government support for match making activities like this one is a fairly common practice in south koreaparticipants pay only around $20, the cost of a train fare to join. nine men and four women are taking part, all in their 30s or early 40s. the average marrying age among south korean women is also rising. one reason is the growing number of women seeking a career. all four of the female participants are financially independent. joung ki ho is 39. he found his full-time job only two years ago and is now thinking abol ho is 39. he found his ful the two and a half hour train ride brings the tour group to the it's time for the match making activities to begin. monk tries to stir everyone's enthusiasm. to break the ice everyone sings a famous korean love song. ♪ ♪ >> now it's time for several introductio lveral introductions.fveral intreral introductiral al l introducti >> the women seem much more confident and forthcoming than the men. the men out number the women, so he needs to make sure he didn't miss out on meeting someone. the tour continues with a boat trip on the lake. to loosen up

a third -- with south korea. kerry laid a wreath as a germanic gesture of peace and justice -- a dramatic gesture of peace and justice and show there show respect without clinical theater. -- without political theater. also, careers should see that -- korea should see that japan is korea's passive ally. president she, during his visit in south korea and july and vote - nation,at ravaged the saw endedhe without clear-cut victory, without indemnity, yet a war in which the koreans were the biggest losers. the war was 400 years ago. japan today is not a feudal kingdom. south. today is -- south korea today is not the isolationist moniker he a 400 years ago -- isolationist monarchy of 400 years ago. as transparent as president xi's efforts may have been, it was also transparent that this was a false analogy. yes the efforts to bring south asea on board against china isongoing to somatic tool ongoing. the chairwoman of the opposition presidentked the statements yet his approval ratings rose to 48%. set,ar precedent had

south korea has one of the fastest growing roman catholic communities. it is still just 10% of the 50 million population. on his arrival, the pub called for peace between the two koreas. >> it is my hope that korean democracy will continue to be strengthened and that the nation will grow to be a leader in the globalization of solidarity which is so necessary today. one that looks to the integral development of our human family. >> with us now in studio is a special advisor to the archbishop in paris. thank you for taking time out of your holiday to talk to us here on france 24. south korea has one of the fastest growing roman catholic communities. why>? >> the reason, perhaps christianity has been making progress in korea for over a century now. in recent years, there have been more and more conversions to roman catholicism. the reason, perhaps, is that catholics and south korea have insisted much on social justice. it has been growing fast. people working a lot, it has been something of a rat race. it seems that the catholic church, in the sense of justi

south korea made a move last saturday at a meeting in mee january march. south korea foreign minister and his japanese counter part sat next to each other. he offered to shake hands and they held talks for the first time in about 11 months. he also met with a foreign minister from china. he said he's taking a concerted stance with south korea on historical issues involving japan. but he said the two ministers merely laid out their respected positions, underscoring views on japan. signs have also emerged for a change in china's firm stance against japan. the former japanese prime minister met with chinese president last month. he met with his counterpart in mee january march. it was first talks since prime minister abe took office in late 2012. but china remains firm on its condition that their preconditions with improving ties with japan. chinese officials say they want abe to recognize a territorial dispute exists over the islands. for the second straight here, abe did not visit the shrine on august 15th, the day japan marks the end of world war ii. but t

south korea made a move last saturday at an asean meeting in myanmar. south korean foreign minister yun byung-se and his japanese counterpart fumio kishida sat next to each other. yun offered to shake hands with kishida, and they held talks for the first time in about 11 months. yun also met with a foreign minister from china. the chinese minister said he's taking a concerted stance with south korea on historical issues involving japan. but yun said the two ministers merely laid out their respected positions, underscoring a gap in views toward japan. signs have also emerged for a change in china's firm stance against japan. the former japanese prime minister met with chinese president xi jinping in beijing last month. and foreign minister met with his counterpart in myanmar. it was the first talks between the two nation's foreign ministers since prime minister abe took office in late 2012. but china remains firm on its position that there are preconditions with improving ties with japan. chinese government officials say they want abe to officially recogn

