so why has south korea said such a high budget for itself. others what you do to the swing of regional tensions especially on the korean peninsula of the wood growing threats from the north of us take a look of this part of which shows the defence capabilities of both north and south korea oh one to south korea's doesn't fall defence white paper or three house prices means troops in south korea the north has also the state advantage when it comes the number of reserve forces the past. china has thousands of conventional weapons double the number of combat aircraft to more than triple the number and eighty combatants. even though the more costly than numbers most of every season but ms old and worn out. lhasa last month for high tech weaponry the sauce not able to think in terms of quantity. south korea's focus on maintaining and upgrading its defense capabilities. so the care how concerned should the of north korea's new weapons system considering south korea's defense capabilities. most leos. on the top of the new stuff leo ruby. in the sens

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

south korea controls the islands, which japan claims. the new video on the foreign ministry's website is four minutes long. the old one included footage from an nhk drama showing a 1905 between japan and russia in the sea of japan. a spokesperson says the latest video was made to inform the international community that the islands are an integral part of south korea. south koreans call them toktu. japanese call them takeshima. the ministry plans to post a 12-minute video. the japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of japan 's territory. 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 men

in south korea is poised to have its most successful winter olympics today. that's because they're expected to send their largest delegation this time around stephen kaye joins us with the details below there. the ice speed skating has long been a strength for south korea and says peter stayed in recent years because of kenyan up another list of winter sports at the excel in is growing delusion which he aptly race pace up and be first on the sled is one of the international luge federation said that south korea has qualified in all four loose to someplace that the sochi games men's singles women's singles men's doubles and the team really impress the boss lady is making tracks as well. at the north american cop that made was that the team of one unit own handspun oh one the gold medal while fellow nationals to go down and some don't mean that the silver. and now with the result south korea is likely to send two teams to compete in the two men sports at sochi. now moving on to golf the lpga is making it a little bit sweeter to be a golfer on its core. he unvei

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

this historic evidence in support of south korea's ownership of the audience. the foreign ministry said in a briefing that the video is to spread the truth that don't go to south korean territory intensive history geography and international role. it is south korea's second stop the promotion video portions of a's visit has not only in rage. asian countries but also to be denounced by a jewish scholar with these slime in the days unfold center. cctv news but to rabbi abraham cooper who is being considered was interviewed before my japanese soldier who served with the notorious unit seven thirty one. defoe was surprised to hear that the soldier believed his work was honorable. unit seven three one developed a brutal chemical and biological weapons which it used against chinese civilians during japanese aggression in world war two. bentley said. every year for reunions of people who were involved. meaning also the failures been before personal responsibility and failure. like generations to understand what actually took place because when people injured and read

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

i did upcoming working between south korea had us that to me. we've been in obvious reference to military drills that are scheduled here in late february but this is often noted that could be helping with the vendors. the takeover of washington is it that all this is not to the dprk supposed to hold a family reunion. possibly if the conditions are right at the moment. in response though here in south korea the education ministry immediately held a press conference expressed its regret for the rejection in particular the ministry had been specially regretful that the dprk would love a humanitarian act. we re union with a feeling it'll military exercises that you should be dealt with completely properly because we're sorry about the different issues here that the ministry also granted him leave for wanting improve ties the two countries. thinking that the dprk should show that he did actually willing to improve ties to two words but to concrete action but one government official years according to the actual reason for the rejection could be the c

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

with plans for twenty fourteen the extension of the olive branch to south korea the story similar to that i'm ten years it's thursday jack during second year in korea life of full time and trouble and thank you for joining us. we begin this evening in scheduling city where the government kicked off the new year with its first meeting of two thousand fourteen are fuzzy hair has more unhappy year old said even a step closer to becoming the central administrative hub of korea the korean government held its first meeting of the new year on thursday in the central city of scandal it was the first time that meeting was held in the new administrative city that meeting led by prime minister taiwan was also broadcast live at the central government complex a scholar the government's annual new year's meeting has been held in store for the past forty years. but starting this year it looking nice that the government complex in schedule around six hundred officials that represent government and he's in the healing ministry that popped up part and the needy prime minister thomas said the nation's

