on the launch pad if it were detected ahead of time and an air missile defense system to protect south korean the event of such a launch. we have seen unveiled publically for the first time a domestically south korean cruise missile which would be part of the kill chain process. but as well as the military hardware that is on display and what south korea relies on is the u.s. alliance and 28,000 u.s. troops in south korea and at the moment if there were a war the u.s. troops would be in command fighting any korean peninsula war. u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel is in town and due to have talks with counterparts about that very issue. at the moment south korea is due to take operational control from 2015 but many feel it doesn't yet have the capacity to lead such a war and it wants to delay that process, so that will be the major part of chuck hagel's talks on wednesday. >> reporter: a new team of chemical weapons experts are due to start work in syria in the coming hours and inspectors from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons are to cow late a list of syria stockpile t

forces for south korea. the president's father former senator benigno aquino covered the war as a correspondent for for the "manila times" when he was 17 years old. president aquino arrived in seoul on thursday and met with south korean president park geun-hye. the two leaders come from similar backgrounds. aquino's mother was president as was park's father. both of their fathers were assassinated. aquino and park oversaw the signing of joint agreements in several areas including defense cooperation. on friday, aquino attended a meeting with four leaders of south korean economic organizations. south korea ranked fifth in direct investments to the philippines in 2012. >> we are looking for partners to sustain our momentum and invite all of you to join us as we pursue further growth. >> strong domestic demand in the philippines has helped win the country upgrades by major credit rating agencies this year. president aquino is apparently keen on attracting greater investments from south korea, by emphasizing the

it was the first municipality in south korea to introduce this system. the district pays up to $223 per month for child care. she is receiving the assistance. >> translator: it's a good incentive, and i can spend it for the grandchildren, too. >> reporter: her daughter comes home at 5:00 p.m. she said without her mom's help, she couldn't have considered a second child. the total fertility rate in seoul is significantly lower than other cities, but in this district, authorities say the figure inched up a year after the grandma assistance was introduced. >> translator: she's been a great help. she's my mother, so i can ask almost anything to accommodate my needs without feeling any constraint. i hope the financial burden of childrearing will be reduced gradually. >> reporter: many grandparents are gathering in this lecture room and what they're studying is -- 42 grandparents are learning how to take care of babies. childrearing has changed dramatically from the time when they raised their own children. the district posted south korea's lowest fertility rat

. >>> consumers in south korea are getting more concerned about where their seafood comes from. this sign says this market deal diehls in domestic product only. the seller s at the market have put up this sign to reassure consumers. fla >> translator: if it's possible to avoid it, i won't eat japanese marine products but i will eat domestic seafood. >> you never know what the effect could be several decades from now. i always check to see where the seafood came from. >> reporter: the cooperative fish market is the largest fish market in south korea. it only handles marine products caught around the country. about 50% of the fish caught in local waters passes through this market. around 34 ships land their catches here every day. following march 2011, tests were conducted on a weekly basis. but now the seafood is checked every day. meanwhile, importers are taking a major hit. up to now, 80% of this merchant's income has come from japanese seafood. now his business is suffering. >> translator: our company has been all but shut down for two months. it's really tough to make a livin

it could probably get close to south korea or kyushu this evening and then move over the sea of japan and then may attach to the -- may land on northern parts of japan by thursday morning local time. now as we go into tomorrow morning, the stormiest parts are going to be found across south korea, kyushu, as well . waves could be as high as nine meters if the storm's arrival coincides with high tide. flooding rests could be especially high, gusts as high as 200 kilometers per hour in places. as for rainfall b. 200 millimeters of rain is likely in parts of kyushu and southern

and japan off the coast of south korea, as you reported just now north korea has a warning sayings ready and forces on high alert to respond in the event of what it calls u.s. aggression which is fairly standard stuff but what is more interesting and what emerged within the last hour has been this regular briefing by the national intelligence service to the intelligence committee of the parliament, national assembly, and it's being reported by yan-hab the news agency here that the national intelligence service has assessed a number of highly interesting developments. firstly kim jong vowed to reunify korea by military force within three years and replaced some 44% of the commanding level officers of his army. as well as that he put his forces on the stand by to attack south korea, confirming as well what has been reported elsewhere by analysts in the united states that the graphite nuclear reactor in north korea restarted as they vowed to do and as well as that that there has been a missile engine test at the testing facility. so this is a lot of information that we are getting in

