fumio kishida and yun byung-se met in seoul on monday for about an hour and then they spoke to reporters. >> translator: the honor and dignity of many women was hurt with the involvement of the imperial japanese army during war time. the japanese government feels responsibility for that. prime minister shinzo abe will make an official apology and express deep remorse for all the women who suffered from psychological and physical wounds that cannot be healed. >> kishida also said the 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 acknowledges the statement and measured announced by the japanese government. we confirm the issue will nowe resolved finally and irversably together with our japanese counterparts on condition the japanese government steadily carries out the steps it has agreed upon. >> and yun touched

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shuhei ikehata, nhk world, seoul. >>> japan's aviation industry is taking off. one company has developed the nation's first commercial aircraft in half a century and a car manufacturer also aims to fly high. next, we look at ways that government and small businesses are teaming up to take advantage of new opportunities. nhk world has that story. >> reporter: the city of niigata in the central government spent $5.3 billion to build this factory. it was completed last spring. it has a small cluster of firms engaged in machining parts for aircraft. >> translator: we hope that components made in niigata will soon find their way into airplanes. >> reporter: the aviation industry is expected to grow substantially. a recent air trade show in tokyo attracted hundreds of firms from around the country. the ministry of economy, trade, and industry estimates sales in the sector will double in five years to $2.5 billion. a typical airplane contains over 300 parts, over 100 time more than an automobile. the company that makes these parts must have advanced technical skill. th

it's called seoul hope studio and bustling with customers. tourists from other countries and couples and families come to get their pictures taken. but two photographers say they are busy all day. this photo studio was sets up as a part of a program to help homeless people catch a fresh start. two of them are now professional photograph photographers. >> translator: i'm very happy with their high quality photos. >> used to own a graphic design business but it failed, so did his parents' business, he was left with a mountain of debt and became homeless. he moved from one house to another. >> translator: i was doing manual jobs and my health got worse and worse. i became lonely and started drinking. once i turned to alcohol, both my body and soul fell apart. >> reporter: he couldn't find work as a day labor roar, a shelter run by a church took him in. he's been living in the attic of the shelter for more than four years. he met a man earlier this year who inspired him to follow a new path. city officials had asked a professional photographer to

in seoul we have this report. >> determined to be heard.r a second time thousands of south koreans march through the streets of seoul to express their anger towards their government. it is not just about history books written by the state or unpopular labor reforms. >> the government has ignored public opinion and would reflect that in policies. each and every one of us have frustrations in our minds. we came out to express that. >> there was a growing mistrust against a second generation po pollalation who was elected three years ago by a small majority and promising to be more aggressive. >> many they believed her. many are worried that president park has other traits in common with hi her father. >> is it is very serious. the freedom of express and the values in the constitution are seriously being undermined. even more serious if they do this to ordinary people. people feel that things have been going well for a while now. the frustration being expressed here is over economic reality. a widening wealth gap and ecorrosion of the middle c

kato is the former seoul bureau chief of the japanese daily. in a column he referred to a south korean newspaper report that questioned park's whereabouts on the day of a deadly ferry sinking last year. he suggested she may have been meeting her former male secretary. the seoul central district court acquitted him, ruling that it was difficult to conclude that kato had attempted to defame the president as a public figure. it said the column was written to report south korea's political and social situation for japanese readers. the japanese government had expressed concern about the trial with respect to freedom of the media. >>> the japanese government has revealed its choice for the main stadium of the 2020 olympic and pa paralympic tokyo games. prime minister shinzo abe says he and his ministers chose a design by an architect. abe said the design met all their criteria for a national stadium and is quintessentially japanese. >> translator: the government will continue to make an all-out effort to impress people around the world with the main

he's senting his foreign minister to seoul for talks. officials are working to schedule a meeting next monday. 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.

. >>> diplomats in japan and south korea are watching to see how seoul prosecutors react to a ruling in a case that has strange ties. a japanese journalist was found not guilty thursday of defaming south korea's president. tatsuya kato is the former bureau chief for sankei shimbun. he was charged after reporting rumors of park geun-hye's whereabouts on the day of the "sewol" ferry disaster. prosecutors have sought an ape-month prison term. kato defended the piece. the japanese prime minister welcomed the ruling. >> translator: i value the court's decision of acquittal. i expect it will have positive effects on our relations with south korea. >> south korea's biggest news wire says the decision will help leaders focus on other issues of mutual concern, including those referred to as comfort women. prosecutors in seoul say they will decide whether they will challenge the ruling after discussing contents of the sentence. they can appeal to a higher court within a week. >>> representatives from libya's two rival governments have agreed to unite within 40 days. the country has been split

