to marry a korean woman? the answer? don't do it! ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la >>> all i knew was that this town was going down, and no one was showing up. and so, we as koreans figured that out really quickly. there's a point where you and i look at each other and say -- >> they're not coming. >> they're not coming. you know, like -- >> the choppers will not be here anytime soon. >> that's when all the stuff started to go down. >> roy choi is a second-generation korean-american. he lives in los angeles. he's the owner-operator of four groundbreaking and much-loved food trucks, among the first to harness the strange and terrible powers of social media to alert customers to where to find delicious food. >> this was the command post. from here, you know, you could look and you could see if fires were go

i'm korean and i'm proud to be korean. >> mark is what's called a korean who has lived abroad., more and more people, like mark, are moving back home for the ever more numerous opportunities. >> when i came here, it just felt right for me. i'm here. these are my peoples. this has what i've been missing. i was considered an outsider in my own country. i had like this thing going on because i was like am i not korean enough if i don't do this, if i don't drink this, if i don't eat this, but there was a certain sense of well, i want to learn this if that makes me feel more korean. >> nice. the best part is the skin. is this so hard to walk in and eat delicious food and get hammered in the street? being korean is pretty awesome. >> last one. >> yeah. >> nighttime in seoul and everywhere you go it seems, food and drink. this is what they call kind of like a pub, if pubs could operate in the street. you could have drinks and, well, i guess you could call it pub food. >> we're about to go eat some really, really good. welcome to seoul. let's do this. >> my new friend mark helped popul

and moves into south korean territory. within a few weeks, the north koreans had moved all the way down to what is called the perimeter. they had all but eliminated the south korean army and its ability to retaliate against them. and this is what brings the united nations into the war. september 15, we have operation that you might be for know you're with. this is macarthur's brilliant plan, that rather than pushing entirely by land, but to do it by a marine landing just near seoul. an act as a pincer movement to capture troops in south korea, and force a compromise or a surrender. they are successful in that. and by october of that year, you have you forces, south korean forces, and other u.n. troops moving up towards the border with china. they move up the river and push the north korean forces all the way to their very northern border. this is moving back and forth across the peninsula in a very rapid pace. lots of devastation in the wake, they have lots of artillery, tanks, aerial bombardments -- in fact, i will read a

whole history is forgotten for north korean people. we are not allowed to know where we are coming from. we just know that you're the people of -- that's out to me was shocking. in a movie there's no propaganda and i could feel some cases of freedom and humanity. i was very hungry and i couldn't processed anything after that because i didn't internet to check what that was. my life has been unbearable because my father was a member but he got arrested for his later business trading with china, and he was sent to prison. but here i have to mention, he was born in this country. because he was born in north korea, he was illegal, he got tortured and allow states dignity. but when he was in prison, it's not the love we can think of. the presence of some cannot look at the card i is because they are not human beings. these people are not human beings. it's when they are in prison. we hear that a lot, political camps and we had a lot of labor camps in north korea. they treat people less than animals. they treat the normal people outside less

about 20% of tourists with t the -- stores with the south korean themes closed. he look for ways to revitalize the neighborhood and eliminate prejudice against south koreans. last year he organized a group of 150 south koreans and they helped to put on a film festival this summer. in the past, south korean merchants rarely had any occasion to work with their japanese counterparts. now they're cooperating in projects such as keeping the area clean. still, some friction remains. the bus service is one example. japanese residents have shown little interest in it, even though the route includes useful stops for locals. he visited the head of a japanese merchant's association to encourage support. "we wl cooperate where we can but in some parts can't." not everyone will be willing to cooperate if the south korean community goes ahead with plans without keeping us in the loop. we hope to be consulted in order to come up with ideas that can benefit both japanese and south korean shops. >> translator: we should have talked things over before putting our ideas into practi

