the end of this month. north korean state media report officials sent a proposal to the red cross in the south bay city officials suggested re uniting families in north korea as mt come gunman select some time after the lunar new year's day that's january thirty first earlier this month the rejected south korean president of finance proposal to hold the unions during the lunar new year season one reason they gave was military exercises the south koreans plan to hold next month with the united states analysts say meters and killing anyone. the south to scrap those exercises in return for holding the unions officials with south korea's unification ministry welcomed the proposal to re unite families. they say they'll top with their counterparts in the north to work out the details. now analysts say it's not clear whether reunions will happen as the south koreans don't plan to cancel the joint military exercises. japan's leaders say they're planning to relax the immigration rules for construction workers. they say the country doesn't have enough skilled labor and are looking abroad for help members of japan's cabine

after the disappointment of making progress in bettering their korean ties yorker and did not respond to the south offer to meet for working level talks tomorrow to discuss the possible resumption of reunions for families separated since the korean war south korea expressed its regret but said there's still time on sunday as he tips. yes proposal for holding a fresh round of family may you be in phoenix said the area when i answered by the north on tuesday there was much anticipation over north korea's response as it had passed the south to the espn ticker in hotline open thread longer than usual but after two extra hours can be an old soul that the hotline may be closed for the day with no mention of the senate's proposal. south korea had offered monday to pull for unions for families separated since the korean war. at that hearing seventeenth and twenty seconds. if the archive given a response. the two three s but after that for working level talks on wednesday at the true spirit of commons that to sort out that the tales. salt in a bikini to ministry expressed regret over candy and the lyric to

the d ii listed transferred by teaching guidelines also claimed the doctor while its despite its dispute with south korea the south korean foreign ministry has a lodge an official complaint the spokesperson said japan is making false claims of the documents. south korea has summoned the japanese ambassador to condemn can do the only house on her and dr ok this first taxes to the south korean government this year. a clear sign that docked at a south korean territory by international law. i'm jittery first south korea released an online video clip in many languages on its sovereignty said counter actions by japan and south korean government also built a doctor but billy and that an investment of about two billion us dollars in its capital seoul. the aim is to raise awareness of the doctor issue. sure they were fondled it is after the event and no amount of cars that go to an end and i didn't know before but have set our mind to safeguard our cocoa and it's good to those of the speedometer to me but to me that he had made it to their statements are telling a lie that the ghost sounds pretty scary to read lonely too. and sin

inner korean relations right as most of the nation was wrapping up the workweek hours ago north korea offered to hold for unions for families separated during the korean war and in uni in response south korea welcomed the proposal for more on the latest sign of improving inter korean ties beacon that much tragedy and sitting by the new center billy and what can you tell us to see a shiny new with me at around six thirty pm korean time in the family re union proposal in a telephone message sent to south korea as a restaurant by the inter korean restaurant on the last time and on. this according to korean central news agency the location of every unions that would be the malcolm done some resort as previously agreed upon and by the two koreas. as for the tightening of the re unions the north said they should take place at the most convenient time for south korea has denied the weather eases up after the lunar new year holiday. castillo after tanya made the proposal the south korean government issued a statement welcoming the menu. the unification ministry said it will still contacting us about the d tales of putting together working level times for the re unions as he guides me remembe

korean ties. experts say that with the rejection relations between the teeth for me as ruby on thin ice at least for now. south korea remains wary of any new conciliatory gestures by the door. just last year north korean leader team down then proposed that entered the enticing is new year's day speech. but followed that with the third new theory test a month later. on sunday evenings. looks like a pet is coming under greater international pressure to acknowledge its wartime atrocities over washing cheney us senate approved a spending bill thursday that are just ok to apologize for its actual enslavement of women during world war two and a half. the us senate for the first time in the history of us legislation that has included the issue of the so called comfort women in it spending bill. on thursday local time the senate passed a bill that calls on the japanese government to stick to a two thousand seven resolution which urged tokyo to issue an official apology for its wartime sexual inflate men and women the bill also calls on the us secretary of state to encourage japan to address the issues raised in the re

the state of the korean peninsula and north east asia. referring to the political situation in the dprk. the south korean president said the country is making preparations for all possibilities before my a and b i a basketball star dennis rodman has left the ageing for the bpi came with a team of retired boss to pull players to mock the dprk of these is the size. this will be robin's fourth trip to the bpi capital dprk capital pyongyang. he and his team are all fellow format in the eyes dogs will hold boss the bulgarians one hinge on ones but study which is believed to form on wednesday grossman says he will not interfere in the country's politics. andy says he just wants deny the fact is that while it too in describing him as just an honest guy. on previous visits walkman spent time joining in as a guest of kin. he says he has a genuine friendship with him. chinese was quite care of the show long roll of the snow dragon may be unable to break itself free from the antarctic ice pack. the tropical sun was expected to cost through the area between today and she's dying and this large sum of the ice

