there are 16 such support centers across south korea.ot only does the center cover child birth and child rearing expenses, it also gives educational support for those who missed out on finishing high school. some believe that help for unwed single mothers is still far from sufficient. approximately 10,000 children are born to unwed children a year. having a child out of wedlock is frowned upon in a society strongly influenced by confusion. unwed mothers are disowned by their families and have nowhere to go. up until recently many children born to unwed single mothers were sent abroad to live with a adoptive families. around 100,000 children were adopted way from south korea since 1956. in 2010, a group of unwed single mothers founded an organization to share their experiences and seek understanding and support, the first of its kind. >> hello. >> the group holds public veeves calling for the right to raise their own children. in this episode of "asia insight" we take a look at the challenges faced by unwed single mothers in south korea a

south korea is saying not before action on north korea.here's current dissent about what is happening in japan, and the abduction talks between north korea and japan, they are walking away from a passivist constitution, allowing troops to fight abroad with an ally. that's seen as a militaristic move by the murns of japan -- minister of japan. china and japan with memories of what they did in the colonial period and the second world war. >> harry fawcett reporting from seoul. >> it's the first anniversary of the overthrow of egypt's prime minister mohamed mursi, and he has been replaced by former military leader abdul fatah al-sisi. mohamed mursi's supporters from the muslim brotherhood demand his re-instatement. >>> july the 3rd, a day when egyptians will remember for grpations. the -- generations. the defense minister surrounded by secular leftist and religious leaders makes a stunning declaration. >> translation: this roadmap includes suspending the constitution, holding early presidential and parliamentary election, and a reconciliation

and south korea. south korea relies on the united states for security. there's 30,000 u.s.roops here. any attempt by china to do that will be metway good deal of resistance in south korea. >> it's a fine line that park geun-hye is walking the harry fawcett from seoul. >> still ahead - the worst outbreak of ebola. african health minister try to agree on measures to halt the spread of the disease. >>> we look at the first anniversary of egypt's coup - one year on. >> i don't know how you sfi the mobs when you come home. you'll have to shave your beard so they don't know who you are. >> found out which football player was on the receiving end of some presidential advice. >>> the murder of a teenager in east jerusalem awaits the return of his body. rocket fire intensified amid international calls for calm. we cross live to nisreen el-shamayleh. joining us from jerusalem. is the situation now more calm after the night's violence? >> it is, indeed calmer in jerusalem. you know that the clashes and the skirmishes broke out in the area within east jerusalem, which is where the pale

harry fossett reports. >> reporter: the president we welcomed jinping to south korea. they've known each other for decades. the president was the first chinese leer to prioritize a trip to seoul ahead of going to pyongyang, they used similar language about north korea. >> translator: realizing denuclearization and maintaining peace and stability are in line with the members. they should resolve the issue through dialogue and consultation. >> reporter: the recent missile firing is a sign of the displeasure and a public snub by the traditional ally. >> translator: under circumstances with north korea launched missiles again while not dropping the nuclear threat to president jinping's visit is a clear message about denuke layerization. >> reporter: the talks centered on trade. south korea is reliant on china as an export market, and they committed to wrap up free trade negotiations by the end of the year. they oppose the move by japan to reinterpret the constitution. the welcome for jinping here has been as warm as the snub to pyongyang was icy. the relationship remains fr

few societies have taken this as deeply to heart as south korea. koreans are usually near if not right at the top of the class in pretty much any international education ranking. all this effort goes into performing on that one day that marks the make or break moment for many careers. we joined the hwangs in getting through it with their son in seoul. >> rise and shine! it's 6:00 in the morning in seoul. today is the day for the hwang family. son shi-hwan, a high-school graduate is to take his final exams. the family has worked toward this day all their life. >> i wish you lots of courage, shi-hwan's father in-ha says. you're going to be tired but still may you find the strength to get through the day. >> i make him blueberry juice each morning with walnuts and pine nuts. they're meant to be good for the brain. but i think shi-hwan doesn't like it, he only drinks it for my sake. >> the blueberry juice is also meant to help shi-hwan top his class. many parents in south korea send their children to the best kindergarten, the best primary school, the b

