well may not come immediately to mind but seoul has become a world class beer town in musicals are the new hot to get in the nation with a number of popular films and novels being transformed to fit their korean audience is for tgi and takes a look at what's drawing people to the theaters musicals are between nazis and the big apple that right here in seoul as well. again more mass appeal by kathleen mullin and green week he starts to dry knew the answer to the theater and seventies musicals which are the some western novels and films have in the match into thinking green on he sees some the high season causing her yet this does it include the three musketeers which features to the stars turn these are actors and a look in his time who both play the role of activists including john s airmen the sun a novel by alexander dumas that was it recounts the adventures of a young man after the mold to travel to paris where he meets friends who live by the motto all for one and what's wrong. another musical ghosts tires twenty six year old actor to one as the meal the esc week and seen attorneys

primetime years it's what's a ten year a fifteen year in korea flight from seoul and see them from when things so much for joining us. we begin with the latest in korea sales diplomacy push present company arrived in new delhi india just hours ago for the first leg of a ninety two nation to war. he's special to hold summit talks with indian prime minister manmohan singh on thursday the presidential office correspondence art into was traveling but the president supports the start of possibly history. pictured with great potential. this is now officials at the presidential office of charlie did describe india eighty s the world's second largest market falling each time and with a population of one point two billion. it still lacks infrastructure need are many opportunities for korean business sense. as it yet has a lot of restraints on foreign investment. set precedent that turner stay in india will seek ways to make it easier for korean firms to entry to indian markets. who wouldn't korean companies have more opportunities to participate in india's infrastructure projects. if the governm

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 forced into sexual slavery by the japanese military during the second world war the document attached to a spending bill for twenty four eighteen. the us house of rep makes note of a two thousand seven resolution on the comfort women issue and urges the secretary of state league heart. the government of japan to address the issues raised in the resolution the two thousand seven resolution calls on the japanese government to issue an official apology for a torrid times excellence tre

for your dns and another begins get the latest online from seoul. any expert analysis from ages fourteen with the viewpoint only koreans local network and why on arrival that. he always on standby. south. japanese prime minister shinzo ave continues to rile his neighbors in northeast asia defending once again is visit late last year to a controversial war shrine. he also compared japan's current relationship with china to that of britain and germany before world war one. you leon reports on how both beijing and seoul were quick to respond. years go on and i am liking the scene releases it would have been that of germany and britain before world war one foreign ministry spokesperson denied and said there are state that the japanese peterson memory of history is wrong adding that japan should face up to what he did teach ins before world war one and in the early twentieth century before making any comparisons and when he led all to see the gp and need to come to terms with its military state history and the fins and colonize the sentence to believe th

get the latest online from seoul. any expert analysis from ages fourteen and smaller place with the viewpoint all the koreans local network and why on arrival that. he always on standby. south. sir seven are weakening global economic recovery to the big bite out of korea's benchmark index on monday in fact asian stocks across the board to start the week and decline. i can see and has a detox the sell off in global markets currently a show monday stocks across in the gym monday entry as worries grow over slowing growth in china and signs that the u s league east back aussie minutes measures. shares in seoul from the fight must go to strike the week the bag that costs be cut one and a half percent to close at nineteen ten after debuting as though actually can and nine at one point as lowest level since august last year. indexes in other countries meant so much the msci asia pacific index dropped one and half percent three four and a half month low. what you can see he got twenty percent to fifteen thousand the lowest cl