in seoul specializing in finding missing children, a korean version of pam with a badge. he runs an investigative team in korea and holds the world h@h@r finding over 3,000 missing children. >> i feel like i need to go on a plane and go to korea, but i don't spspk the language. >> reporter: that's when the worldwide resources of abc news went to work for allen. in seoul, south korea, abc news bureau chief joohee cho helps us pull back the curtain on the four-decade mystery. her first stop, a meeting with mr. lee. >> translator: the most important thing for us is to figure out the mother's identity. >> reporter: almost immediately, a breakthrough. lee finds the twins' mother allen's ex-wife connie, she is listed in the korean government registry. >> she gave birth to twins. and, um, also she was married to allen thomas. so we're like, "bingo! yay." >> reporter: but the registry it was her heart. so joohee's next stop on the advice of mr. lee is korea social service, a small adoption agency. joohee mentions connie's korean name to the woman at the agency. >> when i told her

in may of 1976, a plane from seoul, south korea, arrives at new york's kennedy airport. aboard are two korean children, brother and sister, twins. allen thomas' lost 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 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 nothing like that. >> reporter: she wasn't affectionate with you? >> reporter: she does recall a and then a long flight to somewhere. >> we were in an airplane. we flew, then we landed and here's some people grabbing us. someone that

>> reporter: when the time came, september 10th, 1967, allen rushed connie to the hpital in seoul and got another surprise. and when did you find out it was twins? >> oh,e didn't find out it was twins till she had them. >> reporter: are you kidding? >> no. wow, i remember that day, yeah. >> repter: what was it like setting eyes for the first time on these two little babies? i got a family right now. i was really super proud. >> reporter: connie and the proud father named the twins sandra and james. about a year later, as soon as the military would allow it, allen married connie and adopted her older son, jame.

>> reporter: abc seoul bureau his wife believe connie for adoption. it seems to have haunted her until the day she died. >> she would just go to anyone in the neighborhood and say, "if you see any twins, korean-american twins, looking for mrs. pae, that's me, that's me. make sure that they call me." and she would just look over the photo albums, and her daughter-in-law said she'd just cry and just touch the photos. >> reporter: jame has one more family secret hidden in an old ginseng box. it's a tin time capsule stuffed with mementos of a life that might have been. snapshots of connie. letters from allen. and look at this, the savings bonds allen sent all those years ago. she had saved them all her life. is it possible she planned to give this modest inheritance to her twins one day when they returned? if so, that day never came. allen's facebook page is percolating tonight. the news of the big reunion. >> this is the best news ever. amazing! so glad for you all. so, so wonderful. so overjoyed. it's good to see him reunited with his children. i hope t

in seoul, south korea, abc news pull back the curtain on the four-decade mystery. her first stop, a meeting with mr. lee. >> translator: the most important thing for us is to figure out the mother's identity. >> reporter: almost immediately, a breakthrough. lee finds the twins' mother allen's ex-wife connie, she is listed in the korean government registry. >> she gave birth to twins. and, um, also she was married to allen thomas. so we're like, "bingo! yay." >> reporter: but the registry says connie died in 2007. it was her heart. so joohee's next stop on the advice of mr. lee is korea social service, a small adoption agency. joohee mentions connie's korean name to the woman at the agency. >> when i told her the name of pae seong-eun, and she had twins and, you know, there was this whole story on facebook, i got a feeling that she knew who i was talking about, but she wouldn't admit it. her allen has no right to access the adoption records, but there is someone who does. >> she said, "only siblings have rights to ask for it." she gave me that hint. it was like, "wo

thousands of south koreans take to the streets of seoul in anti-government protests. climate action day, pressure mounts on world leaders to come up with a binding plan to tackle climate change. we're live in paris. we start with a developing story after a raid on a home of a suspected fighter in tripoli. he had been wanted by the authorities for over a year. the taking part in fighting in tripoli between supporters and the presidents of syrian government. some members of the security forces were injured in the incident. the director of the islam institute for public policy and he says this is the latest incident in a long-running conflict. >> there are pockets of these groups all across north to northern eastern lebanon. a decade ago they were out in isolate camps in the mountains, and now they're in the poorest areas of tripoli. recently they have been hooked up and in the iraq war some of the palestinian camps in lebanon where areas where they were trained to sent and fight in iraq with the groups against the american army. this has developed now with a syrian law

