stephen evans, bbc news, south korea. laura: for more on president park's impeachment, i was turned earlier by the former cia deputy chief for korea who is now at the heritage foundation. how much of a challenge does south korea's crisis posed for the incoming trump administration, particularly with respect to north korea and the nuclear program? >> it is going to pose quite a challenge. while other countries are trying to establish a relationship with the trump administration, south korea's handicapped. they have not been able to do that as japanese president shinzo abe has been able to do. if a progressive candidate replaces park after the election, very likely to pursue policies that are against what the u.s. would want. laura: do you expect north korea to try to exploit this political vacuum in south korea and pose a test for the incoming president-elect, donald trump? >> we know from senior defectors that north korea likes to do something early in a south korean and u.s. president's term in order to "train them like

other broadcasts from south korea. he says that was how he learned the truth about the korean war-- that north korea had instigated it-- a fact the regime kept from its citizens. >> ( translated ): in north korea, we're taught that it was the u.s. and south korea, who attacked the north. i never had any doubts about this information before. but after listening to the radio, i learned what the north korean government had been telling us about the war was not true. this myth allowed the north to hold the south responsible for the war. >> reporter: what would have happened if you were caught listening to foreign broadcasts? >> ( translated ): you would have been branded as an anti- revolutionary. then, you would be sent to an internment camp, but if you were repeatedly caught, you would be executed. >> reporter: kim heung-kwang knows that risk well. he's also a defector living in south korea. but in the north, he actually worked for a government task force that went door to door confiscating smuggled outside media. >> ( t

south korea also agreed with the u.s. to deploy an advanced anti-missile system known as, thaad to south korea. the move drew strong criticism, not only from the north, but also from china. on home soil there were also challenges. park's ruling part lost its parliamentary majority in a general election this past spring. and her standing weakened rapidly after the unexpected loss. the biggest threat against her presidency came in late october. park apologized to the people of her nation amid claims of influence peddling. she took personal responsibility for the scandal and she vowed to cooperate with any investigation. but the public's persistent calls for her resignation haven't stopped. >> earlier i spoke with yhk world senior correspondent. >> it's no surprise that the opposition parties voted for impeachment but lawmakers from park's ruling party also voted against her. the fact shows that they decided to go with public opinion instead of party loyalty. i think they must have felt park cannot recover politically from t

south korea also agreed with the u.s. to deploy an advanced anti-missile system known as thaad to south korea. the move drew strong criticism, not only from the north, but also from china. and on home soil there were also growing challenges. park's ruling party lost its parliamentary majority in a general election this past spring. and her standing weakened rapidly after the unexpected loss. the biggest threat against her presidency came in late october. park apologized to the people of her nation amid claims of influence peddling. she took personal responsibility for the scandal, and she vowed to cooperate with any investigation. but the public's persistent calls for her resignation haven't stopped. >> park geun-hye has been embroiled in this political scandal and was facing mounting calls to step down. now she's just one decision away from officially being booted from office. nhk has the story. >> translator: now i announce that impeachment bill has been passed. >> reporter: the motion passed. now impeached, president p

south korea's two times as large as north korea. the number of cell phones in south korea, 1.3 per porcelain. -- per person. don't ask me why that one third is so important. it has beenea, sanctioned by the united states frequently and at the same time former foreign a minister who is the secretary general of the united's nations. year, one was president of the human rights council so these two countries are vying for legitimacy to make the claim that they are the government of all korea. in a real bind because it has very little to make that claim in and i think with regard to human rights, and the north koreans clearly are sensitive about what has been going on. they made they suggestion about the north korean progress on areas not sensitive politically dealing with the issue of for example, people with disabilities. the north korea human rights council announced they had signed the convention on people with disabilities. they had made progress working with non-governmental organizations to work with people with disabilities. when

