a japanese steel company has been ordered to compensate for south koreans for their forced labor during world war two south korea's supreme court ruled that nippon steel must pay each plaintiff eighty seven thousand dollars the company has called the ruling regrettable japan occupied south korea from one nine hundred ten to one nine hundred forty five there's a case of never fully apologizing or paying repatriations to south koreans who were forced to work without pay more on this we're joined by say one cool and soul via skype is the publisher of career exposé get to speak to once again the japanese here are saying the south korean government was remedy what it's calling a breach of international norm is that something the south korean government could do even if it wanted to well sort of this system point of contention japan argues any responsibility japan is towards south korea for the potential crimes or atrocities committed during the colonial period we're already settled in the agreement signed between the two countries in one thousand nine hundred fifty five and this is a view th

link to an older case where a south korean audi executive was sentenced to eighteen months in prison for falsifying certification documents for cars and it's fair to note that south korea itself has been particularly tough on four x. five and some say the emission story emerged now it actually banned eighty eighty models from being sold at the time although sales started up again so if you take that as an example depending on how much more is discovered about fraudulent behavior around these old cars the group could face much more internal much more a sale suspensions in individual markets more fines and more spending on fixes in buybacks the way it's had to do in the us and possibly here in germany as well. from business thank you very much. it's that giant alphabet says it shutting down the consumer version of its online social network google plus off to fixing a bug which expose private data of up to five hundred thousand accounts the company said in a blog on monday it had discovered in pops the new of this year it says there's no evidence user data was misused during the breach

members were invited to sit with the south korean team. were korean team and there discussions for the women's hockey team. they brought north korean players into the team. there was a great debate in south korea whether this was right or whether it made the .eam better essentially, these players have played all their lives to win a seat on the team and then there is a set number of teams and whether that was fairness. one of the point i would make is i would hate for north korea using the olympics in order to enhance the identity part. the criticism against them, once you get a north and south korean team coming together on a combined flagn fried and -- korean and you see them celebrate in together, that dries up fervor within south korea to imagine what a unified peninsula might look like. if you smoke away the rough edges, every time that happens there is less attention on the precarious situation in north korea and more on the positive aspects. >> the panel has discussed the abusestween human rights and the regime posing legitimacy 's l

unable to be full filled by the both parties and a south korean government. to something that their own government promised and that applies also to the fundamental treaty forged in nineteen sixty five so south korean government if it fails to take appropriate actions is actually overthrowing the legal foundation for the biological relationship i must say we'll see what happens at me in the coming days for the movement. taniguchi thanks so much for joining us from tokyo you're welcome. the united states and israel haul the first foreign trips planned by brazil's new president at home many are worried about. his controversial comments about women as well as black and indigenous brazilians from rio de janeiro trees about reports. lives in the largest. people living here have to deal with poverty and insecurity every day but now that i was elected president many are not sure of what's coming next. because we have seen a war here between drug traffickers and there are facts our economy and scientists many shops had to close because they couldn't make it or fings

capital seoul and talk to our correspondent there bryden robert south koreans must be sick and tired of this is the latest in a long line of former leaders both in politics and in business who have been found guilty of corruption on a large scale. that's right martin this will be vaguely familiar to many people in south korea who've been following these proceedings this friday afternoon in fact lee myung bak himself was not actually in court to hear his fate it was an hour longer verdict and then sentencing by the criminal criminal court here in seoul he had decided not to take part apparently on health grounds or that was the reason given but it's widely thought that he simply boycotted the proceedings because of the decision to televise this live across south korea it's thought this would have been his humiliation would have been complete he has attended the previous hearings he has always protested his innocence and as you mentioned there he has always claimed that this is a politically motivated case the current administration would obviously deny that but there is a tendency her

