim jong-un pursues and shows off his powerbase with building economic strength and promoting people's livelihood without risking any stability, he tries to revive dormant operations of reck -- overall prompted north korea move toward dialogue offensive. south korea's response is a step by step approa

the system is expected to reach the korean peninsula as we look ahead to thursday.emperatures are soaring into the mid 30s in tokyo with plenty of sunshine. humidity is quite low about 35%. we wouldn't feel hot today and very chilly. only 12 degrees for you. and in north america heat dome is blanketing the central and eastern parts of the u.s. and the air is meeting up with cooler air across the area from the dakotas into the ohio river valley producing risk of severe weather. across the west wide spread flooding rains across the southwest. some of the rain is putting out wild fires so that is good news. the rain is not going to fall across the northwest where fires are still growing. the hot conditions across the mid section of u.s. and canada. 27 degrees in omaha. 34 in denver. with high humidity you feel much hotter than these actual numbers. in europe days of dry weather has resulted in wildfires in parts of portugal. take a look at this video. about 1,000 firefighters were trying to put out 15 major wild fires in portugal. the country has extreme hot weather an

north korean leaders have shown openness toward the mission. some diplomats are wary of the north's motives. nhk world reports from pyongyang. >> reporter: the researchers are in north korea to inspect sites where japanese were buried. >> translator: we have come here to identify the sites where the japanese were buried. and we want to share the information with north korean officials who are conducting research on what they think are japanese remains they have found here. >> reporter: japan ruled the korean peninsula from 1910 to 1945. officials of the country's health ministry say 35,000 japanese died there of hunger or illness at the end of the war. the remains of 20,000 are buried at about 70 sites. but for decades a lack of diplomatic relations prevented members of their families from visiting. then japanese and north korean diplomats sat down together for the first time in four years. >> translator: both sides have agreed to seek a meeting with higher level officials in beijing as soon as possible. >> reporter: north korean workers have b

north korean officials say they need the reactor to power generation. north korea disabled the yongbyon complex under a six-party agreement in 2007. they've since announced plans to restart an experimental reactor there and expand their nuclear development program. >>> a group of united nations investigators will visit panama to inspect an arms shipment that was detained near the panama canal. the shipment had been traveling from cuba to north korea. a vessel registered in north korea was found to be carrying military equipment. panamanian authorities say the shipment may violate a u.n. arms embargo against north korea. the u.n. security council's committee on north korean sanctions say the six-member team will visit panama for three days beginning august 13th. panamanian officials seized the ship last month. they found the obsolete equipment under sacks of sugar in the ship's hull. cuban authorities say the cargo included planes and missiles they were sending to north korea to be repaired. panamanian officials have charged the vessel's 35 crew members

the north koreans say japan must provide compensation for its colonial rule. and they may be granting concessions during financial assistance for their fragile economy. nhk world, pyongyang. >>> generations of children have grown up with a book about a japanese girl named noriko. the book was first published in sweden more than 50 years ago. it went on to be published in more than ten countries. one reader was so touched by noriko's story, she traveled to japan to find her. nhk world followed her search. >> reporter: noriko, the girl from japan, portraits of a real life japanese girl in the 1950s. >> why does noriko sleep lying on the floor? because japanese people sleep this way. the adults and the children too. >> reporter: eva, a girl from sweden, visits noriko and learns about the customs and culture of japan. the book has been a good friend to one reader in israel. for nearly half a century. film the film director was 4 when she first read the story. >> we didn't have television in israel until 1968. and this book -- those books were like our television.

and south korean troops. the north korean statement proposed holding talks on august 14th, regarding the resumption of operations at kaesong. a pokes spokesperson welcomed the relation. >> translator: trying to solve discord over kaesong. they will consider north korea's offer to resume talks on the zone. >>> a major fire has closed down kenya's main international airport, in the busiest hub in north africa. government officials say no casualties have been reported. the blaze started early on wednesday at the international airport. officials say it broke out at the immigration section of the arrival hall and burned down a major part of the terminal building. hundreds of airport staff and passengers were evacuated and stranded outside. >> what we are doing now at the moment is to make sure that we completely extinguish the fire and then investigations are going to start as to the cause of the fire. >> the fire broke out on the 15th anniversary of the bombing of the night robe by. authorities say there is no in

the south korean red cross keeps a database.of july there were more than 70,000 legible names but only around 100 are chosen each time by ballot. the last official reunion was in 2010. they are always heart wrenching affairs with every one getting on in years there is knowledge this meeting could be their last. and such reunions depend on the state of inter korean relations. friday's talks will be where north and south korean officials iron out where the meetings will take place and how many people allowed to meet but both sides said they would like them to take place around the korean festival in mid september, traditionally the time when families get together. but for those separated by war it's hardly a time for celebration. >> separated families do not know where their mothers and fathers tombs are located or alive or dead and we just shed tears looking at the sky in the north. >> reporter: and he works untirelessly driven to help others like himself even though he believes his organization will become irrelevant in the comi