in south korea. we also learned in china that once the south korean refugee they were up pine for apartment and many north koreans live together. it is a little similar north korean communities to live to south korea. so for my mom i do not want to live north korean lifestyle anymore. so so she wanted to have a very different life, so that is why she chose america. the second reason is that a similar time we read anotherng news article mentioned about 60 years old grandma. she went back to high school and she pursued her education and graduated high school is six years old. so my mom said in asian culture we don't have thae opportunity once you're over age -- but in america you have opportunity to study. so it's very important for youtm to go to america and get your than then. the third recent i cannot deserve family came to china for ten years .. and forth and we don't have any family members or relatives in china or south korea or the u.s. but korean american missionaries is the one who helped us t

after all, we are focusing our , freedom on freedom for the people of north korea and south korea. first of all, it brings great joy to my heart to be introduced by joseph kim. this guy is one incredibly courageous person. he has seen the full horrors of oppression in north korea. he was orphaned during the famine. he scrounged for food on the streets of north korea. he eventually escaped to china and came to america. he attends bard college. he has written a book. if you are interested, it is called "under the same sky." i am thrilled that joseph came back to the bush center, and i want to affect him for keeping the promise that someday korea will be whole and free. you are about to hear from grace joe as well. is a north korean refugee. she goes to montgomery college. she is a sweet soul, and we are honored to hear grace. thank you for coming. there are other north korean refugees here. we thank you for coming area we appreciate your courage -- we thank you for coming. we appreciate your courage, and we look for your input on how those of us of the bush institute can help you. i

he is very popular in south korea and has been actually very critical. then on the other side we have coming back he is to south korea in january, when he is going to leave new york. he is a diplomat. he is not a politician, a career politician. .o in a way he has clean hands it is going to be very difficult theban ki-on to reverse process and be elected. anchor: isn't it dangerous for south korea to be in the situation right now when you consider its situation with its neighbor, when you consider who its neighbor is in the north. do you think this vacuum of power pututthe koreanan peninsua in any danger? nothing hasr happened. there are three main threats to north korea. first the nuclear threat from north korea, both create could benefit from the power vacuum. it would be very severe against any provocation against north koreans paid then there is a sluggish economy. this is the biggest problem internally. difficult to be very for the south koreans, who are used to very high rights. china has deteriorated the last few months after south korea announced

-- for south korea? rosalind: it means that will bet park geun-hye suspended from her presidential duties, and the prime minister will take over. a for mr. will address the nation at a clock p.m., at a couple of hours from now. lawmakers in300 south korea's national assembly, which we are standing outside, voted to impeach her. that means this issue will now go to the constitutional courts to look at it. nine judges on the constitutional court can agree to put forward this motion and to approve it. then, the president election will be held within 180 days. that is a long time. this process, if you string it out, could take eight months, in which time the prime minister, which has not been elected by the people, will be in charge of the country. after that, they may get a new president. the thing is that the constitutional court could still throw out this motion to impeach president park. this happened before. this is the second time ever in south korea that lawmakers have voted to impeach a president. th

and political turmoil in south korea. the country consumed by a corruption scandal with president park geun-hye likely to resign or be impeached. she worked to impose sanctions on north korea. now both countries could be changing leaders simultaneously. >> one would think kim jong un would take advantage of not only the weakness of the south korean government but the transition of the u.s. incoming trump administration. north korean defectors have said that north korea acts against the new presidents to train them like a dog. >> reporter: experts say kim jong un may benefit from the next south korean president who is likely to be more left leaning. that president, they say, will be likely less tough on kim jong un than park geun hye has been. they'll be more likely to give aid to north korea, to resist america's deployment of the anti-missile battery in south korea and, overall, could be just easier for kim jong un to intimidate. wolf. >> recently there have been possibly disturbing images coming from north korea's nuclea

