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KEVIN McKIDD: Tonight, nearly 40,000 Veterans across the

country are homeless.

These men and women have pledged to serve our nation and now we must serve them.

Landlords across the country have helped make significant progress in reducing Veteran homeless

by making housing available, but there is more that we can do to bring our Veterans

home.

Visit www.va.gov/homeless to see how you can get involved.

And if you are a Veteran, and you are experiencing homelessness, please call 1-877-4-AID-VET.

Thank you.

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U.S. Citizens Detained in Thailand for Being Exposed in Public - Duration: 0:57.

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Gov't holds second public hearing on South Korea-U.S. FTA renegotiation - Duration: 2:33.

South Korea's trade ministry is holding its second public hearing on possible amendments

to the free trade agreement between South Korea and the United States.

Our Kim Hyesung joins us on the line from the Coex Convention Center in southern Seoul.

Hyesung, can you walk us through the key points of the hearing so far....

Hi, Mark.

The public hearing started at 9:30am sharp.

It started with presentations by trade and legal experts, and was followed by a panel

discussion.

The trade ministry unveiled its economic feasibility studies on the Korea-U.S. FTA.

With regards to the agricultural sector, it said agricultural imports from the U.S. increased

by a yearly average of 15 percent, or 940 million U.S. dollars, between 2012 and 2016...

compared to the 2007 and 2011 period, the five year period before the FTA went into

effect in 2012.

The report also said U.S. beef imports have surged 124 percent since the FTA took effect.

Basically, the report said Korea's agriculture sector should be exempted from the renegotiations.

As for the manufacturing sector, experts said Korea's exports to the U.S., saw a surplus,

mostly from the automobile sector, while steel and petrochemical industry exports dropped.

The report argued the trade surplus is not because of lower tariffs from the FTA, but

because of Korea's competitiveness in those manufactured goods.

Basically, the government's main point is that they will not just be on the defense

when it comes to the renegotiations, it will protect its agricultural industry, and also

address the antidumping issues raised by the Trump Administration, according to the WTO

regulations.

What's the mood like?

The first gathering last month was disrupted by furious farmers, right?

Right, the first public hearing on November 10th ended in less than 30 minutes due to

a disruption by angry farmers and livestock breeders.

Agricultural representatives held a press conference half-an-hour before the meeting,

at nine a.m. calling for the termination of the Korea-U.S. FTA, and even interrupted before

the panel talks began at 9 40 a.m.

After some fuss, the meeting restarted.

Today, unlike the first hearing, agricultural representatives were also given seats at the

panel talks, who raised their concerns over Korea's livestock industry.

I'll have more updates later in the day.

Back to you, Mark.

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Chloe Ayling Addresses Accusations She Was Laughing In Public With Alleged Captor - Duration: 1:35.

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PUBLIC APOLOGY: Danny Fairbrass Tackle Safe - Duration: 1:39.

This is a public apology to Tom Dove for not using the TackleSafe sooner.

Tom, you are 100% right and I was 100% wrong for not using it sooner.

Now I've got it in my life, I absolutely love it.

I resisted it for quite some time.

I didn't want to move away from my beloved Fox box

and when I did finally use it, I was astonished how much gear fits into it.

It doesn't look much

but all the different compartments keep everything in perfect order.

I love the fact that you can see everything on one plane.

I've just scaled everything down, basically.

So rather than taking four pairs of scissors, I've only got two.

I've only got a couple of baiting needles

rather than loads rattling around in there.

I've only got 20 No-Trace Beads rather than 50.

All the other little compartments keep all my swivels tidy.

I've got my Kicker in there and my shrink tube, my cog booms,

all my lead clips including my hybrid lead clips.

My Heli-Safes, my cork plugs.

A few little products that we're not going to show you that are in there

that are coming out next year.

The hair stops, just everything I need

and with that tray there, I can get all the bits in that I use all the time.

I keep spares in some of the other Compacs

but all in all, an absolutely fantastic little product

that, once again, Tom, I was completely wrong about.

And the fact that you can shut it up and it goes into the Compac.

I've got all my spools in there.

Krimp tool, everything else. My hooks in the wallet at the top.

Boom, that is it. That is all my terminal tackle in one place.

