one, codenamed max thunder - took place in november at the kunsan air force base 150 miles south of seoul... >> this type of exercise takes place every year but for the north korean government they consider this a provocation and a threat. >> north korea is still a flash point. we're still at a state of war with north korea. this is 1953 armistice. >> if there was someday heaven forbid a real war here we would need to work very closely. we are always practicing together always working together >> thankfully we have helped stabilize and ensure the security of the peninsula for the last 61 years, but in spite of that long time we have to be ready to fight tonight and that really is our mantra. >> north korea is under new leadership. >> kim jong-un looks funny he is overweight and sometimes does strange things. but he is smart. when his father died 7 top officials, 4 generals and 3 civilian bureaucrats, walked next to the coffin of his father in december 2011. in two years time, none of them was alive and in a high level position. >> when it comes to international relations, kim jong-un's ru

authors in seoul are -- authorities in seoul are asking people to stay inside today.xperts say exposure to the dust could cause heart and breathing problems. >>> greeks have mixed reactions to friday's deal in which eurozone nations agree to extend their bailout plan another four months. greece still has to submit a list of economic reforms before the extension is ratified. creditors, sign off on the revised deal on tuesday. >>> now, in london the plea of one father captures a family's agony. we cannot stop crying he says hoping to reach his daughter who may have run away to join isis. >> the families of three missing teenaged girls are all pleading for them to come home. as cnn reports, the number of young people being lured by extremist propaganda is on the rise. >> reporter: three teenaged friends, two 15-year-olds and a 16-year-old, school friends spending the day together. now at the heart of an international hunt. >> to get her back. what she's doing is completely nonsense. to get back just remember how we love you. and your sister brother, are -- they cannot st

seoul just on the west side of south korea. bridge was located near the airport, which is on an island. so a lot of times we get this temperature differential between the ocean water and the land, creating a fog that drifts over places like bridges and the coastal areas, creating the reduced visibilities. starting to clear up in seoul at the moment, but we've had another area where visibility was a concern. this is in the middle east, the gaza strip and into jerusalem. we have had reduced visibility, but because of a sand storm. this is all thanks to sand that was actually picked up from the western sahara in northern africa, blown in across parts of egypt and making its way into jerusalem as well as gaza city. reducing visibilities there, and creating a health concern, as well. you can imagine sand, just inhaling that. >> and it just chokes a city when those things roll in. >> absolutely. >> interesting that the rocket launch is going to help us learn so much more about climate change. >> we need that stuff. >> thank you. >>>

it took place in seoul this year at the world cup stadium. there were 40,000 live spectators and nearly 30 million viewers around the world, which puts it in the same bracket as some of the games sevens and the world series nba finals. it has arrived. loot people don't know about it yet because its broadcast across the internet, but certainly the popularity is there. >> the growing popularity of e-sports can be seen in cold hard cash. the online gaming industry as a whole is worth about $23 billion u.s. every year. a viv of that comes here every year, but the industry has been slowing in recent years. some insiders blame restrictions brought in by the south korean government to combat the serious problem of online gaming addiction. for the growing number around the world the distinction between digital and physical sport just doesn't exist any more. >> now to a real sport cricket. the cricket world cup where the co-hosts went head to head in auckland where new zealand beat australia in an encounter. i got a little emotional about it as well.

a sport started in seoul in 1999. south korea is widely with regarded as having the best professional leagues in the world backed by major sponsors and supported by labyrinth structures. they classify what happens here as sport, and classifying its players as sports players. it's not just followed in south korea, but there are eyeballs around the world following this game. that's why there credit interest is commentary in korean and english as well. >> when you look at the numbers of the championship that took place in seoul at the world cup stadium. there were 40,000 live spectators and 30 million viewers around the world which puts it in the same practices as some of the game sevens in terms of viewership. we've already arrived. a lot of people don't know about it yet because it is mostly broadcast across the internet. does not get mainstream coverage. >> the growing popularity of the sports can be. measured in cold hard cash. the streaming service twitch has brought in $1 million last year broadcasting events like

