border slandering the last poll to poll on its upcoming annual joint military drill with one st and south korea has been this regarding north korea's piece of sunset. suspecting it as a deceptive the lid to a new round of military profits he says. and today as recently as our hearts before north korea meet the proposal to hold our new beginning and the south korean government called on countdown to show our actions instead of just using words. the countdown has acted and can now hope that the much delayed and much anticipated family of the unions which would be the first in three years. i'm deeply sometime next month all right as our duty and reporting on palin's family re union proposal life and the new center. meanwhile officials from the two koreas met on this friday to discuss ways to ease restrictions in many cases in france it at the inner critic is in fact resell the dots are focused on improving an electronic identification system that would make it easier for south korean businessman to enter and exit the industrial complex. the officials also touched upon the issue of internet connect

e if north korea on tuesday tony two provide true prove all serious doubt as to south korea it will seek decor a dividend or unexpected ways and a missile. for the long range artillery can be a lot of the good of man that call for north korea to guarantee the one hundred percent success because me to not have any real island's defence us is to stand up on it is very very difficult almost impossible to keep the flying on. the eye chillies. so it is the problem i think our efforts us apart think so much for time tonight. before your dns and another began get the latest line from seoul. any expert analysis from ages fourteen with the viewpoint only koreans local network and why on arrival that. he always on standby. i accept that increased political pressure on japan the us house of representatives has passed a bill addressing the issue of japan's wartime sexual and sleeping marking the first time the matter has been included in the us legislature. also he has to be counts. us lawmakers are formally calling on their government to pay more attention to the so called comfort women for women f

latest video was made to inform the international community that the islands are an integral part of south korea. south koreans call them toktu. japanese call them takeshima. the ministry plans to post a 12-minute video. the japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of japan 's territory. it says south korea is occupying them illegally. >>> the leader of north korea used his new year address on state-run tv to promote unity in his reclusive nation. he said the execution last month of his uncle strengthened the country. kim was apparently calling on citizens to show their loyalty and try to consolidate internal unity. north korean authorities executed kim's uncle on allegations he was trying to launch a coup. chang song thaek was widely seen as the young leader's mentor. kim said in his address that 2014 will be a year of great changes. he said north korea will make what he called a fresh leap forward to build a thriving socialist country. kim also said he will work to beef up the military. he warned that another war on the korean peninsula would lead to a nuclear catastrophe

and talk to she does in japan the video of this historic evidence in support of south korea's ownership of the audience. the foreign ministry said in a briefing that the video is to spread the truth that don't go to south korean territory intensive history geography and international role. it is south korea's second stop the promotion video portions of a's visit has not only in rage. asian countries but also to be denounced by a jewish scholar with these slime in the days unfold center. cctv news but to rabbi abraham cooper who is being considered was interviewed before my japanese soldier who served with the notorious unit seven thirty one. defoe was surprised to hear that the soldier believed his work was honorable. unit seven three one developed a brutal chemical and biological weapons which it used against chinese civilians during japanese aggression in world war two. bentley said. every year for reunions of people who were involved. meaning also the failures been before personal responsibility and failure. like generations to understand what actually took place because when people

certain preconditions for unification ministry correspondent on some key reports mr yet has rejected south korea's proposal to discuss a resumption of family the union for those federated during the korean war. thursday's response came three days after south korean president of today expressed hopes of holding the humanitarian event sometime during the lunar new year holiday which falls in the last week of january. in a statement on thursday but know that there had seen no change in souls were like posture and sad for a successful round of humanitarian exchange is to take place the right atmosphere must be created although not named directly and can't seem to be referring to the upcoming joint military exercise between seoul and washington that takes place annually between february and march it also said that in order for the teacher vs discuss the matter of family the unions. they must also address issues raised by the north. most likely the resumption of south korean tourists to the mound condemn resort. i however did not slam the door shut and family the unions altogether the statements that th

if north korea pro bowl south korea. some tyres promising this and nothing small college in the pew or provoke an attorney and that china would not call without doing anything at all this in pakistan. south korea officials and us officials don't believe in this recent piece of fence to get the cream president continues to push for this vision of unification. if tonight's meeting this charm offensive is peace offensive than what is the next step of the cost is to say in one way or another. tom put the finishing line that divided the soft response north korea at this moment well fall in the window was undone by more of this awesome response. as it is appropriate for a profit because of korea provided a very good chance to resume the spots. most of all honesty it. like eating was comparable open pores are to resume those to the needy and things of the separate camera in the parade and a sauna in there was so in my opinion very easy walk from north korea to take in all studies at the disproportionate. and then deception to s

