of an ongoing much wider dispute between iran and south korea over seas to funds here in south korea this is $7000000000.00 worth of funds which are for oil products imported from iran into south korea which since the imposition of much tighter sanctions by the united states south korea has frozen has not given access to iran to these funds if it did do so then it would risk being sanctioned itself by the united states so these monies are the on the subject of ongoing negotiations and a dispute between tehran and seoul there is a meeting coming up an anticipated meeting a visit by a vice foreign minister from south korea to tehran where obviously this will appear on the agenda a run is desperate for any funds it can get at the moment given its economic circumstances so it is an expected and it is thought to the this happening right now the seizure of this vessel ahead of this anticipated meeting is more than mere coincidence or a. insult. well iran has been showing off its drone technology as tensions simmer with the united states state media has shown hundreds of drones ready to lau

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breaking news out of south korea. export numbers for the month of january right now beating estimates. up 11.4%. the estimate was only 9.8%. a second consecutive month of double-digit growth for south korea. chip escorts rising -- chip rising. major demand from exports to the u.s. jumping 46.1%. exports to china gaining 22%. when it comes to the import numbers also beating expectations, a rise of 3.1%. the yearly estimate was only for rented 2% gain. that means the trade surplus has come a little below then what is estimated. at 3.96 billion dollars, the estimate was for around $4 billion. export numbers in south korea beating expectations. double-digit growth for a second month, rising 11.4% year on year. let's return to hong kong. now at japan and south korea. >> the open and south korea, on the one hand, the extension of social distancing measures in seoul, we're seeing the kospi grain ground. it has not been the worst week for the regional index. over at stan charts, the korean currencies seeing a move back below

south korea has the worlds 12th largest economy. if it wants to maintain this robust economy, not only to continue to grow that economy but to maintain a committee to have a robust workforce. right now, we have a population that is overwhelmingly ageing, so nearly a quarter of the population is over the age of 60 and the population of young people in their 20s is only 13%. so what that means if you have this ageing population and not enough young people coming into the workforce to support it. so as you have this number of people going into retirement, you just on the workforce here to help them into their silver age. you have laid out the problem there. it is probably time to be delicate but how do you try to encourage people to increase the birth rate? that is difficult. i think the government has tried the stopgap methods, encouraging young couples with but that is not enough. this is still a very patriarchal conservative society. many young women are choosing not to marry and it comes with burdens, they arejust simply saying i d

south korea orders japan to compensate a dozen women used to sex slaves during world war 2 describing it as a crime against humanity. and boeing accused of lying to the american at craft makers find more than $2000000000.00 for misleading regulators about 2737 max corrections. welcome to the program in the face of growing calls for his removal from office u.s. president told trump has finally condemned the mob that violently breached the capitol building for the 1st time trump wholesale acknowledged his term and in less than 2 weeks but many say it's too little too late and resignations within his in a circle are increasing april as all day reports. more than 24 hours after his supporters rioted at the u.s. capitol donald trump in a twitter video finally condemned the violence that shocked the nation to those who engage in the acts of violence and destruction you do not represent our country and for the 1st time and in a dramatic shift in tone the us president acknowledged he lost the election a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th my focus now turns to ensuring a sm

korea and japan that many people here in south korea believe that japan is never fully atoned for what it did during the 2nd world war to its neighbors and that we have seen other courts here in seoul give rulings in favor of victims such as forced labor or doing jap. these companies to pay compensation back in turn has caused a fierce reaction from japan with japan retaliating with trade disputes we have seen relations between japan and south korea go to their worst that they have been in many decades in recent years this case will ensure that relations will stay very much deep freeze if you like and very much so relations thank you for that rob mcbride live for us in seoul how the indonesian cleric who funded the group behind the 2002 bali bombing has been released from prison 82 year old cher was released early after his 15 year jail term was cut short 202 people were killed in the attack in bali most were foreign tourists including 88 australian nationals a share was convicted of funding a military style training camp to train the perpetrators in such a province as bring in jessica