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 of state resources to tip the playing field in favor of the ruling party candidates. right here for example, the socialist candidate is distributing a government subsid

a report from seoul. >> reporter: more subdued atmosphere here than a few weeks ago. many are saying that's because there is a lack of police presence that has definitely diffused any potential tensions here. the fact that you can't really see many police out on the street. that means the protestors hope that the spotlight will be on the issues that they want govern to address. number one, work reforms, otherwise there will be more unemployment for them in low paying jobs. another factor is state authored history textbook which the government wants to replace. the eight books that are currently in schools and being used there right now. they shows this a tendency of dictatorial leadership. overall, many are coming out into the streets to express a general frustration with just the way life is in seoul at the moment and in korea in general. they feel that there is a widening wealth gap and that the workers here are only becoming poorer >>> the f.b.i. is investigating the mass shooting in the u.s. state of california as an act of terrorism. there are reports that the wo

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fact that the japanese government is concerned with 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 resolve this matter in an appropriate manner such as consulting with proper organizations. >> his counterpart fumio kishida told reporters that the statue would be relocated. but the group says it symbolizes their history and they don't condone the government's remarks on its removal or relocation. the largest opposition party also called the agreement unacceptable. party officials said japan has turned its back on its legal responsibility. president park made an announcement stressing that the agreement was reasonable and called on south korean people to accept it with a view to improving ties with japan. officials in the park administration are facing difficult challenges. they need to gain public approval for the agreement and persuade the group to cooperate in the relocation of the statue. south korean media are divided over the deal. the korea "joongang daily" newspaper offered a measure of support refe

seoul, pretty significant drop heading to the latter part of your week. let's talk about what is going on across europe unto eastern europe and southwestern russia, we have winter storm warnings in effect. potent moving towards ukraine. high pressure dominating central europe. our next storm system will bring blustery conditions with it. paris with a high of 12. madrid at 16. london partly cloudy for tuesday with a high of 11. here is your extended outlook. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm mika yamamoto in tokyo. we'll be back at the top of the hour. please stay tuned. >> "euromaxx highlights." and here's your host, megan leigh. >> welcome to our highlight show with the best picks of the week. here's a look at what's coming up. filmmaker andi jansen and his amazing surfer videos. british chef jamie oliver promotes "super foods." german singer-songwriter alex diehl creates a hit peace anthem. german videographer andi jansen has chosen to pursue a career that makes quite a splash -- literally. he films surfers. his job is quite demandi

he's senting his foreign minister to seoul for talks. officials are working to schedule a meeting next monday. 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 indepen

we thought it would be in seoul or pyongyang, instead it is in the industrial complex. we've had word of initial pleasantries and initial greetings during which the north korea head delegate said during the last eight years or so, there had only been a handful of high level talks usually in response to some kind of emergency in relations. this, he said could be the start of the real effort to try and improve the situation on the peninsula in terms of the relationship between the two governments. as for the agenda itself, it hasn't been made. it's almost certain that the south korean side will raise the issues of reuniting families, wanting more regular events where separated families separated for decades can meet at least briefly with their family members from the other side of the border, the north korea side likely to argue for resumption of tourism. one project in the southeast of north korea suspended since 2008, they want that to restart. >>> it's taken four days and four nights and a cost of 1,300 russians to read through four volumeles of war and peace. and so i

thousands of south koreans take to the streets of seoul against anti government protests. three gunmen dressed in police uniforms have been killed in burundi's capital. it is the latest incident in the african nation hit by violence over the president's third term. the government says it's fighting insurgence. catherine soi talks to some of the men who say they're just protecting their neighborhood. >> reporter: when the sun sets, work begins in a suburb of burundi's capital bujumbura. piere and others say they're protecting their homes from security forces and members of the ruling political party youth wing, which they blame for the recent spate of random and regular killings in the city. they will defend themselves, this man says. a little earlier we met two young men. they dress like police and dig out a grenade. he says they will use this today. they p wouldn't say where they get their weapons from. >> translation: police have been coming to our neighborhood to arrest and kill us, but at night we go to where they are and fight them. >> reporter: what started as peacef

coming off seoul and toke yo reached an agreement to address the longstanding comfort women issue. >>tal of belgium has canceled its knew year's eve fires works display. after uncovering plans for attacks and arrester two people. they have been on high alerts since attacks in november in paris. several attackers had links there. >>> rat least 24 people have died after four days of heavy rains in the u.s. state of missouri and illinois. hundreds of people have been moved from their homes. the extreme weather has led to waters of the mississippi river to rise. leaving a section of it being closed off to vessels. national guard has been called in to help rescuers. >>> and the south american nations of brazil, argentina, paraguay and uruguay are experiencing their worst flooding in half a century. more than 100,000 people have been displaced after heavy rain thanks for the el nino weather pattern. we have the latest from argentina's capital. >> reporter: people are living in the floods. scenes like these are repeated themselves all around south american. areas have been flood today days,