. >> north korea has called on the south korean government to call off military drills, what's necessarys to make a bold decision to stop all hostile military acts. the biggest hurdle, south korea dismissed the letter as having a hidden motivate. as a result of north korea's military provocations. last march, pyongyang made threats against the south koreans and the u.s. >>> canadian province of quebec, a fire has broken out, in an old person's facility. >>> 35 years later, the fbi says i.t. arrested five suspects. $6 million was stolen from lufthansa's cargo building. the heist was made famous by the film, "good fellas". >> john f. kennedy airport 1978. in little over an hour a half dozen masked gunmen made off with $5 million in cash and $1 million in jewels bound for what was west germany. a daring crime, the largest robbery in u.s. history. >> nobody knows for sure just how much was taken at the daring predawn raid. >> later it was memorialized in the martin scorsese film, "good fellas". >> whenever we needed money we'd rob the airport. it was better than citibank. >> he is now dead b

and nowadays military exercises the south koreans plan to hold with the united states military is asking families can hold reunions in peace amid gunfire. the cia officials can talk together if the south koreans and ready to discuss proposals from the noise. analysts say that maybe a reference to pyongyang's desire to reduce the joint tourism project in the resort has now come to you're the one hundred and thirty thousand people in south korea have applied to meet their relatives in the north. the last three unions were in two thousand and ten. taiwan's main opposition party has relaxed its policy toward china the leaders of the democratic progressive party decided to increase exchanges with the mainland the politicians to spend the last presidential election in two thousand miles because of their stance on taiwan's independence the party chairman wants the committee last year to study the party's policies toward china announced it intends done has made adequate . when good job of the party has the confidence to engage in active contact between our think tank. local taiwanese government'

another is military exercises the south koreans plan to hold with the united states the north koreans ask if families can hold reunions in peace amid gunfire. they say officials can talk together if the south koreans are ready to discuss proposals from the north. analysts say that maybe a reference to pyongyang's desire to restart the joint tourism project in the resort to of mt kong and nearly one hundred thirty thousand people in south korea have applied to meet their relatives in the north glasgow uni and swore in two thousand and ten. people in north korea have been seeing how much their leader enjoyed a basketball game on his birthday. state media showed kim jong hoon. watching a friendly between a local team and a group of former nba stars the new us national basketball league cent of tv it had concluded a crime scene and happy birthday the program also showed canada's climate and the garden and having photos taken with their visitors the workers party newspaper of old seaman teacher came in london on its front and second pages included robin as saying he was so pleased to meet

he recently spoke about the issue with his south korean and the us counterparts. china steel actually my news agencies as one time with south korean foreign minister yu don't say i fell in on tuesday. one noted that china and south koreans announced that his visit to yes can be shy the shrine honors japan's war dead the ocean and that include military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by an international side in all after world war two. he reiterated south korea's position against of this shrine visits. she not so says the langham telephone tied to us secretary of state john kerry on tuesday. their agenda putting included issues on japan. i had already country the foreign ministers and the mesh and gemini and vietnam via phone on monday to discuss matters concerning japan. chinese president hu shi jian ping deliver the new year's address focusing on his country's best was the speech was broadcast by state run tv and other media on new year's eve. she emphasized result achieved in two thousand thirteen sections economic policies and anti corruption measu

with the self when resuming family reunions is the first and towards a new inter korean relationship political watchers plan out that although the upcoming south korea the us military exercises are likely to be a major hurdle in resuming in the korean dialogue. the two koreas have not completely ruled out the possibility of future negotiations. and then the next. time is anticipated that this is that oil to the surface after japanese prime ministers added visit to the controversial yasukuni war shrine last month china's forgn mistedidn hold bachis elin about ave on friday and blasted the japanese leader in a statement released online in june has more on what he said china is stepping up its rhetoric against japanese play nice or studio of eight in the wake of this is aast month the controversial yesterday was trying to be team's official website on thursday. chinese foreign minister while he said that out they had crossed the bottom line at him in conscience thinking tribute at the shrine. bond says ave has a distorted view of history as the bicycling bacon war criminals as the school's of the war dead korea and china consider the afghani tryi

including the passage of the north korean human rights panel this did not create human rights belt first. despite this the tea party in two thousand and five stipulates that the south korean government meet rigorous efforts protected human rights of the north korean people. with a population of roughly twenty four daily at but the bell has been stuck in parliament for years due to bipartisan differences over the contents the democratic party chief said monday that his party will still attract a belt a bit improving its human rights and livelihoods of north koreans the ruling party chief stressed that his party's number one priority is to review social club like to achieve national unity saying that those things eric e for achieving reunification and running the country a per capita income of forty thousand us dollars. he also plans to normalize commentary politics and strengthen relations with the opposition party. kinsey ins. so welcome news on the auto front korea's car exports surged to record high of almost fifty billion us dollars last year as local automakers expanded their presence in the luxury sedan market. and this year maybe even better on ga reports on

