foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> the more than 26,000 north koreans now living in south korean average income of just half that of the average south korean $2,300 per month and 40% are unemployed. two years ago a survey was conducted by the seoul city government for defectors living in the capital. ♪ the survey revealed a very difficult life. so the city began providing daily necessities last year, as well as help in finding employment. [ speaking foreign language ] >>> many elderly defectors live in this low-income public housing complex in seoul. rent for an 18 square meter room is normally $95. [ speaking foreign language ] cho turned 69 this year, she defected in 2004 after her husband died. she left north korea to see her two daughters who fled first and were hiding in china. the chinese government maintains ties with pyongyang and deports any north korea an defectors they find. after she saw her daughters, instead of staying with them, she sought asylum in south korea, as she didn't want to burden them further. [ speaking foreign language ] >> she now receives $350 in be

green peace recently took its message to the wallsover the plant, saying south korea should be reducinganding its reliance on coal. >> translator: the entire world is moving towards that trend, and korea is going to the other way, even though the number of premature deaths linked to pollution is rising. >> reporter: south korea is pledging to reduce its carbon emissions by 30% by 2020. >> translator: we are trying to minimize the use of coal-power stations and demand that they reduce pollutants that are emitted even if it is more expensive, so there is a conflict of interest. >> reporter: for all of the efforts to tackle the program, seoul-its may have to get used to living with dirty air for sometime to come. >>> and a reminder that we have got all of the latest world news features and analysis on our website, aljazeera.com. our top story on the website right now is the reshuffle in saudi arabia the cabinet reshuffle, but we'll have more on that. >>> a curfew restores calm to baltimore, the city hoping to put unrest behind it. >>> a man in nepal is pulled from the rubble 82 hours after

but what about south korea? i mean how important that relationship with the u.s. lly buffering against possible threats from north korea? >> north korea is much more active right now. they very well may have a missile that can hit the west coast of the u.s. with a nuclear device and so right now there is a whole issue of missile defense in south korea. the united states wants south korea to deploy the f.a.d. terminal high area defense area missile, and so right now you've got south korea e pretty skeptical about it, at least the president, all thoughtthough the defendants establishment wants it. now, it's going to be whether south korea actually office this over the objections of china. >> what do you think is going to happen? >> i think that they will do it because the united states has 28,500 troops on the peninsula and it makes it very difficult for south korea to say, yes, we want you to be here but we are not going to defend you. >> what's interesting? i mean do you think south korea is a bigger threat to the united states or a bigger threat to ease asia? >> -

investigators in japan and south korea will begin their probe on wednesday. transport officials say the air bus a 320 came to a stop facing the opposite direction on tuesday. they say there was a report that the tail section of the plane touched the runway during landing triggering sparks. they add the engine on the left side and part of the wing have been damaged. 74 passengers and 8 crew members were on board. 46 are from japan. others are from such countries as china, south korea, the united states, canada and sweden. they say 22 people suffered injuries. mostly minor. >> the plane started rattling. i looked outside and saw the wing was broken. >> translator: i saw fire coming out. and smelled some burning. >> translator: the plane dropped suddenly before it landed. >> asean airlines flight 162 originated from south korea. officials suspect the jet flew at an abnormally low altitude before skidding off the runway. the plane apparently clipped a communications structure 300 meters from the runway. and they also found a fragment of the structure on the aircr

explanation can help korean tourists when they walk around here. >> translator: a similar town in south korea is popular. so this town should be too. >> translator: i have learned how south korean verts would see our street so we can proceed with confidence. >> reporter: another way to attract more visitors is to set up more attractions. bungotakada is now teaming up with seven neighbor municipalities to do just that. kouno and his counterparts are putting together long-stay packages for overseas tour its. >> tourists can see a famous castle in this city. there is a temple here and an island here. then, they can come to our retro town. i have a lot of colleagues with the same goal. we talk and come up with various ideas that wouldn't be possible if we were doing this separately. >> reporter: this town is determined to keep up with the times. offering baby-moon nostalgia and some old-fashioned holespitality, keiko aso, nhk world, bungotakada. >>> more for you next hour on business. here's another check on markets. >>> some south koreans are embracing a difficult chapter of their history. they