what was that war about and what was south korea then compared to north korea? >> guest: well, they were both poor, and they were both recovering from the ravages ravf world war ii, and that war -- the united states divided the korean peninsula in the wake of world war ii between north and south, and the south was a sort of military dictatorship aligned with the united states, and the north was a military dictatorship aligned mostly with russia. kim il-sung was the leader who emerged in north korea. and he, over a period of ten years, created a cult personality around himself. he modeled his state after stalin's state, and then he invaded south korea in 1951, and made some real progress across south korea. there was a counterattack by u.s.-led forces, and united nation force, and then of the course of three years they fought to a stalemate, and the same line was returned, and north and south korea have been divided ever since. and north korea remained aligned with russia and with china, and but north korea had a brand of dough tall tareanship that was increasing

and south korea been divided ever since. north korea remained allied with russia and with china, and, but north korea developed a brand of totalitarian leadership that became increasingly isolated and increasingly cool as time went by. can ill song was a popular leader. he had -- kim il-sung was a popular view. get real grass roots support from lots of north koreans. and when he died in 1994, people genuinely wept. his son, the first hereditary dictator in a communist state, kim jong-il, was less popular didn't have a popular touch, but he was shrewd and he was cruel. and the camps as an instrument of enforcement became increasingly important, and the population grew. there are indications now with this third kim family leader, kim jong-un, who is 28, 29 years old, and interests and is about the same age as the hero of my book, he -- it's unclear how popular he will be, or even if he is in control at this point. >> will come back to your hero of this book, shannon, after i show you some video from our first book interview bac

i personally worked on the issue. 2003, president of south korea came to japan. -the time i was directional director of international issues and was wondering if there is anything i could do to develop a normal listed relationship between korea and japan and i came up with this idea. i think many of you have been to international airport is aged. nearer. another one far i thought about tokyo. at the same time it is far nearer here to tokyo. so i came up with an idea. go all the wayto fly? thathy can't we is the idea that i came up with. then we made a proposal in japan and the japanese like the idea. that is how it began to fly. that is the reason why each time felt much pride about and i was encouraged when i saw high school students coming to korea on a school expedition. fact, i could see a large group of high school students coming from japan who were on theto visit korea political flight. these are the examples of some of the things i personally did. so we in fact have been doing many things to strengthen relationships. getting back to admiral layers point re

turning to south korea, south koreans discern future intentions based on japanese actions during 1910 and 1945 while americans base their perceptions of japanese future actions on those actions that tokyo has undertaken from 1945 to the present day. some perceive and ascribe to plans and intentions to resurrect 1930 past militarism and that view has no basis in fact. it is puzzling that south korea seems more worried and worked up by a hypothetical japanese military threat than the real threat from the north -- north korea. when polls show that japan is considered to be a threat second only to north korea or to be a greater military threat than north korea americans are perplexed. we have seen that most recently in the many mischaracterizations of what the japanese collective self-defense would entail. the japanese context, changes that are being contemplated for collective self-defense seem monumental. and responding to changes but from the u.s. point of view they are small. to implement all 15 scenarios is disappointingly inadequate from what needs to be done. what i would recommend

that is one of the reasons the church is grown in the last 10 years by 70%. >> pope francis 90 in south korea but it might be a chance he has found time to check in on the football scores. >> that is south america's top competition. thousands of fans to the streets in the capital and pope francis became an honorary member of the. luis suarez is free to kick the ball again. >> he was banned for four months and nine international fixtures. they barred him from any football related activity. finally, the italian national football team has a new head coach. >> the resigned after a disappointing performance at this year's world cup. the 45-year-old reportedly signed a contract. >> extra watching. yowy >>> this week on wealthtrack, two outstanding personal finance journalists, jonathan clements and jason zweig tackle the biggest final challenges facing americans and how to overcome them. retirement income, market volatility and good financial add valleys are next on consuelo mack wealthtrack. >>> new york life along with mainstays mutual fund offers investment and retirement solutions so you can

the product of diplomatic concessions made by japan to south korea and not a clear objective analysisudy and i think south koreans took umbrage. the south korean role did not change the basic conclusions. having said that also raises some implications. denial maythat the be within the realm of the possible. >> thank you. mindy, if i do not give her a she could speak anyway. >> a very quick question for professor lee. why are these discussed purely in the terms of history and terms of a legalistic international law aspect in the statement the cronos was never cabinet decision? in 2007, the abe government made a binding legal governmental decision saying that the cronos statement was not an official apology and that the women were not coerced. and other words, changing the statement. an unequivocalen apology. why is that not discussed? we always discuss how many women this happened or not to, whatever. why is this historical instead of legalistic? >> this is a historical issue. i was a bit incoherent in my presentation. really defines resolution based on legal grounds alone. the japanes