the korean peninsula. at the same time they are saying they would have to abandon the annual military exercises scheduled for february and march. something the south korean side it would not do. freshen the memory, in september of last year, when the last such event was supposed to have taken place, the north korean side pulled out just a few days beforehand, accusing the [ technical difficulties ] >>> disease that affected 200 million people. and the argentina government is under continuing pressure to lift [ technical difficulties ] >> melbourne. >>> ukrainian [ technical difficulties ] >> way -way -- [ technical difficulties ] >> protesters are maintaining their occupation [ technical difficulties ] >> even here people are fully ready to defending themselves from -- from any attack as they would put it. just look at this shield here. it's actually something which was captured from the riot police over the last few days. the longer the crisis continues, the more, more and more people will be put in harm's way. >> joining us live from kiev [ technical difficulties ] >> that's why people came [ inaudible ] half a million [ inaudible ], and they wa

the north korean side. and it calls for an end to cross-border slander and a warmer atmosphere on the korean peninsula. so there is a level of scepticism on the southean side more generally, and also freshen the memory is the fact that in september last year, when the last event was supposed to have taken place, the north korean side pulled out just a few days beforehand accusing the south of confrontational tactics. >>> more reports of villagers being killed in myanmar. >>> i'm andrew thomas [ inaudible ] ♪ >> and the spanish international boy to become manchester united most expensive buy ever. that is coming up in sport. real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. attacked. the mourners have been >> our in depth series on education continues... >> i'm a physicist, and i've gotten a whole new understanding of the meaning of inertia, from trying to get these ideas out... >> flip school, part of our week long in depth series america tonight only on al jazeera america ♪ >>> hello again, welcome back. the top stories on

has traditionally been the main source of tourists to south korea since overtaking the united states in 1971. ministry officials attribute the decline to a stronger south korean currency. the won rose against the yen last year by nearly 20%. they also blame sauered relations with japan and unease over north korean military provocations last year. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe is back from a tour of africa. abe was trying to drum up business, but executives know they have to help africa develop human resources for its economy to grow. nhk world has more. >> translator: africa has become the continent that carries the hope of the world. thanks to the potential of its natural resources, and its dynamic economic growth. japan and japanese companies have the strength to help you all. >> reporter: abe ended his tour with a speech at the headquarters of the african union. abe became the first japanese prime minister to visit mozambique. coal mines and offshore gas fields are powering an economy that's growing by around 7% a year. abe led the delegation of executives from 13 leading japanese companies. they are hoping to get projects such as energy developme

sharon said it is and critical moment to closely watch the news that north korean leader kim jong on. he said south korea and the united states will hold a joint military exercise next month as scheduled despite the north's demand that it be canceled. he will have to make sure that north korean musician. we became his certificate nations. and finds that possessing nuclear weapons is not actually in these two teams interests davey said pyongyang must take concrete steps to what the new position. what this exciting new kid talks to be listened to it were. hope that they had two pm. to change their attitude change directions and table salt open the prospect of thought it better. twenty four tuned this month south korean foreign minister yoon fiance is in washington for talks with kerry. two senior us officials later visited sell a devastated frequent visits to underscore the growing concerns in the us that annoys me use the joint exercise as an excuse for possible military provocation the south korean foreign minister has done something no one in his position has done before. he visited a shelter on t

the joint military drills between south korea and the us were not consider millions of koreans were separated from their loved ones and the country west of i need more than six decades ago. around seventy two thousand south can be and are on a waiting list for a chance to meet their family one last time. but it seemed to me years now since the last three unions if the event takes place next month. a hundred or by family members from each last year's pennsylvania jen's lunch with their loved ones. however a handful of these aging relatives have fallen ill since bag. underscoring the urgency of reasoning a lot to spend it. the unions on sunday innings. iranian president as syrah honey says you'd be willing to play the role of mediator for it difficult to enter korean issues including north korea's nuclear program. pres irani made the remarks during a meeting with south korean national assembly speaker and ten he who arrived in tehran on sunday to hold talks with senior iranian officials according to khan spokesman a roni added that iran would be able to help resolve pyongyang's nuclear issue yo

