well it's been a long time coming but the two koreas today reached an agreement on when to hold the next round of three unions for families separated by the korean war the pair suffered its third week of the very end if the go ahead as planned to be the first trains in mourning thirty years of punk funk he has a top story. after just four hours of discussions the teacher me and agreed on wednesday to resume the loves us and gave me a chance for families separated by the korean war. the koreas have agreed to hold a round of family reunions from february twenty oh two the twenty fifth. at about two mm gun. a divided family members selected for last year's canceled the unions will take part with one hundred south koreans meeting with their loved ones in the first round and another one hundred north koreans taking part in the second round. a team of south korean engineers will cross the border on friday to check on facilities at the mountain resorts and the south korean delegation will follow five eighth ahead of the events the plans the unions calling site itself to me as i'd love to eat mi

the two koreas will talk tomorrow regarding family reunions many brace for the worst but hope for the best. choosing raising a family or preserving excellence in korea. but chasing both. it's often a great challenge for women killed in korea the government was to provide more options for women especially working mothers. for details of the stories and more to stay with us. while i'm typing this it's to save every fourth year in korea but from so you can pay them daniel chan thank you for joining us to begin this evening on the financial front. asian markets including korea's bench for cost the racing for heavy losses after stocks on wall street plunged more than two percent on monday. it was the biggest fall since june as worries over us and global growth continue to mount our duty on stretches up fresh concerns about the strength of the global economy on the back of weaker than expected he added the united states and china sent stocks tumbling on tuesday. taking a cue from overnight losses on wall street the korean cost the close below the nineteen hundred mark falling one point seve

the meeting. now north korea at. experts say can and will be seeking to stop the joint military exercises between seoul and washington which is scheduled to begin at the end of this month south korea and the usa the drills are defensive in nature but the north used them as i practiced for work. north korea had earlier threatened to reconsider its agreement to pull that maybe guineans should be joint military exercises take place as planned. i even speculating that the officials may be discussing a possible winner for me and some extent the talks are taking so long so really it's up to anybody's guess for now guys right as art education ministry for spot and also he with the latest on the inner korean talks. us secretary of state john kerry is due to arrive in seoul on thursday for a two day visit the presidential office of titus as president talk in the hand kerry will meet on thursday afternoon for discussion about matters of mutual concern including north korea and the recent tensions with japan carry strip comes a

the u.s.-south korea alliance. we will not get into any talks for the sake of them and so on but it looks like when you say we are not going to talk unless you are ready to talk seriously, we keep wasting our time, it looks like. current getting together -- --keep losing some words >> [speaking korean] >> separated families getting together is good news but it does not give me any help about the nuclear issue. no matter what comes up, we will keep losing time. looks like we are waiting until north korea accomplishes the capabilities to reach alaska and beyond. goingt see anything else at this point, so can you kind of help me relax my concern? thank you. although i did not give extreme good amount attention to the first part of it, but to this idea of deterrence and the nuclearization efforts, these of the prudent steps we need to take as north korea has a strategic goal in the pursuit of a nuclear force as it develops increased missile capabilities and doesn't openly threatens us with them that we would take the th

korea. in recent days, the attitude of north korea to the south korea is changing. as you know, south korea and north korea agreed yesterday to hold reunions of separated families. it is scheduled. the joint exercise of -- so, my question is, do you think there are changes of north korea strategical or tactical? and the second is that, do you feel any attitude change of north korea to the united states in recent days, the same as to the south korea? thank you. >> very good question. of course we welcome the news that name overnight about the willingness of pyongyang to go forward with the family reunions in spite of the fact there is a small overlap with our annual exercises. it's encouraging to see pyongyang recognizes this as a humanitarian issue that need not be tied to these exercises. look back at the korean diplomacy, six-party talks, the conduct of these exercises is not necessarily a diplomacy-blocking type of event, but indeed during past periods like this because they're entirely defensive exercises, come annually, and actually overlap with the north korea

