south koreans held a service at their national cemetery in memory of yoo heung-jun. yoo's remains are the first of any south korean conscripted to sakhalin to come home. officials from the japanese and russian embassies paid their respects. russians took sakhalin from the japanese at the end of world war ii and have held it ever since. yoo had to leave what's now south korea six months before the war's end. he left his wife and son behind. south korean officials found yoo's remains in a cemetery on sakhalin and asked the russians to return them. yoo's son placed his father's remains in a tomb and hopes they will rest in peace in their homeland. some south koreans conscripted to sakhalin under japanese rule have been able to go home with financial help from japan. leaders in tokyo continue to offer that help on humanitarian grounds. >>> managers of duty-free stores in south korea are seeing a drop-off in customers from japan so they're trying to attract more with the help of some of south korea's biggest pop stars. staffer from the lotte duty free chain held a promoti

as economic growth has made many south koreans richer, marine sports has become more popular. this free program is open until the end of october. if you come to south korea, try to stop by and experience it. nhk world, anna jong, pusan. >>> hiroshima, nagasaki. the atomic bombings killed thousands of people in an instant and left survivors suffering in the ruins. "newsline" is looking back on what happened then and what's happened since. don't miss our special coverage "war to peace, lessons of 1945" starting tuesday, august 6th. >>> all right, let's check the latest market figures. >>> time nor the latest in weather with meteorologist sayaka mori. good morning. it seems there's a storm approaching parts of vietnam and southern china. what's the latest there? >> that's right, catherine. we've been watching a tropical storm over the south china sea. it's set to move into the island of hainan today and then make landfall in northern parts of vietnam on the weekend. the name is chevy meaning swallow. the rainfall will be quite huge. we expect about 150 millimeters to fall in some

he turned up on a south korean island. ministry officials there say he appears to have swum across the maritime demarcation line to seek asylum. a south korean military official says residents of the island of gee o dong reported finding the man early in the morn. it is close to what's effectively the maritime border in the yellow sea. police and military officials took the north korean into protective custody. the man is reportedly saying he came from the north and wants asylum. no one noticed him until he knocked on the door of a home. >> north korean man swam to the same island last september and spent a week undetected hiding in a house. some south koreans are questioning how well their military is guarding the border. >>> here's the three-day world weather forecast. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. thank you for watching.

and south korean troops. the north korean statement proposed holding talks on august 14th regarding the resumption of operations at kaesong. a spokesperson for the south korean unification ministry welcomed the decision. >> translator: we give credit to the north for its response. it has changed its attitude toward our demand for negotiations to solve the discord over kaesong. >> unification ministry representatives have indicated they'll consider north korea's offer for talks on reopening the industrial zone. delegates for the two koreas have already held six rounds of negotiations aimed at restarting operations at kaesong, but they failed to reach an agreement. >>> relatives of japanese citizens abducted to north korea continue their push for the return of their loved ones. at a rally on the japan sea coast they have ap help to bring the abductees back. the rally on wednesday drew a crowd of supporters. the government has identified 17 japanese citizens as abductees. this woman's daughter was kidnapped in 19

and south korean troops. the north korean statement proposed holding talks on august 14th regarding the resumption of operations at kaesong. a spokesperson for the south korean unification ministry welcomed the decision. >> translator: we give credit to the north for its response. it has changed its attitude toward our demand for negotiations to solve the discord over kaesong. >> unification ministry representatives have indicated they'll consider north korea's offer for talks on reopening the industrial zone. >>> now, delegates for the two koreas have already held six rounds of negotiations aimed at restarting operations at kaesong, but they failed to reach an agreement. >>> an annual forum that brings together politicians and scholars from japan and china has been postponed. the chinese side says the forum will be rescheduled in october. officials from the japanese nonprofit group genron npo have been chairing the event along with a newspaper since 2005. this year's meeting was scheduled to begin in beijing