it says south korea is occupying them illegally. investors in industrialized countries watched stock market's rally in two thousand and thirteen central banks helped drive the recovery with monetary easing. bank of japan the us fed reserve and the european central bank. all pumped money into the economy hopes for an economic recovery in the us also pushed up share prices. tokyo's benchmark nikkei average surged fifty six point seven percent the biggest annual gain in forty one years. new york's dow jones industrial average was up twenty six and a half percent over two thousand and twelve. that's the biggest increase in the eighteen years and the frankfurt stock market rose twenty five point four percent but emerging economies end of the year with mixed results. share prices on them and buying market rose eight point nine percent however concerns about china's financial system cause the shanghai market to drop by six point seven percent and worries in brazil's economy is losing steam. push down share prices in sao paolo by fifteen an

i did upcoming working between south korea had us that to me. we've been in obvious reference to military drills that are scheduled here in late february but this is often noted that could be helping with the vendors. the takeover of washington is it that all this is not to the dprk supposed to hold a family reunion. possibly if the conditions are right at the moment. in response though here in south korea the education ministry immediately held a press conference expressed its regret for the rejection in particular the ministry had been specially regretful that the dprk would love a humanitarian act. we re union with a feeling it'll military exercises that you should be dealt with completely properly because we're sorry about the different issues here that the ministry also granted him leave for wanting improve ties the two countries. thinking that the dprk should show that he did actually willing to improve ties to two words but to concrete action but one government official years according to the actual reason for the rejection could be the c

south korea find it difficult to hold a summit of the early days. we want to build up exchanges through various routes including the foreign minister level the point that little eyes a bit like you. south korean present time the man said earlier this month and it's regrettable said japanese leaders have recently contradicted previous cover my apologies for aggression and colonial rule in asia fox says there would have to be careful preparations for a summit to take place. bad relations with china have also been rocky its ambassador to the us says the chinese have been conducting a global propaganda campaign against his nation. king ichiro sauce diana wrote an opinion piece for the washington post saying it's not japan but china and most of asia and the international community worry about. the ambassador says china's military buildup and the use of military and mercantile corps were shining feast neighboring states is a matter of concern he adds the most recent example is beijing's unilateral declaration of an air defense identification zone over the

when my friends see me on the show, they'll fantasize about south korea. they'll say i've changed a lot. in north korea i never smiled. >> narrator: the show is part current affairs... part talent show... part beauty pageant. >> north korean defectors have emerged as very quiet agents of social progress in north korea, because people often assume that they just leave north korea and that's it. and at this point where you have over 20,000 north korean refugees that have resettled in south korea, that's a significant population that are joining forces to reconnect with their families back inside. and when they see that one of them can leave the community, go to south korea, that's a huge wake-up for them that shows just how much more advanced and how much more open south korea is. >> narrator: jeong is back in seoul, meeting with a group of defectors who are plotting against the north korean regime. >> narrator: yong hee and her husband jeong oh have found another way to penetrate kim jong un's secret state. >> narrator: like jeong, yong hee says she suffered

up to ninety days in total over a six month period last year approximately ninety five thousand south korea's travel to russia while more than one hundred sixty seven thousand russians visited korea. moving on down to the ongoing civil unrest in self seed and the south sudanese government and rebels were set to begin talks in neighboring ethiopia late wednesday in a bid to end weeks of violence that is left over a thousand people dead. presents all that here and a rebel leader reid which are sent delegations to a piece about but to hash out the details of the peace agreement. tots gun and says south sudan government acknowledged that it was the key town of four to rebel forces united states welcomed the move by both sides and reiterated that need to end the bloodshed that has sent about tens of thousands of civilians fleeing from their homes. well may not come immediately to mind but seoul has become a world class beer town in musicals are the new hot to get in the nation with a number of popular films and novels being transformed to fit their korean audience is for tgi and takes a look at wh

korean war the north questioned how the humanitarian event could be held right before daniel's south korea the us joint military drill set for fat dairy. the reclusive state also said that before the two koreas can discuss the re union. they must address issues that have been raised by the norse in the past that is assumed to include a resumption of course to the mountain resort. ministry spokesman qin legal help of her reiterated that the malcolm them tourism and family re union issues should be dealt with separately. he said the two issues are not playing. and there's no change in schools insistence that north korea should first claim responsibility for shooting a south korean tourists dead in two thousand eight. the spokesman also urged north korea to show sincerity about toll's offer for talks. if it really wants improved ties with the self when resuming family reunions is the first and towards a new inter korean relationship political watchers plan out that although the upcoming south korea the us military exercises are likely to be a major hurdle in resuming in the korean dialogue. t