the news to the park and eat it cannot be ruled out. on sunday at antiques. north korea and japan have agreed to hold working level red cross talks in china early next month according to japan's foreign ministry in the six days of talks scheduled to start on march. third the japanese red cross and its north korean counterpart are expected to discuss repatriation of the remains of japanese nationals abducted by north korea. the last red cross talks between the two countries were held back in two thousand twelve in beijing. the world. chris household debt recently passed the monumental figure of one one trillion won or roughly nine hundred thirty one billion us dollars experts say it's dragging down route to tackle the problem the government announced a series of policy measures and the state and our correspondents in and get reports. the government announced on thirsty set of measures for tackling the country's money household debt of love the finance minister photos of st the couple will be elected. to bring the ballooning amount of household debt under control the gover

same as to the south korea? hank you. >> very good question. of course, we welcome the news that came in overnight, right, about the willingness of pyongyang to go forward with the family reunions in spite of the fact that there is a small overlap with our annual key resolve exercises but it's encouraging to see that pyongyang recognizes this as the managing issue that need not be tied to these annual exercises. i would note that if one were to take a look back at both inter-korean diplomacy, six-party talks, u.s.-dprk diplomacy can't even that the conduct of these exercises is not necessarily a diplomacy blocking type of event but indeed doing pastors like this because they are entirely defensive exercises. they come annually and the actual overlap with the north koreans own military training cycle. they're not in and of themselves -- there's no inherent linkage between them to hold his family reunions. so we are very encouraged by thing. and, of course, this is where, at the risk of sounding trite but it's so c

the border town to meet in coming years. at around noon. north korea suggested that the two koreas resume high level inter korean talks at them and jump and three pm thursday afternoon so we countered with an offer of ten am on friday which to norton said meanwhile the follow up to kind of talks that began on wednesday and ended fourteen hours later with no country can remain in place it seems that the family has been told to proceed as planned the lady and her family is great but the korea war. good that they can get. and i was also first south korea japan still in use to it another try. exercise is that the united states that are slated to start the theory training flight. south korea's defense ministry rejected a call on thursday in the eatery is good and the trails are strictly defensive in nature the ministry does not consider it appropriate to link defensive military drills for national security with family reunions that serve humanitarian purposes symonds did you get to in an appearance at the national assembly on thursday said he still expects

the stores of more than just one tiny. if every seventeen here in korea like from seoul. i need to pay them some limping so much for joining us. we begin with the results of a closely watched core case leftist lawmakers he stopped he has been sentenced to twelve years in prison for conspiring to topple the government with the pro north korean crew. it's the first time a sitting member of parliament has been convicted of such a charge requires a lot has more on the landmark ruling in the country. the birdie is in that's just not make her use the heat of the unified progressive party has been sentenced to twelve years in prison and will be stepped up holding office for ten years after its release from prison the ruling handed down by the school and district courts that he violated the national security law and is guilty of beating up and dance and pro north korean group called the revolution a reorganization or are all which was planning to blow up the infrastructure and south korea in the event of an inter korean won the lawmaker was also found guilty of plotting to bomb th

the next in the broadcasting day after agreeing to hold inter korean family reunions north korea says it could back pedal on the deal itself korea goes forward with its planned military exercise with the united states security ministries but the report dated policy efforts on center stage in a joint briefing to the present friday's start to the sochi two thousand fourteen when darrel and six qualification rounds begin with athletes getting a feel for the ice and snow trying to induce the kids napped. to prime time nears its thirst and every sick here in korea life from school i see them from laughing so much for joining us. we begin with north korea is shifting stance regarding the upcoming inner korean family re union succumb to a friend to reconsider their real interests in its humanitarian sense it still doesn't cancel its upcoming going military drills but washington. so he tells us what's at stake. just one day after the teacher vs and retirees in the last extended family the unions not yet called the south to halt the upcoming annual military drills with the united states threat

the bill is approved it. north korea's human rights groups will get funding from the south korean government. this raises fears that anti north korean groups will use the money taken from state coffers. to further insight to korean relations opposition lawmakers demanded that government lift economic sanctions against brother and i were put in place after your stinking up the south korean warships could end in twenty ten however the government said it would keep the church considered lifting the sanctions known as the maid twenty fourth badgers. on tuesday the national assembly were reviewing the intercollegiate session with the focus on the economy. the nation's biggest purse on a leaked last month and the government's fall on the jurors are expected to dominate the discussions. can see. i then it's. and a former u s point man on asian affairs had something to say about the developments in north korea's nuclear weapons program. christopher hill the ex u s sen massacre to south korea stress that comes as possession of nucl

