South. State run media said leader kim jongun ordered troops stationed along tmz to be ready. Korean news agency said kim called a meeting with the Workers Party of korea. The Commission Approved military operations, if no other options were available. The report said kim ordered troops along the tmz to go into a semiwar state beginning at 5 00 p. M. Local time on friday. It would be the first time in over 20 years for such an order to be given. In 1993 former leader kim jongil ordered leaders to enter a semiwar state in response to a joint u. S. South korea military drill. North korea fired projectiles across tmz. South korea said they fired more than 20 artillery rounds toward the north in response. They said the north korean attack apparently target add loud speaker in the south that has been glaring antipyongyang propaganda. North Korean Military officials then warned they would launch military operations unless south stopped crossborder transmissions by 5 00 p. M. Saturday. They a
Positions overnight. We dont know what will happen. Even in japan yesterday stocks snapped their earlier gains to close down 4 and we just saw the nikkei reverse those gains right now. We may see another volatile day as chinese stock market swings again. Just had a look at the stocks. All over the place, positive, negative. Currency markets no stranger to some of these wild swings, mayu. Give us some of the levels, specifically dollar yen. Well, the dollars doing a little bit better right now. The dollar recouped some of its losses after chinas Central Banks fifth rate cut since november but its still in a down trend, 118. 75. The euro is edging lower after hitting 117 level monday. Its around 1. 1556. So some are buying back the dollar after purchasing currency to avoid risk like the euro and the yen. Big focus will be on the shanghai composite. Well see how it reacts to chinas rate cut. Ill be back with an update in a few hours. Back to you. Very much looking forward to that. Mayu yo
Positions overnight. We dont know what will happen. Even in japan yesterday stocks snapped their earlier gains to close down 4 and we just saw the nikkei reverse those gains right now. We may see another volatile day as chinese stock market swings again. Just had a look at the stocks. All over the place, positive, negative. Currency markets no stranger to some of these wild swings, mayu. Give us some of the levels, specifically dollar yen. Well, the dollars doing a little bit better right now. The dollar recouped some of its losses after chinas Central Banks fifth rate cut since november but its still in a down trend, 118. 75. The euro is edging lower after hitting 117 level monday. Its around 1. 1556. So some are buying back the dollar after purchasing currency to avoid risk like the euro and the yen. Big focus will be on the shanghai composite. Well see how it reacts to chinas rate cut. Ill be back with an update in a few hours. Back to you. Very much looking forward to that. Mayu yo
Phone and described the situation. Fighting has spread to the outskirts of the capital, damascus, and to the central city of homs. Delegates at a meeting of theups Nuclear Watchdog are discussing how to deal with north korea. Theyre taking part in the International Atomic energy eggs 60th general conference. Director general yukia amano expressed concern over pyongyangs fifth nuclear test, carried out earlier this month. It is a growing threat to peace and security in northeast asia and beyond. A delegate from the European Union urged the country to renounce its nuclear and missile development. Participants are expected to adopt a resolution criticizing north korea before the fiveday meeting closes on friday. Japanese police are investigating the death of an elderly man who may have been intentionally poisoned while in hospital. They found a harmful chemical in his intravenous medication. Nhk worlds masaaki ohtake has more. Reporter nobuo yamaki died on september 20th, his 88th birthda
Reporter okinawa governor onaga expressed anger. Translator i was shocked. The result will probably leave the root of the problem untouched. This unilateral ruling will likely trigger greater opposition from the okinawan people and unite them even more. Reporter the top Government Official welcomed the court ruling. Translator we understand the court ruled that the okinawa governors decision to revoke a landfill work permit was illegal. Based on this ruling, we hope to continue with the issue with integrity. Reporter the u. S. Marine corps futenma station has been an issue for decades. The base is located in the densely populated area. Aircraft take off and land within meters of nearby houses. Tokyo and washington want to move the base to a less populated coastal area of okinawa. But onaga wants it moved out of the prefecture altogether. Okinawa hosts 74 of the u. S. Military facilities in japan and onaga says it is too heavy a burden. The construction for the relocation plan was appro