traditionally been the main source of tourists to south korea since overtaking the united states in nineteen seventy one ministry officials attribute the decline to a stronger a south korean currency the won rose against the yen last year by nearly twenty percent they also blamed soured relations with japan and on these over north korean military provocations last year. there's flooding in the philippines our meteorologist roberts pena has been following the story proper. plus i'll start off by talking about what is going on here in much of his size and mindanao today and we have a look in every two hours for the past two weeks now believe it or not. all to do the same low pressure system it's just been lingering in place came in from these on me last week and since then has dropped out about seventy hundred millimeters for some of you not hear well this has resulted in over twenty deaths at this time. numerous reports of flooding also landslides had damaged hundreds of homes and on fortunately the scenario over the next several days is not improving our low price theory now just four seats the philippines actually a tropical depression will slowly start to drift after co

south korea. he made the remarks in a rare televised address on state television. can john lund said the south korean authorities the software with confrontation and talked about dprk sympathizes with them to the voices of people demanding democratic invitations and independence he also knew that it is off to italy south korea and its ally the united states committed acts of aggression he said the dvr to tape it yep a surge of strength the dprk has some on new year's diet with displays of loyalty to formally has thousands of citizens and soldiers in pyongyang by and events to heal in the center of the city i've made bows of the fourth of july and bronze statues falconio song and change o'neill. its customer e in the country to lay flowers next to statues and portraits of former leaf is all major anniversaries or holiday is around pyongyang families were out enjoying a day all holidays in the dprk are often associated with night you have of this result the posse for the states requiring citizens to anticipate in the celebrations but there was no compulsory mass celebration. this new years day. the rus

but lee says he met a broker who smuggled him 2,000 miles to the south korean embassy in thailand. he was granted asylum and flew to seoul, where he has lived for the last two years. he still hides his identity because he's afraid of north korean agents discovering him. >> (translated): i graduated from high school in february this year. i'm currently looking for a job, but i'm not working yet. although i live in south korea now, it still troubles me to think about the north korean children who suffer out there like i used to. >> (translated): north korea is a society that has fallen ill. it's a diseased society that needs to be cured. our footage is forcing north korea to acknowledge the hardships that their people face. the authorities don't like it at all. because if the truth gets out, it would put kim jong un's power under threat. >> narrator: jiro ishimaru smuggles footage out of the country, but there is also a steady flow of information back in. jeong kwang-il is a defector living in seoul who smuggles foreign films and tv shows into north korea. >> (translated): the men pre

can't win any concessions by playing of threats for stion provocations against the south made any progress and dinner korean relations will have to be based on mutual trust. as for souls heightened security measures against possible threats from counting down the newspaper said was shameful that the south with the rest to fate of the two koreas in the hands of a foreign power that far into the american military presence on the peninsula. the foreign policymakers from south korea and the us will spend a week in court nation talks in washington. the agenda is expected to focus primarily on north korea and historical and territorial tensions in northeast asia. upon as a rival south korean foreign minister yoon come stay said sunday tha he would relate souls position on japanese prime minister shinzo rba's recent visit to the controversial yasukuni shrine which is the resting places several class a war criminals and a symbol of japan's imperialist past the sun room when he is not a simple matter between the two countries but a shared interests of the international community the plan to deliver south korea stand

the country's neighbors. in oakley about a north korean government represents a war they would score it's the last time england to the south korean army. in response towards its coles psychological wolf. that's all and isn't it time for now but stay with us the false bank debt today is next. and seated on the sixth round of voting since the fall of causing dark nearly three years ago. this time the constitutional referendum in some parts to be cautious but supporters of the now banned muslim brotherhood in others. high turnout with citizens cheering on it's expected to be the first step to elected head of the army s presidents citizens seem to turn the page from the islamic sleds and governments of the now jailed the home and more see is the misc. or are themselves divided with the sell off its signing with the yes vote can see why. when asked what's next for political islam in the arab world's most populous state. more broadly was to hit square in the first ever election of a civilian president of egypt in the year hiatus. today the falls and gets to be masking the sea and spring is already over there with us to talk abou

war the south korean military officials said they cannot accept the proposal the official suggested it's an excuse for the noise to criticize the south and undertake military provocation. ali's time now for the latest in and is a sneeze can invent an auntie at the us central bank is used to criticism. the law today when he launched the first round of easing a few years ago he heard it over and over. each time he and the other new measures well. he's here yet again as he gets ready to step down ninety that has been following the central bank i did morning so tell us how is he reacting to the criticism as you know he has a calm demeanor she's managed to maintain that on one of the biggest concerns is inflation. he doesn't seem worried about that. all in all banned for an inky has used his last speech to defend his efforts and some turbulent years he said the central bank's massive stimulus program has put the economy in good shape. in the financial system is strong the key financial conditions are well capitalized. we don't t