. >>> a south korean court has given a rule on a trial that has been say diplomatic issue with japan. it's now acquitted a japanese journalist. the former seoul bureau chief in a column he referred to a south korean newspaper report that questioned park's whereabouts. he suggested she may be meeting her former male secretary. prosecutors have sought an 18-month prison sentence. they say he knew the rumor wasn't true. but he insisted he is innocent. he said the article was in the public interest and said he in no intention of dishonoring park. they ruled how the president carries out her public duties is a matter of public cocern. for the political and social situation for japanese readers. coto's response is muted. he said he didn't feel any particular emotion because the ruling wasn't a surprise for him. adding he hopes there is no appeal. >> translator: i value the court's decision of acquittal. i expect it will have positive effect on our relations with it. >> the news agency has quoted a south korean court ministry official saying now as the case is over, he sees an opportunity fo

but some south koreans continued to call for compensation. statues symbolizing the women were set up, including one in front of the japanese embassy in seoul. the current president, park geun-hye call for japan to address the matter, making it a precondition for a summit but she changed her stance on that. last month, the two countries held their first summit in 3 1/2 years. and the first for abe and park. >> translator: i expect today's summit to be an student to cure our painful history and be an important step in developing the two country's relationship. >> translator: i want to work together with president park to build a future-oriented relationship between our two countries. >> reporter: some see thats is a turning point. the south korean court acquitted a japanese journalist of defaming president park. >> translator: i value the court's decision of acquittal. i expect it will have positive effects on our relations with south korea. >> the historic agreement over the biggest source of tension comes at the end of the year. the two count

the site of the explosion and charred batteries with korean writing. he was carrying a gun powder like substance at the time of his arrest. police say they're looking into how he acquired it. investigators say the suspect initially admitted planting explosives but later retracted his confession. those remembered at yasukuni shrine include military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by an international military tribunal after world war ii. >>> after a five-month wait japan's sport council has revealed two new designs for the national stadium. it will serve as the main venue for the tokyo 2020 olympic and paralympic games. nhk world has the details. >> reporter: these are two proposals for japan's new national stadium. plan a, a stadium with wooden greenery will offer a setting on a terrace surrounding the stadium selecting the traditional japanese design. plan b, set to create a new tradition for the 21st century. 71 wooden pillars support a stand that looks like a porcelain bowl. people in tokyo were curious to see the new designs. >> transl

abe and south korean president park geun-hye had their first summit last month. they agreed to resolve the matter as quickly as possible. president park has been calling for the issue to be resolved by the end of this year, which marks the 50th anniversary of the normalization of ties. disagreement on the issue has been a continuous cause of friction. park insists the solution must be accepted by the former comfort women and convincing to south korean people. south korea's foreign ministry said it will comment after it makes a concrete decision.

>> i'm very fun of going on youtube and looking at north korean videos that are posted. we always see the north korean people sharing madman crying, weeping when they see their grand leader and all like that. how much of that you think is real and how much is just because they better do that. >> oh, and is a good question. actually i wonder the same thing. when in north korea everyone is watching each other and you do not trust each other, you do not know who is spy. and i spy on you and you spy on me and someone spy on her, you cannot escape escape that. so somebody's always watching me and i have to watch you and so it's like if i don't do something then i would be punished again. so so everyone is watching on each other. that is how they keep controlling the country and with the fear. that is like nobody was telling me the truth. and i said i didn't tell the truth either. i told nobody. so, i don't know if people are just doing it to survive. if they don't cry they would get killed. so even if it is real or not it is not right people if people don't clap they would be

a korean tattoo that reads "father." he and wiz wife martha -- his wife martha couldn't be prouder of their two beautiful children, ely and louis cyst -- lucy. everyone bonded over korean food, filling bellies and hearts with love and friendship to last a lifetime. >> a high school senior has spent the last few years bouncing between city homeless shelters and is now live anything a housing complex in east harlem. as zachary quiche shows us, the teen is using these experiences as inspiration in his college admission essays. >> this is an accurate description of what it's like to with nowhere to stay in new york city. >> a young man, the raw truth about homelessness and the kids caught in the middle told in a college entrance essay. >> we were living in a tiny apartment in queens, and my father was off on alcohol binges every couple days. >> basketball has been sebastian's escape as long as he can remember; a dribbling ball, the physics, a metaphor for his life. when thrown down, the resilience to bounce back. >> i hadn't

south korean media are divided over the deal. the korea "joongang daily" newspaper offered a measure of support referring to prime minister's abe apology in its headline. it also cited criticism for the support group for the women. the "hankyoreh" criticized the deal, putting a photograph of the women on its front pauj and pointed out the agreement does not hold japan legally responsible. top diplomats in the united states have voiced their support for the deal. secretary of state john kerry said washington welcomes the agreement over what he calls a sensitive historical legacy. he called on other countries to back the deal. national security adviser susan rice said the u.s. looks forward to deepening its work with japan and south korea on a wide range of areas. it's rare for kerry and rice to both issue statements on the same issue. this underscores how the controversy has hampered efforts by the three countries to work together to counter north korea's nuclear development and china's increasing maritime activities. here in our