south korea's two times as large as north korea. the number of cell phones in south korea, 1.3 per person. don't ask me why that one third is so important. in north korea, it has been 10% of people that have cell phones. sanctioned has been by the united states -- by the united nations frequently. south korea has a former foreign minister who is the secretary general of the united nations. this year, one was president of the human rights council so these two countries are vying for legitimacy to make the claim that they are the government of all korea. north korea is in a real bind because it has very little to make that claim. , theregard to human rights north koreans clearly are sensitive about what has been going on. when north koreans were first madecized, countries suggestions that north koreans ought to try to make progress on areas that were not sensitive politically. dealing with the issues of people with disabilities. when the north koreans reported , theyyears later announced they had signed the convention on people with d

south korea is not italy. i think there will be elections probably in april and probably pass without a hitch. have --nd that will continue? jeremy: it has been on the basis that everybody is expecting this to pass. we have been looking for it to depreciate. korea hasr funding in not had a particularly good 2016. the issues around trade, shipping within the global economy is going to continue to weigh on south korean confidence. in the near term, the political situation is negative for the korean yuan. manus: there is an unusual phenomenon in this job, i know that we are working in a paradigm shift, but the premium differential between the u.s. and korea is at its widest sense 2004. 2004.ce if the momentum continues and easy koreans shifting their money, this is a make position for the market -- this is a unique position for the market to be a. jeremy: it is. -- for them to move out of the currency, it is not a new phenomenon. 90's ast in the late welcome as that they have the institutional memory around the a

north korea has called him "human scum". steven evans, bbc news, south korea. if you suffer regular aches and pains in yourjoints, scientists think they may have found out why, and the answer goes back millions of years. they say it's all to do with the way our skeletons have evolved. smeetha mundasad reports. 3—d printing the bones of our distant ancestors and imagining how we might look in thousands of years‘ time. an unconventional way to approach an everyday problem. why is it that the humans of today get so muchjoint pain? to answer, scientists looked back at hundreds of ancient skeletons and say evolution could be partly to blame. this is a 30,000—year—old thigh bone and it is this area here which has changed. we call it the neck of the thigh—bone. as we have gone through evolution, this area is getting thicker and thicker, whereas we know there is a direct link between this area getting thicker and early arthritis. that is not all. they can nudge their model forward, having a guess at how human skeletons may change in 5000 years‘ time. these

that is also the case in south korea. qualcomm has allegedly taken advantage of its market position and is now facing a hefty fine. other companies face charges as well. all of this comes amid a massive option scandal that involves the country's president. the nation looked on as the head of south korea's state-run pension fund was taken into custody. special prosecutors suspect -- pressured the fund. he was south korea and health minister at the time. >> the special prosecution team investigated the health minister. reporter: the arrest comes amid a massive corruption scandal that involves the president. earlier this month, president park geun-hye was impeached over allegations that she colluded with a longtime friend to extort money and favors from that largest companies. park's presidential scandals -- presidential powers are suspended. qualcomm, whose chips are used, and smartphones around the world, and forcing mobile phone manufacturers into under license agreements. >> we have decided to issue a correction order to

the political move that's threatening to force south korea's president from office is closer to being realized. opposition parties have agreed to prepare for the impeachment of park guen-hye. party leaders decided to impose the impeachment motion so it can be put to a v vote next week. they n need to gather signature from half of all lawmakers. they will then hand it to the assembly. those lawmakers noted that park is noted to step down before her term expires in 201818. the notion will pass with the approval of two-thirds of the lawmakers in the national assembly and they need at least 28 saenuri members to pass the motion. if it passes, park will be immediately suspended from office and the prime minister will take over her duties. park could become the first south korean president to be impeachme impeached since 2004. president park's popularity can't fall much further. she left seoul on official business for the first time in a month and visited her hometown, her bedrock of support. looks how people there are reacting. >> reporter: maybe south korea's third largest city, but histo

