south korea south korean president moon j.n. said on monday that the general motors company decision to shutter a plant south of seoul in the city of gun sin would be a big bust for the nation and as asked his administration to take measures to increase economic activity in the region the plan is applied as employed two thousand workers g.m. operates three other plants in south korea totaling fourteen thousand workers and a decision on if they will stay open is expected by may of this year. fundable corp the world's largest cruise operator says they are investigating the response of its security personnel to a large fight which took place on one of its south pacific cruises that resulted in twenty three passengers being taken off the vessel much of the brawl was captured on video and posted on social media those involved were removed from a cruise a day early in the australian city of eden in new south wales for committing disruptive and violent acts before the ship returned to melbourne this past saturday several passengers told local media that the security staff actually made matters worse carnival is a joint american british

south korea south korean president moon j.n. said on monday that the general motors company decision to shutter a plant south of seoul in the city of gun sin would be a big bust for the nation and has asked his administration to take measures to increase economic activity in the region the plan is applied as employed two thousand workers g.m. operates three other plants in south korea totaling fourteen thousand workers and a decision on if they will stay open is expected by may of this year. carnival corporation the world's largest cruise operator says they are investigating the response of its security personnel to a large fight which took place on one of its south pacific cruises that resulted in twenty three passengers be taken off the vessel much of the brawl was captured on video and posted on social media those involved were removed from a cruise a day early in the australian city of eden in new south wales for committing disruptive and violent acts before the ship returned to melbourne this past saturday several passengers told local media that the security staff actually made matters worse carnival is a joint american br

south korean president moon j.n. an absolutely unprecedented there's never been a member of north korea's ruling family to come south of the d.m.z. so it kind of it underlies president moon's attempts to brand the winter olympics as the pisa lympics and i think this will be a theme that we will that he will turn that south korea will turn back to throughout the games how important do you think this diplomatic overture is to have kim jong un sr at the opening ceremonies. certainly there's some hope that kim jong il is bringing with her a message from her big brother. but of course not everything is worked out perhaps as president moon as hoped there had that he had arranged a dinner between some world leaders including kim jong un the rest of the north korean delegation as well as the american delegation led by vice president mike pence but according to reports here pence only stayed a very brief time at this reception it's unclear if he had any interaction at all with the north koreans so i think that someone pulled the rug out and to pull the carpet out from under president plans here but with so much attention bei

south korea south korean president moon j.n. said on monday that the general motors company decision to shutter a plant south of seoul in the city of gun sin would be a big bust for the nation and as asked as admit. astray ssion to take measures to increase economic activity in the region the plan is applied as employed two thousand workers g.m. operates three other plants in south korea totaling fourteen thousand workers and a decision on if they will stay open is expected by may of this year. fundable corporations the world's largest cruise operator says they are investigating the response of its security personnel to a large fight which took place on one of its south pacific cruises that resulted in twenty three passengers be taken off the vessel much of the brawl was captured on video and posted on social media those involved were removed from a cruise a day early in the australian city of eden in new south wales for committing disruptive and violent acts before the ship returned to melbourne this past saturday several passengers told local media that the security staff actually made matters worse carnival is a joint america

coming to south korea of course north korean intention was to be such that the that or now we have a nuclear weapons now from the position of nuclear weapons state would do what we south korea but south korea will never accept that position because south korean position is basically a i will go to denuclearizing north korea ok if and no matter what we. knowledge what we are always up north korean nuclear weapons capability but our goal is to and to keep the nuclear rods in north korea that was thinking about the sanctions you set yourself that the current very tough sanctions on north korea aren't working since it's such an isolated self-reliant society that is used to hardship so what are the sections for then i mean what do they have and should they be there at all. now government position is very clear that sanctions and precious instrument to bring north korea to dialogue and negotiation table therefore we are not pushing the policy of sense and for the sake of sentence ok therefore it's time for north korea to really think about it one very clearly our government number one priority can dial when negotiation but north korea has not you know showing an attempt to have a dialogue

