i don't think the south korean people are happy about being vulnerable to whatever the u.s. military commands you know what i mean let me go back to brian i mean these to add this and that into missile defense i mean it just makes south korea target you know that the u.s. says it's which they are to protect their interest but actually it's not the who witnessed it is targeted to actually this missile system is targeted against china and again korea is right smack in the middle of all this go ahead brian indeed i mean that stands for the terminal high altitude area defense is meaning it provides an anti missile defense so-called for for missiles that are at high altitude if there was a war between north and south korea north korea wouldn't be sending up high altitude missiles. so which is thirty miles from the d.m.z. i mean on its face it's absurd and ridiculous clearly if that is against is designed to threaten china and to threaten russia to achieve what the americans hope to be a first strike capability exercising military supremacy in the future by ringing china and russi

military is not in the habit of respecting the wishes of the south korean people or even the full korean military look at how the u.s. imposed the fat battery on south korea without. prior approval or even his initial knowledge it came as a surprise to him that the u.s. was imposing a battery we're look at how the u.s. refuses to pay the unit costs cleaning up the environment to destruct destruction on the military bases it's close. i don't think through the south korean people are happy about being vulnerable to whatever the u.s. military commands you know what i mean let me go back to brian i mean these to add this and that into missile defense i mean it just makes south korea target you know that the u.s. says it's which they are to protect their interests but actually it's not the u.s. that is targeted to actually this missile system is targeted against china and again korea is right smack in the middle of all disco head brian indeed i mean that stands for the terminal high altitude area defense is meaning it provides an anti missile defense so-called for for missiles that are at hig

south korean factory owners make it their business is back. the case long industrial complex financed by south korean businesses and manned by north korean workers was close to twenty sixteen. after soul accuse north korea of using the workers wages to fund its nuclear program. but with the thawing of relations between the two countries comes hope the case on complex could be reopened. handy able in here and take it is all i hate the olympics will be attending points in a cheating in security he's and speeding up the reopening of the case on complex. that. is just. built into thousand four to stimulate cooperation between the two countries the case on complex is often seen as a barometer for the state of north south relations. at its height complex employed up to fifty five thousand or create workers. whose pay provided the north with much needed hard currency. the project's contributed almost two billion dollars to pyongyang's economy. when the complex was shut down north korean officials that sees the factories and the owner's assets. that's

however if you look back through former president normal here who was the south korean president during the time of george w. bush he also was facing enormous pressure from the united states yet he went ahead and went to pyongyang and met kim jong il and he signed a series of economic agreements so here he was much more forthright. warming relations with north korea than we have been who seems rather too cautious to me so i don't know if that's the nature of who the third threats that are going on behind the things one can only speculate but it is in the interests of the korean people both north and south that move to act now and take the lead improving relations between the two koreas and pick and accepting the open hand from the north koreans regardless of what washington it's the korean people who would pay the price if trump unleashes their. or if the north korean people are currently paying the price of economic. structure and caused by. corny and sanctions i think if time for thought create a committee you know brian you hear in the in western media is that. north korea is trying

the confidant of a former south korean president park geun has been sentenced to twenty years in jail on corruption charges trade soon sil was found guilty of using a friendship with park to meddle in state affairs for personal gain she was fined sixteen point six million dollars the corruption scandal has led to the downfall of many of south korea's political and business elite including the impeachment of president park last year it's actually going to joins us live from seoul natasha on a lot of attention has been focused on this case what was the response. jane there was screaming and fighting outside as a courtroom when this verdict was announced the reaction was from supporters of former president poc they were watching very closely the developments in the twenty case and are concerned about what kind of impact this could have on her case she is in the midst of her own corruption trial and a verdict is expected in her case sometime this year but with regard to chew way given the fact that many people describe her as basically enemy number one in south korea she might be the most

north korea and the general hope among the south korean government and south koreans is that perhaps this is going to be a breakthrough moment that will really begin the process of rebuilding the relationship between the two koreas so a lot of hope despite the sort of skeptics of the critics to. yeah there's definite skepticism critics are saying that this is more propaganda on the part of the north korean government an attempt to advance its agenda of keeping its. nuclear program also attempting to get some concessions and ease the saying sions generally speaking though while south koreans are transfixed by all developments in north korea and even before the pyongyang winter olympics begins there is a lot of optimism and excitement on the part of south koreans about being the host of this event. i hope that with north korean athletes participation this could be peaceful and picks and i hope we can achieve reunification between the south and the. regardless of north korea's participation the olympics should be a festival for the mood here is good in south korea is hosting the olympic