last month north korean officials proposed an inter-korean meeting on resuming the negotiations. but the rendezvous did not take place. negotiators from the two sides decided to focus on reopening the jointly operated kaesong industrial complex at the north. analysts say north korea will likely respond favorably to the south's call. the two sides agreed on wednesday to work together to reopen the industrial complex. >>> indian navy officials say rescuers have recovered the bodies of three sailors trapped inside a submarine. the vessel caught fire and sank yesterday in a naval dock yard in mumbai. the fire aboard the 3,000-ton submarine lasted several hours. it was accompanied by a massive explosion. 18 sailors are believed to have been trapped inside. a navy spokesperson says it's doubtful that any of the 15 remaining crew members survived. investigators have found that the torpedo compartment was badly damaged. they suspect a torpedo caught fire for unknown reasons triggering the huge explosion. india recently launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier. last week it

as economic growth has made many south koreans richer, marine sports has become more popular. this free program is open until the end of october. if you come to south korea, try to stop by and experience it. nhk world, anna jong, pusan. >>> hiroshima, nagasaki. the atomic bombings killed thousands of people in an instant and left survivors suffering in the ruins. "newsline" is looking back on what happened then and what's happened since. don't miss our special coverage "war to peace, lessons of 1945" starting tuesday, august 6th. >>> all right, let's check the latest market figures. >>> time nor the latest in weather with meteorologist sayaka mori. good morning. it seems there's a storm approaching parts of vietnam and southern china. what's the latest there? >> that's right, catherine. we've been watching a tropical storm over the south china sea. it's set to move into the island of hainan today and then make landfall in northern parts of vietnam on the weekend. the name is chevy meaning swallow. the rainfall will be quite huge. we expect about 150 millimeters to fall in some

the south korean red cross keeps a database.s of july there were more 70,0070,000 eligible names but y 70 are chosen each time by ballot. the last official reunion was in 2010. they're always heart wrenching affairs with everyone getting on in years there is the knowledge that this meeting could be last. and it depends on interkorean relations. >> reporter: friday's talks are where officials will iron out details about where the meeting will take place and how the meetintheywould like to meet. but for those separated by war, it's hardly a time for celebration. >> separated families do not know where their mothers and fathers tombs are located, or whether they are alive or dead. we just shed tears looking willing at the sky in the north. >> reporter: he works on tirelessly driven to help others like himself. even though he believes his organization will become irrelevant in the coming years because by then those old enough to remember their relatives in the north will have passed away. >> the indonesian government has announced n

and theirs, 60 years ago most south koreans were illiterate.he country now has a 93% high school graduation rate which is much better than the 77% we have here in the u.s. what changes were made there that were so dramatic, to make things so different? >> this is one of the most hopeful things about this subject. the smartest countries in the world right now were not always so smart. so sometimes it feels like this is a futile stagnant problem that we can never fix but these countries systematically did things sometimes by accident sometimes on purpose that made their systems much more rigorous on every level. particularly on all cases they made it much harder to get into teacher training college so they elevated the quality and rigor and also the prestige of the profession from day one. >> so you write about a teacher in south korea that earns $4 million a year. most of that is tutoring not the norm but that reflect the level of prestige given to teachers something that doesn't happen here. >> the demand for education in korea like much of asi

of heightened tensions in the korean peninsula but analysts also say this is a rather typical patternhavior they have come to expect from north korea and follows and extension of an olive branch of threats and provocation and could be because north korea wants to extract concessions and aid from south korea and perhaps the rest of the world. the two koreas are talking about the resumption of activities at the industrial park. this is a very important source of income for north korea and north korea has also indicated and said it would like tourists at the resort to resume as soon as possible. >> reporter: the government has announced new policies to boost confidence in its economy. earlier this week the indosian currency tumbled after the results were worst than expected and aimed at increasing investment and agriculture and metal industries. i spoke to an asia correspondent and explained the effects of the policy will not be felt straight away. >> we are clear and remembers the financial asian crisis and it was 16 years ago but had a major effect on the economy and the rupia declined

another heavy rainmaker is found across the korean peninsula. north korea could be hit the hardest with the estimated rainfall of 150 or 20 millimeters and set to move into friday. before the tropical disturbance and wight spread rain is likely on friday. on thursday, dry weather with a high of 32 degrees. cooling down to 26 degrees but back up with a high of thursday. across north america, heat is still with them affecting residents on the central and eastern parts of the u.s. i wanted to share this video from chicago. the heat wave forced some schools without air conditioners to close. the temperatures hit a record temperature. one school cranked up the air conditioners and overloaded the circuit breakers. over 600 residents had to be sent home. you will expect many are enjoying the latest. the peak of the hot weather is over. across des moines, temperatures are 38 degrees on friday. it could reach a daily record. across the rest of north america, lots of rain across the high plains and thunderstorms are likely set to move into the great lakes