politics the japanese steel company or a japanese steel company has been ordered to compensate for south koreans for their forced labor during world war two south korea's supreme court ruled that nippon steel must pay each plaintive eighty seven thousand dollars the company has called the ruling regrettable japan occupied south korea from one thousand nine hundred ten to one thousand nine hundred forty five and is accused of never fully apologizing for paying reparations to south koreans who forced to work without pay well for more on this i'm joined now by thomas pena gucci in tokyo via skype he's a professor at q university and a special advisor to the cabinet of shinzo rb nice to have you back on the program sir a real diplomatic crisis in the offing despite an international agreement post-war to normalize relations and iron out these issues. indeed in nineteen sixty five both nations came to agree on a pretty that settled these problems completely and finally the wording completely finally. no room for misunderstanding nonetheless the decision that the court of south korea reached that today

nepal's worst climbing accident for two years claims the lives of five south korean climbers and fourocal guides. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: could malaysia be about to get rid of the death penalty? lawmakers are due to debate new government proposals. game, set and match. djokovich. 6-3, 6-4. back on top. the winning streak continues for novak djokovich, as he cruises to victory in the shanghai masters. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore and midnight in london. as international pressure on saudi arabia over the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi increases, king salman has spoken by phone with turkey's president, recep tayyip erdogan, to discuss the investigation. mr erdogan has been urging riyadh to explain the fate of mr khashoggi, who went missing after visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul. saudi arabia denied involvement and have said they'll retaliate to any sanctions. our diplomatic affairs correspondent paul adams reports. almost two weeks on and still no a

the japanese still company has been ordered to compensate for south koreans for their forced labor during world war two south korea supreme court ruled that nippon steel must pay each plaintiff eighty seven thousand dollars the company has called the ruling regrettable japan occupied korea from one nine hundred ten to nine hundred forty five and was accused of never fully apologizing or paying repatriations to south koreans who were forced to work without pay. we've been given another step short of our impact on the planet and its alarming conservation group the world wide fund for nature says humans have brought about cataclysmic destruction to city it's a populations of mammals fish reptiles and amphibians declined by sixty percent between one nine hundred seventy and two thousand and fourteen the biggest losses almost ninety percent were seen in central and south america they're going to zation says humans are squarely to blame with habitat destruction overfishing and overhunting all having an impact and all of this isn't just having an environmental effect. highlights how nature provi

and al jazeera live from london still ahead a man back becomes the fourth on a south korean president to be jailed after being convicted on corruption charges in the far right front runner in brazil's presidential race gets the last t.v. debate before sunday's election. hello again it's good to have you back well here across china we are looking at some fairly nice conditions for most of eastern china that for shanghai you have been picking up some clouds in the a quotation a rain shower in wins because of kong rain now congress will be making its way towards the north so conditions will be getting better for you and you will be breaking out so here on saturday no he too bad maybe some windy gust or two with the temperature there of twenty five degrees then as we go towards sunday better conditions a little calmer winds and about twenty six degrees few than down here towards hong kong we do expect to see maybe about thirty degrees as your high well across india we're on the lookout down here for the potential of some flooding but what's happening is here across the arabian sea the dev

and the south koreans are at peak readiness should there be a situation.dle it. you know. but it's not something he has been rushing to do. the south koreans very much on the track to try to get an agreement with the north. jim, poppy. >> to be clear, barbara, with the others that were canceled earlier this year, that would mean u.s. and south korean forces would go the whole year without readiness exercises to prepare for an attack. >> no. i mean, the pentagon will tell you they will say no. that these exercises are ongoing all the time. they happen on a smaller unit level. they may take place in related area, sometimes in guam, sometimes in japan, sometimes in south korea. but there's a series of very large exercises like this, very visible to north korea, and those are the ones that they're putting off. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thanks for keeping us up to date. >>> the search for answers in the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. the journalist, is highlighting the threat that journalists around the world face every day for doing their job. comin

and former south korean president lee myung bok has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison a court found the seventy six year old guilty on several charges including bribery and embezzlement he is the second former south korean president to be jailed in the past six months the u.s. senate is a step closer to confirming president trump's nominee for the supreme court brett kavanaugh this after the f.b.i. submitted its report on allegations of sexual misconduct against judge kavanaugh republicans say it contains the report here nothing to substantiate claims but democrats and protesters say the probe was incomplete comedian amy schumer was among three hundred people arrested at a rally inside a senate office building they were detained after refusing to leave the site. senators could hold the first vote on judge kevin l's nomination later today and the f.b.i. report has done little to ease tensions over the controversial cabinet had how i mean i was. outside to see priem course in washington d.c. protesters called on senators to vote against bretz cavanagh's consummation the rally co