with plans for twenty fourteen the extension of the olive branch to south korea the story similar to that i'm ten years it's thursday jack during second year in korea life of full time and trouble and thank you for joining us. we begin this evening in scheduling city where the government kicked off the new year with its first meeting of two thousand fourteen are fuzzy hair has more unhappy year old said even a step closer to becoming the central administrative hub of korea the korean government held its first meeting of the new year on thursday in the central city of scandal it was the first time that meeting was held in the new administrative city that meeting led by prime minister taiwan was also broadcast live at the central government complex a scholar the government's annual new year's meeting has been held in store for the past forty years. but starting this year it looking nice that the government complex in schedule around six hundred officials that represent government and he's in the healing ministry that popped up part and the needy prime minister thomas said the nation's

army has about 20,000 soldiers stationed in south korea. the army deployed a new helicopter unit there last year for enemy surveillance. army chief of staff general ray odierno said the rebalancing of troops to the asia pacific region is based on a u.s. national defense strategy laid out in 2012. >>> leading american artists and scholars are voicing their opposition to a plan to build a new u.s. marine base in okinawa prefecture in the southern part of japan. filmmakers oliver stone and michael moore, and linguist noam chomsky, were among 29 prominent figures who signed the document. they say they oppose the plan to relocate the marine corps futenma air station within okinawa. they want authorities to return the land to the people but they oppose plans to build a new base in the same prefecture. the air base is located in a heavily populated area of okinawa. the people living there have been campaigning to move it off the prefecture. but the japanese government has decided to move it to another location in okinawa. the group's statement say

this is not just about the relationship between china japan south korea. this is a violation of the promise that appendage to the international society after the second war war. all they can have in japan and china salutations to that of the uk and the gemini before the festival of war at the davos forum recently which was met with the backlash of criticisms. q i think the prime minister of that does not want to improve the relationship with china and all you could also think that it is obvious intention to see patients between japan and china moscow saw keith says only with patients as the bases and japan imported weapons from the unites states which would then enable you to dispatch forces overseas to get the exercise is quite subjective self defense. the gentle cctv. a special envoy for the dprk glyn davies has met with chinese officials here in beijing to discuss the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and resumption of the six party talks at a news conference he called on the dprk to return to the six party talks as soon as possible. so force her

i don't think any serious quotations in china south korea and other countries to the other is totally let my fingers that the united states' own stunts all it stands. it doesn't last. we look at lights on. this isn't the usual white and wrong china's foreign ministry has urged japan to develop a correct understanding of history and draw lessons from this mill a tourist pass. in eighty nine japanese leaders have made clear this stance by actions to shell they want to revise history of the patient and glory fi classic the war criminals. we are to japanese to stop with the caveat and stuff will be in the wrong direction japanese leaders to not have a crack understanding which are testimony to his agent to atone for that you need to not learn from history to not stick to the peaceful development and to not adopt responsible policies. japan will be let down and dangerous and incorrect path south korea's foreign ministers in washington to discuss a number of complex issues that have heightened tensions in the far east. no more so than recent visit by japan's prime minister to the controvers

access today's recipe please visit our website the stories making headlines this hour south korea has offered to hold working level talks on trade unions for families separated since the korean war goes unanswered speculation is that tongue and baby molly. the proposal a further escalation of tension between korea and japan sold in venice to do is play in korea controlled island of vocal its new guidelines for japanese textbooks for middle and high school. the us federal reserve at curing set to further scale back the stimulus package currencies bonds and shares were hammered in emerging markets. the story below next up on sunday seoul and its uk announced on wednesday so much for joining us. we begin with another strain on regional ties soul strongly denounce tokyo's decision to subject another generation of schoolchildren didn't carry less to claims to crystal cove island officials also were to be reciprocal commenters and revise teaching guidelines are not withdrawn immediately i can use this as a jew has more on the souring relations between korea and japan. how much further can k

it claimharry faucet joins us f south korea. how many of a below is this to north-south relations. >> it comes a few days after the president in south korea had made this offer in her new year's press conference, saying that january the 31st, the lunar new year day was the perfect time to reinstate family reunion that was supposed to happen towards the end of last year and didn't because the north korean side pulled out before it was scheduled to happen. the reunions have been stalled and reunite people who were separated by the fighting. many of these people are old. half of them or more in their 80s and ordinarily. there's time pressure. the north koreans leaving the door ajar, saying there could be talks in a good season. at the moment they say there's not enough time to prepare for january 31st, the weather is cold, and saying this is a period leading to the annual south korean exercises saying can separated families have reunions in peace, amid gunfire. an humanitarian issues cannot belinked. they are waiting for a response.

