nhk world's anna jung is by the water in pusan. >> reporter: i'm on the sea in pusan located on the south korean peninsula. this time of year it's one of the country's most popular beaches, drawing visitors from all over south korea. here anyone can try a variety of marine sports such as surfing, kayaking and wind surfing. and they're all free of charge, but reservations are required. the south korean government hopes to get people involved in marine leisure and ultimately to expand the marine industry. so this year it's implementing this free program at ten river locations and 40 seaside resorts across the country. here in pusan, the city has been promoting marine leisure and also new actions begin. this is not scuba diving training session, but rather a university lecture. students on various courses are learning the technology of underwater photography. nurturing underwater photographers is not the sole purpose of this lecture. it aims to help students find jobs in a wide variety of fields, for example, in simulated visual content production, marine study and fisheries. the university

just been looking at pusan, and here you can see that temperatures during the course of august are some four degrees above what they should be. today probably the first day we are going to see those falling back. and that's because there is a lot of cloud across the peninsula. and that feeds on towards. i think we could see some significant flooding rain. north korea is a different story, but you can suspect if they have problems north korea is doing to have similar if not worse problems. i was telling you about a tidal bore, a wave, which hits the chinese coast. i have managed to get some shots from a different angle on this particular event. exacerbated by the low pressure system over china. usually the very clean things which you can actually surf along, and a lot of surfers sent us this. you can see if you watch it, the right hand side of your screen, just see the force of the water as it drove in across. and you can see there, that the topping bricks of the wall were actually pushed across, and people watching the event, were pushed away, and there was something like 30 injuries. i

you have the line of the pusan perimeter and survived the bitter cold of the chosen reservoir.n his 60th anniversary, all of our veterans of the korean war. [applause] to our vietnam veterans -- [applause] you served with valor not just in the thick of the gender but through -- of the jungle but through intense combat. you won every major battle that he fought in. [applause] since,in the decades whenever our country has need you, you said send me. from the sands of garrett the storm to theesert mountains of the balkans to the villages of afghanistan and next year your profound sacrifice will be recognized in the heart of our nation's capital when our designates the veterans -- the disabled veterans for life memorial. [applause] that memorial will honor your courage in the war. pay tribute too your bravery and the other battles you have fought to fight for -- to fight to recover from the wounds of war. in this may be your greatest triumph at all because rather than being defined by what you lost, by what you can't do, you have inspired america with what you can do. so maybe you

you have the line of the pusan perimeter and survived the bitter cold of the chosen reservoir. on this 60th anniversary, we salute all of our veterans of the korean war. [applause] to our vietnam veterans -- [applause] you served with valor not just in the thick of the jungle but through intense combat. you won every major battle that e fought in. and so in the decades since, whenever our country has needed you, you said send me. from the sands of desert storm to the mountains of the balkans to the villages of afghanistan and iraq, and next year your profound sacrifice will be recognized in the heart of our nation's capital when our country designates the disabled eterans for life memorial. that memorial will honor your courage in the war. but it will also pay tribute to your bravery and the other battles you have fought to ight to recover from the wounds of war. in this may be your greatest triumph at all because rather than being defined by what you lost, by what you can't do, you have inspired america with what you can do. so maybe you lost your site, but you can still see t