leader kim jong un has invited all francis' to visit pyongyang the south korean presidential office said the invitation to the pontiff is a gesture designed to highlight peace efforts on the korean peninsula. taiwan has announced a referendum on amending the law on same sex marriage the november referendum will ask whether the concept of marriage should be expanded beyond just a union between a man and a woman or whether a special law should be enacted for gay couples. india has a thriving comedy scene but recent days being shaken by allegations of sexual harassment the revelations have rocked the comedy world and given new momentum to the me too movement stand up comedy is a mere dominated affair and very few women take the stage didn't resign your fundament one female comedian in delhi and sent us this report now at least this is a hill the power decision played. an unusual sight at a popular comedy club in delhi the other country maybe even the world going on from our divisions. saying this is the idea of going in asking. a woman tackling topics usually considered like buying cond

right from a south korean president lee myung bak has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison a court found the seventy six year old guilty on several charges including bribery and embezzlement. imprisoned ukrainian filmmaker on legs says so says he has ended his hunger strike sense of was jailed on terror charges which rights groups call politically motivated he refused food for more than one hundred fourteen days demanding the release of all ukrainian political prisoners. a week after a devastating earthquake tsunami hit indonesia so low as the island supplies have begun trickling into the region authorities have now put the death toll at more than sixteen hundred the search for survivors is continuing but hopes of finding any more people alive are fading. as shake of the head says it will be to a disappointment for this french and indonesian rescue team only hours earlier they detected signs of life under the wreckage of this hotel impala on the indonesian island this in a way you see now they go on. we strongly believe there was hope now we have nothing at all we tried everything

their success has brought k—pop — south korean pop music — to a global audience, showcasing the country'sobal pop superstars, and they sing almost exclusively in korean. the band have had a record—breaking year so far. they are the first k—pop band to break into the us and uk charts. this video, idol, was watched 45 million times in the first 2a hours, a new world record. they have even been asked to speak at the un. today, i am who i am, with all of my faults and my mistakes. tomorrow, i might be a tiny bit wiser. it is the message of self empowerment to the fans and their relationship with them that's given them this global appeal. they are helping us get over our hardships and keep trying to find a way to love ourselves. i think that's the best way to be happy. of course psy and gangnam style was a breakthrough for k—pop but this is different. groups like the beatles, they were global ones but we have they were global once but we have never seen it again, especially from an asian group. they send amazing messages through their music. i started dealing with anxiety and panic disorders b

co-host for the two thousand and thirty two a lympics but the talk of renewed ties and relaxation of south korean policies toward the north did not sit well with washington which insists all sanctions stay in place until there is more progress or north korean nuclear disarmament on wednesday mr trump flatly predicted that south korea would not relax their policies toward the north without u.s. approval time will tell. the global financial firm fidelity is getting into crypto currencies ahead of many others in the financial sector fidelity says they will not only do so with regard to institutional investors at this point and then maybe later spin off and will investors what they call it is fidelity digital assets the limited liability company will be available for clients twenty four seven three sixty five reflecting the global nature of trading of crypto currencies fidelity is currently the fifth largest asset management company on the planet with offices in the u.s. canada countries in europe plus india china and japan. and speaking of crypto currencies we now move to the us how one might actual

all south korean leaders have been tarnished to some degree by alleged wrongdoing either by themselves or their immediate families while in office for many political commentators cases like police have become familiar and many koreans are frustrated on the other hand they want to move forward and.