koreans. so, first of all, the united clear,must have a unified policy that wants it wao then that policy, i would think, a great idea would that to south korea and to the south korean delegation so when the south korean president goes to p'yongyang, he always keeps in statesat the united wants to get out of it because the united states is a major player. there's still tens of thousands of american troops in south close to the anylitarized zone and at point we don't want for north korea to drive a wedge between two allies, the united states and south korea. you a tweet to read from vice president pence's staff.chief of he tweeted, "vice president pence did not go to the olympics, make friends with tyrants. he's not there to shake hands exchange pleasant courtesies with murderous dictators. is exactlyg below the weak diplomat approach that's allowed others to take of us in the past." sort of cast view light over the diplomatic possibilities there in the olympics. first thing that comes to my mind when i hear and diplomacy is a difficult thing, difficult, some call it game, i call it a veryssion, because it's a intricate dance. i agree, you don't want to be dic

critics in washington who are extremely skeptical of this inter-korean thaw and also the opposition within south korea. conservative southoreans have been arguing it's nothing t a show, but president moon -- president moon really believes that he can make a transition. >> so is president moon right in believing that? it's one thing to be hopeful. it's another thing to base that hope on rational geopolitical strategy and events. do you think the time is right for north korea to engage in the way you want it and the u.s. wants it to? >> yes, time is right. time is on nobody's side. it is better to have talks with north korea earlier. in the sense president moon jae-in made the right choice. there are critics, but ignoring critics and trying to bring north koreans to south korea, trying to have some kind of momentum for bilateral talks between pyongyang and washington that will be great diplomatic achievement for president moon jae-in. >> do you think there will be actual peace talks between moon jae-in and kim jong-nam, the highest ranking north korean official to set foot in south korea, and second only to the leader kim

north korea remains a provocative actor he made a very pointed visit to a memorial to the china on warship which is a south korean ship that was torpedoed in two thousand and ten forty six south korean sailors were killed very pointed reminder to the world that north korea has engaged in some very provocative acts recently meeting with defectors as well and warning that is that the united states and international bodies are still going to pursue tougher sanctions on north korea but how keen south koreans to see more engagement especially after being a period of pretty high tensions. that's something that's very important to keep in mind is that south koreans have mixed feelings about all of this you know i was covering the a lympics in two thousand that was when the south koreans in the north koreans walked in to gether for the first time at the olympics under a unified flag eighteen years ago that he that moment ushered in a period called the sunshine era of mourning ties but eighteen years later south koreans are not so easily fooled by this they've seen that those things can start off well they can quickly turn sour and you know it's been a a year of protracted tensions he

south of south korea, the home of the olympic games. despite an invitation to visit south korea from kim jong-un. >> the north korean's sister has been tryingth korea. some south koreans are not hopeful about peaceful ties. >> i upset. i want america demolished. >> vice president for research and policy at the charles coke institute is with us. >> kim yo-jong is in the spotlight at the moment. what is your grade for her performance, her job performance there in south korea? >> reporter: well, i think it's smart. it's good politics, right sunny is junk and can present a different face for north korea but she is an enabler of a bad regime. >> do you think south korea should accept the invitation she has given? >> i think diplomacy, backed by deterrence is smart here, especially because the military options are not very good. if you think about it, the united states has pursued a lot of policies around the globe that really haven't been working when we have used the military first and i think it's useful to really open up this motion of having diplomacy and secretary tillerson talked about this last year about having diplomacy without precondi

the south korean government she will be meeting with president in on saturday and the south korean media is speculating that perhaps she will extend him invite to president moon to visit north korea and the general hope among the south korean government and south koreans is that perhaps this is going to be a breakthrough moment that will really begin the process of rebuilding the relationship between the two koreas so a lot of hope despite the sort of skeptics of the critics to. yeah there's definite skepticism critics are saying that this is more propaganda on the part of the north korean government an attempt to advance its agenda of keeping its. nuclear program also attempting to get some concessions and ease the saying sions generally speaking though while south koreans are transfixed by all developments in north korea and even before the pyongyang winter olympics begins there is a lot of optimism and excitement on the part of south koreans about being the host of this event. i hope that with north korean athletes participation this could be peaceful and picks and i hope we can achieve reunification between the south and the. regardless of north korea's participation the olym

