korea." in it the asian studies the story provides a complete overview of the korean conflict from the peninsula's occupation by japan during world war ii to its current tensions over north korea's nuclear threat. this program is about one hour. >> host: i'm scott snyder, a senior fellow on korean studies but i'm here today with sheila miyoshi jager, an anthropologist by training. and an associate professor at oberlin college, director of the east asian studies program. she's just come out with a new book called "brothers at war." it's particularly well-timed because we are right on the cusp of the 60th anniversary of the armistice, which brought an end to the fighting stages of the war. one of the interesting aspects of the way that you have framed this book is that it's not just about the events of the fighting phase of the war itself, but also talks a lot about the impact of the korean war on asian issues and on world history, and even on the contemporary positions of the main countries a

so, she proposed that north korea would have a meeting that north korea already rejected. so, we have to see how to solve this problem. the third delay, just like taiwan, the vppp party. you know, in correa we had this kind of problem. this was more complicated, i think, you know? the opposition party wanted to talk with north korea, but in taiwan by said it was against talking with men in china. it is quite different, of course. >> we have read reports that president park has had personal relationships with many in taiwan, yourself included, of course. would you mind discussing some of your personal ties? >> this is a story that we have to trace back to her father's stage. no, 1966, i think it was february that the former president's and madame visited taiwan. at that time we say that they invited the guest to the ship, so at that time we can say that we are brothers and sisters and, you know, they intimated a close contacts between taiwan and south korea, but as you see, it is quite different now. it is a big change for us to face. he has four doctorate degrees from kore

he visited north korea last year as a tourist. authorities detained him accusing him of subversive activities. in april judges on the supreme court sentenced him to 15 years of hard labor. a u.s. state department official said a delegate from the swedish embassy in pyongyang visited pae in a hospital. sweden represents u.s. interests in north korea. >> we continue to urge the dprk authorities to grant mr. pae amnesty and immediate release. >> a japanese newspaper published by a pro-north korean group carried an interview with him. the article said he is asking u.s. officials to send an envoy to negotiate his release. former presidents jimmy carter and bill clinton have visited north korea in the past to help win the freedom of detained americans. >>> a u.n. panel investigating human rights abuses in north korea is heading to japan. they'll meet later this month with relatives of japanese nationals abducted by north korean agents in the 1970s and '80s. the u.n. human rights council set up the panel in march. members will visit sout

it was heading from cuba to north korea. panamanian official ceased it and uncovered two jets anti-aircraft missiles and other arms hidden in a container with bags of sugar. officials admitted they were sending the weapons to north korea for repair and called them obsolete. the u.n. sends a team of six experts to panama. they are examining the ship's cargo. the investigators will look into whether the shipmen breached a 7-year ban of transfer of arms to north korea. an american expert says north korea may have more interested in money than weapons. >> it really needs currency very badly and one of the expertise that north koreans have is repairing these old soviet style weapons. not many places can do this anymore. >> reporter: north korea diplomats reportedly asked panama to resolve the issue diplomatically but panama officials made it clear the case is now in the hands of u.n. security council. nhk world, panama. >>> delegates from north and south korea are back at the negotiating table, trying to agree on what to do with

separated families around south korea's thanksgiving day in september. >> the two koreas suspended family reunion talks in november 2010 after ties became strained. last month north korean officials proposed an inter-korean meeting on resuming the negotiations. but the rendezvous did not take place. negotiators from the two sides decided to focus on reopening the jointly operated kaesong industrial complex at the north. analysts say north korea will likely respond favorably to the south's call. the two sides agreed on wednesday to work together to reopen the industrial complex. >>> indian navy officials say rescuers have recovered the bodies of three sailors trapped inside a submarine. the vessel caught fire and sank yesterday in a naval dock yard in mumbai. the fire aboard the 3,000-ton submarine lasted several hours. it was accompanied by a massive explosion. 18 sailors are believed to have been trapped inside. a navy spokesperson says it's doubtful that any of the 15 remaining crew members survived. investigators have found that the torpedo compartment was badly damaged. they suspect a

i agree i mentioned south korea i mentioned south korea i mentioned japan if you don't read well you don't like it when i call it a right scuse me if you bring in a third one if you want a pretty good instance of aggressive imperial movement consider remember that the war in vietnam left two to four million people dead according to robert mcnamara that was not the act of a but now if so why is here doug inviting us back and one of the next to me is more than that job because i think you raise an excellent question you raise an excellent question about age and powers and asian countries being the determinant of what goes on in asia may i remind you the united states is not a nation power it's half a world away it doesn't even belong there i think we talk about how to get what experiences and lighted by asian countries don't be asian countries have a right to invite the united states you think the asian country said no to any but in both. in both south korea and japan there are large peace movements that want the us out of there so who's doing the inviting in one policy establishment l

