, its efforts to weaken the republic of korea's north korea strategy all failed. north korea began to learn that it's that behavior will no longer be rewarded. at 60 years old, the alliance simply was too smart and too wise for that. the third lesson i would like to take away and focus on and what it says about the threat is the analytical lesson. i kind of risk taking off my current policymaker hat and going back to my old analyst days. there is three real significant lessons learned from these events that i think will have implications for years to come. first of all, with a may 25 nuclear test, the second north korean nuclear test, it close the book on the question -- does north korea really intend to acquire a nuclear weapons capability or are they simply pursuing nuclear capabilities to gain the attention of united states and the world in order to engage in a dialogue? after the second nuclear test, nobody realistically believe the north korea nuclear program was nothing more than a negotiating ploy. the questions of north korea's intent and that regard were

of korea, north korea along those two different axes and be prepared to defend south korea, be prepared for instability within north korea. i do not believe that kim jong-un will change in the regime and open out. >> you have the longest perspective on north korea. what are your views? >> well, first thing i will say in dealing with north korea is hope is not a method. the fact of the matter is we countered on hope for many years that north korea will change and they have not. you can look at the various sine curves if you will on what we try to do to persuade them and sees him denuclearized him if i can use that term, and at the same time stop their missile programs. general sharp and it's exactly right. when you look at the regime, job one is to keep the regime in power and that's the very danger of the entire situation may appear to be asymmetric peace and nuclear missiles, cyber, other weapons of mass destruction and the special operational forces pose a very serious threat. on the peninsula. in a very real sense, when you think about the peninsula south, it really is a hub for stab

as scheduled late next month to north korea's committee for the peaceful reunification of korea said the stampede to cancel the joint exercises with not only damage dinner korean relations the lead to a terrible disaster on the peninsula. yes the rhetoric is an annual occurrence this time of year has debuted the key result in foal eagle drills as a provocation. seoul and washington have long said the annual exercises are strictly defensive in nature i want to worry me but its share of the problem entries defense committee you listened in on north korea's missile capability. if the rogue state were to fire its nuclear tipped to build on the ballistic missile seoul has eleven minutes and fifteen seconds before impact as a precaution you suggest that south korea should adopt a malt i layered missile defense to improve the current system in the face of growing military threats from north korea the representative also stressed that korean need to adopt the terminal high altitude area defense system and standard missile three system which can effectively intercepted both long range and sho

e if north korea on tuesday tony two provide true prove all serious doubt as to south korea it will seek decor a dividend or unexpected ways and a missile. for the long range artillery can be a lot of the good of man that call for north korea to guarantee the one hundred percent success because me to not have any real island's defence us is to stand up on it is very very difficult almost impossible to keep the flying on. the eye chillies. so it is the problem i think our efforts us apart think so much for time tonight. before your dns and another began get the latest line from seoul. any expert analysis from ages fourteen with the viewpoint only koreans local network and why on arrival that. he always on standby. i accept that increased political pressure on japan the us house of representatives has passed a bill addressing the issue of japan's wartime sexual and sleeping marking the first time the matter has been included in the us legislature. also he has to be counts. us lawmakers are formally calling on their government to pay more attention to the so called comfort women for women f

i know the headlines in south korea sets north korea's proposal for reunions of families separated by the korean war. the latest sign of improving your driver's license. a special single seat f torrance it from japanese prime minister i've been involved in a controversial war shrine visits and earth is the fifth of its previous form apologies of our world works she was a disappointing quarter prescribe some electronics cover december prophets of the world's biggest mobile phone maker sad missing earnings estimates. the stores and more text and content. why is it friday gender twenty fourth year in korea life from seoul minute. and from limping so much for joining us. we begin with the new development in 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 shi

camel my kids and not touching my day off every twenty seconds which calls for korea to return korea's eastern most irate of talk till we get canned. i owe it to the korean territory and that under crean jurisdiction of elsa suggested the country's pacifist constitution and her son to panic after the second world war should be amended and call framework he caught a ton in the country's history textbooks. after changes to how the second world war is taught in schools the korean government is planning to call for change is to get his nationalistic stands by the support from the international community south korean foreign music in gilbert az to visit washington next month. like afford a visit by chicago yet special advisor toppings happy to see on the evening the tour of south korea's national football team is hard at work preparing his team three upcoming world cup in brazil and stephen kaye joins us in the sport center with details on the upcoming training can blow it. hey guys manager colin young bull has put together a grueling training schedule this month and has just released a lis