aboard are two korean children, brother and sister, twins.ost children coming to live in the same country as their father, if only he had known. >> hi! >> reporter: here she is, the twin allen named sandra now called susan, all grown up. the little girl in all those pictures all those years ago, missing from her father's life for decades. lost and now at long last found. she says all she remembers as she and her brother flew to america is being alone. if there was a tearful heart wrenching good-bye with their mother, susan doesn't remember it. what do you remember about your mom? >> the sad thing is, i don't remember much. >> reporter: really? >> i see her off and on, in and out the door of the house. >> reporter: mm-hmm. >> and that's it. i don't recall anything about talking to her, hugs, kisses, nothing like that. >> reporter: she wasn't affectionate with you? >> i don't recall. >> reporter: she does recall a stay in an orphanage in korea, and then a long flight to somewhere. >> we were in an airplane. we flew, then we landed and here's so

what were north korean maps like? >> good question. poverty, there's a different level of poverty. when i say how poor we are, for example we have one and we don't use it because it is very valuable. and we have one textbook you write it and erase it and reread it again and erase it. ever imagine that a textbook;. one class as it and it's, my mother's mother textbook, and that's always see it. there is no way i can edit never seen. that's the 1st moment. while. it's all son. that is how things are not there. we don't have color photos. poor people living. >> forgive this question, do you feel safe in your travel in the united states were overseas? >> i guess. i feel like i live a thousand years literally. i saw so many things, what humans can inflict on each other. i saw the starvation and kindness. and i lived in lots of different countries. i was a slave, so it feels like my life now is an extra life. we understand somebody who face death several times, feel like it's extra life. unfortunately that is my case. trying to get the information, and it scares me that i'm working with

many of them were korean. as part of the deal, japan has , anded its apology compensation will be given to the former sex slaves. 's"alked to "france 24 correspondent, who said how difficult -- how important this is. >> it is the first to normalize relations between south korea and japan since 1965. the term comfort women is a euphemism for sex slaves, but japan in the past had argued that many of the women that the japanese women recruited during werear were probably -- prostitutes, around brothels for money. -- aurore: they were not allowed to leave the camps, right? they were essentially sex slaves. japan already offered an apology for the practice back in 1993. south korea has been asking for more, for stronger apologies. the most important part of today's deal is the creation of korean fund, a south /japan joint fund. pledged ¥10has billion to compensate the victims. now, the fund -- japan has in the past resisted greater compensation to victims, saying that such economic compensation has been covered by

korean americans have expressed mixed reaction to the deal over the issue of comfort women. officials from japan and south korea reached the agreement on monday. shinzo abe offered an apology to the women and government agreed to give them financial support. >> korea and japan agreed, we have no reason to pursuing this issue anymore. and it's about time to rebuilding a relationship, like a friendship between the two countries. >> an official with another group called the apology ambiguous and continued members will advocate on behalf of the weekend, including building statues and other memorials. >> this agreement is not binding in the united states and also it's not prohibiting any educational activity. >>> a spokesperson for the u.s. state department called for all groups to back the agreement. >> we believe it's an important gesture that will promote healing and reconciliation and the support of civil society for this settlement will be crucial. >>> in 2007, lawmakers in the u.s. house of representatives adopted a resolution calling on japan to formally apologiapolog sinc

japanese government will pay more than $8 million to a foundation to be established by the south korean government. he said the foundation is aimed at helping the women regain dignity and honor. yun said his government will cooperate with the steps the japanese government will take. >> translator: the government of south korea values the announcement and efforts made by the japanese government. together, we confirm the issue is resolved finally and irreversibly on the premise that the japanese government will steadily implement the measures specified in the announcement. >> and yun touched upon the request from japan that a statue in seoul symbolizing the women be removed. >> translator: we acknowledge the fact that the japanese government is concerned that the statue in front of the japanese embassy in seoul may disturb the peace of the mission or impair its dignity. we will strive to solve this issue in an appropriate manner through measures such as consulting with related organizations. >> yun also said both governments would refrain from accusing or criticizing each other over the i