south korea has agreed to host this office. building on this momentum in april the united states with australia and france can be the first-ever u.n. security council discussion of human rights in north korea. the commission presented its report to north korean refugees spoke of their personal experiences. 11 of the 13 security councilmembers who attended that meeting expressed support for the reporting called for accountability for the crimes that it outlined. as i have participated in the various u.n. meetings this past year to things that struck me. first it is clear that the north is feeling the growing international pressure, amounting condemnation of its human rights record has struck a chord in pyongyang. second with a growing number of countries critical of north korean human rights the only country to defend the north are the world's worst human rights violators belarus, cuba, iran, syria zimbabwe. mr. chairman another key human rights matter that i want to raise is our effort to increase access to information by the no

south korea has agreed to host this office. building on this momentum, in april the united states, with australia and france, convened the first-ever u.n. security council discussion of human rights in north korea. the commission presented its report. two north korean refugees spoke of their personal experiences. 11 of the 13 security council members who attended that meeting expressed support for the report and called for accountability for the crimes that it outlined. as i have participated in the various u.n. meetings this past year, two things have struck me. first, it is clear that the north is feeling the growing international pressure. the mounding condemnation of its human rights record are has struck a chord within pyongyang. second, with the growing number of countries critical of north korean human rights, the only countries who defend the north are the world's worst human rights violators, belarus, cuba, iran, syria, zimbabwe. mr. chairman, another key human rights matter that i want to raise is our effort to increas

pope francis is on a five-day visit to south korea, the leader of the world's catholics urged dialogue between north and south rather than confrontation. some 5 million catholics in south korea and china has allowed people to travel to see the pope. >> it's the first time a pope has set foot in asia for 15 years, but as the guard of honor fired its cannons to welcome him, there were reports that north korea had launched three short-range rockets into the sea near south korea minutes before his arrival, a sharp reminder between the sheer political goals of the trip. >> i can only express my appreciation for effort being made in favor of reconciliation of stability on the korean peninsula. and i'm encouraged for the sure part to last in peace. >> the pope's message was well received by south korea's 5 million catholics. >> a lot of bad things keep happening in our country right now. people are going through tough times. so i hope this event can encourage people and bring more positive things to our country. >> the pope will be chairing an asian youth summit. 100 chinese guests were expec

you can't come to south korea without mentioning north korea. north korean catholics were oe invited officially to invite the pope give his mass on monday, but the official catholic association in pyongyang said they couldn't come because there was a military drill starting the same day. many people, including the united nations, united states, claim there is a tremendous amount of persecution of christians within north korea itself. it's something that pope francis had to mention. he didn't allude to the persecution itself but he hoped there could be peace between the two koreas. >> we'll wait to see what he has to say today. thank you, paula hancocks for us, covering the story in seoul. >>> severe storms hit parts of europe thursday with, according to our meteorologist ivanka brar ra, and we always believe ivan, baseball sized hail. >> yes. baseball, tennis ball, teacup size, whatever you want to call it. it was giant stuff happening in russia. this is about the time i would show you a picture, but we don't have them yet from this part of the

south korea never lost a game in little league play.rd, illinois down 2-1, a chance to take the lead, ground out to third, inning over. top five, south korea up 3-1. dong wan sin is up. he can hit that baseball. and deep center, that's gone. and going on to win, 8-4, they had fun shaking hands with south korea after the game. >>> all right, chicago might have come up short on the field, but following the loss, that's them huddling around the telephone. they got a call from a fellow chicagoan, president barack obama. that's a cool moment. they're not going to forget that. >>> and angels and a's, and josh hamilton, gone, two runs shy, 385 feet, and over the lazy dog, tenth home run of the season trout, mike, takes it to center field, 417 field. the angels win, best record in baseball. trout's 29th home run this season. check out a live "sportscenter," 9:00 a.m. eastern on espn. >>> meanwhile, check this out, this is the world's scariest selfie. three teenagers, two eating bananas for some reason, and the other with the camera in his hands

