." >> i've been in seoul for six months.onest, you know, i was never public until now. >> reporter: we went for an evening out in seoul with north korea's former deputy ambassador in london before he defected in august. the first time on the subway? >> yes, that's right. >> reporter: a someone of his rank is extremely rare. this was the first time he had walked about in public. just off camera, six bodyguards watched his every move as we made our way down one of the busiest shopping streets in asia. north korea has assassinated defectors in seoul. >> to prevent more possible defections from north korea, i think kim jong-un may do anything. >> reporter: even kill you? >> of course. why not? >> reporter: the man who could order an assassination is kim jong-un, the dictator is the third member of the kim family to rule north korea. they have controlled the impoverished country with an iron clad fist for 70 years. this was last week's missile test. kim devotes a quarter of his country's economy to weapons like this and his milli

. —— seoul. and how the bbc team of journalists escaped an sole. —— seoul. the bbc team ofjournalists escaped an eruption ofjournalists escaped an eruption of mt etna. this hole was made by one of the hot rocks that rained down on us. on the ground in china : the down on us. on the ground in china § the so—called people's war on with the so—called people's war on terror. recent attacks have all been with the so—called people's war on tern and scent attacks have all been with the so—called people's war on tern and low-tech. :ks have all been with the so—called people's war on tern and low-tech. a, have all been with the so—called people's war on tern and low-tech. a handfull been with the so—called people's war on tern and low-tech. a handful of een farmers armed only with young farmers armed only with knives. and it is back to class in seoul with bbc‘s on professor dad. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. glad you could join us it is eight o'clock in singapore, in o'clock in singapore, midnight in london and

we're expecting her to arrive at the prosecutor's office in central seoul within the hour. we'll keep you updated on this developing story as details come on. >>> onto other stories. we take you to europe where japan's prime minister is on a four-day visit in the region. >> translator: we have in favor of multilateralism and reject protectionism. >> the comments reflect concerns over rising protection sentiment fueled by the united states. on saturday g20 finance nisters dropped a pledge to resist protectionism. the move is being interpreted as a concession to america's first policies by donald trump. they agreed to work closely to maintain order in waters stretch frg the indian ocean to the pacific. abe and his german counterpart doubled down otheir support for free trade. the two agreed do pursue an economic partner agreement. it will serve as an important message. >> translator: countries should be able to trade freely without barriers. germany and japan are doing their utmost to create an economic partnership agreement. >> translator: i have agreed with chancellor merkl

for more on park and her legacy we have the seoul bureau chief. she has described herself being wedded to the country, a country which has now made her a scapegoat for widespread corruption. is she the sflikt this saga? >> it is tragic nick a way that her personal life which as you recounted as so filled with tragic moments has ended like this for her political career. and if you look back over the last four years of her presidency, that, again is has been one that has also been marked by national tragedies. and in a way think that those are what she leaves behind that is part of her legacy now. and, of course, her impeachment upheld yesterday by the constitutional court. >> and given her family's connections with the country and the park dynasty, do you sense that there might be a come back for her after all of the criminal legislation has happened? >> reporter: i just don't see that happening. >> i visited recently her hometown and also the hometown of her father nearby and just to gauge the mood there. and this was before the impeachment. and t

tempers are frayed here on the streets of seoul. this is not indicative of the whole of south korea. some people are happy that park geun-hye has been impeached. some people coming out on the streets saying they wanted her to go. there was cheering. of course, here, there is big disappointment. >> paula, thank you. a fascinating breaking story in south korea. christine, there is a huge story. a corruption scandal. first female president and first ever impeached in south korea at the heart of the corruption charged that she forced corporations to give millions of dollars to foundations she runs. the allegations. now this opens the door for criminal now she doesn't have the protection of the office. this favors dialogue with north korea. this could change tensions in the region. >> she has been an ally of the united states. a region that is stability there paramount. you have the rise of china and north korea instability and fear of north korea. this is an american ally that is undergoing some obviously a crisis here. >> and the prote

