south korea say there's evidence of reconstruction the u.s. as warned the north that it faces fresh sanctions if. fails to take steps. to do think denuclearize. for more now let's cross over to seoul south korea we're joined by reuters correspondent josh smith u.s. and south korea at alyssa been studying satellite imagery they think they see new building work being done on a missile site in north korea what are they claim it shows what they say it shows is that at the end of february. to early march right in the run up to trump and kim's latest summit the north koreans apparently started to reverse some of the dismantling be done at this so a satellite testing site last year's had reportedly promised both trump as well as south korean president mugabe and that you would dismantle this test site i mean there had been some signs observed it become that process now these reports say that that process appears to be being reversed with the north koreans not only having stopped any dismantling but actually starting to rebuild some of these facilities now north korea had promised the united states that it would dismantle this site does this show the tone yang is not keeping its word. it

officials in south korea in seoul south korea say north korea has unexpectedly withdrawn its staff from an interim korean liaison office just six months after it was set up the development is a setback for peace on the korean peninsula it came hours after the u.s. imposed the first new sanctions over the north's weapons program since the collapse of talks last month. and two u.s. servicemen have been killed while carrying out an unspecified operation in afghanistan their deaths bring the number of u.s. soldiers killed in the country this year to four the incident comes a day after a series of bombings killed at least six people in the capital kabul. new zealand palls today to reflect on the shootings one week ago to most sin the city of christ church fifty people were killed and scores wounded the horrific event has moved the country to unify around its muslim population for long way from all along the border the at times already eastland call to prayer resoundingly in christ's church. pastor is that why silence falls across new zealand for two minutes the nation mourns and remembers. a

following this story for us in seoul, south korea.n you tell us about the change in approach with these exercises? >> well, george, these military exercises are going to be very different to what we usually see at this time of year. quite often, for decades, we have seen these annual massive drills during the springtime, which the u.s. and south korea said were defensive in nature, but had always irritated the north koreans. so what they have decided to do now is that they are canceling those two particular exercises, the full legal and key resolve and replacing them with something much smaller. we understand from the defense ministers, from the u.s. and also here in south korea, that they might just be unit level. so is a lot smaller and some of them will also be virtual training. now, this, according to the defense secretary of the u.s., is so that they can help the diplomatic process and this can be in line with what we're seeing between the u.s. and north korea. there are, of course, skeptics who are saying that this will affect t

the people of seoul and other cities throughout south korea have been breathing this now for the best part of a week and in the past few days the government has been holding emergency meetings trying to figure out ways of dealing with it they've put in place a number of special measures such as controlling traffic on the roads putting controls on construction sites power stations and giving instructions to things like elementary schools not to have outdoor activities but there's very little the government can do here about the prevailing winds and it's called a lot of this pollution has come from neighboring china in fact president moon j.n. of south korea this wednesday morning giving an instruction that south korea should be working more with china on what is seen here as a shared problem it's not a lot of this pollution comes from deserts in china with the fine dust being sucked up into the atmosphere mixing with pollution from factories and power stations and then being pushed by the prevailing winds just far enough. cover the korean peninsula but not strong enough to take it any

attorney wanda abel forever misses her younger sister, carolyn, who was teaching english in seoul, south korea, in 1988, when she was murdered, stabbed to death in her apartment. carolyn's apartment was ransacked, and it appeared to be a robbery gone bad. her fellow teachers, like nancy bercaw, were frightened. >> not only were we devastated about the loss of carolyn. we, of course, wondered who's next? >> reporter: john boatwright, a chief of detectives in south korea for the army's criminal investigation division, was brought on the case to assist. >> i was convinced that whoever did this probably knew carolyn. >> reporter: why? >> because there was no signs of forced entry into the apartment. >> reporter: he decided to interview the two american teachers who discovered carolyn's body, kathy patrick and sandra ames. under questioning, ames made a shocking accusation, that her roommate, kathy, murdered carolyn and staged the scene to look like a robbery. >> it never occurred to any of us that the killer was among us. >> reporter: who do you believe held the knife and murdered carolyn abel? >>