the south koreans call for the japanese government to rescind this immediately. they say that they are driving their young people into a pit of false history, and in a public show of anger they pull in the ambassador of japan in south korea into the foreign ministry after he had to come through a small group of protesters, and the deputy foreign minister gave them a public dressing down. >> through the speech at the japanese national assembly over docto. following this the japanese education minister including claims in middle and high school textbooks. the government relays have strict conditions rahhing this. the government promised to take actions if japan doesn't rescind the policy. >> that was the question a number of journalists spoke about. on three separate occasions he told them to wash and learn. in 2008 japan made mention in the education literature. they withdrew and it's an option on the table. it deepens the gulf on the countries. it's a time when the united states want the to allies in north korea, north-east asia to work together. both in terms of

the u.s. and south korea military relations once. they discuss the latest move and the december 2015 deadline for handing over control to the south koreans. more than 28,000 troops remain in south korea six decades after. this is about ten -- one hour and ten minutes. >> [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning. thank you for making it despite of the weather. [inaudible] [inaudible] -- openings today. so, this event is probably one of the only ones going on in washington this morning and it just goes to show that korea watchers are really die-hard people. a very special event and this is something we wanted to do for quite some time to bring together some of the former commander santeria to help us think about the security situation in the region. korea in the region more broadly and planning for an event like this, we were looking for in addition to the commanders, someone from both the policy world with a strong academic background who could talk about this policy issues and strategy issues and there was no better person than dr. hicks. i will start buy formally introducing our purchase events and they will have

when the united states wanted to engage north korea, the south korean president gave an interview in "the new york times" in which he criticized the american initiative, not because he was opposed necessarily to negotiations with north korea, but he thought the right circumstances hadn't been set properly. and the clinton administration at the time went ballistic and we saw a lot of unnamed aides making ad hominem attacks on the south korean president and so forth. this all comes to be part of the pattern of bashing allies for the sake of coddling adversaries. one of the most amazing things about some of our diplomatic initiatives now, or in previous administration, is we always believed that presidents when it occupied the white house always be that the failure of past diplomacy lies more with their predecessors than it does with adversaries. doesn't matter whether you're a republican or a democrat. it's a constant patter in high profile diplomacy, high-stakes diplomacy. and when someone suggests the emperor has no clothes, personal animus can be great. desperation cause can manifest

we have the south korean market coming online as well. 's to the down side, but only by about a tenth of 1%. the australian market off, but that's a bit of an anomaly, because we were closed yesterday for the australia day public holiday. so the market have been the first chance to react to the big sell-off that we saw on the dow friday your time today. so we have that market down about 1.2%, really being influenced by big moves we're seeing in the commodity space, copper tag to around a seven-week low, more broadly based metals weaker, so we have the big miners like bhp billen ton and rio tinto, which comprise a fair chunk of our market. take a look at the south korean and japanese markets, we're now seeing them trading a touch lower, but we're likely to follow some of the news from your after-hours session with respect to the apple earns, likely to see some of the tech names, particularly in japan and south korea, potential take a bit of a hit on the back of those earnings announcements from apple, and the fact that those iphone sales mi

the south korean government also expressed its regret about them was reported progress on its nuclear weapons program and again approach come in to give up the program. and why we expected it to the us federal reserve has decided on a second straight cuts to its farm bikes doing this program. policy makers here in korea say the impact of the fed's move on the domestic economy. both of them and it will come to pass to detox. the korean government said thursday that the us federal reserve's decision to further scale back its monthly bomb purchases will have a limited impact on the domestic economy and a meeting with government officials and market watchers finance minister han took site in the nation's strong economic fundamentals. we don't do them considering korean solid fundamentals. but the current account surplus in sufficient farmers as they leave the impact from the feds to see him while downplaying the impact of the fed's move the korean government still sad that there are risks stemming from emerging markets like argentina and turkey or stimulus tapering caicos market instabili

south korea. i'm not on the prize. and south korean prison camp communities. seas to see. she suggested on monday in her first news conference of the year that it would be difficult to hold a summit meeting for the time being. mark says japanese leaders have recently being called dragon king. apologies for the country's i'm gracious and corny unloading days. as for china. a spokesperson for the foreign ministry says. and this time it keeps repeating that he attaches importance to the nations as china. but he who sees it. a spokesperson says i close the door to dialogue and that chinese candle to welcome a japanese leader when this kind of mindset. his focus will remain the economy. and his plans to call in japan out of deflation. mr knows japanese and people of color to pay much attention to the fate of his economic plan. pick up in the mix he knows his cellphone trading is a relatively high because voters back his policies. he wants to keep the behind him nick went into work this year on revitalizing the economy. this is the recovery is being more widely felt across the co