south 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 little eyes a bit like you. south korean present time the man said earlier this month and it's regrettable said japanese leaders have recently contradicted previous cover my apologies for aggression and colonial rule in asia fox says there would have to be careful preparations for a summit to take place. bad relations with china have also been rocky its ambassador to the us says the chinese have been conducting a global propaganda campaign against his nation. king ichiro sauce diana wrote an opinion piece for the washington post saying it's not japan but china and most of asia and the international community worry about. the ambassador says china's military buildup and the use of military and mercantile corps were shining feast neighboring states is a matter of concern he adds the most recent example is beijing's unilateral declaration of an air defense identification zone over the

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. instead two to refer to him as a factional is to help and so every new thing in the spread of the ruling workers' party time was executed in mid december after being charged for trying to overthrow the government. also when speaking with this widely cited to us no group of top officials made their annual visit to the concert and palace of the side. he respects the reasons you lately there's been a song and tudung it. this bodies minds take their uni and i didn't use. the corio railway corporation is doing all it can to normalize train services following a three week long union strike that officially ended on tuesday although all union workers are back on the job for rail operated services are n

i don't think any serious quotations in china south korea and other countries to the other is totally let my fingers that the united states' own stunts all it stands. it doesn't last. we look at lights on. this isn't the usual white and wrong china's foreign ministry has urged japan to develop a correct understanding of history and draw lessons from this mill a tourist pass. in eighty nine japanese leaders have made clear this stance by actions to shell they want to revise history of the patient and glory fi classic the war criminals. we are to japanese to stop with the caveat and stuff will be in the wrong direction japanese leaders to not have a crack understanding which are testimony to his agent to atone for that you need to not learn from history to not stick to the peaceful development and to not adopt responsible policies. japan will be let down and dangerous and incorrect path south korea's foreign ministers in washington to discuss a number of complex issues that have heightened tensions in the far east. no more so than recent visit by japan's prime minister to the controvers

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

when my friends see me on the show, they'll fantasize about south korea. they'll say i've changed a lot. in north korea i never smiled. >> narrator: the show is part current affairs... part talent show... part beauty pageant. >> north korean defectors have emerged as very quiet agents of social progress in north korea, because people often assume that they just leave north korea and that's it. and at this point where you have over 20,000 north korean refugees that have resettled in south korea, that's a significant population that are joining forces to reconnect with their families back inside. and when they see that one of them can leave the community, go to south korea, that's a huge wake-up for them that shows just how much more advanced and how much more open south korea is. >> narrator: jeong is back in seoul, meeting with a group of defectors who are plotting against the north korean regime. >> narrator: yong hee and her husband jeong oh have found another way to penetrate kim jong un's secret state. >> narrator: like jeong, yong hee says she suffere

access today's recipe please visit our website the stories making headlines this hour south korea has offered to hold working level talks on trade unions for families separated since the korean war goes unanswered speculation is that tongue and baby molly. the proposal a further escalation of tension between korea and japan sold in venice to do is play in korea controlled island of vocal its new guidelines for japanese textbooks for middle and high school. the us federal reserve at curing set to further scale back the stimulus package currencies bonds and shares were hammered in emerging markets. 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 k

this is not just about the relationship between china japan south korea. this is a violation of the promise that appendage to the international society after the second war war. all they can have in japan and china salutations to that of the uk and the gemini before the festival of war at the davos forum recently which was met with the backlash of criticisms. q i think the prime minister of that does not want to improve the relationship with china and all you could also think that it is obvious intention to see patients between japan and china moscow saw keith says only with patients as the bases and japan imported weapons from the unites states which would then enable you to dispatch forces overseas to get the exercise is quite subjective self defense. the gentle cctv. a special envoy for the dprk glyn davies has met with chinese officials here in beijing to discuss the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and resumption of the six party talks at a news conference he called on the dprk to return to the six party talks as soon as possible. so force her

i don't know him the white wines as our south korea leads the door open for the last reason to stop or reinforcing products and north korea is mounted on wednesday after it rejected souls proposal for the indians at least everybody to read. if you think it can to the united nations also feel that the friends of organs carriage wheels back with vijay. a family of rival political parties wrangle over the government wants to be regulated medical industry this is an absolute scheme the thai health service it's a start for primetime. while i'm ten years it's friday january ten here in korea one from full time teaching them some unpaid so much for joining us. we begin with souls persistence to start the new year with an improvement in inter korean relations. after 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

korea warned south korea and nuclear war on wednesday's annual toy itself for us to spend strolls begin 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 defen

