but i think the line itself set the course for a south korea or south, yeah, for south korea and north korea. because i don't think at the end of the second world war and the emerging cold war in europe, the soviets and the americans could have come together and created a unified korea at that point. >> host: you really set the stage for occupation. >> guest: write. >> host: so that. is interesting and nicely to talk a little bit about the challenges of the respective occupations to work with local leaders. i wonder if you could say something the occupation of, on the peninsula? >> guest: yes. the soviet union had a lot easier time occupying the northern half. because they had a reservoir of koreans who could speak, i'm so, of soviets who could speak korean. the soviet koreans, it's a long fsm history in itself but at the end of the 19th century when korea became colonized by japan, a lot of koreans fled the calling and established themselves in the soviet far east. then in 1937, stalin deported them to places in uzbekistan and kazakhstan where they set up command there. been in 1945,

yoo had to leave what's now south korea six months before the war's end. he left his wife and son behind. south korean officials found yoo's remains in a cemetery on sakhalin and asked the russians to return them. yoo's son placed his father's remains in a tomb and hopes they will rest in peace in their homeland. some south koreans conscripted to sakhalin under japanese rule have been able to go home with financial help from japan. leaders in tokyo continue to offer that help on humanitarian grounds. >>> managers of duty-free stores in south korea are seeing a drop-off in customers from japan so they're trying to attract more with the help of some of south korea's biggest pop stars. staffer from the lotte duty free chain held a promotional event in tokyo. ♪ the star attraction was the south korean boy band cho shin sung, also known as supernova. the singers talked about reasons to visit their country. they said japanese can enjoy shopping for the latest korean fashions and cruising at night on the river in seoul. fewer and fewer japanese are showing up in

and south korea is facing a power shortage. tech kohl problems on monday forced two thermal power plants to go off line and six of the country's 23 nuclear reactors are undergoing inspections for maintenance. government workers will have to forgo air conditioning for three days and authorities have asked residents to do what they can to save power. a heat wave two years ago resulted in major blackouts. >>> rescue workers in afghanistan and pakistan are searching for survivors after sudden downpours caused deadly flooding. more than 180 people have been killed. afghan disaster management officials say the waters submerged vehicles near the capital kabul. the afghan government dispatched rescue teams to kabul. and more than 80 people there have been confirmed dead. officials say more th s say people there have been confirmed dead. rivers burst in neighboring banks in pakistan, too. they swept away houses in the central province of punjab and the southern province of sindh. 83 people were killed and more than 4,000 houses destroye

and south korea xwra is facing a power short anl. technical problems forced two power plants off line monday and 6 of the 23 nuclear reactors are undergoing maintenance. government workers will have to forgo air conditioning for three days. a heat wave in september 2011 resulted in major blackouts across south korea. >>> people in portugal and morocco are dealing with heat of a different kind. wildfires sparked by soaring temperatures. residents of amskroud in southwestern morocco saw fires flare up on saturday night. strong winds fanned the flames. by sunday it had grown to the size of hundreds of sports fields. residents in portugal have seen wildfires spread around their community if past two days. the fires are burning through the mountainous region. firefighters are struggling to bring in enough water to fight the flames. >>> rescue workers in afghanistan and pakistan are searching for survivors after sudden downpours caused deadly flooding. more than 180 people have been killed. afghan disaster management officials say the wate

on the eve of the opening ceremony the georgian authorities wanted to could have actions against south a city basically launched a military campaign with the use of heavy artillery and tanks. people have been killed and wounded including russian peacekeepers. this is said and there were arming and without this will be met with a response. you. want to put in was giving the russian response had already been mobilized following this is on the border with it if. it was brought to this residence on the outskirts of moscow where he would face challenging tasks president. nobody knew about the deaths of russian peacekeepers and the thousands of south streaming across the border into russia. heavy weights of military decisions always lies on the person that is empowered by the constitution to take them because. this is your decision and no one else's. we talked on the phone some time before these events that it was a kind of escalation. we didn't talk with mr putin that night. received reports from. actually it was upon receiving these reports that i made the decision. i think it was the most