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and millions of south koreans tune in. so watch. i. did it again is how four hours of hard work ahead of them there are five players on each team the teams play three rounds against each other. each player is armed with a keyboard and a mouse the city glass booth to protect them from the is splitting noise in the stadium. the fans follow the action on giant screen t.v.'s. each team controls an army of superheroes the goal is to wipe out your opponent and take over his territory pack. lookout smith explosives. his maps parents keep a close eye on the school board. i things are pretty tense smathers team is in a tight spot after three hours the score is still tied the other team led by a stop called s.k. now looks set to when you think you have thirty seconds left to the rocks tigers are behind this could be the fifth time that s.k. team have won a championship that's it s k y n i c i i i think. of the. i. love you too i'm really sad my son played well but the other team was better i hope you'll win his next match and i'm still proud of

since the korean war she came with an invitation kim jong un is asking the south korean president in to visit pyongyang at a convenient time soon if this meeting transpires it would be the first time that kim jong un has met with the south korean president since taking office in twenty eleven president moon says he'll begin arranging the conditions to make that visit happen but he stresses that any rebuilding of interest in relations must involve dialogue between the united states and north korea u.s. vice president mike pence sat very close to the north korean delegation during the opening ceremony he m. a north koreans rebuffed president moon's attempts to facilitate a midi skeptics say that this north korean charm offensive is heavy on the symbolism but they doubt that it will result in anything substantive they say this is an attempt by the north koreans to drive a wedge between the united states and the south koreans into an advance their own agenda but for now president moon and many south koreans are encouraged by the prospect that what we've been seeing could be the beginning

and why do so many south korean men use beauty products? we meet a one vlogger who's trying to change perceptions about men and makeup. glad you could join us. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 9am in seoul, where, days before the start of the winter olympics, some of the athletes have been taking part in warm—up matches. not a big deal, but when it's a team made up of north and south koreans, the world takes notice. a joint women's ice hockey team played a friendly against sweden. it's being seen as a sign of reconciliation. laura bicker reports from seoul. fierce and determined, the korean players head onto the rink to prove they are notjust pawns in a political drama, or an experiment in sports diplomacy. they fight hard against high—ranking sweden, willed on by a crowd eager to witness a piece of history, and waving the flag of a unified korea. translation: i was so touched. ifeel so good because i felt the passion of the players, and it felt like we were one together. it was very meaningful to all of us, and especially for

south korean hazard and have visited the north. —— south korean presidents have visited the north. and so, in the south, there isa north. and so, in the south, there is a constant struggle, how do you deal with the north. but, the self's president coming to power and promising better dialogue. of course he would meet the sister and that she brought that message has resulted in these quite historic developments unfolding here at the winter olympics big question is whether its last? when it come to anything that all remains to be seen. howeverfor many anything that all remains to be seen. however for many south koreans who might be sick of the tension, at least there is some sort of dialogue. at least they are opening up dialogue. at least they are opening upa party dialogue. at least they are opening up a party discussion. the government has condemned the "appalling abuse of vulnerable people in haiti" and says oxfam has serious questions to answer over claims the charity covered up the use of prostitutes by some of its staff. oxfam insists it publicised the action it took against t

delegation and their south korean counterparts according to moon jay in the south korean president it is the only way forward to try and deescalate tensions here looking for the ultimate denuclearization of north korea but in the background is the united states concerned that this is a continuing charm offensive by north korea and that the south koreans are being beguiled the united states and also many protesters here believe that north korea has not changed despite all the smiles and that now is the time for a united front against what they believe is still a potentially very dangerous adversary and another of our correspondents in south korea is natasha good name she has more from come. from protesters at the border and the stadium too uncomfortable questions asked by reporters. it was a controversial arrival at the closing ceremony of the winter olympics for the north korean delegation. some south koreans are angry about the delegation leader general kin the young chore is thought to be behind attacks against the south including the sinking of a warship in twenty ten that killed f