is preparing for naval drills off of the coast of south korea. >> reporter: two developments of note, firstly, north korea's statements really attacking south korea and the united states over the joint military exercises which are going on -- or due to be going on off of the coast of south korea and involving japan. north korea putting its army on alert, saying it had to be ready to respond to any aggressive action. but potentially more interesting is what the national intelligence service in south korea has been saying. we're getting more information coming out of this closed session, a proper briefing now to journalists about what was said. and what is being said confirmation as far as the south koreans are concerned that the nuclear reactor has indeed restarted that north korea did carry out a long-range nuclear test. and more interesting is what they are saying about kim jung un himself, that he will reunify the korean peninsula within three years. but even if that's just to try to rally the senior troops around him, an interesting development nonetheless, and as well as that, the

. >>> south koreans have seen a stream of people from north korea cross their shared border over the years. more than 25,000 people who defected from the north are now living in south. police have arrested 49 people who they say is working as spies. 29 of them had been disguising themselves as defectors. more and more north koreans started to flee in the 1990s. up until now, the south korean government admitted all those claiming to be defectors and has helped them adapt. those from north grew up in a different system with different rules, still government leaders in seoul look upon them as fellow koreans. they set up programs to help new arrivals adjust in a free and competitive society. news there were spies among the defectors come to a shock as many. some say it's clear those policies present a security risk. now professor studies it issue of defectors and intelligence gather on the korean peninsula. how do these agents manage to integrate into south korean society? >> well, when north korean defectors or refugees, i should say, enter south korea, they go through extensive and int

. >>> japan, china and south korea work together on disaster preparedness >>> japan, china and south korea have agreed to further strengthen their cooperation in case of earthquakes, typhoons and other disasters. the deal came at a biennial ministerial meeting of disaster management officials. japan's minister said political issues exist among the three neighbors, but he said that should not affect overall ties, and they should cooperate unconditionally on disaster management. all three countries have experienced recent natural disasters. the delegates discussed their responses and signed a joint statement on future cooperation. they agreed to hold regular earthquake and typhoon drills and jointly study the causes of large scale natural disasters and response measures. the statement says the three countries will hold their next meeting in japan in 2015. >>> tokyo hopes to hold its highest level defense talks with south korea in two years. japanese officials want to warn ties deep frozen over disputes about history. minister of defense will meet with asian defense officials starting on

. >>> south korea's defense minister is denying reports that its government is adopting a u.s. missile defense system or buying american-made anti-ballistic missiles. he says the system is too expensive for seoul's defense needs. u.s. and south korean officials agreed earlier this month to carry out preemptive strikes against any sign of nuclear or missile attacks by north korea. the americans had suggested that seoul adopt their defense system. kim said members of his government never considered buying the system which can intercept missiles at high altitudes, and he denied any intention of buying sm-3 interceptors. >>> international golfers are looking around them and seeing more and more of their competitors come from south korea. 8,000 professionals from the country are now trying to move up the ranks. many have gone to a school to learn the abcs of the game. >> reporter: often times people practice their swing. this is not an ordinary golf range. the golf high school is located in the southwest. it is the only public high school where students spend 70% of each day improvi

they've been ordered to pay the bill of three people who received treatment in south korea. japanese law guarantees free health coverage for survivors, but only if they live in japan. the court awarded more than $13,000 to a south korean man, and the families of two other survivors who are now dead. the south korean man was an unborn baby in hiroshima when the bomb was dropped in 1945. the two deceased people were also in the city at the time. all three survivors later moved to south korea and received treatment. they applied to the osaka prefectural government for compensation but were rejected. the court ruled that decision was illegal. it's the first time this has happened in a case involving a-bomb survivors overseas. the plaintiffs read out a comment by the living survivor. >> translator: many survivors like myself are suffering because there's a limit on the money we can get back for medical treatment. i want the japanese government to accept the osaka district court decision. >> osaka prefecture officials say they will consult the health ministry and other organization

sanctions to prevent north korea from possessing nuclear arms. xi pit with south korean president park kuhn 88. he reassured her about relations between their two countries. >> translator: china and south korea have a great relationship. we have built a good partnership in various fields. >> translator: we'd like to ask for china's support to help north korea abandon nuclear arms and seek economic development. >> the leaders discussed six-party talks on the north korean nuclear program. president xi says he he wants negotiators can work together to get back to the table. park said north korean leaders need to demonstrate a sincere desire to reopen talks. >>> china's vice foreign minister says premier li keqiang will use the talks in brunei to hold direct talks with other asian leaders, but he says japan's prime minister isn't on their list. he said li has no plans to sit down with shinzo abe. he also ruled out discussions with leaders of the philippines. officials from china and the philippines are locked in a dispute over islands in the south china sea. li warned