i spoke a short while ago to our correspondent, steve evans who's this seoul for us. >> reporter: cho hyun-ah, contrite, but not contrite enough. the judge said he didn't think she was really sorry, so a heavy one-year sentence was needed. inside this plane, she had a mega tantrum, because the nuts in first class were served in a bag, not a bowl. her father is the airline's head, so she felt entitled to order the captain to turn back to the gate to have the offendingoffend offending purser put off. it started a debate about career family-owned firms called chevals. samsung is the biggest. you think electronics, but it's everything from this amusement park to ships to hospitals, to housing, to funeral homes. on land and sea, from cradle to grave. samsung's head was convicted of tax evasion. >> they're often said to run the company or the group in an emperor-like way. that means they make decisions on their own, without any check or balance or monitoring by the board of the company. >> reporter: for critics, that car park epitomizes the problem. hyundai motors has built $10 million for

we fought our way into seoul and i got wounded in seoul. >> oh. >> got a head wound. head and ear, my left ear. thought i was going to plead to death. they were able to pull me out. i had a blood transfusion on that hospital shield that were docked outside of seoul. i had a blood transfusion there. they shipped me back to japan. i had additional blood infused into me. i stayed there for 35 40 days, something like that in that area. at the end of that part i boarded a japanese luxury liner. that was in october. we made another landing at amhong. it was in late november. we were still in summer wear. the temperature was something like 46, 47 degrees below zero. had a hand grenade from the chinese. then someone placed me in a ammunition carrier with a tank of sorts. a convoy on the back of the tank. they put any in there. i was passed out then. i don't know how long i stayed there. that's where the chinese found me. that's when they took me out of tank and i was almost frozen. i couldn't ambulate with any degree of satisfaction or efficiency. >> when was it? >> on the se

we fought our way into seoul. i got winded in -- i got wounded in seoul. a head wound. head and ear, my left ear. i thought i was going to bleed to death. fortunately, they were able to pull me out. i had a blood transfusion on the hospital ship outside of seoul inchon. they shipped me back to japan and i had additional blood infused into me. i stayed there for 35 or 40 days in that area. at the end of that part, i boarded a japanese luxury liner and went to pusan. that was in october. then we made another landing and we thought our way over to the chosin reservoir. that was late november of 1950. we were still in summer wear. the temperature was something like 46 or 47 degrees below zero. i got wounded there. professor han:, again where? mr. petrey: in my face. a hand grenade from the chinese. someone placed me in an ammunition carrier, a tank of sorts. they had a cargo area in the back of the tank. they put me in there. i was passed out. i don't know how long i stayed there but that is where the chinese found me. that is when they took me out of the tank. i was almost

well our korea correspondent, steve evans, is in seoul. steve, just bring us up to date. remind us what the background to all this is. >> well it's a matter of honor. samsung says that those lg executives, the president of the home appliance bit of lg went up to their front loader washing machines in a trade store in germany last year and wiggled the door. but didn't just wiggle the door they wiggled it so much that it wouldn't close. so that's vandalism. the lg company has retaliated verbally and with that video that you see, showing the alleged vandal surrounded by some of them samsung employees, and lg is basically saying is this vandalism or is this a man who spent 40 years in the washing machine industry having a bit of a test of the product he knows so much about? now, you then ask, how on earth has this matter of a washing machine come to -- a washing machine in germany, no less come in course in seoul, south korea. that's because the two of them are very very intense rivals in lots of things they're apart. air-conditioners, it's lg mobile phones it's samsung. wash

people in seoul had strong. s about the sentence. >> she should have gotten three to five years. >> we now live in a society controlled by the rich. their crimes should be punished in the most severe way. i think the judges were too soft on her. >> cho's lawyer said she hasn't decided whether to appeal the decision. >>> the operator of a nuclear plant in central japan is another step closer to restarting two reactors. they've been given a green light by the country's nuclear regulator. officials with the nuclear regulation authority unanimously decided safety measures at takahama's number three and four meet the requirements. they are aiming to bring the reactors back online in november. they need to have it authorized and win the approval of local governments. operators are looking for consent from takahama town which hosts the plant. but some local governments demand approval from all municipalityies within the plants 30-kilometer zone. they're obliged to draw you have disaster preparedness plans. >>> presiden