in any case, the army moves past the demarcation line and captures seoul. 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

we're in seoul with this report. >> determined to be heard. for the first time in that is than a group express their anger. >> the government that ignored bubble billion will fight to excep. >> a second generation politician who was elected three years ago by a small majority on the promise of being more progressive. mark's father was president for nearly 20 years after a military coup in 1961. he's credited for driving the country's economic growth. so when his daughter came in for economic reformation many reviewed. >> he put these anti-ghost toastest on his job. >> it is very serious. the freedom of expression and the values. it is very serie serious if they do this to ordinary people. >> but these ordinary people will not be deterred. they feel liking in has been going on for a while lou. around every could if. >> it isn't just the streets they're going to be heard. with more south koreans felling worse off than they have before they hope that change comes between their silent prayers and the anger. al jazeera, seoul. >> rains in the south

the foreign minister is set to travel to seoul next week on a mission. i have prepared to do my utmost to resolve the comfort women issue. to improve relations between japan and south korea. >> after taking office in early 2013, the south korea president initially refused to meet with shantou abbe for bilateral talks. president park called it the biggest obstacle to relations between japan and south korea. 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 dange

i think says bonesteel it's important that the americans control seoul, the old capital.he draws crayon line just north of san francisco, just north of seoul and takes it -- the map is still preserved. takes it in to marshall, 38 parallel, let's ask the state department to tell them to tell moscow, moscow is signaled. the russians say, you know, we are delighted because we've been pressing and tanks keep getting bogged down in the mud and our troops are exhausted. yeah, we will stop at the 38th parallel, you guys can take prisoner over japanese. we will appoint sung in the north. and from that moment on two countries are born, which is you know in 1951, that war still in progress with this 4-kilometer wide. a wonderful code to this because i begin this story talking about the capture of the uss pueblo in 1968. if you remember this was a spy ship captured, brought the men, 80 of them were in prison, tortured, humiliated, had a horrible, horrible time. the ship itself is still a museum said to be a uss ship regarded by the u.s. navy on active but temporarily out of commissi

al jazeera, seoul. >> venezuela says its government is facing it's toughest electoral test yet.he parliamentary polls, and there are concerns about the integrity of the voting system. lucia newman reports. >> in caracas working-class mothers scramble to get free baseball caps, propaganda being offered by the socialist party. we're assured that venezuela's voting system is tamper 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 says that it's satisfied with venezuela's electronic voting system gives sufficient guarantees. but is that enough? it's not the actual voting process that is raising red flags but everything leading up to it, and it's the use and abuse of state resources to tilt the playing field firmly in favor of the ruling party candidates. >> right here, for example, the socialist candidate is distributing a government subsidy benefit to young mothers, who are reminded that it is their duty to defend the revolution with their vote. the

a lot is given a loss tibet that the seoul '88 but it your testimony you say to talk about the good guys that are heavily outnumbered >> yes. look as they condemn the islamic state. most newspapers or television stations or public leaders muslim or non muslim so if you look at the world war production of media, no doubt there are more of us they of them. people are searching for this type of stuff with a subculture with that niche day radically outnumber everyone else. >> memory is an organization founded s.a. a pie in the year from the middle east to the voice is the use of words of the region such as terrorism and reform in the up muslim world and to present the tools that is key information what exactly is being said in their own words? people say one thing in their back but we try to present that reality is accurately as possible. >> we need to recognize just like extremists have in the oven government quarters of the world from northern mali they have taken the vantage of most of the of mcgovern to space existed and social media. >> it is a good thing. em that defaults the position.