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 ishimaruis 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 prefer watching action films. men love their action films! i sent thskyfall recently

while the primetime years it's friday to an eerie seventeenth year in korea a flight from seoul and seek a common thing so much for joining us. we begin overseas where president aka nana on the last full day of her state visit to india pushed ahead with their sales diplomacy on friday meeting with korean and indian businessmen see at this size the importance of converging curry as hardware in india's software. the presidential office correspondence art into sends us this report from new delhi the trick volume between korea and indiana search more than fourteen hundred times since the two nations established diplomatic ties in nineteen seventy three. the president excess and this is only the beginning. during recovery a good business forum on friday chris and i pointed to the freeways you for your prayers. the two nations' economic cooperation cooperate in the sector of the creative economy expanded cooperation to small and midsize firms and upgrading the korean nda comprehensive economic partnership agreement the president had said that he is content and software now now together with ko

get the latest online from seoul. any expert analysis from ages fourteen with the viewpoint of the cold its local network and why on arrival that. he always on standby. south. yes during your ears press conference by the opposition party on monday he had there really was having a party held one of its own heat down to speed up the restructuring of the imbedded sector improve north korea's human rights situation. mackenzie reports well in pre teen comedy all called for a progressive reform the sector corporations any new year's conference tuesday is a major bull market or the managed and weighed down with that went to. my party will set up a committee for economic reform which will have to sub committees the past with reforming corporations and recently opened on the ball well. he also plans to boost domestic demand and foster the service sector. regarding health care policy. mom said the party wants to enable hospitals to form four that's the theory. then i get daily show with privatizing health care. when the health

seoul's foreign ministry said that it will be working closely with all channels including the libyan government for the safe and swift release of the absentee. it is also listed this special trouble learning that means all koreans from traveling to libya. sunny and nice. iran may be joining the syrian peace talks this week in switzerland said he was second in general kind humans invitation. the un will allow for provoking pull out right from the syrian opposition and a warning from the united states iconic and has more with less than three days until i'm more of an he's come to switzerland or the civil war and syria united nations has invited iran to the table in the case and the terrine has accepted speaking a surprise news conference at the un headquarters and a manx secretary then outlined the ones that iran needs to be part of the solution to this theory in crisis chlorine is that if an io read that phil corner of the negotiations is to use them. by dietrich was sent but rendition of the brain working with the port the sticky powerless. hines said iranian foreign minister there i

major roads in an ounce of metropolitan seoul area have been jam packed today but congestion is easing as the meat into the night decree expressway corporation says around four hundred thousand costumes and the soul of this friday while he the same number of cars left the capital traffic coming back to seoul is forecast to start getting congested. again from sun today morning instead of the pickup during the day as of just a few minutes ago he says so now the estimates each on time for soul to the southern port city of the size four hours fourteen minutes so that when she was three hours twenty minutes hence the eastern city of kunming he will take you two hours fourteen minutes. 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 eith

so before your dns and another begins get the latest line from seoul expert analysis from ages fourteen with the viewpoint only caught with its local network and why on arrival that. he always on standby. as part of her state visit to switzerland present walk in a visited a local vocational school in the capital city of bern on tuesday the benchmark switzerland's education system our present allows correspondent james hughes was traveling with the president tells us how the korean leader hopes to learn about how to create a more specialized workforce switzerland is well now for its educational system which is based heavily on the apprentice chef the youth unemployment rate in switzerland stands at seven percent the lowest level of that at least eighty countries despite its relatively low college entrance rates. this is because matt's high school students are treated vocational schools called for russia lake. brady spent three to four t so we can companies gaining experience in industrial settings. press them back together with president of the swiss confederation did he ever called her

get the latest line from seoul. any expert analysis from ages fourteen with a viewpoint on the cold its global network and why on arrival that. he always on standby. south. a controversial new subsidiary of the state trying to realign the reader called whale could open as early as this week. the creation of the affiliate is what sparked the nation's longest ever rail strike last month with unionized workers accusing call rail and the government of attempting to privatized rail service its proponents say the move will create a badly needed competition for the monopoly on salon has this report. real's new subsidy or read is a step closer to launch the state run rail operators says the affiliates which will operate its bullet trains departing from spruce up the station in southern seoul is beginning to take shape in the open as early as this week. call rail received a business license from the ministry of land infrastructure and transport at the end of last month and has set up is at its headquarters in paid on fifty e