a spokesperson for south korea's joint chiefs of staff said the north fired the projectiles from wons wonsan. they flew towards the sea of japan. north korea has test fired rockets in march, june and july. rockets with a range of 220 kilometers can hit seoul and central parts of south korea. military analysts say the artillery could become a serious threat for south korea and the u.s. forces stationed there. they say it is hard to detect launch preparations of rockets making it difficult to intercept them. the two countries plan to start a joint military exercise next week. >>> pyongyang reiterated its call for seoul to cancel the exercise. north korea state news agency published a statement from the committee for the peaceful reunification of korea. it said the improvement of relations between the two koreas would be impossible with the presence of the u.s. in the south. it also said failure to cancel the joint drill could push the two sides to the brink of war. and urged seoul to show sincerity toward improving relations. >>> u.n. officials say the number of people who have died in

a spokesperson for south korea's joint chiefs of staff said the north fired the projectiles from wonsan. they flew towards the sea of japan. north korea has test-fired rockets in march, june, and july. rockets with a range of 220 kilometers can hit seoul and central parts of south korea. military analysts say the artillery could become a serious threat for south korea and the u.s. forces stationed there. they say it's hard to detect launch preparations of rockets, making it difficult to intercept them. the two countries plan to start a joint military exercise next week. pyongyang has reiterated its call for seoul to cancel the exercise. north korea's state news agency published a statement from the committee for the peaceful reunification of korea. it said the improvement of relations between the two koreas would be impossible with the presence of the u.s. in the south. it also said failure to cancel the joint drill could push the two sides to the brink of war, and it urged seoul to show sincerity toward improving relations. >> then they'll push earth into the water to build the base. m

i think south korea has shown incredible restraint given some of north korea's provocation in recent years. if in fact there was a misfire accidentally or intentionally that were to land in a south korea city, what have the south koreans indicated would be their response. >> the south koreans increasingly resolve that there should there be a provocation on the part of north korea that they will respond. this is due to the fact that in 2010 there were two dead rily attacks by north korea to south korea including the death of civilians. this is what our alliance with south korea is all about. ensuring that we can present a front on the peninsula to make them understand that they cannot have the aggression. that those days are gone. that the best path forward is the vision that has been laid out by the president of south korea who has talked about a path forward including person to person unification. >> i want to make sure that the people in south korea know that as one of our close allies in the region we do stand with them and their right to defend themselves and to make sure that th

quite a warm reception there in south korea.u have reported earlier to us, catholicism growing there in asia. but, however, if he were to go to china, let's say, it would be a very different kind of trip. >> reporter: well, that's right. it's unlikely at this point he would be invited to china. he did actually come over chinese air space, which was interesting because his predecessor was not allowed to do that. he did give a courtesy telegram as he was coming over china air space and basically passed on his good wishes to the president. so, of course, that's some kind of communication between the two. the very fact that they have this kind of communication is significant because there is a fair rift between the vatican and the chinese catholic church. the catholic church there, of course, loyal to china, to the state, not to the vatican itself. so, it was interesting to note there was some kind of relationship, or at least the courtesy telegram between the two. >> paula hancocks will be covering his remarks for us there today. t

south korea has agreed to host this office. building on this momentum, the united states with australia and france convened the first ever un security counsel discussion of human rights in north korea. the commission presented its report to north korean refugees who spoke of their personal experiences. 11 of the 13 skpuecurity counse members who attended that meeting expressed support. as i've participated in the various un meetings this past year, two things have struck me. first it is clear that the north is feeling the growing international pressure. the mounting condemnation of its human rights record has struck a cord there. secondly, the growing number of countries critical of north korean human rights, the only countries who defend the north are the world's human rights violators, cuba, iran, syria. mr. chairman, another key human rights violation i want to raise is the effort to have internet access reserved for the elite. anyone caught listening to foreign radio for television will be sent to a reeducation camp. despite

in fact, 10 inches of rainfall. 251 millimeters in south korea. that will leave flooding. take a look at the scene. flash flooding and took people off guard here. this was certainly one of those situations where you just did not expect and it is -- look at that bus there, guys. there are people in there, obviously, and rescue folks got there very quickly, unfortunately we did have some fatalities in and around south korea, not particularly in that incident. there were heroics efforts trying to get that people out of the bus. just incredible scenes there with the streams and rivers getting involved because 10 inches, 250 millimeters will do it. look at one of the pictures, one of the still shots of some of the rescue workers. that bus you saw flipped over, there it is, there are the rescue workers and some onlookers there trying to get people out and people were taken out but you're dealing not only with the flooding but with the currents that are fighting the effort there is so just incredible scenes, no question coming out of south korea. now at this point a bit of a brea