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 this vision of unification. if tonight's meeting this charm offensive is peace offensive than what is the next step of the cost is to say in one way or another. tom put the finishing line that divided the soft response north korea at this moment well fall in the window was undone by more of this awesome response. as it is appropriate for a profit because of korea provided a very good chance to resume the spots. most of all honesty it. like eating was comparable open pores are to resume those to the needy and things of the separate camera in the parade and a sauna in there was so in my opinion very easy walk from north korea to take in all studies at the disproportionate. and then deception to s

are we on the verge of a major change in korea. i think for so bush is set up on the villa sixty patients she said explicitly that she offered goal is to achieve protected can kill thirty thousand dollars bike and overturn to do the math korea economy will have to a seven point two percent year to beach to cool korean never really had that haiku even going to truly haiku few years so i think for whatever reason for economic incentive put in a wheel on the listing them for one the other hand i couldn't believe she actually can go up or dishes that two huge contrast to the cook to two peas and i do agree completely that koreans to change and is the innovation and exquisite creative economy and others like a book that demanded a lot of people just can't find jobs and small and medium businesses have fun costume is when the other hand if you actually look a program substantively will they actually improve innovation will they actually spur domestic growth. i just was not convinced. the present i also spend at least huge amount of time

most of that to come federation mall bill proposed by south korea use com. dallas become very close to the mall the other european union and the submission mona on sunday by a nose couldn't use of my creating a unified korea very similar to the united states. i would like to repeat that. past for the ultimate goal is a very important. then mark on the flow of ultimate form of unification. how will he or she is because in case of a time now. and though united states. of those people have to pull through. he stroked it and the typical warns. too much even though politically union that lasted. but in case of germany the politico the union was relatively speaking. maybe in a more peaceful manner that is why koreans are far more interested in stimulating the success of sermons. so what sort of economic projects with curry eight ounces so called jackpot well on the fly water are able to create them know what to make myself a rich man but i was just plain out of few things that one is the head of the connection of the transcontinental the release of starting from t

we began with the disappointing news out of north korea. the reclusive state has turned down south korea's offer for talks on possible re unions for families separated by the korean war the county and did however leave the door open for future dialogue under certain preconditions for unification ministry correspondent on some key reports mr yet has rejected south korea's proposal to discuss a resumption of family the union for those federated during the korean war. thursday's response came three days after south korean president of today expressed hopes of holding the humanitarian event sometime during the lunar new year holiday which falls in the last week of january. in a statement on thursday but know that there had seen no change in souls were like posture and sad for a successful round of humanitarian exchange is to take place the right atmosphere must be created although not named directly and can't seem to be referring to the upcoming joint military exercise between seoul and washington that takes place annually between february and

. >> in north korea, reverence for age, experience. these things matter. and now you are sort of parading around this 29-year-old guy who did not serve a day in the military. i doubt that people genuinely have the kind of feeling towards kim jong un as they did for kim jong il. >> (translated): we would say, how can this boy who's still wet behind the ears be in power? but the north korean government spread these rumors that although he was young, he was very wise. that's what the government kept saying. >> narrator: jiro's undercover footage shows people all over the country being forced to prove their dedication to the new leader, but some resenting having to do it. these soldiers were ordered to build a railroad from kim jong un's birthplace to pyongyang to mark him coming to power. >> narrator: the undercover footage even shows a local official criticizing kim jong un's succession. >> narrator: to compensate for his lack of experience, the regime made parallels with his grandfather kim il sung, who is still widely worshipped and is

like korea president that pointed to the free trade agreements korea signed with various nations including the us and south east asian countries and ongoing treat negotiations which my dad. she also called for cooperation in the educational sector sites with sleds global competitiveness and human resources estimates of the s educational system that provides the knowledge and experience students need an industrial feel the president will visit a school in bird that a swell of interest occasional training on tuesday and seek ways to strengthen cooperation in person now and information exchanges which was planned by citing a related ever hear. on send a present that met with korean residents living in switzerland and emphasized the importance of their role in further developing the two nations relationship. don't let it get the pumpkin heads and a new tuition gotta get up at frugal gal who would even have given some kind of credit ptc dependant that with regard to the recent stable situation in north korea the president down to layton foundation for peaceful reunification based on a firm secu