many south koreans kim jong has quickly become a power broker in another historic moment south korean president mungy in greeted her at the opening ceremony before she sat near u.s. vice president mike pence the two didn't appear to exchange greetings then the moment many had been waiting for north and south korean athletes marched under a unified flag as a celebration of ethnic nationalism it's the first time they've done that at an international sporting event in eleven years moon said the winter olympics offer a meaningful opportunity for a world divided by conflicts to unite critics say the north korean charm offensive is only intended to advance its agenda and mosconi it was decided to look nice for a vial of this option if you would use chance chances is that president krom view authorizing me to take a ration bought as a program of ease that main ship fundamentals have not changed. i determined to have an end of this i.c.b.m. into continental body stick missiles capable of delivering a nuclear strike as a continuum for united states in the runup to the games the north koreans h

military is not in the habit of respecting the wishes of the south korean people or even the full korean military look at how the u.s. imposed the fab battery on south korea without. prior approval or even has and this . the knowledge came with a surprise for us with them paul we think if the battery were look at how the us refute the a the in. cleaning up environmental destruct before trucks from the military because it's close. i don't think through south korean people are happy being vulnerable or whatever but your throw perry commands you know what i mean that would be go back to running these things into missile defense i mean it just makes south korea target you know that they do us says it's there to protect their interests but actually it's not the us that is targeted the actually this missile system is targeted against china and again korea is right smack in the middle of all this go ahead brian indeed i mean it's sad stance for the terminal high altitude area defenses meaning it provides an anti missile defense so called for for missiles that are at high altitude if there was a

to set aside their differences well certainly what their south korean government would like to see. there's a reason why the government wanted to reduce tensions here because they feel that this is a very important precondition for dialogue it's face it it's not possible that there can be any negotiation while telling and washington will think asian frets and belligerence so now it seems their store the climate is coming into place and there is potential but of course the government is moving very carefully to make sure that other pieces fall into their places for example i think what we have seen from pyongyang so far is that despite its commitment to showing this kind of force and maintaining its hostile gesture it is willing to engage in at least some form of change and what is going to be very important for south korea is that in needs to put enough persuasion into play so that washington might also with the procreate in return and that is going to be the very difficult part for the government given what we have heard from key members of the trumpet industry from so far with the

he said the talks with the north kore koreans and south koreans. she is calm and she doesn't speak very much. when she does, she is accurate in her words. it was clear she was speaking for her brother kim jong un. and talking about whether the u.s. is left on the sideline. they are still in tandem. >> thank you, paula. >> let's bring in josh roggin. >> good morning. >> you are the guy who broke the story. north korean diplomacy news. united states potentially could sit down with the north koreans without any pre-conditions? >> i spent five days in japan and south korea with vice president pence. he was sending a clear message about the brutality of the north korean regime and the charm offensive should not work. behind the scenes something else going on. in two meetings with moon jae-in, one at the blue house and one in the figure skating house, they agreed on moving forward with the engagement with pyongyang after the olympics. more meetings and then potentially down the line with direct talks with the united states and north korea. the agreement

north korean leader kim jong un has advice his south korean president in to pyongyang it would be first time of korean leaders meeting in more than a decade south korea saves kim jong un's sister kim old joe to live at the invitation of the presidential palace and sold she's visiting the site as part of a delegation attending the winter olympics president spokesman said the south korean leader had responded to the advice calling for both sides to build the conditions needed as for the business. oh more on this now we're going to cross over to our correspondent jason strawberry who is near the site thanks thing don noon and south korea how significant is this invitation by the north korean leader kim jong un are we going to have peace by the end of the olympic games. that would be very optimistic but it certainly would be significant if president moon makes that trip up the plan young like you said it's been more than a decade the first center korean summit was in two thousand the second in late two thousand and seven and for almost a decade there was virtually no dialogue between seoul

of south believe that he orchestrated the attack on a south korean naval ship which killed dozens of sailors in two thousand and ten well it's a shock and i was our correspondent being at the olympics from gone can growing discontent over the arrival of this high profile general from the north i mean what more can we expect from the public call from the south korean government in response to the anguish that his arrival is creating. so this is part of a growing wave of discomfort content among the contingent of south koreans who are upset with president moon j ins policy of engagement that we've been witnessing since the start of the year with north korea on sunday a group of protesters numbering several hundred try to block a border bridge as the north korean delegation travelled to the south to attend the closing ceremony on saturday an estimated three thousand people protested in seoul they burn flags of north korea and photos of leader kim jong un and this general leading the delegation so who is this general his name is kim yong sure as you mentioned he is believed to have been