and south korea is facing a power shortage. tech kohl problems on monday forced two thermal power plants to go off line and six of the country's 23 nuclear reactors are undergoing inspections for maintenance. government workers will have to forgo air conditioning for three days and authorities have asked residents to do what they can to save power. a heat wave two years ago resulted in major blackouts. >>> rescue workers in afghanistan and pakistan are searching for survivors after sudden downpours caused deadly flooding. more than 180 people have been killed. afghan disaster management officials say the waters submerged vehicles near the capital kabul. the afghan government dispatched rescue teams to kabul. and more than 80 people there have been confirmed dead. officials say more th s say people there have been confirmed dead. rivers burst in neighboring banks in pakistan, too. they swept away houses in the central province of punjab and the southern province of sindh. 83 people were killed and more than 4,000 houses destroye

and south korea xwra is facing a power short anl. technical problems forced two power plants off line monday and 6 of the 23 nuclear reactors are undergoing maintenance. government workers will have to forgo air conditioning for three days. a heat wave in september 2011 resulted in major blackouts across south korea. >>> people in portugal and morocco are dealing with heat of a different kind. wildfires sparked by soaring temperatures. residents of amskroud in southwestern morocco saw fires flare up on saturday night. strong winds fanned the flames. by sunday it had grown to the size of hundreds of sports fields. residents in portugal have seen wildfires spread around their community if past two days. the fires are burning through the mountainous region. firefighters are struggling to bring in enough water to fight the flames. >>> rescue workers in afghanistan and pakistan are searching for survivors after sudden downpours caused deadly flooding. more than 180 people have been killed. afghan disaster management officials say the wate

we will talk about north korea, will we attack north korea? >> that's my point. north korea killed way more people over a longer people times, less creatively so we don't pay as much attention. >> we have three suspects from the brutal bus beating in florida. we'll tell you what happened and our trip to the congo, she will join us live from africa with this truly amazing stories. stick around. [ music playing ] >> well, brand-new details on a brutal school bus beating in florida. the judge sentenced the teens to indefinite probation with multiple conditions including community service, random drug tests and electronic monitoring with ankle bracelets. the boys must attend anger management classes and were told to stay away from the victim. the victim has transferred schools. she so traumatized he can't get on the bus. this is a sad story. actually the mom of one of the boys who assaulted him brock down because she hadn't seen the video before. you got a teenage son, is this appropriate punishment? >> remember this happened, a couple weeks later, the shooting in ok

is investigating north korea's detention system. investigators are hearing first-hand accounts from those who have managed to get out. amnesty international estimates there are 200,000 people in what many describe as concentration camps. the thought to have been set up in the 19 50's, and few people have ever escaped or been free. these are the testimonies of just two of them. >> i've been tortured in different ways. waterboarding, electrical torture, but the most painful was when they handcuffed my hand to the back. my hands were placed 60 60 centimeters above the ground, i couldn't sit or stand. i was there for three or four days. that was the most painful torture. >> i thought i would be publicly executed or my wrist would be cut off. i was left grateful that only my finger was cut off. >> joining us now from washington, d.c. is greg scarlottio, the executive director of human rights in north korea. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, john, and good evening. >> those are disturbing comments. give us an idea of what you think

yoo had to leave what's now south korea six months before the war's end. he left his wife and son behind. south korean officials found yoo's remains in a cemetery on sakhalin and asked the russians to return them. yoo's son placed his father's remains in a tomb and hopes they will rest in peace in their homeland. some south koreans conscripted to sakhalin under japanese rule have been able to go home with financial help from japan. leaders in tokyo continue to offer that help on humanitarian grounds. >>> managers of duty-free stores in south korea are seeing a drop-off in customers from japan so they're trying to attract more with the help of some of south korea's biggest pop stars. staffer from the lotte duty free chain held a promotional event in tokyo. ♪ the star attraction was the south korean boy band cho shin sung, also known as supernova. the singers talked about reasons to visit their country. they said japanese can enjoy shopping for the latest korean fashions and cruising at night on the river in seoul. fewer and fewer japanese are showing up i