the archenemy of south korea is north korea, which is a chinese friend. these two people in this summit are building these -- this kind of rapport. kind of i sleep united states -- kind of isolate the united states. rebalance strategic that china is trying to initiate. correct some of the comments that some of the leaders have been saying, at a time when kim jong-un has been doing some rattling,st, saber both agreed six party talk members should create editions for reviving the talks by reaching a common understanding. they want all six parties to come back to the table. the six party talks have been stalled since 2000 and eight. earth korea, china russia japan and the night states. south korea, china, russia, japan, and the united states. >> the cameras are watching very carefully. aside from north korea, what else have they been talking about? up direct currency trading. that is the step that china has been doing the other partners. also concluding fta free talks. and negotiating the sea boundaries by next year. this is a contentious issue. in the east

nhk world, south korea. >> that is going to do it for business hour. let's get a check of the markets now. >>> let's now go back to jonathan for the world weather forecast, jonathan? >> hello, shery. let's take a look at what's happening in asia. yes, of course we are talking about neoguri and its effect, bringing rain for south korea and into japan. don't forget the rainy season continues to be a big part of the forecast, bringing a lot of rain for the southern portions of china. some areas reporting 70 to 80 millimeters of rainfall in a 24-hour period. definitely causing problems with flooding yet again. and looks like that's still going to be a big part of the forecast. up to 120 millimeters of rainfall possible in the southern portions of china. meanwhile also into the indochina peninsula and the monsoonal front in the philippines bringing even more rainfall. forecast for thursday, 34 in taipei. 32 in hong kong. a chance of rain and thunderstorms during the day in manila with a high of 32 degrees for thursday. i do want to bring to your attention s

south korea is an ally of the ni did states but south korea and the u.s. also have a distrust of china. and china is the only friend of north korea. very interesting dynamic. some are saying this is president xi jinping's efforts to broaden severe influence over this area and limit the united states by cozying closer to south korea. what they have been saying about the the nuclear -- the wantclearization, is they to get back to the table. we know that russia and china seem to be writing from the same page or reading from the same page right now. there is a lot of conflict. that is why these talks didn't go anywhere until 2008 and haven't even restarted. korea.ing up to north i would say cozying up. time ofions at the same this meeting between xi and park. >> there is trade which is going to be fundamental. north korea is the elephant in the room. >> it is. kim jong-un has been conducting missile tests. it is in everyone's best interests to have a de-nuclearized peninsula. the chinese communique talked tion of de0 nucleariza the entire peninsula. that would

>> they weren't allowed to, but what i found there, is first of all, i was born in south korea, fluentin korean, and i come from separated family, meaning families on my side have been separated into north korea, although there were some from south korea during the war. so the horrific heartbreak of the division of korea has always been in my family. so i have a personal, i guess -- it's not interest -- it's more haunting, heartbreak, that -- my brother's brother was lost -- my mother's brother was lost, same thing with my father. a lot of south koreans -- this happened to a million-plus families. so i think for us it's a heartbreak. north korea is a really big wound and a heartbreak, and i wanted to tell that story. this is a very personal story, which is an investigative account and also in some sense a memoir because i wanted to relate that what it means to have 70 million people and a third over there, two-thirds in the south, and they have been families for 5,000 years and they're separated forever. the war ended in 1953 and here we are in 2014, they never saw each other again. so

according to one of south korea's first ambassadors to china in the early 1990's, president ji may be less interested in managing north korea but managing china's role in the wider region. translator: first there was america's connection to asia and then japan's new nationalism. there's old rancor with vietnam and territorial issues with the philippines. south korea is strategically importan to china and friendl reons th sul rations are als i south korea's largest trading partner. chinese tourists now outspend sethla chinese traders have been coming here gatnsre tng two countries normalized relatns in 1992. d builngs in kor's in a more complicated history and of how quickly things can change. lucy williamson, bbc news, seoul. >> income and equality. politicians invoke these two words every day but they can't seem to agree what to do about it. today the u.s. unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in nearly six years and dow jones closed above 17,000 for the first time ever, despite those fireworks launched to celebrate the moment, however, the gap between rich and poor is still