the story below next up on sunday seoul and its uk announced on wednesday so much for joining us. we begin with another strain on regional ties soul strongly denounce tokyo's decision to subject another generation of schoolchildren didn't carry less to claims to crystal cove island officials also were to be reciprocal commenters and revise teaching guidelines are not withdrawn immediately i can use this as a jew has more on the souring relations between korea and japan. 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

having its proposal for family re union rejected south korea took another step to show its sincerity in seoul says it's willing to discuss the resumption of the joint tourism project near mount compound if certain conditions are met the hand that has a deep counts. souls unification ministry says south korea is willing to talk with the north about resuming tours to the malcolm thomas or tumble on the cheap north korean makes a proposal that includes specific dates i think the two koreas can have a discussion on the hope that malcolm dunked or sth friday's remarks came one day after tongue and turn council's offer for talks on the unions for families separated by the korean war the north questioned how the humanitarian event could be held right before daniel's south korea the us joint military drill set for fat dairy. 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

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shanghai at 5, seoul at minus 3. ulan bator minus 17 that's typical for this time of year by the way. and down towards the tropics into the 30s. those afternoon thunderstorms will start popping up for you. now into europe, the big talk here has been the low pressure area just west of the scandinavian peninsula. this is tapering off and the winds are calming down. you see that really loosening up here. fortunately, the weather pattern, high pressure down here towards the south. that's going to be keeping one after another, moving off here towards the north. so wet and unsettled conditions are going to remain the constant. very warm down here, though. and that's the big topic here for you, as well. seeing a cooldown by friday. but still look at your temperatures. well above average here across much of europe. that's a look at your world weather. >>> chinese rock singer might have this largest stage yet on state-run television. the rocker was an inspiration to many demonstrators during the 1989 tiananmen square protests

one hundred fifty people attended the rally in seoul. they included retired soldiers said north korean defectors they claim to ordinary citizens in the north are suffering under kim's dictatorship. they demanded he give up its nuclear development program and choose the path of reform and openness. they smashed the north korean flag and burnt in effigy of him. last month authorities and kill again condemned the rally by the same group as an insult to the dignity of their leader they threatened to retaliate without warning should the provocations be repeated. professor of tony cook university in seoul core you one has spent more than twenty years looking at north korean politics he gave us for their insights on the latest developments in the country their tongues and eight. the execution of kim's uncle with the jones' own cake and sing to him. changes in the power structure and fortune seekers kim jong hoon is likely to build the new leadership to stick to it by promoting others who oppose studio so the seams. on conducting a reign of terr

there is long-range artillery which has been an existing threat to the seoul metropolitan area. this was the context in which the alliance met this challenge with the revision to the new missile guidelines. agreemente came to an that we have called the revised missile guidelines which allows ballistic develop new missiles. it committed to improve intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities so if you're going to shoot at a target, you have to know where it is and what it is. enhancements to our working together to command and control so that when we face the situation where we had to use these capabilities, we do this deliberately and smartly. we are developing and will continue to develop a comprehensive alliance approach on the north korea missile threat. this is crucial given its evolution. finally on the nuclear side, i overlappingis four yet reinforcing lines of effort in how we deal with this north korea nuclear capability. the first is dean eyeing pyong yang the benefits of of nuclear coronation. onorth korean provocation any given day always has in the backg

reactivates and south korea have staged protests in seoul against on the day believed to be the north korean leader's birthday a torch flags of the neighboring country and depicted last month's execution of the powerful uncle of kim jung un raised tensions on the korean peninsula have prompted the united states to deploy more troops and heavy tanks in seoul as part of the so-called military balancing. thought international law to moscow more free in just over half an hour from now in the meantime is there a way to curb violence in america's murder capital shellshocked just ahead for you after the break. you cannot preemptively restrict your freedoms because of the fear of what something or how something might be used everything that has ever been developed has been used for a bad purpose baseball bats which are fun for you know for baseball players to hit balls you know they've also been used to be people today i mean we just cannot restrict ourselves because something might be used in the in the wrong way. approximately sixteen percent of imports came from illegal fishing. the europe