koreans are coordinating closely with washington cosell thing before making any move why south korea need washington's blessing to engage in diplomacy with the north i mean it's koreans talking to koreans why wait for american permission not because we have a we have a alliance a relationship nice to eat we have a make conclusion in south korea and north korea does the american troops in south korea as a source of a hostile intent in policy and north korea therefore we have the kinds of standards between the north korea and the united states but we hide in the bed alliance with the united states because of the berry strip coming from north korea cape deal for not due to new choice but us to coordinate with the united states the whole point is a free template north korea has a no no script claims can test a nuclear weapons then but we have a nuclear weapons and we have n.p.t. reteam nonproliferation regime which would not allow us to have you know the nuclear weapons then what is our choice but to rely on to make a nuclear umbrella the alternate and me wish to be intense wisdom what s

we're not allowed to ask the north koreans any questions at the press conference, but the south korean coach was frank when i asked her about the challenges. so, adding players that close to the olympics that haven't been with us for the last four years, learning our systems, kind of understanding how our team plays is difficult. the north korean language is different than south korean, is so for our team meetings, it is going through to english, to south korean, to north korean, so the meetings take three times as long, and it's really hard when, you know, you have three different languages on one team. the event feels like a celebration, but playing as one team under one flag has not been welcomed by the younger generation in south korea. to them, unifying the two countries is a very distant goal. the problem with the young generation, and the sentiment towards career, is, they do not really trust them. and they have seen, and we all have seen, flip—flopping and breaking the promises by north korea. so, they do not really share the feeling of like one nation with north korea. the n

yeah but it also has consequences for as just a south korean president's ratings have dropped sharply over the olympics if there is a public going to go along with moon soft policy towards the north. but i was it is a snowy to put a temporary surprise but i think the most popular can will come back in if the pinch on winter olympic goes well and if the north korean players in government you know show proper behavior therefore you know i wouldn't say that it is the do to bring the defeat you know negative impact on president jean. to be quite honest i was actually surprised that they a fact was dropping ratings for the president why do you think the south koreans aren't so keen on the two teams playing together coming together under a same banner but it is something to do with the north korean behavior north korea has been undertaking misho the nuclear problem cations and north korea has its own . confrontation and therefore poor image of north korea has rapidly to through in south korea and in a different post and even made the decision to have one single team and or say. no one singl

it has been wall to wall coverage here in south korea with south korean media today she is a trusted adviser of her brother kim jong ascended the ranks of the power structure in the north korean government quite rapidly the hope is or the speculation is that she's got the ear of the north korean leader and the trust in the authority to relay messages to the south korean president she will be meeting with president in on saturday south korean media has speculated that perhaps an invitation will be extended to president moon who by the way is very elated laura he views this as an opportunity a possible breakthrough in terms of improving the relationship between the two koreas people here are just very proud and excited to be hosting the olympics. i hope that with north korean athletes participation this could be pisa lympics and i hope we can achieve reunification between the south and the time. regardless of north korea's participation the olympics should be a festival for the mood here is good to south korea's hosting the olympics and athletes are coming from around the world good op

i don't want the south koreans will fall for it. >> do you think the south koreans will agree to this meeting that this invitation that kim yo-jong has offered? >> boy. there is two broad pieces we have to understand here. i don't think they are going to agree to it right off the start. there have to be reconditions and something the north koreans give. as you just said they got a ticket to the olympics without payinging anything. the ticket we are asking them to punch is cease their nuclear program. they would say that is our only defense against a potential attack by the americns so what is the air gap between doing nothing? the south koreans showing us because they got an invitation and requiring that the north koreans give up a nuclear program? i don't know what that is but that is what is called diplom y diplomacy. there has to be talks and preconditions but it can't be giving up nuclear weapons because i don't think the north koreans will ever do that. >> kim jong-un is -- there was no -- the u.s. did not pause the exercises to get kim to break-away from his nuclear program. but

delegation and their south korean counterparts according to moon jay in the south korean president it is the only way forward to try and deescalate tensions here looking for the ultimate denuclearization of north korea but in the background is the united states concerned that this is a continuing charm offensive by north korea and that the south koreans are being beguiled the united states and also many protesters here believe that north korea has not changed despite all the smiles and that now is the time for a united front against what they believe is still a potentially very dangerous adversary. the u.n. has called for an investigation after security forces in the democratic republic of congo opened fire on protesters t.v. full were killed dozens of others were injured in violence across the country that gathered after sunday church services calling for the president to resign pizza shop reports. the catholic church has been at the forefront of demonstrations calling on the congress president joseph kabila to stand down. after morning service on sunday protesters took to the street