now toward the south, a typhoon is churning over the south china sea after hitting the eastern part of philippines. it's churning over the south china sea while intensifying, moving toward the west. it could hit southern parts of china by thursday morning local time as a very strong typhoon. hi start to feel the stormy conditions today. expected amount of rainfall could be nearly 250 millimeters into the next 24 hours. of course, more heavy rain is likely going into your thursday. flooding is going to be a very big concern, and not just hanain, but hanoi, western parts of guangdong will see quite heavy rain. not good news because this is the area where a couple of tropical systems hit in august. one jebi, tand the other. additional rain is not welcome. further down toward australia, a winter storm went through the southeastern part of the country bringing extremely strong winds. take a look at this situation coming out from sydney. violent winds of more than 100 kilometers took many sid rydney residents by surprise monday. destroyed properties, downed trees and stopped public transport

while made a bit of always insisted it was russia's duty to protect civilians in south a said here he also had to consider the larger geopolitical context of. self called me the next day. you should know that there was some of the troops on the georgian territory. really i replied what do you mean so i said you should. that there are large number of citizens on the territory of. i understand and i will do what i have to do and i'll tell you about it so that you know. by two thousand and eight georgia had received around three billion dollars in direct assistance they added in funding wasn't. military uniforms army rations. made in the usa and this is how. you made their attack but over in the kremlin their assessment of american involvement was more level headed. russia should never be in conflict with the united states every american president understands that. we know all about that but i think that was sound reasoning to. they realized it might lead to a very serious conflict which nobody needs. that realization notwithstanding all the sides continued playing. the georgian leadersh

south of the dumbarton bridge. i think this was affected by the bay bridge because folks were avoiding the dumbarton bridge which saw a lot more traffic and heading toward 237 to connect them over toward 101 and the peninsula. the reason they avoided the dumbarton bridge is because folks were avoiding the san mateo bridge pushing them down to 84. that was the big issue there. right now the san mateo bridge is most likely the most popular bridge for this morning's commute. looking westbound, traffic flow you can see the high-rise and a smooth drive right now. no delays but a good volume of traffic going on since 4:00 in the morning we've seen this heavy flow. a crash approaching the toll plaza makes things more difficult, but not a lot of slowing through the area. we'll show you a live look at the construction that is going on as you're approaching that bay bridge toll plaza. that's losing three lanes approaching the curve. now late slowing out of berkeley toward emeryville. we'll end with the live shot. the closure

go to john i agree i mentioned south korea i mentioned south korea i mentioned japan if you don't. you don't like it when i call it a right scuse me if you bring in a third one if you want a pretty good instance of aggressive imperial movement consider remember that the war in vietnam left two to four million people dead according to robert mcnamara that was not the act of a but now so why is he a dog inviting us back and one of the next to me is the one that joe writes why you because i did you raise an excellent question you raise an excellent question about age and powers and asian countries being the determinant of what goes on in asia may i remind you the united states is not a nation power it's half a world away it doesn't even belong there i think we should get what experiences and lighted by asian countries don't be asian countries have a right to invite the united states where you think the asian countries are any but in both. in both south korea and japan there are large peace movements that want the us out of there so who's doing the inviting that one policy is stablishe

>>> breaking news out of the south bay. a young woman reportedly attacked overnight just a block away from a local university. what we're learning about the incident and the search for the suspect now under way. >>> we also have new details this morning about a potential bedbug outbreak at a good will warehouse on the peninsula. >>> plus, it's not a strike but it could threaten this evening's commute. what b.a.r.t. workers are doing this afternoon that could affect thousands in the bay area trying to get home in time for dinner. >>> we want to start with good news, before the sunshine comes up. look at the traffic. don't have worry about anything on this thursday, august 1st. this is "today in the bay." >>> i'm jon kelley. good to see you. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's first check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning, laura and jon. good morning to you at home. starting with your current temperatures right now, we are back in the 40s in some of your outlying cities like santa rosa this mornin

georgian villages in south. with people living behind all their belongings litter is made their way in setting houses on fire. retaliation was so strong that some left behind their own elderly were discovered days later hungry and disoriented by rescue workers. here it's hard have you got food. have you gotten bread. we give you a little. the august air here is usually filled with the smell of ripening peaches. knew beforehand that this smell of decomposing human flesh is also suffocating with sweet according to georgian authorities one hundred seventy soldiers lives in that offensive for days that bodies were rotting in the forest until the locals could get enough confidence to send them back to georgia. people built coffins for the georgians to no matter what happens with christians and the dead need to be buried in a traditional way. that everybody could be so gracious there is a point in any conflict when fear transforms into hatred when everything to lose is lost when even older women lose compassion for me