as promise, we are go back to south korea. south korea's arrest of 100 people. just saying there is this the culmination of a long running investigation. and just how deep this scandal goes. it does go back to november last year. the first of two incidents in which fake security certifications were found in parts used in nuclear reactors and there was a second incident, a more wide ranging one involving electrical cables. which happened in may. the 100 indictments announced on sunday. but they do include some extremely senior people among them the former chairman of the nuclear power company, which runs south korea's 23. >> to have these fake certificates they have investigated thousands of these certifications and found that about more than 1% of them have been fakes in this way, so i think people will be concerned to know is it just about the reactors are they operating reactors which may have these fake part inside of them. >> >> certainly the polling has shown that faith has been deteriorating. they found that more than 70% was safe, two years later in novem

all three survivors later moved to south korea and received treatment. they applied to the asaw can prefectural government for compensation but were rejected. the court ruled that that decision was illegal. it's the first time this has happened in a case involving a-bomb survivors overseas. a supporter of the plaintiffs wrote out a comment by the living survivor. >> translator: many people like myself are suffering because there's a limit on the money we can get back for medical treatment. i want the japanese government to accept the osaka district court decision. >> osaka prefecture officials say they'll consult the health ministry and other organizations on how to respond to the ruling. >>> japanese leaders are set to approve a bill that could curtail public access to information on a wide range of issues. cabinet members are expected to approve the state secret protection bill during the day. legally and privacy experts come together to share their concerns. >> translator: secret information, it should not be shared with other government papers. secre

south korea stands accused interfering in the lex of the country's first female president.ding kit off for red dawn. we'll meet the young recruits beginning basic training at afghaafghanistan's first ever ay training academy. >>> thousands of people have been asked to leave their homes around the australian city of sydney. unpredictable weathers air cross the australian state of new south wales is making conditions even tougher for crews battling dozens of fires. lightning storms have now add today the problems caused by soaring temperatures and strong winds. many local people have made the decision to leave. >> only sensual things, a few clothes, you can't take everything. and a few valuables, photographs and things like that. >> if i seen flames coming up through the bush there, i would be out of here. but we have had a lot of smoky days up here, but i am quite at ease. but, you know, if the wind changes i think i will leave. >> bush fires are creeping ever closer towards australia's commercial capital. a number of them are burning around sydney as firefighters struggle t

firstly, north korea's statement attacking south korea and the united states over the joint military cises that are going on, also involving japan. north korea putting its army on alert saying it had to be ready to respond from any aggressive action. but more interesting is what the national intelligence service here in south korea has been stying the national assembly on tuesday. we're getting more information coming out of this closed session, a proper briefing now. and what is being said is confirmation as far as the south koreans have said that the nuclear reactor has been restarted and they did carry out a long-range test. and what they are saying about kim jong un himself. he has said he will reunify the korean peninsula within three years. even if that is just trying to rally the senior troops around him, but he also now replaced more than 200% of the senior military in the last few months. >>> 21 world leaders have promised to increase trade in order to boost the global economy. the pledge was made at the end of the asia-pacific summit. but they failed to agree on crucial trad

south koreans have seen a stream of people from north korea cross their shared border over the years. more than 25,000 people who defected from the north are living in the south. over the last ten years police arrested 49 people who they say were working as spies. 21 of them had been disguising themselves as defectors. more and more north koreans started to flee in the 1990s. up until now, the south korean government has admitted all those claiming to be defectors, and has helped them adapt. those from the north grow up in a different system with different rules. still, government leaders in seoul look upon them as fellow koreans. they've set up programs to help the new arrivals adjust in a free and competitive society. the news that there were spies among the defectors has come as a shock to many. the agents took advantage of south korea's policies in dealing with defectors. some say it's clear those policies present a security risk. professor kim tejun studies the issue of defectors and intelligence-gathering on the korean peninsula. he's a specialist in international relations at a