american and korean nationalist they want to see a unified korea nation but you look at younger south koreans they see their societies separate and apart from north korea and there's south korean nationalists and i think the vice president pence is probably more in tune with most people in the south korean electorate certainly more than moon jerry in and so you know moon can do six he can create a rupture with the united states but i'm not so sure that he has the support of the majority of south koreans because you look at opinion polls recently moved it's lost a lot of these last ten points in about a week because of the olympics we shall see what happens certainly in the coming weeks and months for them but gordon chang there in new jersey thanks so much for joining us sir thank you let's go to the americas colombia's full rebel group the fog has temporarily suspended its campaign for upcoming elections because of demonstrations of threats to its candidates the group became a political party last year after it made a peace deal with the colombian government adding more than fifty two years of conflict but many colombians the still angry at the foka believe its members

south korea quite nervous but i think the u.s. military is not in the habit of respecting the wishes of the south korean people or even the thought korean military look at how the u.s. imposed the fad battery on south korea without. prior approval or even his initial knowledge it came as a surprise to him that the u.s. was imposing a battery or look at how the u.s. refuses to pay the unit costs cleaning up the environment destruct destruction on the military base and since close. i don't think the south korean people are happy about being vulnerable to whatever the u.s. military commands you know what i mean let me go back to brian i mean these to add this and that into missile defense i mean it just makes south korea target you know that the u.s. says it's which they are to protect their interest but actually it's not the who witnessed it is targeted to actually this missile system is targeted against china and again korea is right smack in the middle of all this go ahead brian indeed i mean that stands for the terminal high altitude area defense is meaning it provides an anti missile defense so-called for for missiles that are a

south korea? because the south korean president moon, whom i went to see in south korea last fall, was actually very much in favor of sunshine policy, getting the two koreas together. this is back to the future again. it is not going to work but it will complicate american diplomacy. >> what people forget and no way there could be peace between north korea and south korea, look at the results now. again, north korea it would be impossible to imagine them sending a delegation to the olympics. maybe there is a breakthrough. was trump wrong in that situation with his rhetoric by not following the three previous presidents before him in terms of measured language? bottom line on this in terms of media coverage. the enemy of my enemy is my friend. a lot of trump supporters see the u.s. media taking the side of north korea over the u.s., the administration, mike pence because the enemy of the enemy is my friend. >> jon: interesting kim jong-un sent the one person he knew would not defect. >> we saw what happened to her brother. >> 300 cheerleaders and athletes chosen from the elite. have smaller worms in

south the. north korean leader kim jong un sister arrived in south korea friday to attend the opening ceremony southkorean officials greeted her at the airport where she arrived on her brother's private jet in north korea kim jong is responsible for propaganda and i do take she's the first member of north korea's leading family to visit. the south the one nine hundred fifty s. the mali south korean president shook hands with north korea's ceremonial head of state that was at a pre opening ceremony reception athletes from the two koreas marched together under a single flag at the opening ceremony that decision itself was reached a breakthrough talks initiated by the north earlier last month. earlier in the day a last minute appeal from forty five russian athletes and two coaches against the ban preventing them from competing failed the court of arbitration for sports secretary general announced the ruling with just hours to go before the games got underway at least lawyers have branded that decision sanctions in disguise gas arbitrators of concert but the process created by the hour you see to establ

south korea. they had this meeting, and the south korean government then put out a statement saying the north koreans better engagement with south korea and possibly develop some kind of engagement with the rest as well. so we're hearing this from the south koreans, and we do know that at the beginning of the winter games when the u.s. vice president mike pence was leading the u.s. delegation, he had indicated that the u.s. was essentially open for some kind of meeting, and the north koreans called it off at the last minute because they didn't like pence's criticism of north korea's human rights record. so we don't know yet, is it possible that the u.s. and north korean delegations could have, in fact, met already or may be meeting in the hours ahead here alongside this closing ceremony? fredricka. >> then, ivan, this happening just as the president imposed the strongest sanctions yet on north korea. is there a direct correlation there? >> reporter: not clear. again, there seems to have been a missed opportunity just a few weeks ago at the beginning of the olympic games. but yes, we've now since hear