north koreans olympic delegation has a lunch meeting in seoul with the south korean prime minister the night he owns the group includes the sister of the north korean leader kim jong moon earlyish extended a rare invitation to the south korean president to visit pyongyang and talks on the sidelines of the winter olympics and just going to him has more now from call no one's. in the presidential blue house in the capital seoul relations between the two koreas continued to thaw the meeting had to first kio jiang is the first member of the ruling family to cross into the south since the korean war the sister of the north korean leader came with the first ever invitation kim jong moon is asking south korean president moon jay in to come to pyongyang at a convenient time soon when there's a new and key. president moon said early talks between north korea and the united states are essential to improve relations here to north korea to be more proactive to move forward to have a dialogue with the united states. it's unclear when that might happen the u.s. and north korea have rebuffed lose att

, of one korean state, and a lot of young south koreans are upset right now, and we have seen this in moon's approval ratings drop 10% within the space of a week. that's not good for the south korean president. >> a lot of koreans look at the two careers and they think to themselves, my god. if we were to unify the cost for south korea it would be astronomic. there is a 40 to 1 difference in the per capita gpd. let me ask you about the american strategies. watching all this, we talked about the south korean president getting what he wanted, and the north koreans being rational, and i can't figure out what the trump administration's strategy is. can you? >> for now, it's continue with the maximum pressure policy. you saw president trump give the state of the union address, when he spent most of that time talking about the human vice issues, otto warmbier's family, and then they talked with the defectors, and he invited otto warmbier's father, and they talked about that. i think the strategy right now is continuing to squeeze them financially, diplomatically, and all options are on the

tell what the south koreans are making of the presence of north korean leader kim jong il and sister kim jong in the stadium and watching this game. then the hockey sticks. came. came young not with the nominal head off north korea and i can see it here and we have. done or a lot the. bank human who is so all here right now. to be honest the crowd here going to take over the joint team and i think the president. doesn't i think it's just added to the excitement that such a high. level delegation from north korea is in the house as we speak and everyone here is waving flags i find the bob edition i find. anything that might suggest that people might be against in the stadium. outside the stadium there's a mass of police presence again no signs of a position on the other hand yet they had a small group of conservative protesters who were outside didn't think stadion. against north korea's present however this was a very small group. it's still very early days. all right rafael rushy for reality for the ice hockey stadium in gang nyungar in south korea thank you so much . well moving of

well let's bear in mind that this is the first time in south korean history that a president has not only been impeached but a president has been removed from power and trey is believed to have played a clip a critical role in the unraveling of president pocs presidency and analysts say that really this is not the first time that a south korean president has grappled with corruption charges that it's really the system that is flawed and there's a thinking that goes that two things there need to be reforms that make it difficult for those to have access to the president those who are allowed to work in the presidential blue house that's the south korean equivalent of the white house and that constitutional reforms need to be in place so that it limits the power of the presidency natasha thank you the north korean leader kim jong un says he's satisfied with the talks held this week with south korea on the sidelines of the winter olympics is influential system was part of a north korean delegation that made an historic three day trip at the start of the games south korea's president is

south korean activists protested thursday as a north korean orchestra gave a sold out performance on the eve of the games they were holding reading. at the olympic. event is supposed to be about sport and peace it seems these days are these games are now becoming more and more politicized particularly when it comes to issues of the korean crisis. bit of a technical problem here will sort out the glitch on the program for the meantime though moving now to iraq around seven hundred fifty thousand children are struggling to get basic medical services in the war torn iraqi city of mosul that is according to the un's children's rights body unicef an estimated seventy four million dollars are needed to rebuild health facilities for children there seven months after the euphoria that greeted the liberation of mosul from islamic state that iraqi city is still struggling to get back on its feet. that there are other shargel police. the number of. health care centers or hospitals is very limited the extent of the damage has affected it i was there in one of the health centers the other day the