Once again, Tom, I am very sorry. You were 100% right

and I was 100% wrong.

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Several Chicago Public Schools Set To Close - Duration: 1:57.

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Officials Hope Public Can Help ID Penny-Pincher Bandit - Duration: 2:09.

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Minnesota Public Radio Drops Garrison Keillor Over Allegations of Improper Conduct - Duration: 7:37.

Minnesota Public Radio Drops Garrison Keillor Over Allegations of Improper Conduct

Minnesota Public Radio said Wednesday that it was severing all business ties with Garrison Keillor, the creator and retired host of "A Prairie Home Companion," after allegations of "inappropriate behavior with an individual who worked with him.

Over four decades, Mr Keillor, 75, had created a financial juggernaut for the radio network with his weekly broadcast of songs, skits and tales of his fictional hometown Lake Wobegon, along with related books, recordings and other products.

In a statement he provided to The New York Times, Mr Keillor said, "I've been fired over a story that I think is more interesting and more complicated than the version MPR heard.

Effective immediately, MPR said, it will no longer distribute and broadcast Mr Keillor's remaining programs, "The Writer's Almanac" and "The Best of A Prairie Home Companion Hosted by Garrison Keillor.

It will also change the name of American Public Media's current incarnation of the show, which Chris Thile, a songwriter and mandolinist, took over in October 2016, after Mr Keillor stepped down.

Jon McTaggart, the president of Minnesota Public Radio, said in a statement that "all of us in the MPR community are saddened by these circumstances.

He added: "While we appreciate the contributions Garrison has made to M.

, and all of public radio, we believe this decision is the right thing to do and is necessary to continue to earn the trust of our audiences, employees and supporters of our public service.

" The network did not elaborate on what it called Mr Keillor's "inappropriate behavior.

Later on Wednesday, The Star Tribune of Minneapolis published an email from Mr Keillor in response to a reporter's questions, giving his version of an encounter with an unidentified woman.

"I put my hand on a woman's bare back," he wrote. "I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches.

I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it.".

Mr Keillor claimed that they continued to be friends "right up until her lawyer called.

He insisted his discomfort with physical affection was common knowledge, adding, "If I had a dollar for every woman who asked to take a selfie with me and who slipped an arm around me and let it drift down below the beltline, I'd have at least a hundred dollars.

Mr Keillor is one of many public figures to face consequences after allegations of sexual misconduct in recent weeks.

Indeed, just a day earlier, he had come to the defense of his friend and fellow Minnesotan, Senator Al Franken, who is fighting for his political life in the face of accusations of improprieties from four women.

In an op-ed for The Washington Post published on Tuesday evening, Mr Keillor said calls for the senator's resignation were "pure absurdity" and dismissed a photograph of the Democrat with his hands on a woman's chest as something "in a spirit of low comedy.

The fallout with the network came as Mr Keillor was slowly receding from the public stage, though he has still been touring, with appearances around the Northeast this week. On Wednesday, he canceled a performance scheduled that night in Pittsfield, Mass.

He originally came up with the idea for his own Americana variety programin 1974 after he traveled to Nashville to write about the Grand Ole Opry for The New Yorker.

"A Prairie Home Companion" became a radio institution, peaking at 4. 1 million weekly listeners a decade before he retired, with lucrative live performances and merchandise that included recordings, books and clothes.

Mr Keillor sang, performed in skits with recurring characters like Guy Noir and ended each show with a monologue about Lake Wobegon, "where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking and all the children are above-average.

Famous artists who appeared on his stage included Emmylou Harris, Chet Atkins, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Keb' Mo' and Wilco. He was credited with shaping the early profile of public radio.

"'Prairie Home Companion' came on the scene just as public radio was trying to figure out what its identity was," Ira Glass, the host of "This American Life," told The New York Times last year.

"The fact that here was such a visibly weird, funny, idiosyncratic show opened up the space of other weird, idiosyncratic shows, like 'Car Talk,' and our show.".

Mr Keillor, in his statement on Wednesday, which he also published on his website, said he was "deeply grateful" for all the years appearing on the radio and touring the country.

"It's some sort of poetic irony to be knocked off the air by a story, having told so many of them myself, but I'm 75 and don't have any interest in arguing about this," he said.