angry activists in south korea have staged a protest in seoul against kim looming on the they believed to be the north korean leader think they too were flags of a neighboring country pictured last month execution of the community. raised tensions on the korean peninsula have prompted the united states to deploy more troops and heavy tanks in seoul as part of the so-called military i didn't see. to bring up today for the moment the news team with wolf in just over half an hour from now in the meantime is there a way to curb violence in america's murder capital shellshocked just ahead you know it's international but if you're in the u.k. it's going underground with action returns. when a country experiences a tragedy like the recent terrorism in volgograd there question is what to do about it i mean we have to do something right let's never let a good tragedy go to waste one do remember recommends getting rid of the moratorium on the death penalty for prayers groups including terrorists because the death penalty is the perfect way to punish a suicide bomber also this do remember failed

angry activists in south korea have staged a protest in seoul against kim jung un and the day believed to be the north korean leader's birthday the torture flags of the neighboring country and depicted last month execution of the powerful uncle of. raised tensions on the korean peninsula have prompted the united states to deploy more troops and heavy tanks in seoul is part of the so-called military rebalancing. russian fishing trawler which was forcibly detained by senegalese authorities over the weekend is now said to be running out of water supplies moscow says it is prepared. to a court in the west african country over the vessels impounding greenpeace claims the boat had been fishing illegally as more. we're talking about an armed detention of the ship and some sixty two russian citizens that are on board about detention was actually handled quite roughly. because at least four people now off the course saying that they are actually medical help however they are not allowed to get off the ship in fact all of the russian citizens have had their passports taken away by the armed offi

get the latest line from seoul expert analysis from ages fourteen with a viewpoint on the covert its global network and one. for one hundred odd rifle that has seventeen always on standby. chris central bank has slashed its key interest rate unchanged at two a half percent for their eighth straight month in january citing improving economic conditions at home and abroad. the bank is also kept its growth forecast of three point eight percent for the nation's economy this year and ga has the economists have been betting on a rate cut this month but that did not happen following its monthly monetary policy meeting on thursday the central bank kept its interest rate steady at two and a half percent free the eighth straight month the bank said the local and global economies are showing clear signs of recovery and added that the korean economy is very close to reaching its potential growth rate of nearly four per cent offering growth outlook of three point eight percent for this year and four percent for next year the view that the government works on producg regulations for example the lo

get the latest online from seoul any expert analysis from ages fourteen with the viewpoint of the cold its global network and one on arrival that has seventeen always on standby. sout warner defense policy forum was held on wednesday were leaders in the field of brainstormed on ways to handle any type of threat from chung and our team and it was there and princesses with tensions escalating on the korean peninsula. because of an unpredictable more than a bit longer. scores of academics in the military expertsather wednesday at the asia pacific policy research institute security for the gold improving in its relations and defence policies. i see efficiency policy and research and student has sponsored a mossad has opened eyes. on more than two and a few times forty mins policy international symposium last ten years to pursue you mean a two d rational foreign policy object he was also to bring peace and stability in korean as well. cody is caught in addition to the leading researchers in the field before also welcomed by us defence minister takes him to. who said the military wi enhance

james rooney joinings us from seoul. >>> still to come, record high these year. we'll get more on that in the second hour of the program, coming right up. >>> you're watching "worldwide exchange." i'm ross westgate. the adp numbers in the states book the warm-up act for friday's u.s. jobs report. that as we get more dealing and details on the fed's position to taper its bond buying program. >>> microsoft shares down nearly 2% after hours. alan mulally rules himself out of the running for the top job as the tech giant. >>> deflationary eurozone pressures will likely back jack lew's call for germany to promote domestic growth as the u.s. treasury secretary lands in berlin. >>> and freezing temperatures recorded in all 50 u.s. states, including the usually warm california and florida as the polar vortex continues to reek havoc. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> a very good morning to you. if you've just joined us stateside, welcome to the start of your global trade day here on cnbc's "worldwide