south korea did an interview with cnn on monday. talk also urged japanese leaders to have a correct understanding of history calling it the basis of japan and south korean relations. looking towards legal basis neighbors that at least geographically japan. you haven't met with prime minister shinzo up a system that is if you took talent that all historical issues are territorial disputes between sending the stock they can visit the year the bank would eventually accept the new shrine where war criminals aren't trying. knowing what the negative reaction would be from china and concise korea. what does this tell you that missed on pace to shift toward south korea more new one when i had to go with but when he tries to japan. i hope to avoid future are into relationship with japan based on current understanding of history. in fact it has been my desire to leave to my future generation's legacy of friendship and the legacy of being able to work together indeed we were able to afford the prius relationship expand over the years because japanese political leaders have clearly state it through the marae and i as well as to call in a statement there a correct u

at the time the korean peninsula was a protectorate of japan he was annexed the following year the japanese foreign ministry has lodged a protest or the chinese and south korean embassies in tokyo the new home. we see on june as a who was sentenced to death for assassinating japan's first prime minister who knew the line needs to replace it with us. see also criticize the coronation between south korea and china he said. it does not conjure be to peace and cooperation in east asia. in june of last year south korean president packer that chinese leaders to build the monument was on a visit to beijing aye aye aye aye aye. three major south korean credit card firms have been getting floods of inquiries after that personal information of over one hundred million customers was leaked that number is twice the country's population representatives of the company's apologize for the leak in a joint news conference in seoul on monday south korean prosecutors say the movie the day include credit card numbers expiration dates and names and phone numbers of some one hundred five million cardholders. but prosecutors say an employee of an information security company

most likely the resumption of south korean tourists to the mound condemn resort. i however did not slam the door shut and family the unions altogether the statements that the two sides meet for talks with the south is willing to discuss the issues proposed by the north and south korea's ministry of unity cage and expressed regret over north korea's rejection humanitarian issues should be dealt with separately. she is. it is regrettable that north korea is linking annual millet regionals with humanitarian issues. south korea maintains it stands at the age of them are unions will be dealt with separately from the issues raised by them nor complete them the hms st called the directory add to that sad self proposal for tots and visiting family in the us hands and added that the north seems silly to say in mending ties to the south to action and not just your words the idea needs the store and a player dennis rodman has apologized for suggesting the korean american missionary can if they deserved what he got when he was sentenced to fifteen years of hard labor in north

we are seeing the currency, the south korean won strengthening. we will see how that will impact the markets. on that note, back to you. pastey couple of minutes 8:00 in the morning in bangkok. thousands of police and troops have been deployed. antigovernment protesters are attempting to bring the city to a halt. this?are we in all of what is the feeling of success or potential success for these demonstrators? >> you talked about the incident last night. there have been sporadic incidents in code incidences. right now, the mood is pretty tense. where we are transmitting from, we are close to a train station. we are also close to two intersections where the protesters are. .es, there is apprehension yes, bangkok is on the edge. of political lot commentators who say that perhaps this protest has been going on for about two months. the former japanese prime minister is leading the antigovernment movement. he may be losing support to kaz this movement was meant to be peaceful. it is turning out to be violent and he may be losing support because of that

the best footballers scores twice on his return. >> north korea rejected a proposal by south korea to continue the reunion of families spirited by the korean. harry fawcett has more from seoul. >> south korea has been waiting all week for a response to the offer by the president in her new year's press conference on monday, that there should be family reunions taking place on january the 31st. the day the lunar new year falls. there were attempts to carry out search reunions towards the end of last year, and it seems ready to go. north korea pulled out with a few days to go. it spirited by the drawing of the border at the end of the fighting in the boer war. many are elderly. there's a time pressure to get them to meet separated family members. north korea responded saying this is not the right time for a reunion, three weeks preparation is not long enough, the weather is too cold. importantly, lipping it to annual drills involving south korean and u.s. forces throughout march and april, the north koreans say how can separated families reunit in peace during gun fire. the south koreans say there'll be no meeting during war exercises. >> fo

the last year. >> north korea has rejected a proposal by south korea to resume the reunion of families separated by the korean war. it claimharry faucet joins us f south korea. how many of a below is this to north-south relations. >> it comes a few days after the president in south korea had made this offer in her new year's press conference, saying that january the 31st, the lunar new year day was the perfect time to reinstate family reunion that was supposed to happen towards the end of last year and didn't because the north korean side pulled out before it was scheduled to happen. the reunions have been stalled and reunite people who were separated by the fighting. many of these people are old. half of them or more in their 80s and ordinarily. there's time pressure. the north koreans leaving the door ajar, saying there could be talks in a good season. at the moment they say there's not enough time to prepare for january 31st, the weather is cold, and saying this is a period leading to the annual south korean exercises saying can separated families have reunions in peace, amid gunfire. an humanitarian issue