today marks the first anniversary of the sinking of the ferry in south korea. that disaster left 304 people dead, many of the victims were schoolchildren. speaking today, the president promised to raise the sunken ferry as soon as possible. a commitment made after weeks of demands from victims' families. park geun-hye: i express my sincere condolences to the thick thumbs -- the victims and the missing people. along with everyone in our country, i pray for the deceased. i think now is the time for us to be prepared for the ship's salvage. we'll make all necessary procedures properly. so that the ship can be raised as soon as possible. genie: four more, let's bring in andrew in seoul. one year since the ferry sank. so much controversy and anger surrounding what happened and the aftermath. tell us about that. andrew: there is enormous controversy. to give an example of how much angst there is among the victims or the families of the victims their work two memorial services today. one in the port of jindo close to the sinking site. that is where you saw president p

greenpeace took its message to the walls of the plant saying south korea should reduce not expand reliance on coal. >> translation: the world is moving to the trend. korea is going the other way, even though premature deaths is linked to it riding >>> south korea is pledging to reduce emissions by 13%. burning coal would seam to work against reducing emissions. another the main objectives is to reduce emissions. this is a conflict of interest. >> reporter: for all the efforts local and cross-border to tackle the problem, some may have to get used to living with dirty air for some time to come. . >> keep up to date with that story about pollution and the others that we are following here in al jazeera. head over to aljazeera.com, our web page updated around the clock. phil torres >> this is "techknow," a show of invo vasions that can save lives, we'll explore the intersection of hart ware and huge -- hardware and humanity. let's check out the team. marita davison is specialising in ecology. tonight, what are the scientists at monsanta up to. we go into their lab.

so it shows south korea is high up the list of u.s. priorities. o visiting the scene of an infamous naval attack that the north koreans sank a south korean ship five years ago. however, the one significant difference between the u.s. and the r.o.k. at the moment concerns visible defense as you mentioned, but that one area is off the agenda for the talks. so in that sense, i don't think north korea will be feeling anymore pressure. >> what about this latest police ballistic missile test that occurred this week. it is the first one in a couple of years but doesn't it tell us that whatever pressure international pressure is being put on north korea on this issue, doesn't seem to be working at this point. >> i think that's right. the u.s. is certainly worried about the long-term development of an intercontinental plastic missile capability that would give north korea the ability to put a nuclear warhead on a missile and sends it all the way to the west coast of the united states. that said, however the tests that we have seen recently have all been sho

the president of south korea has visited the port in the far south of the country where so many peopled in the days after the sinking and she committed it seemed there to raising the ferry she said that she wanted to see it raised at the earliest possible time. it's something that could cost upwards, we are hold, of $110 million. but that doesn't seem to have been enough for the families. they say tphaoeugder of that i tkphaepdz are being met and the them chemicals railing raise will not take place. >>> the colombia president has ordered resuming air rides against marc rebels. farc rebels. both side say the negotiations will continue continue. >> reporter: a braise an tack on colombia's armed forces is threatening a delicate peace process, 11 soldiers died in the dawn attack by farc rebels in western colombia. and the aftershocks are being felt across the country. president juan manuel santos could barely hide his frustration as he announced the resumption of bombing farc height outs. >> this is a reprehensibly act that will not go without punishment and requires decisive action and th

. >>> the anniversary of a tragedy in south korea, families and victims demand answers from the prime minister. >>> and a call for higher pay. thousands across the united states rally for a raising of the minimum wage >>> so then the u.n. envoy to yemen, resigned. the mora tainian diplomat is being lined up as a replacement. al jazeera learnt that he told the secretary-general ban ki-moon that it was time for him to end his role. it comes as the war in yemen intensifies. it's been three weeks since the saudi-led coalition began air strikes. in recent weeks he warned the u.n. scoun that yemen was slipping towards a civil war. he was appointed to advisor in yemen since april 2011 and has been in the u.n. in roles for two decades. before his time at the united nations he was a political prisoner in his home country of morocco. a yemeni analyst says his resignation is not a sprays. -- surprise. >> yemen was supposed to be safe, and the u.n. was supposed to support everything in the dialogue the conference. he was the main mediator he didn't shop ron a process that was part of a logistical