this marks first time that the chinese president has been to south korea before going to north korea, china's long time ally. one day ahead of the visit in the south, the north fired two rockets into the sea of japan. observers think china will be careful not to irritate north korea too much, for fear of triggering an extreme reaction. >> translator: i believe china notified north korea of the visit in advance as always. and i think the north launched its rockets to remind both china and south korea of its presence and revive tensions on the peninsula. >> reporter: china also wants to send bilateral cooperation by finalizing a free trade agreement with the south, which it hopes will boost investment. the port city of qindao is pinning its hopes on the two sides signing an agreement. since bilateral diplomatic relations were established in 1992, it's been a stepping stone for south korean businesses entering the chinese market. many chinese people calling ancestry who speak korean have moved to qingdao in search of jobs. this street was named after a south korean company. many factorie

south korea has agreed to host this office. building on this momentum the united states with australian and france convened the first ever un security council discussion of human rights in north korea. the commission presented its report to north korean refugees, spoke of personal experiences. the security council members attended that meeting, expressed support for the report and called for accountability for the crimes that it outlined. as i participated in various u.n. meetings, two themes struck me. it is clear that the north is feeling growing international pressure, mounting condemnation of its human rights record struck a chord in pyongyang. secondly the growing number of countries critical of north korean human-rights, the only countries to defend the north are the world's worst human-rights violators, belarus, cuba, syria, zimbabwe. mr. chairman, another key human-rights matter i want to raise is our effort to increase access to information by the north korean people. that country is one of the most closed societies on

south korea's kospi up just a touch. shanghai's key index is in negative territory by about a tenth of a percent. in hong kong the hang seng up by .20%. >>> chinese leaders have been putting the supports in place to reinforce their economy. and they're seeing signs their efforts may be paying off. financial leaders checked the government's monthly purchasing managers index to check the state of manufacturing. a figure above 50 indicates growth. a figure below points to a contraction. in june, the official index climbed to 51, the best reading since december. people are also seeing some heartening numbers on industrial output, retail sales, and capital investment. they all gained momentum in may. let's find out what economists make of the data. dickey long is the executive director of research at kingston securities in hong kong. thanks always for joining us, dickey. how do you feel about the numbers? >> good morning. >> good morning. how do you feel about the numbers that we've been seeing? >> well, generally speaking th

according to one of south korea's first ambassadors to china in the early 1990's, president ji may be less interested in managing north korea but managing china's role in the wider region. translator: first there was america's connection to asia and then japan's new nationalism. there's old rancor with vietnam and territorial issues with the philippines. south korea is strategically important to china and friendly relations with seoul are part of beijing's grand scheme. >> check relations are also getting friendlier. china is south korea's largest trading partner. chinese tourists now outspend their japanese counterparts at this flag hp duty-free store in seoul and free trade agreement in the pipeline. chinese traders have been coming here for generations, long before the two countries normalized relations in 1992. the old buildings in korea's chinatown are a reminder of a more complicated history and of how quickly things can change. lucy williamson, bbc news, seoul. >> income and equality. politicians invoke these two words every day but they can't seem to agree what to do about it.

once again, for those of you just tuning in, we have breaking news out of south korea. police there say two trains have collided in the eastern city of taeback. >>> south koreans have had their confidence in the transit system rocked in recent months. investigators say they found the body of the man who owned the ferry back in april. they discovered his remains in a field and they have made a positive identification through dna testing. nhk world reports. >> reporter: yoo has been missing since the "sewol" capsized in may. investigators say finding yoo was key to helping them quantify the circumstances of the accident. they say they have identified him by fingerprinting and dna testing. they found him last month in a far field in the southwestern part of the country. 293 people died in the ferry accident. 11 others are still missing. investigators say they believe the ferry was overloaded and that the operator had failed to properly secure the cargo on board. they say the company had earned an extra $3 million by routinely overloading the ferry. yoo effectively owned mor