arms embargo against north korea. the u.n. security council's committee on north korea sanctions says that the six-member team will visit panama for three days beginning august 13th. officials seized a ship last month. they found the obsolete equipment under sacks of sugar in the ship's hold. cuban authorities said that the cargo had planes and missiles sent to north korea to be repaired. the panamanian officials said that the crew members were endangering the nation's safety. member nations have commended panama for the handling of the incident. she said that the committee would wait for the report before deciding whether the shipment violates the sanctions. they have received no complet n explanation on the matter from north korea. >>> north korean authorities say they're ready to reopen a joint zone with south korea. the kaesong complex has been closed since april. north koreans work there for south korean businesses. it's considered a rare symbol of inter-korean cooperation. north korea's committee for peaceful reunificati

be uh this invitation can be seen as north korea's latest charm offensive, and it follows north korea's agreement to hold family reunions between north and korean south korean families as well as aagreing to resumpsion of communities in industrial park. >> emergency crews are still trying to extinguish california's record breaking wild fire near a popular national park. nearly 4,000 firefighters are making progress. they have contained it by 20% in the last few hours. two fire has been burning for 11 days and has reach add major water reservoir. columbia's second largest rebel group has freed a canadian geologist after the government demanded his release for peace talks to begin. the e.l.n. had been holding him for seven months. pro after seven months in the jungle, canadian geologist buzz released by columbia second largest rebel group, the e.l.n., in the north of the country. he was captured last january while working for a toronto base mining company that operated in the region. >> the columbian government had demanded his release as a condition for starting peace talks with the grou

it would pick up north korea and go, wow! >> a couple places. >> so, bob, given the atrocity here, are you suggesting because there is such a human rights violations going on in north korea, after obama is done bombing syria, maybe he takes the ships, the war shps, heads over to the korean peninsula? >> if i could make a couple comments, first of all, there is a lot of better ways to get rid of your girlfriend, you can move or change your phone number, which is what i have done. the last segment andy and katie admitted any woman that didn't twerk is a liar. the answer is of course not. this is not anything that's new in north korea. if we're going to go in and start a war with north korea, who have significant military power. >> how much military power, how defenseless they are? >> good. i think the thing is, you are saying it's been going over a long time. why did time get a pass? >> why does time get a pass? isn't this something considering president obama talks about the reset button with everyone. do you think he should r

is at 13%, south korea 15.7 he% finland 12.7%. is this another argument that's been made in this country too that the money going into education isn't the issue? >> you know it's amazing because the united states spends more per student on kindergarten through 4th grade education than all but four in the world. you don't see that spending really predicts learning the way we wish it would. we tend to spend money on things that aren't related to learning. we don't pay our teachers a lot of money as we all know and at the same time we have classrooms full of a lot of technology compared to the kids i followed all notice right away that in their classrooms abroad they were very old school. there were not you know digital white boards and -- >> not focused on the technology. we only have 30 seconds. jeb bush has tried opush a national common core, a little more old fashioned. is that something you've agreed with? >> yes, 45 states have signed on to that agreement, you want more rigorous requirements that require kids to think for thems

you go to japan, you go to south korea. protect south korea. let them pay us for it. what are we doing? what are we doing? [ applause ] and you know it's amazing i hear so many people -- conservative politicians, i'm conservatives, liberals, i do a lot of business. meet everybody. but i literally hear these can you ying, hey, how say a thing like that. that's so nasty, you know? says. what the mafia the mafia gets money for protection. what.ght, so they tell me, but that's the mafia says that. i'm trying to , be nice, respectful. give me a break. they don't believe they get away with it. spend hundreds of millions, billions of dollars protecting other countries. we get nothing. only don't we get, they don't respect us, they don't like us. at us, they take advantage of us. we get nothing. south korea making a fortune. you can't make a ship built south korea -- in terms of the big tankers and freight ships. it. can't do they have a huge thing and we protect them at tremendous cost and we get nothing, nothing. look at a place like mexico. mexico in the next couple of yea

people in south korea are worried about how the water seeping from daiichi might affect them. officials in seoul have asked their japanese counterparts for detailed information about the leak. the officials want to know how much water is leaking, how contaminated it is and what impact it's having on the ecosystem. they say south koreans are growing concerned about the safety of seafood imported from japan. the officials say they've been briefed on the situation three times since late july, but the explanations were insufficient. they may send their own experts if necessary. >>> heavy rains are causing devastation in the philippines and pakistan. thousands of people have been forced from their homes. in the philippines seasonal downpours plus a tropical storm left parts of the capital manila under water on monday. officials say at least three people are dead and several others are missing. government offices, schools, banks and most private companies were closed, but some communities still struggle to go to work. >> translator: there are no passenger jeeps because of the floods

