seoul has various measures in place to resettle defectors.considers their acceptance as one way to unify the korean peninsula. despite those measures, defectors often face hurdles in the south. it's become so difficult that many have been moving on to other countries in recent years. [ speaking foreign language ] ♪ >> many defectors struggle hard to find their place in south korea, as their achievements in north korea aren't recognized. [ speaking foreign language ] ♪ while others try to persevere. this episode of "asia insight," focus on the north koreans who fled from their homes in search of a better life. >> from the south korean capital of seoul, there's a tv program that has been gaining popularity over the past few years. the show is produced by channel a, a capable network that services more than 15 million households. ♪ it's titled "now on my way to meet you." as soon as it began airing, the program caught the attention of the entire world, and not just south korea. most guests who appear on this talk show are women who escaped from

but in seoul there is a growing awareness that some of the problem is close to home as harry fawcettd. >> reporter: seoul often has to endure periods of peak pollution, but the 21st of february was the worst day in five years, 50 times the world health organization reck mentioned safe level. when it is that bad the main source of the problem is clear, dust blown in from china and mongolia, dust that passes directly into the bloodstream can trigger heart problems and strokes. since 2012, the average daily air quality has been getting steadily worse, double the world health organization's safe level. and seoul's metropolitan government accepts as much as 70% of the problem is home grown. >> translator: when you look at what is generated in seoul, it's mainly floating dust disturbed by human activity or vehicle emissions. >> reporter: the city has a plan to convert more buss from diesel to natural gas, to restrict certain areas of seoul to electric or hybrid cars only but there's a problem, coal fired power stations are on the increase. this one went from four to six furnaces, soon it w

harry fawcett reports. >> reporter: seoul often has to endure periods of peak pollution, but the 23rduary was something else. the worst day for five years. fine airborne particles at 50 times the world health organization recommended safe level. when it is that bad, pollutant-laced dust blown in from china and mongolia dust that passes directly into the bloodstream can trigger heart problems and strokes. since 2012 the air quality has been getting steadily worse. and seoul's metropolitan government septembers that as much as 70% of the problem is home grown. >> translator: it's mainly floating dust disturbed by human activity or vehicular emissions. >> reporter: the city has a plan to convert more buses from diesel to natural gas, to restrict certain areas of seoul to electric or hybrid cars only. but coal-fired power stations are on the increase. this one went from four to six furnaces, soon it will be eight. in all 13 new plants are to be built in the next six years. what is happening here is part of a deliberate decision by south korea's government to expand its coal-fired energy p

. >>> suffocated by smog in seoul. dirty air and government policy a toxic combination in south korea. pass >>> you're watch, al jazeera, let's recap the headlines. crowds rally in nepal, demanding help from the government. thousands are living in camps needing food water and medicine following the earthquake. more than 5,000 are confirmed dead. >>> saudi arabia's king salman named his nephew mohammed bin nayef as the new crown prince and for the second time a non-royal will be foreign minister. the nigerian army says it rescued 300 women and girls. found in the forest. the last-known strong hold of the group >>> the earthquake m nepal. the u.n. food agencies says now, four days after the quake will aid be handed out in remote areas. andrew simmonds travelled to the foothills to see how difficult it could be. >> reporter: it's an operation that only stops for refuelling and briefings. while the military may have been mobilized quickly, it's not enough to bring the relief the country desperately needs. beyond the sprawl

carter met with his south korean counter part in seoul today. he says the u.s. will help seoul deal with ways to fight north korea east aggression. >>> nearly 50 victims from the shooting at fort hood have received purple hearts and defense of freedom medals. dozens of survivors and relatives received the medals. army psychiatrist has been sentenced to death in the attack that killed 13 people. >>> the united nations is still grappling with what to do with lethal autonomous weapons systems. you could call them killer robots. military tools designed to fight the enemy without putting soldiers at risk. >> reporter: human rights watch has identified what it says is a sort of ethical loophole in the system. the worry here is that we're