this is a cafe in seoul. a trendy cafe. it's got a bit of a gimmick for the year of the sheep.mick, as i say, but we're going to go along with it a bit. first of all, what does it mean in terms of the zodiac for the year of the sheep. let me quote the zodiac. the year of the sheep is for people who describe it as elegant, intelligent, dependable, calm individuals, who are very creative they can be shy, pessimistic, and puzzled about life it says and prefer to be alone. so that's the year of the sheep. but there is also whether you accept this or not is another matter. but there is also in any new year, a time of looking forward. that's what it's about. and in this country, in korea, it's about two things. in south korea, clearly, it's about the economy. there have been jitters about the economy in 2014 and those jitters continue. people are worried about growth. growth will be something like 3.5%. tidy growth but maybe a bit less. not so good. the other thing, of course is this divided peninsula. what's going to happen between north and south korea? both pyongyang and seoul her

. >> this nursery school in seoul takes a different approach to nursery schooling. it's managed by a cooperative unit set up by parents. parents and teachers meet twice a month to discuss the institution's management. many of the teachers are experienced in nursery schooling and from time to time they attend training sessions. every parent must also teach a class once a year and be involved in management decisions. >> translator: it's not easy to be involved in school affairs because i have a job. but i can see how my child interacts with other children. i also like this school because i can fully discuss things with teachers and other parents. >> more than 120 schools like this were to require parents to pay more have been set up across the nation. now that they're aware of the system's shortcomings, parents are looking for ways to make sure their children are in good hands. nhk world, seoul. >>> people on japan's northern most island are enjoying a natural spectacle that appears only on the coldest days of the year. they're braving the winter weather to view a col

seoul in 1999. it's still going distrong. south korea is -- strong. south korea is regarded as having the best professional league backed by sponsors supported by an elaborate prur. the korean committee gave the sports associate membership classifying what happens as the players as sports people. and they happen to play the top online game. league of lej edged. it's not just followed closely here. there's eyeballs 5u8 over the world fol -- eyeballs all over the world, and that's why there's comment which in korean as well. >> we look at the league of legends championship. there were 45,000 spectators, and 30 million viewers around the world, putting them in the same bracket as the world series and n.b.a. finals. we probably arrived. a lot don't know that. it is broadcast over the internet. it doesn't get a lot of main stream coverage. the popularity is there. the crowing popularity can be measured no cold hard cash. the streaming service twitch was broughted by amazon, broadcasting event like this.

hyundai has already chosen a side in downtown seoul, owned by korea electric power corporation. in a fierce bidding war last september, they agreed to pay almost $10 billion for the land. in addition to the group's head office, the new complex will feature auto themed park, hotel and a shopping center. some are asking why hyundai has chosen the best to -- where production costs are relatively high. it's a long-term strategy to stay competitive. >> translator: looking at the plan to boost the ratio of r&d spending rather than capital investment, i think it shows hyundai motor is finally trying to transform the quality of its car production rather than focusing on quantity. from the quantity perspective, increasing annual vehicle production from 8 million to 9 million is not such a big deal. the company seems to be focusing on qualitative growth and this is why the group's investment plan is facing greater emphasis on r&d. >> reporter: quality growth is welcome, but some investors are concerned about excessive investment. the annual spending will now match that of toyota motor a c

seoul finished the day nearly 0.2% higher. after the south korean central bank left its interest rate unchanged at 2% as expected. taking a look at currencies now, the euro has been gaining some ground against the dollar. euro/dollar is at roughly 1.1405. we're seeing some market players do expect the eurozone finance ministers will be sitting down again this week to discuss that greek bailout. meanwhile, the dollar is moving in a narrow range against the yen. right now at 118.87. traders waiting for the outcome of a two-day policy meeting by the bank of japan that wraps up on wednesday, as well as comments from governor kuroda. >>> china's real estate market remains a bit sluggish. housing prices in many major cities continue to fall last month but there are signs that the situation is stabilizing. officials at the national bureau of statistics said the price of new homes fell in 64 of 70 cities in january. that contrasts with 66 cities in december. it's the ninth consecutive month that housing prices fell in more cities than