all south korean leaders have been tarnished as some degree by alleged wrongdoing either by themselves or their immediate families while in office but many political commentators cases like police have become familiar and many koreans are frustrated on the other hand they want to move forward and dream for better more democratic society part of the problem say critics is the power enjoyed by south korean presidents it's led to a debate about whether presidential power should be curbed but for now jailing former leaders who abuse that all politics seems to be accepted as a fact of political life robert bride al jazeera so the u.n. refugee agency says it's deeply concerned for the safety of seven range of men deported from india to me in ma on thursday the un says the men were denied access to lawyers and their applications for asylum were not assessed and says their removal has left thousands of muslim or hindu who live in refugee camps in india worried about deportation hundreds of thousands of ranger have been forced out of me and ma in the past two years most seeking shelter in bangl

on the korean peninsula began at an under 15's football tournament in december last year when a south koreanis being held again this week in the south korean province which borders the north. our correspondent laura bicker was there as north played south. cheering and applause. every touch of the ball is fought for. every run at goal brings eager screams. cheering. the rivalry on this pitch is fierce. but this hardfought match has also helped push two countries, technically still at war, to the brink of peace. this time last year, the tournament was being held in china, just as donald trump was tweeting about raining down fire and fury in pyongyang. the governor of this province in south korea, however, took a chance. he travelled to china and, on the sidelines of this match, tried to persuade the north koreans to come to the pyeongchang winter olympics, and, well, he succeeded. translation: even when north and south relations were at their worst, this was the only method of exchange that went on. by half—time, it was already 2—0 to north korea. they looked stronger, they looked fitter. dipl

a japanese steel company has been ordered to compensate for south koreans for their forced labor during the world war two south korea's supreme court ruled that nippon steel must pay each plaintive eighty seven thousand dollars the company has called the ruling regrettable japan occupied korea from one hundred ten to one hundred forty five and is accused of never fully apologizing or paying reparations to south koreans who are forced to work without pay. into an issue at least twenty people have been wounded after a suicide bomber blew herself up in the capital tunis fifteen policemen were among the injured the country has been under a state of emergency since twenty fifteen when dozens of people were killed in a series of i saw attacks. today i regret to say that security personnel are always playing with a heavy toll paying it in the blood i am sure of officials will identify the causes and consequences such attacks undermine the state its authority and state or i believe any gathering must be licensed as it is a right guaranteed by the constitution we thought were driven terrorism ou

and he'll be giving the south korean counterparts and the south korean president a debrief of what exactlyyongyang. it's his fourth trip to north korea. more important, given the fact just back in august the scheduled trip was cancelled at the last minute and in the previous trip there was no meeting with kim jong-un. the fact that he's going to pyongyang is a success. and we know that happened because the secretary of state has recently tweeted had a good trip to pyongyang to meet with chairman kim. we continue to make progress on the summit. he also puts up a picture of himself with kim jong-un. we were told that the premise of this trip to pyongyang would be to be largely to put plans in place for another face-to-face between president trump and kim jong-un. there's been no word on when that would happen. some of the logistics were meant to be discussed today. we'll find out if they got farther in the process. of course, the main taskisto tackle how you bring about denuclearization. there have been a lot of standstills in the road. a lot of obstacles to clear here, george, with north k

now indeed now these cars were exported to south korea and were found to be non-compliant with south korean regulations but this operation would have to have been masterminded the audi had orders here in germany and it's in within the course of one of several diesel emissions cheating scandal investigations ongoing here that this aciphex south korean angle was uncovered so in march of last year german state prosecutors raided the audi headquarters and discovered these internal documents describe these measures that were being taken with a south korean export so meanwhile former c.e.o. of the rupert father has been in jail since a jew in a foreign is allegedly role in the coverup and he's not thought to out said anything about this until now so his arrest is partly to keep him from interfering from ongoing investigations so it's possible that as investigators go about their business even more will come to light have already been some actions taken out of the probe is a link to an older case where a south korean audi executive was sentenced to eighteen months in prison for falsifying a certif

on the korean peninsula began at an under 15's football tournament in december last year when a south koreanng held again this week in the south korean province which borders the north. our correspondent laura bicker was there — s north played south. cheering and applause. every touch of the ball is fought for. every run at goal brings eager screams. cheering. the rivalry on this pitch is fierce. but this hardfought match has also helped push two countries, technically still at war, to the brink of peace. this time last year, the tournament was being held in china, just as donald trump was tweeting about raining down fire and fury in pyongyang. the governor of this province in south korea, however, took a chance. he travelled to china and, on the sidelines of this match, tried to persuade the north koreans to come to the pyeongchang winter olympics, and, well, he succeeded. translation: even when north and south relations were at their worst, this was the only method of exchange that went on. by half—time, it was already 2—0 to north korea. they looked stronger, they looked fitter. diplomati