he'll be visiting tokyo, beijing and seoul.ion and missile threat it continues to pose to other countries, dave. >> alexandra field live in seoul. thank you. >>> breaking news, a deadly attack at a military hospital in afghanistan. this came near kabul. the attack included at least one explosion and gunfire. i want to bring in cnn international correspondent nick paton walsh. he's been following the developments from beirut. good morning. >> this is an attack right at the very symbolic heart of the afghan security apparatus. the diplomatic quarter of kabul, as you said, a stone's throw from the american embassy compound that shore impenetrable. disguised in medical personnel, got in, they have weapons, appear to have grenades. afghan officials say their special forces have held them back but there are terrifying images of people on the balconies there. commandos landing on the hospital roof itself. this is a place where afghans, soldiers and police wounded are frequently taken. at a time when they're experiencing over 6,000 cas

this is one of five factories in seoul that processes food waste. this machine dries the food waste and turns it into animal feed in just three hours. another byproduct of the food recycling is biogas: a mix of methane and other gases that can be burned for energy. this plant creates enough biogas to meet 90% of its electricity needs. hyun says besides assessing fines, publicizing the benefits of food recycling is key to citywide cooperation. >> as the awareness increases, i can say that out of 1,000 households, there are about 10- 15% of households that do not produce any food waste at all. as we receive more support, i see we are on the right path to save the environment and more recycling. >> reporter: in the four years residents and businesses have been charged by the weight of their food waste, seoul's overall food waste has decreased 10%, by more than 300 tons a day. the environmental management division hopes to triple that reduction to 30% over the next four years. to learn about the factors contributing to the divide between life in rural a

♪ >> its judgment day in seoul.resident park geun-hye waits to hear if she can keep her job and immunity from prosecution. >> investors looking at friday's critical payroll numbers, which may realize a pay hike -- a rate hike next week. that it may warning take 15 years to clinch a trade deal with europe. for ak is now looking seventh ceo in just 12 years. the second hour of "daybreak asia," coming to you live from bloomberg's asian headquarters. it is just after 8:00 a.m. >> it's just after 7:00 here in new york. i am betty liu. in termsof a lead and of equities. we did jump back from the lows. investors are taking a wait and see attitude before the jobs report on friday here in the u.s. >> it seems like the dollar is really helping the move, especially dollar-yen. let's get to the market open with david. talk about dollar-yen quickly. the today chart, as you can see, it's rarely clear that the rates should all be shifting to the upside. that's what traders are telling us at the moment. there is some upside risk ah

temperatures for asia are as follows. 15 in seoul.n to 8 in beijing with rainy weather on thursday. and rainy wither in hong kong as well. and partly sunny wither in manila with a high of 34 degrees. let's go to north america. severe weather happened on tuesday across the southeastern corner of the country. we have numerous reports of damaging winds as well as hail in south carolina. hail as large asas baseballs fe. also in georgigia, a tree fell down on a home, killing one person, unfortunately. now rainy weather istillll occurring across the carolinas. but that weather will likely move away as we go into tomorrow. then across the oppositete sidef the nation, we're e expectctinge heavy rainllll across s the wes coast. seattle will see one more day of wet weather and rainy weather will likely happen in los angeles as well. temperatures are going to be as follows. 17 in los angeles. seattle at 12 degrees. but on thursday, drier weather is expected to come back. still on the hot side in denver, 24 degrees. down to minus 1 in winnipeg. o

we live in seoul with the latest. i'm rico hizon in singapore.is exactly a year since i thanks and she took over from the military regime. expectations were high, we look at how much was changed. —— aung san suu kyi. live from our studios in london. and singapore. good morning and welcome to the programme. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and one in the morning in brussels, where a hand—delivered letter from the british prime minister has made history. theresa may has written to the president of the european council, formally announcing britain's intention to leave the eu. a process that will end for decades of membership. both sides now have two years of complex and difficult negotiations to work out. exactly what life will be like after the divorce. some moments make us. this is one. the minute in westminster, belfast, edinburgh and cardiff that the united kingdom formally changed course. the article 50 process is now underway and in accordance with the wishes of the british people, the united kingdom is leaving the european union. t