. >> reporter: this is a popular mountain outside seoul. the area is usually crowded with climbers in spring, but this year, it is almost deserted. >> translator: the number of climbers is down by half from usual years. sales have dropped by 20 to 30%. >> reporter: the problem is dirty air and the biggest worry is pm 2.5. the pollutant is smaller than 2.5 micrometers and goes deep into the lungs, causing bronchitis and asthma. pollution in seoul last month was measured at three times the safe level advised by the world health organization. >> translator: going outside is painful. i quickly feel sore in my chest and eyes. >> reporter: not surprisingly, an instrument that measures air pollution is getting a lot of attention. the device is used with smartphones. this seoul resident has been using it since the start of the year. the device displays air quality every 15 seconds and sounds an alarm when pollution tops safe levels. the smartphone displays countermeasures calibrated to the amount of pollution in the air. >> translator: i have a chi

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and to convert seoul to electric hybrid cars only. this area in seoul went from four to six furnaces and soon it will be identity in all more plants to be built in the next six years. >> the decision by south korea's government to expand its coal-fired energy production at a time when seoul's air quality has been getting worse. >> the entire world is moving towards that trend and korea is going the other way even while the number of premature dead is rising. >> they'll reduce carbon emissions by 20%. burning more coal would seem to work against that goal. >> another of the ministry's main objectives is the supply of electricity. we're trying to minimize the use of coal power stations. and even if it's more expensive. there is a conflict of interest. >> for all of the efforts local and across board to tackle the problem, they will have to get used to living with dirty air for some time to come. >> now take a look at this. this is australian with a place in the record books. the first person to do a triple backflip three full revolution

seoul has an awareness that a lot of the problem is close to home. harry fawcett reports. seoul has to endure periods of peak pollution. 23rd february was something else - the worst day for five years. fine air borne particles at 50 times the world health organisation's safe level. when it's that bad, the main source of the problem is clear. pollutant laced dust blown in. dust that passes into the bloodstream can trigger heart problems and strokes. since 2012 the average daily air quality has been steadily worse, double the standard level, and the metropolitan government accepts 70% of the problem is home grown. >> when you look at what is generated in seoul, it's floating dust disturbed by human activity or vehicle emissions. >> reporter: the city has a plan to convert buses from diseasel to gas restrict new cars to electric or hybrid. coal fired power stakeses is on the increase this went from four to six furnaces soon it will be eight. 13 new plants will be built in six years. what is happening is part of a decision to expand coal-fired energy production at a time when

genie: four more, let's bring in andrew in seoul. one year since the ferry sank. so much controversy and anger surrounding what happened and the aftermath. tell us about that. andrew: there is enormous controversy. to give an example of how much angst there is among the victims or the families of the victims their work two memorial services today. one in the port of jindo close to the sinking site. that is where you saw president park speaking. she was snubbed. most of the family members did not turn up for that. the other one, taking place in a town outside seoul that is where the high school where the majority of the victims came from, that was boycotted by the family members, the bereaved family members. again, because the government will not cede to their demand. one of their demands was to raise the ship which president park has agreed to do. the other was to hold an independent investigation. the current investigation will be led by government officials clearly a conflict of interest. genie: as you mentioned, the president has promised the families to raise

and warming up to 18 in seoul with sunny skies on friday. so cherry blossoms will continue to come out here. across europe very messy picture once again over the black sea region and turkey because it's going to get very colder. snow is still falling in the mountains and low-lying areas such as ankara. showers are expanding over the iberian peninsula. watch out for large hail and high waves. a and dry area in the admit part of europe. temperatures are actually may to june-like as we go into the next couple of days. take a look, berlin you'll see the high reaching 20 degrees on your saturday. all right, that's it from me now. up next is your three-day forecast. >>> don't go away there's more to come here on nhk world. for all of us here on "newsline," thanks for watching. ♪ cast is reportedly shut down by the islamic state. hackers take over all 11 channels and the website and social media account. iranian ships had to yemen, raising the stakes in the air campaign there. shiite rebels are slowly taking over the country backed by iran. new det