. >> the top advisor to the north korean leader is killed in a car crash >>> we begin the newshour inhe central african republic, where voting is under way in much delayed presidential and legislative elections. voters began to cast their ballots. 1.8 million are expected to vote. with the armed forces and u.n. peacekeepers ensuring everything goes smoothly. the governor of car for a decade has been barred from standing. he is the subject of u.n. sanctions. michelle is snable to run, put in power in 2003 by the fighters. and the interim president is not allowed to run. but that could change if george dalgela wins, a former prime minister to whom the party pledged support. if elected, he could return to car. the other leading candidate is martin, a former prime minister accused by some of having ties to the seleka fighters. and the former foreign minister and prominent muslim candidate. our correspondent is outside a polling station in the capital bangui with more. >> there has been a number of concerns, polling stations opened late. some did not have their voting material. that was in

a professor of korean studies joins us now to talk more about this. what do you make of these protests? just judging by the pictures, it looks to be quite a large demonstration. is this something that the south korean president should be worried about? >> probably not. it is a show of strength of their position which is not faring well right now. it is a significant minority. it will draw attention to their existence. it will be, rightly or wrongly, that the current government has strong position. th with the current president is the daughter of a dictator who ruled south korea in the 1960s to 1970s. it is actually the third demonstration in a row. i am not aware that i would say future participants should be expected by the demonstrations in mid november and early december >>> how legitimate are the grievances of these groups that are protesting. is there a genuine cause there for people to be out in the streets protesting against the way the pretty has treated the unions there? >> i believe so. because, first of all, the first demonstration was abou

. >>> japanese police have arrested a south korean man they suspect is connected with an explosion that occurred at a shrine in tokyo last month. investigate ares are still looking for a motive. police are charginge ining the 27-year-old for entering the yasukuni compound with no reason. the minor explosion occurrein a rest room near the shrine south gate on novber 23d. at the time, the shrine was crowded with visitors attending a festival. a small fire broke out but no one was injured. police later identified him as a man who is seen on camera leaving the rest room just before the blast. according to investigators, he came to japan two days before the incident. he left for south korea on the day of the explosion and re-entered japan wednesday morning. police say he's denying the allegations. yasukuni honors japan's war dead, those remember include military and political leaders convicted of war crimes after world war ii. >>> the united states has imposed sanctions on north korean bank executives and shipping companies for their alleged involvement in the north's arms trade. the u.s. tr

details about the death of a top adviser to the north korean leader killed in a car crash. >>> they may feel unwanted, but refugees are boosting the economy in the biggest cities. >>>, you're watching al jazeera. the syrian army backed by russian airstrikes said it's made huge advances on the main road connecting damascus to the south. >>> voters in the central african republic at the polls in long delayed presidential and legislative elections. the country's been marred by violence sings the overthrow of the president by rebels in 2013. >>> iraqi families are being removed from ramadi as full control of the city between iraqi forces and isil continues. the military said some of these people were used as human shields by isil. >>> hundreds of people in the midwest u.s. continue to suffer because of the bat flooding there. nearly 70 tornadoes and nearly 400 floods have left missouri and illinois almost submerged. more than 40 people have died. rivers have touched record levels, closing hundreds of roads and putting stop to shipping. residents of st. louis have been helping with sandbaggi

the north koreans, the north koreans attacked the south koreans and we pledge to defend the south koreans. macarthur publicly he had up there, which was a very much. we disbanded our army pretty much, army and navy, but he managed to blowback the time it is and then get himself in an argument with president truman over how far back he should throw the commies. whether he should stop summer. president truman working negotiate. general macarthur was not a really good negotiator. he was going to win the war, and so president truman issued an edict at some point that military officer would not make statements publicly until they cleared it with the white house. macarthur almost suicidal. he said and he went to the press and he very publicly said, not going to go with anybody to the chinese people that if they don't surrender to him within one week he's going to destroy them. and this may president truman very angry because he was trying to get people down to the table. in any case he fired general macarthur. the sentiment at home was all from macarthur. he was brought back to enormous recepti