on the second day at the joint military drills between south korea and the united states north korea has yet to criticize its southern neighbor unsettled and antiques. no well the two koreas are conducting in check or read the labor unions. a north korean military patrol ship crossed the maritime border in the west sea three times the tree just before eleven pm monday night game three in tuesday morning. south korea's defense ministry announced on tuesday that the north korean vessel crossed back and forth the on the northern limit line the defacto maritime border between the two koreas on three separate occasions venturing as far as three and a half kilometers into the zone the south korean military said high speed patrol boats to the area after warnings were ignored by the north although there were no skirmishes the boat turned back at around two thirty this morning the ministry says that it is highly likely that the north sent the boat to the area on purpose since it ignored warnings and lingered for quite a long time the nation's umbrella labor union state simultaneous rallies acr

titanic and two more until the first north korea to comply with the international of the agents. encouraging chinese leaders to press north korea to end its nuclear program is one of secretary of state carries meaning goals in a chain or cherry and red beads hang out early friday from south korea where he met with south korean coffee. yet for this colic and washington are in agreement that it comes to the denuclearization of the oreos. ibm me. well staggering maybe a word to describe the figure released by government auditors on the borrowings held by korea's companies. the total amount of debt stood at roughly seven hundred seventy billion us dollars and twenty twelve that is equivalent to more than sixty percent of the country's gdp. explains to ratification of the alarming telly. korea's sector debt represented sixty four and a half percent of the nation's gross domestic product in two thousand and twelve. the finance ministry said friday that the total amount and that alone by the central and provincial governments and non financial state run companies stood at over eight hund

what in most countries the summer months of the peak time wheeling korea. you tend to spread out than any tcp more tourism hotspots in the country if the government build the second batch of toys and pollution measures on monday our present allow for us to spawn the knowledge and u s this report. if you're ever in its first ad of course intervention ventures in july was spent just on bringing foreign tourists to korea. a second batch of pictures and feel that date is eight dead in his seat to the state were sent to carefully out of its plants to be good for sa to care for five present packing am and midday. what the plan involves establishment of so called forests and weeks in spring and fall to more evenly distribute the beach and force him to be and probably peaked in december the destination little carrot a total of twenty two days from the first to be a leaven in september to put that to october of that taurus in the history and the education ministry are considering whether to close elementary middle and high schools for short the quiche and string bean

so here's the challenge before us is clear. north korea in may 2013 announced the so-called pyongyang policy. the policy that seeks to pursue in tandem economic construction and the growth of its nuclear forces. one could argue convincingly i think that for the past two decades of the north's nuclear program, pyongyang has pursued a policy that sought economic gains while dodging denuclearization obligations. what we have with the declaration actually is party level strategic policy lines, clarity into pyongyang's overarching strategic goal. but is passionate but as my cali, glyn davies, has noted a number of times, pyongyang does not positive in this regard scots i wrote a piece which i recommend highly to those of you have not seen it. forwarded deputy commander of dprk military region in an essay submitted -- forgive my pronunciation -- and our north korea denuclearization is more in accordance with chinese interest, himself noted, north korea second of develop and nuclear weapons is difficult to advanced composition nuclear weapons inv

hopefully those from a chain of events the more people showing in hoping for korea to be the unifying some things the eye the lulu. i know. the us. new wing will whittle . more than seventy people have reportedly been killed in the ukraine are still today as on trying to break it was with a fierce overseas and at times and he's all these cruel sports cars inside of the at the hotel at the very epicenter of the finest also ukraine result of hostage takings seen weapons and moved up in kangaroo courts as a crisis comes to assemble the war so to say that the village of food counter terrorism

there the growing support. isi south korea a full out the melody musicians north korea policy. i felt as a trust building process. of the reason why i say that is that north korea is different tom from. he was last year this mls in north korea was the monthly testing the resolve of the pops and it was a musician. city's is truly a rhetoric and the varied duties run publications but up to her credit for them often than i did not budge. i did not deviate from them. trust building process. they spoke on the principles. and this time north korea has been really interested in making the semi reunion isn't hard to take place. well time is running out for many of the surviving family members who have been separated you think that we will see more reviewed hands happen in the key to keeping it'll become a regular event unfortunately audacious say that the chances are low for the senate being and to become a regular event soccer and our government has persistently of no request is not uncommon to make the event. real arise more frequent. and all of a new diesel two very fine of the night