pope francis on his way to south korea. he brings with him a message to that country and it's neighbor to the north. >> hundreds of days in detention. >> al jazeera rejects all the charges and demands immediate release. >> thousands calling for their freedom. >> it's a clear violation of their human rights. >> we have strongly urged the government to release those journalists. >> journalism is not a crime. >> well, pope francis is on his way to south korea. he ithe vatican said he brings a message of peace to a dried peninsula. but the ferry disaster is still a wound that needs to be healed as well. [ bells ringing ] >> reporter: the midweek mass in seoul and she takes her place among the pews. a devout catholic. >> popedown paul's visit brought an increase in believers. i think the visit this time will be about bringing peace and love to people's minds. >> reporter: he'll come for five days. ale meet with political and religious leaders, and appeal for reconciliation on a divided peninsula. >> i'm so delighted to meet him

it had to be south korea. next day another modify ied into a popemobile although the wind made it tricky. >> welcome. >> reporter: he offered sympathy and hope for the parents of schoolchildren killed in the ferry sinking and for those who survived. pope francis is making speeches in inc. dwlish on this trip for the first time. officials say he's been practicing so he can reach more people. he called for peace and reunification for the two koreas. >> korea for peace is close to our hearts. >> reporter: this afternoon the pope is heading south of seoul to a rehabilitation center for the disabled. also meeting some of the laymen there in that particular area and then, of course, we have another big mass coming up on monday which will be back in seoul. george. >> paula joining us live in seoul, we appreciate your reporting, paula. >>> the police released the name of an officer who shot and killed an unarmed african-american teenageer. >> yes, coming up why that announcement has done little to reduce the anger of

the elephant in the room, he's in south korea. clearly he has to mention north korea, well known for its persecution of other religions. and he flew over china, which has been persecuting religions in the past. there is an underground catholic church there. rosemary? >> of course, he issued a message, as he does, when he flies over any country. lit be interesting to see, are we likely to heal tr the contenf that message to china? >> reporter: we do have the contempts of that message, rosemary. it was very generic. there were nine of these courtesy telegrams sent to the leaders of all the countries that the papal plane flew over. but we do have the chinese one. it was addressed obviously to president xi. he said, i invoke the divine blessings of peace and well-being upon the nation. so a very generic message. but the very fact that there is a message between the pope and the chinese president is significant. it's been a very troublesome relationship between the two. there is a catholic church in china, but it's not controlled by th

it was the first papel trip to asia in 15 years, probe fran advertise has touched down in south korea a 5-day visits. tensions remain high in the u.s. state of missouri after police fatality shoot a black teenager. >>> a new five-day ceasefire with israel has been announced by the palestinian delegation after talks in cairo. is heel hasn't confirmed the ceasefire yet. we are looking at live picture coming to us from gaza where the cleanup in gaza continues after an israeli offensive that devastated much of the strip. nearly 2,000 palestinians have died. ♪ ♪ >>> andrew simmons joins me now live from gaza. andrew, the palestinians have influenced a truce, what has happened since then? >> reporter: it went right to the wire those negotiations. right up to when the palestinians announced a five-day ceasefire, israel agreed to extend it, under what terms we are not sure. but we haven't heard from the israelis yet about their stance. then there was a really rocky start, because just after midnight, at least three rockets landed in i says reality i territory. anand the response was air strik

>> reporter: this is why pope francis came to south korea.nly about 10% of the population is catholic, but the church is growing fast. and across asia, the congregation is young. surrounding himself with asian youth there was of course the inevitable selfie which the pontiff did not seem to mind. his transport from the airport, a kia hatchback. it had to be korean. and another kia the next day, the wind proved a tricky combination. >> mate lord welcome today into peace. >> reporter: he offered words of sympathy and hope for the parents of school children killed in south korea's recent ferry sinking and for those who survived. pope francis is making speeches in english on this trip for the first time. officials say he's been practicing so he can reach more people. he called for peace and reunification for the two areas. >> for peace, this is close to our hearts. >> and also today, this saturday, as he was driving in his popemobile, up the main street in downtown seoul to give that mass, we also saw him stop and talk to the father of one of the