this has made people in south korea very angry. we see hundreds of thousands of people taking to the street during the weekend, protesting against her. her approval rating has dropped a single digits last week. mobilized a lot of ordinary south koreans. if the motion does go ahead will beday, she suspended from her duties as president and the prime minister will take over. it will go to a constitutional court and after 180 days they can decide. 60 days in which to call an independent. most likely will be a lot shorter. rishaad: nice one. rather exuberant protesters there. inflation in china supposed to edge up and feed into higher prices around the world. our china correspondent joins us now. what is the latest reading and what is expected? price index is what to focus on, that will come versus an november, rise of 1.2 percent in october. if it comes through as expected, that will crystallize the moves we are seeing into an inflationary cycle. i deflationary cycle stretched to 2011 andback only really started to end in september of

impeachment proceedings against south korea's president have begun. that will be voted on tomorrow and is expected to end the career of the president who is accused of colluding with the french to manipulate affairs. 4%with an approval rating at , the president days appeared to be numbered. the twoieve they have thirds majority needed to push the president out on friday. are assured, we that what i'm 200 lawmakers will vote for impeachment. if there occurs a situation where the motion fails, our citizens will not forgive the parliament. >> south korea's first female president is accused of allowing a confident to wield political influence. she was indicted on charges of leaking confidential documents. the president has apologized three times and acknowledged she received help but had denied any involvement in criminal activities. south korea's constitutional court will have 180 days -- [no audio] >> >> the scope of the investigation and areas of the crime are wide, not only because the situation is complicated but because influence peddling appears to

let's go to south korea. south korea's parliament has voted in favor of impeaching the president. let's go straight to the national assembly. what does this exactly mean for the president? well, it means that the president will be suspended or has been suspended and the prime minister takes over as the interim leader. minister said he will ensure the government runs normally and they will take steps to stabilize markets if necessary. he will hold a national address in about 15-20 minutes. meanwhile, the president or suspended president, has to accept the voice of the president and apologize for causing national confusion. what will happen next is that goes to because usual court to be looked at and six out of the nine judges in that need to approve the motion to go forward. if that happens and they have 180 days to do so -- if that happens, presidential elections will be held in 60 days. --s whole process could pick could take as long as it will be a much shorter process. we could see her come back and we could see a big flooding of public anger against the president, and also aga

. >> south korea's political scandal has seen some of its biggest companies holding to parliament for question. >> and japan considers legalizing casinos. >> this is the second hour of day break asia coming to you from bloomberg's asian headquarters. i am in hong-chin coning, where it is just past 8:00 a.m. and it is past 7:00 p.m. in new york. oking at how the markets closed, and we got a cue from europe shaqiriing off what happened in the italian referendum. they took a lesson from brexit as well as trump and getting on the right side of trades do. >> they rebounded. we are seeing positive sentiment filtering through from wall street from europe as well. let's get straight to the markets here in the asia-pacific. let's head to australia where the asx 200 is up half a percent. ahead of the monetary decision, they are expected to hold steady at 1.50%. let's go to the nikkei 225, which is just start to go trade. we saw the japanese yen weakening in the last session. the exporters are getting a boost. nikkei up 1%. the yen not doing much after weakening in the last session. let get a ch

lawmakers in south korea impeach the president. park geun-hye suspended after weeks of antigovernment protests. the syrian government showing in aleppo, despite the russian announcement of a new pause infighting. a new report exposes the russianionalized athletes. we will go to moscow for the latest. molly: we start with a major seoul, thehakeup in south korean president impeach this friday after weeks of antigovernment protests against her rule. scandalence peddling caused park geun-hye's suspending of her powers. go to jason strother, who joins us from the south korean capital. i understand there is official reaction coming in about the impeachment. we heard from president park herself. jason: right. she expressed regret over causing all this chaos, as she said. it was not an admission of guilt, by any y means. she has been accused of pressure in some of south korea's largest companies to give tens of millions of dollars to a close friend who embezzled much of those funds. but she says she is stepping down and peacefully handing