we are counting down to >> trading in tokyo and seoul about to get underway. we are expecting a tumble. investors seeking safety. the yen is rising and gold is at its highest since november. the deficit deepens in japan. i'm going to take a look at the latest trade figures. the monday morning to you. i'm coming to you live from our asian headquarters here in hong kong and streaming on mobile and bloomberg.com. welcome to "first up." markets are closed. it does mark the anniversary of the first ship to rise in the country. this is basically trading at 86.9 u.s. cents right now. it continues to strengthen. japan is just opening. the nikkei 225 last to close. it is down. another 2%, extending the route we saw on friday with a 2% close. it is a 2% down, right at the start of the session. the dollar yen continues to strengthen, briefly touching on that 101 spot. is 14 to the u.s. dollar. in korea, the kospi is getting underway as well. we are expecting a broader route in the global markets to extend here in asia once again. 1.8% down. that is what we're seeing in s

over in seoul south korea, the cost being -- kospi is higher in it is a chilly day there seoul. s it for "first up"." ♪ >> good morning, everybody, this is "on the move," live from hong kong. protesters are trying to bring hancock to a halt. bangkok to a halt. the heat is on. the australian open is underway in melbourne. it is a holiday today in japan.

foreman has therefore seoul daewoo for record of football with sarah's osaka until the end of the year for love was voted best player for twenty ten world cup in south africa where he helped his side to fourth place finish. i do. do i'm scientific relations think this robot will make it quick and easy to detect will keep them in children the creek through the camera microphone and speakers to human or evening for an eu report to tell stories the messages among other things that the pay gap and helpful eye contact is established through suffering from porches and frequently struggle in social situations so is the machine robot grenade also helps to put children teeth. meanwhile contents is to develop a melbourne based on the steep rock upon which to post this on both the creation and i was doing and elisa to get her to this kind of robot human being for it and enhance the self appointed the plan to do this kind of protocol and chillin with autism and i typically develop into him because going to make sure to be kept or idk the years that week and do an analysis of separate those two. br

and seoul have been blamed. >> fighting between the al qaeda-linked group, islamic state of iraq and levant, and rebels is intensifying. there has been violence in aleppo and other areas. the rebels managed to score a win against the armed group. zeina khodr reports. >> syria's armed opposition is continuing its offensive against al qaeda. they have pushed fighters from thei the islamic state of iraq and levant. this one from a base in aleppo >> translation: we liberated our country >> this is what islamic state of iraq and levant is leaving behind. bodies of act visits. civilians, relief workers were held in the gaols. some were released. >> i was detained for two months, 20 days. my hands were tied and head covered. i can take you to their grave. >> five minutes before being executed the free syrian army arrived and freed us. >> territorial gains made by the rebels does not signal eminent victory. >> even though the islamic states in iraq and the levant may be on the offensive on the ground, it's been fighting back, fighters targetting opposition forces using suicide bombers, and i

these tiny goes to the steel mill which is a two hour drive by car from seoul noteworthy on that day on the aggies. ben the taking the time. a steel factory as fast and is the size of about one thousand soccer fields to capturing it on film won't be easy on the job. oh my. there also some attractions to see like rolling rolls which are like rolls of paper don't kill to sign to fill the hole you and treat before checking out the manufacturing process the spreads. h the chimneys the site's factory was covered on all sides. he made contact with a lot of references for the report. he always feels in you when you use on site. i really didn't feel a sense that it was a treat because everything was concealed and later i found of the reason why i'm such a selfless all concealed was because you know in order to make steel had to keep everything up. you know you keep this to go to melt as you roll it and to mold into pieces so on. there's a lot of noise heat and you can make a lot of love not the particles going around in the air so that is why. it is selfless old concealed its own when it fir