south korea has restated they won't be korean peninsula to be free of nuclear weapons.he chinese president met his south korean counter part. the first visit to the peninsula as head of state, and as seen is a snub to north korea, the country that beijing has backed in the past. they have known each other for nearly a decade, hence the talk of deepening trust. they use similar language north korea. >> realizing the authorization, and maintaining the peace and stability on the peninsula are in line with the common interests of the six party talks. relevant size should result think dialog and consultation. >> under circumstances with north korea recently launched missiles again. is a clear message. >> the talks also center on trade, south korea is increasingly reliant on china, and they are wrapping up free trade negotiations by the end of the year. the welcome here has been as warm as the snub was icy. but despite increasing amounts of common ground, the relationship remains fought with difficulties. >> while south korea relies on biders for it's products it relies on th

but the talks broke down when the north korean delegates walked out in protest of south korea's stance. north korea's official korean central news agency reports that south korea made comments about the cost of hosting the north's athletes. the news agency reports that the south argued over the planned size of the north's delegation. the agency says north korean delegates told the south they may reconsider its participation. sources say north korea may be bargaining for better conditions for its athletes. >>> the u.n. security council has called on north korea to comply with its resolutions not to fire any more ballistic missiles. it's condemned the country for carrying out three rounds of missile tests between late june and early july. the council members held an informal meeting on thursday. south korean officials have requested it. in a statement, the council president criticized the north. >> the members of the security council condemn these launches as violations of security council resolutions and urged the dprk to fully comply with the relevant security council resolution. >> th

south korea joint military drills. cheerleaders from the north have made appearances at international sports events in the south before. the spokesperson for south korea's unification ministry said his government plans to prepare for their participation. the games kick off in september. >>> authorities around the world are scrambling to track down on a trend. they are trying to close loopholes to close people from using new psycho active substances. they are pointing to recent events as proof that something should be done. >> last month a man ran his car into pedestrians killing one woman. he admitted to using a drug called fake marijuana. over the weekend, another driver also high on mps caused a multiple car pileup. japanese authorities say they arrested one of 50 drivers under the influence of mps from 2012 to 2013. nhk analyzed the data to find out about the trend. we found since april more than 10 people who use mps have died. in japan some instances the s hallucinati hallucinati hallucinations. they remain legal p

bbc news, south korea. for its citizens. bbc news, south korea. newest country marks its third birthday tomorrow, but south sudan doesn't really have much to celebrate. it is in the midst of a devastating civil war and the fallout is being felt across the border in sudan, which also just had an anniversary. its president has been in power for 25 years. while bashir is the longest-serving leader, it has not been an easy time for the country. man with something to celebrate. bashir has been in power for longer than any other sudanese leader, 25 years. he is a fiery orator and the equally corrosive figure. his order century in power, there has not been a single day of peace. fighting in southern sudan ended in 2005, but by then, conflict had flared up in par 4. the president used air power and ethnic militias to fight the rebels. >> do hereby swear by -- >> three years ago south sudan split away. brashear honored his promise to , but the joyrendum was bad news for brashear. when south sudan declared its ofependence, sudan lost most its oil, so now the

north korea has launched what appear to be two rockets toward the sea of japan. south korean officials say they were launched from north korea's east coast. the officials say the first took off at around 6:50 a.m. and the second at 8:00 a.m. they say the devices traveled about 180 kilometers and then plunged into the sea of japan. three days ago, north korean authorities fired ballistic missiles into the sea of japan, the latest launches come a day before chinese president xi jinping is scheduled to visit south korea. more details on this story as they come in. >>> japan's cabinet members have approved the country's new national security policy. they've reinterpreted the constitution to enable the country to use its right to collective self-defense. so personnel will now be able to help allies under attack. >> translator: japan has consistently followed a path of peace. we're not changing the country's course, rather, we're trying to further strengthen our stance. the cabinet decision shows our resolution and commitment. >> past administrations maintained the constitut