where do we stand in the middle east right now so kind as korea has actually moved up two spots in the medal rankings korea is now at fifteen placed with two full of medals at a total of four olympic medal. you see here. germany is the number one with a cold metal scene when underway had moved after drinks. she's fine with having to look at all. that number theory and natalie. for those wanting to catch something. or early tomorrow morning with a look at the scheduled for the past a cheer i have. tomorrow i don't think it was funny but irreparable all the way this out of something. i now sitting here so or to other sports and golf putting the is still the best female golfer and the world as fun or steaming to join us in the sports center with the team kills the other steve though. hey guys soo that's right but has yet to swing her clothes and competition in twenty fourteen has managed to retain her position atop the woman's world golf rankings. mainly because of her masterful twenty thirteen season. actually the world's second ranked call purses and pedersen had a chance to

may bring up the planning to linger and referrals between south korea and the united states scheduled to begin and the last week of february. i had had earlier threatened to reconsider its previous agreement to raise a family the unions should still go ahead with the kiwis all the exercises. the north has yet to make any moves in south korea announced the dates for the military trials earlier this week the ministry said the high level meeting was proposed by kenya on saturday and headed past the rep pencils present office to attend the meeting to korea had agreed to hold a round of high level talks last june which was canceled at the last minute. many identities. the concert is mounting about whether to family reunions will take place it's a wet ferret that may actually get in the way nine snow plows are working around the clock to clear the site at the north's malcolm done in time for the re union event slated for fabric twentieth to the twenty fifth at least one more round of snowfall is expected before then the south korean delegation cross the border th

with eighty eight north korea defied the family members to work. i think either party and over three hundred fifty south korea to dissipate so the current meaning and its much larger in scale but also at least at the beginning of that have heartbreaking stories of their talent for one that the second round of the meeting in the last time he cites daughter was when she was only one year to one year old but now i just turned into sixteen one year old leaven. this family is actually the only parent child the union at the new round of the unions which is a reminder that time is running out with the atm inside the family members to see each other again and that there is any freebies needs to be held on a regular basis definitely definitely nesting it this is the first time and now more than three years at three years in four months to be exact for these kind of touching the beans on the korean complex here typing now loud and so far the slide hit shelves in the ceiling. add peanuts he considers find that that they're improving relations between the two k

virginia house district bella get our team explained what the bill for korea. when they opened at the textbooks of their children. these are that a map. the reminds them of a depression. reminds me of the invasion. reminded of that body of water that was caused by the japanese to come an annex the nation for thirty five years the state house and senate which approved a similar bill late last month will now send the bill to gov terry mcauliffe for him to sign into law. during his election campaign last year the governor spoke in favor of the korean un has indicated he will sign on the dotted line. the bill will produce a seemingly minor change in school texts but the korean government and a large korean american community in virginia aren't willing to revision as they consider the capitals need to be a legacy of japan's materialistic past japan happening to suspend investment in virginia if this the legislature approves the bill to home on a tiny wee house to celebrate the passage of the bill and o'connor about one hundred fifty thousand korean americans and with

the slopes? how about a trip to north korea. the secretive country hopes this high end resort will attract wealthy foreign ourists. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. for the last 18 months residents in this syrian city have been trapped without any help. a small convoy made their way in and hundreds were evacuated out. that is not the whole story in western syria where government forces are on a major offensive near the lebanese border. now this report from beirut. >> in what could be the next strategic battle in syria activists posted this video that they show government jets carrying out an intensive series of air strikes. reb bells said they blocked attempts by regime forces and hezbollah to advance on the town under heavy covering bombardment. capturing it is important for the government to secure the main road to the north and up the coast and to cut rebel supply lines from lebanon. as the fighting went on so did the relief operation to evacuate vulnerable civilians where they have

the violence. forty audio mix. an mtv korea's only global broadcasting network will be available across the usda leading broadcast service provider directv starting thursday. this is added and a potential audience and eleven million while viewers will gain a bigger window into korean culture. again uses beauty and has more i t t which currently reaches more than one hundred and twelve million households across the globe will still be available to a new audience in the worst in the united states. starting thursday the korean broadcaster will become the first and only agent i'll add it to the interest programming line up of us based broadcast satellite service provider directv. i didn't eat he will be available on directv channel two thousand ninety five across the us team more than half of the titles twenty million subscribers all other asian titles are included and directly these international packages which requires an extra subscription fee. i then tv is quite the english package as i reached the mainstream us audience. i did a