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

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

you love the dprk as ambassador to china has repeated increase in demand by his country for south korea to cancel its forthcoming joint military exercises with the united states. the city the likud usual i go to for this we again propose immediately and unconditionally halting all military and hostile acts involving fellow countryman south koreans in collusion with outsiders the united states' request the south korean authorities take the crucial position of counseling he was old and full legal joint military exercises which declined to state funding and if every as long as the anti dprk policy by the us continues we cannot expect any resolution of the nuclear issue and the safety and security of the korean peninsula. every contentious between china and japan have been on the rise for the last few weeks but the latest episode coming as defendants demanded school history textbook. but the dowdy islands as japanese territory of the two countries have sent sixteen s drum better break and a spokeswoman for the chinese foreign ministry on tuesday once again urged japanese leaders to reflect

people in south korea see ahn as a hero who sacrificed himself for independence. south korea's foreign ministry announced on sunday the completion of a hall honoring ahn in harbin in northeastern china. the monument was built at the harbin train station. that's where ahn, a korean nationalist, shot dead hirobumi ito. at the time the korean peninsula was a protectorate of japan. it was annexed the following year. the japanese foreign ministry has launched a protest through the chinese and south korean embassies in tokyo. >> translator: we see ahn jung-geun as a terrorist who was sentenced to death for assassinating japan's first prime minister. >> he also criticized the coordination between south korea and china. he said it does not contribute to peace and pop ration in east asia. in june of last year south korean president park geun-hye asked chinese leaders to build a monument while on a visit to beijing. >>> china's economy is once again showing some momentum. biz team ron madison is here with more on that. ron? >> investors have really been waiting for those nu

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

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

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

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

. >> the japanese school textbooks causing a storm in south korea. >> and how taking the law into your own hands is becoming legal in mexico. >> a late night deal between protesters and the government will be put to the test. viktor yanukovych promised to scrap anti-protest laws, and that will be discussed at a special mermentry sayings. demonstrations began in late november when viktor yanukovych shelved a deal with the european union, and looked for a bailout loan. nick spicer joins us from kiev to tell us what we are expecting to see out of the parliamentary session. >> look, it's judgment day for ukraine, that's what the opposition leader is calling it. nine weeks of protest, increasing violence, a president that is no longer in control of half the country. this is a situation where we might achieve a consensus that will move the country forward. they'll bell -- be talking about amnesty, rescinding anti-protest laws which was passed through parliament, and is widely seen as draconian, permitting the defamation of public officials, people have been driving in convoys, and losing lic

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

request south korea has proposed a d for re unions a family separated by the korean war. while hopes are high and the much anticipated event taking place for all salute concerns that the upcoming soul washed in joint military exercises could be a major hurdle for palm sunday reports. family separated since the korean war will have the chance to see each other again in mid february. if north could be at least two south korea's offer made on monday considering the wishes of the separate families. we propose holding around the family reunions of a monk from the resort from every seventeen to twenty seconds for sixty eight. this follows ten and surprise proposal on friday at the beginning and squeeze in at a convenient time for soul after the lunar new year holiday which falls at the end of this week the education ministry said the proposed dates are flexible and pass to hold working level talks on wednesday at the transparent of parliament that define teen piggy tails. candy and made montana later date sometime after the joint military drills between seoul and washington whi