south korean officials have proposed to their counterparts in north korea that they hold reunions in mid february for families separated by the korean war the dates or just before the south conducts an annual joint military exercise with the united states. he's the deputy you're considering the apartment we should have been separated families. we propose that reunions be held at the mountain gun resort in north korea. every seventeenth through the twenty second. a spokesperson said the south also proposed holding a meeting between red cross officials from both sides on wednesday to work out the details of the re unions earlier this month south korean president. i couldn't call for such reunions during the lunar new year period around late january officials in pyongyang rejected parks offer once but accepted it last friday nearly one hundred thirty thousand people have applied to meet their relatives in the north the last remains were held more than three years ago analysts say leaders in the north could pressure the south into suspending the joint military drill with the us in exchang

more recently kim jon un indicated the willingness to sort of talk with south korea government. then congressman, you are the expert in the political economy. [laughter] let me just stop here. >> i would concur. i was in korea last spring, and it was whenever the united states has a joint military exercises with south korea, somebody in north korea gets bent out of shape. as i was there, i turned on the television, and a network, whose name i will not mention, was talking about south korea going to the subway and exercises for some type of a military assault on the north. the stores were jammed, the streets were jammed, i called my wife and said everything is fine. the -- the the, you know, continues but, you know, it's very interesting is the fact you're going see china when this is a lot of profit or anything china is very much concerned over what happened to kim jon un's uncle because one of the reasons why he was executed was because a portion of real estate was sold, i guess, in the -- industrial area, and the chinese were amazed because that's the joint effort. .. with the

korea warned south korea and nuclear war on wednesday's annual toy itself for us to spend strolls begin as scheduled late next month to north korea's committee for the peaceful reunification of korea said the stampede to cancel the joint exercises with not only damage dinner korean relations the lead to a terrible disaster on the peninsula. yes the rhetoric is an annual occurrence this time of year has debuted the key result in foal eagle drills as a provocation. seoul and washington have long said the annual exercises are strictly defensive in nature i want to worry me but its share of the problem entries defense committee you listened in on north korea's missile capability. if the rogue state were to fire its nuclear tipped to build on the ballistic missile seoul has eleven minutes and fifteen seconds before impact as a precaution you suggest that south korea should adopt a malt i layered missile defense to improve the current system in the face of growing military threats from north korea the representative also stressed that korean need to adopt the terminal high altitude area defen

remembered include the military and political leaders convicted of war crimes after world war two south korea's representative spoke out about comfort women from korea japan china and other countries. many of them are forced to work in brothels serving japanese soldiers during world war two the content of the mini shoot. which is at the pole deep end in progress between korea and japan. he's or so and importance. you gave us her remains rights issue japan's envoy of respondents to the remarks he explained the intention behind on this shrine visit. he underlined that the purpose of this visit was to review the pitch but to file child never been racial. from a local said that the comfort women issue has already been resolved and should not become a diplomatic issue he said japan wants to work towards better relations with china and south korea. japanese prime minister ahmed says his government will replacing its decades old arms export ban with a new set of rules that allows weapons exports under controlled conditions. there was answering a question in the opera house on thursday about the govern

and south korea by politicians and the media for his pandering to kim, who had his own uncle executed north korea is a police state with thousands of political prisoners and an active nuclear weapons program. kim's government threatens to annihilate the u.s., south korea and japan. in 2012 south korea arrested a tour group leader and charged him with flplotting a coup. >> the u.s. government says kenneth bae is innocent and north korea never showed evidence against him. in a television interview dennis rodman suggested kenneth bae may be guilty, and cursed at a reporter interviewing him. kenneth bae's sister said the family is appalled. >> this is not a game. dennis rodman can play the media game all he wants. this is about a man's life, and that's on the line here. and, you know, i hope that he realises that this is serious, serious stakes. he has a family at home, a father of three children, waiting for him for 14 months. i hope he remembers that. >> one u.s. congressman says dennis rodman is entertaining kim with his famous sport is like taking adolf hitler out for lunch. >> austra

for assassinating japan's first prime minister. >> he also criticized the coordination between south korea and china. he said it does not contribute to peace and pop ration in east asia. in june of last year south korean president park geun-hye asked chinese leaders to build a monument while on a visit to beijing. >>> china's economy is once again showing some momentum. biz team ron madison is here with more on that. ron? >> investors have really been waiting for those numbers to come out, gene, to get more sense of direction about where the chinese economy is headed. so officials there have tallied up their figures or economic growth and come in slightly above expectations. the figure is higher than the target of around 7.5%. china's national bureau of statistics say gross domestic product grew by 7.7% compared with a year earlier. nhk world has more from beijing. >> chinese consumers have opened up their wagates. they've spent more on big ticket items such as cars and helped drive growth of gdp to beat the target. the recovery of the global economy benefited. the people who keep track of

and threw it down on the house and painted japan south korea summit says he only has to cough is in both countries. lord jesus and administration of prime insistence on that maintains the historical interpretation of pbs cabinets. just us as japan nice to catholic school that discounts the area purity. so korea find it difficult to hold a summit of the early days. we want to build up exchanges through various routes including the foreign minister level the point that will open up as a bit tight to you. sarah and cousin our knesset any of this month the basement of all the japanese media said the city contradicted ping the escarpment the polish useful invention and called him only the couch. taxes don't have to be careful preparations for something to take place. coming up a three day walk a couple contest the ruling. ay ay ay ay the us. i did. just see this till we see him and sent the ball and counting in japanese on installation as opening times and ds. living room. the center the explosive relationship between sound the man's land it is no such predictable and excavation from a j