. >>> a senior north korean official in charge of negotiating with rival south korea has been killedash as victoria gatenby now reports, it's raising more questions about what is going on inside north korea's secretive ruling regime. >> reporter: very few details have been released about the circumstances surrounding the car crash that killed this man. >> translator: member of the political bureau and secretary of the central committee of the worker's party of korea, and deputy to the supreme people's assembly of the democratic people's republic, died sadly in a car accident. >> reporter: as secretary of the ruling worker's party, he was one of north korea's most senior officials. he was an experienced negotiator who played an important role in talks with south korea. in august he helped diffuse tensions after an explosion injured two south korean soldiers at the border with north korea. the south korea government has paid tribute to his skill and hard work. >> translator: we offer our condolences. he worked to achieve an agreement in the high-level talks in august. >> reporter: his

south korean officials says that kim ki-jong has executed at least 7 officials including his uncle.eath of such an experienced advisor will mean for north korea and its relations with its neighborhood. victoria gatenby, al jazeera. >>> a french interior minister has condemned last week's violence in correspondent ka. on friday protesters vandalized a muslim prayer room on a housingest indicate where two firefighters were attacked a day earlier. he said there is no place in corsica for violence or racism. jonah hull has more now from the capitol. >> reporter: the french interior minister is here on the mediterranean island in the capitol to see for himself the aftermath of damage caused when on christmas eva fire was deliberately lit here in this housing estate, the intention to lure firefighters in this who were then attacked. the following day, in response, a local mosque was ransacked and the day after that, nationalists marched through the center of town chanting anti-muslim and racist slogans. when he arrived he said he was here to condemn all forms of violence and racism, but f

with more south koreans feeling worse off now than they did before.they hope change comes between their silent prayers and their angry chants. al jazeera, seoul. >> venezuela's socialist government is seeing its toughest protests yet. there is concern about the integrity the about the way the voting system works. here is our latin american editor lucia newman. >> at a community center in caracas, working mothers scramble to get free baseball caps, propaganda distributed by the ruling socialist party. just ahead of the arrival of one of its pop congressional candidates. we're assured that the venezuelan voting system is pamper proof. >> the system has been 100% audited and will reflect the true will of the people after they go to the polls on sunday. >> indeed, this time around even the opposition coalition said that it is satisfied venezuela's electronic voting system gives sufficient guarantees. but is that enough? >> it's not the process that is raising red flags, but everything leading up to it, and it ask at the top of the list, the use and abuse

the remains of a korean war veteran that home tonight 65 years after he vanished. heather: newscenter 5' robert dakin' s body was welcomed home with full military honors. jack: when he was declared dead after going missing in north korea, his mother said, i do not for him. >> my mother is so proud. i hope that she knows how much he meant to this community, but she is the one who carried the community. jack: his parents are gone, but his nieces, nephews, and their families are still there for him. >> how can you not be shaken by people standing on the sidewalk, their hands draped over their hearts, saluting? jack: he was an only son. three of his sisters of past away. his family made sure that they all knew bobby, even if they didn' t. >> there was not an occasion where we were together he was not talked about. jack: thanking everyone for the tribute, his family just wishes it could have come sooner, years sooner. >> if my grandmother had only known he was found. >> this has to be the cruelest thing ever. >> it is the cruelest thing. he was her only boy. jack: on sa

you can see why korean companies would be attractive.been trying to push smaller companies and break the stranglehold they have had over the economy. yvonne: the investment in korea still remains comparatively small. how do you compare this and the action to the global context, or china's context? reporter: korea is definitely pretty small tear it when you look at some of the massive that chinese companies have done over the past year. one of the difficulties of course, is most of korea's largest companies are controlled. it is pretty unlikely we will see any takeovers by chinese companies are any other national companies in that process. still, what we are being told is we are expecting the trend to the risings we see affluence amongst the middle class in china. we know there are already a lot of tourists going to korea to buy cosmetics, and other companies are familiar with those products. it will not be a hard sell to persuade mainland customers to buy those. yvonne: the kapok -- kpop sensation really has gotten to a big draw for chin