heavy showers are affecting northeastern china and north korea. 75 millimeters in north korea and 50 millimeters in the next 24 hours in northeastern china. across the central region of eastern continental asia the summer high pressure is strong again. 37 in shanghai. and even in kyoto and japan, 35, above the average. in the americas we are dry in the pacific northwest. severe weather in the heart of the country and in the southeastern corner we have severe weather with widespread rain. more to the severe side here in new brunswick a severe thunderstorm warning posted. in the central plains, around this time of the year last year we were experiencing extreme drought conditions. but this year is a different story where the soil is very, very wet. heavy downpours will be found here. and a lot of hail has been reported in wyoming. the same system will batter similar areas including large hail and damaging winds and intense showers. in the pacific northwest looking fine and nice in the 20s. and toronto looking at the 20s. but ottawa, your morning low will be dipping down to 8 degrees. i

arms embargo against north korea. the u.n. security council's committee on north korean sanctions say the six-member team will visit panama for three days beginning august 13th. panamanian officials seized the ship last month. they found the obsolete equipment under sacks of sugar in the ship's hull. cuban authorities say the cargo included planes and missiles they were sending to north korea to be repaired. panamanian officials have charged the vessel's 35 crew members with endangering the nation's safety. u.n. ambassador sylvie lucas of luxembourg chairs the sanctions committee and says member nations have commended panama for its handling of the incident. she said the committee would wait for the inspection report before discussing whether the shipment violates the sanctions. lucas said that they have so far received no explanation on the matter from north korea. >>> relatives of japanese citizens abducted to north korea continue their push for the return of their loved ones. at a rally on the japan sea coast they have appe

north korea's committee for peaceful reunification of the fatherland issued a statement. it says the failure of the kaesong complex would have a great effect on inter-korean relations. and it says leaders in pyongyang are responding to expectations at home and abroad for an easing of tensions. the statement goes on to say south korean businesspeople will be allowed to enter and leave the complex which is in north korea. it says the north will assure their safety and that of their assets. north korean workers will return to resume operations. authorities in pyongyang withdrew 53,000 of them in april. they're protesting against joint military exercises involving u.s. and south korean troops. the north korean statement proposed holding talks on august 14th regarding the resumption of operations at kaesong. a spokesperson for the south korean unification ministry welcomed the decision. >> translator: we give credit to the north for its response. it has changed its attitude toward our demand for negotiations to solve the discord over kaesong. >> unification ministry representa

my question is about the coordination since so much affect south korea, particularly to the extent that china comes into the picture, are we finding that these kinds of -- you have been in japan and heard what they are saying. do you see them taking the right steps to bring south korean into the picture or narrow the difference or is there more concerned that the gap is widening between japan and south korea and how to deal with extended deterrence? >> that is an excellent question and i think there are few government officials who would

south korea's thanksgiving day in september. >> the two koreas suspended family reunion talks in september 2010 after ties became strained. last month north korean officials proposed an interkorean meeting on resuming the negotiations. but the rendezvous did not take place. the two decided instead to focus on jointly reopening the kaesong industrial complex in the north. analysts say north korea will likely respond favorable to the south. the two sides agreed on wednesday to work together to reopen the industrial complex. >>> the united nations secretary general says he's deeply concerned about israel's plan to build new settlements in the occupied territories. ban ki-moon says the settlements could prevent the eventual establishment of a palestinian state. ban arrived in the west bank one day after israeli and palestinian negotiators resumed full-fledged talks. they hadn't sat down together in three years. ban held a joint news conference with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. he said the settlement activity could make a two-state solution impossible. >> i remain deeply troubled. settl

north korea is reportedly set to manufacture its own smart phone soon. it is said to be android clone. according to kim jong un has given seal of approval after visiting a smart phone manufacturing plant. the country does have a 3 g mobile network it allows north koreans to make only in country voice calls. no texting and no calls abroad. poli in las vegas was going just fine for the robber until he found out his victim was a cop. didn't end well for him. and, showing your id has become something of a ritual. you do it at the airport security check point or maybe when buying alcohol or cigarettes. soon, you may have to do it before giving yourself a manicure. that's ahead as fox reports live tonight. how do you do a summer clearance event the dodge way? first wait till summer. then get the cars ready. now add the dodge part. ♪ the dodge summer clearance event. right now get 0% financing for to 72 months and no payments for 90 days on all dodge vehicles. it's a reality check. i had my reality check when i'd be sitting there with my friends who had their