i'm jittery first south korea released an online video clip in many languages on its sovereignty said counter actions by japan and south korean government also built a doctor but billy and that an investment of about two billion us dollars in its capital seoul. the aim is to raise awareness of the doctor issue. sure they were fondled it is after the event and no amount of cars that go to an end and i didn't know before but have set our mind to safeguard our cocoa and it's good to those of the speedometer to me but to me that he had made it to their statements are telling a lie that the ghost sounds pretty scary to read lonely too. and since taking up this japanese prime minister should sell out they has made its two am and the country's constitution and that the ban on its right to collective self defense. a us commentator on a separate civic issues says this could be dangerous and go against the will of the japanese people. i think what he's trying to do a show his political opponents that this process is inevitable. in other words that this is going to happen that he's committed to

the joint military drills between south korea and the us were not consider millions of koreans were separated from their loved ones and the country west of i need more than six decades ago. around seventy two thousand south can be and are on a waiting list for a chance to meet their family one last time. but it seemed to me years now since the last three unions if the event takes place next month. a hundred or by family members from each last year's pennsylvania jen's lunch with their loved ones. however a handful of these aging relatives have fallen ill since bag. underscoring the urgency of reasoning a lot to spend it. the unions on sunday innings. iranian president as syrah honey says you'd be willing to play the role of mediator for it difficult to enter korean issues including north korea's nuclear program. pres irani made the remarks during a meeting with south korean national assembly speaker and ten he who arrived in tehran on sunday to hold talks with senior iranian officials according to khan spokesman a roni added that iran would be able to help resolve pyongyang's nuclear issue yo

but he admits that talks with china and south korea. i'm not on the prize. and south korean prison camp communities. seas to see. she suggested on monday in her first news conference of the year that it would be difficult to hold a summit meeting for the time being. mark says japanese leaders have recently being called dragon king. apologies for the country's i'm gracious and corny unloading days. as for china. a spokesperson for the foreign ministry says. and this time it keeps repeating that he attaches importance to the nations as china. but he who sees it. a spokesperson says i close the door to dialogue and that chinese candle to welcome a japanese leader when this kind of mindset. his focus will remain the economy. and his plans to call in japan out of deflation. mr knows japanese and people of color to pay much attention to the fate of his economic plan. pick up in the mix he knows his cellphone trading is a relatively high because voters back his policies. he wants to keep the behind him nick went into work this year on revitalizing the economy. this

improving people's lives their team and having the relation odds with south korea. oh bobby gave the example of a new ski resort in its being constructed of very short time in and he's trying to use this to show how decisive he's being on the economy of convoluted and china and north korea appears to have to read close relationship that's changing. the tie is a much more conventional though it's when north korea conducted its nuclear test would be in china back to un resolutions to apply sanctions on north korea's leaders showed some frustrated that that decision oh they're also dissatisfied with the lack of progress on i learned to ignore reallhich does occasionally visit to china when their students how to climb. right now too formal. kim needs to consolidate his power further delaying his visit with us. this honestly. north korean authorities continue to dispatch workers to chinese industrial zones after the purge of council tax. china led efforts to forge economic ties with china the north's still hopes to rebuild its economy with cooperation from its powerful n

most of that to come federation mall bill proposed by south korea use com. dallas become very close to the mall the other european union and the submission mona on sunday by a nose couldn't use of my creating a unified korea very similar to the united states. i would like to repeat that. past for the ultimate goal is a very important. then mark on the flow of ultimate form of unification. how will he or she is because in case of a time now. and though united states. of those people have to pull through. he stroked it and the typical warns. too much even though politically union that lasted. but in case of germany the politico the union was relatively speaking. maybe in a more peaceful manner that is why koreans are far more interested in stimulating the success of sermons. so what sort of economic projects with curry eight ounces so called jackpot well on the fly water are able to create them know what to make myself a rich man but i was just plain out of few things that one is the head of the connection of the transcontinental the release of starting from th

bought in vietnam that could perform the kind of military and leadership capabilities to make a new south korea, which was talked about, south vietnam being like south korea, they just didn't have it. kennedy approved the overthrow of president ziem in 1963. the cia helped engineer that and of course president kennedy himself unfortunately was to be assassinated three weeks later. so therefore you have, you know, i think historically an opportunity that early to maybe prevent the tremendous loss of, not only american life but of vietnamese life that followed the administration of president johnson and then of president nixon. bearing in mind that as many americans died under the administration of president nixon as did under president johnson. so, you know, early on, david had per stamp, my colleague, wrote in the best and the brightest, this was the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time and i didn't necessarily agree with him then but i agree with him now and i doubt that even an extended, continued american effort could have forestalled an ultimate nationalist victory and a nationali