nobody knew about the deaths of russian peacekeepers and the thousands of south aset streaming across the border into russia. but the heavy weight of military decisions always lies on the person that is empowered by the constitution to take them because. this is your decision and no one else's. we talked on the phone some time before these events that it was a kind of escalation. we didn't talk with mr putin that night. and he received reports from us actually it was upon receiving these reports that i made the decision. i think it was the most difficult decision in my life and. i wouldn't wish the weight of this decision on any other leader of any other country in the world. in the meantime the barrage of rockets and continued. their residents had only two options hide in the basement or try to flee the town. family. decided to take their chances the father gathered his kids into an old florida but their mother had to stay behind to care for an elderly relative. all she would see of them again it was their choice to remains were found a few kilometers away from home to their car was

south korean people elected the first female president there.an you tell us a little bit about the campaign? what were the factors that led to the victory? >> thank you, i am honored to be with you today. >> it is a delight to have you here. >> regarding my title, special assistant, i think it is a long story to tell you. actually, i was teaching in mainland china for eight years. >> ok. >> last year in june i left my job in china and i came back to tie line. -- taiwan, mainly for writing a book about madam [indiscernible] so, this is a challenge for me. i am very lucky that i can write a book about it. as you know, i am a student who studies the president. i base that on the ideas of her father to write this book. so, right now many koreans think she is so like her father. how come so many koreans say the same thing? just like me in this book. how are you? you know, in chinese. [speaking chinese] so, published just before the election, this is a book about the early first birthday until she became the president of korea. it concludes 5 with a m

according to russian asked him as the war in south several hundred civilian lives. compared to the death tolls later seen in libya syria or even palestine it wasn't that high the question asked in south. why did it have to go that far why didn't russia intervene earlier . while made the bed if always insisted it was russia's duty to protect civilians in south a said here he also had to consider the larger geopolitical context. called me the next day. you should know that there was some of our troops on georgian territory. what do you mean so i said you should know that there's a large number of citizens on the territory of. here and i will do what i have to do and i'll tell you about it so that you know. by two thousand and eight georgia had received around three billion dollars in direct. the attitudes of that funding was in display all over the region military uniforms army rations and. more this many in the u.s. say and this is how some of the city and scheme to view their tag put over in the kremlin their assessment of american involvement was more level headed.

folks south around the dumbarton bridge are heading south to 237.ep. >>> we're looking at a slower drive off 880 as well as for the toll plaza approach after earlier crashes have cleared. over here toward the eastshore freeway, west 80 moves smoothly through berkeley. once you get to about powell, let me show you what's going on. we have a live lgkthis is westbound 80. you're losing a lane. here is the denny's, ross, marshall's. you'll have the slowing there today and throughout the rest of the weekend while that closure continues. eastshore freeway will be one of your major trouble spots as well as 101 just north of 92 on the peninsula. back to you. >>> speaking of all that, we have new video into our newsroom this morning of crews that are hard at work pouring asphalt near the toll plaza on the bay bridge. it's a pretty unique vantage point as well from the top of the toll plaza. "today in the bay's" christie smith was able to get the rare view for us this morning. christie, crews reporting pretty good progress on that construction. >> reporter: g

take you down into the south bay. we have plenty of 60s to kick off a wednesday. 62 for example in sunnyvale and san jose. 60 degrees in concord. oakland at 61, getting hot on the east shore today. we're not going to see a lot of low cloud cover. at 8:00 a.m., all that's left over. right over the bay bridge, golden gate bridge and hugging the ocean beach coast. throughout the day, temperatures are going to be warm with not a lot of natural cool ant to keep us comfortable later on today. forecasted highs, warm in livermore. 89 there. 80 san jose today. 82 in redwood city. i've got the seven day outlook. expecting showers over the rim fire today in addition to showers and potential for thunderstorms as well. a lot to talk about with you, especially if you have anybody working on the fire. a lot of bay area interest. first,!! check with mike inouye. schooling's pack in session. extra volume? >> over the last couple of weeks, we've seen craziness over the roadways as far as how packed the roadways are. yesterday all aroun

south korea controls them. more than 70% of survey respondents said they have the territory on their minds. officials polled nearly 2,000 peoples across the country. 95% said they knew about the takeshima islands. those individuals then answered multiple choice questions on their knowledge. 63% chose the option that said south korea illegally controls the islands and has security guards stationed there. 61% picked the answer that said the islands are an integral part of japan both historically and under international law. 71% expressed some level of interest in the islands. 28% said they're not interested. cabinet secretariat officials say they'll try to raise awareness of the islands and japan's position. south korean officials say the islands belong to their country, historically, geographically and under international law. >>> internet addiction is a growing problem for young japanese. government officials estimate that more than half a million high school students can't stop playing online games. a study gr