and south korean troops. the north korean statement proposed holding talks on august 14th regarding the resumption of operations at kaesong. a spokesperson for the south korean unification ministry welcomed the decision. >> translator: we give credit to the north for its response. it has changed its attitude toward our demand for negotiations to solve the discord over kaesong. >> unification ministry representatives have indicated they'll consider north korea's offer for talks on reopening the industrial zone. >>> delegates for the two koreas have already held six rounds of negotiations aimed at restarting operations at kaesong, but they failed to reach an agreement. >>> cheese researchers found a new strain of bird flu can jump between people but they say the transmission was limited but not stable. the h7n9 virus affected about 130 people in china this spring. 43 have died. the researchers published the study this week in the british medical journal. they looked at the case of a 60-year-old man and his 32-ye

really thankful to meet someone like you who have helped survivors in south korea. >> translator: we've been working together with korean survivors, but we're getting older and have little time left. i want young people in japan and south korea to take over the activities for peace. >> reporter: moon says meeting toyonaga inspired him. >> transla this visit to japan has given me the strength to continue helping survivors back home in south korea. i also want to keep communicating with people here in japan. i hope citizens from both of our nations can become closer and friendlier toward each other. >> reporter: moon says he wants to be a bridge between south korea and japan. the nations still have disputes tied to the war. as for his future, moon sees himself helping others. he wants to become a doctor, so he can care for people who are suffering from the harmful effects of radiation. chie yam magishi, nhk world, hiroshima, japan. >>> many people in japan are slowing down at the start of the traditional holiday period. some might have noticed the economy is slowing but growing steadily. the cabinet office says gdp grew 0

chinese and south korean leaders condemn visits to a place that honors war criminals and government sources say abe wants to avoid any further strains in foreign relations. but he says the 18 other members of the cabinet are free to visit the shrine. the deputy prime minister and foreign minister and 12 others say they won't go on the anniversary. the other four members of the cabinet have not said what they'll do. >>> a member of the u.s. senate foreign relations committee praised abe's decision, senator ben cardin says increases tensions would not help. >> i applaud the leadership of the prime minister in trying to establish a better relationship between the republic of korea and japan. it clearly -- the tensions between the two countries are not helpful. >> cardin says he hopes other members of the japanese cabinet do not inflame the situation. >>> a group of south korean opposition lawmakers say they are planning a protest against prime minister abe. they say they'll visit the shrine and criticizing his views on history. >>> four lawmakers say they'll read their statement on thursday, t

friday's talks will be where north and south korean officials iron out where the meetings will take place how many people allowed to meet but both sides said they would like them to take place around the korean festival in mid september, traditionally the time when families get together. but for those separated by war it's hardly a time for celebration. >> separated families do not know where their mothers and fathers tombs are located or alive or dead and we just shed tears looking at the sky in the north. >> reporter: and he works untirelessly driven to help others like himself even though he believes his organization will become irrelevant in the coming years because by then those old enough to remember their relatives in the north will have passed away. florence al jazeera. >> reporter: the chinese court hearing the case against disgraced politician bo released a videotape testimony from his wife. it's day two of bo's trial on charges of bribery, corruption as well as abuse of power. he is also accused of trying to cover up his wife's involvement in the murder of a businessman and we

do you see them taking the right steps to bring south korean into the picture or narrow the difference or is there more concerned that the gap is widening between japan and south korea and how to deal with extended deterrence? >> that is an excellent question and i think there are few government officials who would

the south korean red cross keeps a database.s of july there were more 70,0070,000 eligible names but y 70 are chosen each time by ballot. the last official reunion was in 2010. they're always heart wrenching affairs with everyone getting on in years there is the knowledge that this meeting could be last. and it depends on interkorean relations. >> reporter: friday's talks are where officials will iron out details about where the meeting will take place and how the meetintheywould like to meet. but for those separated by war, it's hardly a time for celebration. >> separated families do not know where their mothers and fathers tombs are located, or whether they are alive or dead. we just shed tears looking willing at the sky in the north. >> reporter: he works on tirelessly driven to help others like himself. even though he believes his organization will become irrelevant in the coming years because by then those old enough to remember their relatives in the north will have passed away. >> the indonesian government has announced n