korea. and ran them in france more than seven percent of korean automaker cent of motorists years the island on saturday where the use of operation here in anne's revenge is not science technology and the peace treaty and its giver is economic system centered around small and midsize for what was it. evan's new delhi. and say in the eye that tv has signed an mou with him in service broadcaster under the deal the two sides hope to promote mutual exchange of programs and cultural ties between the two nations against one ga has the details of the partnership. i'm tv korea's only global television network has signed an mou with energy and broadcaster to catch on blazing new trails for the exchange contact the ceos from the two stations met in new delhi on friday and agreed to an exchange that will foster cultural ties between korea and india too is an exchange of broadcasting. and and broadcasters that we can jumpstart this cultural exchange between two very strong. culturally. which country's v

north korea doesn't want that and now i am there. as this was a recent internal instability it sells education ministry ever made clear on tuesday that the issue of family reunions will not be linked to the hall to enter korean tourism project. the amount had. the announcement is being interpreted by many as a way to block north korea from taking advantage of family reunions to really start to resume operations so it maintains the stance that tours to the mount compound resort will not resume unless tongue and claims responsibility for shooting a south korean tourists dead in two thousand eight. but some experts say the issue of the malcontents and project will get in the way and restarting inter korean dialogue. even if north korea attempts to mix the two issues in the two sides will be able to find middle ground as it now because i am pretty face of seeking out dial up analysts also add souls latest offer will serve as a parameter and north korea sincerity in mending ties with the south and then in heaps. and knowing that the presi

we must create an atmosphere to improve ties between the two koreas. i will work together with anyone who values are people and seeks re unification to improve relations. then the search which was part of a daniel new year speech that was podcast lines on c1 tv it was rather unexpected. and it didn't all have been expecting a military prosecution by north korea sometime in march or april this year as it was to turn attention away from instability following the execution of tongues could take against former second most powerful man in come the end end to his uncle they now expect north korea to instead of proposed dialogue with scone in the coming months. the only their genes on and also mentioned the straight relations with south korea and the united states pointing to their military exercises around the korean peninsula. he called the rehearsals for a new clear war against the north he warned that if war were to break out. it would spiral into a quote a nuclear catastrophe. now after the execution of time to take a keen and not mentioned by name. inst

how much further can korea japan relations say. the japanese care for that passes on to define the korean controlled hope island and a disputed island she did the east china sea as its territory. mr price for the annual investment guidelines for teachers in middle and high school textbooks. saul's foreign ministry seven japanese ambassador to korea for a pet show in response and lodged a protest hundreds and the government's pre authorization has advanced education ministry. as of today and maliciously miserables claims in the teaching dollars for middle schools high school read the second set and the new teaching guidelines and it made it up and be with tron immediately. if you're not called out to carry out appropriate measures. these rumors continue to make false claims over cocoa which is the first week of japanese imperialists to plunder the trustees to future generations can we show that it has not moved beyond the most sought to discuss the pillars of this evil practice of distorting history. in a meadow and they'll buy the

now, with regards to north korea, north korea has become unfortunately accustomed -- north korea has become accustomed to receiving rewards in exchange for defiance. and if we ignore north korea, then it's defiance and its bluster only become worse. that said, simply making an instant or giving north korea an additional all of branch doesn't necessarily solve the problem. at some point we need to break this cycle in which they believe that they can get incentives, or improve their negotiating positions through their bluster. and, therefore, i would strongly advocate taking a much stronger line, or a much more resistant line when it comes to some of north korea's bluster. they will bluster. they are going to suffer for the regime which is in place. there has been a consistent cost for working through china also in the empowerment of china in the north korea question, but ultimate some point we need to draw a line in the sand. if i want to go back in history, what happens when we don't -- when we don't draw a line innocent? we can go back to the beginning of the korean war, when under