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this is the centre of seoul. this is one of the main streets in the centre of seoul. down the middle of the street. what you can't see is that right behind that barrier there are hundreds of police and vehicles and then beyond that, anti—park people. they've set up effigies of the disgraced ex—president and the others like the head of samsung, facing corruption accusations. a left of centre government may well win here. in washington, the white house was unperturbed. it's a domestic issue, in which the united states takes no position in the outcome of that election. it's up to the korean people and their democratic institutions to determine the future of their country. in north korea, people probably speaking under supervision, have voiced pleasure at park geun—hye's demise. he says, "during the last four years, park geun—hye has brought suffering to oui’ geun—hye has brought suffering to our people. she should be punished very severely." in north korea, leaders are not located. the news from the south may play two ways there, it shows disarray in the south, but also

seoul's cospi ending up almost 0.8%. 2,133 the finishing number there. samsung electronics shares climbed to an a all-time high. >>> the operators of the tokyo stock exchange have agreed t to strengthen ties with saudi arabia's stock market. japanese officials are keen for the world's largest oil company to list its shares in tokyo. japanese officials will offer technical advice how a company could list its stocks in multiple exchanges under the terms. >> we see this as the beginning of a long and prosperous relationship that without a doubt opens up new prospects. >> saudi aramco planned to go public next year, and its market cacapitalizationon is estimated around $2 trillion. executives are looking to offer its shares abroad in addition to the exchange in the saudi capital. they are said to be reviewing markets in europe and the u.s. as well as japan. officials in hong kong and singapore have also launched bids. >>> knockoffs of famous brands and other counterfeit products are a growing headache around the world and the middle east is no exception. nhk

we get the latest from seoul. —— jae—yong corruption. we get the latest from seoul. ——jae—yong lee.us. “— seoul. ——jae—yong lee. gladlyjoin us. —— glad you could join us. in washington, they have been addressing north korea's latest missile test. and there was a blood message for north korea. —— blunt. she had this to say about kim jong on: we are not dealing with a rational person. if this was any other country, we would be talking about that, and it would not be an issue. this is not a rational person. they have not had rational acts, and are not thinking clearly. so what can tell you is the sense of the united states is that we are re—evaluating how we are going to handle north korea, going forward, and we are making those decisions now, and will act accordingly. malaysia is having its own problems with north korea. the two countries have banned each other citizens from leaving their countries. this followed the killing of kim jong—nam. but the private assistance lines of dramatic medication are, for the moment, still open. at the moment, they are still on, because they provide u

thank you very much werejoining us from seoul. —— radu. —— let's.igence at the time of the us election has denied there was any wire—tapping of donald trump or his campaign. mr trump had accused president obama of ordering the wire—tap but offered no evidence. the white house has asked congress to investigate the allegations. nick bryant reports from new york. on the sunday talk shows this morning, one main topic of discussion... in his extraordinary twitter tirade, donald trump accused his predecessor barack obama of being a sick and bad guy who ordered wire taps at trump tower in a watergate—style conspiracy. and this morning the white house issued a statement asking that as part of their investigation into russian activity, the congressional intelligence committee exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016. but the white house has produced no evidence to back—up the president's claims and seems to be hoping these congressional committees will come up with some. let's get the t

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see evidence in seoul.position party national assembly member and hejoins me now from seoul. they have been very big demonstrations against the president but clearly a lot of activity we are seeing it now — what is going on? but clearly a lot of activity we are seeing it now — what is going 0mm the wake of the controversial court ruling, in teaching... i mean, stripping the president of the... the post of office of the presidency, the nation is very dangerously divided now between two groups of people. one group of people saying that the constitutional court ruling is not the correct one. whereas the other group is an support of the constitutional court ruling but the matter... as you rightly pointed out... that is a great amount of concern about where the nation is headed to in the aftermath of the impeached president as she leaves the presidential management and we're looking forward to see the presidential elections in two months time. i know the us has nearly 40,000 troops stationed in south korea. at a