or south to mexico or east to texas. some people thought oh, thank god, if you see something, say something. other people were saying wait a second, how did you get my number and how are you invading my privacy by accepting me that amber alert? similarly the fact that he has my smart known and knows my number is one thing. i was happy to get the amber alert and happy we have abn.s.a. program, but i think it has to be more carefully tailored. that was the vote and the subsequent letter that you saw to the white house this summer. i'm not one who believes that you cut off funding, but i think they have to more narrowly taylor what they are allowed to do. i was far more concerned about what they're doing with the d.e.a. that does get closer to a domestic criminal profiling system that i think we have to be more careful about. >> there have been leaks about whether n.s.a. information is being used by other agencies to look into non-terrorism related crimes, which is very, very creepy, very, very creepy, i think needs a lot m

and south korean troops. the north korean statement proposed holding talks on august 14th regarding the resumption of operations at kaesong. a spokesperson for the south korean unification ministry welcomed the decision. >> translator: we give credit to the north for its response. it has changed its attitude toward our demand for negotiations to solve the discord over kaesong. >> unification ministry representatives have indicated they'll consider north korea's offer for talks on reopening the industrial zone. >>> delegates for the two koreas have already held six rounds of negotiations aimed at restarting operations at kaesong, but they failed to reach an agreement. >>> cheese researchers found a new strain of bird flu can jump between people but they say the transmission was limited but not stable. the h7n9 virus affected about 130 people in china this spring. 43 have died. the researchers published the study this week in the british medical journal. they looked at the case of a 60-year-old man and his 32-y

watch throughout the south bay, santa clara county as well.eep that in mind as folks hit toward the freeways, around 8:00, 8:30, you'll see a lot of activity. this shot of the bay bridge, low clouds hovering, not a problem for visibility. back to you. >> thank you very much. it's 5:19 right now. a woman who ran a cat shelter out of her san jose home before it caught fire last month has stepped down as president of a rescue organization. carol miller's home was destroyed by fire last month. 100 cats were inside that home and they all died during that fire. miller was president and co-founder of the stanford cat network, a non-profit group that cares for ferl cats. the news group reports the organization is now on the verge of losing its contract with the university. the new president says he hopes university officials will reconsider as the group now gets reorganized. >>> a new bikini bar in downtown san jose has been hit with a trademark infringement lawsuit. the gold club on santa clara street that just opened for business is now being sued b

and south korean troops. the north korean statement proposed holding talks on august 14th, regarding the resumption of operations at kaesong. a pokes spokesperson welcomed the relation. >> translator: trying to solve discord over kaesong. they will consider north korea's offer to resume talks on the zone. >>> a major fire has closed down kenya's main international airport, in the busiest hub in north africa. government officials say no casualties have been reported. the blaze started early on wednesday at the international airport. officials say it broke out at the immigration section of the arrival hall and burned down a major part of the terminal building. hundreds of airport staff and passengers were evacuated and stranded outside. >> what we are doing now at the moment is to make sure that we completely extinguish the fire and then investigations are going to start as to the cause of the fire. >> the fire broke out on the 15th anniversary of the bombing of the night robe by. authorities say there is no in

he turned up on a south korean island. ministry officials there say he appears to have swum across the maritime demarcation line to seek asylum. a south korean military official says residents of the island of gee o dong reported finding the man early in the morn. it is close to what's effectively the maritime border in the yellow sea. police and military officials took the north korean into protective custody. the man is reportedly saying he came from the north and wants asylum. no one noticed him until he knocked on the door of a home. >> north korean man swam to the same island last september and spent a week undetected hiding in a house. some south koreans are questioning how well their military is guarding the border. >>> here's the three-day world weather forecast. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. thank you for watching.