pad if it were detected ahead of time and as well as air and missile defense system to protect south koreae event of such a launch and seen unveiled publically for the first time a domestically south korean missile which would be part of that kill chain process. but as well as the military hardware that is on display, what south korea relies on very much is the u.s. all employ ens employees and troops would be in command and fighting the war and chuck hagel is in town at the moment and due to have talks with the counterparts about that very issue. at the moment south korea is due to take over operational control in war time from 2015 but many feel it doesn't yet have the capacity to lead such a war and that it wants to delay that process so that will be the major part of chuck hagel's talks on wednesday. >> reporter: china is marking the 64th anniversary of when the country was a communist republican and leaders have taken part in the ceremony presenting flowers in the square and this is the first time since they were formally elected in february. and 30 died in flooding in cambodia and it

is looking to impose rules on multi-cultural marriages. >> reporter: this woman came to south koream the philippines with a korean husband she had met just twice. these marriages often run into trouble over language, money, gaps in age and culture. >>> for me it's very hard -- it's very difficult that because of soul, the tradition, because the korean and philippine tradition is very different. because quran they said man is heaven and then woman is land. >> reporter: after her difficulties she said her marriage has now flourished. for next year the government is bringing in new rules a foreign spouse will have to be able to speak a minimum level of korean, the kreeb spouse will have to have a minimum level of income before a couple will be granted a marriage visa. one organization that helps foreign spouses says that won't address the issue of marriage brokers who don't care about the futures of the couples they set up. >> translator: as well as officially registered brokers, there are many individuals who will continue their business, and it's difficult for the government to contr

he worked for north korea's spy agency and defected to south korea in 2004. members of a group supporting japanese abductees invited him to tokyo. he told him yogota may have been alive when japanese and military leaders met in pyongyang. >> translator: if the testimony is true, there's a strong possibility that my daughter is still alive. we hope that's true. >> north korean authorities admitted at the summit that agents had kidnapped yogata but they said she died sometime afterwards. chan said he heard from north korean leader kim jong-il make a comment after the meeting. chan says that suggested that yokota may have still been alive. >>> working couples with children often found themselves in a bind tonight. knight kerr come home to look after their children, but some parents in south korea have come up with a solution -- a unit in a condo built for people like them. anna jong has more. >> reporter: more working parents are showing an interest in living in shared housing. this one was built in seoul two years ago. nine families live here. i'm here in one o

. >>> the typhoon is being blamed for the sinking of a cargo ship off neighboring south korea. nine crew members died. two others are missing. spokespersons for the south korean coast guard say the vessel was anchored off the southeastern port city of pohang. strong winds and powerful waves caused it to come loose. smashed against a seawall and sank. 19 chinese and vietnamese crew members were on the panamanian registered vessel. coast guard ships and patrol ships and planes rushed to the site, but rough weather conditions slowed their rescue effort. they were able to save eight crew members once winds subsided. forecasters in south korea later said 10-meter waves created dangerous conditions at the time of the accident. >>> an aircraft with 49 people on board has crashed into the mekong river in laos as it approached landing in the south of the country. the airline says there are no survivors. state-run lao airlines says the plane was on a domestic flight from the capital vientiane to the southern city of pakse when it crashed at around 4:00 p.m. on wednesday local time. the ar

those from south korea are following closely behind, overtaking u.s. businesses in the total amount of investments. this south korean company is developing a new residential complex in baghdad. complete with roads, water supply, and electricity. >> this project is first and biggest city development project in history of iraq. >> reporter: japanese business managers are trying to catch up. and they are hoping to gain ground by focusing on consumers. japanese products are still part of life for people in iraq. they're confident in the technology remains high. so is the demand for it. >> translator: i have a japanese calculator that i've been using since the '80s. it hasn't failed me even once in 30 years. >> translator: people here still remember when the markets were full of japanese products. japanese firms need to keep safety in mind, but we hope they'll send more people to this country. >> reporter: iraqi leaders are counting on this growing interest. they believe foreign investment will diversify the economy, and help them improve basic services. >>