four south korean lawmakers tried to get in to protest in person. the police blocked them to prevent trouble. japanese prime minister shinzo abe said other members of his cabinet were free to visit on the anniversary. he chose not to go. he says he will not disclose whether he will visit the shrine in the future noting that it could cause diplomatic difficulties. noriko okada,nhk world, tokyo. >>> chinese leaders aren't pleased the cabinet ministers went to yasukuni. a foreign ministry spokesperson say the visits deny past militarism and aggression and challenge the post-war international order. vice minister of foreign affairs liu zhenmin challenged a launch of a strong protest. officials with the japanese embassy in beijing say they contributed to global peace and stability. they say he suggested the two nations should try to prevent individual problems from affecting their overall relationship. the state-run china central television covered the war anniversary in news programs. it reported japan is turning to the right, and it noted prime ministe

so his miscalculation was i think sort of miscalculated how the south koreans would react. and he also, the north koreans when they can have acted very recklessly as well. so he didn't remain friends with that sort of come with the invasion. and i think was macarthur, i think the strategic miscalculation after inchon, he goes up the river and he miscalculates the chinese response. and his miscalculation was about he believed that the chinese had entered the war on the windsor. that is when the north koreans are winning. why would into the were on the losing side? there's perception that u.n. should go up, would pose this strategic threat, or national security council against china. so that was his bi big miscalculation. chinese reaction to move up the river. and now i think mao making thiss cake mission in it in the i think anybody, i mean, rational person seeing you in troops coming up your border would react in a similar way as mao had done. and mao we believed that if the americans have taken the entire peninsula it would've been much harder to defend china than taking it

south korean people elected the first female president there.an you tell us a little bit about the campaign? what were the factors that led to the victory? >> thank you, i am honored to be with you today. >> it is a delight to have you here. >> regarding my title, special assistant, i think it is a long story to tell you. actually, i was teaching in mainland china for eight years. >> ok. >> last year in june i left my job in china and i came back to tie line. -- taiwan, mainly for writing a book about madam [indiscernible] so, this is a challenge for me. i am very lucky that i can write a book about it. as you know, i am a student who studies the president. i base that on the ideas of her father to write this book. so, right now many koreans think she is so like her father. how come so many koreans say the same thing? just like me in this book. how are you? you know, in chinese. [speaking chinese] so, published just before the election, this is a book about the early first birthday until she became the president of korea. it concludes 5 with a m

and south korean troops. the north korean statement proposed holding talks on august 14th, regarding the resumption of operations at kaesong. a pokes spokesperson welcomed the relation. >> translator: trying to solve discord over kaesong. they will consider north korea's offer to resume talks on the zone. >>> a major fire has closed down kenya's main international airport, in the busiest hub in north africa. government officials say no casualties have been reported. the blaze started early on wednesday at the international airport. officials say it broke out at the immigration section of the arrival hall and burned down a major part of the terminal building. hundreds of airport staff and passengers were evacuated and stranded outside. >> what we are doing now at the moment is to make sure that we completely extinguish the fire and then investigations are going to start as to the cause of the fire. >> the fire broke out on the 15th anniversary of the bombing of the night robe by. authorities say there is no ind

. >>> diplomats watching the korean peninsula are noticing signs of a thaw. officials from north and south korea have agreed to organize reunions of families separated by the korean war. diplomats hope that may open the door to more comprehensive talks. red cross officials are coordinating the reunions. the two sides held talks last friday, they're first meeting in three years. officials with south korean unification ministry announced separated families will meet at the end of september. 100 family members are expected to take part. the reunions are scheduled to last for six days. south korean officials had initially proposed two events, one in seoul, one in pyongyang. but north koreans are insisting on the resort north of the border. north korean officials said on thursday they're considering bold constructive peace building measures. we spoke with dr. kim choluu, a specialist at the korean institute for defense analysis in seoul. >> three points, first of all seeking diplomatic isolations after the third nuclear test. with the recent flurry of offensive for dialogue, north korea tries t

. >> translator: the patience of the south korean people is reaching its limit, and north korea should behave in a responsible way. >> the unification ministry said in a statement on sunday that the four-month suspension of the complex has caused south korean firms about $6.7 billion. south korea's requesting compensation from the north for the financial damage. south korea issued the statement one week after making what it calls the final offer for talks on reopening the industrial park. seoul also announced humanitarian assistance for its northern neighbor. pyongyang has made no response. >>> china's government is alarmed about the fast-growing off-the-book debt of local government. it's begun a survey of such debt nationwide. china's national audit office puts the debt owed by local governments at between $2.4 trillion and $3.2 trillion. chinese law prohibits local governments from raising funds by issuing bonds. instead, they use subsidiary investment firms to get money from investors for public spending such as for infrastructure. the method is often referred to as shadow banking.