south korea's top court has upheld a 20 year prison sentence handed down to former president back for corruption box involvement in a large scale a piece of power in bribery scandal led to mass protests in 27000 and ultimately hair removal from office she was accused of conspiring with her long time confidential. to take millions of dollars in bribes and extortion from south korea's largest companies rob mcbride has more from seoul. this ruling finally marks the end of a 4 year legal process through the court system of south korea former president park geun who was originally sentenced to 30 years in prison for abuse of power and bribery charges relating to her time in office which came to an end in early 2017 when she was kicked out of office after being impeached now she appealed against the length of that sentence and the court of the high court here in seoul last summer reduce the sentence to 20 years that decision has now been upheld by this supremes court ruling which in addition to 2 years for a separate offense means that park should serve 22 years in total behind bars meaning

population of south korea among them most of the 30000 people who managed to flee from north korea. co young one was a north korean diplomat he escaped in 1991 later he was deputy director of south korea's institute for national security strategy. few people know more about the kim regime's workings than he does. no the old down young neighbors who quarries share you with us all as who should cause you don't wonder at all those who who are still choose your own air. or. talk to any problem of the north korean acts and all tell you that your 30 day is absolutely crucial in earnings residence for the north korean regime it's absolutely vital take away everything collapses. here in new york the united nations imposed and monitor the sanctions against north korea. and entity as important as bureau 39 should be heading the list of banned organizations office 39 is is normally talk to. north korean defectors we don't really see office 13 going into our investigations instead we're looking at the north korean banks and the shell companies traditionally operate overseas in 3rd current trees

to take millions of dollars in bribes and extortion from south korea's largest companies rob mcbride has more from seoul. this ruling finally marks the end of a 4 year legal process through the court system of south korea former president park geun who was originally sentenced to 30 years in prison for abuse of power and bribery charges relating to her time in office which came to an end in early 2017 when she was kicked out of office after being impeached now she appealed against the length of that sentence and caught the high court here in seoul last summer reduce the sentence to 20 years that decision has now been upheld by the supremes court ruling which in addition to 2 years 4 separate offense means that park should serve 22 years in total behind bars meaning she wouldn't be released until she is an extremely old person in 2030 known of course the expectation is that at some point she may well get a pardon and be released early but as far as her supporters are concerned and there have been a number of them here for this ruling they do not believe that she should be behind bars

breaking news out of south korea. we are getting the fourth quarter gdp numbers beating expectations, expanding 1.1% quarter on quarter. the expectation was for growth of 0.9%. of course, we have seen private consumption being the drag for south korea. it's not surprising that we continue to see a contraction. we've seen retail trade accommodation and food services ranking in the fourth quarter. when it comes to manufacturing, it was growth of 2.8%. remember, external demand has been resilient for south korea, especially when it comes to semiconductors. fourth quarter gdp expanding. joining us for insight on those numbers and the korean economy is crystal 10. -- crystal tan. what are we expecting in terms of 2021? crystal: today's numbers are better than expected. we had expected a weakening in recovery momentum. both in terms of the daily infection numbers. this sets us up better. there are still risks, but in many ways the economy looks like it is in a good position for recovery. xi jinping campaigned that -- u erd

a dispute between iran and south korea over seas to funds here in south korea this is $7000000000.00 worth of funds which are owed for oil products imported from iran into south korea which since the imposition of much tighter sanctions by the united states south korea has frozen has not given access to iran to these funds if it did do so then it would risk being sanctioned itself by the united states so these monies are the on the subject of ongoing negotiations and a dispute between tehran and seoul and there is a meeting coming up an anticipated meeting a visit by a vice foreign minister from south korea to tehran where obviously this will appear on the agenda a run is desperate for any funds it can get at the moment given its economic circumstances so it is an expected and it is thought the this happening right now the seizure of this vessel ahead of this anticipated meeting is more than mere coincidence iran has been showing off its drone technology amid tension with the united states said nato showed hundreds of drones ready to launch from some one province reportedly being dep