south korea. now south korean soldiers face the north korean counter part but when the north koreans do come out, they tend to face each other and not the southoreans. this, of course, has been a source of tension over the years. over time hundreds of diplomats and soldiers have been injured or killed because of tensions between the two sides. now the armistice wasn't signed in this particular building but sort inform a big tent that was on the same location and that armistice essentially laid down the rules about where soldiers could travel, where you could deploy military personnel, where you could put military equipment. and that armistice has lasted for 65 years if there's a line that divides the two countries that runs down the center of this table technically right now i am standing in north korea. this building is never occupied by the two sides at the same time if north koreans are bringing a tour in, the south koreans leave and vice versa one thing you'll notice over here is a bridge in the distance they call it the bridge of no return the armistice was signed, pows were given the chance to go to the country of their choice. across t

south korea. what do you make of this invitation from the north korean leader for the president of south korea to ? >> i learned about this on friday morning local time, george. before the north korean military parade, which my sources tell me was scaled down at the last minute. during the parade kim jong-un never mentioned the word nuclear. he referred to the north koreans as a military power. that was one thing that sources told me that was noteworthy. the parade was made smaller and ret ric whetoric was toned down kim jong-un's sister would deliver a note and we found sout several hours ago that is what happened. the lunch was an opportunity for more informal discussions. the high-ranking member of the delegation was also there. but kim jong-un's sister is far more influential and a rising star within the north korean government. she's a high-ranking member of the party of korea and sent with a mission, a dip olomatic mission to warm relations with the south and it appears at this stage, george, that things went as kim jong-un planned. he accepted the invitation and principal. a lot of details

of moon jae-in, the south korean president, and he is divided on this, especially with people who believe there are south korean nationals. they see their society apart from north koreaand moon who is 65, sees himself as a korean nationalist, of one korean state, and a lot of young south koreans are upset right now, and we have seen this in moon's approval ratings drop 10% within the space of a week. that's not good for the south korean president. >> a lot of koreans look at the two careers and they think to themselves, my god. if we were to unify the cost for south korea it would be astronomic. there is a 40 to 1 difference in the per capita gpd. let me ask you about the american strategies. watching all this, we talked about the south korean president getting what he wanted, and the north koreans being rational, and i can't figure out what the trump administration's strategy is. can you? >> for now, it's continue with the maximum pressure policy. you saw president trump give the state of the union address, when he spent most of that time talking about the human vice issues, otto warmbier's family, and then they talked with the defectors, and he invited otto warmbie

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here is good south korea is hosting the olympics and athletes are coming from around the world good opportunity to promote south korea. now at the opening ceremony the north and south koreans will march under a unified flag for the first time at an international sporting event in eleven years though elizabeth it's not the first time they've done so nine other times this is a way for the koreas to celebrate ethnic nationalism or to thank you very much for that for now that's fantastic and i'm joining us live from thank you. but just before the games began and a pail by forty seven russian athletes and coaches take part has been rejected the court of arbitration for sport dismissed the case the russians had appealed against their exclusion by the international olympic committee of the two thousand and fourteen doping scandal at the sochi games almost one hundred seventy russian athletes have been cleared to compete because their country is banned they'll be flying a neutral lympics flag. to the u.s. now with senators have just passed legislation to fund the government which has slipped into its second shutdown and just three weeks it will now go to the house of representativ

focused on south korea and the olympics and north korea wants to show it is just a sequel or important. number two, the north koreans are a member of —— reminding the americans and the southuggested that the south koreans and the americans stopjoint military the south koreans and the americans stop joint military exercises if they want to north korea to sort of ease off on what it is doing. finally, i think part of it ties in to kim jong—un trained to recently d efy to kim jong—un trained to recently defy himself and reconnect himself a lot more with his grandfather and his father and doing this, pushing this back, helps with that. how much concern to you think this will be to the south or other quite used to these games and posturing now? the parade itself is really no big deal. it isa parade itself is really no big deal. it is a lot of people marching through the streets of pyongyang. lots of heavy equipment rolling through. they bring out a bunch of missiles, put them on the platforms and maybe give the people are good show. all of the claims that they are making and hope to launch in the future. in and of itself, the parade is no threat and maybe an indication of the