investigators have been conducting dna tests on a body that found in southwestern south korea. they compared the results to samples from his older brothers. they found them to be a close match. they are waiting for final confirmation bit national forensic service. north korea has threatened further provocations again the united states and south korea. they released a statement from the national defense commission's policy bureau. the statement says recent launched of missiles and rockets were military activities planned >> well, catherine, investors are worried about the headlines. they are pulling out of stocks and going into what they see like gold and government bonds. it fell on an algts day in a row and investors fell nearly 8%. the dow jones industrial average fell by more than a quarter of a percent. still, though, it remains above the 17,000 level. for details on how tokyo markets are starting the week, ram ramin mellengard joins us from the tokyo stock exchange. how are investigators? >> we're seeing tokyo bucking the trend. we're seeing it it in a little reversal there

helped in south korea economically developed.allowed the government to work more closely with the development process. much of that ended in the 1990's, and especially in the 1997 financial crisis. >> the chaebols seem to be under threat in south korea. there was a headline from bloomberg but called samsung's chaebol a time bomb. why? >> i think the challenge with the chaebol is because of the family structure, you have a situation to where -- lee kun-he e build a company -- built a company into one of the top companies in the world. ung may have many of the skills needed to lead the company, the question is, is family leadership in the long run the best strategy? over time, if you look at even the politics and other things -- depending on generation after generation of the family, tends to be a dangerous strategy. you need at some point to move into a structure where essentially you can take and move in a person who has all the skills necessary to run the company. e.j. young may have those skills, but if he doesn't, you need to

of building a gas pipeline linking russia and south korea and reach again would bypass or pass through rather north korea or so there seems to be an incentive for a settling of these decades old scores but the question is will the united states be ok with that because obviously at least as seen from moscow the united states has tried to undermine russia's energy role in here of really be a key with russia expanding into its. expanding its ties with traditional ally of south korea obviously the difficulty is getting through north korea. getting agreement cooperation on the issues that north korea raises of nuclear proliferation and aggressive violation of international norms on things like drugs and currency counterfeiting and things like that will have to be dealt with in any process that gets us to a stable energy and other kinds of transportation relationships through north korea but the in principle that the u.s. is happy to hear that korea which has ninety seven percent foreign dependency on imported energy can find a diversification of those sources and i think i personally don't

if plastic surgery had a mecca, it would be the ritzy district of south korea. everywhere you look there are women seemingly trying to look like the plastic doll-like plastic people here. thousands travel to korea from all over the globe to go under the knife. >> i think the results would be here in korea because they know the asian face better. >> reporter: the plastic surgeons in korea are regarded as among the best in the world that attracts clients like this lady. she is getting ready to head to seoul for her own plastic surgery over shaul. >> just recently i had my nose done by a beverly hills plastic surgeon but it is still not what i'm looking for. i went to a famous doctor and spent $8,000. in south korea it is anywhere from two to 4 or $5,000, so it is significantly cheaper and i think the results will be better. >> reporter: she consults the leading clinic in south korea, led by this leading surgeon. >> tell me what you don't like about yourself. >> i definitely think my forehead could use some rounding out, my eyes could be a little more extended so t

in south korea the chinese president is holding president park. the visit is seen as a snub to china north korean a allies. it's the first time the chinese leader visited seoul before going. the two nations work towards a free trade agreement. >> lucy williamson said the two leaders appear to have a strong friendship. >> reporter: when park went to obey -- to beijing last year she was welcomed. she speaks chinese and gave an address to an audience that went down well. these leaders have met four times already. they've been in power a fifth year each. when you trust the relationship with ping's relationship with the north korean leader king jong-un , he has not been to china yet in power and she hasn't been as president either. it's a striking contrast. we shouldn't read too much politically into that. >> security is to be tightened for airline passengers heading to the u.s. this in response to warnings of a credible threat from al qaeda. now the measures which haven't been disclosed are likely to affect passengers taking direct flights to the u.s.