but this comes at a very precarious time and bilateral relations between japan and south korea. both publics each other in each other's country at a very low level there is little trust between the governments and it really has something to do with domestic politics in both countries as well as the deep politicize ation of issues such as the comfort women issue. marilee from the south korean side but the japanese as well they do put the whole blame for not being upfront and forthright about their responsibility for these women the koreans have the moral argument here that they say the greatest acts against these women should be acknowledged by the state of japan but on the other hand you know the japanese have the legal argument here in 1065 at the normalization treaty as well as the 2015 comfort women agreement on the south koreans and the japanese at the governmental level made a commitment to put these issues behind them and there was funds transfer to these could comfort women and their families so it's a complicated issue it's an emotional issue and quite frankly from a 3rd

signs of coronavirus success in south korea we'll look at the progress made as a country monks one yes and it's with us calls. for the person. sponsored plan qatar airways. hello we are losing the snow across japan as we go through the next couple of days still a few wintry flurries into northern parts of honshu into a card over there in the process of pulling out of the white bright skies coming in behind 7 celsius there for tokyo and a similar value that into so as we go into thursday wetter weather will move through the yellow sea towards the korean peninsula some snow when the northern flank of that from north korea so want to see snow flurries just pulling away from a kind of before much of japan at a state it will be try and find in temperatures creeping back up into double figures the central and southern parts of china could see some sherry but nothing too much to speak of the plenty of right now moving towards the philippines we have what may well develop into a tropical storm over the next couple of days some very heavy downpours pushing towards luzon as we go on into thursda

i robot broiled in south korea at the mountain town famous for its ice festival that has plenty of ice and though festival. we begin in iraq where for hours now a massive crowd gathered in the capital to mark one year since the u.s. assassinated iran's top general some sort of money he was killed in a drone strike near baghdad's international airport protesters are demanding u.s. forces withdraw from iraq iranian leaders have vowed retaliation and tensions between tehran and washington have escalated in the lead up to the anniversary charles stratford as at the protests in baghdad with more. thousands of people gathered here in tahrir square in central baghdad a square that has seen so many protests over the last year the pressure it's. very clear. these people are demanding the fast withdrawal of all remaining u.s. military personnel from this country. and many of them are still demanding revenge for the assassination of cos it's still a minority that happened close to the border that u.s. drone strike a year ago. many of them are very angry not only with the u.s. but they're angry wi

we demand that south korea takes the appropriate response to correct this breach of international law as far as japan is concerned this issue is over it says all matters relating to south korea's wartime suffering were settled by an agreement in 1965 when the 2 countries normalized relations and that a further compensation agreement specifically for the comfort women was signed in 2015 that was meant to settle the matter finally and irreversibly tokyo has been angered by other court rulings in favor of south korean victims of war time force labor that led to deteriorating diplomatic relations and the trade dispute and this latest ruling looks certain to fur. sour relations but for south korea's comfort women in this case represents a form of justice after more than 75 years problem bride al jazeera sole. pro-democracy activists in hong kong have accused authorities of trying to silence the people most of the 53 government critics arrested on whitens they have been released on bail but their detention has raised fears about whether the territories opposition can survive jim brown repor

also south korea orders japan to compensate a group of women used to sex slaves during world war 2 describing it as a crime against humanity. and the u.s. of course more than $4000.00 covert deaths in a day for the 1st time since the start of the pandemic. welcome to the program u.s. president finally condemned the storm the capitol building on wednesday and for the 1st time he's also acknowledged his term will end in less than 2 weeks but for many it's too little too late and there are growing calls for him to be removed from office gabriel elizondo reports. more than 24 hours after his supporters riot at the u.s. capitol donald trump in a twitter video finally condemned the violence that shocked the nation to those who engage in the acts of violence and destruction you do not represent our country and for the 1st time and in a dramatic shift in tone the u.s. president acknowledged he lost the election a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth orderly and seamless transition of power earlier incoming u.s. president joe biden blamed trump