. >>> authorities in seoul have lifted a travel ban on a japanese journalist accused of defaming south korea's president. >>> and a chinese conservationist is trying to protect his hometown as developers cut down trees and destroy a lake. >>> a court in central japan has issued an injunction in a case with implications for the nuclear power industry. it has prohibited the operator of a power plant from bringing two of its reactors back online. the district court said the reactors at the takahama nuclear plant in central japan should not be allowed to restart. a group of residents had asked the court to keep them offline. they said equipment isn't safe. >> translator: to completely stop reactors 3 and 4 at the takahama plant. it's the best decision we could ever imagine. >> officials at the operator said they have taken sufficient measures. japan's gnawnuclear regulators put in new requirements after the crisis at the fukushima daiichi plant. in february they decided the two reactors at takahama satisfied the guidelines. the presiding judge said it would be optimistic to assume there wo

seoul was down .1%. some investors were lacking in profit from the set last week. indonesian shares 3.5%, a lower than expected earnings reports. >>> japanese consumers died out less in march. sales at major restaurant and fast food chains fell for the first time in two months. officials at the japan food service sorks say march sales were down 4.6% from a a year earlier. they say food safety scare at mcdonald's was a major factor behind the slump. sales there fell nearly 30% after a series of incidents at which foreign objects were found in mcdonald's meals. sales at fast food chains dropped 10% overall but family restaurants and other chains saw sales rise. higher grade items on the menu were popular. customers were ready to spend more if they thought the food was worth it. >>> car makers are looking to drive their products into one of

seoul slipped 0.72%. and a look at indonesian stocks continued to fall ending the day down by almost .4 of a percent. executives at sony say they are seeing a turn around in their business. they expect the group's net balance in fiscal 2015 to be in the black for the first time in three years. executives are forecasting a net profit of about $1.2 billion for the year. they released figures for fiscal 2014. they say operating profits more than doubled from the previous year to about $580 million. sony had success in stream lining its television business. that division returned to the black for the first time in 11 years but the company took a loss on sluggish sales of smartphones and booked a net loss of about $1 billion. sony officials say their efforts to restructure low performing divisions are paying off and expect to see growth in their image sensor and game console businesses. >>> executives at mcdonald's holdings japan have come up with an action plan to make sure their food safe. they developed new

seoul at 19 degrees and bangkok, april is the hottest month of the year. so 35 please watch out for heatstroke. out here in the americas thunderstorms and flash flooding is still another potential in the gulf coast and back behind it we have a significant snowstorm that could drop as much as 60 centimeters as snowfall in the higher elevations. denver could see 10 to 20 centimeters again. 9 degrees for the high. and los angeles is warm at 27 degrees. the warmth in central europe will be gone and it is a cooling trend. we have rain coming in which could be on the heavy patches. paris, chances of thunderstorms. just 18 degrees down from 25 yesterday. london is dry at 13 degrees for your high. i'll leave you now for your extended forecast. >>> that's all for now on "newsline." i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. thank you for joining us. x wn by a police officer in the us city of ferguson last august sparked a massive wave of protests against racism within the police force. now us president obama wants to increase transparency and re-train officers to build better re

seoul ended almost flat on profit taking. >>> executives at a major japanese convenience store chain say they're starting a home delivery service to serve senior s lawson and sg holdings will set up a joint venture in june. it includes the sagawa express delivery firm. the new service is aimed at older people who find it hard to go out shopping. >> translator: the need for home delivery will rise with the aging society and increasing nuclear families. >> the service will deliver goods to households within 500 meters of lawson outlets. the new company says it won't charge for deliveries. it plans to launch the service in tokyo and expand it to 1,000 outlets around the country by 2017. >>> youtube has teamed up with a japanese film company to help aspiring video artists make samurai dramas. executives at youtube operator google and toei announced the new service. toei is well-known for its films on the samurai theme. youtube has built a special set at its tokyo studio for the service. they will start shooting samurai videos this week for about two months. video producers can use the se