-japan-south korea alliance. admiral locklear: the challenges we face from my perspective are primarily political and social challenges. on the military side, the military, if allowed, are able to work together for i think the common good of the security of the northeast of asia in particular. the impediments -- what is happened because of the political pressure to not have a true information sharing agreements tween japan and korea , limit our ability to allow us to bring together in a trilateral way that optimizes the forces they have invested in and we have invested in. particularly in critical areas such as the listing missile-defense. i highly encourage both korea and japan to move forward at the highest level of governments with the tightest of agreements that allow us to optimize the military capability at this trilateral arrangement can bring. >> so the information sharing arrangement that was agreed to, you are saying that that is not enough? it is not what you consider a true information sharing arrange

general scaparrotti, i do believe that the work in south korea is important. we've been able to draw down the numbers, and i know the south korean military is more effective in many ways than they have been. i think it is an important relationship. they've been good allies as have the japanese and others in the pacific. that long-term umbrella relationship partnership that we've had remains important, i think, to the world and the united states's interest. i appreciate the work you're doing. i appreciate the importance of the pacific. it's undeniable, it seems to me. our strategic subcommittee has dealt a good bit with nuclear weapons. our relationship with russia, the treaty of the nuclear weapons system, admiral locklear. we don't talk enough about china's position. they've piltbuilt a nuclear weapons capability, and i assume they have the ability to surge that at any point they choose to. they have the finances and the technology and the capability of doing that. is that correct? >> yes, sir. we've observed them pursuing a deliberate modernization of their n

south korea controls them. with the changes, all 20 social studies texted used in japanese junior high schools now reflect the government stance. panel members also urged one publisher to include the government's view in articles about those known as comfort women. the publisher decided to delay testimony by former comfort women and photographs. they've also added a statement made in 1993 by then chief cabinet secretary kono. it expresses sincere apologies and remorse to all those recruited to work in comfort stations during world war ii. the revised textbook also says the government has found no evidence directly proving military or government officials took the women away through coercion. that's been the government's stance since 2007. >> translator: if there are descriptions that are different from the government's view we want them to state what the government says on the issue. we're not demanding they include the entire official stance. we're moving towards striking a total balance. >> reporter: south ko

dirty air and government policy a toxic combination in south korea. pass >>> you're watch, al jazeera, let's recap the headlines. crowds rally in nepal, demanding help from the government. thousands are living in camps needing food water and medicine following the earthquake. more than 5,000 are confirmed dead. >>> saudi arabia's king salman named his nephew mohammed bin nayef as the new crown prince and for the second time a non-royal will be foreign minister. the nigerian army says it rescued 300 women and girls. found in the forest. the last-known strong hold of the group >>> the earthquake m nepal. the u.n. food agencies says now, four days after the quake will aid be handed out in remote areas. andrew simmonds travelled to the foothills to see how difficult it could be. >> reporter: it's an operation that only stops for refuelling and briefings. while the military may have been mobilized quickly, it's not enough to bring the relief the country desperately needs. beyond the sprawl of the capital is where the extra effort is needed most. from this

it says she had three children, four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. >>> japan and south korea mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties this year. political relations have recently been strained but at the grassroots level, cultural exchanges go on. exchanges between japan and korea have a long history, beginning in 1607. korean kings sent a series of diplomatic missions to japan. they wanted to congratulate japan's new rulers and deliver formal letters from the king. the missions continued for 2 1/2 centuries. nhk world looks at how people in both countries are trying to preserve the mission's message of peace. >> reporter: this was once the main loyal palace. now it's the starting point for a walk from seoul to tokyo. the walk is held every two years, and the latest one began wednesday. about 160 japanese and koreans are taking part. >> translator: i want to be friends with both participants from south korea and japan. all the way to tokyo. >> translator: i want to finish the walk to tokyo with my health intact. >> reporter: the leader talked about his hopes at the depart

in south korea the kospi rose after posting losses on thursday reaching its highest level since last july. the index climbed 1.4%. closing at 2,087. analysts say foreign investors bought up shares on expectations of stronger corporate earnings. sydney was also up 0.6%. buyers focused on energy related stocks after oil prices bounced back overnight in new york. this is how indonesia performed today. down by almost 0.2%. that's it for business news. i'll leave you with the markets. >>> after five decades of hostility the united states could be on the verge of turning the page in its relations with cuba. top u.s. and cuban foreign affairs officials have held the highest level meeting between the two countries since diplomatic ties were severed in 1961. u.s. secretary of state john kerry and cuban foreign minister bruno rodriguez met in the capital of panama. regional leaders have gathered there to attend the summits of the americas. they agreed their two countries will cooperate to restore full diplomatic ties. it's the first time cuba has been allowed to participate in the summit. the

they threaten south korea and japan and the u.s. homeland. they have for years. i'll tell you a story, if i may. i went to north korea way back with former secretary of defense bill perry. we were meeting with the top military leader there and who said to secretary perry, we will turn seoul into a sea of flames. we will turn tokyo into a sea of flames. he said dr. perry where are you from? he said san francisco. he said we will turn san francisco into sea of flames. >> you talk about sea of fire videos kim jung-un has released several of those videos. some of the images and threats are almost comic when you watch them. it's hard to believe they are raet life and real threats. >> it's a good question. it's really hard to say. i think we do need to be concerned about inexperience in a new leader. whether a leader that's inexperienced takes risks or takes steps beyond what that which other countries will accept. we are concerned about his behavior. we are concerned about him overreaching. that's one of the reasons why i'm here. >> dennis rodman said that kim jung-un