now temperatures are going to be seasonal in seoul, as well as beijing.l 11 degrees in shanghai. rain on the menu in taipei as well as hong kong on tuesday. now across the u.s. extremely low temperatures were seen in many places especially over the northeast. for example, record low temperatures late last week in places like d.c. new york all the way down to orlando. the cold air is meeting with warm and humid air from the gulf of mexico creating icy precipitation from the deep south into the south of california. snow is expected for the four corners region heavy knowfall all the way up to 90 centimeters in colorado and winds up to 100 kilometers per hour and rain to the south and then freezing rain from texas into the lower mississippi river valley that could cause slippery roads. now, as we go in to monday and also tuesday and going to the rest of the week temperatures will not warm up as we can see minus 24 degrees is your expected morning lows on monday in toronto. minus 16 degrees in new york on monday. very cold conditions likely to continue through

. >> reporter: intelligence authorities in seoul say a south korean man has joined the ranks of the islamic state group. the first person from that country. and a japanese student in his 20s almost signed up last year after seeing islamic state videos online. but authorities found out and seized his passport. the militants use social media to reach out to these young people. individuals who feel they don't belong or are looking for something more. but many agree the story they sell of an islamic utopia is pure fantasy. >> british teenagers appear to have been radicalized and duped by this poisonous ideology of islamic extremism, while at home on the internet in their bedrooms. >> reporter: as is often the case family friends and teachers, are the last to know. which seems to be the case for the british schoolgirls. >> there was no indication whatsoever. she was -- she was just herself. there was nothing different about her. there was no changes in her behavior. >> reporter: and so as islamic state militants continue to wage war in iraq and syria, authorities in europe and around the world a

a spectator sport started in this studio in seoul in 1999. it's going strong. south korea is regarded as having the best professional league backed by major sponsors supported by an elaborate infrastructure. and this year the korean olympic committee gave the sports an associate membership classifying the players as sports people playing the most popular game league of legends. it is not just being followed in korea, but there are eyeballs around the world following the game. that's why there's commentary in korea and english as well. >> we look at the numbers for the league of legends world championship taking place in seoul. there were 40,000 live spectators, and 30 million view erts around the world, putting it in the same bracket as the game 7s from the world series and n.b.a. finals. we kind of arrived. a lot of people don't know about it yet. it is mostly broadcast over the internet and doesn't get a lot of mainstream coverage. the popularity is there. the glowing popularity can be measured in cold hard cash. the streaming service was b

. >>> a gunman has opened fire inside a home near seoul. the 73-year-old man killed three people with a hunting rifle before taking his own life. police say the man shot and killed his older brother and brother's wife in a house in hwaseong city. they say the third victim was a police officer who reportedly rushed to the scene. gun owners in south korea often keep their firearms at police stations. the shooter had retrieved his gun just one hour before the incident. south korean media report the man's family had been arguing over finances. >>> islamic state members have released another video on the internet. it shows militants destroying artifacts from the ancient civilized nation of mesopotamia. the objects apparently date to the asyrian period that flourished until the 7th century b.c. the footage shows people vandalizing a museum and ruin. they call the artifacts symbols of idol worship. western media say the museum is in mosul, northern iraq. the city fell to the militants in june last year. the director of unesco's iraq office axel pl

started here in seoul in 1999. and you can see it's still going strong. south korea is widely regarded having the best professional league in the world backed by sponsored with a huge structure. it's not just being closely followed here in korea but there are eye polls on screens around the world who are following this game. that's why there is commentary live in korean and the english language as well. >> we'll get the numbers recently it took place in seoul this year at the world cup stadium. there were 40,000 live spectators and nearly 30 million viewers around the world which puts it in the same bracket as some of the game sevens from the nba finals in terms of viewership. we've arrived but a lot of people don't know about it because its broadcast over the internet and doesn't get a lot of mainstream coverage. >> the growing global popularity of e sports can be measured in cold hard cash. the streaming service twitch brought by amazon for nearly $1 billion last year. it broadcasts events like this. the online g

paula hancocks has been following the trial and is live in seoul. has apologized for her behavior and is currently behind bars, but this is being taken very seriously in south korea, and there appears to be pressure to make an example of her. talk to us about the final day of testimony. what was said and what the likely outcome will be. >> reporter: the final day went on far longer than anybody expected. it actually finished at 1:00 in the morning today. the judges basically wanted to make sure that they had all the information they could. they know how high profile this case is. they know the international scrutiny on this particular case as well. we did hear from the chief steward on monday. this is the man who cho forced to leave the plane. she did order the plane back to the gate after it was taxiing and ordered him off. although according to local media, she claims that she didn't know that the plane had already started moving when she ordered the chief steward to get off the plane. the chief steward himself said that heather cho had treated hi