korea and the united states agreed to step up efforts to bolster joint combat readiness to deal with possible north korean threats in the first full day of his visit to washington on monday south korean foreign minister yoon young said. and the us secretary of defense chalk a bill underscores their role of the combined defense posture on the korean peninsula as a strong deterrent against north korean provocations the two sides said their alliance serves as the linchpin for peace and stability in asia pacific region and down to strengthen their combined defense posture by acquiring critical military capabilities minister year and is scheduled to sit down for talks with us secretary of state john kerry in washington on tuesday local time. i prefer instead a gallon is to become the first female chairman of the us federal reserve and its one hundred year history connelly has more on that next in line to head the fed and are plans to boost the us economy. fifty six to twenty six the senate has approved the democratic nominee. helen has the texture and then at the federal reserve the senate's none on monday makes it the first female head of the us central bank and one of the most po

the last several minutes. they have apparently sent a letter to south korea saying that they, the north koreans, want an atmosphere want a complete halt to hostile military acts and a reunion of separated families between the north and the south. wolf, let's take a deep breath here. from the u.s. point of view, let's remember north korea, the u.s. says, is a nuclear state with a long-range missile program. you put a nuclear weapon on top of a long-range missile, that is, according to the u.s., a direct threat to this country so there is a long way to go. very hopeful words that the north koreans may be looking for reconciliation and unity, but the u.s. still very cautious. in fact it was just today that a top u.s. admiral in charge of military operations in the pacific said he had questions about whether kim jong-un, the leader of north korea, was engaged at all times in rational decision-making and the u.s. has upcoming war games, upcoming training exercises with the south koreans and they are going to stick to it. they are going to go ahead with those exercises with south korea. so tonight a very interesting let

for example, in the case of the purge and execution of the south korean intelligence -- is the this anddisclose it a few days in advance. it's not as if there's no information coming through. but i think that there was a miss reading in many circles of the way power is structured in the north, the capacity for a member of the kim family to dominate because it is a dynasty. and the fact that he may have been a young impetuous kid, at the end of the day didn't seem to benefit even as he seemed a lot of his actions to take on very kind to deeply and entrenched interest. so if a short period of time he has moved against, that is, two years, he has moved against all of those core leaders who supported his father concluded a number of people in uniform. he has had his uncle executed, which is extraordinary. and he has defied the chinese repeatedly. so there's something going on here that we still don't fully grasp. the counter argument may be about mr. kim is that the very fact that these extortionary cleavages within the north korean system have not been disclosed, and in effect here was som

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shrine by japanese in total defense minister has fought to a new round of criticism from so the south korean foreign ministry called on japanese need is to pretend and visits to the site. see you in the political leaders of japan to show a correct understanding of history through sincere action. they can do this by refraining from paying respects at the yasukuni shrine. we would like to stress this point once again for a high level political leader to pay a tribute at a shrine that is dedicated to war criminals who commit evil acts and dramatize past innovations have no choice but to doubt that the person's understanding of history video dancing. gemini is that it is true as its wartime pas has been very different from the main dish a tinge of time off from denying its history and us faced up to the crimes committed by the nazis. he now has the details. this is the trigger widespread old traits seem so obvious visits to the end of last year was seen as the pair faced denial off the crying stop and come eat it during world war two i don't know why he chose this blog has the wiesenthal center

in the case of the persian -- of the purge and execution, the south korean intelligence, anticipated this and disclosed it a few days in advance. it is not as if there is no information coming through. but there was a misreading in many circles of the way power is structured in the north, the capacity for a member of the kim family to dominate, because it is a dynasty. and the fact that he may have been a young kid, at the end of the day didn't seem to matter. even if he seemed in a lot of the actions to take on deeply entrenched interests. in a very short period of time, he has moved against, that is to say two years, moved against all of those core leaders who supported his father, including a number of people in uniform. he has had his uncle executed, which is extraordinary, and he has defied the chinese repeatedly. so there is something going on here that we still don't fully grasp. the counterargument may be about mr. kim is the fact that the extraordinary things within the north korean system have now been disclosed. here was someone appointed by kim jung il, but a signal to the

in the case of the persian execution, the south korean intelligence, anticipated this and disclosed it a few days in advance. not like there is no information coming through. but there this was a misreading in many circles of the way power is structured in the north, the capacity for a member of the kim family to dominate, because it is a dynasty. and the fact that he may have been a young kid, at the end of the day didn't seem to matter. even if he seemed in a lot of the actions to take on deeply entrenched interests. in a very short period of time, he has moved against, that is to say two years, moved against all of those core leaders who supported his father, including a number of people in uniform. he has had his uncle executed, which is extraordinary, and he has defied the chinese repeatedly. so there is something going on here that we still don't fully grasp. the counterargument may be about mr. kim is the fact that the extraordinary things within the north korean system have now been disclosed. here was supported by kim jung il, but a signal to the people of north korea that may