korean leader kim jong un has advice that south korean president and to pyongyang that this would be the first meeting of korean leaders in more than a decade south korea says' kim jong un's sister can deliver the invitation at the presidential palace in seoul she's visiting the south as part of a delegation attending the winter olympics president moon spokesman said the south korean leader had responded to the advice calling from both sides to builds the conditions needed for the business. a home or in this town when it crossed over to our correspondent jason strawberry who was near the site of the olympic thing got none in south korea how significant is this invitation by the north korean leader kim jong un are we going to have peace by the end of the olympic games. that would be very optimistic but it certainly would be significant if president moon makes that trip up the plan young like you said it's been more than a decade the first enter korean summit was in two thousand the second in late two thousand and seven and for most a decade there was virtually no dialogue between seoul and pyongyang so this this invitation that was carried by kim jong u

week, that's not good for the south korean president. >> a lot of people look at the two koreas, the cost would be astro nomic. there's a 30 to 1 gdp between north and south korea. we talked about the south korean president getting what they want. the north koreans getting very rational in getting what they want. i can't figure out what the trump strategy on north korea is, do you? >> you saw president trump give the "state of the union" address where he spent most of the time focusing on the depravity of the human rights issues, and then he held a meeting with the defectors, and he invited as -- to continue to squeeze kim financially and diplomatically. all options are on the table, trump has not decided on the use of military strike, but that's also on the table too. >> do you think that the trump administration is waiting for the right moment to negotiate? or do you think that donald trump has not decided whether he wants to negotiate. >> i think he has not decided. it's really hard to get back to negotiations. sanctions need to take time. so it's just fighting, so i think premature negotiation is not what the trump administration is looking for right

here in south korea, including the south korean president moon jae-in. because there is no u.s. more than a year into the trump presidency, you have the first daughter serving in her role as senior adviser to the president, briefing the south koreans on these highly sensitive issues. a critical time when you have president trump saying things like he did on friday, that if these sanctions don't work, the united states is prepared to move into phase two, which a lot of people interpret as a military first strike to stop north korea from finalizing the nuclear program. that's something that needs to be communicated at the very highest levels. of course she'll be at the closing ceremonies tomorrow, potentially sitting right next to north koreans in the vip box just like vice president pence. >> we'll see if there's a nod, eye contact, anything different, from how it was handled with the vice president in the same box. all right, will ripley, thank you so much in pyeongchang. you know what they say about the early bird... he gets the best deal on the perfect hotel by using tripadvis

south korean president moon jay in and kim yo-jong. the sister of north korean leader kim jong-un. she is the first member of north korea's ruling family to visit the south. on saturday, she was invited to lunch with south korea's president. the highest level meeting between the two koreas in years. the so-called peace olympics seemed to live up to its name as the two koreas, north and south, marched together under a unified flag. >> i am korean and happen to live in the united states. it's really emotional, the moment for me at least, to see two koreas come together. >> reporter: recent polls show a majority of south koreans oppose using a unified flag at these games. >> i don't think it's right to use the unified flag, this man told me. >> reporter: why are you upset you are not using the south korean flag? >> we should use our flag because it's our country, he said. >> reporter: north korea's participation in these games has sparked daily protests and it's more than 500-person delegation has stolen south korea's spotlight. many south koreans are skeptical of the tensions. >> reporter: an expert encore re-- on korean relations. isn't this a huge propag

south korea. >> why? >> because the south korean president, president moon, had really wanted to change the trajectory of the relationship between north korea and southch was sort of very conflictual, very tense, very hostile. he wanted to move it in this direction and he, work wth international olympic committee have, for months, trying to see if there was some way to make this happen. the united states and the trump administration has really not been on board on this. they have been much more hostile, much more threatening. i'm not sure who is right in this situation. all i'm saying is that the south koreans have won in the sense that they got what they wanted. they ended up with a north korean -- north koreans agreeing to march with the south koreans under a combined banner. remember, the last time you had an olympic games in south korea, the north koreans not only didn't participate, not only did they boycott, they actually tried to sabotage them and basically perpetrated terrorist attacks weeks before the games. >> on a plane. >> right, with the plane. here you have a situation where they have completely changed course. they're on board. they're

south koreans. the break with south korea and the united states. this goes a long way to fixing that. ike pence was doing in south korea. making sure the south korean government and u.s. government were on the same page. there are a lot of pitfalls coming. sanctions and north korea could shoot a missile anytime. they probably don't want to talk about denuclearization. they want all of those good caveats to say we are not at peace yet. if you want to avoid war, you have to sit down and talk. that's what mike pence is saying. >> if you have the north and south talking and potentially talking after the olympics, does that leave the u.s. on the outside? is that the north koreans screwing a bit with the americans? >> that was the north korean goal and that is what the south korean president and mike pence are trying to avoid. there is still some game left to be played. keep in mind that the north koreans are trying to split the alliance. president moon is trying to pursue the narrow opening to avoid war without leaving the u.s. behind. that is difficult to do. what mike pence is saying as l