on the korean peninsula began at an under—15s football tournament in december last year, when a south korean being held again this week in the south korean province which borders the north. 0ur correspondent laura bicker was there as north played south. cheering and applause. every touch of the ball is fought for. every run at goal rings eager screens. the rivalry on this pitch is fierce. but this hardfought match has also helped push two countries, technically still at war, to the brink of peace. this time last year the tournament was being held in china, just as donald trump was tweeting a bout raining down fire and fury in pyongyang. the governor of this province in south korea, however, took a chance. he travelled to china and, on the sidelines of this match, tried to persuade the north korean is to come to the pyeongchang winter olympics, and, well, he succeeded. translation: even when north and south relations we re even when north and south relations were at their worst, this was the only method of exchange that went on. by half-time it was already 2-0 to north korea. they looked stro

and south koreans to settle their differences in other words, north korea will not be invaded by us. something they have been concerned about. i think president trump saying he will not use a stick, and the south korean government talking about that is a great combination i think the secular state and the president deserve tremendous credit for coming up with a strategy that is working. maria: this is a big deal, i know that. what does all mean even though it is the fight we just came out of in terms of the kavanaugh hearing, the fight between republicans and democrats in this hate that came from it as well as us progress on north korea, progress on economic story. what does all this mean in your view going into the midterms? >> really be will be having a referendum on whether or not you want this kind of change to continue. this has been phenomenal change and you have had democrats up slowly trying to prevent it again and again. they've opposed every initiative that the president has started on. including the one he has wrapped up with mexico

laura: 150,000 north koreans were introduced to the south korean president in pyongyang. mr. moon has spent decades pushing for peace. he didn't waste this chance to speak. esmoon: i was actually quite nervous to speak. chairman kim gave me the opportunity. he never ask me to say something. he did not want to know what i was going toay before the speech.is i believe th demonstrates the changes that are happening int north korea now. e ura: kim jong-un is expected to come to seoul bend of this year, the first trip by a north korean leader to the south korean capital. hryou have met kim jong-un times. what is he like? pres. moon: he is young, but he has a clear vision to develop that he has a clear vision to develop his poor country, and he is quite courteo and candid and he respects his elders. i would say he demonstrates humble leadership. laura: president moon told me he believes north korea will start clsmantling some of its nur facilities if the u.s. also takes steps. the hope from both koreas is d thald trump will agree to declare the war on this peninsula is officially o

for soldier remains and this happened on the sidelines of the third into korean summit between south korean president in and north korean leader kim jong and in pyongyang now south korea says the search for war remains must continue. those who it is assumed that there are more than ten thousand remains and it's deemed the area including the u.n. forces as well as south korean soldiers who were killed during the korean war. this is the first concrete outcome of the military agreement signed between the two countries back in september and another one is the disarming of the joint security area or at the truthful edge of punjab to be more exact and this is a very symbolic gesture to as this is the only area along the military demarcation line where soldiers from both sides face each other in close proximity fully armed and now starting from tomorrow they will be thirty five soldiers from each side but they will be no weapons and no guard posts. a ukrainian filmmaker who's been called russia's most famous prisoner has been awarded the top human rights prize all accent so has been jailed by russ

and saying in south korea we have another story that links to samsung earlier today former south korean president lee myung bok was sentenced to fifteen years in prison following his conviction on embezzle minton bribery charges both south korean presidents immediately preceding the incumbent president in have now been convicted and sentenced for crimes relating to abuses of power mr leask served as president from two thousand and eight to two thousand and thirteen while his successor president moon. was removed from office last year mr li was accused of accepting a bribe worth roughly five point five million dollars from samsung prosecutors allege that quid pro quo for the payoff in exchange for president lee's pardon for samsung's disgraced former chairman. one of the great things about boom bust as we broadcast all over the world as we always say but doing a market wrap on numbers as a time crunch here it's really tough to get it but the. end of the week is a good time to look at all markets and we do that right now we start with the dow jones industrial average a new york we didn't