this is a welfare center located in hapcheong in the south of south korea. the center was established for survivors of the atomic bombings in hiroshima and nagasaki. 110 survivors with an average age of 80 are staying here. with the help of japan, hapcheong center for atomic bomb victims was built in 1996. south korea has no other facilities like 85-year-old -- has lived here since the center opened. she was born in japan after her parents emigrated there. she later married a man who had emigrated from hapcheong to hiroshima. when the city was bombed, kim was three kilometers away from ground zero. >> translator: my husband had gone to work i was washing dishes at the kitchen when i saw a blinding flash. then i heard the loudest sound i ever heard. that's when our house collapsed. >> reporter: four months later they returned to the crean peninsula and had four children. but she ran into obstacles. >> translator: my neighbors encouraged me to register as a bomb victim but the prejudice against bomb survivors extended to their children and grandchildren. my hu

i decided to come to south korea while in prison.n i got out, i had to take care of my body first. i weighed 35 kilograms. >> this exhibition highlighting the plight of the street children is being stage did by a campaign group that helps defectors make their way to south korea. kim organization. >>> more than 35 people have died after river banks burst in the indian state of odisha following helpful rains. flood waters inundated several villages, damaging homes and crops. at least 60,000 people have had to be moved to relief camps. >> it's been more than a year since the former nsa contractor edwin snowden revealed details of how the u.s. government was spying on other countries making him one of america's most wanted men. is he a traitor or an inspiration. from the edinborough festival. >> few had heard of him 18 months ago. they know who he is now though. his revelation of mass surveillance gave his government headaches. they have given others information and ideas. >> surveillance is one of the big themes they 2014 shows about pe

obviously landing in a divided country here in south korea. he's very likely to have to mention north korea and the persecution of christians there. also worth noting, there have been a number of projectiles that north korea has fired. today we know that just an hour before the pope touched down, three missiles, rockets were fired. and then just a couple hours ago, another couple rock ertz were fired as well. most people assuming that's related to the pope visiting. but certainly this afternoon it will be interesting to hear his speech at the blue house as well, talking about peace and reconciliation. the persecution of christians is one of his main focuses as well. and the fact that he's in south korea, a young, vibrant, and growing population of catholics, accord to the vatican. that's crucial to catholicism, the fact that he's in south korea and in asia, in a continent where the number of catholics is growing. rosemary? >> and it is worth noting that the papal plane flew over china and this time china gave its approval to allow that to happ

al jazeera, beirut. >> pope francis is continuing his tour of south korea. earlier, hundreds of thousands of catholics turned out to see the leader at an open air mass. al jazeera's harry fawcett reports from seoul. >> moving steadily threw the hundreds of thousands of people who had come. this was the center piece of pope francis's 5-day visit a huge, open-air mass. a chance for catholics young and old to see their holy father up close. he reserved a special honor for families of those killed in april's ferry disaster walking up to the village where they have been demanding an independent investigation bestowing his blessings. as the pope makes his way through the crowds, there is no mistaking the scale of then. nothing has been seen like it for more than a decade moment. it's significant not just for south korea but for the catholic church in asia. although this mass was about if the catholic church, the 18th and 19th center tree killed for their religious beliefs, pope francis was keen to tie their story to the church's present day relevance in a region w

south korea wins 12-3. so it's going to be chicago and south korea for all the marbles tomorrow. >>> first round of the pga playoffs. do you remember this from friday? phil mickelson from the hospitality tent? you know you're a pro when you can go out of the tent into the bunker. mickelson had to do it again today and apparently the practice paid off. phil hitting the green this time. he would end up missing the cut. jim furyk far from that here on par 4 16th. he birdied that hole heading to sunday tied with jason day. from 17 feet, no problem at all. 9 under heading into tomorrow's final round. i've done a lot of damage in hospitality tents over the years, but nothing like that. >> someday maybe off-camera you can share those stories with me. >> sounds good. >> kate, thanks very much. >>> there was pandemonium of sorts in washington today. it was the one-year celebration for a giant panda. big birthday celebration today. that's the cake. the zoo planned a full schedule of birthday events including serving

next, a look at the relationship between south korea and japan. it was an event hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. it includes a former south korean national, who talked about the u.s. role in facilitating effective dialogue between the nations. this is an hour and a half. >> good afternoon. i'm honored to be invited to the the center of the american foreign-policy in security analysis, and one of the leading intellectual center for the global affairs. i'm very grateful to my good friend and leading thinker, philosopher, strategist, and good citizen of the united states, good friend of korea, to organize this wonderful event. i see many dignitaries and distinguished guests from the u.s. and korea, former chairman ,f the joint chiefs of staff generaltary, the major and stanley ross, good friends of the korean republic, and good friend of korea-u.s. alliance. and many other guests. i'm not trying to take too much but i will discuss some issues that i think is very for us, for u.s., and for japan in order to promote peace an