. >> the senior north korean official in charge of negotiating with south korea has been killed in a crash. >> very few details have been released about the circumstances that killed the official. >> the secretary of the central committee of the worker's party of korea died sadly. >> a secretary of ruling workers party was one of north korea's most senior officials. it was an experienced negotiator who played an important role in talks with south korea. in august he helped to reduce tensions between the two sides after an explosion injured two soldiers at the border of north korea. the south korean government has paid tribute to his skill and hard work during those talks. >> he was according to state reports kim jong-un's revolutionary partner. but it brings questions as to what is really happening in north korea's governments. south korean officials say that kim jong-un has executed 70 officials, including his uncle, since becoming supreme leader. al jazeera. >> the french interior minister has condemned last week's violence in corsica while visiting the mediterranean island. protes

korean fir is number three. we're going live. >> to the actual tree. >> we took picture of those very tree. >> turkish fir looks lake it has a back side, it has back. >> back side. >> korean fir looks skinny, like a finger. >> okay. >> yes. >> little different. >> people have been voting. go to fox 29.com, tell us a few things. also on twitter, you can vote, people are tweeting on twitter. we retreated it, mike and i did you have to click on which one you want, twitter poll. >> yes. >> we're not choosing, you are choosing. >> yes. >> so, sue, i mean di. >> yes karen returns mad at us or not. >> i am really surprised. mike make fun of me because i had ugly sweater on a he did that commercial. >> yes, making fun of me. >> here's what we did this morning. we have wake up wednesday where we wake up special friday. >> yes. >> so we had a surprise of you. >> because we wanted to wake her up, make sure she's up for very first "good day philadelphia" weekend. >> exactly. >> so this was risky, because i don't know, if it

the north koreans, korea was divided at that time, and the north koreans attacked the south koreans, and we pledged to defend the south koreans. macarthur took what army he had up there which wasn't very much, but he managed to thousand back the commune -- to throw back the communists and then get himself embroiled in an argument with president truman over how far back he should throw the communists, whether he should stop somewhere. president truman wanted to negotiate, and general macarthur was not a really good negotiator. he was going to win the war. macmacarthur, almost a suicidal thing, he went to the press and very publicly said -- without clearing it with anybody -- to the chinese people that if they don't surrender to him within one week, he's going to destroy them. and this made president truman very angry because he was trying to put the people down to the table. in any case, he fired general macarthur. but the sentiment at home was all for macarthur. he was brought back to enormous receptions, i think in san francisco half a million people, ticker tape parade in new york

abe and south korean president park geun-hye had their first summit last month. they agreed to resolve the matter as quickly as possible. president park has been calling for the issue to be resolved by the end of this year, which marks the 50th anniversary of the normalization of ties. disagreement on the issue has been a continuous cause of friction. park insists the solution must be accepted by the former comfort women and convincing to south korean people. south korea's foreign ministry said it will comment after it makes a concrete decision. in the meeting, tokyo was told to promise this will be the final settlement of the issue and they will stop setting up statues memorializing the comfort women. >>> the okinawa government is losing ground in a long-running spat over the relocation of a u.s. military base. a request by the island prefecture's governor to continue efforts to halt the project has been dismissed by an independent panel. and he's now planning to file a lawsuit against the state. governor onagawa had revoked construction permits for reclamation

that $8.3 million is to be placed into a korean foundation is a joke. >> reporter: but the u.s.state department applauds the deal as does house democratic leader nancy pelosi. here's part of her statement. for the women who survive, may this agreement bring peace. for the korean and japanese people, may this agreement signal the start of a new era of brotherhood. today's deal includes a promise by both sides to stop criticizing each other and to consider the issue resolved. even if there won't ever be for the now 46 surviving comfort women. >> kristin, thank you so much. >>> the white cleveland, ohio, police officer who freightaly shot a black 12-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun in november of 2014 will not be indicted. prosecutors say a grand jury declined to charge officer timothy lowman in the death of tamir rice. video shows the rookie patrolman shooting rice just as the boy was pulling the gun from his waist. the officer was responding to 911 calls of a man with a gun. prosecutors say the episode was a perfect storm of human error but said no crime was committed. >>> 2015

she of the size be a quick solution that satisfies both the victims and the south korean people. tokyo is reportedly settling a fun with 750,000 euros. phil: one of the most visible signs of global warming has been the steady melting of the earth's placers. the pace has increased significantly. they have been shrinking by more than half a meter a year. in ecuador's highest mountain, trade is melting as the ice receipts. >> he defies the climate and shuns a modern way of life. it is a three-hour journey. it lies underneath earth and the sediment. in times before refrigerators, large crews would flock here. now he comes alone. the work is tough and dangerous. it's a job for a man. i come alone and worry that rock's or ice will fall and no one will notice. he needs just half an hour to cut out a large block. it will sell the ice at the market. it is 6300 meters high. there are glaciers and volcanoes across ecuador. climate change is threatening the glaciers of the andes. the area covered by glaciers has decreased by 44% just between 1956 in 1997. the glacier ice is melting rapidly.