korean president moon janan to visit pyongyang delegation has been holding talks with the south korean government on the sidelines of the winter olympics. now votes are being counted in sri lanka where a record number of women vying for seats and thirty three hundred forty local governments and you know requires women to fill a quarter of the positions the president and prime minister rule nationally on a coalition but they have campaigned separately for their own party's male fernandez has more from colombo. the newest political front the sri lanka put the john apparel which is basically led from the front by the former president mahinda rajapaksa celebrating as a results come in here on sunday in colombo now the headquarters where i am out. of activity party leaders of the sort of coalition that came together to take on essentially the current government and its constituent parties that of the president might a policy center and prime minister run a vehicle missing her essentially the party leaders at the showing they had said that they were coming together to set right the fact that

on the eve of the olympics is saying to the south koreans we're going to subject your chip you know we're talking about details that made it look better no this was a real attempt i think to show hostility in belligerence and that's the nature of the north korean regime the most no interest on earth people in south korea may want to sugarcoat it but unfortunately that is what the north koreans were trying to say ok let's go to beijing. chung is this an a postulate by the north korean government to try to show the world it is capable of one of the most powerful symbols in more than times or do you just find it on a porch and it's a charity for them to say you know what we here yes i think so so you're seize on the one hand says north korea has of trying to flex its muscles on the sense crim sh two and also we're not north korea as we continue to pursue it's a new korea and a missile programs and even necessary north korea so we come from external threat that's the message to north korea trying to send to us at war but on the other hand like to say is holding a meter craze on the eve

child who's leading the delegation for the ceremony he's also due to hold meetings with top south korean officials well so had to temporarily take him off a blacklist to allow him to visit they accuse him of being behind two attacks in twenty ten that killed fifty south koreans well have been protests against his visit and our correspondent natasha getting has the latest from cancun. hundreds of protesters tried to block a border bridge as this high level north korean delegation crossed into the south to attend the closing ceremony on saturday an estimated three thousand protesters in seoul burned the north korean flag and photos of leader kim jong un and the general leading this delegation so who is this general his name is kim young short he's a hardliner general believed to be responsible for attacks on south koreans most notably the sinking of a warship in twenty ten that killed forty six sailors as he arrived in seoul on sunday reporters asked him about that more ship he didn't answer now the south korean government is asking people to look to the future to look at the bigger pictur

according to a south korean think tank, the u.s. poured 60 billion in aid and loans since 1968, close to what it spent on the entire continent of africa during the same period. during a time when -- and convinced that foreign aid is a waste of money. over the next few weeks, we watch the glittering ga ining g pyeongchang, they might want to consider how far south korea has come and who hehow we helped it there. let's get started. >>> few could have predicted the current state of affairs between the koreas even just a few weeks ago. to understand the import of it all, it helps to understand the history. my guest is the senior fellow at the center for strategic and international studies. and gordon chang is the author of "nuclear showdown, north korea takes on the world." >> the south korean president moon, came in, made a series of overtures, worked with the international olympic committee, the trump administration was not cooperative, did not seem to want this. it and here we are, you have this extraordinarily high level delegation,

delegation and their south korean counterparts according to moon jay in the south korean president it is the only way forward to try and deescalate tensions here looking for the ultimate denuclearization of north korea but in the background is the united states concerned that this is a continuing charm offensive by north korea and that the south koreans are being beguiled the united states and also many protesters here believe that north korea has not changed despite all the smiles and that now is the time for a united front against what they believe is still a potentially very dangerous adversary. the number of people in south sudan who don't know where their next meal is coming from has risen to an alarming level a new u.n. report says more than half the population is now totally dependent upon handouts and health as those are on the brink of starvation charlotte palace has more. half of south sudan some five million people a face and malnutrition and even starvation this map shows how hard it is to get food in south sudan people in yellow areas can find just enough food to survive

delegation and their south korean counterparts according to moon jay in the south korean president it is the only way forward to try and deescalate tensions here looking for the ultimate denuclearization of north korea but in the background is the united states concerned that this is a continuing charm offensive by north korea and that the south koreans are being beguiled the united states and also many protesters here believe that north korea has not changed despite all the smiles and that now is the time for a united front against what they believe is still a potentially very dangerous adversary. israeli forces have arrested one thousand palestinians in the occupied west bank off of the arrest took place in the village northeast of ramallah they included a palestinian teenager who was shot in the head with a rubber coated steel bullets last december israeli security forces say they arrested jews to an increase in violence in the area. an investigative journalist and his girlfriend have been shot dead in slovakia in an attack police believe was linked to his reporting which focused o