first time since the korean war more than half a century ago a member of north korea's ruling family is welcomed in the south the arrival of leader kim jong sr is fascinating many south koreans jiang has quickly become a power broker in another historic moment south korean president moon j. in greeted her at the opening ceremony before she sat near u.s. vice president mike pence the two didn't appear to exchange greetings then the moment many had been waiting for north and south korean athletes marched under a unified flag as a celebration of ethnic nationalism it's the first time they've done that at an international sporting event in eleven years moon said the chain winter olympics offer a meaningful opportunity for a world divided by conflicts to unite critics say the north korean charm offensive is only intended to advance its agenda. decided to look nice for a vial of this option if you would use chance chances that president krom be authorizing me to take their ration bought as a program to ease that main fundamentals have not changed and i determined to have end of i.c.b.m. intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of delivering a nuclear strike as a continu

the latest headlines: the most senior south korean delegation —— north korean delegation —— north korean delegation ever to visit south koreaegation includes the sister of kim jong—un. the highest court in sport has rejected appeals from 47 russian athletes and coaches who've been barred from the winter 0lympics. russia was banned from participating over a doping scandal at the last winter games in sochi. another us government shutdown has begun — congress unable to agree a new federal budget. the conservative republican rand paul is blocking the deal, saying it violates past pledges to rein in spending. and in business, global stock markets are plunging again. more than 1000 points wiped off the dow jones for the second time this week. now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we will start this with the straits times from singapore. it's marking the start of the winter games in south korea — and points out this is the first of three olympics in a row to take place in the region. 0nto the financial times now, it covers the japanese ambassador‘s warning that the uk risks los

south korea are quite nervous but i think the u.s. military is not in the habit of respecting the wishes of the south korean people or even the full korean military look at how the u.s. imposed the fab battery on south korea without. prior approval or even has and this . the knowledge came with a surprise for us with them paul we think if the battery were look at how the us refute the a the in. cleaning up environmental destruct before trucks from the military because it's close. i don't think through south korean people are happy being vulnerable or whatever but your throw perry commands you know what i mean that would be go back to running these things into missile defense i mean it just makes south korea target you know that they do us says it's there to protect their interests but actually it's not the us that is targeted the actually this missile system is targeted against china and again korea is right smack in the middle of all this go ahead brian indeed i mean it's sad stance for the terminal high altitude area defenses meaning it provides an anti missile defense so called for for missiles that are at high altitude if there was a

lot of speculation here in south korea that with the american delegation still in town today monday in south korea there might be some kind of meeting with the north koreans and that's not expected to involve ivanka trump but there are lower level officials in both delegations who could possibly meet but the united states has said again that if there are any talks are to take place it must have the ultimate goal of leading to denuclearization and of course the north koreans have said that talks should have no preconditions set upon them so it doesn't bode well for the possibility of any talks at any kind of level and of course it does come against this latest spat between the united states and north korea over the latest sanctions imposed by the united states north korea calling these an act of war predictably as it has done in the past and it does seem to give it the opportunity of walking away from any talk about talks and also plays into conveniently into its narrative of the two koreas working towards peace while it's the americans as far as north korea is concerned who are trying to ruin the party or the true villains of the piece rob thanks very muc

korea's olympic delegation has met the south korean prime minister lead not yawning so the group includes the sister of north korea's leader kim jong roun on saturday she extended a rare invitation to south korean president moon janan to visit pyongyang delegation has been holding talks with the south korean government on the sidelines of the winter olympics. now votes are being counted in sri lanka where a record number of women vying for seats and thirty three hundred forty local governments and you know requires women to fill a quarter of the positions the president and prime minister rule nationally on a coalition but they have campaigned separately for their own party's male fernandez has more from colombo. the newest political front the sri lanka put the john apparel which is basically led from the front by the former president mahinda rajapaksa celebrating as a results come in here on sunday in colombo now the headquarters where i am out. of activity party leaders of the sort of coalition that came together to take on essentially the current government and its constituent parties that of the president might a policy center and prime minister run a vehicle missing her essentially t

