Shes been a close friend of President Park geunhye for 40 years. Conspired with former president ial aide to Pressure Companies to donate large sums of money to two foundations. The president ial office was indirectly involved in setting up the organizations. Prosecutors detained aung Late Wednesday night. Park appointed kim byongjojoon over the scandal. Kim told a News Conference on thursday afternoon its possible park will be investigated. The south korean constitution does not allow a authorities to press criminal charges against a sitting president. The only exception is for rebellion. Earlier james tengan talked with nhks senior correspondent. Hes been covering the Korean Peninsula for years. Kengo, how are they reporting it in south korea . Well, every news program in the country seems totally occupied by this scandal. The press coverage is heating up. Some are saying they used to pass through the President Office without being checked. Choi lost one shoe during the scuffle at th
Exit by noon at the latest. Incident free light traffic and dry roadsthis afternoon the Colorado Rockies versus our Milwaukee Brewers at 1 10 at miller park stadium. Expect delays during the lunch time rush and during your eveing commute home. Alternate routes wisonsin and national avenue are your best bets. Tonight two full closures near the zoo interchange starting at 11 tonight. National ave moorland road eastbound on 94 east are closed until 4 30 tomorrow morning breaking news happening right now in italy these are new pictures weve just got into our newsroom from central italy showing extensive damage from an overnight earthquake. This is a live lookthe 6point2 magnitude quake brought down homes on top of people. Right now we know at least 37 and more than 150 are feared dead. Tremors were . So powerful. They were felt in rome about two hours southwest of amatrice happening now Milwaukee Police are looking for the driver who hit an 11 Year Old Girl on her bike and then just took o
Festivafestival Kurdish Forces say theyve taken full control of gin jar from i. S. I. L. Fighters. Sinjar from i. S. I. L. Fighters. It sits on a highway which links two important towns. It is on the second day of a long waited offensive. They surrounded the town on thursday, cutting off supplies from both the east and west. Several strategic facilities in that Northern Iraqi town have been secured in the Islamic State. In an effort to defeat the group according to those in the know, i. S. I. L. Defeated and is on run according to the news agency. In Northern Iraq. Whats the latest . Reporter i can tell you that from the north the Kurdish Peshmerga went into the town of sinjar. They are in control of all of the town. We were expecting a retort, but that hasnt happened. Intense fighting yesterday. It is actually quite unusual. You have i. S. I. L. , they on the back side. Iraqis forces went in a few months ago. What happened is they do had attacks against them. What is happening at the
Accused of conspireing to smuggle cocaine into the u. S. Aung san suu kyis Opposition Party has won myanmars londe mark election, the countrys Election Commission confirms. It has released more results that show the n. L. D. Has gained more than the twothirds it needs to control parliament. Aung san suu kyis n. L. D. Party has secured more than 329 seats, gaining control of both houses of parliament, but the quarter of the seats are allocated to the military which means it will remain hugely influential in myanmars con decision also bars her from becoming president because she married a british citizen and her children have british passports. Wayne hay live from yangon, so an important moment for Aung San Suu Kyi an her party. Talk us through it. Reporter yes. Certainly a big day for the n. L. D. A day that comes incidentally five years ago to the day that Aung San Suu Kyi, the leaderer of the n. L. D. , was released from the military from her latest spell in house arrest. Now she is o
Recent years. But the current slump in oil and gas prices makes it difficult to sustain that growth going forward. In the summit talks, abe will pledge to be support japanese firms investment in the country and help build its infrastructure. Japans defense minister general nakatani will visit vietnam early next month to meet his counterpart general phung quang thanh. They are expected to discuss chinas unilateral activities including major reclamation projects and the construction of military facilities. Vietnam is one of the parties involved in territorial disputes with china over the south china sea. Nakatani is likely to explain japanese security legislation enacted last month. The new laws allow japan to exercise the right to the collective selfdefense and expand the role of the countrys selfdefense forces. Relations between people in japan and china appear to be warming up. Most people who answered an opinion poll said their impressions of each other are negative but not as negati