there's the thing of bridge of no return, on the appointmented hour north korean trucks drew up withthe american prisoners on board and there was an ambulance and then they were ordered to walk 20 yards across back to the americans. the miserable north korean guards torture, misery unremitting and things, on the southern side warm welcoming americans, orange juice, steak, the first person they met who shook the hands was the now general charles bonesteel the third the commander of forces in south korea, but the man that created the problem in the first place. i always think how interesting it would have been if he would have said, let the russians take the whole thing. it would have been a communist korea but it would have been the collapse of the soft -- soviet union, it would be a socialist country. it wouldn't be as rich as south korea is today but it would be united and there wouldn't be a nuclear part of the country. major nuisance it is today. because of the time, i am going to tell you about the alcatraz. i will tell you -- i need a copy of the book. the end pages of this book

south korean president lee myung bak made a surprise visit to takeshima island in the sea of japan. controls them, japan claims them. the japanese government claims the islands are an inherent part of japan 's territory. the visit sparked strong opposition. the two countries also disagreed on the issue of those referred to as comfort women. japan maintains all issues of reparations were settled in 1965, when the two countries normalized relations, but some south koreans continued to call for compensation. statues symbolizing the women were set up, including one in front of the japanese embassy in seoul. the current president park geun-hye called for japan to address the matter, making it a precondition for a summit. but she changed her stance on that. last month the two countries held their first summit in three and a half years, and the first for abe and park. >> translator: i expect today's summit to be an opportunity to cure the painful history and to be an important step in developing the two countries' relationship. >> translator: i want to work together with president park to

south korean says he has executed many since coming into power. do you think what we're seeing here is a government transitioning into a much younger group of leaders that they want change. basically he wants change and is that a source of concern in south korea. ? >> well, possibly so, but this case that we are talking about doesn't seem to be like a forced case of tradition here. rather, it looks like an accident. in that case what the north korea face right now is a force to face these changes here. it looks like, depending on who will come out as his successor, yes, definitely we will see some transition, but this is not something designing at this point. the deceased top aid was very a close person to the top leader. he was showing at all different sites at his visit. that's what we're looking at >>> he was also an experienced negotiator who paid an important role in talks with south korea. how do you think his death is going to impact relations between north and south korea? >> we do have a lot of concern here because we wouldn't call him a

hundreds of south koreans are protesting the arrest of a labor union leader. work electron trove see, some schools shut down in virginia over an arabic writing assignment. the u.n. have agreed on a road map for peace in syria. the security council unanimously backed a plan for talks between the syrian government and the opposition along with the ceasefire. questions remain over who will be taking part in those talks as well as the future of syria's president. >> reporter: a unanimous vote by the u.n. security council endorsing a clear and ambitious time line for political transition in syria with face-to-face talks and possibly a ceasefire in just a matter of weeks. this resolution was the result of very last minute negotiations. it's a demonstration of the difficulty of the task ahead that ministers were arriving in new york, talks with still underway. diplomats ultimately reporting to the foreign mine sister were fight withing the corn parts over many of the words and details of resolution. when it was finally passed it was praised by the current president o

ending a decade long dispute, japan offers 8.7 million dollars in compensation for war time korean sex slaves. uganda hosts talks i aimed at diffusing the escalating violence in burundi. stylish luxurious poor man's sports sports car. to the developing news. around 100 wounded syrian rebel fighters trapped in the regime controlled town near the lebanese border are being evacuated. this was negotiated between the syrian government and the opposition with the help of iran, turkey and the united natio nations. it is happening here and they're being escorted by the international red cross as they head, along with family members, to lebanon, then to turkey to be treated for their wounds. around 300 supporters of the syrian regime are given safe passage to cam as can you say, crossing first into turkey and then lebanon-- to damascus. >> reporter: this is a very significant swap deal that has been underway today in syria. roughly 123 wounded syrian opposition fighters along with their families are being evacuated from the besieged town. along the border here with lebanon. this group was expec