south korea, somebody in north korea gets bent out of shape. as i was there, i turned on the television, and a network, whose name i will not mention, was talking about south korea going to the subway and exercises for some type of a military assault on the north. the stores were jammed, the streets were jammed, i called my wife and said everything is fine. the -- the the, you know, continues but, you know, it's very interesting is the fact you're going see china when this is a lot of profit or anything china is very much concerned over what happened to kim jon un's uncle because one of the reasons why he was executed was because a portion of real estate was sold, i guess, in the -- industrial area, and the chinese were amazed because that's the joint effort. .. with the korean built cars and the korean named cars made here in america given the greater market share. so the alliance between the united states and korea in my view continues to grow stronger and in light of what's going on in north korea. so, well thank you very much for coming and

korea along those two different axes and be prepared to defend south korea. be prepared for instability within north korea. i do not believe that kim jong- un and the regime will change and open up, period. tilelli, you have the longest perspective on north korea. what are your views? >> the first thing i will say, when dealing with north korea, hope is not a method. hope for manyd on years and north korea will change and they have not. you can look at the various sine curves on what we have tried to cease anduade them to learize and at the same time stop their missile programs. general sharp is exactly right. when you look at the regime, job one is to keep the regime in power. of the the very danger entire situation there. the asymmetric piece of nuclear s, ciber, other weapons of mass destruction, operational forces, pose a very serious threat. in a very real sense, when you think about the peninsula forlf, it really is a hub stability within northeast asia. what happens there really has a affectrious or positive throughout the region. general thurman is ex

what does that mean stale soul alice is cold in korea many koreans celebrate and welcome the coming of the new year with their relatives back in a home towns. sunday night to start the durple rice cake soup that koreans tradition the sunday night the morning symbolizing that everyone is now won he told the children of the family balance their grandparents the needy is the receive some money which they are either expected to save for police to find books and other families also revisit their ancestors graves them pay their respects with a small memorial service all in all so now is the day on which families gather to share the kinks and was missing. as we head into the new. and she doesn't fourteen is the year off the whole storm the chinese say get the period associated with power and a close relationship with nature local governments in korea are also made me to use it to b's korea's force industry with the help of the new five hundred million dollars eco tourism project fully reports here on korea's western coast near the city of ponce and she income quito province lies fields of on

and in north korea. so charles, i wanted to ask you, when you came back, i know that you had said maybe "friend" isn't the way that you would characterize him. can you help us understand the relationship between rodman and kim jong-un? >> i will try the best way i can. you know, it started with it being publicized in the paper that kim jong-un was a bulls fan. dennis met a gentleman who would go in and out of north korea, out of new york, at an event -- an auction event that dennis was a part of and he spoke korean. he's been in and out of there. he's a professor. and that was kind of the start of dennis going to north korea to getting an invite to meet the leader. one thing that i found in their relationship is that dennis is able to be accepted for himself and how he is there. it's very interesting dynamic. and dennis enjoys -- they had all the -- i saw some of the propaganda about dennis going there and women and lavish lifestyle and all. it was none of that. >> not that you saw. >> basic meals -- no.

and citibank korea customers was stolen. then again i did on. the amy while the number of bogus websites pretending to be financially agencies has jumped seventy nine fold in just two years after an added security agency says the total of websites that two people and revealing your bank or credit card information and in january to november period last year was over five thousand eight hundred compared to seventy four and two thousand eleven the number is up nearly forty percent from a year or about the keys official advise users not to connect to an intensified links and social media sites can avoid making micro payments. the moniker i'm stress it now says his new political party will launch in march and time for the upcoming local elections and to see at a press conference on tuesday union to co chair of sun's new politics committee said a preparatory body to oversee the party's formation will be established sometime next month. this means the june fourth local elections are lining up to be a three way competition between t

the reclusive state also said that before the two koreas can discuss the re union. they must address issues that have been raised by the norse in the past that is assumed to include a resumption of course to the mountain resort. ministry spokesman qin legal help of her reiterated that the malcolm them tourism and family re union issues should be dealt with separately. he said the two issues are not playing. and there's no change in schools insistence that north korea should first claim responsibility for shooting a south korean tourists dead in two thousand eight. the spokesman also urged north korea to show sincerity about toll's offer for talks. if it really wants improved ties 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 th