resumption of the talks aimed at making the korean peninsula nuclear free. the north has not changed its preference for bilateral discussions with the united states within the six-party talks framework. attention is focused on whether wu's visit will make north korea more flexible. >>> the leaders of afghanistan and pakistan held talks on monday to try to kickstart stalled efforts to negotiate with the taliban. afghan president hamid karzai met with the clock ticking before international troops are scheduled to withdraw from afghanistan. nhk world reports. >> reporter: president karzai's visit was his first since nawaz sharif became prime minister of pakistan in june. karzai wants pakistan to use its support influence to encourage taliban to return to the negotiating table. >> i've come to pakistan, mr. prime minister, to meet with you. and to advance a course of action together by having a common campaign against extremism. we make sure that the two countries are safer and prosperous towards a secure future. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: securing the peace e sin

to complete their task, they need cooperation from north korean experts.orld reports from pyongyang. >> reporter: i'm at the cemetery in a suburb of pyongyang. researchers have begun to inspect the remains of japanese. this is a first time such an investigation has been conducted. it's based on historical materials collected from the families of the victims and survivors. tens of thousands of japanese nationals died in what is now north korea in the confusion following japanese surrender in world war ii. the remains of many have been left where they fell for nearly 70 years. an investigation in japan has identified about 70 burial sites. but only several locations have been investigated so far. a major obstacle is pinpoints the exact location of the graves. so researchers are asking for help from their north korean counterparts. they've handed over eyewitness accounts and other documents. >> translator: our government has to provide historical materials and ask the north koreans to make field studies at the gravesites. >> translator: the issue is not just

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four south korean lawmakers tried to get in to protest in person. the police blocked them to prevent trouble. japanese prime minister shinzo abe said other members of his cabinet were free to visit on the anniversary. he chose not to go. he says he will not disclose whether he will visit the shrine in the future noting that it could cause diplomatic difficulties. noriko okada,nhk world, tokyo. >>> chinese leaders aren't pleased the cabinet ministers went to yasukuni. a foreign ministry spokesperson say the visits deny past militarism and aggression and challenge the post-war international order. vice minister of foreign affairs liu zhenmin challenged a launch of a strong protest. officials with the japanese embassy in beijing say they contributed to global peace and stability. they say he suggested the two nations should try to prevent individual problems from affecting their overall relationship. the state-run china central television covered the war anniversary in news programs. it reported japan is turning to the right, and it noted prime ministe

north korean expert gordon chang believes the north koreans making sure he stay as i live. >> many people in these camps don't survive them. so know that he is getting especially good treatment in comparison with his fellow inmates. the last thing north korea will do is allow kenneth bay to die. >> because if he dies the north korean bargaining chip goes away. >> shepard: this would not be the first time they have used an american as a bargaining chip. >> no. in fact, twice in the past couple years, the past four years, remember former -- president president clinton flew to korea to speak on behalf of two women who were charged with illegally crossing into their territory, and in 2010 former president jimmy carter flew to north korea again and secured the release of a man who was also sentenced to a north korean labor camp because he crossed into the border illegally. this time gordon chang says we should resist a high-level visit. listen. >> we should do what we took get kenneth bay out. but all of our efforts should be stick and not carrots. we do not want to give them the incentive to

ready on the korean peninsula. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. royce: i close my remarks by saying i rise in strong support of this resolution and i'd like to add my voice to others grateful for the sacrifices, so many american -- grateful for the sacrifices so many americans made to protect the freedom of south korea and again to acknowledge the four members of this house, congressman charlie rangel, john conyers, sam johnson, howard coble, the veten -- veterans of that war, to thank them for their service in the and to commend congressman rangel for offering this resolution here on the 60th anniversary of this special relationship that we have with south korea. we recall that 22 nations came together to defend the republic of korea and fighting stopped three years later with an armistice that still remains in place. 5.7 million americans served during that conflict and as noted, the casualties were 56,000, you coun

they began their work on tuesday in the south korean capital seoul. japan and other countries asked the u.n. human rights council to set up the panel. a north korean defector told the panel he had escaped from a political prison. the man said his parents and brother were also in the prison. his mother and brother were executed in front of him and his father. his brother was shot dead and his mother was hanged. the witness said he was always starving. he survived by catching and eating rats. the man said he wants the world to know about the repeated slaughter of people in north korea. the members will travel to japan next tuesday to interview the relatives of japanese abducted by north korean agents. the panel will submit a preliminary report of its findings at a session of the u.n. human rights council in september. >>> a top aide to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has expressed regret over comments by a senior israeli official on the 1945 atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. israeli diplomatic sources say national security adviser yak