. >>> and clearing the air, south korea, china and japan discuss how to beat their shared-pollution problems♪ >>> as a reminder always we feared the number keeps on increasing. police in nepal saying more than 5,000 are confirmed dead at least 10,200 hurt in saturday's earthquake. there is some progress. help finally beginning to rife to some remote areas which have proved very difficult to reach. and some have been flown from rural areas for treatment in the capital. but people say they are not receiving any food or supplies. there have been scuffles in the nepalese capitol. our correspondent went to one tent city there that is now home to hundreds. >> reporter: open and exposed. it's the safest place for many thousands across the capitol and the rest of nepal. while the threat of more after shocks remain no one is taking any chances. ten generations of this family have lived in this family for decades. 24 have been living here since saturday's quake. with only the clothes they were wearing, and a few personal possessions, this is now their life. >> translator: i had to built this myself an

. >>> and a year after the ferry tragedy in south korea. families demand answers. plus. >> showing off their creations what have we got here? find out later in the program. >> the u.n. envoy to yemen jamal ben omar has resigned. the u.n. has said ben omar has expressed his desire to move on to another assignment. the war is increasing to intensify. it has been three weeks since saudi arabia began air strikes against houthi rebels. ben omar has warned the council that yemen was slipping towards a civil war. he was appointed in april 2011. he has been with the u.n. in various positions and before he was in yemen he was a political prisoner in his home country of morocco. ben omar's resignation was on the cards yemen officials were unhappy with his handling of the conference. >> national dialogue conference the u.n. was supposed to support everything that is happening in that dialogue. he was supposed to be the main mediator with yemen's political allies all on the ground. but what he did instead he is chap roand a process that was chaperoned a process that was all, a

south korea controls the takeshima islands. japan claims them.he books are to be shown to the public across the country next month. local boards of education plan to decide by the end of august which to use. south korea's foreign ministry has lodged a protest over the changes. first vice foreign minister cho teong summoned japan's ambassador to the country. cho called the reference to the takeshima islands unjustifiable. besho rejected the protest. and a spokesperson for the ministry expressed anger at a news conference. >> translator: japan has made another provocation by escalating its unjust claim to south korea's inherent territory. >> the spokesperson said instilling a distorted perception of history in the next generation is tantamount to repeating past mistakes. >>> a u.s. state department official has again called on japanese officials to move a u.s. air base in okinawa. spokesperson marie harve said the relocation of the marine corps tuten ma air station should proceed as planned. >> construction of the replacement facility a meaningful

greenpeace took its message to the walls saying south korea should reduce not expand reliance on coal. >> translation: the world is moving to the trend. korea is going the other way, each though premature deaths is linked to it riding >>> burning goal would seam to work against reducing emissions. another the main objectives is to reduce emissions. there is o conflict of interest. >> reporter: for all the efforts to tackle the problem, some may have to get used to living with dirty air for some time to come. >>> the executive director of clean air asia joins us. good to have you with us on al jazeera. this trilateral meeting between china, japan and south korea is about to take place. how important is it for the country to do something about their deteriorating air quality? >> it is important. it's an important step the three countries are taking across asia not just these countries, but we see the quality deteriorating in our cities. it's important that we act now, in terms of providing healthy and liveable cities for all including in the three countries. >> who is it that needs to a

and south korea. >>> north korean authorities are condemning what they see as an airborne propaganda attack. people in the south sent balloons carrying dvds of a movie about a fictional plot to kill kim jong-un. officials in pyongyang posted a statement online. they say sending the balloons was equivalent of proclamation of war and they said they'll respond with a powerful blow. people in the south also used balloons last october to send pamphlets criticizing the government. and they fired bullets across the border and warned south koreans living near the border to evacuate when they learned of the plan to launch dvd balloons. >>> a japanese think tank says china is pushing forward with military reforms with a view to enhance its actual combat capabilities. the national institute for defense studies has released the annual report on the security situation in east asia. the report claims chinese president xi jinping's emphasis on the pursuit of active foreign policy is driving the government's unilateral hardline stance abroad. it said this can be seen through china's establishment of