we know iran is angry with south korea after it sees $7 billion of the iranian government's money. those funds were frozen and south korean banks because of u.s. sanctions againn. we have more. reporter: there was discussion about whether or not iran was willing to barter to release the funds in return for some vaccines, for instance. however, the has beenew headway, and attention has increased. the deputy foreign minister here was due to fly to tehran on e nday. there were not s that visit was going to go ahead. but they were scheduled to have talks on this issue. however, iran, in the meantime, appears to have seized this tanker. the 20 of the crew on board, five korean, are said to be safe. when it comes to the tanker itself, iran says it is not a political act, purely because ip seemed to luting the waters of the gulf. the operator, which is based here in south korea, denies in fact, he's made a number of statements saying the tank was boarded by iranian revolutionary guard and ordered to head to iran. hee says there is new evide pollution. meanwhile, the iranian tanker -- the

but south korea faces another problem nowadays south korean women do not want to have children at all lation is drastically declining once again politics has intervened with drastic measures whereas young women 60 years ago were encouraged to have abortions now it is strongly frowned upon and criminally prosecuted to terminate a pregnancy. young and wang she song to students from seoul recalled what they learned at school on the subject of abortion. paul. of oku money is a thorough and they. thought the pair up with their words i love all. around with our pick our we would like to know how do you know. who are skinny are who. keeps the key to all. these young women examine the subject of abortion for their master's thesis. beaune was soon who directed the women's development institute in seoul for 25 years is an advisor to the students. the students tracked down dubious agencies that are betrayed illegal abortions for large sums of money once again women are the victims of population policy illegal abortions bear great health risks but the south korean government holds on to the ban o

south korea orders japan to compensate a dozen a woman used as sex slaves during world war 2 describing it as a crime against humanity. no entry without a negative coronavirus test the u.s. united kingdom introduces new rules for passengers traveling to the country and on foreign small have all the day's sport including liverpool's afaik have tighen aston villa will go ahead despite a corona virus outbreak as players and staff. in the face of growing calls for his removal from office u.s. president donald trump has urged unity and condemned protesters who forced their way into the capitol building for the 1st time trumpets also acknowledged his time will end in less than 2 weeks but many say it's too little too late and resignations within his inner circle an increasing that alan fisher is at the white house we're going to be speaking to him in just a moment about the push to remove trump but for us to get on to begins our coverage from washington d.c. . more than 24 hours after his supporters right at the u.s. capitol donald trump twitter video finally condemned the violence. that shoc

i'm rob mcbride in south korea at the mountain town famous for its ice festival that have plenty of ice and no festival. india has all the rise to vaccines for emergency distribution one was developed by oxford astra zeneca of the other was developed in india the nationwide drills to prepare for the large scale rollout the government wants to inoculate 300000000 people in the next 6 to 8 months it'll be one of the biggest and most ambitious vaccination campaigns in the world from mr modi welcomed the approvals he called it a sign of self-reliance praising the fact that both vaccines a manufactured inside the country. meanwhile the u.s. of supposed more than 350000 covert 19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic a further 270000 people tested positive for the virus that's a new daily record it takes the total number of cases in the united states to more than 20000000 the u.k. government is facing a backlash and legal action from teachers of the plans to reopen schools lawyers for a head teachers' union have written to the government demanding proof that it's safe to resume classes d

one year round south korea is just getting over its 3rd wave and the lines of people waiting for their free tests and now mostly gone starting out on a 2nd year of this pandemic here as elsewhere there is pandemic fatigue the difference seems to be while some people in other countries got fed up and gave up people here are still largely prepared to put up rob mcbride al-jazeera sold. a corona virus strain 1st detected in the u.k. is now being detected in at least 60 countries that's 10 more countries than a week ago according to the world health organization it believes the new variant is up to 70 percent more infectious than the original strain the w.h.o. also announced the south african strain has been reported in $23.00 countries russia's health watchdog has announced a 2nd coronavirus vaccine developed there is 100 percent effective russia began mass trials of epi that corona in november it's made by siberia's vector or institute where outfront comes as the european medicines agency begins reviewing the sputnik v that corona virus vaccine also produced in russia. sterve us and has