north korean leader kim jong un's says arrived in south korea on friday to attend the opening ceremony top south korean officials greeted her at the airport where she arrived at her brother's private jet and north korea kim jong is responsible for propaganda and agitation she's the first member of north korea's leading. family to visit the south since the nine hundred fifty meanwhile the south korean president shook hands with north korea's ceremonial head at a pre opening ceremony reception athletes when the two koreas are marching together under a single flag at the opening ceremony that decision was reached breakthrough talks initiated by the north last month. a last minute appeal from forty five russian athletes and two coaches against a ban preventing them from competing fails the court of arbitration for sport the secretary general announced the ruling with just hours to go before the games got underway the athletes lawyers have branded the decision sanctions in disguise just arbitrators of concert at the process. to establish an invitation list of russian athletes to compete as olympic at

korea's leader. family to visit the south since the one nine hundred fifty s. . meanwhile the south korean president shook hands with north korea's ceremonial head at the opening ceremony reception athletes from the two koreas are marching together under a single flag at that opening ceremony which is well underway decision was reached that breakthrough talks initiated by the north early last month. earlier a last minute appeal from forty five russian athletes and two coaches the ban preventing them from competing failed the court of arbitration for sport secretary general announced the ruling with just hours to go before the games got underway at least lawyers have branded the decision sanctions in disguise because arbitrators of concert that the process treated by the hour you see to establish an invitation list of russian athletes to compete as olympic athletes from russia could not be described as a sanction but rather as an eligibility decision. applicants did not demonstrate that the manner in which two special commission system but do you see was carried out in a discriminatory arbi

trunk is in trump is in south korea and indeed a quite a high powered north korean delegation is due in south korea what do you make of that. well i think the united states under this idea maximum pressure is trying to put more money and more pressure on the north korean regime in the aftermath of this this could it time terms of limpid diplomacy the north koreans have maximized fractures in the relationship within the region the united states and south korea now are looking at north korean a very different way under the moon administration there is a reach out in the patient president to visit pyongyang in north korea there is some talk been a decrease in tensions on the peninsula and allowing for athletes to come and participate in the in the pics and again this is a win win situation for the north koreans gives them at least a month maybe six. months a time to consolidate their missiles and in nuclear technology and in the north this is very very important the united states wants to push back against this political space that in the developed they want to send a message to north korea that

south korean president. it is the first time of member of the ruling family will visit south korea since the korean war in the early 1950s. >>> the delegation will not meet with us officials while they are in south korea. mike pence is already there and south korea and says, the united states has not asked for talks with north korea, but he kept up with the possibility of some contact during the olympic games. tensions between north korea and the us are very high. the president says the united states is prepared to launch the most aggressive economic sanctions against north korea. >>> a popular youtube star is being criticized again. local paul posted a video showing himself firing eight taser at a dead rat. earlier in the clip, he lifted a fish out of a pond and pretended to give it cpr. the video has been removed. but groups like peta say that paul is teaching children to be cruel to south korea -- to animals. >>> people at a homeless camp in berkeley were told to leave or be arrested. what prompted the evacuation order. >>> bart is putting something new in its own trains. >>> right now, we see traffic off

korea, arrived in them athletes village in pyeongchang. the north korean flag is now flying in south korea, which is a very rare sight indeed, and indeed hoisting the north korean flag in southle, north korea is continuing with its plans to hold a large military parade on the day before the opening ceremony of the olympics. they're saying certainly from pyongyang that no one has a right to interfere in its plans. the international olympic committee president, thomas bach, has described the decision to overturn the lifetime bans of 28 russian athletes found guilty of doping as "extremely disappointing". on thursday, the court of arbitration for sport upheld the athletes‘ appeals, saying there was insufficient evidence they had benefited from a system of state—sponsored doping at the 2014 winter games, which were held in russia. speaking at a press conference, mr bach said the ioc will look to overturn the decision. we u nfortu nately we unfortunately only know about the reasons from the very few sentences ina reasons from the very few sentences in a press release. it has so far the panel was not able to deliver a reason for the decision. which we are eagerly awaiting. we have

