Welcome to nhk world newsline, im gene otani in tokyo. Heres a look at some of the stories were following this hour. South korean officials are closely monitoring reports from the north to see if an influential figure has been dismissed from all his posts. Antigovernment protesters in thailand plan to suspend their demonstrations for the kings birthday, but vow theyll be back. And the young people from paraguay comb through a mountain of garbage and came up with a way to entertain people all over the world. Officials with south Koreas Unification Ministry say they are closely monitoring reports out of the north to see if a high Ranking Member of government has been ousted from office. He serves as the vice chairmanship and is the uncle of kim jongun. Reports have surfaced chung may have been dismissed from all of his posts, but so far nothing has been reported about the political move. The announcement comes after the souths Intelligence Service told a Parliamentary Committee that chun