. >> the japanese school textbooks causing a storm in south korea. >> and how taking the law into your own hands is becoming legal in mexico. >> a late night deal between protesters and the government will be put to the test. viktor yanukovych promised to scrap anti-protest laws, and that will be discussed at a special mermentry sayings. demonstrations began in late november when viktor yanukovych shelved a deal with the european union, and looked for a bailout loan. nick spicer joins us from kiev to tell us what we are expecting to see out of the parliamentary session. >> look, it's judgment day for ukraine, that's what the opposition leader is calling it. nine weeks of protest, increasing violence, a president that is no longer in control of half the country. this is a situation where we might achieve a consensus that will move the country forward. they'll bell -- be talking about amnesty, rescinding anti-protest laws which was passed through parliament, and is widely seen as draconian, permitting the defamation of public officials, people have been driving in convoys, and losing lic

it's irresponsible of the company. >> south korea is known to be an it powerhouse. a problem is a national embarrassment. >> the credit card company is one of three that is targeted by a loans company looking for information about potential customers. an employee for a credit ratings agency went to the company, seized as much information as he could before passing it on. all three companies are in full damage mode. >> the possibility of a secondary damage is slim as the defamation was not circulated. however, note that there could be attempts of financial fraud taking advantage of the current situation. >> around the country people have logged on to credit card account to find out what has been stolen. in this ace id, credit accounts, among a raft of information that has gone missing. not the least the president, and the secretary-general of the united nations. the prime minister says an investigation needs to establish what happened and systems toughened up to make sure it can't happen again. >> still ahead: bloody clashes between police and protesters in ukraine a

but he admits that talks with china and south korea are not on the horizon. and south korean president park geun-hye agrees. she suggested on monday in her first news conference of the year that it would be difficult to hold a summit meeting for the time being. park says japanese leaders have recently been contradicting past apologies for their country's colonial rule. as for china a spokesperson for the foreign ministry says he keeps repeating that he attaches importance to relations with china. but, he is insincere. the spokesperson says abe closed the door to dialogue, and that chinese people cannot welcome a japanese leader with this kind of mind-set. >> what will abe's focus be, or his main focus would be on the domestic front? >> well, abe's focus will remain the economy, and his pledge to pull japan out of deflation. the prime minister knows japanese and people abroad are paying attention to the fate of his economic plan, that abenomics. he knows his support rating is high because voters back his policies. he wants to keep the public behind him and cont

if china or south korea, the governments were looking for something more, they didn't get it. that's to be expected. shinzo abe's position on going to yasukuni, and other kinds of conservative movement actions are part of his general political program. we are going to probably see a lessoning of tensions and confrontation. at least japan will work hard for that because they want to have nice atmospherics for the arrival of barack obama in the spring. the united states role is fraught because the u.s. is the military ally of both south korea and japan which has a territorial dispute and united states is in some kind of competition with china while being japan's ally. this is a dicey position for the united states. it's trying to balance all kinds of different agendas, not the least of which is that it owes japan and china a tremendous amount of money. these things come together and make a difficult package. to think that big brother america will come in and make peace is a little bit too hopeful in my view. >> a severe winter chill in the united states is getting worse. people

he reiterated south korea's position against of this shrine visits. she not so says the langham telephone tied to us secretary of state john kerry on tuesday. their agenda putting included issues on japan. i had already country the foreign ministers and the mesh and gemini and vietnam via phone on monday to discuss matters concerning japan. chinese president hu shi jian ping deliver the new year's address focusing on his country's best was the speech was broadcast by state run tv and other media on new year's eve. she emphasized result achieved in two thousand thirteen sections economic policies and anti corruption measures he said his government as john the ground and blueprints for the country's future development. he said china will press ahead with reforms in twenty fourteen to make the country and strong the one living being has been going on usually topped with human woman. usually until one of me. nonetheless the tenth of the month. what in the queue up. should it go but in the tie shoes and go home only to know what i'm going. chatted for the

the he was secretary of state john kerry will travel to south korea incendiary than this it will cap off a series of recent trips to the country by senior us officials. kerry is expected to focus on north korea on his knees with his south korean counterparts that is it still was disclosed on wednesday south korea's special representative for the korean peninsula peace and security affairs children on that the us special representative for north korea policy grandbabies and sell. sharon said it is and critical moment to closely watch the news that north korean leader kim jong on. he said south korea and the united states will hold a joint military exercise next month as scheduled despite the north's demand that it be canceled. he will have to make sure that north korean musician. we became his certificate nations. and finds that possessing nuclear weapons is not actually in these two teams interests davey said pyongyang must take concrete steps to what the new position. what this exciting new kid talks to be listened to it were. hope that they had two pm. to change their attitude chan