we are live in seoul.nvestors counting down to crucial payroll numbers which could trigger a rate hike. given a the u.k. is brexit warning, it could take 15 years to clinch a trade deal with europe. the trump administration is told china is not to blame for years of lost american job. clearly we are watching very closely those developments in deou-- seoul. remember this protest we had that led to calls for the president to be impeached. haidi: we are seeing stocks around the region holding up pretty well. goldman sachs saying the korean won has been the best-performing currency up 5.5 year to date but given that we have busy domestic if the impeachment vote is upheld and that means an election within xp days time, further uncertainty. economic issues and political tensions as well with the north. aheadof challenges regardless of what that outcome is today. rashaad: absolutely. canill be learning if she keep her job and her immunity from prosecution area they are set to rule on the legality of park geun-hye

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this is outside the constitutional court in seoul.ently removed from office. we will keep you posted. stay with us. thanks to a ridge of high pressure, thursday turned out to be a glorious day for many. plenty of sunshine and a top of 17 in england. during the course of the night, central and eastern areas will hold on to the clear skies. friday morning, temperatures quite chilly. further south and west, increasing cloud, light and patchy rain, hillfog, and some mist as well. a bit more of a breeze here, so a mild start in southern areas and further east. this area of low pressure will bring increasingly unsettled weather to western areas. friday morning, an east—west split. cloudy and breezy here across the west with drizzle. chilly and bright in the far east. a bright start in scotland and the northern isles. further west, cloudy with light rain. mist and murk in northern ireland and hill fog. also the case for north—west england and the south—west of england. the east of the pennines and east anglia, it will be a chilly start. at l

. >> i am in seoul. head over to china as factory inflation just surged, that lift -- lifted the outlook for global inflation. let's bring in our own -- bring in our reporter from beijing. >> they were a big number as well. we got 7.8% was the increase we saw for the month of february. biggest rise in eight and a half years we have seen. increase, that happens around september of 2015. , it isng to the analysts higher material costs. there is the shrinking of that, ultimately it is a good news story for china so they can pay down their debt and profit. we also have the consumer price inflation that will increase by 0.8%. that increases to two and a half percent in january. food prices falling in january, the big outlook is prices picking up, with january and february. they then come up. we expect to get a clearer theure on inflation in second quarter. >> let's get to the other big story that is happening in that part of the world. sees tensions with north korea, how is the sole rescinding this decision.

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he'll number tokyo, beijing and seoul. topic on the agenda, the nuclear and missile threat from north korea. christine. >> alexandra field live for us from seoul. thank you for that. >>> early congratulations pouring in for dallas mavericks star dirk nowitzki on a handful of what players have reached before. andy scholes is here on set with us. good morning, andy. he's got "bleacher report" next for us. ♪ ♪ you have access to the right information at the right moment. ♪ ♪ and when you filter out the noise, it's easy to turn your vision into action. ♪ ♪ it's your trade. e*trade. start trading today at etrade.com e*trade. it's realizing beauty doesn't stop at my chin. roc®'s formula adapts to delicate skin areas. my fine lines here? visibly reduced in 4 weeks. chest, neck, and face cream from roc®. methods, not miracles.™ [bullfighting music] [burke] billy-goat ruffians. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ when i got into my accident ♪

seoul a dry back. i'll leave you now with your extended outlook. >>> that wraps up this edition of nhk "newsline." of nhk "newsline." thanks for joining us. anchor: hello and welcome to"fokus on europe." one of the stories we arebringing you today takes a close look at the wave of politicalprotest sweeping across romania. the eastern european country'sgovernment has tried to reverse the fight against corruption.in response, tens of thousands of romanians have braved thefreezing cold and taken to te streets. >>it is about the principle.we do not want to be ruled by thieves anymore, says thiswoman. anchor: more on this is comingup later in the program. they lost everything.despite proudly serving and representing their country,several turkish nato officers living in belgium are now hidingfrom their own government.