bills beekman, victoria cross once his ashes scattered in south korea. the land and people he defended 65 years ago. stephen evans, south korea. katty: bill speakman. and diamonds are forever. a jaw-dropping 100 carat diamond sold for $22.1 million in auction in new york. the perfect and world cut diamond which was mined in south africa is the largest at auction. it is one of only five of this size and quality ever to go under the hammer. very beautiful. that brings the program to a close. you can find out more on our website. i am katty kay. thank you for watching. we will see you back here tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by -- the freeman foundation. newman's own foundation -- giving all profits from newman's own to charity and pursuing the common good. kovler foundation. and mufg. >> they say the oldest trees bear the sweetest fruit. at mufg we have believed in nurturing banking relationships for centuries, because strong relationships are cultivated for years to come, giv

greenpeace took its message to the walls of the plant saying the walls of the plant saying south korea should reduce not expand reliance on coal. >> translation: the entire world is moving to the trend. korea is going the other way, even though premature deaths is linked to it riding >>> south korea is pledging to reduce emissions by 30% by 2020. burning coal would seam to work against that goal. another the main objectives is to reduce emissions. this is a conflict of interest. >> reporter: for all the efforts local and cross-border to tackle the problem, some may have to get used to living with dirty air for some time to come. >>> it's been 40 years since the vietnam war came to an end. the conflict sparked a humanitarian crisis forcing a mass exo does from the country, 1.5 million fled from vietnam. hundred of thousands left by sea and were known as the boat people. many of the refugees died of starvation or were killed by pilots. most of the refugees that survived settled in the united states. al jazeera's tom ackerman caught up with a family in louisville kentucky who made america

they like the buffer between south korea. they like because they are affecting our behavior and disturbing us. but they have to i hope realize that there's a danger of, you know, looking the other way. >> yes, sir. and i think they do. my sense is, and those who have had conversations with them, i haven't talked to their military directly, but that they also are concerned and have some frustrations with the kim regime. in terms of cyber, you specifically asked that question. you know we know that north korea has some of their cyber activities take place in china. but i don't know and i haven't seen intelligence that lead me to believe that they have had a direct relationship with north korea and their cyber development. >> and just to finally -- and this spans not just military capacity but diplomat capacity. are there efforts to try to move the chinese government to be more pro active in terms of -- with financial pressures with diplomatic pressures to at least demonstrate to the north korean regime that, you know, they can'

deputy secretary of state met in washington with japanese vice foreign minister and south korea's first vice foreign minister. the three discussed a range of issues including china's increased maritime activity and ways to romost peace and prosperity in the region. it was described north korea's continued development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles as an acute athlete. he encouraged south korea to build the strongest possible relationship. official from the two nations must come together to find solutions for regional challenges. >> both sides are responsible for making the relationship better. and japan on its part will continue to make efforts to improve the relationship with the korean friends and i'm hoping our korean friends are also going to do the same thing. >> on questions of history, as i said we have our own consistent and principled position. and i had a chance today to share my government's position. >> he called the north korean issue a priority. they agreed to work towards a summit between the leaders of their countries and china. saki said last month's meeting

south korea marks the first anniversary of the sinking of a ferry with 304 people on board. the president vows to raise the ship. in

al jazeera, new york. >> mourning the victims, south korea remembers the victims of the ferry disaster one year ago. there is also anger at the government. >> plenty of water, one of california's richest counties, where there is water to spare spare >> welcome to al jazeera america. it is 8:22 eastern. two active duty national guards men are accused of trying to sell pie powered weapons to mexican drug cartels. investigators say they sold dozens of firearms and ammunition to undercover agents posing as cartel members. they were allegedly wearing their uniform during one transaction. >> japan now owns more american debt than china $1.2 trillion. china had a six year run as the leading u.s. debt holder. >> new research said people who take tylenol seem to be less emotional. participants in the small study felt 20% less happy looking at positive photos than the control group. >> it that 11 year since a ferry sank in south korea killing more than 300 people. the president agreed to have the ferry raised, which will cost millions of dollars. it's been a key demand of the victims and see fam