now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today officials in seoul south korea say north korea has unexpectedly withdrawn its staff from an intercom in lives so office just six months after it was set up the development is a setback for peace on the peninsula and it came hours after the u.s. imposed the first new sanctions over the north's weapons program since the collapse of talks last month. two u.s. servicemen have been killed while carrying out an unspecified operation in afghanistan their deaths bring the number of u.s. soldiers killed in the country this year to four the incident comes a day after a series of bombings killed at least six people in the capital kabul. the united nations world food program started air lifting supplies to parts of mozambique that have been cut off by severe flooding the u.n. says it has been liberated aid to some twenty thousand people so far mozambique was hit by one of its worst storms in decades last week. new zealand paul's today to reflect on the shootings one week ago at two christ church mosts fifty people were killed

and officials in south in seoul south korea say north korea has unexpectedly withdrawn its staff from an interim. office just six months after it was set up the development is set back for peace on the peninsula came hours after the u.s. imposed the first new sanctions over the north the north's weapons program since the collapse of talks last month. new zealand polls today to reflect on the shootings one week ago it to mosques in the city of christ church fifty people were killed and scores wounded the horrific event has moved the country to unify around its muslim population. model law. the adhan. call to prayer resoundingly in christ church. after that silence falls across new zealand for two minutes the nation mourns and remembers. as many as twenty thousand people have come together at christ church is hardly park opposite the new mosque targeted in friday's attack the mosques the mom calls the country's reaction an example of love and unity. the fairest. eat all day and. the only we have all of it. but. we have. new zealand's prime minister wearing a headscarf in sign of support

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officials in seoul south korea say north korea has unexpectedly withdrawn its staff from an interview in libya's own office just six months after it was set up the development is a setback for peace on the peninsula it came hours after the u.s. imposed the first new sanctions over the north's weapons program since the collapse of talks last month. two u.s. servicemen have been killed while carrying out an unspecified operation in afghanistan their deaths bring the number of u.s. soldiers killed in the country this year to four the incident comes a day after a series of bombings killed at least six people in the capital kabul. in china the death toll has risen to forty seven after a huge explosion at a chemical plant in the east of the country hundreds were injured by the blast in an industrial park in the city of yen child north of shanghai it's one of china's worst industrial accidents in recent years. the sheer force of the explosion that shook the city of yen chang at its center a chemical plant with a long record of safety violations thick toxic smoke seen from all around. us all

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paula hancocks is following the story, joins us live in seoul, south korea. at can you tell us about the new exercises? >> well, george, these are going to be a lot smaller than the previous exercises. every spring for decades now the u.s. and south korea have been holding these very large, very visual military exercises for a couple of months, and every single year it has annoyed and we did in past see an increased number of rocket and missile launches by north korea as these drills were going on. but what we're seeing now is these drills are no longer going to be held. the key resolve, the defense ministers of both the u.s. and south korea announced they will end and they will be replaced by something much smaller, that it could be just a unit level that we see this as opposed to large battalions. and also saying that a lot of it could also be virtual training. so it is really an effort according to the two defense ministers to help the diplomatic process along, and they believe that they will be battle ready, they will have enough training to be able to be

greg palcott is live in seoul, south korea. tell us about what the wambeer family said today. >> reporter: dana, very tough words from the family roff otto wambeer. this virginia student was held in detention by north korea during a school trip back in 2016. he was in jail for five months. he would later die due to injuries incurred during that detention. during a press conference on thursday after the ha tphoeu summit with kim jong-un, president trump claimed that he didn't think the top leadership of the country, that is kim, knew about it or would have let the death happen. in a statement today, the parents laughed at that line saying, i'm quoting here, kim and his evil regime are responsible for the death of our son otto. no excuses or lavish praise can change that. we heard today from white house counselor kelly anne con way. she said the fact the president does hold north korea responsible. our own experts on the ground tell us the leader of north korea has got to know what's happening and the tough conditions inside thos

cnn's paula hancocks is in seoul, south korea. paula, the south korean president held a meeting with his ministers essentially looking at the end result of that summit in hanoi. what's the spin coming out of the blue house? >> well, john, this was a national security council meeting where the president was going to hear from all his ministers and really try to figure out what the next step is, considering the u.s. president has asked him to mediate with north korea. the first thing he said was the result of the hanoi summit was very regrettable. so it's being very clear there that he is disappointed there was no agreement by the end of that meeting. but then he started to put a positive spin on it, as you might imagine. he was mentioning the fact that north korea was potentially willing to close down yongbyon, the entire complex, and said now that that's feasible it shows progress is being made. he also pointed out the fact that the u.s. and north korea were discussing the lifting of partial sanctions and also discussing liaison o