. >>> the president of south korea was impeached peechd the morning, she is south korea's first democratically elected leader to be removed from office. south korea's prime minister will serve as acting president. >>> critical video was played at dylann roof's murder trial in charleston. roof is charged with gunning down nine black church goers in a racially motivated attack. s. err video shows roof pulling into the church parking lot and entering the church. 45 minutes later he's seen cautiously leaving the church it was revealed roof's mother suffered a heart attack in court as prosecutors described her son's actions in their opening remarks. >>> this morning john glenn is being remembered for his courage, patriotism and intellect. glenn was the first american to orbit the earth. he also served this country in war and as a united states senator. he died yesterday at the age of 95. >> reporter: from the cosmos to capitol hill and then back again. >> reporter: john glenn was an astronaut, a politician and a patriot. >> i had i guess you could say 47 years of federal years, and we're proud of t

-- how corrupt is south korea and what can be done? >> you may be confused about what happened 20 years ago. the president of the time, they did it differently than they did it now. it is a cleaner society. it is for a good cause. -- with the cultural foundation. this is what the large corporations are doing and korea. it is part of the corporate social responsibility program. do you know what happened? funds fromave some the foundation. case, theyticular are more like the victim. criticize them for any wrongdoing. >> i just want to get your view year. the samsung vice-chairman is at this hearing. he has admitted to providing a -- billion dollar course $850,000 horse to the daughter of the friend. does this go back to the habit of giving money and getting political favor? >> we don't know if there was any political favor in return. they are all large. they have to contribute money to the cultural foundation. there is a potential issue for the political favor. there is probably some country with a whole expensive setup. i do not see a p

so the constitutional court in south korea will be deciding the merit of the decision. it started out with a bizarre scandal surrounding the president. that led to a public uproar that led to weeks of massive protests in seoul and nationwide. and of course the national assembly, the 300 members of the national assembly voted on the impeachment motion this afternoon. and it was a yes. it was a go with impeachment. 234 members out of 300 national assembly members voted yes to the idea. but like you said. the constitutional court will be reviewing the decision, whether it's a just decision or not. even if the constitutional court says yes, this is a just decision, the political uncertainty does not end there. south korea's political parties will have two months to put together a presidential election. that could potentially mean somewhat of a last-minute cramming to look for a presidential figure here. because none of the parties have a clearly winning or clearly supported presidential figure at this point. and just looking at the short-term future here, what's happening t

lawmakers in south korea vote to impeach their president. ahead on wake up --- who's now in charge of the country. and tributes continue to pour in for astronaut and former senator john glenn who passed away yesterday. ahead a look back at forecast from fox6 meteorologist stephanie barichello a mix of clouds and sunshine today with high temperatures reaching into the low to middle 20s. clouds increase overnight with lows in the teens. two storm systems impact se wi this weekend - the first bringing snow by afternoon/evening saturday. the second system will monday morning. 3- 4 of snow is possible by sunday morning but storm totals will be higher by monday morning. stay tuned. today: mix of clouds and sunshine. chilly. high: 24 wind: nw 8-12 mph tonight: partly cloudy. low: 12 wind: w 5-10 mph dick adlibs traffic red on traffic map = major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays green on traffic map = no up -- with changes coming to 94 and the zoo interchange. ryan luck with the d-o-t joins us to talk about everything that's going to impac

north korea reaching into south korea with a cyber attack to attack the cyber command in south korea. you have instability in south korea right now with president park going through a massive corruption scandal and they're being challenged on impeachment right now. transition with the prime minister next after the president and disputed by who that prime minister would be. this is a very unstable time in that peninsula and a time for america to express to the south korean people we are your ally and north korea should not make advances. >> we spend a lot of time here reporting on this north korea threat. do you accept the u.s. intelligence community's assessment that russia did, in fact, through cyber warfare, cyber attacks, interfere in the u.s. election process? >> i do. this is very indicative of russia what they've done across the balkans, all through the area and russia. this has been an issue for them and consistent with what they typically do. they try to destabilize every other country by making those countries believe their election is not real. >> the president-elect has bee