pollution from china regularly blows owes wards affecting both south korea and japan.seoul there is a growing sense that a big part of the problem lies closer to home. harry fawcett reports. >> reporter: seoul often has to endure periods of peak pollution. but in february it was 50 times the recommended safe level. when it is that bad, the source of the problem is clear, dust blown in. the dust can trigger heart problems and strokes. since 2012, the average daily air quality has been getting steadily worse. and soul's metropolitan government accepts that as much as 70% of the problem is home grown. >> translator: when you look at what is generated in seoul, it's mainly floating dust disturbed by human activity or vehicular emissions. >> reporter: the city has a plan to convert more buss from diesel to natural gas to restrict certain areas of seoul to electric or hybrid cars only. but coal-fired power stations are on the increase. this one went from four to six furnaces, soon it will be eight. 13 new plants are to be built in the next six years. it's part of the decisio

. >> now the breaking news from south korea, a south korean airliner overran the runway at the airport on tuesday evening. we will look at pictures from the scene. reports to the transport injuries say the flight veered off the runway while landing and 74 passengers and seven crew members were on board and all passengers and crew got out safely and fires say 20 people were hurt. officials say the plane last south korea and due to arrive at hiroshima at 8:00 p.m. which has been closed, now since this happened. >> that is the same airliner, asiana that crashed at sfo with three people dead a while ago. this is the same airliner ashape and we. follow the breaking news for you at twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> we are guilty of indulging in retail therapy but science said you are not just imagining how happy it mays you feel. researchers sat the university of michigan say shopping can give you the same high as drugs. they proved by attaching cameras to shoppers and use the facial tracking technology to study reaction while shopping. eyes opens and alert and mouths slightly open all scenes that

grief and anger as south korea marks a year since the sinking of the ferry.local boa's government says air strikes against farc rebels are back on after soldier were killed in an ambush. >>> we hear from migrant workers who say they are under attack in south africa. ♪ ♪ >>> but first the u.n. says the conflict in yemen has dramatically worsened the plight of its people. a spokesman for the secretary general is the fighting is only add to this urgent humanitarian need in a country that was already one of the poorest in the region. the u.n. says nearly 10.6 million yemenis and are now facing a food shortage. of those 4.8 million are living in emergency conditions. more than 730 people have been killed in the saudi-led bombing campaign against houthi rebels. and nearly 2,760 have been injured. well as the situation deteriorates the u.n. envoy to yemen, jamal has resigned. he had been overseeing the effort to reach a political deal between yemen's rival factions but they fell apart when the houthis staged their take over. and the former president of yemen, saleh

angry protests against south korea's government force a memorial to be canceled. >>> plus russians areiven a rare chance to question their president. ♪ >>> we begin in yemen, where it seems both of the main warring sides are calling on the other to stop fighting. a senior houthi official is demanding an unconditional end to the saudi lead bombing campaigns. the vice president meanwhile is calling for the houthis to stop their attacks. he says his priority is to deal with the urgent humanitarian situation. >> translator: the international community and the region have to intervene urgently to pave the way for the citizens to live in a suitable manner and in order to put an end to the crisis. we need to stress that the utmost priority of the government is to deal with the urgent humanitarian situation yemen. >> the vice president called for the forces to support those in exile. >> translator: i call upon the security and the armed forces to support the legitimate regime and to protect everything in this country, and we urge everyone to go back to the rational path. >> and he stressed the

angry protests against south korea's government force

and south korea will meet next week in washington. they'll sit down to discuss north korea's nuclear and missile programs, and ways to ensure stability in northeast asia. akitaka saiki is japan's vice prime minister. he'll meet with u.s. deputy secretary of state antony blinken and south korea's first vis foreign minister cho tae-yong. he's expected to help the two countries work toward reconciliation. saiki will also meet with senior u.s. officials to discuss a meeting between prime minister shinzo abe and president barack obama. the two leaders are scheduled to hold talks on april 28th. >>> japan's central bank will continue its easy money policy in a bid to keep the economy going. gene otani is here with the latest. gene? >> well, the markets reacted but there were no surprises here. same as usual. policymakers at the bank of japan took a vote and were 8-1 in favor of maintaining the massive monetary easing program. the aim is to achieve a 2% inflation target. the board members wrapped up a two-day policy meeting on wednesday. they

south korea for a three-day visit. carter's trip comes amid news that north korea fired two short-range missiles off the western coast. defense officials say the missiles only flew a few miles before plunging into the sea, but it's seen as a provocation. there's also controversy over the possible u.s. deployment of a missile defense system to south korea. >>> a man suspected of taking part in last week's attack on garissa university in kenya has appeared in court. he's one of six suspects arrested. police accuse him of supplying guns to the four men who killed 147 people, mostly students. kenyan officials say the man was arrested at the scene of the attack. >>> thursday was the final day of campaigning for candidates running in sudan's presidential and parliamentary elections. many expect president bashir will win, but 11 other candidates are also running for president. we have more from the capital. >> reporter: mohammed is running for president of sudan. but the independent candidate hasn't spent one day campaigning.