this is disgusting was the annual manage the trio shared joke between south korea and the us. before the talks north korea had offered to an alley unions of families separated by the koreans will it looks like this or that could become a sort of bargaining chip. the north across the self confessed in its treo. the south korean officials insisted the issue of nominees was unrelated and they turned down the north's request to put all the exercises. the talks were held tool is a surprise the most jaded north korea raised tensions with south korea in the us by declaring its unilateral cancellation of the ceasefire agreement that ended the korean war they kept north korea last note that south korean president. the day did she get the necklace on and keep coming and when you sleep in his twenty ten men don't know what historical movie handling and i'm so excited and went out and cut them again. most of its north korean leader kim jones said in his new year's speech that his country must be prepared to improve relations with the snow. he said they should show a flexible policy and it

but for obama, the korean peninsula, north korea in particular is not a top priority. the middle east and domestic economic issues take precedence. that's why the north has received no positive signs from the u.s. after suggesting high-level military meetings last june, so i think the north is now aiming to lay the groundwork for better u.s. ties by improving its interkorean relations first and trying to change the atmosphere of the korean peninsula. it's likely the obama administration will be watching how korean relations develop. the u.s. will be on the lookout for any changes within the south korean government. then they may move on to negotiations with the north in line with requests from the south. tran tran regarding japan, north korea wants to resume talks on the normalization of diplomatic relations. it it stands to receive massive amounts of compensation in return. and japan may be somewhat open to talks as the country is facing increasing isolation from south korea, china and the u.s. that's because people say the abe administration shifting further to the ri

and the second half of 2012. who assisted north korean eparing for the successful long range missile test of december 2012. and reports that iran paid a very handsome sum of money to north korea in order to send a ery high level delegation of nuclear experts to the 2014 nuclear test. but as i said this is kind of he unwritten, untalked about problem that i think given all of the information that has come out in recent years that there is with north korea. this deep involvement between north korea and iran. we also have the wikileaks documents describing how ecretary rice instructed our ambassador in beijing to protest strongly to the chinese government over aircraft from teheran and pee pyongyang unloading people and apparently weapons in beijing's airport and efforts whichhese apparently bore no fruit. so i'm going to ask you, mr. siler if you can tell us koreang about this north iranian relationship. and what is the substance of it? if you can say anything about that, how much of a problem is this going to be at any future diplomatic i

report lays out the brutality of life in north korea. this is the report on the secretive state on the unrights panel. evidence of people being abducted, mass starvation without the country. systemic extermination of families and crimes against humanity. north korea rejected the accusation and says they are based on. hostile forces. we have more now. >> reporter: a north korean defector weeps as she recalls the oppression that they are family faced before she escaped. many witnesses asked for their identities to be withheld. there have been investigations of human rights in north korea but never one as comprehensive as this. getting a clear picture of what goes on in the secretive state, how people cope with depravation and starvation is difficult. the international commission of inchoirry found torture, execution, systemic rape and abduction of foreigners. many of these crimes against humanity all part of a planned system of political control. north korea's leader kim jong-un recently executed his uncle, once the second most powerful man

the negotiator from south korea saying that he couldn't police the free media in south korea. comes at the same time that the u.s. secretary of state has talks with the president and the foreign minister here. the united states would never accept north korea becoming a nuclear armed state. he has been in budget, where he processed the chinese to do more. he admits they have done more in the past year and previous years to pressure north korea to denuclearize. not huge breakthroughs, but the fact that they are talking at the level is significant, and the hundreds of families that they are hoping with greater opt fix that they'll once again meet, has been an extremely important couple of days. >> some of the families separated during the korean war lived here in the united states. we spoke to some. >> when this family escaped the korean war, they were happy to survive, in 1951. >> later they realised they'd never see the siblings left behind. >> translation: i started crying. i feel that way. >> the 83-year-old woman and 91-year-old woman hang on to their chicago, resisting a mo

