Nhk newsline sits down with a trump advisor on what his asia pacific policies may look like and request denied. A south korean court is the head of samsung. U. S. President Barrack Obama used his final News Conference to offer a message saying america will be okay. But he is also suggesting he may ease sanctions on russia. Its important to just remember the reason sanctions have been put in place against russia has to do with their actions in ukraine and its important for the United States to stand up for the basic principle that big countries dont go around and invade and bully smaller countries. Trump suggested in an interview with a british newspaper that he would be open to lifting sanctions in return for a deal for both the u. S. And russia to reduce their nuclear arsenals. The sanctions were in response to russias annexation in 2014. A constructive relationship with russia is in the interest of the u. S. And the world but Vladimir Putins presidency brought a return of the cold wa
Selfdefense force unit heading to south sudan will be allowed to protect civilians with weapons if necessary. And under investigation. Law enforcement officials in russia have detained the Economic Development minister on suspicion of accepting a bribe. Theres been a delay to a planned inquiry into south koreas president s connections to a corruption scandal. It was originally expected that park geunhye would sit down with prosecutors on wednesday, but thats not the case. Our reporter kim chanju joins us from seoul. Can you give us the latest . Reporter President Park got a lawyer on tuesday. His job will be to defend her against allegations that she has links to a scandal involving her long time friend and close aides. Parks lawyer held a News Conference and spoke about the delay. Translator i need to take considerable time to study the issues and prepare the defense. In principle, the prosecution should be carried out in written form. Reporter parks lawyer also pointed out that the i
Kenji goto and harunai yakua. A purported Islamic State member threatens to kill them unless the japanese government pays a ransom of 200 million within 72 hours. Officials in tokyo assume the deadline is around 2 50 p. M. Japan time on friday. State minister for Foreign Affairs Yasuhide Nakayama is taking charge of a task force based at the Japanese Embassy in jordan. He met on wednesday with king abdullah. The king gave assurances of his readiness to cooperate fully. Japans foreign minister has also asked britain to assist with their efforts to bring the two men home. Fumio kishida made the request in london with long with his counterpart. He said the government has condemned the hostage take sxeg also called the recent attacks in france unforgivable. Translator i hope japan and britain will cooperate to fight against terrorism. Hammond said his country has experienced having its citizens taken hostage and killed by Islamic State militants. He said his government is offered to pull t
Kenji goto and harunai yakua. A purported Islamic State member threatens to kill them unless the japanese government pays a ransom of 200 million within 72 hours. Officials in tokyo assume the deadline is around 2 50 p. M. Japan time on friday. State minister for Foreign Affairs Yasuhide Nakayama is taking charge of a task force based at the Japanese Embassy in jordan. He met on wednesday with king abdullah. The king gave assurances of his readiness to cooperate fully. Japans foreign minister has also asked britain to assist with their efforts to bring the two men home. Fumio kishida made the request in london with long with his counterpart. He said the government has condemned the hostage take sxeg also called the recent attacks in france unforgivable. Translator i hope japan and britain will cooperate to fight against terrorism. Hammond said his country has experienced having its citizens taken hostage and killed by Islamic State militants. He said his government is offered to pull t
A group of South Koreans are helping to fill homes during the winter months with heat. Japanese government leaders on a race against time. They are using all Resources Available to try to have two nationals believed to be captured by Islamic State released. Theyre stressing to the militant group that millions of military aid promised to the middle east is solely for humanitarian purposes. Translator we will use the trust and all the channels we have cultivated in the middle east. We will try every means available. The video released on tuesday shows two men who are believed to be freelance journalists kenji goto and haruna yukawa. A purported Islamic State member threatens to kill them unless the japanese government pays a ransom of 200 million within 72 hours. Officials in tokyo assume the deadline is around 2 50 p. M. Japan time on friday. State minister for Foreign Affairs Yasuhide Nakayama is taking charge of a task force based at the Japanese Embassy in jordan. He met on wednesday