samsung, south korea's most valuable company climbed to a record of week after announcing a series of moves, including pending shareholders a 36% increase in per share dividends. the company also announced it may split as soon as next year, responding to pressure from activist hedge funds. we caught up with the managing editor for asia tech, peter hellstrom, from tokyo, just as the news broke, along with tech economy ceo david kirkpatrick in new york. >> the big news out of this is that samsung has decided it's going to return more cash to shareholders, specifically through dividends and share buybacks. it set in the past that it wants to return about 30%-50% of free cash flow to shareholders. as it has done that, the amount of cash and has on hand increases. it will go to the top end of that range, 50% going back to shareholders. even through dividends are buybacks. it's going to begin by increasing the dividend for

we're seeing south korea''s kospi up more than a quarter%. china markets will open in just under half an hour. speaking of china, the number of chinese tourists coming to japan is growing rapidly. this year, more than 5.5 million chinese had visited japan by october, surpassing last year's figure. chinese firms have been invited to invest in japan's flourishing industry. about 50 people attended a seminar organized by the japan external trade organization in beijing. an official said chinese firms can be confident that investment in japan's tourist industry will yield positive results due to the growing number of chinese visitors. the official said the group decided to invest about $175 million to operate about 20 hotels in japan. a representative of a chinese investment firm said japan is likely to attract more investors from asia as real estate is relatively cheap and borrowing rates are low. while the japanese government is inviting foreign investment as a way to promote economic growth, but so far, chinese investors have been slow to resp

more: there has been trouble for volkswagen in south korea. they have taken dramatic steps against the carmaker. 80 models were banned from sale earlier this year. now the country's fair trade commission has slapped a fine of almost 30 million euro's on cw for false advertising. the scandal is continuing to affect volkswagen sales. brian quinn reports. south korea's fair trade commission cracking down on the country's volkswagen unit with the largest fine ever imposed in a false advertising case. their ad repeated concrete phases. before its use of sophisticated emission test cheating software was revealed in late 2015 volkswagen ads in south korea touted the vehicle's fuel efficiency and compliance with european emission standards. that campaign saw sales balloon on the peninsula from 4000 cars to 62,000. driver whokorean purchased a new volkswagen in 2013 is no longer a satisfied customer. >> i suffered mentally from other people's opinion of my purchase. used car prices have also sharply dropped causing monetary damage. >> the fine is equal

-- your analysis as a look to the future of politics and economy in south korea. yvonne: machine orders for october, year over year figures looking more gloomy. 5.6% drop in those machine orders straight in those machine orders strictly month on month looking much more positive, 4.1% rise in those machine orders straight this is a very key barometer when it comes to capital expenditure. we saw that drop of 3.3%. we were expecting this upside surprise for the fourth quarter given the yen reach previously th we have seen, that bolster the sentiment demand for capital goods. things like this, also a beep. month on month numbers are up, 0.4%. and the year on year figures, easing when it comes to the drop. down 2.2%. ppio see th enovember reversing the declines we saw previously. ahead to the japan open in just a few minutes time from now. the nikkei last closed, you can see up i 1.2%. -- by 1.2%. the yen is 115. we are days away from the fed's rate decision. what might the central bank have up its sleeve in the new year? this is bloomberg. ♪ ramy: you're watching "d

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his next gig puts them back in south korea. rishaad: he has given the strongest signal yet that he would join the race to secede president park geun-hye. how are voters viewing this idea? likedis certainly being by certain voters. his rating went up today after he made the comments a couple of days ago in new york, his comments were basically a hint that he would seek to run for president if he comes back to south korea. it is a good signing that the rating is up for him. for himgood sign because he has been running second place in polls for the last several weeks. fronte polls show him in running position, so he could be the most sought after man in south korea's political market. right now there is no clear conservative candidate that ofld match the popularity opposition hopefuls, and he certainly comes into that position. of campaignkind would it be if he runs? what challenges do you anticipate he faces? promote hishim to nationsce as the united chief, leading the united nations for the last decade, and he certainly has a hi