learning them relations with china south korea will be easy. ernest thomas says he wants to explain why he went to tuscany shrine. but he admits that talks with china and south korea. i'm not on the prize. and south korean prison camp communities. seas to see. she suggested on monday in her first news conference of the year that it would be difficult to hold a summit meeting for the time being. mark says japanese leaders have recently being called dragon king. apologies for the country's i'm gracious and corny unloading days. as for china. a spokesperson for the foreign ministry says. and this time it keeps repeating that he attaches importance to the nations as china. but he who sees it. a spokesperson says i close the door to dialogue and that chinese candle to welcome a japanese leader when this kind of mindset. his focus will remain the economy. and his plans to call in japan out of deflation. mr knows japanese and people of color to pay much attention to the fate of his economic plan. pick up in the mix he knows his cellphone trading is a

it's irresponsible of the company. >> south korea is known to be an it powerhouse. a problem is a national embarrassment. >> the credit card company is one of three that is targeted by a loans company looking for information about potential customers. an employee for a credit ratings agency went to the company, seized as much information as he could before passing it on. all three companies are in full damage mode. >> the possibility of a secondary damage is slim as the defamation was not circulated. however, note that there could be attempts of financial fraud taking advantage of the current situation. >> around the country people have logged on to credit card account to find out what has been stolen. in this ace id, credit accounts, among a raft of information that has gone missing. not the least the president, and the secretary-general of the united nations. the prime minister says an investigation needs to establish what happened and systems toughened up to make sure it can't happen again. >> still ahead: bloody clashes between police and protesters in ukraine a

korea, which was talked about, south vietnam being like south korea, they just didn't have it. kennedy approved the overthrow of president ziem in 1963. the cia helped engineer that and of course president kennedy himself unfortunately was to be assassinated three weeks later. so therefore you have, you know, i think historically an opportunity that early to maybe prevent the tremendous loss of, not only american life but of vietnamese life that followed the administration of president johnson and then of president nixon. bearing in mind that as many americans died under the administration of president nixon as did under president johnson. so, you know, early on, david had per stamp, my colleague, wrote in the best and the brightest, this was the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time and i didn't necessarily agree with him then but i agree with him now and i doubt that even an extended, continued american effort could have forestalled an ultimate nationalist victory and a nationalist victory in vietnam would have met supremacy of major force in vietnam and today which

he reiterated south korea's position against of this shrine visits. she not so says the langham telephone tied to us secretary of state john kerry on tuesday. their agenda putting included issues on japan. i had already country the foreign ministers and the mesh and gemini and vietnam via phone on monday to discuss matters concerning japan. chinese president hu shi jian ping deliver the new year's address focusing on his country's best was the speech was broadcast by state run tv and other media on new year's eve. she emphasized result achieved in two thousand thirteen sections economic policies and anti corruption measures he said his government as john the ground and blueprints for the country's future development. he said china will press ahead with reforms in twenty fourteen to make the country and strong the one living being has been going on usually topped with human woman. usually until one of me. nonetheless the tenth of the month. what in the queue up. should it go but in the tie shoes and go home only to know what i'm going. chatted for the

he's calling for dialogue with china and south korea to improve relations. abe's faced criticism after his visit last month to yasukuni shrine in tokyo. the shrine honors japan's war dead, including military and political leaders, convicted of war crimes after world war ii. >> translator: because there are challenges, and problems, i believe we should be open to dialogue with no preconditions. i would like to explain directly to the leaders of other countries my true intentions in visiting yasukuni shrine. for my part, the door to dialogue is always open. >> abe says he will continue to try to revitalize the economy. he says his goal is to take offensive moves to boost business across the country, and end years of deflation. he hopes improved earnings at companies will lead to higher wages and more personal spending. the prime minister also spoke about nuclear energy, a major issue in the wake of the 2011 accident at fukushima daiichi. he says the government has no plans at this point to build new plants. >> translator: only those nuclear power plants that s

korea. ministry officials will tell education boards across the country about the revisions. they will also urge pb lishers to reflect the content of the new manuals and textbooks from the 2016 school year. education minister says it's important for children to have correct knowledge of their country's territory. >> translator: there's no incompatibility between clearly teaching children about the country's territory, and maintaining friendly ties with neighboring countries. >> shimomura said he will work with the foreign ministry to explain japan's position to neighboring nations. >>> china and south korea have reacted strongly. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said that her country has launched a protest about the revisions with japan. >> translator: we demand that japan recite historical facts and teach its young generation a correct view of history. they should stop such provocation and work hard to improve relations with neighboring countries. >> in south korea, first vice foreign