more from the south korean captain in seoul. >> robert king is due to arrive on friday, and it will note his first visit to north korea. his last visit was in may 2011, to assess the food situation in north korea, acorn that relies heavily on food aid. but he managed to secure the release of eddie june, a missionary who had been held in north korea for six months for carried -- for allegedly carrying out missionary work. now, at that time, north korea said it was released june on humanitarian grounds. kings visit is to release kenneth bay on humanitarian grounds. he had been sentenced to hard labor, but was recently admitted to hospital, including chronic diabeteses and liver problems. now in kings last visit did not result in resumpsion of food aid to north korea, nor did it result in north korea returning to six parties talks and the obama administration has said that kings visit is limited to securing kenneth bay's release. be uh this invitation can be seen as north korea's latest charm offensive, and it follows north korea's agreement to hold family reunions between north and korean

. >> a south korean jet has been involved in an accident, this time, no one was hurt. a korean airlines plane failed to stop on approach and overshot the runway at the airport and crews towed the plane. the incident is the second in the past 30 days involving a south korean airline, asiana flight 214 crashed last month and killed three. >> mark zuckerberg is breaking new ground on the immigration debate. now more from the center for the arts. >> zuckerberg appeared before a packed house in san francisco's center for the arts. he did not waste any time explaining that a comment made by a student reshaped his view on immigration. he taught a class on entrepreneurship. >> one of the students raised his hand and said, i'm not sure that i will be able to go to college because i'm undocumented this value touched me. >> he now is using his clout to help with comprehensive immigration reform and kicked off the premiere of chronicles of immigrants living in the country illegally. a pulitzer prize winning journalists and undocumented immigrant wrote and directed the documentary a

this incident is the second in the past 30 days involving a south korean air line. asian air lines flight 214 crashed in san francisco last month. 3 people died. >>> big problem for air travelers worldwide tonight because of maiming computer outage. rest vision system went out about 90 minutes ago and self u.s. airlines use saber including american vir general and jet blue. outage forced the grounding of some flights. >> developing news out of southern california tonight where evacuation are under way in riverside county. 1500 acre brush fire near lake elsinore is burning out of control at this point. hundreds of people in the community of decker canyon and san juan capistrano ordered to evacuate. fire broke out in the early morning. the cause is still under investigation but priority now put out the flames. >> she have respect pay nearly two million dollars in fines and restitution in connection with last year devastating fire at richmond refinery. company also pleaded no contest to 6 criminal charges including failure to fix deefficiency in equipment. 40-year-old

this incident is the second in the past 30 days involving a south korean air line. asian air lines flight 214 crashed in san francisco last month. 3 people died. >>> big problem for air travelers worldwide tonight because of maiming computer outage. rest vision system went out about 90 minutes ago and self u.s. airlines use saber including american vir general and jet blue. outage forced the grounding of some flights. >> developing news out of southern california tonight where evacuation are under way in riverside county. 1500 acre brush fire near lake elsinore is burning out of control at this point. hundreds of people in the community of decker canyon and san juan capistrano ordered to evacuate. fire broke out in the early morning. the cause is still under investigation but priority now put out the flames. >> she have respect pay nearly two million dollars in fines and restitution in connection with last year devastating fire at richmond refinery. company also pleaded no contest to 6 criminal charges including failure to fix deefficiency in.e burst sparked the fir