the farmers from south korea are keen to know more. some have seen their income decline with the rise of free trade, and thehey are worried about the future. >> translator: it was educational. i wasn't s sure about the busins model, but i learned a lot. >> translator: this system is taking off in south korea. i'm from a small town, that's why i joined the observation tour. >> reporter: despite its success, oyama is facing a new challenge. the town's population is declining. down 50% from the 1960s. the agriculture core is working on the next idea of a farming theme park. >> translator: it's a great view, isn't it? it will be a great place. >> reporter: it has already chosen a site where it plans to grow 35,000 trees using a handful of varieties. the park will give visitors the hands-on experience of farming including harvesting trees. they are also planning to build hot spring resorts and museums. the idea is to make farming fun. the town hopes some visitors will decide to stay. >> translator: to achieve a dream, one must first plant t

relax and retire, or run for president of south korea. because this is your last question, we would like to know will choose and you have to give a clear answer now. thank you. [laughter] general ban ki-moon: the first part of your question -- of course, i will take some more days to take rest. as you know during the last 10 years, frankly speaking, i have not been able to take any proper vacations and rest. it has been quite a tough 10 years. i have been working first to make sure that the united nation's is there when people need me and the united nations and for the second part of the question, i have been repeatedly saying i am still the secretary-general. i still have 15 days to go. after 15 days, when january 1 comes, then i will take some rest and go back to korea. and then i will try to meet as many people as possible, which may include political leaders and leaders of societies and my friends, consider seriously what is best of what i could and should do for my country of korea. as you know, the situation is very, very difficult.

maria: welcome back, south korea launching changes. lauren: this mid recent protest after millions of people into the streets for itch peachment. he's accused for extortion of money from south korea companies including hyundai and samsung. approval ratings 4%, lowest among any leader of south korea since late 1980's. prime minister will be leadership. los angeles prosecutors accusing sears, jc penny, kohl's and macy's on misleading consumers on sales prices. some items were on sale that never actually retailed a higher price so customers believe they are getting a better deal than they actually are. businesses cannot publicize a higher original price unless the price was actually for sale within three months of the advertisement, now you know. john glenn died yesterday at 95 year's old. then on february 20th 1962 a milestone in the space race as glenn became the first american to orbit the earth. >> i feel fine. capsulate is turning around. the view is tremendous. lauren: after leaving nasa in 1964glenn never strayed from the public ey

. >>> still ahead, we're following big news from south korea. the country's embattled leader may have just one more day in office after being rocked by political scandal. we'll get you a live report. >>> at least 102 people are dead following that 6.5-magnitude earthquake that hid indonesia early yesterday morning, this according to the ap. more than 600 people were injured, including 128 seriously after that earthquake struck the district at the shallow depth of only about six miles below the surface. more than 265 homes and buildings were damaged or destroyed. the state department says they're unaware of any u.s citizens among those killed. >>> south korea's parliament has introduced a bill to impeach embattled president park geun-hye. her approval ratings have dropped to 4%. she's seen her presidency engulfed by a scandal. joining us from london is matt bradley. what's the likelihood? what are the odds park gets impeached? >> well, ali, i try to be careful when it comes to forecasting voting results these days, but if the numbers are to be be

so what's next in the step here with south korea and this ongoing saga? >> thanks, alex. well, the vote starts a countdown, it now has six months to decide if the charges are true and if park should, indeed, be removed. if they agree with parliament, that would make modern south korea's first female president its first ever to be impeached, but park still has a lifeline. the court's decision is far from certain. the last time south korea voted to impeach its president in 2004, the court kept him in. six of the nine justices need to vote to unseat the president. in fact, park and her fellow conservative predecessor have appointed six of those judges, but in the mean time, prime minister west bank kyo-ahn will take over. whether she stays or goes, park remains deeply unpopular, her approval ratings have hovered in the single digits the past few weeks and the continuing scandal unleashed protests on an unprecedented scale. in the end today, about half of park's own ruling party joined her opponents in voting for her impeachment, so park stands accused of extortion and abuse