korea, arrived in them athletes village in pyeongchang. the north korean flag is now flying in south korea, which is a very rare sight indeed, and indeed hoisting the north korean flag in southg made in this case. meanwhile, north korea is continuing with its plans to hold a large military parade on the day before the opening ceremony of the olympics. they're saying certainly from pyongyang that no one has a right to interfere in its plans. we only know about the reasons from the very few sentences in a press release, it has so far they were not able to deliver a reason for the decision. which we are eagerly awaiting for, and we have asked them to speech this procedure up. we have been told that this could be the end of february. which is extremely u nsatisfa ctory of february. which is extremely unsatisfactory situation. our latest headlines: mps warned that cuts to the royal marines would leave britain's global interests are at serious risk. south china sea brexiteer accuses ministers of being vague and divided in their plans for a leaving the european union. a joint north and south korea ice hockey team played together for the first time ahead of the winter 0lympics. the

a very concerned united states worried about north korea possibly beguiling the south koreans with this so-called charm offensive and concern that south korea might be willing to make concessions for america north korea has not changed it is the same country despite all of the smiles then united states is still determined that south korea should be part of a united front in dealing with what it sees as still a potentially very dangerous adversary. chinese president xi jinping could stay in power indefinitely under plans by the communist party to abolish term limits the ruling party wants to change the constitution to remove the current restrictions under which leaders can only serve two terms vice presidents would also be able to say without term limits the communist party elected president xi as its head for another five years last october. as a political analyst he also advises the chinese government on economic and development issues he says many among the general population like what she jingping has done for the country but some in the elites may have concerns over his plans to abolish term limits sheeting thing is pretty much pr

north korean leader kim jong un sister arrived in south korea friday to attend the opening ceremony top south korean officials greeted her at the airport where she arrived on her brother's private jet. in north korea kim jong is responsible for propaganda an agitation she's the first member of north korea's leading family to visit the south since the one nine hundred fifty s. meanwhile the south korean president shook hands with north korea's ceremonial head of state at a pre opening ceremony reception athletes from the two koreas marched together under a single flag at the opening ceremony that decision was reached the breakthrough talks initiated by the north early last month and earlier in the day a last minute appeal from forty five russian athletes and coaches against the ban preventing them from competing failed the court of arbitration for sport secretary general announced the ruling with just hours to go before the games got underway or at least lawyers have branded that decision sanctions in disguise because arbitrators of concert at the process. to establish an invitation list of ru

south korea this morning. she'll lead in sunday's olympic closing ceremonies. she said the u.s. delegation is looking to reaffirm its commitment with south korea. meanwhile there have been many olympic moments in the south korean. dana jacobson is in south korea with a look back. good morning, dana. >> good morning, anne-marie. from the opening ceremonies to the u.s. women's hockey team winning gold, there have been plenty of iconic images at this game, but an image doesn't have to be iconic for it to go viral, and some of those may be the ones we treasure most. from unique modes of transportation shown off by the swiss to brazen team uniforms courtesy of norway, the olympics have had their fair share of viral images. messages to movie nods. a storybook moment. even something to keep you warm. >> don't be shy. come closer. >> reporter: the team from finland brought back the knitting needles first seen in sochi so they could wind down. >> when i see him knitting, i laugh at himself. aim not thinking about my run much. >> i don't mind being laughed at. >> reporter: from laughter to cheer, the north koreans get a nod for olympic cheerleading but it's one of america's own personal squads which stands above the res

. >>> south korean president moon jay in has been invited to north korea for meeting with kim jong u.n. invitation was extended by his sister during a lunch at south korean presidential palace in sewell. his sister is in south korea for the olympics f u.n. accepts the invitation it would be first meeting between north and south korean leaders in more than 10 years. >>> vice-president mike pence who is unless south korea does not believe that meetings or the unified korean olympic teams change anything. on board his flight home pence said he is confident that south korea and japan will continue to join the u.s. in putting pressure on north korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions and stop its human rights abuses. >>> much more to come on "action news" tonight a touching life lesson for a basketball team with the realization of the value of family over cost of winning. >>> next latest on the flu and new concern for people affect. ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ upbeat music travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing, with a glass of wine in one hand, and