let's go harry fawcett joining us live now from seoul.there harry on the screen heather cho. her father was chairman of the airline, reminds us of what happened. >> reporter: well, she is one of the highest status people in south korea a member of a family a third generation member her fall is over something as trivia triv trivial as a bag of nuts. the judge said she trampled human being self regard. all taking place december 5th at jfk airport port in new york when she was served the nuts on a bag instead of on a plate. she abused the flight attendant had both the flight attendant and senior flight attendant on his knees in front of her. he testified that she treated them as futile slaves and she turned the plane back to the gate and had the chief flight attendant ejected from the flight. here the court decided that she knew that the flight path was already in force and she had therefore broken save areas safety law by ordering the plane back to the gate and also that she had interfered in the pilot's execution of his duty. two other peo

this is what seoul looks like at the moment.he worst yellow dust storm in five years. >>> a warning in place for much of the nation and city leader want people to stay inside because it can be bad for your health. the dust storm started in mongolia and picked up some toxins along the way as it moved into the korean peninsula. >> for more on this dangerous yellow dust our meteorologist, pedram javaheri, joins us now. it's not a term that we use often, but is this common in south korea? yellow dust every year? >> every spring is kicks in. the city takes this seriously. in marine years they've -- in recent years, they've cracked down on barbecuing and barbecue restaurants in seoul which there are 10,000 of. they're saying they're subsidizing filters for these restaurants, bath houses also popular. and they're saying that the barbecue joins, ten thoish contribute to 1/40 of the pollutants. any little way they can remove pollutance -- >> i've always loved korean barbecue. now you're making me think it's dangerous. >> a little bit. th

our paula hancocks reporting there from seoul.ve learned in the nut rage trial there has been a verdict. heather cho found guilty. she will go to prison for one year. many thanks to you, paula. >>> you're watching breaking news as it happens because you're tuned to cnn. more after the break. [door bell rings] ♪ [door bell rings] [phone rings] hello. heh. heh. heh-he-he... t-mobile's is the first national network to give you wi-fi calling. now every wi-fi connection works like a t-mobile tower. it's wi-fi unleashed. my name is daniel i have diabetic nerve pain. the pain felt like my feet were on fire. i had these very burning ... needle-like sensations. i knew i needed to see a doctor. my doctor said "let's try lyrica." lyrica has helped relieve my pain. it's known that... diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda-approved to treat diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is not for everyone. it may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusu

. >> reporter: in custody sense the end of december heather was spared the cameras at seoul's westernurt. she was brought by bus from jail to the back entrance, it wouldn't be long before she would be making the return journey as convicted criminal and it's a position weeks ago as vice president of korean air of the giant firm putting her in the middle of the elite. the lawyer said no decision had yet been made on whether to appeal after his client was found guilty of breaking law of changing flight path of plane interfering with the cabin crew execution of duty december 5 on the first class cabin on a new york runway she had fury to being served nuts in a bag and not on a plate and assaulted the cabin crew member who served her an ordered the head flight attendant from the aircraft forcing the pilot to go to the gate and he later testify he treated him and his colleague as slaves forcing them to kneal before her and 8 months for impeding the investigation and a person involved in the investigation given a suspended sentence but it was the judge reserved his harsh language saying her