"And I cannot in conscience bring danger to a great organization I've worked hard for since 1969.".

He also apologized to "all the poets whose work I won't be reading on the radio and sorry for the people who will lose work on account of this.

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"Public nuisance" proposal for medical marijuana rejected in Lewistown - Duration: 2:03.

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Marie Khouri - Public Salon: - Duration: 8:00.

Our next guest is strong and resilient

Just a few days ago. She was in a car accident

And will require surgery

Such is her commitment to the public salon her surgery is delayed till tomorrow

She is serious when she makes a commitment

She speaks five languages has traveled the world, but it's chosen Vancouver to be her home

She's a world acclaimed artist who uses her art to bridge culture and promote

Understanding she knows only too. Well how?

vitally

Important this is she lost a family member in a terrorist incident

Much of her work is not in traditional galleries

But in in public places where every citizen kind of have access to her message

Please welcome Marie Khouri

Some of you may know or not I'm an artist a sculpture that now lives in Vancouver a

multicultural in every sense of the term born in Egypt raised in Lebanon with Jewish and Catholic background

European parents and ended up settling in Paris I

Discovered art later in my life. I was in finance working with my husband and feeling quite successful and fulfilled

but little did I know that it was when we sold our company that I would discover my true passion I

Took a sabbatical and wanted to try something new something. I had never done before and mostly not ever worked with him again

The moment I touched the first lump of clay I

Knew it was on to something

my hands became my language I

Was able to say things that I was never able to voice before

It was as if I had just learned how to speak I was 35 years old

My adult life and experiences have become my tool the canvas of my work

War experiences

relocation new habitats

Adapting to new environments new countries new languages and political structures

all these things have influenced and enriched my artistic practice I

Was able to transform these traumas and life experiences into forms and shapes that

Became my signature

Public art gave my work a new dimension and came to me in Vancouver

Over a decade ago basically when we moved here

For me it stemmed from the need to democratize art to bring it out of the museums and galleries

Opening it up to the city raising curiosity and dialogue

Public art is seen as one of the most important markers in all human settlements

especially in Vancouver because of its fast growing pace

inspires and

activates everyone's imagination

it encourages conversation and

stimulates creativity

The best of public art can challenge the light

educate and

Illuminate and most of all public art creates a sense of civic vitality in our cities

neighborhoods and communities

Passers-by add an element of life to the sculpture

I'm going to be showing you three different projects that are very site-specific

The first one is my first large-scale sculpture insta

Let's sit and talk

It's them from my need to avoid zones of conflict and war

Into a sculptural poem it was inspired by the ethnic and political

Conflict that perpetually afflicts the Middle East

But my message is meant to be positive

specific it aspires towards progressive

intercultural dialogue in which everyone is encouraged to participate

These abstract sculptures that are true cursive Arabic script

Read as a text in bird's eye view and yet by their white and organic

almost archeological bone like form

Existed as seats that could embrace you

re wanted this body of work to be a message of resilience a

Message that would urge us to connect to one another not simply in areas of global conflict that I experienced

But also addressing the urban loneliness the feel of disconnect

Now that we are also

connected

Every public our proposal is site-specific. I take in consideration the typography the architecture the urban planning

landscaping demography the site's history and of course the design parameters I

Challenge myself to create an art piece that stays true to my aesthetic

Yet

Complements the elements unique to a site

for eyes on the street Charlotte wall

With whom I partnered at this project

We're given a site that you could see behind me the last empty land development in Falls Creek

Recognizing the sudden density that has and will take place in this landmark as a small cosmos in which?

thousands of families will make their home and

influenced by the readings of Jane Jacobs a Canadian urban planner

who spoke to the life and death of great Americans cities and

How densified and urbanized areas make for a safer environment?

Because people have their eyes on the street

So I literally proposed a sculpted tooth

Abstract eyes that like the eyes of the resident would be

Recording the life of the street and its environment they will mirror the growth of the area

Now Children's Hospital

Sometimes ideas need to be very simple

childlike in this instance

I was presented with a backdrop of a forest in a large space with a very high ceiling I

Instantly felt the need to fill this space and not only the ground

doves had always been in my sculptural language, but never had taken such meaning and presence I

Imagined a flight of dots

coming out of the trees and

Some of them landing on the ground to provide the children with some seating elements

They could climb on and their imagination would fly we called it flight. It was a message of hope

Now why is public art an arena? I keep going back to?