i robot royd in south korea at the mountain town famous for its ice festival that has plenty of ice and opens the. now let's begin with the latest global efforts to combat the corona virus outbreak in the face of a rise in the number of new infections and deaths in the u.k. hospitals are preparing to roll out the oxford astra zeneca jabs as soon as monday it's the country's 2nd approved coronavirus vaccine britain's prime minister barak johnson has warned of tougher restrictions a new and more infectious covert 19 strain appears to be leading to a record number of cases of india has approved its 1st 2 vaccines for restricted emergency use it's paving the way for one of the world's biggest inoculation campaigns and the us reported another record 270000 new infections more than 350000 people have died in the world's worst hit nation and brazil's health regulator has approved the import of 2000000 doses of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine nearly 200000 brazilians have died in the pandemic so far little moment will be live in bogota colombia with alice and m.p.i. 3 but 1st let's talk to andr

i'm rob mcbride in south korea at the mountain town famous for its ice festival that has plenty of ice and go fast to. restart in iraq where crowds have gathered in the capital baghdad to mark a year since the u.s. assassination of iran's top general custom solomonic these are live pictures from tahrir square solomon he was killed by a drone strike baghdad's international airport but just as a demanding that the u.s. forces withdraw from iraq iranian leaders of retaliation and tension between turmoil in washington as escalate as the lead up to the anniversary here's a closer look at saudi's legacy he joined the revolutionary guard in the 1980 s. and force on the frontlines of the iran iraq war in the late 1990 s. he was appointed head of the could force running iran's foreign military and planned. stine operations off the $911.00 he delegated iranian and american diplomats to meets they briefly works together against the taliban before the relationship to tear erase it in iraq saudi helped iran back faces during the fight against eisel though many people in iraq are also angered by ira

likewise, the restrictions on trying to remove troops from south korea and germany, that is sending a message to two wealthy countries that you can underinvest in your own security and the united states will continue to defend you know better what. that creates the wrong incentives. it restricts our military ability to focus on the threats of the future and more pressing foreign policy issues, but also domestic policy issues, as well. overall, the national defense authorization act does nothing substantial to try to reduce waste in the military. it does nothing to try to reduce spending where it is no longer needed in our military. it really makes it harder for the military to focus on the threats of the future. we think the veto was more than warranted and we were disappointed to see for openingomorrow day of the 117 congress. our live coverage starts at 7:00 a.m. at noon eastern the house and senate gavel into session. usualill take longer than to accommodate members, socially distance, the vote for the next speaker is expected at 1:15 eastern. newly elected the house speaker addres

south korea's top court has upheld a 20 year prison sentence handed down to former president. corruption involvement in the large scale abuse of power and bribery scandal led to mass protests in 2017 and ultimately removed. ultimately her navel from office she was accused of conspiring with her longtime confidante choice and c.e.o. to take millions of dollars in bribes and extortion from south korea's largest companies pride as more. this ruling finally marks the end of a 4 year legal process through the court system of south korea former president park geun and he was originally sentenced to 30 years in prison for abuse of power and bribery charges relating to her time in office which came to an end in early 2017 when she was kicked out of office after being impeached she appealed against the length of that sentence and a court of the high court here in seoul last summer reduce the sentence to 20 years that decision has now been upheld by this supremes court ruling which in addition to 2 years for a separate offense means that park should serve 22 years in total behind bars m

plus a landmark court ruling in south korea as japan is ordered to pay compensation to women used to sex slaves to world war $2.00. so more than 24 hours after the storming of the u.s. capitol building president donald trump has finally condemned the actions of his supporters and it may just shift in tone he's going from urging people to march on the capitol before the unrest to now saying that those who broke the law will have to pay for the actions the video returned to twitter offers accounts brought and he said that he was outraged by the violence and called for healing and reconciliation and also pledged to ensure a peaceful transition of power. now congress has certified the results a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth orderly and seamless transition of power this moment calls for healing and reconciliation 2020 has been a challenging time for a people a menacing pandemic has up ended the lives of our citizens isolated millions in their homes damaged our economy and claimed countless lives defeating this pandemic and r