carter met with his south korean counter part in seoul today. he says the u.s.ill help seoul deal with ways to fight north korea east aggression. >>> nearly 50 victims from the shooting at fort hood have received purple hearts and defense of freedom medals. dozens of survivors and relatives received the medals. army psychiatrist has been sentenced to death in the attack that killed 13 people. >>> the united nations is still grappling with what to do with lethal autonomous weapons systems. you could call them killer robots. military tools designed to fight the enemy without putting soldiers at risk. >> reporter: human rights watch has identified what it says is a sort of ethical loophole in the system. the worry here is that we're going to somehow be entering a world with no accountability. if a commander set these lose on the wrong people and people died there would be no one to blame. you could casually activate a robot, it could kill innocent people and no one would be punished. so let's look at how close we are to a world like this. all branches of the u.s. m

now it's the starting point for a walk from seoul to tokyo. the walk is held every two years, and the latest one began wednesday. about 160 japanese and koreans are taking part. >> translator: i want to be friends with both participants from south korea and japan. all the way to tokyo. >> translator: i want to finish the walk to tokyo with my health intact. >> reporter: the leader talked about his hopes at the departure ceremony. >> translator: we all want to help each other to reach tokyo. on the 50th anniversary of normalized ties between japan and south korea. >> translator: we are heading for tokyo to continue the spirit of friendship of our ancestors. >> reporter: the journey of more than 50 days also includes a bus ride, and a ferry trip. ♪ some wore costumes modeled on korean messengers who traveled to japan 400 years ago. more people are expected to join along the route. organizers say the number will likely swell to 2,000 participants, including some who walk for just a day. the first walk took place in 2007. >> translator: my conditi

our correspondent who is in seoul. it seems as those grief and anger is a powerful combination for the relatives of those on board the ferry. >> very much so. it's been a day characterised by the two emotions. right now we are in the center of seoul in the main plaza, just outside the city hall. as you can see there's a major event going on here. it's sold as a vigil, a candle lit vigil. there's more than a hint of protest in the air. what is expected to happen is there's a commemoration event on the square and then there'll be a march coming up past the city hall towards a thorough fare towards the presidential office. we are told there are 10,000 police on the streets and being held in reserve. as you say, the reason for the anger is to do with what the parents say has been obstruction to their efforts to get an independent investigation into how their parents died - the corruption and lax safety standards involved, the various problems with the government-led rescue effort after the ship began to sink. the president

day when other young people were failed by their elders so needlessly lost their lives, al jazeera seoul. >> the size of the search area from malaysia airlines fright flee 70 will be doubled if no wreckage is found by the end of next month. indonesia'sthe disappearance of that bowing 777 and 239 people a year ago is one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history. >> south africa president jacob zuma called for an end to anti immigrant violence following talks. thoses of fortunes are seeking shelter in police station and refugee camps. six people have been killed in this violence. attackers have been telling immigrant shop keepers to get out of south africa. there are many more south africans who want peace. at a rally protestors asked for an end to the violence. >> a lot of people have been asking what is the south african government doing to stop these attacks on foreigners, organized politicians, people from society, ordinary south africans and people from our countries coming together showing that it is not ok to kill people just because they aren't from africa or because you think

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during a visit to seoul the u.s.essed it is committed to protecting south korea through defense forces. >>> a leading surgeon in ukraine has told al jazeera that babies with complex heart problems related to this chernobyl nuclear disaster will die if funding cuts continue. the rate has quadrupled since the 1986 accident. andrew andrew simmons witnessed one life-saving event. >> reporter: this baby only 3.5 months old is clinging on to life. his heart has been stopped. a machine takes over. the doctor leads what has become known as the chernobyl heart team. he says most if not all of his cases relate to the 1986 nuclear accident. >> this baby was so big and so strange defect. very high probability can be related to chernobyl disaster. >> reporter: after all of this intense surgery, the tiny heart is beating again, and there's now every chance this baby will survive. half an hour later and the mood is positive. >> blood pressure is 96 over 52. he has a good heart rate. so we're happy. >> reporter: within an hour the s