in 2012 north korea arrested u.s. citizen kenneth bae, a tour group leader and kornaled him with plotting a coup. kenneth bae was sentenced to 15 years of hard labour. the u.s. government says kenneth bae is incident and north korea never showed evidence against him. in a television interview dennis rodman suggested kenneth bae may be guilty of a crime, then cursed at the reporter interviewing him. kenneth bae's sister said the family is appalled by dennis rodman's comments. >> this is not a game, you know, dennis rodman can play the back of a game, media game all he wants with his own life. this is about a man's life that is on the line. i hope that he realises that. this is serious stakes. he has a family back home, a father of three children. we've been waiting for him for 14 months. i hope he remembers that. >> one u.s. congressman says dennis rodman entertaining kim with his favourite sport is like taking adobviously hitler out for lump. >> australia airline qantas had its credit rating downgraded by moody's. giv

korea's story is one of great economic success the korea emerged from abject poverty after the korean war to become one of the world's most vibrant economies pick in fact within the span of 60 years, korea has moved from estate dependence on foreign aid to becoming the 12th largest economy in the world and the number of exclusive club of developed nations. in fact, the highly respected financial affairs journal recently taken south korea as one of the six hot markets to watch. according to the editors of foreign affairs, south korean has profited from smart leadership, proximity to big employers, making their manufacturing driven becoming especially appealing for investors. does this mean everything is perfect in korea? no. economic and political events in other parts of the world can negatively affect korea's growth. the in the of quantitative easing by the u.s. federal reserve, economic policies of the new japanese government under prime minister, the volatility of the north korean regime and trade protection around the world can all chip away at the economic growth in south korea.

this website are also prevailing in korea. fashion websites look almost identical to that was the financial agencies and also the use of higher personal financial information. over fifty eight hyundai getz epstein to wear busted from january to november last year according to the ministry. that's seventy nine times in more than the number of sites to take it in just two years ago now that a load of personal information has been released increase the risk of financial scams. people are advised to refrain from clicking unspecified links from text messages and limit the amount of transactions made it to mobile phones. ut and added a new. hse and i ran out to the latest on the birth of the outbreak and the nation the government says it now suspects that a migratory bird called the bean goose can be the culprit behind country's first eighteen flu in three years. in addition to the bible killed docs are rationally blame for bringing the virus to korea the agriculture ministry says in a press release briefing on wednesday that age fi

army has about 20,000 soldiers stationed in south korea. the army deployed a new helicopter unit there last year for enemy surveillance. army chief of staff general ray odierno said the rebalancing of troops to the asia pacific region is based on a u.s. national defense strategy laid out in 2012. >>> leading american artists and scholars are voicing their opposition to a plan to build a new u.s. marine base in okinawa prefecture in the southern part of japan. filmmakers oliver stone and michael moore, and linguist noam chomsky, were among 29 prominent figures who signed the document. they say they oppose the plan to relocate the marine corps futenma air station within okinawa. they want authorities to return the land to the people but they oppose plans to build a new base in the same prefecture. the air base is located in a heavily populated area of okinawa. the people living there have been campaigning to move it off the prefecture. but the japanese government has decided to move it to another location in okinawa. the group's statement say

despite north korea's repeated calls to cancel my views as we're again. south korea made clear that the two men carrying event and the military training exercises are two separate matters. when we selected the days we consider the preparation process and long term gun in their currency holdings than a re unions. 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 difficu

south korea's once again urging north korea to respond to scholes proposal to hold a new round of the unions for families separated since the korean war child has suggested holding the remains in the third week the fed every tuesdays after telling him to propose to meetings be held the unification ministry said thursday that the north shouldn't have made its proposal to hold the free unions. if it was as sincere as it will only start the feelings of the separate the families. 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 wit

china and south korea have both reacted strongly. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson watchman ying said that her country has lodged a protest about the revisions. it's really sad. we didn't. and this historical facts and two kids and generations. i feel it is today. they should stop such publications and work hard to improve relations with neighboring countries in south korea first vice foreign minister kim dili on summons. japanese ambassador for will be shown to the ministry. he strongly protested against the revised manuals the foreign ministry later accused japan of planning to teach false claims to its young people what is going on in a south korean government strongly condemns this action and demands the japanese government withdraw the menu and you yes you will. if your hair does not do this yet our government will take firm oddly appropriate measures officials in seoul say the likely won't discuss the issue with their counterparts in the chain business leaders in japan and china are eyeing each other's economies as new pla