and the shocking situation in north korea. details on the grandma findings from the united nations. you're watching "washington journal." is sunday, february 23. we are back in a moment. >> american history tv debuts its new series, "real america," featuring archival films produced by the government. it takes you on a vivid journey into america's past. this week, films on washington, d.c. during world war ii and women workers during the 1940's. >> a few months ago, they r olled out materials for industry. ships1000 docs were idle with cargo, the call persisted. that was the call for help. it was filled in the detroit area when women began to respond. they said they could do factory work or anything that men could do for uncle sam. listen, the wings of her head. sisters are singing. it is a song of women. american women on the warpath. starting today at 4:00 eastern on c-span3 american history tv. journal"ngton continues. back we want to welcome the president of the service employees international union, mary kay henry. thank y

the negotiator from south korea is saying he couldn't police the free media in south korea. it comes at the same time. there were talks in seoul with the president and foreign minister. and the united states would never accept north korea becoming a nuclear armed state. it'll be in budget where he pressed the chinese to do more. >> so not huge breakthroughs in terms of relations between north and south korea, but the fact that they are talking again is zapt, and for the number of families that they will meet. it's been an important couple of address. some of the families separating live here in the united states. we spoke with some in chicago. >> when this family escaped the brutality of the korean war in 1951, they were happy to survive. >> this is my younger brother. >> later they realised they may never see the sib lippings they had to -- siblings they had to leave behind. >> i was crying all the time, going crazy, running from one room to another, crying, crying. i still feel that way. >> mrs. so, who is 83, and mr so who is 91, are hanging on to their chicago home, resis

the u.s. and south korea now underway. >> aging america... the sacrifice growing children endure, to care for their parents >> i left my job as a lawyer... >> best ways to cope... my husband was like a single father... >> my mother said: "take care of dad" on al jazeera america >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >> we believe in digging deep. >> its unbiased, fact-based, in-depth journalism. >> you give them the facts, dispense with the fluff and get straight to the point. >> i'm on the ground every day finding stories that matter to you. >> in new orleans... >> seattle bureau... >> washington... >> detroit... >> chicago... >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. this is the 900 page document we call obama care. and my staff has read the entire thing. can congress say the same? there's more to it. >> welcome back oh aljazeera america. i'm del walters. south korea kicking off its annual

today would like to take a bit of a retrospective look as we examine the future of north korea in ourpolicy within the context of where we've been and how that impacts the fundamental principles of our policy in the direction it will have in the future. in the early 1990s when we first embarked on the most sustained interaction with north korea following the armistice, and outside the confines of pyongyang, there's not much to look back on as her diplomats export possible ways ahead for the dprk. we had no negotiating records. we had no test of pyongyang's reliability and dependability to live up to agreement with the united states. so at this time this wanted moving forward with what would become the agreed framework, not on blind hope, not on faith but on what might be called exploratory confidence building principles, or a test thereof. as you remember the agreed framework in 1994 came about following concerns over inconsistencies between north korea's nuclear activities as they declared to the iaea in 1982, and the results of the iaea inspections once the inspectors got on the gro

all you need to do is look back at the free trade agreement the united states signed with korea. is the most recent. the tpp will introduce some new innovations but it will be very similar. >> even the president - president -- [overlapping speakers] >> are pushing back a little bit. we're going to talk about that and the political implications when we come back. ♪ >>> welcome back. we're talking about the massive free trade agreement known as the trans-pacific partnership. senator ron wideman has supported many free trade deals in the past, but here is what he had to say aboutt pp . . . bernard what does this say when members of the president's own party are pushing back on him like this? >> i think the most recent pushback came from center reid is nevada. and as tip o'neill famously said, all politics are local. senator reid is facing a fight in his own state of nevada, so he is asking for people to slow down and not push the tpp and the presidential authority too quickly. that's okay. i don't think there is a problem there. because we'll have time if the thing doesn't get resol

the 11-day drill will start on tuesday. japan, south korea, indonesia and other countries will take part. chinese commanders also plan to send a hospital ship and other vessels to a multinational naval drill off hawaii this summer. the u.s.-led biennial exercise is called rim-pac. analysts say the nation is trying to stress the transparency of its forces and the military buildup is raising concerns among neighboring countries. >>> the olympics in sochi are only a few days old, but the organizers of the next winter games in south korea are already busy promoting their event. 150 members of the organizing committee have headed to sochi. they've set up a building to showcase their games and held an event there over the weekend to introduce their culture to visitors. south koreans are looking for ideas that might help them as they prepare to host the games. nhk world's anna jong has more. >> reporter: people around the world are following the winter games in sochi. but skiers at this resort are paying particular close attention. >> translator: i'