. >> they played south korea, this would be the only run they scored until the last inning. there were down by seven but they kept chipping away at the league, three runs scored and a ban on it comes to end south korea won 8-4. >> were happy that were champions and we are still proud. >> i can never give up, you'll never see as give up until this the end of the game. i'm proud of my team if we kept fighting and fighting to the game was over. they celebrate the u.s. spot was fireworks and a parade. >> massive crowd cheered for the team still the last out and then after that 15 of the people watched the game at the city's south side another viewing party in the middle of state street right outside of the chicago theater. they remained private thing. >> of this is amazing to see everybody regardless of of race and socioeconomic backgrounds come together and celebrate this team. >> win and lose here missed this city of chicago. davis represent the true chicagos. . >> of the city is drawing a parade and rally for the team on wednesday. it will start on the city's south side and i

south korea's next ambassador has promised to improve relations. he's scheduled to leave for tokyo on saturday. he spent his childhood in kyoto and studied for a year there in the university. he served as secretary journal for the parliamentarians union. during that time, he built up a ja japanese exchange program including the father of mine minister shnzo abe. >> relations between south korea and japan are at their worst ever. but they'll get better. as the saying goes, after the storm, comes the calm. >> yu said he wants to play a role in establishing relations that are oriented toward the future. and he said he wants to develop a fraternal relationship between the two countries. his government will do whatever it can. >>> monogol yan officials have hosted talks between japanese and north korean officials several times. in march, they provided a venue for a meeting between the parents of one of the abductees and their granddaughter who was born in north korea. north korean ajentss kidnapped in 1977. her parents don't know what became of her. >>>

exercise and are conducting a drill in south korea. they are preparing for possible attacks by north korea and leaders have made it clear they are upset. about 30,000 u.s. personnel and 50,000 south koreans are taking part along with officials. the troops will check on new strategy. north korean leaders have already complained calling the drill a provocative act that damages inter-korean relations and warns forces taking part in the drill will be targets for attacks. >>> north korean authorities have carried out a series of tests in the past months. south korean prosecutors are questions a japanese newspaper reporter over an article which appeared on the newspaper's website and sparked criticism by several groups. officials say they will cooperate with the investigation but are unsure of what the problem is. he quoted a south korean daily questioning the whereabouts. nearly 300 people died in the accident. the article mentioned rumors that park had an encounter with an individual at the time. tlt was a protest lodged. they say they will

it's been nearly a quarter century since a pope stepped foot in south korea. yesterday more than a 1 million people joining the pope for mass in downtown seoul. >>> with a cease-fire for gaza set to expire tuesday and much of the area in ruins, a palestinian delegation returns to cairo, egypt today, to resume independent peace talks with israel, hoping to end weeks of fighting between israeli forces and hamas. israel wants hamas to disarm and gaza to demilitarize. hamas wants israel to end its economic blockade of gaza and free prisoners. >>> let's get you back to ferguson, missouri. just some really engaging pictures we're getting out of there with the state-imposed curfew that is over, as i said, only after more violence erupted overnight, though. police used smoke canisters and then after that tear gas in response to a shooting just minutes into the five-hour curfew. the top security on the team says a man is shot and in s in critical condition. squad car was also fired upon. captain ron johnson told us authorities clamped down on protesters in response to

i've seen flags from indonesia, south korea, philippines, thailand.ple have come from all over to take part in this. the pope is in the middle meeting them all. he looks like a happy man, like he's enjoying himself today shake hands, having photographs taken. i saw one person go up and shake his hand and try to get him to take a photograph together with him a few minutes ago. this is the sort of thing pope francis is repeated to enjoy, meeting young people, close interaction with people. earlier he had an enormous open mass in a football stadium with 50,000 in daejeon. he met with families of the sewol disaster, the ferry sinking that happened back in april where 300 people were drowned. many of them were young school children. he talked about that tragedy and pain he felt and how he hoped it would bring korean people together. he had a very long address in italian and english when he really talked about the problems in modern society, problems of inequality. he really -- i think as again pope francis is known to do. he criticized the worship of mater