we are still technically at war with north korea. and i think one of the difficulties for the united states attempting to support a policy of engangment with north korea. is that until that war ends north korea constitutions a security threat both to the u.s. allies south korean, and indeed othe united states itself. and how how do you justify engangment with an enemy? all i can say is that engangment has to start somewhere, and the longer they wait, the more difficult this problem is going to be. still ams inty international remains highly critical, demanding kenneth bay's release, and continuing to track the prison cities. >> make no mistake, you don't believe there has been any reduction in human rights abuse abuses . >> sadly no, and satellite analysis from as recent as may of 2013, confirms the continuing north korean investment in what we with call the architecture of repression. >> repression that human rights groups fear is getting worse. >> the united nations has established a commission of inquiry which will report its find

envoy to north korea says u.s. officials may want to get details from him. >> i think they are saying this happened. if dennis rodman can get insight and bring it back that is fine. >> reporter: what intelligence could the former nba stars bring? >> could be asked about kim jong-un himself and asked about who seems to be kim jong-un's right-hand man. after all information is very clear in north krorea it is not good to be number two. >> reporter: analysts say for all the drama this rodman trip could move the needle a little bit on the intelligence if the players could give indication of who the key people are around kim jong-un, his emotional state and body language this might turn out to be a positive. >> let's bring in the nba commissioner david stern, also racha rachael nickels. commissioner, thanks for coming in. rachael, stand by for a moment. what is your thoughts? you have been the commissionerer for 30 years of the nba. you see others show up in north korea, what goes through your mind when you see this? >>

it says south korea is occupying them illegally. >>> the leader of north korea used his new year address on state-run tv to promote unity in his reclusive nation. he said the execution last month of his uncle strengthened the country. kim was apparently calling on citizens to show their loyalty and try to consolidate internal unity. north korean authorities executed kim's uncle on allegations he was trying to launch a coup. chang song thaek was widely seen as the young leader's mentor. kim said in his address that 2014 will be a year of great changes. he said north korea will make what he called a fresh leap forward to build a thriving socialist country. kim also said he will work to beef up the military. he warned that another war on the korean peninsula would lead to a nuclear catastrophe. >>> people on the pacific island of kuribati have heard endless arguments about climate change. they say -- they saw, rather, negotiators at the latest u.n. conference go back and forth, then promise to submit targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, but for residents of kuribati, the time for t

korea has some -- at the moment. it could be a temporary phenomenon but definitely this is what you are seeing now. part of the reason, the export is growing, but later has been winning. in terms of the trade, it has become increasingly more so in the last couple years but expert growth is slowing, very natural to expect the economy grows to be effective. relief effective, appreciating since the crisis, yet that is not fully reflective of what is going on. and increasing, domestic investment overall, this again i showed you earlier investment problems but at the global level it is not the reallocation level, korea needs to raise investment rather than otherwise. the sudden drop in investment and slowing economic growth, slowing exports is actually driving up, despite their may have been some influence on the exchange rate, but that criteria, the yen, one has been appreciating a lot recently but that is not reflected on the trade side. it doesn't seem to be related to the real exchange rate going on in korea. japan ha

escaped to north korea was released on wednesday. the same day as the great leader's birthday. ♪ happy birthday to >> is that at some level kint of ping-pong diplomacy. >> i wouldn't choose dennis rodman to be my adversary. i think the people he's interacting with will be touched by his visit. i think the better model of ping-pong diplomacy is when you have normal people to people engagement. amnesty international believes this engagement is one of the ways that peaceful change will come to north korea. >> so there something to be gained in terms of developing a relationship. >> absolutely, we have to readjust our time schedule. the lessons we have learned from china, or south korea, that used to be a dictatorship is that engagement can help to transform societies and hope them up. through 25 years, through the helsinki process, the west engaged the soviet union, and the lives touched inside the sev yet union, they were the people helping reform when the opportunity began. >> frank spent 17 years in the senate former relations comm