it says the visit contributed to the deterioration of ties with south korea. the shrine honors japan's war dead. those remembered include leaders convicted of war crimes after world war ii. the report says abe went to the shrine ignoring the advice of u.s. officials. it says his decision may have breached a degree of trust between washington and tokyo. >>> defense officials in seoul say a boat from north korea strayed in to south korean waters repeatedly, crossing the country's maritime border. it eventually turned back after south korean officers issued warnings. a defense ministry spokesperson said the vessel crossed the border known as the northern limit line three times between monday evening and early tuesday morning. he said it appears the crew wanted to test the south korean military's response. the incident occurred as south korean and u.s. forces engage in annual joint military drills. north korea has been critical of the exercises. but there have been signs of a thaw in relations elsewhere. the two koreas have just held reunions for families separated

the north. less than a day later north korea changed its mind and said that in might reconsider holding to the union's citing south korea's military drills with united states as the reason for the change of heart the reunions of separated families has a cloudy future ahead. and we will keep a close watch on sundays he said yes. you would think flame traveled a total of sixty five thousand km the longest journey in the history of the winter olympics. he let the plane finally a ride in sochi russia on every day. prior to the commencement of the seychelles and fourteen sochi winter olympics reporters sunday sun delivered the exciting news about sochi including the arrival of the south korean winter sports athletes which includes a total of one hundred twenty people the opening speech at the ioc president and news about u n chief and evening she said will bring this news about the extravagant opening ceremony as well as the competition on the ice and snow for sixteen games the band. one of china's major holidays. the lunar new year. things did at seoul south korea and enjoyed an influx of overseas visitor

no software you can expect any progress and the new class in north korea italy china's help with that in mind visiting chinese vice foreign minister yu xin min held talks with skulls deputy foreign minister. you don't sue on the north's nuclear program and cling to strengthen cooperation with the common estate of its nuclear weapons dealer i've been told on thursday after a forty visit to north korea making him the first high ranking chinese official ever to make it back to back trips to pyongyang in school. on saturday the blasting of his visit he was scheduled to meet with skulls foreign minister yoon don't stay in unification minister you get to. the ministry of science ict and future planning with the still very much in its infancy stage having been for just one year ago progress report at the national assembly on friday he telling its vision and goals the team and gail reports the minister and vice ministers of the minister of science ict and future planning where front and center of the national assembly on friday when he fielded questions from the palm and the science committee

the ttp will introduce an innovation, but be similar to what's in korea. >> current members are pushingack on the trans-pacific partnership. we'll talk about that and the transpacific implication when we come back. on people's minds. >> his cause... dominion over the animals does not mean abuse... >> and his future... >> i wanna make movies and tv shows that reflect the new america. >> russell simmons up close and personal... talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera ♪ >>> welcome back. we're talking about the massive free trade agreement known as the trans-pacific partnership. senator ron wideman has supported many free trade deals in the past, but here is what he had to say aboutt pp . . . bernard what does this say when members of the president's own party are pushing back on him like this? >> i think the most recent pushback came from center reid is nevada. and as tip o'neill famously said, all politics are local. senator reid is facing a fight in his own state of nevada, so he is asking for people to slow down and not push the tpp and the presidential authority too quickly. that's okay

the claims. here is our coverage. >> what lies behind this facade in north korea? these students marching loyal to the regime, filmed at an elite university by the bbc resemi-. the evidence of what goes on in north korea's prisons is shadow why and second-hand like they images of the notorious prison camp. but the u.n. says atrocity described by the defectors are as shocks as what the nazi's did. >> women forced to drawn a baby in a bucket. prisoners forced to live on mice and snakes and grass. stories of real horror. that is what stands out, the afront that this is happening in our world today. >> some ex-prisoners drew pictures of the nightmare they lived through. two men weeping in agony in a skeletal mber detainees devouring wild animals. another described a public execution he witnessed. >> the first puts hits the head and the brain and blood splatters. people scream in horror. it is so gruesome, you instinctively close your eyes. you cannot sleep after witnessing it. >> this hard-hitting u.n. report is a catalog of heroing details collected from hundreds of wi