. >>> the south korea i don't know president says she's not ready to meet with j.p. japan's prime minister in the near future. she says japan should first take steps to improve bilateral relations. pak met u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel in seoul. she said south korea and japan had been unable to build trust because of unwelcome remarks by japanese leaders over historical and territorial issues. pak and shinzo abe have not held talks since taking office. they exchanged simple greetings at the g-20 summit in russia in september. south korea and japan are at odds over disputed islands and the legacy of japan's colonial rule over the korean peninsula. >>> air pollution in china has gotten worse. hazy skies were a seasonal phenomenon more common in winter, but these days pollution has become a problem in autumn as well. beijing >> reporter: skies over beijing are usually clean and blue this time of year, but not in autumn. a cloud of pollution has hung over the city for several days. this is central beijing. the air around here is so hazy that some cars have their hea

disagreements over territory and history have left japan's ties with china and south korea strained. abe proposed some changes after attending the east asia summit in brunei. >> translator: we shouldn't close the door on dialogue just because we have an issue. i believe we should hold summit level dialogues particularly when we have problems. >> abe said improved diplomatic relations would contribute to peace and stability in the asia-pacific region. he said he regretted not having the chance to speak in brunei with the chinese and south korean leaders but he said they need to resolve territorial dispute in the south china sea between china and some southeast asian nations. >> translator: we should respect the basic rules on the oceans, including international laws on resolving conflicts peacefully, freedom of marine navigation and the united nations convention on the law of the sea. >> japanese government sources say leaders of ten countries got together to share their views on the disputes and seven shared abe's views. >>> chinese premier li keqiang was among those in the regional

south korea recently banned imports of marine products from fukushima prefecture. the iaea plans to send a team of specialists in mid-november to study how to carry out the joint monitoring. >>> a cyclone is heading toward india. robert speta has been following that story. robert? >> let's start off with this strong cyclonic storm pulling off to the west. now technically a very severe cyclonic storm. you can see here with this cloud cover, it is covering a very wide area across the bay of bengal, moving off to the northwest. right now, winds sustained at 120, gusting to 130 -- or 120 to 130, gusting to 140 kilometers per hour. but it is expected to intensify. that is really the big story with this. as it pulls off to the northwest, it starts to push near the indian coastline. this is going to be packing winds gusting over 200 kilometers per hour. so a very serious storm system. definitely a serious threat to the loss of life out here. if people do not heed these warnings ahead of this storm system, definitely a storm surge is going to be a major threat, not to ment

nine young north koreans crossed the border from china to laos, believing the next stop was south koreand freedom. they were wrong. aged between 15 and 23, some escaped north korea four years ago into china, looking for food. this video was filmed by a south korean missionary who calls himself mj. mj and his wife hide their identity because they try to help refugees that china regularly arrests and sends back to north korea. they look for fish bones and rice, he tells me to mix together to make porridge. then they eat toothpaste to help them digest it. this boy says he wants to live in china because here even the beggars don't go hungry. the nights were spent living in abandoned building. the days avoiding chinese border guards. when mj met them in december 2009, it was minus 30 degrees celsius. most had frostbite on their hands and toes and skin diseases. some had injuries they say came from beatings by guards when they were caught stealing food. all of them seem to have suffered from tuberculosis, says mj. and as they were malnourished, their growth was stunted. mj and his wife offere

far more japanese visited south korea than those from china. ministry officials attribute the sharp drop to a weaker yen. they say worsening ties are another factor. >> a japanese beverage firm has introduced a hot soda it is hoping to increase demand for carbonated drinks that declines when the the chill willy season sets in. coca-cola japan had a promotion for its new hot ginger ale. the the fizzy liquid won't gush out when the can is opened. >> translator: the taste is not weird. it's quite good. >> the company hopes that the hot ginger ale will help boost demand in winter. >>> beverage makers say winter sales of carbonated drinks often end up at about half the levels of summer. another beveragemaker kirim beverage maker is set to market its soda soon. here are the latest market figures. >>> moving right along here on "newsline," japan's chefs could soon find their work endorsed by the united nations' members of unesco committee have recommended that japan's culinary arts with designated an intangible cultural heritage asset. unesco is expec

and south korea to find ways to break the addiction. we have two reports starting with nhk world's john ellis guard yola. >> 28-year-old charlie pope is addicted to his smartphone. he receives counseling at a rehab center that specializes in treating patients like him. this is his seventh week there. when he wasn't at work, he played games on his phone. eventually he couldn't sleep, and became mentally unstable. >> i was never interacting with my friends. i had absolutely no positive energy coming in from the outside world. i was just pouring all of my self-loathing and depression and anxiety. >> reporter: mobile phones are banned here. five or six patients live communa communally. as for insomnia and other symptoms, it can take three months for them to disappear. >> i recognize that my addiction is a lot more powerful and a lot bigger and a lot mr insidious than i thought it was. >> reporter: some businesses also offer relief to phone addicts. this hotel offers a digital detox package. i'd like to check in, please. >> could i have your