this is the only place in seoul where julio can be found. the seal lobsters are limited to the western slopes from an area between fourteen hundred meters up to the summit. they are. thus channels. these ice sculptures can be found here in singapore. three meters a year for the snow when i spoke to her on the trees. it is. such great numbers. just one listen to or play. what's so special. the soul alone to pray. it's sth. only a certain species of fun memories for can form the core of these little monsters. these trees thrive here particularly around monkey's so. i the also about two to three centimeters in length remain green throughout winter. with the beatles packed tightly together memories for becomes a magnet for the snow and ice we're in using time lapse photography. we can see these ice sculptures for me. we are here in the wind blows from right to left on the ice formation is left behind the last year in the air is frozen instantly as the trees are battered by strong winds you know. she changes along with the wind direction. juju is

or nuclear program has drawn criticism from several quarters, including these defectors insole -- in seoul. i am just an athlete, he told reporters. what his access can really achieve. very strange scene. last night we reported on the smog clogging many cities. of how the a story government hopes to tackle this problem. the leadingcome producer of wind power. almost a quarter of all wind turbines worldwide. david has the story. moment at a huge wind turbine. a massive blade is being maneuvered. this is the scene of a frantic boon in wind power. this engineer said it used to take two days to do one turbine. they can do to in a day. this is just the beginning. china wants to double the number of turbines in the next six years. they are installing thousands of these every year. biggest pushof the in renewable energy the world has ever seen. today the blades are hardly turning. turbines have been thrown up so alwayse grid cannot handle their power. it is a challenge getting the energy all the way to the cities where it is needed. everywhere you look there are efforts to meet the surge in deman

american ski champion lindsey told me sad to miss the winter olympics in seoul key. after undergoing surgery on ligaments in her right knee. the medical team sank a twenty nine year old will be back on the slopes for the twenty fifteen will championships. abomination the engine to me in february and then headed to daydream about the center in france last december. surgeons say the operation was a success and they expect a full recovery. the full times will cope when oh when rest before beginning a program of rehabilitation. new ac milan coach clarence a bill to supersede his first drops in every training session the thirty seven year old put pen to paper on a tutor coffee a contract after announcing he was to retire from playing on tuesday. it's a deal was with the presidio cobalt a photo when he got the cold. the dutch international spent ten years in the famed red and black that is the only player to afford the champions league before turning to three different clubs. the news business news for you your newsreader. it's all about news business and sports. it was al

the foreign ministry amount seoul will my 865 million to keep u.s. troops in south korea. 6%, more than what the government paid last year. it needs to be approved by parliament. >> significant mountain snow for the pacific north-west. not just for tonight, but through the time frame into monday. monday the snow will track into a clipper system coming out of canada into parts of the northern plains. let's talk about the storm we had. saturday night the snow is pilling up. sunday morning snow on the road. finally getting the snow. that's correct to an area of low pressure tracking in just the right spot. we have wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour in addition to the snow and the rain coming down. as we discussed. the wind easing up in parts of the west side of the pacific north-west. they are only internetsing as we head over into idaho and monty python and utah. very strong gusty winds for the first part of the sunday along with mountain snow. you can see that we are getting a significant amount of rainfall and snow overall. in 24 hours we had an inch