the spot a little bit because you most recently left. there has been talk in south korea but not answer his government circles, about south korean nuclear capabilities. what is your sense of what that would do to the regional dynamic if the south koreans were to pursue their own nuclear capabilities? >> i think it would potentiallytip the scale on the ts and truedeterrenc intention. i think it would excite a lot of folks over there. i was asked several times about that. through the policy of extended deterrents, there is sufficient capability. we talk about nuclear war and all that. folks need to really examine what that really means. and the threat of that. as you got the right mix of capabilities, that should be sufficient deterrents. our greatest threat would be if the regime is threatened up there to the sense that they will lose it all, that is something we better be very of what the young waiter may or may not do and the protection of that nuclear capability. what that young leader may or may not do in the protection of that nuclear capability. we have to remain absolutely village in but you should not put nuclear weapons back on t

the time the korean peninsula was a protectorate of japan. it was annexed the following year. the japanese foreign ministry has launched a protest through the chinese and south korean embassies in tokyo. >> translator: we see ahn jung-geun as a terrorist who was sentenced to death for assassinating japan's first prime minister. >> he also criticized the coordination between south korea and china. he said it does not contribute to peace and pop ration in east asia. in june of last year south korean president park geun-hye asked chinese leaders to build a monument while on a visit to beijing. >>> china's economy is once again showing some momentum. biz team ron madison is here with more on that. ron? >> investors have really been waiting for those numbers to come out, gene, to get more sense of direction about where the chinese economy is headed. so officials there have tallied up their figures or economic growth and come in slightly above expectations. the figure is higher than the target of around 7.5%. china's national bureau of statistics say gross domestic product grew by 7.7% compared with a year earlier. nhk world has more from beijing. >> chinese consu

aircraft carrier moving into the south china sea and we have seen a buildup of the south chinese troops and we have seen other ships moving to the region as well. the south koreansnounced an extension of their area of defense and to follow along with that, the japanese are not backing off at all and it is very unclear what the united states position is. >> historically we have always been the force that goes in there and we don't have the resources always been what have you to keep the peace. but my sense is that all of these countries are not going to back off and there was a lot of historical bad blood. lou: michael, the fact that i raise and raised earlier and we were besieged by a technology companies to stop the surveillance and juss back off. and your reaction that there would be a cadre of technology companies who think that their interest somehow would be better represented? >> i think that all of these are different pieces of the same puzzle. which is that you have a weak government that is viewed as weak. and now catering at home in many respects. so nobody wants to be with it. everyone wants to kind of carve it up in their own personal way. and i thin

one day just the promise to give the sickness a south korean navy when ever they may commit to more formidable competitor and whether the pattern where north korea carried out military provocations against south korea. after waging peace offences of how likely will be seen another private key was at least like hmm good snow again this time is immediately after the excuse of times and pepper to the entire ward is gaining a ba was fry's today's government. the border again undeniable or in response to a gym in the air for booking again minute only to south korea were to be an offside war poverty and that is anwar's case if north korea and then even this movie i would say the hand of doom which in itself because at this moment in the states is saying something to do. if north korea pro bowl south korea. some tyres promising this and nothing small college in the pew or provoke an attorney and that china would not call without doing anything at all this in pakistan. south korea officials and us officials don't believe in this recent piece of fence to get the cream president continues to push for th

the south china sea. we have seen a buildup of chinese troops. we have also seen three other ships move into the region. the south koreansense identification zone, adiz. to follow along with that of china and japanese are not backing off at all. it is very unclear what the united states position in it all is. >> historically we've always been the force that goes in thre one of the problems with diminish the military as inclination to do, you don't have resources to put a carrier group in there, what have you, to sort of keep peace. my sense all of these countries are about-face. they will not back off. there is a lot of historil bad blood. my sense it is not a good situation. it will not get to abettor situation in the short run. lou: and, michael, the fact that we have as i raised with brad thor in the broadcast earlier, we have the nsa being beset, beseeched by, i will be nice about it, beseeched by eight technology companies to stop their surveillance and just back off. your reaction first the idea there would be a cadre of technology companies that would think that their interests somehow would be better represented,

about seven hundred tonnes of honey toxic agents such as signing a non stick pans in the next three months. south korean company representative said reacted to the peace offensive from the north with skepticism. they see the day came down and must show he's ready to d who cries if he wants to improve relations the testing station on the last day. he explained the execution of this article from the national defense commission if i can and pass on tax. copeland atmosphere in which the north and south can build the intimidation is the specs this an insult christians can a society he says. he quotes the north koreans should do if they want to share that serious he is none. the north koreans must surely be a repeat of two tracks if they want to improve police with stones. above all they must make sincere efforts to the new clear eyes. it's this point in contradictions between what you said in his pbs neatest a speech. no one he tasted it. he's a team called for reconciliation and decided to frame the contest and warned the south from which the attacks. the rest of the junta says he will hand over the country