shares up in seoul, handily beating. m/samsung sun beating earnings and investors are enthusiastic on a south korean report. they are out with a report that the first quarter operating profit may top 5%, rising more than 5%, according to the korean economic daily newspaper. this would be above what the analysts are expecting in the quarterin the comparison first quarter drew the fourth quarter of last year and analysts are estimating a more than 3% gain. in operating profit. that would take it to 5.6 trillion, more than $5 billion. the larger picture, the takeaway is that samsung's fortune is improving and of the s six model is doing well. applea key challenger to as it cams out with the latest iphone. samsung has also other lines like the semiconductors and the overall mobile business is powering ahead. the us six, take analysts are not calling it a game changer 6,t it could be the thing -- s analysts are not calling it a game changer but it could be the thing to beat apple. rishaad: we will have a more detailed look at

harry fawcett al jazeera, seoul. >> here is a breath of fresh air. >> thank you.l, they have been avoiding each other over the past few weeks. in fact, they've avoided each other for years floyd way weathermayweather and manny pacquiao. dancers were part of the show. mayweather oozing confidence in his arrival ceremony at the mgm grand that will host the fight saturday. and pacquiao snubbed that event and held his event in another hotel. he said he has never felt better before a fight. >> this what i feel right now my confidence is different than other fights that i had. i feel excited. this is it. i have to prove something. like that. my killer instinct my focus this is what i want. >> everybody that is in this arena is the money chain. it's not just all about making money, it's about giving back. and you know, we always try to make a difference. we don't just--we make--of course i make a lot of money but i also like to give back to the american cities, of course, first. >> well, our correspondent. >> if you're going to have an event billed as the fight of the ce

, in south korea today family members of last year's ferry disaster marched through the streets of seoul. the ferry sank in april last year while on a routine journey to a holiday island. students on a stool trip were on board. 304 people were killed. $400,000 is being offed for each student that died. families want an ininvestigation into what caused the ferry to sink. >>> increased security for worshippers at churches in kenya after thursday's massacre that targeted christians. bill nealy is in nairobi. >> reporter: another shock for kennians today with news that one of the four gunmen responsible for this massacre was in fact not only a kenyan, but the son of a government official. kenyans reading this morning in their maine sunday newspaper about the slou slow response of the elite squad that was sent by the army. it took them seven hours to get a plane to go to the site during which time the paper says terrorists had a field day taunting their victims before that elite squad arrived. today is the first of three days of national mourning here. we've seen something in nairobi that you

harry fawcett, al jazeera seoul. >>> u.s. democratic presidential presidentialingpresidentialingpresidentialing manypresidentialcontender hillary clinton. >> kristin saloomey reports. >> four hours just getting to and from work where she makes just $10 an hour. she says she hasn't had a raise in nearly a decade. >> we really struggling. i mean struggling real bad in the city. so we need the $15 an hour because the cost of living gone up. the transportation gone up. food went up, rent went up so we need the $15 about. >> the fight for 15 started with fast food workers but expanded to include other frustrated low wage workers like agnes. her union the service workers international is behind her. >> that would allow us to take care of our families, so a lot of groups began to coalesce around $15 an hour. >> company mcdonald's says it's increasing its pay to just under $10. that is not nearly enough workers say and will impact only afew employees. rallying outside the business, saying they can't afford increase and will either ha

paula hancocks joins us live from seoul. wondering what the mood is on the ground for the president and the families. the government is to blame according to those waiting for clearancers as to why their loved ones died. >> well, a atmosphere here. at protest tent city. central sol central seoul. they want more input. they want -- less interference as they put it from the government itself. so that has been, sort of a battle between the two sides. you show you what is happening here. one year on. everybody is coming to lay a flower at the make shift memorial there. you can see the back here. a number of photos. these ash the photos of some of the school children. some of the victims, who lost their lives on that day. and went down with the ferry when it sank. of course there are more victims to talk about. there are nine who are yet to be found. those families obviously finding stew dale difficult. they have been asking for the ferry to be lifted. salvaged and hoped their loved ones are find. what we heard from today, from t