those talks could happen and people forget it doesn't take a long range missile site to take seoul south koreahat's true. >> it's about 30 miles away from the dmz. >> that's true. >> so even though it's trouble some he's building a long range civil site, if that in fact is true, the danger and present and it's there now. >> lets me ask you about the oversight concerns. first the general and then the specific. what do you think of the ambitions? >> ambitions of? >> your committee. >> the oversight committee? they were trying to lay a cornerstone in the foundation of impeachment against the president. >> they say they're not. >> well, what was the purpose of the hearing? i mean, they had cohen in there. was it just for a circus? it was somewhat of a circus. the question that i asked cohen, by the way, based on his opening testimony, he said when he made payments to ms. clifford he didn't think about what was right and whether it was proper. i asked him if you were the president's lawyer and you didn't think about whether it was legal or not, how were you able to advise him on whether it was lega

bride has moved from south korea's capital seoul. effectively joint military exercises in south korea have been scaled back since president donald trump announced after the single poor summit last june that he was no fan of these war games as he called them that they were a waste of money but this confirmation that key resolve and foal eagle these spring exercises involving tens of thousands of troops of war planes ships and tanks will effectively come to an end is seen as a big concession they'll be replaced by a much smaller less high profile exercises these exercises have always enraged the north koreans who see them as a possible credit to war seems the joint militaries of south korea and the u.s. of now agreed at least in part with that saying that they do indeed lead to a rise in tension that these exercises are being ended as a way of supporting the diplomatic efforts this will be welcomed by president moon j.n. of south korea who's once again standing in as a possible mediator between north korea and the u.s. to get things bac

seoul say it's part of efforts to reduce tension with pyongyang the two will still carry out smaller joint exercises the announcement comes just days after denuclearization talks between us president. broke down in vietnam. from south korea's capital seoul. effectively joint military exercises in south korea have been scaled back since president donald trump announced after the single poor summit last june that he was no fan of these war games as he called them that they were a waste of money but this confirmation that key resolve and foal eagle these spring exercises involving tens of thousands of troops of war planes ships and tanks will effectively come to an end is seen as a big concession they'll be replaced by a much smaller less high profile exercises these exercises have always enraged the north koreans who see them as a possible credit to war seems the joint militaries of south korea and the u.s. of now agreed at least in part with that saying that they do indeed lead to a rise in tension that these exercises are being ended as a way of supporting the diplomatic efforts this will be welcomed by president moon j.n. of south korea who is once again standing in as a possible mediator between north korea and the u.s.

and march second for more let's speak to rob bryant who joins us live from south korea's capital seoul rob what do we know about these restorations and when they began. that's right the stars of these reports are now emerging it stems from a briefing that was given by the national intelligence service south korea's spy agency to lawmakers here in seoul choose day details of that briefing are now emerging getting into the media here and being reported and they center on satellite images taken at the top chang ri launch site as you mentioned there it's a site that's normally used for satellite launches but it has been used for the testing of engines for ballistic missiles so it is potentially significant to north korea's missile development weapons program the. satellite images seem to show that some restoration work has taken place doors replaced on a section of roofing were placed on one of the buildings at the site there as you mentioned there were verbal commitments from the north koreans to dismantle this this site as a goodwill gesture if you like reports that work has been carried

president donald trump and kim jong un broke down in vietnam rob mcbride has more from south korea's capital seoul. effectively joint military exercises in south korea have been scaled back since president donald trump announced after the single poor summit last june that he was no fan of these war games as he called them that they were a waste of money but this confirmation that key resolve and foal eagle these spring exercises involving tens of thousands of troops of war planes ships and tanks will effectively come to an end is seen as a big concession they'll be replaced by a much smaller less high profile exercises these exercises have always enraged the north koreans who see them as a possible credit to war it seems the joint militaries of south korea and the u.s. of now agreed at least in part with that saying that they do indeed lead to a rise in tension that these exercises are being ended as a way of supporting the diplomatic efforts this will be welcome by president moon j.n. of south korea who's once again standing in as a possible mediator between north korea and the u.s. to get things

february sixteenth and march second for more let's speak to rob bryant who joins us live from south korea's capital seoul rob what do we know about these restorations and when they began. that's right the stars of these reports are now emerging it stems from a briefing that was given by the national intelligence service south korea's spy agency to lawmakers here in seoul choose day details of that briefing are now emerging getting into the media here and being reported and they center on satellite images taken at the top chang ri launch site as you mentioned there it's a site that's normally used for satellite launches but it has been used for the testing of engines for ballistic missiles so it is potentially significant to north korea's missile development weapons program the. satellite images seem to show that some restoration work has taken place doors replaced on a section of roofing were placed on one of the buildings at the site there as you mentioned there were verbal commitments from the north koreans to dismantle this.