>>> authorities in seoul have lifted a travel ban on a japanese journalist accused of defaming south korea's president. >>> and a chinese conservationist is trying to protect his hometown as developers cut down trees and destroy a lake. >>> a court in central japan has issued an injunction in a case with implications for the nuclear power industry. it has prohibited the operator of a power plant from bringing two of its reactors back online. the district court said the reactors at the takahama nuclear plant in central japan should not be allowed to restart. a group of residents had asked the court to keep them offline. they said equipment isn't safe. >> translator: to completely stop reactors 3 and 4 at the takahama plant. it's the best decision we could ever imagine. >> officials at the operator said they have taken sufficient measures. japan's gnawnuclear regulators put in new requirements after the crisis at the fukushima daiichi plant. in february they decided the two reactors at takahama satisfied the guidelines. the presiding judge said it would be optimistic to assume there wouldn't b

they'll expand their coal fire production at a time when pollution is getting worse. >> they say that south koreauld be reducing not expanding its reliance on coal. >> the entire world is moving towards that trend and korea is going the other way even while the number of premature death linked to pollution is rising. >> south korea is pledging to reduce its pollution by 2030 but using coal seems reverse that have goal. >> we'rewe arethere is a conflict of interest. >> for all the efforts local and across board to tackle the problem, they may have to get used to living with dirty air for some time to come. harry fawcett al jazeera, seoul. >> here is a breath of fresh air. >> thank you. well, they have been avoiding each other over the past few weeks. in fact, they've avoided each other for years floyd way weathermayweather and manny pacquiao. dancers were part of the show. mayweather oozing confidence in his arrival ceremony at the mgm grand that will host the fight saturday. and pacquiao snubbed that event and held his event in another hotel. he said he has never felt better before a fight. >> th

now erin interviewed carter in south korea, while she was there she traveled to one of the most dangerousces in the world. it's the korean demilitarized zone or the dmz that serves as the point between the north and south for direct military connections. here's erin burnett. >> reporter: so we're going here under the actual line to go into north korea, and i actually have to walk this way. we can't shoot left, we can't shoot right. we can only shoot forward. there's a lot of restrictions on our cameras. to get here, we have to get through three checkpoints and pass through explosives and into the blue rooms and into the north korea line. society north koreans and south koreans still meet in this room. >> yes, the last known visit was 2008. >> reporter: what are the microphones on the table -- that defines the line. north korea on that side, south korea that side. it seems so easy. just one step. this is literally the border, concrete, 17 inches by 5 inches, concrete. that's it. that marks the border. that's been here since 1953. now, the way they pass messages is pretty amazing. they don'

we general scam rotty i do believe that the work in south korea is important, and we've been able to draw down our numbers, and i know the south korean military is more effective in many ways than they have been. but i think it is an important relationship. they've been good allies, as have the japanese and others in the pacific, and that long-term umbrella relationship partnership that we've had remains important, i think, to the world and to the united states' interest. so i appreciate the work that you're doing, i appreciate the importance of the pacific. it's just undeniable, it seems to me. our strategic subcommittee has dealt a good bit with nuclear weapons. our relationship with russia, the drawdown of our treaty under the treaty, our nuclear weapons system admiral locklear but we don't talk enough about china's position. they built a nuclear weapon capability, and i assume they have the ability to surge that at any point they choose to. they have the finances and the technology and the capability of downing that is that is that -- of doing that is that correct? >> yes, sir. we

interest rates and going down, in asia for example, the reserve bank of india, we are going to have south koreainterest rates and in north korea, we are not going to increase. these,middle of all of you poses a longer-term interest problem. wrong policy. with rightng to do or wrong it is a policy that does not work. angie: that is a good alternate view thinking about that, we are getting corporate earnings coming out of the u.s. and a lot of companies are pointing to the strong u.s. dollar as weakness for earnings. receives5% of the s&p 75% of earnings from overseas. this is a ballpark figure. and then the fed really does not care what happens globally. the europeans are capping interest rates, we cannot increase, they are saying that we need increases which is fantastic and the result is going to have lower rather than higher interest rates. it does not make any sense. angie: let's talk about europe, it looks like greece will not default on debt to the imf but it has short-term debt flow coming out april 14. andrew: i came from greece about five days ago and there was nothing, it was absolutel