they declined the meet the president today in seoul. organizers called off a major remembrance ceremony planned for today, trust frustrated at the government for failing to raise safety standards. >> an april 16 last year, south korea was confronted with these painful images, a passenger ferry full of school children sinking off the southern coast. the mobile phone footage that emerged hurt still more. those children caught between laughter and fear obeying repeated construction r. instruction to say stay put as the ferry overturned, trapping them. >> one mother believes her son is still there. nine bodies remain missing when the search ended in november. >> how can we go back to a normal life? we know where they are. how can we live without finding our kids and husbands? >> for the last few weeks this has been a daily commute for them getting as close as they can to the presidential office demanding that the president keep her promise to return all vicks to their families by raising the wreck. a year after the disaster which rocked thi

we are joined now from seoul, south korea with the story. paula. new information on a memorial being canceled in response to the government's announcement. the announcement of the ferry raised brought grief and anger to the surface as well from relatives of the victims. what exactly is happening today? >> errol, there was that memorial which you saw pictures of, in where the, the si situated where the people were on the field trip. that memorial has been canceled. because the families are angry at the speech. within the speech they would be salvaging the ferry. families believe that what she said was insufficient. they wanted more details. they wanted to know when the ferry would be salvaged. they wanted to know when exactly this investigation would be concluded. there have been very furious differences of opinions between the families and government when it comes to investigating exactly what happened. this is a very desperate day for many of the families of the victim ttz. in particular, for nine who are still waiting for their loved ones to be f

as you see this, the memorial is about two hours away from seoul. this is the high school where the vast majority of the passengers were students. about 250 students, 11 teachers, lost their lives in that disaster. john. >> and, of course, raising the ship will be important because there are still nine victims who are unaccounted for and this will be an ongoing issue for many of the families and many people in south korea. another ongoing issue has been this full, independent investigation, which was promised by president park in the days and weeks after this tragedy. but that hasn't even started. why not? >> well, there's been a preliminary investigation, but there have been many problems with setting up the official investigation. it cools the political stalemate in this country. there were no bills passed in parliament for about five months last year as they were trying to pass a bill that would outline, really, the framework of what this investigation would look like. now, the families, or some of the families, want this investigation to be comp

seoul it says can't stop them as they're civilians, and this is freedom of speech.nts living near the border disagree. last october they physically intervened to stop activists from sending balloons, angry that they were being put in the line of fire which is why lee says he flies his balloons at flight and does not usually invite media. "i want my people to know the truth," he says, "that is when revolutions happen." if you do it in north yeah, you die. by sending balloons from here, it's in safety and secret. he doesn't know for sure who if anyone will see this movie. but he says he knows he has to try. paula hancocks, cnn, seoul. >>> afghan women are being attacked for defending their rights, according to a new report. amnesty international's secretary general joins us to discuss this important issue after the break. meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and na

ambassador mark lippert seen here received deep cuts to his face and arm during the attack in seoul last month. the suspect was arraigned today. police say he chose lippert as a target to highlight his opposition to joint military drills involving south korea and the u.s. >>> negotiations over iran's nuclear program will continue. enough progress has been made to extend the talks in switzerland past yesterday's deadline. leaders from the u.s., iran and five other nations back at the negotiating table today. they are working on the outline of a plan to occur iran's nuclear ambitions. >> i hope that we can finalize the work and hopefully start the process of drafting tomorrow. >> mock the lingering points of dispute -- among the lingering points of dispute, the amount of nuclear fuel iran will allowed to produce in the future and the disposal of its existing stockpile of fuel: in the u.s. republican senator tom cotton of arkansas criticized the stock exchange of the talks saying iran is calling the shots in the negotiations. >>> state attorney general kamala harris will kick off her 2016 u

. >>> defense secretary ashe carter is meeting with the south korean counterpart in seoul this morningrussia and china oppose the move. >>> facebook faces a class action suit over privacy laws in europe. a court heard whether it should take the case. some 25,000 people are suing the country. >>> greece today is making its first big loan payment to the international monetary fund. there was doubt greece might have trouble paying this first installment, but as ali velshi reports from athens that doesn't look to be the case. >> greece has got to start paying back some of this money or at least the interest on it. it has received more than 280 billion euros in loans, and needed to make a payment today of about $500 million. this was an interest payment to the international monetary fund. greece had until yesterday tried to find options around paying this. trying to get russia to lend it the money. the finance minister had been in the united states over the weekend, talking to the head of the international monitor fund to try to get better terms or an extension. that was not granted. and ye