it is it a great leaders in south korea and china. the us government expressed disappointment as did many japanese cities. a stamp machine for japan to be allowed to exercise the right of collective self defense or the right to defend allies that come under attack. but to do that he needs to change the long standing interpretation of the constitution that self defense force is only protected. members of clc peace coalition partner elbaradei based cancer prime minister of the screen trying to leave behind a legacy something he failed to do the first time he was in power. while few firsts are opposed to the ideal fix the economy. they're divided over his face and after hearing us. i don't know says economic policies can to support high. but still it seems he wants to find time to focus on his other priorities. my mind in any ski world. don't you know aye aye aye aye aye aye some familiar faces on the japanese political scene are gearing up for a fight to leave the country's capital their mapping out their campaigns for tokyo governor th

the visit angered leaders in south korea and china. the u.s. government expressed disappointment, as did many japanese citizens. abe is now pushing for japan to be allowed to exercise the right of collective self-defense, or the right to defend allies that come under attack. but to do that, he needs to change the long-standing interpretation of the constitution that self-defense forces can only protect japan. members of the ldp's coalition partner have already raised concern. prime minister abe is clearly trying to leave behind a legacy. something he failed to do the first time he was in power. but while few voters are opposed to the idea of fixing the economy, they're divided over his vision in other areas. abe knows his economic policies have kept his support high. but still, it seems he wants to find time to focus on his other priorities. mayuko ambe, nhk world, tokyo. >>> economic figures have pointed to a rebound here in japan. however, not so fast says the latest data on the country's debt. ron madison is here with more on that. ron? >> y

if china or south korea, the governments were looking for something more, they didn't get it. that's to be expected. shinzo abe's position on going to yasukuni, and other kinds of conservative movement actions are part of his general political program. we are going to probably see a lessoning of tensions and confrontation. at least japan will work hard for that because they want to have nice atmospherics for the arrival of barack obama in the spring. the united states role is fraught because the u.s. is the military ally of both south korea and japan which has a territorial dispute and united states is in some kind of competition with china while being japan's ally. this is a dicey position for the united states. it's trying to balance all kinds of different agendas, not the least of which is that it owes japan and china a tremendous amount of money. these things come together and make a difficult package. to think that big brother america will come in and make peace is a little bit too hopeful in my view. >> a severe winter chill in the united states is getting worse. people

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

the he was secretary of state john kerry will travel to south korea incendiary than this it will cap off a series of recent trips to the country by senior us officials. kerry is expected to focus on north korea on his knees with his south korean counterparts that is it still was disclosed on wednesday south korea's special representative for the korean peninsula peace and security affairs children on that the us special representative for north korea policy grandbabies and sell. sharon said it is and critical moment to closely watch the news that north korean leader kim jong on. he said south korea and the united states will hold a joint military exercise next month as scheduled despite the north's demand that it be canceled. he will have to make sure that north korean musician. we became his certificate nations. and finds that possessing nuclear weapons is not actually in these two teams interests davey said pyongyang must take concrete steps to what the new position. what this exciting new kid talks to be listened to it were. hope that they had two pm. to change their attitude chan

he was talking about the improvement of the relations with south korea, which were at an all-time low, on the brink of law. kim jong un was talking not only about his domestic affairs, the excuse of his uncle as the cows of the antirevolutionary faction which he prays. 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

see also criticize the coronation between south korea and china he said. it does not conjure be to peace and cooperation in east asia. in june of last year south korean president packer that chinese leaders to build the monument was on a visit to beijing aye aye aye aye aye. three major south korean credit card firms have been getting floods of inquiries after that personal information of over one hundred million customers was leaked that number is twice the country's population representatives of the company's apologize for the leak in a joint news conference in seoul on monday south korean prosecutors say the movie the day include credit card numbers expiration dates and names and phone numbers of some one hundred five million cardholders. but prosecutors say an employee of an information security company assigned to the credit card firms sold the data after copping them onto a memory stick. officials of the credit card firms say there's no possibility that the leak has caused any damage. they doubt the personal identification numbers and security pros o