. >> the south korean government views that the north is positively responding to our suggestion to hold talks in order to solve the kaesong industrial complex issue. we hope that reasonable measures come out from this dialogue to solve the issues and for developmental normalization of a kaesong industrial complex. >> the ministry added that talks remain unchanged from the past six rounds. earlier, around 500 south korean actor he owners protested, marched down streets and through paper airplanes, expressing their hope for normalization. >> are 123 companies facing the complex are on the verge of dying. 500 of us are here today to insist on the normalization of the kaesong industry or complex without any preconditions. >> the dprk closed the complex in may. >> five opposition parties in japan have issued a joint statement asking the countries dippy prime minister -- asking the deputy's -- asking the country's deputy prime minister to resign. according to the kyoto news agency come a joint statement signed by the leaders of the democratic artichoke and, the your party, the japanese commun

this incident is the second in the past 30 days involving a south korean air line. asian air lines flight 214 crashed in san francisco last month. 3 people died. >>> big problem for air travelers worldwide tonight because of maiming computer outage. rest vision system went out about 90 minutes ago and self u.s. airlines use saber including american vir general and jet blue. outage forced the grounding of some flights. >> developing news out of southern california tonight where evacuation are under way in riverside county. 1500 acre brush fire near lake elsinore is burning out of control at this point. hundreds of people in the community of decker canyon and san juan capistrano ordered to evacuate. fire broke out in the early morning. the cause is still under investigation but priority now put out the flames. >> she have respect pay nearly two million dollars in fines and restitution in connection with last year devastating fire at richmond refinery. company also pleaded no contest to 6 criminal charges including failure to fix deefficiency in equipment. 40-year-old

and theirs, 60 years ago most south koreans were illiterate.he country now has a 93% high school graduation rate which is much better than the 77% we have here in the u.s. what changes were made there that were so dramatic, to make things so different? >> this is one of the most hopeful things about this subject. the smartest countries in the world right now were not always so smart. so sometimes it feels like this is a futile stagnant problem that we can never fix but these countries systematically did things sometimes by accident sometimes on purpose that made their systems much more rigorous on every level. particularly on all cases they made it much harder to get into teacher training college so they elevated the quality and rigor and also the prestige of the profession from day one. >> so you write about a teacher in south korea that earns $4 million a year. most of that is tutoring not the norm but that reflect the level of prestige given to teachers something that doesn't happen here. >> the demand for education in korea like much of asi

korean agents in the 1970s and '80s. the u.n. human rights council set up the panel in march. members will visit south korea and japan to collect personal information on the abductees. the japanese government says 17 of its citizens were abducted and brought to north korea. in 2002, north korean authorities allowed five of them to return home. the panel members plan to meet with prime minister shinzo abe and abduction issue minister. they'll also hold public hearings. the u.n. investigators had hoped to get a firsthand look at what are thought to be political prison camps in north korea, but authorities in pyongyang refused them entry. committee members will submit the report in september at a regular session of the u.n. human rights council. >>> north korean leader kim jong-un seems to be taking a new tact to draw investment from abroad. he's reportedly developing a ski resort to attract foreign tourists. workers are cutting trails and putting up equipment in the eastern part of the country. the business leader says north korean officials told him they've opened three airports around the resort. the

. >>> a dam project turning a south korean river dwree green h algae. sales of bottled water are soaring. lawrence louie reports. >> its it meanders across the south korean water. bun butt meanwhile the appearance of algae, lots of it. plant like microorganisms. even from the air the greenish hue is evidence. it is not unusual to haval gea in the water, it's just how much, that's a worry. >> i've been fishing here for 30 years. but there's a lot of grain this year and now, i only fish for fun. >> the algae is a worry and the environmental agency has issued an alert. >> i've managed to scoop up some of this algae. it could be potentially harmful to humans. some residents here have given it the name green tea latte. >> among different types of green algae there is microcystus which contains a toxic spans but that is not detected in the test. >> scientists say it is a convergence of factors, including high temperatures and the flow of water. there are as many as eight dams along the nak dong river. vinylists say it's causing the water to stagnate in some p