korea? very reclusive, communist country. these are some of the things happening there. a mother being forced to drown her own baby. a prison camp inmate compelled to eat rats and lizards just to survive. these are just a couple of the atrocities documented by a u.n. inquiry into human rights abuses in north korea. want to bring in our georgetown university professor, victor cha, joining us from washington. also former director of asian affairs at the white house. professor, thanks for joining us once again. we have been talking about this all week. and you testified before the human rights committee about these atrocities that take place. a lot of people don't understand. they don't realize what's taking place inside that country, because it's so reclusive. open the window. pull back the curtain. tell us. >> reporter: sure, suzanne. there are no societies in the world, except north korea, where every ounce of freedom is completely squeezed out of the country. the stories you told are about

south korea. he sat down with his japanese counterpart julie cheaply high that senior foreign ministry official they agreed resuming the six party talks on north korea's nuclear program would be difficult as leaders there have taken no steps to dean of the rise in the agreed chinese leaders can play a major role in light of their close ties with the north koreans. i do. journalists working in the age of four broadcaster that's criticize the interim government are fighting for their freedom prosecutors say the indicted twenty correspondence for that atari tv station al jazeera. the queues them of defeating terrorists the journalists are sixteen egyptians and for foreigners prosecutors accuse them of spreading false information supporting a group and threatening national security al jazeera has been criticizing the interim government took power last july after the military ousted president muhammad more c officials ordered the rest of correspondence interviewed members of the o c support group the m

south korea's president auckland as for the first time. refer to the anniversary of normalization of the country's ties with japan the reference is seen as showing the positive stance toward improving relations being a man. jaime an exam room on the fiftieth anniversary of an online teaching of the two countries' diplomatic relations. japanese politicians get back on the right time as possible and having that. he was speaking on monday in seoul at a meeting of the women's association of south korean residents in japan. it has to get one. i believe in him and said nice things to carry out in some circles connotations yet it keeps her safety conscious and feelings to encourage excellence. tallinn the new policing that relations between japan and south korea have been strained over historical and other issues including sovereignty of violence in the sea of japan the united states has urged the two countries to promote bilateral line. i know him the interior sumo tournaments finished its fifteen day competition on sunday arsenal reporter kiddo

improving people's lives their team and having the relation odds with south korea. oh bobby gave the example of a new ski resort in its being constructed of very short time in and he's trying to use this to show how decisive he's being on the economy of convoluted and china and north korea appears to have to read close relationship that's changing. the tie is a much more conventional though it's when north korea conducted its nuclear test would be in china back to un resolutions to apply sanctions on north korea's leaders showed some frustrated that that decision oh they're also dissatisfied with the lack of progress on i learned to ignore reallhich does occasionally visit to china when their students how to climb. right now too formal. kim needs to consolidate his power further delaying his visit with us. this honestly. north korean authorities continue to dispatch workers to chinese industrial zones after the purge of council tax. china led efforts to forge economic ties with china the north's still hopes to rebuild its economy with cooperation from its powerful n

this is robin's fourth visit to north korea. this team will play games to north korean team on wednesday. it is expected to attend the game he is known as a big fan of us professional basketball analysts say north korea is trying to give the impression that it is flexible in dealing with the united states government level talks between the two countries have been suspended since february two thousand and twelve. for the rest of world whether our meteorologist roberts pena joins us once again robert. on slow start off with eastern asia here where i'm really odd compared to the rest of the world we're talking about north america earlier on in the hour. it's relatively quiet doesn't see effect snow across northern japan but nothing too serious not to be tapering off lieu of a low starting about their in eastern china that springs into the rain out there for you than with this notice to work its way onto a c so at least on that tuesday going into wednesday morning is to use a high pressure dominating much detail records korea. some