Wow it challenges me

Forcing me to think outside the box

it inspires me and

Allows me to work with creative people such as architects landscapers and designers

the competition is humbling and

Keeps me grounded

Now if I'm going to leave you with one thing tonight. Is that it is never never

too late to embrace your passion

Thank you

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Rome on a budget explained & Free public transport in Rome?! - Duration: 14:44.

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Sonya Kashyap - Public Salon: - Duration: 10:28.

Our next guest is the owner of a company called

Genesis that literally makes babies

she's an expert in fertility and

2,000 new lives owe their existence to her and her team she

Faces some of the greatest challenges in so many cases had made a miracle of a new life possible

But she's also keenly aware of the complex dramas that swirl around this existential function without which

human society

would not exist

Please welcome Sonya Kashyap

Thank you for having me here tonight. I'm truly honored to be in all of your presence, and that's a hard act to follow

So I thought I would tell you a little bit about myself I

Grew up in st. John's, Newfoundland the eldest daughter of immigrant parents

my mother later became a single parent and she gave up her personal dreams for those of her four daughters I

Came to Vancouver's a circuitously

Studied at Queens. I was at the University of Ottawa

I studied at Cornell Medical College in New York City and the University of California, San Francisco

is where I worked before I returned home to Vancouver I

Returned to Vancouver with two dreams

number one

To bring what I had learned at renowned fertility centers in the u.s.

Home to Canada and to advance fertility care and success rates here and number two hopefully

To settle and start a family of my own

Helping couples and individuals

Build families is an incredible privilege and an awesome responsibility

Today with assisted reproductive technologies we can not only cure infertility. There's very little in medicine that we actually cure

But we can actually

diagnose lethal genetic conditions before the embryos are transferred into the uterus thereby preventing the

suffering of future generations and

Today we can also help couples and singles have opportunities to choose when they will start their family

2013 at the age of 41 I became the medical director of Genesis fertility center

The byproduct of that decision was that my focus would be on my practice and less on my personal life

My mother asked me what had she done wrong

She said why were her daughters not having children and when would she be grandmother I

Told her she had done everything right she had raised us to be strong and independent women

Who would work diligently to make honest and meaningful contributions to the world?

She'd given me the dreams in the determination that

So many parents wish for their daughters and

In that moment I realized that those dreams in that determination

Would help other families to build the dreams of a family of their own?

Even if it delayed my own

In many areas of Medicine we have been able to narrow or close the gender gap

We recognize that different diseases present

Differently in men and in women and even the same diseases can present with different symptoms

Or different risk factors, and so we treat appropriately

One area where we now have the opportunity to be so much more successful is what I call the fertility gender gap

This gap is real and it still exists

Women as women we are given a finite number of eggs during fetal life in our ovaries

And they start to decline even before we hit puberty

equality also declines

precipitously after ages 35 37 and 40

therefore more women will experience

Miscarriages and infertility after these ages. Why is this?

Well from an evolutionary perspective this made some sense in the past after all as women

we have to carry pregnancy and presumably we should be healthy enough to do so as

Yet

Men cannot do it

But stay tuned

So it is true

That mother nature, built a biological clock into our eggs

She didn't know that we would live longer and healthier lives and that we would be trying to balance family and career

She didn't know that we would devise methods through science and technology to help us achieve pregnancy and Families when we were ready

As you can see here men also suffer from the decline in fertility, but not as drastically

Men make new sperm every two months so no matter a man's age his sperm is only two months old

also makes some sense

Egg freezing can help close the fertility gender gap

That people are starting their families later in life is often not by choice

It takes longer to finish your education

it takes longer to establish a career and

It takes longer to find a partner, and we all know that in Vancouver it takes longer to find a house

Many of the women who present to us for egg freezing do so after age 35

They are artists and actresses. They're doctors and lawyers. They're

scientists

And engineers, but they haven't met their partner yet, and they deserve to meet the right partner

Professional women are faced with choices that professional men are not

Since the time of suffrage we have fought for the right to vote for the right to work and for equal pay and promotion

Some suggest that we should focus on career in education and independence, but then it can be difficult when we try to start our families

Others suggests. Well. Why don't you start on family first, but sometimes after the loss of a spouse we find ourselves alone?