were returning home to manila on their own from a trip to atlanta taking delta air lines to seoul, south koreay issues. >> reporter: but boarding the flight to manila on delta's partner korean air, the boys say the flight crew told them that peanuts would be served and that they could either risk being exposed to peanuts or get off the plane. the boys told their parents the airline agents coaxed them off the flight. >> no one should have to go through this. >> reporter: according to the patels, the teens pleaded with the airline's agent, two of them pictured here offering to sit in the back of the plane with the eldest boy wearing a mask but they say they refused. the boys eventually flying back to atlanta. the family now filing a complaint with korean air. >> when you send them halfway around the world and your children are stranded in an airport because they got kicked off a plane because of a food allergy, you know, it's a punch in the gut. >> reporter: korean air releasing a statement to abc news saying korean air sincerely apologizes to mr. and mrs. patel and their sons. we are reviewing

started sometime between february sixteenth and march second zero as robert joins us now from south korea's capital seoul just what do we know about these restorations and when they began. yes this as these details of been emerging from a briefing that was given by south korea's by agency the national intelligence service to lawmakers here in seoul about developments at tongue chang reno this is as you mentioned there a site for the launch of satellites into space but also has been used for the testing of engines for ballistic missiles and there was a verbal agreement an undertaking a verbal undertaking last year from the north koreans that they would at least dismantle parts of this site well the intelligence briefing which seems to be corroborated now by sources in the u.s. based on satellite photos seems to indicate that they are in fact has been building going on at the site specifically the restoration of a door and part of the roof on one of the buildings one of the facilities there which seems to has led people to wonder what north korea is up to whether there might be any resumption of testing bu

president donald trump and kim jong il broke down in vietnam rob mcbride has more from south korea's capital seoul. effectively joint military exercises in south korea have been scaled back since president donald trump announced after the single poor summit last june that he was no fan of these war games as he called them that they were a waste of money but this confirmation that key resolve and foal eagle these spring exercises involving tens of thousands of troops of war planes ships and tanks will effectively come to an end is seen as a big concession they'll be replaced by a much smaller less high profile exercises these exercises have always enraged the north koreans who see them as a possible credit to war seems the joint militaries of south korea and the u.s. of now agreed at least in part with that saying that they do indeed lead to a rise in tension that these exercises are being ended as a way of supporting the diplomatic efforts this will be welcomed by president moon j.n. of south korea who is once again standing in as a possible mediator between north korea and the u.s. to get things

attorney wanda abel forever misses her younger sister, carolyn, who was teaching english in seoul, south koreaath in her apartment. carol in's apartment was -- kar carolyn's apartment was ranso ds ransacked, a burglary gone bad. >> not only were we devastated about the loss of carolyn, we of course wondered who's next. >> reporter: john boatwright, a chief of detectives in south korea for the army's criminal investigation division, was brought on the case to assist. >> i was convinced that whoever did this probably knew carolyn. >> reporter: why? >> because there was no signs of forced entry into the apartment. >> reporter: he decided to interview the two american teachers who discovered carolyn's body. kathy patrick and sandra ames. under questioning, ames made a shocking accusation that her roommate, kathy, murdered carolyn and staged the scene to look like a robbery. >> it never occurred to any of us that the killer was among us. >> reporter: who do you believe held the knife and murdered carolyn abel? >> kathy patrick. >> reporter: south korean officials issued this warrant for patrick's a

the people of seoul and other cities throughout south korea have been breathing this now for the best part of a week and in the past few days the government has been holding emergency meetings trying to figure out ways of dealing with it they've put in place a number of special measures such as controlling traffic on the roads putting controls on construction sites power stations and giving instructions to things like elementary schools not to have outdoor activities but there's very little the government can do here about the prevailing winds and it's cold a lot of this pollution has come from neighboring china in fact president moon j.n. of south korea this wednesday morning giving an instruction that south korea should be working more with china on what is seen here as a shared problem it's thought a lot of this pollution comes from deserts in china with the fine dust being sucked up into the atmosphere mixing with pollution from factories and power stations and then being pushed by the prevailing winds just far enough to cover the korean peninsula but not strong enough to take it