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in august, north korea rejected a u.s. envoy after we conducted military drills with south korea. washington says north korea must give up its nuclear arms before we negotiate. >> yeah, and of course we remember being in the news business that there was that veteran who was being held in north korea in the past. other americans have been held. so what do you think is different here? what's going to happen? >> officially, north korea says it guarantees religiouseedom. in reality, harsh penalties are given to anyone who contacts christian missionaries like bae, who did try to set up a secret operation and the north koreans discovered. incriminating evidence on his computer during a tour in 2012. north korea has detained at least seven americans since 2009. weeks ago it did release 85-year-old merrill newman, a korean war vet, who was held for weeks for alleged crimes committed during the 1950s. before him, former president clinton won the release of journalist lisaling after she and a colleague inadvertently crossed into north korea. bae has diabetes and high blood pressure. he was

twenty one times japan has a formal distance as the company onesteel korea's relations with south korea and threw it down on the house and painted japan south korea summit says he only has to cough is in both countries. lord jesus and administration of prime insistence on that maintains the historical interpretation of pbs cabinets. just us as japan nice to catholic school that discounts the area purity. so korea find it difficult to hold a summit of the early days. we want to build up exchanges through various routes including the foreign minister level the point that will open up as a bit tight to you. sarah and cousin our knesset any of this month the basement of all the japanese media said the city contradicted ping the escarpment the polish useful invention and called him only the couch. taxes don't have to be careful preparations for something to take place. coming up a three day walk a couple contest the ruling. ay ay ay ay the us. i did. just see this till we see him and sent the ball and counting in japanese on installation as opening times and ds. living room. the center the e

areh korea and south korea like east and west germany. that is the problem that we have. people in south korea protest all the time because they do not want to elect him. it is not the people. american citizen currently under arrest in north korea -- part of that interview on cnn. there is a follow-up from the family reaction. mr. rodman reacted angrily to a question about whether he was helping kenneth bae. accusationsd on that he attempted to topple the government. rodman suggested that he had done something wrong. the reaction from the family -- his sister says that the comments were shocking and outrageous. the married father of three suffered serious health problems and has been transferred to a hospital. stories go on to say that rodman did apologize for his statements. he says he was drunk when he made the statements. we're talking about the trip overall and the diplomatic efforts. is with theritics house foreign affairs committee. he is the ranking member. he talked about the trip and criticized on tuesday. here's what he had to say. [video clip] >> thank you, mr.

it says south korea is occupying them illegally. investors in industrialized countries watched stock market's rally in two thousand and thirteen central banks helped drive the recovery with monetary easing. bank of japan the us fed reserve and the european central bank. all pumped money into the economy hopes for an economic recovery in the us also pushed up share prices. tokyo's benchmark nikkei average surged fifty six point seven percent the biggest annual gain in forty one years. new york's dow jones industrial average was up twenty six and a half percent over two thousand and twelve. that's the biggest increase in the eighteen years and the frankfurt stock market rose twenty five point four percent but emerging economies end of the year with mixed results. share prices on them and buying market rose eight point nine percent however concerns about china's financial system cause the shanghai market to drop by six point seven percent and worries in brazil's economy is losing steam. push down share prices in sao paolo by fifteen an

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koreas, japan, et cetera. jonathan is the director of the john l. thornton the john l. thornton china center, senior fellow here. thank you very much for your attention and onto david. >> thank you. thanks very much. great to be a and also a wonderful to see such a big crowd. this is one of my favorite events after brookings every year because i think this book really sort of, one i keep on my desk all through the year, both so that i can refer to it on deadline, which i've done on many occasions, and so when i talked so when i talk to my many friends up here i can remind them in december what they wrote in january. sometimes that's welcome and sometimes it's not. but it's always -- i have two observations from reading through these years, and it's quite excellent. the first is that it's about half as thick as last years was. the explanation i received, the official explanation here is that last year was the beginning of the second turn. the unofficial one is that this group to solve so many of the world's pro

he was talking about the international relations of north korea, which look very bleak. relations with south korea froze and united states are not going anywhere. >> kim jong un was simply reiterating his wishlist to improve relateses -- relations without if anything to achieve it. >> still ahead - latvia the latest country to join the eurozone. the promise of new technology. we look at what will be big in 2014. >> and jo will be here to pel you what psg are getting up to in their winter training break in the desert. those details in sport. >> denver is known as the mile-high city, the rocky mountain capital of colorado, where marijuana smokers can get legally high too. we have a report on how business is booming as it goes to pot from january 1st. >> harvesting and processing pot is a family affair at nature's herb and wellness center. three generations of ratherhams work here. >> we started with 10,000 feet. we have another 12,000, we have another 10,000 feet and plans for two to three more facilities of that size. >> pot is the biggest game in town in tiny garden city