seoul's kospi is trading higher and australia up by 1.1%.h china's market will open in under half an hour. >>> u.s. officials have frozen the assets of certain investors for suspected insider trading. the move relates to a deal involving japanese i.t. giant soft bank. the scc officials say the unnamed investors made $3.6 million in profits through soft bank's takeover of fortress investment group of the u.s. softbank announced the deal after the new york stock exchange closed on february 14th. the scc alleges that the investors obtained information about the acquisition before it was made public, bought fortress shares and later sold them at higher prices. they plan to demand to return the profits and pay fines. >>> the head of taiwan's precision industry for hon hai says he's very interested in buying a majority stake in a semiconductor business that toshiba will spinoff. >> yes. i'm sure yous. >> you're serious? >> very serious. >> more than $20 billion? >> i don't know the details. this is not disclosure in this moment, but we are very se

steve evans in seoul.ding to the leak of the d raft it was responding to the leak of the draft report into its handling of allegations of discrimination againstjess varnish by steve sutton. david 0rnstein is that the national cycling centre, tell us about what is in the document? for almost one year this has been hanging over british cycling, britain‘s most successful and well funded 0lympic britain‘s most successful and well funded olympic sport, like a dark cloud. it started when sprint cyclist jess cloud. it started when sprint cyclistjess varnish made allegations of sexism and discrimination against the former performance director shane sutton. that is before other riders and stav supported her, talking about a culture of fear and bullying. —— other riders and staff. a report into the culture of british cycling was commissioned, a leaked draft published in the daily mail backed up published in the daily mail backed up many of the complaints, perhaps most damningly describing certain‘s predecessor, sir

steve evans in seoul. we will keep an eye on how things fair for the firm.of asia. news that toshiba's nuclear unit filing for bankruptcy protection. we talked a lot about the woes for the firm. it is the nuclear unit of toe sheba. it is the nuclear unit of toe sheba. it has been facing multi—billion losses as a result of accounting fraud. they should be able to get their financial affairs fraud. they should be able to get theirfinancial affairs in fraud. they should be able to get their financial affairs in order. and then you would hope emerge out of the other side, but it will protect them while they can do that. so news just in toe sheba's loss—hit nuclear business has filed for ba n kru ptcy nuclear business has filed for bankruptcy protection. more from our teams in asia on bbc business live. the focus will be on sterling. let me show you what's happening in europe. a big day, triggering article 50 later today. playing out on the markets across the day. opening up higher, but we will get the real impact when we find out what is happening over the next

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demonstrators in seoul are rallying for and against her. and she's been at the center of a major skrupcorruption scandal. the constitutional court held her december impeachment on friday. and that is when some of the protests turned violent. at least three people were killed. for more now, our will ripley is out and about in seoul at a pro park gathering right now. those are still going on i guess. hello there, will. >> reporter: they are. although we do get the sense that this is basically a victory lap now for these demonstrators. remember, they have been coming out here for months, sometimes with crowds larger than a million people. and they have been demanding the impeachment of president park, they have been demanding an end to government corruption, a new leader and now what we see is people who are celebrating. they feel like democracy has worked -- sorry about that, sometimes it's easy to bump into people. you hear celebratory music, the fell lo on tow on the loud spea. and it is in sharp done tras co what is hais happening over her

host: there are 20 family people in seoul, south korea. -- 20 so it would be million people in seoul, south korea. guest: it would be tragic. i would apiece last month in where i suggest that we should to bring about the stone and as a stepping andhe strategy for the past what they came to be known as strategic patients work until to go back torees , so that wasement a requisite for us sitting down with them. the problem is that by that point, they were no longer using the program as a bargaining chip or to get an attention. there was already a vital component in the national defense strategy, so they were unwilling to put that on the table. is wee happened essentially allowed them, well, not talking to them, we allowed them to develop their capabilities in nuclear technology and also in missal technology, so the ability to deliver a device, which they did not have in 2006 when the first detonated their first device. points,o year earlier the secretary of state making his first trip to south korea meeting with leaders but complicating this is you no longer have the president in power.