china and south korea have both reacted strongly. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson watchman ying said that her country has lodged a protest about the revisions. it's really sad. we didn't. and this historical facts and two kids and generations. i feel it is today. they should stop such publications and work hard to improve relations with neighboring countries in south korea first vice foreign minister kim dili on summons. japanese ambassador for will be shown to the ministry. he strongly protested against the revised manuals the foreign ministry later accused japan of planning to teach false claims to its young people what is going on in a south korean government strongly condemns this action and demands the japanese government withdraw the menu and you yes you will. if your hair does not do this yet our government will take firm oddly appropriate measures officials in seoul say the likely won't discuss the issue with their counterparts in the chain business leaders in japan and china are eyeing each other's economies as new pla

takeshima islands the revised manuals say japan has been protesting their illegal occupation by south korea. ministry officials will tell education boards across the country about the revisions. they will also urge pb lishers to reflect the content of the new manuals and textbooks from the 2016 school year. education minister says it's important for children to have correct knowledge of their country's territory. >> translator: there's no incompatibility between clearly teaching children about the country's territory, and maintaining friendly ties with neighboring countries. >> shimomura said he will work with the foreign ministry to explain japan's position to neighboring nations. >>> china and south korea have reacted strongly. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said that her country has launched a protest about the revisions with japan. >> translator: we demand that japan recite historical facts and teach its young generation a correct view of history. they should stop such provocation and work hard to improve relations with neighboring countries. >> in south korea, first vice foreign

see also criticize the coronation between south korea and china he said. it does not conjure be to peace and cooperation in east asia. in june of last year south korean president packer that chinese leaders to build the monument was on a visit to beijing aye aye aye aye aye. three major south korean credit card firms have been getting floods of inquiries after that personal information of over one hundred million customers was leaked that number is twice the country's population representatives of the company's apologize for the leak in a joint news conference in seoul on monday south korean prosecutors say the movie the day include credit card numbers expiration dates and names and phone numbers of some one hundred five million cardholders. but prosecutors say an employee of an information security company assigned to the credit card firms sold the data after copping them onto a memory stick. officials of the credit card firms say there's no possibility that the leak has caused any damage. they doubt the personal identification numbers and security pros on

it is it a great leaders in south korea and china. the us government expressed disappointment as did many japanese cities. a stamp machine for japan to be allowed to exercise the right of collective self defense or the right to defend allies that come under attack. but to do that he needs to change the long standing interpretation of the constitution that self defense force is only protected. members of clc peace coalition partner elbaradei based cancer prime minister of the screen trying to leave behind a legacy something he failed to do the first time he was in power. while few firsts are opposed to the ideal fix the economy. they're divided over his face and after hearing us. i don't know says economic policies can to support high. but still it seems he wants to find time to focus on his other priorities. my mind in any ski world. don't you know aye aye aye aye aye aye some familiar faces on the japanese political scene are gearing up for a fight to leave the country's capital their mapping out their campaigns for tokyo governor th

the visit angered leaders in south korea and china. the u.s. government expressed disappointment, as did many japanese citizens. abe is now pushing for japan to be allowed to exercise the right of collective self-defense, or the right to defend allies that come under attack. but to do that, he needs to change the long-standing interpretation of the constitution that self-defense forces can only protect japan. members of the ldp's coalition partner have already raised concern. prime minister abe is clearly trying to leave behind a legacy. something he failed to do the first time he was in power. but while few voters are opposed to the idea of fixing the economy, they're divided over his vision in other areas. abe knows his economic policies have kept his support high. but still, it seems he wants to find time to focus on his other priorities. mayuko ambe, nhk world, tokyo. >>> economic figures have pointed to a rebound here in japan. however, not so fast says the latest data on the country's debt. ron madison is here with more on that. ron? >> y

after a meeting with south korea's first five for men is taking the honey solid tuesday currently the firm washington's commitment to its ally express once again the strong american support for president parts principled approach to the dprk and stressed once again the strong american support for the defence and security. the republicans agree with. a us diplomat is expected to discuss the current state of north korea with officials in china before moving on to japan where the country's denial of the historical wrongdoing will be taken out. once the threat that this trip. us assistant secretary for the bureau of east asian and pacific affairs that killed myself will attend a bank in china and japan will visit seoul and sunday to share the results of the discussions in beijing and tokyo. on sunday he meets the korean trade official who was kidnapped and the libyan capital tripoli and sunday is safe. according to an official from korea's foreign ministry though he did not specify how the information was obtained the official added that the government is preparing for any scenario but ca