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harry fawcett has more from seoul. >> reporter: these talks have their genesis in the heightened tensionsween north and south korea in august which lead to an exchange of fire across the demilitarized zone, and then a marathon session of talks leading to a deal that mandated regular senior level communications between the governments. we have expected perhaps it would be more senior than this, perhaps in seoul, instead we have these slightly more junior level talks. so far we have had word of the initi initial mren -- mrpleasantries. he said this could be the start of a real effort to try to improve the situation on the peninsula. as for the agenda, it hasn't been made public, but it is almost certain that the south korean side will raise the issue of reunions of separated families. there was one in october, south korea has argued for much more regular events. the north korean side likely to argue for resumption of interkorean tourism. there is one project in the southeast which has been suspended since 2008. >>> it has taken four days and four nights and a cost of 1,300 russians to read

protests in seoul. >> we are now investigating these horrific acts as an act of terrorism >>> the f.b.i. says there's no evidence that the couple behind the mass shooting in california acted on instructions from i.s.i.l. in the capital have burundi, three men wearing police uniforms have been killed after attacking a car belonging to a police commander. it is the latest incident in a nation hit by violence over the president's third term in office. ka catherine soi on the story now. >> reporter: when the sun sets, work begins in the suburb of burundi's capital bujumbura. pierre and a few others are on neighborhood watch. they say they're protecting their homes from security forces and members of the ruling political part wing. if they attack us, we will defend ourselves this man says. a little earlier we met two other young men. they dress like police and dig out a hidden grenade. he told us he would use it today. they wouldn't say whether they're an organized unit, have a leader or where they get their weapons from >> translation: police have been coming to our neighborhood in the dayt

. >> and there was another film celebrated last night in seoul, south korea.pening the same day as "star wars." here in hollywood fans are camped out eight days before opens. >> they should watch "sisters" first, then buy another ticket for "sisters" but then go sit in the "star wars" theater. >>that, tina's always thinking. just found out that she's a grammy nominee in t best spoken word category of the audio book of her memoir and tina was nominated in the same category in 2012. >> good to be nominated. but think of the bragging rights wins. they're sisters. >>> hard to be humble when you look like this. that's alexander scarsguard. a sexy new look. and only we have first scenes. >> he'starzan, you're jane. he'll come for you. >> alexander bulked up. he's ripped as tarzan. from his true blood vampire to this. he said he did it by lifting weights and eatingchicken. whatever he did, it worked. he basically said good-bye to his family for six months to make thisfilm. >> he is no normal man. seeing evil spirits. the ghosts in the trees. >> and there's that tarza

a diver in seoul south korea put on an underwater performance, visitors watched as he swam with more than 20 thousand sardines and a white spotted eagle ray. >>> now time for a look ahead. president obama is expected to sign into law an over haul of the no child left behind policy. the new legislation gives states authority to decide how to use federally amandaed math and test results in evaluating teachers in schools.mandated math and tet results in evaluating teachers in schools. . raven simone turns three. bobby flay, happy birthday. and keep it right here for more news weather and 'round one' of steady rain, kicks off this morning. we have reporters all over the bay area watchin >>> round one of steady rain kicking off this morning. we have reporters across the bay area watching conditions as the wet weather washes right through your morning commute. >>> how to prosecute a woman for stealing coffee at a muslim man praying in a public park. "today in the bay" starts right now. >>> good thursday morning, thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. powerful

is coming up south korea celebrated the beginning of 2016 with a bell-tolling ceremony in central seoul. the bell was tolled 33 times, to bring well- being to south korean citizens. chief meteorologis t ron demers joins us with the forecast. after many including sioux city bottomed out in sub-zero territory this morning, we'll end the year 2015 on a similarly, but not quite as cold note with lows near 10 degrees tonight. also, don't be too worried about a few flurries that might fall in some spots tonight, they shouldn't interrupt your new years plans much at all. we'll begin the year 2016 on a bright note with lots of sunshine and highs near 30 tomorrow with a brisk breeze out of the west. we'll see similar conditions this weekend and early next week with returning and a slight chance of a snow shower or two next thursday. a small group of siouxlanders playing a big two me mbers of st. matthew church in mapleton, iowa and two from st. luke lutheran church in the floats. they started working on tuesday. and, will continue through tomorrow. then they'll enjoy friday off to watch all of t

seoul kospi snapped its six-day losing streak ends at 0.2%.he central bank's decision to home the key rate at a kilo came as no surprise to investors. sydney's index at 0.8%. hong kong's index declined for a sixth straight day. mumbai rebounded after six days of losses. and here's a look at some of the other business stories we're following. >>> a japanese government survey reveals a big divide in how firms feel about the economy. for the october to december period, large companies have a positive business sentiment of 4.6. but small or medium firms, the index is negative 7.7. large companies are also updeet about the three months to come with large firms at 5.6. smaller firms are pessimistic at minus 7.9. >>> bank of japan analysts say goods have fallen for the eighth month in a row. they say the price index is down 3.6% from the year earlier. the analysts say the fall is mainly due in decline in prices for iron scrap and waste and that's because of the slowdown in the chinese economy. >>> on honda board of directors have received the okay fo