seoul at 26. tokyo, 23. by the way, it is a holiday here in japan. and if you do have some time off, if you are planning on heading out how about heading out to chichibu. next week is golden week. so this is a flying carp for the children's day next week. you might see this around if you are heading out and enjoy some pretty decent weather over the coming days. i'll leave you now with your extended outlook. >>> one more story before we go. a japanese actor who conquered hollywood is now making waves on broadway. ken watanabe has been nominated for a tony award. he is one of the five performers competing in the best lead actor in a musical category. he's nominated for his role in the king and i. the musical is up for awards in a total of nine categories. watts nabe is the first japanese performer to be given a tony nod since 1959. >> i thought he was great. he was really loveable as that character. in a good way. and yeah i really liked him in that role. >> i think he did a very very nice job. yes. he really brought you into the character. absolutely.

in seoul, south korea, this group gathered holding signs.nd this video comes from new zealand, workers are demanding an end to zero hour contracts. diana is a former chief economist at the labor department. she is now at the manhattanist ought to a conservative think tank. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. >> you are of the belief i understand that raising the minimum wage will end up hurting workers. what evidence is there of that? >> if you had to pay $15 an hour for a worker you would hire a different kind of worker one with hire skills. ask any small businessmen, any employer of a large business they would all tell you the same thing. so that means there are fewer jobs for the workers who would earn $7.50 an hour. in that discriminates against poor people who need jobs. it discriminates against low-skill individuals. if you have to pay $15 on hour maybe you could get some kind of electronic kiosk for orders the way they do in germany, but you wouldn't have a worker. >> i want to play for you what kate goodman had to say. >>

seoul ended up 0.17 stretching its winning streak six days. indonesia, down by .2 of 1%. >>> government officials believe japanese people are becoming more inclined to loosen their purse strings. they say consumer sentiment improved in march for the fourth straight month. the consumer confidence index for march stood at 41.7. that's up from the previous month. the index is based on a monthly cabinet office survey of 8400 households of two or more people. officials say improvements is attributed to pay raises as well as the improving job market. the cabinet office revised up where ward its assessment of consumer confidence. it went from showing signs of recovery to recovering. regarding the price outlook for the year from now. 87.8% of households said they expect prices to go up. that's up 0.5 point from the previous month. >>> workers at major firms in japan have won their biggest pay raises in 21 years this spring. many firms offered record level base pay hikes as their earnings improved. the japan business federation is compiling figures fro

seoul ended almost flat. profit taking kicked in after the index touched a four year high. >>> the operator of ana airlines has agreed to join a venture fund to turn around skymark airlines. it's undergoing court supervised rehabilitation. officials have announced the recuse deal at a joint news conference. they will kick in $18 billion yen or $150 million. ana holdings will offer up to 19%. the other firms are expected to provide the remainder. under the deal skymark plans to reduce its capital making its outstanding shares worthless. skymark has hopes to relates its shares within five years. it aims to avoid laying off workers. skymark will submit the rehabilitation plan by late may. >>> the number of foreign tourists to japan hit a record high in march due to the weaker yen and a jump in visitors for cherry blossom viewing. officials at the japan national tourism organization say 1.5 million people visited japan in march. the number of visitors was the highest for a single month since the survey began in 1

let's cross to seoul. and it was an awful tragedy and a year on the anger and emotion is as intense as ever. >> that's right, there's a huge amount of grief and pain from the family members, and we have seen that at the memorial to the 250 schoolchildren killed in this disaster. we have seen a good deal of anger. the prime minister came along this morning trying to pay his respects. he was turned away and parents shouted abuse at him as he left. that's because the parents had been fighting a campaign since the sinking, both to have an independent investigation into how it sank and into the rescue efforts. it was described as inept rescue ests that followed it, and to see the ferry raise from the seabed to investigate what happened to it, and for many of the family members to recover the nine missing bodies. what we heard is the president of south korea, who came in to criticism because of a decision to leave this country, she was at the port in jindo, close to where the sewol sank and wants to seat the fer