a japanese steel company has been ordered to compensate for south koreans for their forced labor during world war two south korea's supreme court ruled that nippon steel must pay each plaintiffs eighty seven thousand dollars the company has called the ruling regrettable japan or keypads south korea from one hundred ten to nine hundred forty five and is accused of never fully apologizing goal paying reparations to south koreans who were forced to work without pay those are the headlines and back with more news in half an hour we continue with al-jazeera correspondent. see. i'm james gannon a news editor for al-jazeera. i grew up in this house in virginia in the southern united states my childhood here was a happy one my family weren't rich but we were comfortable. i was particularly close to my grandmother mary hamilton lee it was she the told me about my leave family history. my most famous ancestor general robert e. lee led the confederate army against the union during the american civil war in the mid nineteenth century. i was proud that this man considered one of virginia's greatest

designated as national treasures in north korea. 150,000 north koreans were introduced to the south koreanushing for peace. he didn't waste this chance to speak. translation: actually, i was quite nervous to give the speech. chairman kim had no strings attached when he gave me the opportunity. he never asked me to say certain things. he didn't even want to know what i was going to say before the speech. i believe this demonstrates the changes that are happening in north korea right now. kim jong—un is expected to come to seoul by the end of this year, the first trip by a north korean leader to the south korean capital. — you've now met kim jong—un three times. what is he like? translation: he is young but he has a clear vision to develop his poor country. and he is also quite courteous and candid. and he respects his elders. so i would say he demonstrates humble leadership. president moon told me he believes north korea will start dismantling some of its nuclear facilities if the us also takes steps. the hope from both koreas that donald trump will agree to declare the war on this peninsul

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five south korean climbers and theirfour nepali guides were killed after a storm hit their basecamp in the himalayas. and this video is trending on bbc.com. tennis, and novak djokovich has cruised to victory in the shanghai masters for a fourth time. the serbian beat borna coric 6—3, 6—4, and is now in a race with rafael nadal to end the year as world number one. stay with us. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. -- hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i am stephen sackur. united states of america is a republic divided, the trump presidency has exposed fissures that run along lines of race, gender, education and culture. ‘s midterm elections, the fight for political power will be between the two traditional parties, republican and democrat, but perhaps a different sort of activism is needed to deliver real change. my guest is kimberle crenshaw, a professor of law, social activist, and an influential advocate of the idea of intersectionality. is that the group, not the individual, that matters most in today's america? -- is it. kimberle crenshaw in philadelphia, welcome to hardtalk. thank

leader kim jong un has invited pope francis to visit people young the south korean presidential office said the invitation to the pontiff is a gesture designed to highlight peace efforts on the korean peninsula french and italian navy teams are working to contain an oil spill in the mediterranean the leak started when a tunisian and a cypriot ship collided on sunday and the island of corsica no deaths or injuries were reported. one is announced a referendum on amending the law on same sex marriage the november referendum will ask whether the concept of marriage should be expanded beyond just a union between a man and a woman or whether a special nor should be inactive for gay couples. police in india have arrested at least nine people after a mob attacked a group of schoolgirls in the northeastern state of bihar more than thirty girls were treated in hospital after a crowd of teenage boys their parents and other locals beat them with sticks they'd only of abuse the boys for sexually harassing them. saying in india where the thriving comedy scene has been rocked by sexual harassment all

south korean president has given the head of the roman catholic church a special special message from the north korean leader wingy met pope francis in the battery can you relate that kim jong il had invited the pontiff to visit pyongyang it's been reported the pope said he made visits if he is officially invited rob right now from seoul. as he delivers the invitation to the vatican president mungy and of south korea. here once more finds himself playing the role of mediator. and if pope francis agrees to the visit it will be one of north korea's biggest diplomatic achievements yet in breaking out of international isolation. the pope visited south korea in twenty fourteen when he was greeted by a million people on the streets of seoul that visit was evidence of the south's vibrant religious life. contrast that with the north where christian worship is officially restricted to just four churches in pyongyang one of them a catholic cathedral. but critics say it's just for show and that in reality christians routinely face persecution for their beliefs even death north korea's persecutio