i'm rob mcbride in south korea at the mountain town famous for its ice festival that has plenty of ice and go faster. the world health organization has welcomed an important breakthrough in the fight against covert 19 in india 2 vaccines have been approved for emergency distribution one was developed by oxford astra zeneca of the other was developed in india the been nationwide drills to prepare for the large scale rollout the government wants monocular 8300000000 people in the next 6 to 8 months that will be one of the biggest and most ambitious vaccination campaigns in the world prime minister narendra modi welcomed the approvals he called it a sign of self-reliance praising the fact that both vaccines a manufactured inside the country dr rajiv does gupta is a professor of public health a job yet never university he says that there will be inevitable hitches rolling out the vaccines across india the indian vaccine is. it is an inactivated vaccine it's co-developed along with. the indian consulate medical research and about it but it which is based it had about for the production. its

right in south korea at the mountain town famous for its ice festival that has plenty of ice and no festival. the world health organization has welcomed an important breakthrough in the fight against covert 19 in india 2 vaccines have been approved for emergency distribution one was developed by oxford astra zeneca the other was developed in india that been nationwide drills to prepare for a large scale rollout the government wants to inoculate 300000000 people in the next 6 to 8 months it will be one of the biggest of most ambitious vaccination campaigns in the world prime minister narendra modi welcomed the approvals he called it a sign of self-reliance praising the fact that both vaccines are manufactured inside the country joining us now from new delhi is dr rajiv he's a professor of public health of the chairperson at the center of social medicine and community health joel never university good to have you with us so to vaccines are approved for emergency use how long before people start to become to get inoculated. well as you are aware the dry runs have been conducted in most of the k

iraq royd in south korea at the mountain town famous for its ice festival that has plenty of ice and go fast. at least 50 people are feared have been killed in 2 attacks on villages in the western asia it happened in the barrie region an unstable area neighboring mali and binny fighters a mom groups linked to al qaida and i still cross in and out via the poorest borders correspondent addresses in the capital manama and says the attack took place on the same day as election results were announced. and officials said the gunman who targeted the 2 villages have crossed in tunisia from the border with mali and that is not the only problematic area. the border with brooke you know faso is porous and has seen attacks from armed men on groups loyal to al qaida and islamic state and on the border with nigeria we've seen increased activity in attacks targeting not only c.v.s. but also military personnel a senior security official confirmed to all jazeera that in one of the villages more than 50 people have been killed but it's not sutton the number of people killed in the 2nd village he said

it's been one year since south korea reported its 1st coronavirus case the country's been battling a 3rd way but there are signs it's under control ryan reports from seoul. one time south korea was the worst affected country outside china when the fear of this new and relatively unknown virus was very real. everyone to restrain themselves from group of interactivity is not only an indoor places but also outdoor places. drawing on experience from previous epidemics and with close cooperation between government agencies and the private sector the country got to work it quickly pioneered innovations like drive through testing centers and then mass testing and tracing to avoid the shutdowns being experienced by other countries subsequent outbreaks pose new challenges such as a cluster centered on night clubs used by the gay community requiring a tactful response. to a punter there were no good we cooperated with the l g b t community and explained the situation was grave and introduced anonymous testing which just required a fine number and the number of people getting testing increased

i robot royd in south korea at the mountain town famous for its ice festival that has plenty of ice and the festival. to start the program with some breaking news out of the united states u.s. media outlets have obtained an audiotape of an hour long phone call between president donald trump and the georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger in the recording trump is heard pressuring the georgian politician to recalculate the presidential election in his favor let's listen to an excerpt of this extraordinary conversation the people of georgia angry and these numbers are going to be repeated on monday night along with others that we're going to have by that and which are much more substantial even and the people of yours you're angry the people of the country are a very and there's nothing wrong with saying that you know. 2 2 2 that you've recalculated well mr president determines that you have is the data you have is what you should want to have an accurate on action and your republican. we believe that we do have an active election no i do you know you don't have you don't have not e