expanding its ties with traditional ally of south korea obviously the difficulty is getting through north korea and getting agreement cooperation on the issues the north korea raises of nuclear proliferation and aggressive violation of international norms on things like drugs and currency counterfeiting and things like that will have to be dealt with and then a process that gets us to a stable energy and other kinds of transportation relationships through north korea but the principle of the u.s. is happy to hear that korea which has ninety seven percent foreign dependency on imported energy can find a diversification of those sources and i think i personally don't think that russia selling its resources to korea is a threat to anybody in in the sphere of american interests well maybe because you're a very intelligent person but i think some people on capitol hill will indeed see that as a major threat we should lead me to our guest my final question as we discuss how this program is it is obvious that asia is on the verge of a massive rebalancing and you know major infrastructure project

the south korea president saying this was a signal for north korea that it needs to denuclearize and show stat. >> health officials in haiti struggling to contain a mosquito borne virus mainly spreading in poor areas where people are packed together with poor sanitation. health officials believe the virus started to spread in the caribbean in september. it's rarely fatal but painful and symptoms can last for months or years. 250,000 people have been affected. no vaccine or treatment so far. >> for families battling fertility issues, adoption is often the very first solution they turn to. now there's a new treatment allowing them to adopt an embryo from another couple and still give birth to the child they always wanted. why couples are now opting to this alternative. >> linda and chip call 17-month-old cali their dream baby. after two unsuccessful attempts at invitro fertilization, they turned to a new form of adoption. >> we always knew that even if it meant taking another non-traditional route that we wanted children. >> what made this exciting was not only would web giving an embr

south korea has limited aid since the sinking of a naval vessel in the yellow sea. government officials say the ship was hit by a north korean torpedo. leaders in pyongyang have proposed an easing of tensions on the korean peninsula. for example, they've announced they will send a cheering squad in september to the asian games in south korea. unification ministry officials say the aid is based on a plan president park unveiled in march for unification. and government officials are looking for ways to reopen dialogue. >>> leaders from tokyo and pang -- pyongyang have agreed to try to close an issue that has been in the way since the end of world war ii. they're in discussions of how to handle the remains of japanese who died on the korean peninsula about 70 years ago. and now relatives of the deceased are asking their government to take more responsibility for the issue. the two countries agreed in may to talk about the retu of the remains of some 20,000 japanese still in north korea. this was part of a larger agreement on an investigation into the fate of missing ja

this is her first time in south korea. she's planning to stay for a full month, so she is having her haircut short. . after getting a new look, she goes on a shopping spree. south korean cosmetics are the first thing she wants to buy. then she goes to another store to try on some clothes. her shopping budget for her one-month stay is $3,000. >> translator: i got a stylish jacket that's just my size. i'm really happy with it. >> reporter: the number of russian visitors between january and may this year surpassed 87,000. that's almost 20% more than the same period last year. and since each visitor spends an average of $2,000, tourism and travel-related industries are eyeing a big boost in sales. south korea and russia signed an agreement lifting visa requirements for russian visitors beginning this january. that led to a sharp increase in holiday travellers. seoul is also working to promote medical tourism. this university hospital in seoul is a major destination for foreigners traveling for a treatment. 15,000 foreign patien

south korea has agreed to host this office. building on this momentum, in april the united states, with australia and france, convened the first-ever u.n. security council discussion of human rights in north korea. the commission presented its report. two north korean refugees spoke of their personal experiences. 11 of the 13 security council members who attended that meeting expressed support for the report and called for accountability for the crimes that it outlined. as i have participated in the various u.n. meetings this past year, two things have struck me. first, it is clear that the north is feeling the growing international pressure. the mounding condemnation of its human rights record are has struck a chord within pyongyang. second, with the growing number of countries critical of north korean human rights, the only countries who defend the north are the world's worst human rights violators, belarus, cuba, iran, syria, zimbabwe. mr. chairman, another key human rights matter that i want to raise is our effort to increas

th north has denounced the united states and south korea for criticizing the launches. it says if the u.s. and the south continue hostile acts against the north, they will face retaliation. a commentary published in the korean workers party newspaper on monday criticizes an ongoing drill aboard the aircraft carrier "uss george washington." japan, the u.s., and south korea are taking part. the commentary also denounces a joint u.s.-south korean military exercise scheduled for next month. it says the more such drills take place, the more rockets north korea will launch and the more nuclear armaments it will stockpile. >>> some real estate agents in china are seeing a once red-hot market cool off. they're dealing with new data that shows housing prices in many major cities are falling. and they've now begun to look at new ways to attract home buyers to view their listings. nhk world's daisuke azuma reports. >> reporter: at a housing company in beijing, the employees have gathered for their morning meeting. despite the enthusiasm, the future does not look bright for them. th