and south korean troops. the north korean statement proposed holding talks on august 14th regarding the resumption of operations at kaesong. a spokesperson for the south korean unification ministry welcomed the decision. >> translator: we give credit to the north for its response. it has changed its attitude toward our demand for negotiations to solve the discord over kaesong. >> unification ministry representatives have indicated they'll consider north korea's offer for talks on reopening the industrial zone. >>> now, delegates for the two koreas have already held six rounds of negotiations aimed at restarting operations at kaesong, but they failed to reach an agreement. >>> an annual forum that brings together politicians and scholars from japan and china has been postponed. the chinese side says the forum will be rescheduled in october. officials from the japanese nonprofit group genron npo have been chairing the event along with a newspaper since 2005. this year's meeting was scheduled to begin in beijing

the secretary general of the south commission said we need to create locomotives of the south. release some countries to grow and then they will anchor the growth of the rest of the world. that is, essentially, the prehistory of brics. and there's a politics of that which has nothing to do with jim o'neill of goldman sachs who coins the phrase bric. because long before he wrote the phrase in a goldman report, india, brazil and south africa had an agenda on the drugs question. i'm not going to get into that, but it's an autonomous project. finally, what does all of this have to do with the mass people's movement that our story begins with? i mean, we still hold world social forums, they still seem a little chaotic. what's the story, how does can it relate to that? the last chapter of the book is called "the dream history of the south." i mean, essentially, it's an assessment of what is the possibility of today's internationalism. and the argument that i advance is that internationalism is a premature idea at this time. in other words, internationalism was a central material idea

a university student from south korea is interested in listening. he visited hiroshima recently to find out more about the impact of the atomic bombing on japanese and koreans. nhk world's chie yamagishi has the story. >> reporter: university student moon young-min has come to hiroshima to learn. he and nine other members of a volunteer group visited from south korea. they took part in the small annual memorial for korean victims of the atomic bombing. moon prayed for the more than 20,000 koreans who died. many were working in the city as conscripts or laborers under japanese colonial rule. >> translator: i don't know much about the atomic bombing. i'd like to find out more about the damage it caused. i want to feel the tragedy. >> reporter: before coming to japan, moon and the others went to a nursing home for atomic bomb survivors. moon listened to their stories. the survivors have suffered from health disorders and poverty. and they faced discrimination for having been exposed to radiation. moon and others have tried to raise awareness about atom

showers well south of the city.k of this slides towards the south but there's renegade showers up and down west virginia and western pennsylvania. some of that is going to slide in today so we will keep the showers in the forecast by the midday. so 8:00 this morning a blend of sunshine and clouds. 69 goes to 71 at 10. and by lunchtime, overcast skies and it's not going tonight best looking day. 74 should get us to 80 with some spotty showers and by 8:00, a few more clouds arriving and it's going to turn a little more stickier by this evening. so if you have a hot date and going take grandma out for different and you want to sit outdoors you will love maryland's most accurate 7-day forecast many we will show you that coming up in a few minutes. let's look at traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: hello. well if you are traveling on route 50, nothing to get in your way. 97 also in great shape. we are looking at 65 miles per hour northbound at route 50. it's going to be clear up to the 895 throughway and if you are tra

south 680 out of concord and pleasant hill, speeds down in the 50s south of the interchange. with very a disabled vehicle right around south main as you're heading through walnut creek, the disabled vehicle now getting pushed to the shoulders. a little activity, not a lot of slowing and that's great news. i'll track that and let you know if there are any other problems as you head toward san ramon. west 580 moves nicely. we see the build typical over livermore. west 84 shows your build through vallecitos and towards sunol with no problems, no big surprises. west 580, we continue the commute toward the castro valley where we see slowing around redwood road. then down into the 20s at the interchange itself, 238 and 5806789 slowing is the build toward the san mateo bridge as well. live look outside to see how things are shaping up. from 880 through fremont frkt no big sr. prizes. you can see slowing in the southbound commute direction. the south bay itself, we'll look at our san jose camera, north 101 with good volume building and slow from about tullie all the way past 680, sta

stormy weather to the south of us, now here we under baltimore so this front has dipped to the south temporarily. but little waves are moving along the front, and tomorrow it shut be lifting a little farther north. i don't know if it will get into town, but it will be closer to us tomorrow. so we could see a little shower activity in the afternoon or evening depending on where that front is. the farther south you go tomorrow the higher the chance for rain. the farther north you go tomorrow, the lesser of the chance for rain. eventually some other stuff will come through, but we're going to get into some nice air by the middle of the week. once all these little weather systems go through. overnight tonight, 67 to 72 the low. periodic clouds. these temperatures pretty close to normal, maybe a degree or two above average. and the winds nearly calm overnight tonight. now, tonight if there are some breaks the the clouds and there are some high thin cirrus around you might be able to see the perseid meteor shower. so the best viewing midnight to dawn, get away from the city lights and you