. >> harry fawcett, live in seoul. >> a former u.s. basketball star dennis rodman apologised for comments made about the american citizen. dennis rodman has been causing controversy with his fourth visit to pyongyang in less than a year. rod reynolds where weres ♪ happy birthday >> ser nayeding a dictator. dennis rodman crowned happy birthday to north korean leader kim jong un in the pyongyang arena. before leading american players in an exhibition game. it's the latest chapter in an odd relationship between one of the world's most oppressive rulers. >> i love the guy. he is my friend. it's dennis rodman's fourth trip. he calls it basketball diplomacy. >> everyone in the world will see that. take a deep breath and absorb this. i can look at certain things. it wept well for everyone involved. rodman has been criticised by the u.s. for his pandering to kim. who had his own uncle. north korea is a police state with thousands of political prison exercise an active nubbing leer weapon program. in 2012 north korea arrested u.s. citizen ken

the first case was reported in a duck farm, 300km south of the capital seoul. 644,000 birds have been slaughtered. 2 million are expected to be put down as part of a containment process. it's two years since the last outbreak. >> google and samsung reached the deal. the financial terms are not known. the company say the decision need innovation between them. >> the world bank pledged $2 billion. the funds will be used to provide universal health care and improve the struggling energy sector. >> myanmar has not been eligible for development loans. >> miners in indonesia lost their jobs because many have closed down because of a government export ban on raw minerals. it filed a lawsuit and demanded that the restricted be lifted. we have a report for a mine. it looks like ordinary soil. but this is one of indonesia's main export products. it's the raw material for aluminium. all of indonesia's minerals was exported to china. not any more. the mine closed down. more than 1,000 workers were sent home. nearly all the villagers lost their income. it brought a salary, electricity, roads and a

john. >> paula hancock in seoul. paula said that the family was shocked. i was shocked watching that. charles smith, one of the former nba players sitting next to him, he also seemed shock. since then he's done interview expressing some regret over the fact that he's part of this now. >> well, some of the men behind him looked uncomfortable. maybe they could only hear his side of the conversation but it was very combative. you have to wonder what does dennis rodman really know about what's going on in north korea. he seems to insinuate he knows more than than he lets on. >> he was alluding to something. >> but does at the same time he consider that he could be used as a pawn to basically poke at the united states. >> see if he says more after the game that could be going officer this very moment. >>> an avalanche in vail, colorado has taken the life of a 24-year-old. the grandson of the man credited with founding the resort. anthony seibert died in a popular back country area tuesday morning. he and three other people were trapped in this avalanche. it's n

bbc news, seoul, korea. >> what exactly is dennis rodman managing to do in north korea? i am willing to bet that not many of you would describe yourselves as midi the weapons builders, but yet, it is a real job. after all, someone has to make all of those swords that crop up in fighting in movies, and matthew is one of them. metal into swords in baltimore, and recently, we caught up with him to learn more about this curious craft. >> ever since i was a little kid, i loved star wars, and i have been making swords for 16 years now. are 18 and 21 years older than i am. they were into a lot of role- playing, and as a little kid, watching people fight with swords and armor in your front yard was pretty inspiring. when i was in high school, i i startedob, and sweeping floors and cleaning rusty armor. it was not so cool when i was in school. iseird guy in the basement what they pictured. nowadays, all of the movies and videogames related to swords, it seems to be a cool thing. they are really well known for the way they sound. they ring, and they resonate really loud on stage.

seoul just in the freezing mark with zero. and 7 in tokyo for the high. we'll be getting down near the freezing mark through the overnight hours, though. take a look over towards the americas and see what's going on here. we have one low pressure area moving acrossed northern rockies. that's bringing some snowfall and some gusty winds out here for you. some areas could see about 100 kilometers per hour. really is going to be blowing so the blowing snow, the big problem here, as well. less populated but the more severe storm is here in the northern rockies. more populated, less severe, is the one that's developing in the southeast. now this is going to bring some rain showers, also the risk of some severe thunderstorms even developing out of it. more so the temperatures will be warming up. you get rain on top of the snow pack, especially in the northeast, and we're talking about the risk of flooding. and that continues to push through. eventually off toward the east. take a look at your temperatures for some of you. houston at 22. atlanta at 13. remember a