. >> reporter: in custody since the end of december heather cho was spared the cameras at seoul's westernurt and brought by bus from jail to the back entrance and not long before making the return journey as a convicted criminal and it's an incredible fall from position weeks ago as vice president of korean air, a giant family firm putting her among south korea elite and no decision had been made on whether to appeal his his client was found guilty of breaking aviation law changing the flight path of the plane interfering in the pilots and cabin crew execution of duty december 5 in the first class cabin on a new york runway she had fury to being served nuts in a bag and not on a plate. she assaulted the cabin crew member who served her an ordered this man the flight attendant and forcing him to go to the gate and testified he treated him and colleague as slaves and forcing them to kneel before them. another sentenced 8 months for impeding investigation and a transport vehicle given a sentence and cho the judge had the harsh language saying expressions were indocinsincere and trampled on s

we fought our way into seoul and i got wounded in seoul. >> oh. >> got a head wound. head and ear, my left ear. thought i was going to plead to death. they were able to pull me out. i had a blood transfusion on that hospital shield that were docked outside of seoul. i had a blood transfusion there. they shipped me back to japan. i had additional blood infused into me. i stayed there for 35 40 days, something like that in that area. at the end of that part i boarded a japanese luxury liner. that was in october. we made another landing at amhong. it was in late november. we were still in summer wear. the temperature was something like 46, 47 degrees below zero. had a hand grenade from the chinese. then someone placed me in a ammunition carrier with a tank of sorts. a convoy on the back of the tank. they put any in there. i was passed out then. i don't know how long i stayed there. that's where the chinese found me. that's when they took me out of tank and i was almost frozen. i couldn't ambulate with any degree of satisfaction or efficiency. >> when was it? >> on the se

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. >> the history of online gaming as a spectator sport started in the studio in seoul in 1999.you can see it's still going strong. south korea is widely regarded as having the best professional league in the world. backed by major sponsors, supported by elaborate infrastructure. they have classified what happens here as sport classifying players as sports people. this is not just being followed closely here in korea but there are eyeballs on screens around the world following this game. that's why there is commentary live in korean and the english language as well. >> let's take a look at the numbers, it took place in seoul this place at the world world cup stadium. there were 40,000 live spectators and millions around the world. we have already arrived. a lot of people don't know about it yet because it is mostly broadcast over the internet and does not get a lot of mainstream coverage, but certainly the popularity is there go but the growing popularity of e-sports can be measured in cold hard cash. the streaming service twitch was bought by amazon for nearly $1 billion last y

paula hancocks live for us in seoul. thank you. >>> the lawyer for 19 year old accused in the road rage murder of a las vegas murder has expressed some concerns about the case. erich nowsch made his court appearance on monday. police interviewed nowsch when he was high on marijuana, and they question whether the road rage encounter even happened. the teen is accused of gunning down tammy meyers after an angry encounter in a school parking lot. the judge will determine if the case should go forward. >>> we'll take a short break. some people with android phones need to watch out for malware. hear how turning off your phone could lead to a virus. coming up. i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. people with type 2 diabetes come from all walks of life. if you have high blood sugar, ask your doctor about farxiga. it's a different kind of medicine that works by removing some sugar from you

what is the divergence you are seeing between south korea's seoul and everybody else?ivergence. it is interesting. one we see doing particularly , they have had time to develop coherent strategies and see those strategies through. in the middle ground, we see the very large, very rapid growth like taipei. and then we see cities more in southeast asia where there is growth, but it has been less planned than it might have been. >> more organic growth rather than structured growth. what is south korea doing right and can it be emulated and should it be emulated by other cities? >> absolutely. in doing the background reading, south korea started to make a change. there was a tipping point. people started to believe in what south korea could do. a set of policies were developed and it was not just about the buildings but the governance, the strategies. from that point onwards, great transportation infrastructure, great education, great health toe all help to bring seoul the top of the table. >> we talk about the rivalry between hong kong and singapore. how can singapore and

. >> reporter: the history of online gaming starred in seoul in 1999. it's going strong. south korea is regarded as having the best professional league. this year the korean committee gave sports a membership. classifying as sports classifying the players as sport people. they are playing a popular game. it's not just followed closely here but there are eyeballs on screens around the world, that are following the game. that's why there's commenty live in korea and the english language. >> if you look at the numbers, the league of legend championships took place in seoul, 40,000 live spectators and 30 million viewers around the world. putting it in the bracket of the n.b.a. finals. we have arrived. a lot of people don't know about it it's broadcast over the internet. the popularity is there. >> the growing popularity can be measured in cold hard cash. the streaming service 2006 was brought by amazon for a billion. broadcasting event like this and the onlime gaming industry is worth $23 billion every year, a fifth coming from here. the growth of the industry has been slowin