were under a view were imposed on the north in two thousand and ten after it allegedly sank a south korean warship killing forty six sailors may place severe restrictions on trade between the countries washington and seoul's policies on north korea have appeared increasingly divergent in recent months with the south and taking a softer approach towards its neighbor last month a military agreement struck between the north and south drew the ire of secretary of state might pump a oh we spoke to unit jiang lim an international relations expert about the growing differences. you know they're not to states in tazz been our strongest and most powerful ally for many decades is we constantly i'm not angry of course and sure whether earlier now i present a known aren't trying to intentionally chose that word again diplomatically speaking of course it's too much you know approve or to somebody else as who has its own sovereign white approve or not is of course you know it's as obviously it's against the conventional wisdom or do as you know diplomatic manners thirty two and a half minutes that's whe

and a bit further north is the truth village of pun john where south korean president lee in a north korean leader kim jong un received international spotlight by holding their first historic summit in april. maybe it's because of high cindy expectational but north korea doesn't look as scary anymore before it felt like north korea was the enemy but now it feels like reunification may come soon. many domestic and foreign tourists come here as the d.m.z. has become a symbol of into current peace and coexistence so we built a new observatory to meet such an increase in demand with a better view more than six decades after the korean war ended in an armistice and not a peace treaty roughly six hundred thousand visitors come here every year to see the communist country up close and there will be no shortage of visitors as long as the momentum for peace continues chinese president xi jinping the world's longest sea bridge linking hong kong and macau to the chinese mainland hong kong and macau bridges the launch of plans to bring together more than a dozen cities to a high tech home so a cl

and french remains from the korean war and countless north korean and south korea soldiers remain. could be another sign of cooperation. >> paula, this is a place where not long ago, a north korean soldier running across the border and shot five times and seeking refuge in the south. >> reporter: that was this time last year. that shows how quickly this has changed. the soldiers firing were firing into south korea on that side of the dmz. that is significant that the firearms will be gotten rid of. >> thank you, paula. >>> a manhunt under way for a domestic terrorist after assassination attempts of two former presidents and vice president and secretary of state and attorney general and cia director and us here at cnn. now the president says it's on the media to change. can be relentless. tremfya® is for adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. with tremfya®, you can get clearer. and stay clearer. in fact, most patients who saw 90% clearer skin at 28 weeks stayed clearer through 48 weeks. tremfya® works better than humira® at providing clearer skin, and more patients were sym

south koreans have health special events to mark korean alphabet day or and south korea share the alphabet but their languages apart from decades of separation but relations forming again recently south koreans want to create a unified dictionary macbride reports from seoul. they can be many countries that have a national holiday to celebrate their alphabet but then as koreans will tell you their unique alphabet invented nearly six hundred years ago by john the great is worth celebrating it was created with the aim of allowing everybody to communicate with everybody else in korea through the written down the spoken word but the seven decades of separation after the korean war has not helped that process. no the division has been causing the divergence of the meaning and even the usage of the language between the south and the north are different events visitors have been learning that while north korea has been holding on to more traditional words the south has been adopting more loanwords from other languages for example this in the south is called bona. but in the north it's. quite liter

designated as national treasures in north korea. 150,000 north koreans were introduced to the south koreanspent decades pushing for peace. he didn't waste this chance to speak. translation: actually, i was quite nervous to give the speech. chairman kim had no strings attached when he gave me the opportunity. he never asked me to say certain things. he didn't even want to know what i was going to say before the speech. i believe this demonstrates the changes that are happening in north korea right now. kim jong—un is expected to come to seoul by the end of this year, the first trip by a north korean leader to the south korean capital. you've now met kim jong—un three times. what is he like? translation: he is young but he has a clear vision to develop his poor country. and he is also quite courteous and candid. and he respects his elders. so i would say he demonstrates humble leadership. president moon said he believes north korea will start dismantling some of its nuclear facilities if the us also takes steps. the hope from both koreas that donald trump will agree to declare the war on thi