you an arm and a leg the super expensive cities in asia include or soccer in japan and south korea's capital seoul u.s. cities new york and los angeles as well as tel aviv in israel also make the cut but what about african cities none of them are in the top ten but that doesn't mean that they aren't getting more expensive to one of the biggest movers up the ranks is kenya's capital nairobi it comes in at number sixty four in the world and that makes it the most expensive city in africa so what's behind these trends and should we what should we make of this kind of ranking anyway let's bring in for more joy doreen in nairobi joya good to have you with us first of all how are these rankings even worked out what factors did the study's authors consider. well when i roll be i think and the rest of the line i guess the use the bar fifty thousand individual prices of various goods and services and those include you know of food drinks housing or accommodation. schooling as well as recreational costs and the fact is that they did consider well looking at their obit particularly one would actually say tha

president donald trump and kim jong un broke down in vietnam robert bright has more from south korea's capital seoul. effectively joint military exercises in south korea have been scaled back since president donald trump announced after the single poor summit last june that he was no fan of these war games as he called them that they were a waste of money but this confirmation that key resolve and foal eagle these spring exercises involving tens of thousands of troops of war planes ships and tanks will effectively come to an end is seen as a big concession they'll be replaced by a much smaller less high profile exercises these exercises have always enraged the north koreans who see them as a possible credit to war seems the joint to militaries of south korea and the u.s. of now agreed at least in part with that saying that they do indeed lead to a rise in tension that these exercises are being ended as a way of supporting the diplomatic efforts this will be welcome by president moon j.n. of south korea who's once again standing in as a possible mediator between north korea and the u.s. to get things

south korean capital seoul. effectively joint military exercises in south korea have been scaled back since president donald trump announced after the single poor summit last june that he was no fan of these war games as he called them that they were a waste of money but this confirmation that key resolve and foal eagle these spring exercises involving tens of thousands of troops of war planes ships and tanks will effectively come to an end is seen as a big concession they'll be replaced by a much smaller less high profile exercises these exercises have always enraged the north koreans who see them as a possible credit to war seems the joint militaries of south korea and the u.s. of now agreed at least in part with that saying that they do indeed lead to a rise in tension that these exercises are being ended as a way of supporting the diplomatic efforts this will be welcomed by president moon j.n. of south korea who's once again standing in as a possible mediator between north korea and the u.s. to get things back on track it will also possibly help his personal initiative to try to help into korean relations go

south korean capital seoul. effectively joint military exercises in south korea have been scaled back since president donald trump announced after the single poor summit last june that he was no fan of these war games as he called them that they were a waste of money but this confirmation that key resolve and foal eagle these spring exercises involving tens of thousands of troops of war planes ships and tanks will effectively come to an end is seen as a big concession they'll be replaced by a much smaller less high profile exercises these exercises have always enraged the north koreans who see them as a possible credit to war seems the joint militaries of south korea and the u.s. of now agreed at least in part with that saying that they do indeed lead to a rise in tension that these exercises are being ended as a way of supporting the diplomatic efforts this will be welcomed by president moon j.n. of south korea who's once again standing in as a possible mediator between north korea and the u.s. to get things back on track it will also possibly help his personal initiative to try to help into korean relations go

our paula hancocks is live in seoul in south korea with the breaking details. paula. >> reporter: well, john there is a key site that north korea had been dismantling in recent months, but it now appears as though they're reverse that. what we have heard from this csis and also 38 north, two north korean monitoring groups and also corob rated by korean intelligence is that there is activity there. there's for example, a door and some walls and a roof that has been rebuilt after it had been dismantled. so course the concern is when exactly did this happen? we don't have a definitive date. it's somewhere between february s 16th and march 2nd if the could have happened before, during, or after the hanoi summit. many people are reticent to say this is north korea staying was not pleased with the facts that the hanoi summit ended without an agreement, but it is of course concerning that this is happening. this is also the key site that the south korean president manu moon jae-in was talking to kim jong-un about. it was part of their summit in pyongyang, and they wer