conte: but seoul was being demolished at that they were point. fighting at the han river just above seoul. there was some fierce fighting there. we never saw any of that. then we went south as a mop up thing. to pusan. we stayed there about two to three weeks. we were loading the supply -- we were assigned to unloading supply ships. then we boarded ships again and we made the yellow invasion north of the 30th parallel in wonsan. when we got there -- have you ever heard of bob hope? professor han: yeah. mr. conte: the mps would say keep going, keep going. next thing we know we were in this big stadium. there was bob hope and marilyn maxwell. it was great. professor han: how did you feel to see this entertainers? they were in the battlefield. mr. conte: when you're doing an invasion, weird thoughts go through your head. what used to go through my head, especially at inchon, they used to show these army things about the normandy invasion. have you ever seen that film clip? professor han: yeah. mr. conte: normandy invasion. they did a live shot. two

okay paula hancocks live for us in seoul. >>> we're now hearing from the family of american aid worker kayla mueller. she died while in captivity by isis. >> reporter: kayla mueller's family breaking their silence for the very first time saying while the white house did try to save kayla mueller, ultimately u.s. policy was put ahead of their daughter's life. 26 year old kayla mueller didn't just want to help the syrians, she needed to be there. her parents, breaking their silence to nbc news just didn't know how far she was willing to go. >> reporter: did you know that she was planning to go to syria? >> no. >> reporter: what do you think you would have thought, had you known? >> well of course as her mother i wouldn't have let her go. you know i would have talked with her. >> how many mistakes have we all made in life that were naÏve and didn't get caught at. kayla was just in a place that was more dangerous than most. >> reporter: once hostage, her capture mirrored others in many ways a civilian grabbed by isis the threat o

but at least for now 6 for the high in seoul.ctually some cloudy skies there. 13 on your tuesday. here's the extended outlook. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for staying with us. çÑÑñÑñÑñÑñÑñÑñÑñÑñÑñÑñ and here's your host, anne o'donnell. >> hello and a very warm welcome to "euromaxx highlights," for a roundup of our favorite reports from the week. let's have a look at our top three. fashion front -- how to enter the elite world of haute couture. dutch designs -- artist theo jansen and his mythical beach animals. and nostalgic notion -- how a swiss village revives the 19th-century vacation. well, haute couture creations are high-end, handmade pieces designed by major fashion houses, but the labels still need to get a formal invite from a select group of designers before they can even call their wares haute couture and show them at paris fashion week.

. >> paula hancocks is tracking the story and joins us live from seoul with the latest.hese drills happen every year. pyongyang would have its people believe it's a prelude to war. what's the real story here? >> reporter: experts are pretty split as to whether or not pyongyang does believe what it says when it believes -- when it says that these drills are basically an exercise a practice for invasion as they announced in a north korean newspaper this monday morning. or whether or not they're just using it as an excuse to up the rhetoric to testfire missiles of its own, new technology as you say. of course it is winter so winter military drills would happen in most countries anyway. north north korea would be doing this. of course the announcement is march 2nd next monday circumstance the day the joint drills between the u.s. and south korea start, and publicly at least pyongyang is not happy. the wigger the explosion the more impressive the fly-by the bigger the smile. forecast korean leader kim jong-un appears -- north korean leader kim jong-un appears to have a fascin

paula hancocks live from seoul with details. got a big corporate spat between two rivals and security footage apparently key evidence. what's happening here? >> reporter: that's right, this is just the latest bizarre legal battle going on here in south korea. samsung has accused the head of lg's home appliance department of deliberating vanlizing four of their washing machine in a couple of shops in germany last year in september. that executive has been indicted on charges of property damage and defamation and two other second trifs facing charges at this point. lg says that they didn't deliberately damage the goods. they said they didn't believe they had done that, but they did pay for the machines. but they couldn't resist a little dig, saying in a statement that clearly had more to do with weak hinges than anything else. samsung suing figure defamation as well -- suing for defamation as well. this is an ongoing legal battle between the two. you see the tv footage released by lg on to youtube. they say it's basicallyians show