. >> for the second time in a month, a south korean jet has been involved in an accident but no one was injured. a korean airlines plane failed to stop on approach to japan and overshot the runway at the airport. crews towed the plane off the roadway and this is the second in the past 30 days involving a south korean airline. asiana flight 214 crashed in san francisco last month killing three teen girls. >> activists will protest outside livermore laboratory to mark the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of hiroshima. this morning, in japan, 50,000 people came out for the ringing of the bell marking the sad anniversary. the event, led by the prime minister of japan, was followed by a moment of silence to remember the victims. today's event at livermore large calls on the elimination of nuclear weapons and features a moment silence followed by a march starting at 7:00 a.m. at the laboratory. >> president obama will renew the calls for mortgage refinancing legislation when he travels to phoenix today. he will outline the plan to urge congress this week to back bipartisan efforts to sh

three people were killed when the south korean carrier struck a seawall on july 6th. more than 300 people survived that crash. passengers can sue the carrier even after accepting compensation. >>> several u.s. embassies and consulates closed in the middle east and africa because of an al-qaida terrorist threat are expected to reopen today. the state department rushed to shut down 18 of its 19 embassies when think received word of an possible attack. as they reopen there will be extra security at all of the locations once employees return. the high alert to the prevent an attack. >>> the trial of hassan is scheduled to resume today. he's representing himself in the fort hood shooting case. he's watched in silence as more than 40 witnesses testified. >>> army private bradley manning's attorneys presented their case today. they said manning will give a statement before the defense rests on wednesday. he faces up to 90 years in prison for leaking classified information to the website wikileaks. >>> the epa plans to examine a north idaho sand dune. nathan wasner was trappe

borororder cio discuss the reopening of the mountain resort but it was not well received by the south korean government because of the painful memories that still linger. a woman was shot dead there five years ago, so red cross delegates are scheduled to meet friday to discuss possible dates and venues for family reunions. still to come, we go live to egypt where a round of massive road tests are expected on friday. and outrage in japan as it revealed the fukushima nuclear plant is leaking nuclear waste into the ground. >> welcome back to the broadcast. we go to egypt where president mubarak has been released from prison and taken to a military hospital, placed under house arrest where he will await a retrial next week. protesters are calling for a day of martyrs on friday. we will go live to cairo where robert has the latest. >> more than three years after he was taken into custody, former egyptian president mubarak was released from prison. his trademark sunglasses, he was wheeled into a military medical helicopter. mubarak is at the hospital, this is where we expect him to be held under h

they say south koreans are growing concerned about the safety of seafood imported from japan. the officials say they've been briefed on the situation three times since late july, but the explanations were insufficient. they may send their own experts if necessary. >>> heavy rains are causing devastation in the philippines and pakistan. thousands of people have been forced from their homes. in the philippines seasonal downpours plus a tropical storm left parts of the capital manila under water on monday. officials say at least three people are dead and several others are missing. government offices, schools, banks and most private companies were closed, but some communities still struggle to go to work. >> translator: there are no passenger jeeps because of the floods. it's very hard for commuters as there's basically no transport. >> in pakistan monsoon rains and flash floods submerge mord than 300 villages in the northeast province of punjab. aid workers are struggling to cope and displaced people are demanding more help from the government. >> translator: all my crops have b

they began their work on tuesday in the south korean capital seoul. japan and other countries asked the u.n. human rights council to set up the panel. a north korean defector told the panel he had escaped from a political prison. the man said his parents and brother were also in the prison. his mother and brother were executed in front of him and his father. his brother was shot dead and his mother was hanged. the witness said he was always starving. he survived by catching and eating rats. the man said he wants the world to know about the repeated slaughter of people in north korea. the members will travel to japan next tuesday to interview the relatives of japanese abducted by north korean agents. the panel will submit a preliminary report of its findings at a session of the u.n. human rights council in september. >>> a top aide to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has expressed regret over comments by a senior israeli official on the 1945 atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. israeli diplomatic sources say national security adviser yak

diplomats have gathered in thailand where they're airing their concerns about disputes in the south koreanea. >> good evening, gene. thailand proposed it as part of the eithers between asean and china. they called for direct bilateral talks. his remarks confirmed over having asean take part of negotiations. the prime minister said arguments in the south china sea represent just one part of asean china ties. >> we should not let this issue be a barometer of our relations with china. asean has economic and security reasons to strengthen relations with the world's second largest economy and to varying degrees, its members share the desire to avoid decision confrontation with china. but the foreign ministers of vietnam and the philippines made a move on thursday to form a united front. they agreed to urge other asean members on formlating a legally binding code of conduct. searching the downside of development on their streets. more people have cars and more cars mean more traffic jams. it's forceded police to get training to deal with with a side effect. >> reporter: bangkok is often dubbed t