if you go to south korea they already actually have literally a teaching robot and that is not just my paranoid fantasy it's called in keep as an english teaching jockey and it was put into its should be by the end of this year in every south korean kindergarten classroom by the end of two thousand and thirteen helping the teacher teach and it was designed there they couldn't get enough english teachers to teach and it's far cheaper eighty five hundred dollars for enqueued south korea whereas a human being let's see you know we have to pay that human being a living wage i think maybe they need health care i imagine south korea they give people health care and like you're and you could imagine that that would be very tempting from the business model mentality that has taken over the education of slow movement to find a way to replace teachers as well by their been any more negative consequences associated with having these already implemented through kindergartens again in south korea we don't see any consequences yet as this has. not been role but we do see in america where we don't ha

so it's a strong signal of south korea's intended direction of travel in terms of nuclear policy andersal of that put in place just five years ago under the previous administration. then the plan was by 2030 to pretty much double the amount of nuclear power generated into the electricity grid raising the proportion to about 60% of electricity production. now this new plan would have the level pretty much remaining as it is now, between 22 and 29%. now the reason according to the relevant minister and prime minister's office whom we spoke a little while ago is the government wants to take into account strong public opinion which is building against nuclear power for some years now. obviously since the fukushima disaster and the continued problems of the jab needs authorities are seeing there that going on this week as inspectors are trying to assistant help japan deal with that and also because of extremely concerning wide scale corruption scandals in the south korea industry. last week 100 people were investigation over fake certifications dealing with components found not to have ha

south korea and japan are at odds over disputed islands, and the legacy of japan's colonial rule over the korean peninsula. officials in beijing have also rejected the idea of a meeting next week between abe and chine china's president. they will attend the apec summit in bali. >>> researchers on both sides of the pacific are working to track the effects of japan's nuclear accident on bluefin tuna. a team of american scientists at stanford university reported last year they detected low levels of radioactive cesium in 33 of 50 blue fin caught off the coast of california. team members said the damaged fukushima-daiichi nuclear plant was the source of the contamination. they made their conclusion based on levels of cesium 134 which has a half life of about two years and only produced by nuclear reactors. the japanese and u.s. researchers are trying to start a joint study to determine how the toxins got into the tuna. nhk world has more in "japan in depth." >>> the professor has been studying marine creatures in the waters of fukushima prefecture. >> translator: we estimated concentratio

started carrying out naval drills off the coast of south korea.his comes after intense rhetoric against the u.s. and south korea. north korea officials warn there could be disastrous consequences. we have more. >> two developments of note on tuesday, north korea's statements really attacking south korea and the united states over the joint military exercises, which are going on or due to be going on off the coast of south korea also involving japan, north korea putting its army on alert, saying it had to be ready to promptly respond to aggressive action from the i am pealists and they are allies. more interesting is what the national intelligence service here has been saying to the national assembly on tuesday. we're getting more information coming out of this closed session, a proper briefing now about what was said, and what is being said is confirmation as far as the south careens are concerned that the reactor that restarted, north korea did carry out a long-range rocket engine test, both of these in august. kim jong-un has been saying he will

how it travels across so from russia to south korea for instance the route that you spoke about that was thirty five days that's ten days shorter than the suez canal which is known as the vice. of world trade and secondly it reduces dependency on the suez canal so they go hand in hand which is always prone to disruption as we know because of tensions in the released and even pirates for instance and that the because although still incredibly complex and and dangerous the region is getting easier to transport we know that the region it's warming up and therefore it's getting easier to transport through three main reasons that cause dependency in an easy shore but who will benefit from it and. i think one of the main benefit is have to be russian that's because the route it's obviously going to tell. wait i'm talking about little small shipping towers and a large amount of money is going to be in force upon infrastructure that means investments and obviously the ships are going to be stopping off too so it's going

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. >>> south korea has unveiled new military hardware. ballistic and cruz missiles are on show.harry faucet reports it was also designed to send some strong messages north. >> reporter: for south korea's military this was an opportunity to celebrate history and demonstrate strength. it may not have been quite the scale of a north korean military. >> >> translator: we'll deploy a system as soon as possible to deal with the attacks from north korea. and make the north realize the nuclear program and its missiles are useless. >> reporter: the unveiling of the cruz missiles shows what it calls a kill chain that can take out a north korean nuke on the launch pad, but there are still weaknesses. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] means everything, so for korea, we need much more modernized commander control, such as the one u.s. has. >> reporter: a point that the watching u.s. defense secretary chuck hague legal -- hagel will be hearing a lot this week. for all of this day is about pride and military strength, south korea says its chief objective is to endure the shower of the nuclear threat.