how cows denies the allegations. >>> pope francis in south korea. thousands gathered to seat leader of the catholic church. during the open air mass he put 124 korean martyrs on the path to sainthood. >>> thousands of iraqi christians have fled mosul and nearbyville jiz in recent months trying to escape prosecution by fighters from the islamic state group. meeting some of the families seeking safety in lebanon. >> reporter: desperate iraqi christians lineup on a hot august day to receive food rations. the church is organizing this food distribution to those who fled from the violence in their country years ago. and those who just arrived from northern iraq. like maria, she arrived in lebanon three days ago. >> translator: we were scared. it's very hard to leave everything behind and just flee. >> reporter: they all tell of the same stories. johnny has been here for just over a month. and has been living off charity. a christian lebanese family pays his rent for this small apartment where he lives with his wife and three girls. >> translator: they th

rain is falling heavily across south korea. thunderstorms are happening over northeastern china and torrential rain is falling along the valley. just to the north a high pressure system is staying there and bringing sunny weather. beijing at 32 degrees for the high. down to the 20s in seoul as well as tokyo. rain is on the menu on thursday. daytime thunderstorms. across the americas as opposed to the eastern pacific the atlantic has been quite quiet in terms of tropical storms. we have the third tropical storm named cristobol. this one will likely intensify to a hurricane by wednesday night and move away from the united states as we go into the next several days because of a stationary system it is expected to produce heavy rainfall probably about 200 millimeters or even 300 millimeters in central parts of the bahamas for the next several days. watch out for flooding as well as mudslides. flooding concerns remains quite high over the western parts of the great lakes region. we have flooding problems coming out of chicago and ot

maintains a force in south korea. tensions with north korea remain to this day. the memorial is a guarantee that the forgotten war will always be remembered. at the korean war memorial for "teen kids news," i'm lauren. >> this important messages is brought to you by the aclu -- because constitution day is every day. >> when it comes to state flags, louisiana holds the record. i'll tell you just what that record is in "flag facts." >> ever take a close look at your state flag? you should because you might be surprised at how much you can learn from it. here's brandon with this week's lesson. >> louisiana has a unique distinction. since the first europeans arrived, 10 flags have flown over the territory. that's more than any other u.s. state. in 1519, spanish explorers planted their flag. they were followed by the french in 1682. later on, napoleon's tricolor was displayed. then, in 1763, great britain gained a foothold in the region. in 1810, local colonists united against the british under a flag known as "the bonnie blue." finally, in 1812, louisiana achieved st

this has really helped in south korea economically developed.allowed the government to work more closely with the development process. much of that ended in the 1990's, and especially in the 1997 financial crisis. >> the chaebols seem to be under threat in south korea. there was a headline from bloomberg but called samsung's chaebol a time bomb. why? >> i think the challenge with the chaebol is because of the family structure, you have a situation to where -- lee kun-hee built a company into one of the top companies in the world. while e.j. young may have many of the skills needed to lead the company, the question is, is family leadership in the long run the best strategy? over time, if you look at even the politics and other things -- depending on generation after generation of the family, tends to be a dangerous strategy. you need at some point to move into a structure where essentially you can take and move in a person who has all the skills necessary to run the company. e.j. young may have those skills, but if he doesn't, you need to put in

you know what i found there is first of all i was sported south korea. e malaise of my side have been separated into north korea. so really the division of korea has always had in my family. it's not even interest -- my mother's brother was lost during the war. the same thing happened to my father. when we think about north korea, there's a million families. so i think for us this heartbreak. north korea and i think i wanted to tell that story. it is they think why it's been investigated by count, but also in some sense i wanted to relay a sense of what it means that 70 million people and they have the families for 5000 years than they are separated forever. the war ended in 1953 and here we are in 2014. i never saw each other again. i think that one i wanted to relate to my kids, i wanted some sort of non-or understanding for some way of connecting i think. >> were you allowed to wear western clothing? >> not allowed in north korea. i don't know, but generally it is a symbol of america. but it was a very sort of conservative environment. also it was a co