in to seoul, 4, tokyo 9, down towards the south, high 20s to low 30s on your thursday. now in to the americas, what we have is several low pressure systems moving across canada. along with that jet stream. we have one system moving in from central canada into the northern plains. it's going to bring some gusty winds. not so much snowfall but snow that will fall, 79 in columbus, our winds are really going to be kicking up reducing visibility along with the windchill. ontario 5 to 10 centimeters of snow as well going through the next 24 hours. more the most part, high pressure is dominating and that's bringing dry conditions. not only that into the southwest what we are seeing is warm conditions there into los angeles. and it's not just that, one of these local things going on there is the santa ana winds. gusts up to 100 kilometers per hour from this high pressure off to the coastline along with these dry conditions, warm temperatures, extreme fire danger is expected there from san diego off towards north into los angeles. fire bans are in place. this is definitely a ver

even here border patrol guards keep a close eye on who comes into us the recent attacks in seoul on friday have underlined the activity. these are real threats. at the end of last year two suicide bombers killed more than thirty people there. dangers like this are nothing new says human rights activist stat line against kenya. attacks take place on a regular basis in russia. the country's authorities usually assume islamist rebels from the northern caucasus are responsible and respond with violence in kind. but that in turn spawned fresh violence dentist he views the heightened state of alert that a critical eye. the work at a specific none of the changes anything the tennis. as we know they have enough money to buy any policeman may want to the police department is the route through and through it's the tennis channel to get any valid documentation they need to have enough money for that as well as unique as his. at first the residents of such she hoped that the winner alan thinks would provide a stepping stone to a better life. it would be new streets and possibly gas and water connectio

inevitably leads to the departure of the syrian president said the shouts at which the government said seoul says he is in geneva say isn't this interpretation of the cheney though one communique that agreements that came out of the talks the initial polls here in geneva eighteen months ago that set the saying now that they are working. baby steps as you rightly point out that when towards the big issues the prelude to that is talking about humanitarian aid desperately needed to secure that we will need the local cease fires. and of course then theres the possibility of an exchange of prisoners. all these things on the agenda at least they're still talking part ii and returned even if there was some progress buy a domain humanitarian issue what sorts of problems on the grounds of the aid agencies fights. next problem is the main problem is that this is part of the reason why homes as being singled out as one of the fest areas where they can be negotiated here in geneva and cute and that humanitarian aid convoys send down a cargo and internet to ancient town the hoff a million people trapped

seoul a little cool, only 4 for your high. shanghai, 11. high 20s to low 30s across the tropics. let's talk about what's going on in the southern hemisphere. a significant heat wave across much of southeastern australia. you will be expecting a cooldown through the next several days. first i want to talk about -- see that swirl on the satellite imagery, that's the remnants of a tropical low that came onshore earlier this week. it's still bringing heavy rainfall around the border of western australia and the northern territory. some areas here seeing from 150 to 200 millimeters of rain. definitely the risk of flooding. things are dry toward the south, there's a cold front coming through that will push off towards the east. temperatures will be reflecting this thankfully. you have been seeing temperatures into the high 40s in some locations for the past week. 40, down to 28 by saturday. take a look at melbourne, nearly a 20-degree drop in a 24-hour period, all the way down to 23. definitely it is going to feel like night and day out here. summer back to normal temperatures at least

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 places to expand. even as political tensions between the two countries remained tense job opportunities are for xing for people in both nations and its perils. i can hear amigo to reports the front and eighty japanese firms and departing a job fair in d c and a mom therefore was eager to expand operations in china about five hundred chinese students. i think is the day about twenty per cent from last year. will they want to get the exterior is using the japanese fleet skills gained its first one. it also means that it's of course i take the strain by an adult i seem to account on what i want to do is enter a japanese company. japanese firms are creating a lot of jobs in china to its new way china's economic growth is slowing. to me the job over to the chiefs. so chinese students. wind chills that japanese companies walked on the we sp