he was talking about the improvement of the relations with south korea, which were at an all-time low, on the brink of law. kim jong un was talking not only about his domestic affairs, the excuse of his uncle as the cows of the antirevolutionary faction which he prays. he was talking about the international relations of north korea, which look very bleak. relations with south korea froze and united states are not going anywhere. >> kim jong un was simply reiterating his wishlist to improve relateses -- relations without if anything to achieve it. >> still ahead - latvia the latest country to join the eurozone. the promise of new technology. we look at what will be big in 2014. >> and jo will be here to pel you what psg are getting up to in their winter training break in the desert. those details in sport. >> denver is known as the mile-high city, the rocky mountain capital of colorado, where marijuana smokers can get legally high too. we have a report on how business is booming as it goes to pot from january 1st. >> harvesting and processing pot is a family affair at nature's herb and

have 636 in south korea as well. look at the jgb.ng to flow. >> that his safety. >> he of the five-year and not 20 basis points. yet the tenure at 62. yet the 20 year at 145. you see more movement in the shorter end of the yield curve. have treasuries of 271. he had to look at the five-year. -- you have to look at the five- year. of a self- bit fulfilling prophecy right now as people concerned about the safety causing another wave of concern. this is where we are right now at this moment. thank you for wrapping the latest action on this selloff. as the sochi olympics get underway in russia, japan is looking to 2000 2001 tokyo plays host. one of the key decisions before them is whether to legalize casinos. wider and broader support. >> from the corporate community. they are supporting a rival industry if you will. we have an increasing number of corporate leaders in japan coming together to speak in support of legalizing gaming. paving the way for casinos to the yearapan by 2020, the olympics comes to tokyo. we have the chief executiv

eroded earnings of south korea's biggest carmaker.hechairman forecast weakest sales growth in eight years for 2014. a chief executive is said to be planning to propose that the new york stock exchange be the primary home for their shares. milanonne will recommend as a secondary listing at a board meeting next week. ok, they are ready. we're going to go head-to-head. one of the best conversations of the day, tom keene live in davos. you have a very special guest. >> good morning to you. good morning to everyone worldwide. at, chiefannual visit executive officer of cisco. forget about the stock price, he can't talk about earnings. front and center in the buildout worldwide of all that stuff behind the magic we do. it is early in the morning in davos. it is the perfect time to speak the smart play solution with fabric interconnects. that is your world, isn't it? >> i think you said everything the audience wants to know about that. >> you were talking about the buildout where you have become the key player of the infrastructure of the int

about the threat of korea, north korea along those two different axes and be prepared to defend south korea, be prepared for instability within north korea. i do not believe that kim jong-un will change in the regime and open out. >> you have the longest perspective on north korea. what are your views? >> well, first thing i will say in dealing with north korea is hope is not a method. the fact of the matter is we countered on hope for many years that north korea will change and they have not. you can look at the various sine curves if you will on what we try to do to persuade them and sees him denuclearized him if i can use that term, and at the same time stop their missile programs. general sharp and it's exactly right. when you look at the regime, job one is to keep the regime in power and that's the very danger of the entire situation may appear to be asymmetric peace and nuclear missiles, cyber, other weapons of mass destruction and the special operational forces pose a very serious threat. on the peninsula. in a very real sense, when you think about the peninsula south, it really is a

a new somewhat odd internet trend in south korea, a craze that some might find the starting. food as itrging on is life -- gorging on food as it is live stream. big eatersumber of are filming themselves wolfing down vast quantities of food whilst interacting with viewers. it is proving massively popular. queen is aisputed young lady known online as the diva. she is ever so slim and never full, and appears online more or less on a daily basis. she has thousands of fans online watching her live streams. according to one website, although south korea's favor glennon spends up to $3000 on food every month, her return on investment is something else. she apparently earns thousands of euros every month. many are happy to pay to see her devour endless parade of food. one newspaper points out on its website, although the financial aspect is clearly key to the popularity, the initial idea behind it was to help combat loneliness. many who were fed up of dining alone might want others to join them, albeit virtually, at their table. >> when james avery, who played uncle phil in the tv se

words south korea, but not for the us. >> reporter: north korea's leader says they are all the moretronger after the removal of this man. >> our party took firm measures to get rid of the faction of sewage that permeated from within. >> reporter: this is only the second time, kim has given a new year address to his people. the first time, last year, prompted speculation about a new style of leadership. but this purge seems distinctly old style. >> the whole process of purge and execution of someone such -- such person of importance was just to demonstrate that kim jong un is now in control of the country. er >> reporter: he was seen as an architect of north korea's policies, but kim seen here inspecting his country's first ski resort, wants to continue economic reform, and he knows he needs peace and better relations to achieve it, even appearing to strike a conciliatory tone. >> translator: an atmosphere to improve relations between the north and south should be prepared. slanderous attacks shouldn't be carried out anymore. >> reporter: but analysts are still divided over whether t