i'm robert roy in south korea at the mountain town famous for its ice festival that has plenty of ice and though festival. now we begin in the u.s. where a new session of congress is about to be sworn into office you're seeing live pictures from capitol hill the previous congress has officially ended its term democrats kept control of the house of representatives in november but with a narrow majority the balance of power in the senate on the other hand all that said to be decided by runoff elections in georgia on tuesday let's listen in now to what's happening in congress empower us with an extra dose of commitment to its principles. may we have the 117th congress refuel the lamp of liberty so brimful that generations unborn will witness its dying flowing and may we model community healing control our tribal tendencies and quicken our spirit that we may feel the priest of the person all right let's go now to our correspondents you have returned see he is live for us in washington d.c. watching what's happening she had what can we expect from a new congress. there are so many uncertai

korea and japan. the indonesian cleric who founded the group behind the 2002 bali bombing has been released from prison 82 year old bakar bashir was released early after his 15 year jail term was cut short 202 people were killed in the attack in bali most were foreign tourists including 88 australian nationals a share was convicted of funding a military style training camp to train the perpetrators in a province just washington is at the prison and vogel just outside chicago with more on the reaction to the current release. police released. in the early hours of the morning before the sun had even come up in part hoping to avoid any sort of spectacle by supporters of the controversial cleric the question of the shias release has always been controversial in 2019 the government proposed an early release for the cleric and that was met with strong condemnation from from the public and in the end never went ahead this time is different however. has served his sentence in full and there are no further mec

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a corruption case has shed new light on big business in south korea. haidi: first let's take a look at how asian markets are faring with the city moment taking place now. sophie: the start of trade, asx 200 higher. real production update. bingo industries in view jumping 20%, rising to a fresh record this after a kalama it made a bid for the waste management company, valuing the company at $1.8 billion. in australia earnings are picking up. morgan's down late cycle is underway forecasting 20% profit growth over the next 12 months for aussie companies. four japan outlook is up for japanese earnings after a positive start to the season. nomura sang upward revisions continue to dominate despite the sluggish economy which we heard from prime minister sudha today -- suga on monday. outlining his plans for green growth strategy expected to put increase gdp by $1.8 trillion. nikkei futures little change this morning. moving higher .2 percent this after we saw fluctuations following the holidays session monday. markets will have biden's inauguration and a revv

south korea they'll be more of the same the be more snow fall in the wind direction is the same the temperatures are as low as the coasts which were that hong kong little significant change but an easing in the coldest bows as we get towards saturday spectacular snow has fallen in the far north of india jehmu in kashmir blocking roads as you might expect this time of year quite significant snow fall and it's been called a disturbance of the atmosphere all the way down from here down to the west coast of india where it is raining surprisingly in goa where it should be dry this time of the year. sponsored by qatar airways. the hillbilly a harmless caricature or a malicious label denying the people their culture to justify the exploitation of their natural resources that the batting haka thing as business successful that even people in the region believe that your type then becomes dangerous it's only a region of trash so. why not trash it what's in a name hillbilly a witness documentary on al-jazeera. book about. the whole wrong a reminder of our top stories the united states congress has formally

the number of coronavirus tests has passed 1000 in south korea where there is growing disquiet about strikes new rules a number of jame owners say they'll stay open in protest such social distancing guidelines south korea is struggling to stop its biggest cases after successfully keeping the virus at bane last year with aggressive testing and tracing. now to pakistan where mourners in the southwest are blocking a road with the bodies of 10 coal miners killed by ice all they are refusing to go ahead with burials will end this sit in until prime minister imran khan agrees to meet them. as a story. so this major road on the outskirts of quests or is being blocked by this close knit has are a community that includes children and the elderly who are up. and they're refusing to end their sit in chair ben ok 6 sisters and one of the victims was our only brother the only person who worked to look after us they brutally slaughtered him and our family alone they slaughtered 5 people including my nephew and 3 cousins i saw has claimed responsibility for the killing of a group of coal miners fro