amazing week to be in vietnam to return to seoul, south korea on the way home. so much of what we covered last week. this is kim's choice to make. he has reached a prifsh ot point in his country's history and he will decide which way he takes his people. i believe there will be another summit perhaps in a year. you have to go to hanoi and see what he is willing to put on the table. in a moment back here at home. freshman democratic congressman omar is facing kharjts of anti-semitism coming from her own party's leadership. what she is saying to defend herself. >> sandra: hillary clinton saying americans are living through a full-fledged crisis. what she says our democracy is struggling with today. governor john sununu is on deck and joins us next. >> this is a time, my friends, when fundamental rights, civic virtue, freedom of the press, the rule of law, truth, facts and reason are under assault. i'with uncontrollederson who moderate-to-severe eczema, . or atopic dermatitis... ...you feel like you're itching all the time. and you never know how your skin will loo

president onil trump and broke down in vietnam mcbride has more from south korea's capital seoul. effectively joint military exercises in south korea have been scaled back since president donald trump announced after the single poor summit last june that he was no fan of these war games as he called them that they were a waste of money but this confirmation that key resolve and foal eagle these spring exercises involving tens of thousands of troops of war planes ships and tanks will effectively come to an end is seen as a big concession they'll be replaced by a much smaller less high profile exercises these exercises have always enraged the north koreans who see them as a possible credit to war seems the joint to militaries of south korea and the u.s. of now agreed at least in part with that saying that they do indeed lead to a rise in tension that these exercises are being ended as a way of supporting the diplomatic efforts this will be welcome by president moon j.n. of south korea who's once again standing in as a possible mediator between north korea and the u.s. to get things b

seoul. these reports stem from a briefing that's being given by south korea's national intelligence service to lawmakers in seoul which seem to indicate through satellite imagery that work has been done on restoring some of the buildings at the tongue chung re testing site this is a site that has been used for the launch of satellites but has also been used for the testing of engines for ballistic missiles that has been speculation of the work may have resumed just as the hanoi summit was failing to reach an agreement but there is a lot of speculation that this work may well have been before the hanoi summit and it does not necessarily indicate that it's any restarting imminently of north korea's weapons program and as observers here have also pointed out that since the successful summit of last june in singapore between trump and kim u.s. satellites have discovered that a number of sites around north korea work on other missile development it has to be remembered that all of north korea's nuclear and missile programs are supported by a very large industrial complex that will carry on workin

the people of seoul and other cities throughout south korea have been breathing this now for the best part of a week and in the past few days the government has been holding emergency meetings trying to figure out ways of dealing with it they've put in place a number of special measures such as controlling traffic on the roads putting controls on construction sites power stations and giving instructions to things like elementary schools not to have outdoor activities but there's very little the government can do here about the prevailing winds and it's got a lot of this pollution has come from neighboring china in fact president moon j.n. of south korea this wednesday morning giving an instruction that south korea should be working more with china on what is seen here as a shared problem it's thought a lot of this pollution comes from deserts in china with the fine dust being sucked up into the atmosphere mixing with pollution from factories and power stations and then being pushed by the prevailing winds just far enough to cover the korean peninsula but not strong enough to take it a

the people of seoul and other cities throughout south korea have been breathing this now for the best part of a week and in the past few days the government has been holding emergency meetings trying to figure out ways of dealing with it they've put in place a number of special measures such as controlling traffic on the roads putting controls on construction sites power stations giving instructions to things like elementary schools not to have outdoor activities but there's very little the government can do here about the prevailing winds and it's got a lot of this pollution has come from neighboring china in fact president moon j.n. of south korea this wednesday morning giving an instruction that south korea should be working more with china what is seen here as a shared problem it's not a lot of this pollution comes from deserts in china with the fine dust being sucked up into the atmosphere mixing with pollution from factories and power stations and then being pushed by the. winds just far enough to cover the korean peninsula but not strong enough to take it any further so sophist

different explanations about why this summit didn't work out of mcbryde tells us more from south korea's capital seoul. a great deal of optimism on the korean peninsula in spite of the failure of the hanoi summit kim jong un arriving back into north korea in the early hours of tuesday morning after his epic four thousand kilometer train track across china taking the best part of sixty hours despite the early hour he was greeted by cheering crowds this of course is being treated as a great success in north korea a second summit with with u.s. president donald trump and also a state visit to vietnam the first by a north korean leader in more than fifty years so it's been treated very positively which is being taken as an encouraging sign here in south korea that north korea is still very much invested in the diplomatic process going forward there's talk of a possible summit with the russians and also more importantly perhaps a nother summit with j.n. of south korea to try to get these talks back on track moon has chaired a meeting of his national security council something he doesn't normally do here mo