a short time ago she arrived at her private home in seoul. from office on friday after being linked to a corruption scandal. thousands turned out for rallies in seoul yesterday, a day after three people died in protests. earlier i spoke to our correspondent stephen evans in seoul. he began by giving me more detail on park's return to her private home. her supporters were there, cheering her like she was the conquering hero come home. people were wondering about her demeanour after her time in the blue house, was she down, up, defiant? her demeanour was very defiant, a smile on her face as she waved out of the car window, then she got out and shook hands with political allies. a statement was issued saying the truth will come out, it will take some time but it will come out. if people were wondering how she will play this one, will there be regret, will she be down, she seemed upbeat and defiant. another line from the statement says she denies any wrongdoing. what happens now? she will likely be charged with corruption and may well find hersel

the headlines: america's top diplomat urges a new way forward on north korea, as he leaves tokyo for seoul. and how a team of bbcjournalists escaped the eruption of mt etna. look at this. this hole was made by one of the incredibly hot pieces of volcanic rock that rained down upon us. i'm kasia madera in london. on the ground in china's xinjiang province with the so—called people's war on terror. recent attacks here have all been local and low—tech. a handful of young farmers armed only with knives. dad. good morning. it is 9:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london and 10:00am in the morning in seoul, where in the next few hours, us secretary of state, rex tillerson, will be meeting acting president hwang kyo—ahn. amongst other things, the pair will discuss how to deal with. the, grgwing'thrggtj" " to get china to do more. mr tillerson has already had meetings with the japanese prime minister on his asia tour. at a press conference on thursday, shinzo abe welcomed the visit, and its timing. translation: in a situation where north korea unfortunately in asia—pacific region intensifies, i find t

our correspondent in seoul is steve evans. he has been across this story all weekend.was the ex— president's demeanour when she left the official residence? president's demeanour when she left the official residence ?|i president's demeanour when she left the official residence? i think she was defiant. no sense of contrition oi’ was defiant. no sense of contrition or ofa was defiant. no sense of contrition or of a broken woman. she had abroad, broad smile, waving to support us from the back of her limousine when she arrived at the residence. that statement delivered not by her but a statement that the truth will out, indicating she does not except anything wrong. she did say surrey but that she did not com plete say surrey but that she did not complete her full—time in say surrey but that she did not complete herfull—time in office. there is a sense she will defy the court and prosecutors. will she be prosecuted? we court and prosecutors. will she be prosecuted ? we do court and prosecutors. will she be prosecuted? we do not know but there has to be that presumption.

that will be front and center in tokyo, and in seoul and beijing over the weekend.ot know much about rex tillerson as secretary of state. he is not bringing that traditional press corps on his airplane from washington to tokyo. he is breaking from protocol there. that has raised some eyebrows. them a be able to ask couple questions at a joint press conference with his counterpart in tokyo. tomorrow he will meet with mr. abe before going on to seoul. japan is the united states most solid ally in asia. mr. tillerson, get your sleep, get over your jet lag. you go to seoul where there is a huge power vacuum after the impeachment of the president. he will be meeting with the acting president. we will talk about the prospects of the new president and what type of relationship they will take with pyeongchang. inording it effort to rein north korea's nuclear abilities. you mentioned coming up to beijing. at that is a big one. beijing is pretty angry about the deployment of the antimissile shields. how thorny could this get? steve: it could, or he could be smoothed out. xi a

the former south korean leader has begun what could be hours of questioning in seoul.is the first time park geun-hye has been in front of prosecutors. this is what she said briefly as she arrived. >> i am sorry to the citizens. i will sincerely answer investigators'questions. rosalind chin has been following the events on some -- unfolding there. haidi: what do we know? she could be in for some time. rosalind: that's right. generally these questioning sessions could last for many hours and is likely to go into the night. some of these sessions could be 18, 19, 20 hours long. was stripped of her presidency, and now will undergo questioning for the first time. she's expected to face charges including bribery and abuse of authority, and investigators will be looking to find the extent of her relationship with a friend of hers who has a couple of foundations. the questions prosecutors have been trying to answer our whether she pressured this is leaders to give donations to the foundation and in return gave political favors. park geun-hye apologized several times in the run