fired tear gas and used water canon as demonstrators tried to march toward the president's office in seoul. the crowd gathered to mark one year since the ferry disaster. they accused the government of not improving safety standards since the incident. >> scientists in kenya are worrying the use of antibiotics to kill bacteria in culture are soaring where the demand for meat is growing. malcolm webb reports from nigh nairobi nairobi. >> reporter: business is booming for daniel. his chicken farms near nairobi. key to his suggestions are antibiotics. he puts them in their drinking water. he changes to another drug. >> you will find you have given the treatment as required but maybe 50% of the bugs have not been cured. so what happens, you have to change what you are using because that means it's not effect zarif. >> just a few kilometers in the city, it's takeaways like this where the chickens end up. every day, all across the developing oral more and more people are eating food like this and not only chicken bi other meat and animal products growing populations mean there are more mouths to

al jazeera, seoul. >> authorities say the search area for the us manying flight m 8370, will be doubled if the plane is not found by may. no traces have been found of the boeing 777 which went missing in march. with 239 people onboard. ships are towing sonar equipment in a air narrows down by satellite data. the serj could take another year and recover an additional 60,000 square kilometers. much of northern china has been hit by a sand storm. strong winds push sands across cities. the visibility is limited and people struggle to move around. residents in some areas have been warned to stay indoors as the dusty weather could continue for another four days. >> classes at u.s. schools have had a tough time lately. education budget cuts mean that creative programs often disappear. students at one school in miami, are engaging in artistic expression, and showing the world that art does matter. investigatinger city schools are often stark places to be. 96% of the pupils hoar live below the poverty line, but there is something that makes this difference. the once sparsele ways are adorned wit

and looking at other markets in the region seoul's cospi was up 0.35%, ending at the highest level since august 2011. indonesia closed down by 0.8%. one day before the policy meeting of the country's central bank. >>> the bank of japan governor says he will continue with bold monetary easing to hit a 2% inflation target. haruhiko kuroda says the economy will likely remain on a moderate recovery path. kuroda spoke at a meeting with boj branch managers on monday. he said he expects inflation to stay at roughly 0% for the time being. once the impact of last year's consumption tax hike is excluded. kuroda said low energy costs are putting downward pressure on overall prices. some boj board members expressed concern last month that consumer prices might fall slightly. kuroda said the boj will examine the risk factors that could cause economic activity and prices to fluctuate. he again insisted that the central bank is ready to carry out additional easing measures to end deflation. >>> new figures on producer prices suggest how difficult it is to stem deflation when the effects of last year's

are harry fawcett is in seoul where mourners gather the. here there is more than a tinge of protest in the air as well. that's been the case. families have been opposing what the government has been doing in the year since calling for a fully independent investigation to explain to questions they had about corruption and lax standards leading to the sinking, the problems with the government-led rescue effort that they say meant so many more than were necessary did lose their lives. be saw the were the visited the port and offering a concession saying that she was commit to raising the ship from the seabed to recover the nine still missing people. no matter what the cost would be, because the government talked about the cost. that wasn't enough for the families and cancelled the event in the home down as a result of that. they are standing firm. it's a day of grief and continued anger. and that's the story of the sinking. not just the tragic loss of life, but the deep divisions and harsh questions asked about the way that public life is run

city with a $30 plan for a pretty fast connection but for the same $30 a resident of seoul gets internet that's five times faster. and when it comes to internet on your phone u.s. consumers get 40 times less data than their intrrbled counterparts for same money. >> it's not as fast a cat video loads on your phone or how much you pay for that access. what's at issue is americans' ability to qualify for jobs like this and our potential in a global economy where competition is getting more stiff every day. basically at this point roughly half of low income families have no access to the internet and federal officials estimate that 30% of k-12 schools have appropriate broadband infrastructure, all of this leaves us at a terrible disadvantage. >> our students come to school and the playing field is not level. because not all of our kids have access to the devices. and if they don't have a connection, then they don't have access to the content. to the learning that's available to them when they're not in school. and so that's where access to the internet and technology becomes a civil rights i