as you know, the dod is planning to transfer operational control of south korea forces to the south korean government in the event of another conflict on the peninsula. this opcom transfer has been discussed for many, many years. i was originally supposed to take place in 2007, it has been delayed many, many times in the past number of years. it does appear to be currently and indefinitely postponed. so, can you describe some of those challenges that we are being faced with and those that the south koreans are facing in their efforts to create conditions which would allow us to successfully do the opcom transfer? general scaparrotti: this past october, we agreed upon a conditional approach to opcom transition. in the past, it had been a focus on a date with capabilities. i agreed with the change that we made to focus on capabilities and conditions as opposed to shooting for a date. three general conditions. the first is that south korea develop a command and control capacity to be able to lead combined multinational forces and high-intensity conflict. the second is that they have the capab

they are south korea, new zealand -- charlie: south korea is number one?an: they are all different positions. south korea, new zealand israel. charlie: why new zealand? i don't know, somebody probably has their act together. the u.k. had a crisis that caused them to wake up, like our president. charlie: so, south korea, israel. megan: britain, new zealand and estonia. estonia, they are using this great backend. we are working to join. what it means to join the d-5 is having open-source government. also, all those countries are working to teach code to all children in the country, just like you teach reading, so the children have a fluency with this. charlie: is all that the united states had led in, in terms of science and technology, and other areas, is it at risk because we have not taken what we have learned and been able to apply it, because we are not doing the level of research that we have been or is that simply a moot argument because so much is going on now in the private sector? megan: i think the federal government continues to fund research, an

ambassador to south korea. ambassador mark lippert seen here received deep cuts to his face and arm during the attack in seoul last month. the suspect was arraigned today. police say he chose lippert as a target to highlight his opposition to joint military drills involving south korea and the u.s. >>> negotiations over iran's nuclear program will continue. enough progress has been made to extend the talks in switzerland past yesterday's deadline. leaders from the u.s., iran and five other nations back at the negotiating table today. they are working on the outline of a plan to occur iran's nuclear ambitions. >> i hope that we can finalize the work and hopefully start the process of drafting tomorrow. >> mock the lingering points of dispute -- among the lingering points of dispute, the amount of nuclear fuel iran will allowed to produce in the future and the disposal of its existing stockpile of fuel: in the u.s. republican senator tom cotton of arkansas criticized the stock exchange of the talks saying iran is

one years since that serious disaster in south korea grieving families demanding the answers what the country ' president is now promising to do. >> we talk about a woman who had five babies earlier. >> and that hurt, just one. >> i want you to look at sue serio's hair. >> you said it was on -- >> sweet. >> you said you new there would be all kind of pictures, because you see them all the time when babies -- >> i brushed my hair. >> let me get the lipstick on. >> i did. >> how on earth -- nia comes out -- >> guess what, this is almost 18 years to the day because she was born may the six. and so the birthday is coming up. >> do you remember this day like it was yesterday? >> yes, i can't believe it has been almost 18 years. >> that's so incredible. >> for a little baby, she nice hair too. >> yes. >> did you have heartburn? >> it's tv hair. >> congratulations. >> well you know, i've been very very fortunate. >> and then here she headed off to college. >> fast forward all kind of event, checking on colleges, where does the fun go? >> true. a loft intense college visits, as we narrow thin

. >> south korea's president is being linked to a massive political corruption scandal. it's over so-called bribery list discovered after the head of a major construction company committed suicide last week. eight names are on the list. they are high profile figures close to the president. harry faucet explains. >> this scandal has the potential to be extremely damages for the president. it centers around one man the head of a major construction firm here in south korea and was being investigated over dealings with president parks predecessor and an energy resources project he was involved in. last week, he gave a news conference in which he denied wrongdoing in that and the very next day took his own life. he wrote a list of other senior politicians he said i made illegal payments to and gave a newspaper interview, as well in which he made similar allegations. the key thing is that all of these eight men have close links to the president, two are former chiefs of staff, one her current chief of staff, one is the current prime minister. perhaps more intriguingly is that