south korea's war museum will be showing images and characters from the one peace comics. officials there cancelled the exhibition earlier this month, three days before it was due to open. they said members of the public had complained the comics include images similar to the rising sun flag. some south koreans see that flag as a symbol of japan's past colonial rule. the company that created the exhibition said the cancellation was wrong and took the matter to court. judges ruled the manga does not glorify japanese imperialism. they ordered the museum officials to honor their original arrangement. >>> mcdonald's japan says it has stopped selling all products containing chicken meat from china. the decision follows a recent media report that a food processing firm in shanghai used chicken meat past its expiration date. mcdonald's japan halted serving chicken mcnuggets with the ingredients processed at the firm in question beginning on monday. customers are getting increasingly concerned about the safety of the products made with chicken meat from china so they have also sto

this is from india to the south to south korea in the south.feeling pressure from beijing because china has these territorial claims which in some cases are illogical and expansive. >> what do you think of this miss li, do you come face to face with cloin? >> i would think that these territorial claims did not become an incident until just recently. this pivot announced by the obama administration. even our encyclopedia britt annnica had said those waters to south china sea actually belonged to china. this is coming from an american publication. i would say that some of this is really china believing that they have claims to these territories, and so i don't think that they're necessarily doing this to provoke the u.s., i think they're reacting to the u.s. pivot mostly. and this is how they're saying we've been pushed around by u.s. powers in the past we're not going olet them do this to us. >> well if the u.s. step back, will the u.s. back a regional power? >> territorial claims became an issue well before the pivot. pressed by vietnam, philip

abbott is behaving unfairly harshly. >>> let's take you to to south korea now. south africa now. mr. pistorius denies murder. he claims he shot his girlfriend reeva steenkamp when he mistook her for an intruder. we were in pretoria for what happens next. >> reporter: this was day 39 of the oscar pistorius murder trial here in pretoria. packing up has begun. the judge told the court they would reconvene here on the seventh of august to hear arguments from the prosecution and the defense. we don't know when she will deliver her judgment. it will be a few weeks after that. judging by the average of when judgments are delivered in south africa to probably be a month after that. that's when oscar pistorius will know his fate. he's been sitting here since the third of march listening to arguments. we will hear when the judge comes back with her offer to deliver the judgment. there's no juries in south africa so the judgment will only be given by the judge from will there with her two assessors. >> stay with us on bbc world news. still plenty more to come including this

it is the largest and south korea.evenues are the equivalent of about 20% of south korea's gross domestic roderick. to hold onto all of the businesses from life insurance, amusement parks, smart phones, televisions, everything we know samsung so well for requires this complicated development so that the lee family remains at the center. what effect does the patriarch have over the day-to-day business? >> when we are talking about the current chairman of samsung, lee timeee, he is steve jobs 20. red.s really reve >> really? when youne you talk to visit samsung in the various divisions, you may ask, how have you become so successful? they will say it is because of the vision and leadership of the chairman. sometimese's times -- quite strange. the chairman moves very largely over samsung. with his son waiting in the wings, there's a lot of anxiety about whether or not he will be able to step into some very, very big shoes. >> sounds more like chairman mao zedong instead of chairman steve jobs. if you are in south korea an

. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe is trying to improve relations with south korea. i said once again he wants to hold talks with president park geun-hye. he shared his views on bilateral ties. >> translator: some difficult problems exist between japan and south korea. that's precisely why i believe we should have a frank exchange of views. >> abe also said the two countries share strategic interests. he said he'd like to develop their relationship further. song hee-yong is editor in chief of the daily newspaper "chosun ilbo." he said his time in tokyo had shown him lots of japanese want to build better relations. he said he hoped the visit by south korean media chiefs would be a starting point. >>> police in tokyo have arrested a man on suspicion of stealing customer data from an education company. investigators suspect a systems engineer illegally copies information on more than 10 million people. he admitted to copies names, addresses and birth dates of customers. he confessed to selling the information to a company that compiles lists of names for about $25,000.