. >> paula hancocks is live from seoul on the latest and north's relationship with china.let's start with that. of course it's very difficult to confirm whether or not china sent an onvictoria as we mentioned -- an envoy as we mentioned. but the cooler relationship between the nations, china once of the great support, great ally of north. but it is cooling that relationship isn't it? >> reporter: that's right. i mean, china still is the main ally of north. it's still effectively keeping it afloat economically with all the they'd it sends in. we've certainly seen the -- the relationship cool since kim jong-un took power just over four years ago. we saw comjong-il -- saw kim jong-il traveling to the country, but until now he hasn't visited beijing. we don't know if he's been invited to beijing. the relations aren't as warm as they once were. one of the reasons is the nuclear tests that were carried in 2013. china had wanted pyongyang to -- ton do this test but pyongyang had gone ahead and done it anyway. china supported sanctions against north which is not something it usual

and here's our seoul correspondent, steve evans. >> reporter: eating for money.ine mass phenomenon. ordinary people eat at home in front of the web cam and thousands watch remotely from their own computers. if they like the way the person's eating, they pay money. >> lee chang hu is a star of this entertainment. tonight on the menu is spicy raw squid and conversation cast from his own living room in his seventh floor apartment. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: most of hi audience are girl teenagers and women up to their 30s. i think they like to watch me because not only am i a good eater, i sometimes act as their counselor, listening to their grievances. >> this is a very old-fashioned way of eating isn't it? in a restaurant with people all around. but south korea is very teched up, and it's also very atomized. people live separate lives. a quarter of south koreans live on their own. so remote companionship via the web cam is the coming thing here. and it's the coming thing here today in south korea, it's the coming thing where you are tomorrow. but

kato is the former seoul bureau chief of the former chinese newspaper. he wrote an article in august questioning president park's whereabouts on the day of a deadly ferry accident. he quoted a south korean newspaper that referred to rumors of a relationship between park and a man. he said he had no intention of defaming the president. authorities hit him with a travel ban. he filed a suit on friday. he says freedom of movement and resident is a fundamental human right. he says he said suffering enormously. he says the justice minister is abusing his power by imposing the travel ban since there is no danger he will destroy evidence or run away. legal experts say a ruling on his case isn't likely for several more months. >>> officials at japan's space agency have begun work on a challenging task. they are trying one last time to put a troubled venus probe into the orbit. nhk world reports. >> reporter: japan's aerospace exploration agency jaxa launched a probe nearly five years ago. scientists wanted to put the probe into orbit around venus. they were hopi

a seoul high court judge ruled won sei hoon should be imprisoned for trying to influence the outcustomresidential election. the judge reviewed a decision by a lower court which found the former director of the national intelligence service guilty of political meddling. but he received a suspended sentence. the high court judge concluded that won made his subordinates lach

the prosecutors laid out their arguments in a court in seoul. they said she used her position to take control of an airplane. they say her antics compromised air safety. she forced a korean airplane to return to u.s.' jfk airport. reportedly refused in a rage when a flight attendant offered her nuts in a bag than on a plate. she ordered the chief attendant off the flight. in her trial, cho has apologized for using abusive language toward crew members but she insisted they violated protocol and the final decision to remove the chief attendants was made by the captain, not her. the chief attendant appeared at the trial as a witness. he said cho has never admitted guilt nor showed any remorse. >>> analysts in japan are making their predictions for gdp and they're announcing numbers significantly better than before. join joining us now from the business. >> analysts sure think so catherine. the cycle of consumption, making predictions from the october to december quarter if the data does, indeed show an expansion, it will be for the first time since

. >> paula hancocks is live in seoul with the latest. korea seems to love any opportunity to rally its military. what's being made of these annual drills this time around? >> reporter: the kind of reaction we're seeing is really to be expected. in january pyongyang asked the u.s. to stop these drills saying that they wouldn't carry out a nuclear test if they stopped the drills. the u.s. rejected that washington saying that was basically an implicit threat saying they could carry out a nuclear drill. so the drills will go ahead. the u.s. says they are defensive in nature, says they are annual. they are routine. pyongyang never accepts that. the bigger the explosion, the more impressive the fly-by the bigger the smile. north korean leader kim jong-un appears to have a fondness for the military dramatic. a supreme commander of the korean people's army he spent more time visiting military barracks and soldiers last month than any other public appearance. the state ideology of military first is alive and well. >> a dictator managing his dicta