and south korean prosecutors demand a thirty year journey to present we get the latest on landmark corruption trial from so. little movement will continue i'm on the. chilis top court is just handed down a verdict on whether german cities can ban diesel vehicles from downtown areas the federal ministers of court in leipzig has ruled that minister of the parties are allowed to impose driving bans on diesel vehicles environmentalist have been calling for a diesel ban for years they say thousands of people a year die prematurely as a result of rockridge and dioxide emissions from diesel car exhaust authorities in some cities one favor off at least partially bans the did not believe that's current laws allow them to impose restrictions. now political correspondent simon young has been following the court proceedings in leipzig he joins me now from up on i'm interested ian's here in berlin some first of all tell us more about the court's verdict yeah i read it just to recap the local courts in stuttgart and dusseldorf originally said that driving bans were ok the state governments barred inverting

kim jong un sr has invited south korea's president to a summit in the north korean capital. in suggests he'd be willing to go if conditions are right it would be the third meeting ever of the two koreas leader and. that's the latest from d.w. news will be back again at the top of the hour for an update in the meantime you can always get the latest information on our website that's had details leave dot com on there in every city and thanks for watching. what does a football loving country need to reach its goals. we'll tell you our german soccer made it back to the top. you know what special. dot com. football made in germany.

and why do so many south korean men use beauty products? we meet a one vlogger who's trying to change perceptions about men and makeup. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore. midnight in london and 9am in seoul where — just days before the start of the winter olympics — some of the athletes have been taking part in warm—up matches. not a big deal, but when it's a team made up of north and south koreans — the world takes notice. a joint women's ice hockey team played a friendly against sweden — it's being seen as a sign of reconciliation. in another move — north korea's sending its highest ranking official for years to the south, leading a delegation on friday. laura bicker reports from seoul. fierce and determined, the korean players head onto the rink to prove they are notjust pawns in a political drama, or an experiment in sports diplomacy. they fight hard against high—ranking sweden, willed on by a crowd eager to witness a piece of history, a

well elizabeth some would say that this is a show of force south koreans some south koreans had said it was a provocation intended to intimidate and so fear but let's keep in mind one thing this is a very different approach this year this is the first time since north korea's leader kim jong officially took power in two thousand and twelve that a military parade has not been broadcast live on korean television several hours after the fact it is now being broadcast on korean television north korean television what a stark contrast from last year last year the international media was invited and several missiles were showcased this is likely due to pushback that north korea was facing from south korea people had said that south or north korea was attempting to hijack the spotlight from south korea on the eve of the opening ceremony of the winter olympics and so by allowing this parade to go forth this is the seventieth anniversary of the establishment of the north korean army kim jong un was saying that it's that it's his country's right to do so and he could remain defiant he could st

some south koreans are angry about the delegation leader general kimmitt young chore all is thought to be behind attacks against the south including the sinking of a warship in twenty ten that killed forty six sailors know. president of korea is almost zero and simple they are doing a little korea hero. role in a protest. no prisoners and the north korea's dictator this is. south korean president moon jay in use the games to reboot intercooler ian relations the so-called peace olympics included a joint women's hockey team athlete celebrating korean nationalism by marching under a unified flag as well as the visit by kim yo jiang the sister of the north korean leader she arrived with an invite for moon to visit pyongyang. it's a two hour test it was a good olympics as it were so concerned about it last year but when so well many north koreans came in i wish this could lead to unification i thought it was interesting to use in order for us to host it i really enjoyed it. even the choice of olympic venues was symbolic gang one province is divided between the north and south. if the tensio

i'm honored on a welcome north korean leader kim jong un has invited south korean president to pyongyang it would be the first meeting of korean majors in more than a decade says the earliest days sr has responded to the invites with a call for both sides to build the conditions needed for the business. oh more on this now when it crossed over to our correspondent jason strawberry who is near the site of the olympics thing going on in south korea hey jason how significant is this invitation by the north korean leader kim jong un are we going to have peace by the end of the olympic games. that would be very optimistic but it certainly would be significant if president moon makes that trip up the pyongyang like you said it's been more than a decade the first center korean summit was in two thousand the second in late two thousand and seven and for almost a decade there was virtually no dialogue between seoul and. so this this invitation that was carried by kim jong il in sr is certainly really significant if not surprising so it's very big step in any case and one of. the plans behind this