, and an unprecedented warning from the united nations to north korea's leaders. u.n. investigators said that supreme leader kim jong un and security forces could face a trial for ordering systematic widespread and gross human rights violations: >> denailed a report, michael kirby, the chair that wrote the report, compared to crimes to nazi atrocities and had this challenge for his u.n. colleagues in gen geneva. >> too many times in this building there's reports and no action. this is a time for action, we can't say we didn't know. we now all do know. anyone that wants to know can read the report. . >> i'm pleased to be join by a form area ambassador to the u.n., that made several trips to negotiate freedom of americans in custody. great to have you on the show. >> thank you. >> i want to start out by listening to something else that michael kirkry had to say? >> at the end of the world war ii so many people said "if only we had known, if only we had known the wrongs that were done in the countries of the hostile forces. if only we had known that." well n

report on alleged human rights offenses by the north korea regime. >>> an ethiopian pilot accused of hijacking a plane. >>> and u.s. diplomats ordered to leave venezuela. >> in a new report the united nations believes it has enough proof to hold the north korean regime responsible for unspeakable crimes against its own people. al jazeera's james bays has more on the allegations that pyongyang is facing. >> she weeps as she recalls the oppression her family faced before she escaped. public hearings held in force on three continents. many other witnesses asked for their identities to be withheld. there have been many investigations into human rights in north korea, but never one as comprehensive as this. getting a clear picture of what goes on in the secretive state where people cope with extreme depravation and starvation is very difficult. the international commission of inquiry finds there is massive oppression, torture, execution, systemic rape, and abduct of foreigners many of these count as crimes against humanity, all a part of a planned system of political control. north korea's

the commission charges north korea with quote, crimes against humanity, unquote. the report documents the systemic starvation, torture, sexual abuse, and death of prisoners. according to the united nations, quote, hundreds of thousands of inmates have been exterminated in political prison camps, unquote. the commission calls for the international criminal court at the haig to prosecute north korea's leaders. also the commission cautions that china's current policy of aiding and abetting north korea could expose beijing to charges at the hague. the 193 member united nations in new york will take up the commission's findings next month and vote on its recommendations on march 28. question, how should president obama respond to this united nations horror report on north korea? >> well, i mean, his options are fairly limited if i may say so. we absolutely have to take some stronger position in terms of what north korea is doing. i'm not quite sure what we can really do about it because it's a very ruthless country. they are very, very strong militarily in troalings the

the claims. consider this is next. >> north korea is ripped by the u.n. and compared to the nazi's and we discuss if anything will change. erupting in protest. prounion efforts. hello, welcome to consider this. here is more on what's ahead. >> u.n. report is levelling the disturbing allegations against the regime in north key korea. >> responsible for the crimes against humanity. >> enslavement, rape, murder and torture. >> the venezuela president has ordered the expulsion of three u.s. diplomats. >> this is coming as the country is entering the sixth day of protests. >> a huge setback for lay bar in the u.s. >> the volkswagon plant voted against joining the uaw. >> our man jimmy fallon is taking over. >> we are bringing you the tonight show back to new york. >> it is a big night. >> we begin with a new report on quote unspeakable crimes in north korea and unprecedented warning from the u.n. the u.n. investigators said that the leader and his security forces could face an international trial for ordering widespread and gross human rights violations and cr

the top stories an al jazeera. north korea's government denied allegations of crimes against humanity inside the country. according to a leaked u.n. investigation, there's evidence of external nation camps, torture, starvation and widespread abductions. >> france is to send 400 peacekeeping troops to the central african republic. thousands trying to escape the fighting had been forced to turn back. security forces in venezuela have dispersed anti-government protesters blocking the main road in caracas. three died, dozens injured during three days of protests. >> bodies are littering the streets of a town in south sudan, two weeks after it was recaptured from rebel fighters. there's a fragile ceasefire as peace talks take place between the government and rebel fighters. the devastation has been witnessed by our correspondent and we have this report. >> the vul tours circled in the sky, attracted by the bodies. this man is collecting data and wrapping the dead in body bags. he found his uncle and some friend among them. so far 200

the united nations report on north korea. gations of atrocities and brutality against people and the effort to hold kim jong-un accountable. >>> after the verdict, the mistrial of the michael dunn murder trial, what it means, to the criminal justice system. i'll talk to reverend jesse