tokyo the first of three stops, friday in tokyo, and beijing and seoul, south korea. linda from texas, democrat line. good morning. caller: i think that tillerson and from need to keep in mind there dealing with a teenager -- and trump need to keep in mind there dealing with teenager as the leader of the country. and the people at their blind devotion to him have about three cans short of a sixpack in terms of following whatever he wants to do. they need to be a little bit more diplomatic and a little less on the war channel. berry, he was 90 years old and some of his paraphernalia on display at the museum of african american history and washington, d.c. this is the headline from the sunday "l.a. times." steve in missouri, democrat line. the morning. caller: good morning. thanks for letting me take my call. i would like to comment on korea . the last time, he cut me off on my last sentence. i will be more quick. on korea, we have to do a knockout punch. i am a democrat and i don't agree with trump on very much but there is a time for war and a time for peace. we can d

he should be arriving in seoul in any minute now. he's in beijing on saturday as well. they have to do in both of these places? >> again, he is on a fact-finding mission as his first major foray into geopolitics. he has been to germany and mexico, but this is his first real foray as secretary of state into the hot spots. beijing, which will be hotter given the issues china and the united states have to resolve. again, the issue of north korea is a hot one, because north korea on one hand made a suggestion, a plan, earlier this month for north korea to abandon its nuclear program in exchange for the u.s. and south korea to abandon their war crimes -- wargames. the u.s. rejected that. they said china came forward with a plan, so rex tillerson will go to the chinese and say we need a new approach. this is what the former u.s. ambassador to beijing had to say about this so-called new or different approach from the new trump administration. of the chinese have the most leverage on north korea . nothing has happened, which means we americans have to come up with something a l

it's 9am in singapore, iam in london and 10am in seoul where the ousted south korean leader park geun—hyeowed that the truth will out after leaving office days afterjudges upheld a parliament decision to impeach her. massive crowds gathered to see ms park finally leave the president's official residence, the blue house. her departure means she no longer has presidential immunity from prosecution and criminal charges may well follow. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in seoul steve evans and he described former president park's first public appearance since leaving the presidential palace. there was certainly no sense of contrition or of a broken woman or anything like that. she had a broad, broad smile, she was waving to her supporters from the back of the black limo when she arrived at her private residence. that statement, which was delivered not by her but as a statement that the truth will out, indicates that she does not except that she did anything wrong. she did say sorry but it was sorry that she had not completed herfull—time in office. there is a sense of contrition, there wa

steve evans reports, from seoul.rotesters clashed with police. officers struggled in a tug of war to stop a bus being turned over. two protesters died. moments earlier, inside court, president park was sacked. the chiefjustice said the president had broken the law and the trust of the people. tonight, anti—park protesters have been holding a victory rally. i certainly felt shivers going down my spine and i'm sure i'm not the only one in south korea today to feel this way. it's such an extraordinary thing in the history of our country, to see a president removed through a democratic constitutional mechanism. in 2014 and 2015, park met the head of samsung. the court decided a deal was done. samsung would give £30 million to park's best friend. in return, park got the national pension fund to back a samsung merger. and samsung bought a horse for park's best friend. price? $1 million. the country is now deeply divided. there will be an election within two months, and that may well end up with a more left—wing government,

the idea swiftly rejected by washington and seoul.estion being now, what's china's next move. >> there's no surprise hearing that because that has been something he's proposed before. if you stop the missile test, perhaps the military should stop, too. that leads to negotiations. but like you just said, that's probably not going to happen. china has a question it needs to ask itself at the u.n. security council. china has been playing ball more as of late with the united states' agenda on the security council. china helped draft both rounds of sanctions levied against north korea income 2016. butful china doesn't see any type of leeway, any type of give on the part of the united states and maybe going towards that negotiations route, then does beijing become more obstructist on the security council. china holds veetd toe power. it can stand in the way of what nikki haley and the trump administration want to do an the security council. >> matt rivers joining us from beijing, paul lal hancocks in seoul. my thanks to you both. >> for mor