seoul. these reports stem from a briefing that's being given by south korea's national intelligence service to lawmakers in seoul which seem to indicate through satellite imagery that work has been done on restoring some of the buildings at the tongue chung re testing site this is a site that has been used for the launch of satellites but has also been used for the testing of engines for ballistic missiles that has been speculation of the work may have resumed just as the hanoi summit was failing to reach an agreement but there is a lot of speculation that this work may well have been before the hanoi summit and it does not necessarily indicate that it's any restarting imminently of north korea's weapons program and as observers here also pointed out that since the successful summit of last june in singapore between trump and kim u.s. satellites have discovered that a number of sites around north korea work on other missile development it has to be remembered that all of north korea's nuclear and missile programs are supported by a very large industrial complex that will carry on working wil

the people of seoul and other cities throughout south korea have been breathing this now for the best part of a week and in the past few days the government has been holding emergency meetings trying to figure out ways of dealing with it they've put in place a number of special measures such as controlling traffic on the roads putting controls on construction sites power stations and giving instructions to things like elementary schools not to have outdoor activities but there's very little the government can do here about the prevailing winds and it's called a lot of this pollution has come from neighboring china in fact president moon j.n. of south korea this wednesday morning giving an instruction that south korea should be working more with china on what is seen here as a shared problem it's thought a lot of this pollution comes from deserts in china with the fine dust being sucked up into the atmosphere mixing with pollution from factories and power stations and then being pushed by the prevailing winds just far enough to cover the korean peninsula but not strong enough to take i

and the united states south korea has been marking its one hundredth and dependence day it was hoped there would be more to celebrate after the vietnam summit robin pride is in seoul. celebrated in both north and south korea this event is a source of pride for all koreans marking the anniversary of when people rose up against the power that at the time was in control of the korean peninsula japan the one hundredth anniversary was always going to be especially significant even more so coming the day after what was meant to be the successful hanoi summit between trump and kim further advancing the improvement in into korean relations well obviously that narrative has now changed leaving south koreans including of course their president moon j.n. to put the best spin on this as possible insisting that the reconciliation process is still alive and well as he departed viet-nam president trump spoke on the phone from air force one with president moon welcoming his offer to act as intermediary between the u.s. and north korea to try to get things back on track it's a role of course the mood is familiar with having interceded a couple of times last year when the whole pro

seoul so rob does a bit more about what restorations were actually saying. yes a lot of these reports concern the tongue tongue re launch center and they emerged during a an intelligence briefing given by south korea's spy agency to lawmakers in seoul the details of that got into the media here and it being rightly reported here as elsewhere and they concern satellite images which seem to show that there has been construction work at this launch center specifically large doors and part of a roof on one of the large hangar facilities at this center now this center has been used largely for satellite launches but it has been also used for the testing of the ballistic missile engines and it did feature prominently as you mentioned there in negotiations last year at the summit in singapore between president trump and kim jong un there was apparently a verbal undertaking from the north koreans to decommission this site that was then interestingly put into writing in the pyongyang declaration which was the declaration between north koreans and south korean signed in pyongyang last september where north korea committed itself to decommissioning this center in front of international observers so it does com

seoul. for the best part of a week the people of south korea have been breathing it's four times worse than what's considered healthy it's led to government holding emergency meetings trying to figure out what to do about it and introducing a number of measures such as controls on vehicles on the roads putting curbs on construction sites and power stations but there's only so much the government can do here to control homegrown pollution that can control the way the wind blows and much of this is thought to have come from neighboring china fine dust from its desert sucked up into the atmosphere mixed with pollutants from its factories and power stations and because of the prevailing winds finding its way to the korean peninsula but not having enough wind to blow it any further and so it sacked over the peninsula in this toxic cloud with people here just waiting and hoping for a breath of air so they can breathe again i'm taking the time along it's like a funk we've got a mosque itar to preach because of us or to normally i wouldn't care that it pollution but the post few days have been so b

february sixteenth and march second al-jazeera is robert bright joins us now live from south korea's capital seoul rob talk us through these alleged restorations and the timeline. that's right the stars of these details are emerging from the basic.

the people of seoul and other cities throughout south korea have been breathing this now for the best part of a week and in the past few days.