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is preparing for naval drills off of the coast of south korea. hairy faucet has more. >> reporter: this was the uss gorge washington in the south careen port on tuesday. it was scheduled to gather with other south korean and japanese ships offshore. a statement from the korean people's army said the military has received an emergency order to keep themselves fully ready to promptly launch operations at anytime. north korea also warned of unpredictable disasters if the u.s. and its allies continued to behave in this way. >> translator: the speculate the north's order is designed to criticize the u.s. aircraft carriers arrival in our port. >> reporter: according to the intelligence agencies kim jong un had said he intended to reunify the korean peninsula within the next three years. and confirmed that north korea has restarted its nuclear reactor, and had tested a long-range rocket engine, both events happening in august. relations between the koreans had been improving from the situation we saw in march and april, but the tone has recently shifted

the resort was developed under a joint project involving north and south korea, but tourist visits to the area have been suspended since 2008 when a north korea soldier shot a south korean tourist to death there. it is possibly the first time since 2008 that north korean authorities have allowed japanese citizens and members of the japanese media to access the site. by doing so, they may be trying to publicize the humanitarian problem in favor of the family of japanese citizens who died on the korean peninsula. during my four-hour climb of the mountain, i only came across a dozen tourists from taiwan and none from south korea. >> translator: it's very beautiful here. and the air is very fresh. >> reporter: this is the eighth time that north korea has allowed grieved japanese family members to visit. the country's new leadership appears eager to maintain the program with the aim of improving relations with japan. hiromitsu nagano, nhk world, pyongyang. >>> managers of japan's damaged nuclear plant seem to be making progress in getting their system to decontaminate radioactive water ful

south korea says the north korea nuclear reactor has resumed. the head of south korea national intelligence service made the confirmation news at the national assembly committee. the graphite moderated reactor is in action. in august, the military detected higher than normal levels of zenon. the u.s. government has confirmed that steam is generated by the facility. the reactor was desimilarableled in 1998. he told the committee north korea tested the engine for long range missiles in late august. >> russian president vladimir putin says he wants to resolve a dispute. he met with shinzo abe on the sidelines of the summit in bali ind knee city of los angeles. they agreed to push forward in negotiations on a peace treaty. >>translator: conditions are met to work toward a treaty with japan based on realistic plans. >> russian and japanese leaders have argued over the a rans off northern japan. troops seized four islands athe war. putin says russians and japanese have cooperated in energy and other fields. he said concluding the peace treaty requires

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defense secretary chuck hagel attended the event along with the south korea president. >>translator: we have to build strong deterrents against north korea until the north abandons the nuclear program and makes the right choice for people of north korea and peace along the peninsula. >> she says she will secure strike cape kts for defensive purpose sps launch her own country's missile system. they recently carried out a come bust test used for long range missile. north is thought to be restarting a nuclear reactor. rvelths japanese and u.n. and foreign defense meet to discuss meet cooperation in light of china expansion. the two plus two meeting includes chuck hagel, u.s. secretary of state john kerry and their counter parts defense minister and foreign minister. security in east say sha is high on the agenda. discussions include revisions on united states japan cooperation guidelines. japanese officials want china to help maintain security in the region. they want china to abide by international rules and keep the military budget transparent. they say the senkakus isla

. >>> south korea is suspending u.s. beef imports after a controversial additive was found in some meats. its suspending beef imports from a colorado company because it was found with an additive used to add muscle weight to cattle. the additive the banned in asia and europe. south korea is asking u.s. officials to address the issue. so far this year south korea has imported 75,000 tons of u.s. beef. >>> the salmonella outbreak linked to foster farms chicken is very complex and involves serious strains of the bacteria according to federal health officials. the centers for disease control and prevention now says the contamination involves seven strains of salmonella including some resistant to antibiotics. it's sickened 278 people in 18 states, most in california. 42% of the cases required hospitalization. until inspectors find the exact source of the contamination, the chicken is still being sold in stores. foster farms says the chicken is safe when you fully cook it. you can find out more information on our website, abc