the scuffle was aboard a flight between vietnam and south korea. luckily for all, the singer was right here waiting when the trouble broke out. japan is home to the world's biggest fish market, called tsukiji. it is legendary for tuna auctions, the source of all that great sushi, so much so that a plan to move the market has provoked controversial. now, a film has reignited a debate over its historic value. the movie's director, naotaro endo, told the bbc what makes the market just so unique. translation: when i first visited tsukiji, i was surprised. i knew so little about it. i was struck the power of the people who make it what it is. i was captivated by their energy, and decided that i wanted to make it into a movie. trust is the key here. it's taken years to build. it's based on family businesses, and how people connect with each other. through the movie, i hope it can provide an opportunity to discuss how to nurture and pass on our ancient food culture to the next generation. returning to one of our lead stories, the smog enveloping china. a

the scuffle was aboard a flight between vietnam and south korea. luckily for all, the singer was "right here waiting" when the trouble broke out. do you get it, rico? # right here waiting for you. mac moving on. this might not be a story for you, if you live the lower flight for you, if you live the lower flight path. —— bulow a flight path. india is cracking down on airlines release human waste from toilets in the air. it follows complaints that an aircraft had been dumping waste over houses in delhi. they'll face heavy fines of 50,000 rupees — that's more than $700. 0ur correspondentjustin rowlatt braved a trip to the airport. so, the claim is that planes are regularly discharging their toilets over the indian capital. a retired indian army officer claims his alchemy, very near where i am standing outcome is regularly splattered with human excrement. —— balcony. he cannot prove that this is from planes, but his complaint was taken up either national green tribunal, an environmental court, and it has ordered that india's aviation regula

north korea now to help south korea bring down kimjong—un. north korea has called him human scum. russia says the syrian government is holding talks with the opposition, ahead of possible negotiations to end the six—year conflict. it's not clear where they are taking place or who is involved, though the main opposition group says it is not taking part. meanwhile, government forces in syria have intensified their attack on a rebel—held valley near damascus. wadi barada is a significant stronghold because it's the location of a key water supply for nearly five million people in the capital. the author of the novel watership down, richard adams, has died at the age of 96. his tale of an evicted family of rabbits was rejected by 13 publishers before eventually becoming a best seller. it was also turned into an animated film. a former civil servant and world war ii veteran, he was a prominent environmentalist and campaigner for animal welfare. and tributes have been paid to the actress liz smith, who's died at the age of 95. she was best known for playing nana in the tv comedy the

in south korea, for basis point gain. a lot of money going into the dollar and equities, and these safe haven assets are very much sold off. rishaad: thank you very much indeed for that. sophie: as juliette mention, opec has seen its first output cuts from independent producers and 15 years to oil ministers agreed to reduce output by 1.2 million barrels a day, and saudi arabia signaled it is ready to cut production more than expected, promising a reduction of 450,000 barrels a day. russia and other nations pledge to cut production from january. say that the situation is different as we go country by country, but i was pleasantly surprised to see some many countries respond to the invitation by opec in russia to participate in this deal to stabilize markets. i would have to say that most of the countries that joined, and it is important to say they joined voluntarily, so no one will force them to reduce production, and most of these countries would be taking active measures to reduce production, and that is very important.

south korea's president agrees to resign in april, according to the largest news agency in south korea. this, of course, goes right to the heart of the political turmoil that the president finds herself in. asia's number four economy potentially facing its first presidential oust since the end of military rule. we have seen equity markets and south korea responding in the run-up to this, and this is a story that has been long in the making. april is now the deadline. the date we are looking at, april. our guest is still with us on set -- let's talk about italy. with your best analyst hat on, can you see a path to power for the five-star movement in italy? is that where the story ends, or will that stop? >> it may theoretically happen, but we are far away from it. five star is roughly on par with the current centerleft party; they may not win elections. when it is a more serious issue, such as real national elections, people may think twice, as we just had and austria, where they really want these funny chaps and power. on top of that, italy has a complex election system and the referen