>> well, this is not robert king's first visit to north korea. the last time he visited was in may 2011. at that time his visit was to assess the food situation in improved north korea, but managed to return home with a korean american missionary who has been held for six months for allegedly carrying out unauthorized missionary works. north korea released him on humanitarian grounds. and in its statement the u.s. statement department said this visit at the invitation on a humanitarian mission. so the chances seem pretty good. kenneth bae is at least the sixth american that has been detained by north korea since 200 2009. >> all right. florence thank you very much. >>> the raining heisman trophy winner faces allocations of accepting cash for autographs. find out what he told the ncaa investigators next in sports. ♪ al jazeera america - a new voice in american journalism - >>introduces america tonight. >>in egypt, police fired teargas at supporters of the ... >>a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. [[voiceover]] they risk never return

a university student from south korea is interested in listening. he visited hiroshima recently to find out more about the impact of the atomic bombing on japanese and koreans. nhk world's chie yamagishi has the story. >> reporter: university student moon young-min has come to hiroshima to learn. he and nine other members of a volunteer group visited from south korea. they took part in the small annual memorial for korean victims of the atomic bombing. moon prayed for the more than 20,000 koreans who died. many were working in the city as conscripts or laborers under japanese colonial rule. >> translator: i don't know much about the atomic bombing. i'd like to find out more about the damage it caused. i want to feel the tragedy. >> reporter: before coming to japan, moon and the others went to a nursing home for atomic bomb survivors. moon listened to their stories. the survivors have suffered from health disorders and poverty. and they faced discrimination for having been exposed to radiation. moon and others have tried to raise awareness about atom

-- i don't know what north korea understands. as a matter of policy for two decades it has been the policy of the united states to negate their of the lead to coerce others with missiles. the intent is clear. the chinese, to me it is very minor, the fact that today many analysts comment on the fact that china has not said much about ballistic missile defense because for ten years, until 2001, we heard them say nothing but missile defense is bad news for china, watch out, and when the bush administration withdrew from that treaty they basically said fine, okay, that is the route you are going, we will make sure our deterrent remains a credible in the face of that. no administration has articulated a policy of so composing missile defense that it could negate china's strategic deterrent. we as an administration articulated a statement that we were strengthening regional missile defense against all threats whatever their source including all threats in east asia so a mixed message to china. this is another topic where we have been p

this is a very important source of income for north korea and north korea has also indicated and said it would like tourists at the resort to resume as soon as possible. >> reporter: the government has announced new policies to boost confidence in its economy. earlier this week the indosian currency tumbled after the results were worst than expected and aimed at increasing investment and agriculture and metal industries. i spoke to an asia correspondent and explained the effects of the policy will not be felt straight away. >> we are clear and remembers the financial asian crisis and it was 16 years ago but had a major effect on the economy and the rupia declined in value. 80%. so now in the only three weeks the rupia fell with around 11% so it's very worrying and means that imports are really expensive because the dollar is getting much more expensive for now for indonesian companies and they talk about imported goods have to be reduced and they will produce more inside the country which means that of course the -- a lot of things have to happen and give tax incentives for investors

it's going to tangle up with our cold front and coming off korea right now. and as it does so it's going to follow right along this, kind of like a river. this is water flowing downstream in this low pressure area. and that's going to bring some heavy rainfall across much of japan, western ku kyushu. these areas are still drying off from the rainfall last weekend. widespread precipitation, even into tokyo by saturday afternoon don't be surprise first-degree you see a couple thunderstorms flaring up. and plus the winds coming in from the south ahead of this storm system, tropical storm strength all along the coastline. going to make for rough surf out here. definitely do not want to head toward the beaches. stay out of the water if you can. temperatures into the 30s though for the time being. but behind that cold front really cooling off, 28 in beijing at 26. take a look over towards europe. we have some spotty weather across the mediterranean. unstable air into northern balka balkans. 65-kilometer-per-hour winds, hail reported in possible seern e southeastern

americans trapped in north korea. what happens? that and the rest of the day's news on this august monday from "studio b." i am alejandro morales, i was seven months old and my family moved straight to chicago. america is the only country i have ever known. senior year of high school, i was promoted to city court staff commander, i held the rank of cadet brigadier general. i was head of chicago rotc. i want to be a us citizen and i want to be a marine, i'm gonna be a marine, because i care. i care about this country. i care about those around me, i care about my family, my neighbors. you know, i do want to give back, i believe one hundred percent in what this country stands for. let me earn it, you know, let me serve. i just want an opportunity, i just want a chance. to, to show everyone out there that, i am, american and that i will honorably serve this country wearing a marine corp uniform. >> shepard: the sister of an american man who north korea has detained for nine months, says her brother's health is now failing. the need to