after a meeting with south korea's first five for men is taking the honey solid tuesday currently the firm washington's commitment to its ally express once again the strong american support for president parts principled approach to the dprk and stressed once again the strong american support for the defence and security. the republicans agree with. a us diplomat is expected to discuss the current state of north korea with officials in china before moving on to japan where the country's denial of the historical wrongdoing will be taken out. once the threat that this trip. us assistant secretary for the bureau of east asian and pacific affairs that killed myself will attend a bank in china and japan will visit seoul and sunday to share the results of the discussions in beijing and tokyo. on sunday he meets the korean trade official who was kidnapped and the libyan capital tripoli and sunday is safe. according to an official from korea's foreign ministry though he did not specify how the information was obtained the official added that the government is preparing for any scenario but ca

have 636 in south korea as well. look at the jgb. money is continuing to flow. >> that his safety. >> he of the five-year and not 20 basis points. yet the tenure at 62. yet the 20 year at 145. you see more movement in the shorter end of the yield curve. have treasuries of 271. he had to look at the five-year. -- you have to look at the five- year. of a self- bit fulfilling prophecy right now as people concerned about the safety causing another wave of concern. this is where we are right now at this moment. thank you for wrapping the latest action on this selloff. as the sochi olympics get underway in russia, japan is looking to 2000 2001 tokyo plays host. one of the key decisions before them is whether to legalize casinos. wider and broader support. >> from the corporate community. they are supporting a rival industry if you will. we have an increasing number of corporate leaders in japan coming together to speak in support of legalizing gaming. paving the way for casinos to the yearapan by 2020, the olympics comes to tokyo. we have

ringing in the new year saying north korea is stronger, and having kind words south korea, but not for the us. >> reporter: north korea's leader says they are all the more stronger after the removal of this man. >> our party took firm measures to get rid of the faction of sewage that permeated from within. >> reporter: this is only the second time, kim has given a new year address to his people. the first time, last year, prompted speculation about a new style of leadership. but this purge seems distinctly old style. >> the whole process of purge and execution of someone such -- such person of importance was just to demonstrate that kim jong un is now in control of the country. er >> reporter: he was seen as an architect of north korea's policies, but kim seen here inspecting his country's first ski resort, wants to continue economic reform, and he knows he needs peace and better relations to achieve it, even appearing to strike a conciliatory tone. >> translator: an atmosphere to improve relations between the north and south should be prepared. slanderous attacks shouldn't be carried

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

. >> why can't we be like south korea? governor talk to the of texas, they created one third of the jobs in america over the last 10 years. they will probably become the first digital state. west virginia could learn from that. i think we need that as well. >> media types toss around the word "cloud." big data and all the rest. define the cloud for our viewers. >> the cloud is very simply the ability for the viewer to get access to any information anywhere in the world. the cloud allows you to do that very cost effectively. what is exciting, the word cloud, mobile, big data, cisco is the network. it used to be a processor- centric environment. big processors, mainframes, etc. it is now mainframe centric. question, are there other edward snowden's out there that could make your life miserable? >> i am a believer in transparency. we don't allow any government in the world including our own any unique access to our products. there are no backdoors. we don't help any government in the world. if the russian government trusts us

economic policy which is south korea's leading institute concerning global economic issues. and also as ambassador for international cooperation and g20 for the republic of korea, it pretty busy. dr. lee, we look forward remarks and to speak for about 15 or 20 minutes and then open up for questions. if you see me waiting over there, that would be the highlight that it's time to the question. and then at 350 time that we have another korean guest, mr. senator mitchell -- mr. cho. did he come yet? he wanted to make a few brief remarks on korea's role on the global economy. dr. lee, the floor is yours. >> let me get my watch out. well, great, thanks. what i plan to do is spend five minutes discussing about the global economy. next five minutes how the g20 views the concentration, and the next following five minutes on the current economy. to i will sort of spend five minutes each on three topics. they're all interrelated. the first five minutes of speak as the president of kei because that's our own institution. so the following five minutes, sherpa, g20 sherpa is that is what