And it's difficult to support the family with limited skills or means

Reproductive freedom is essential for women to enjoy equality at home and at work

Today with assisted reproductive technologies we can finally

Truly attempt to plan both family and career in

the past

Equality at work really focused on the prevention of childbearing

Contraception was legalized in the 1960s and abortion was decriminalized in the 1970s

These are important milestones in reproductive health

But now in 2017 there should be no glass ceiling for women personally or professionally

We recognize that parental leave and stopping the clock is

Necessary for women not only to contribute to the workplace but to thrive in the workplace

The question is can we now stop the biological clock?

So that the race against time to start a family is more manageable

The answer is yes

The technology for egg freezing was perfected in Italy

Where it was by law every egg that was fertilized in an in vitro

Fertilization cycle had to be transferred to the uterus

You can imagine the dilemma when twins triplets and higher resulted with frequency

Egg freezing, then became used more frequently for medical fertility preservation

So for cancer and other patients whose fertility was threatened by their

disease

Medical fertility preservation allowed them the hope of having a family after their disease was in remission

But this technology took a long time to perfect

This little tiny egg

So powerful, but so fragile

120 microns it is the largest cell in the body, and it is the most water Laden cell in the body

Unlike the sperm which is literally a packet of almost indestructible DNA

So egg freezing was difficult to do and

As the eggs were frozen the eggs were

prone to developing crystals that could damage its delicate and

very

Intricate machinery

but today

We can now successfully through fast freezing and vitrification

Freeze and thaw eggs for use when we are ready

whatever ready means

today 10 eggs frozen before age 35 have better than a 60% chance of a successful pregnancy

We were proud to introduce this technology to Vancouver and to have the first egg freezing baby in Vancouver

Today many women elect for social egg freezing I

believe that women deserve to understand their reproductive options I believe that education about egg freezing is as important as

education about contraception when it comes to family planning

2017 there should be no glass ceiling and

egg freezing is one way to help close the fertility gender gap and offer women reproductive choice and

hopefully

Help our mothers fulfill their dreams of seeing their daughters have all the choices in the world

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Public Warned To Stay Off Upper Red Lake Due To Poor Ice Conditions - Duration: 0:46.

THE TEAM ALSO DEPLOYED ANOTHER

CADAVER DOG AND WILL BE USING

ALL THE EQUIPMENT THROUGH SUNDAY

MORNING.

>> DENNIS: THE BELTRAMI COUNTY

SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS WARNING THE

PUBLIC TO STAY OFF UPPER RED

LAKE.

THIS WARNING IS DUE TO EXTREMELY

POOR ICE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE

DEVELOPED AND CONTINUE TO

WORSEN.

IN THE PAST FEW DAYS, THE WARM

WEATHER AND HIGH WINDS HAVE

CAUSED THE ICE TO BREAK UP.

PHOTOS POST DAD ON THE FACEBOOK

PAGE OF JP'S CORNER ACCESS SHOWS

THAT THE LAKE HAD MANY LARGE

AREAS OF OPEN WATER, AND WHAT

ICE THERE IS IS VERY BROKEN AND

MOSTLY SURROUNDED BY OPEN WATER.

PLICIALS SAY IT IS NOT SAFE TO

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Donald Trump drops another bomb on the NFL – 'the American public is fed up…' - Duration: 4:16.

Donald Trump drops another bomb on the NFL – 'the American public is fed up…'

President Donald Trump is at it again with his criticism of the NFL on Twitter.

Trump has called out the league several times this year for not taking action against players who refuse to stand for the national anthem.

Tuesday, he said the protests are now affecting attendance at NFL games.

At least 24 players kneeling this weekend at NFL stadiums that are now having a very hard time filling up, Trump wrote Tuesday on Twitter.

The American public is fed up with the disrespect the NFL is paying to our country, our flag and our national anthem. Weak and out of control!.

While figures show the leagues attendance is actually up slightly from last season — 69,296 per game this year compared to 68,914 last year — those figures represent tickets sold for each game.

They dont count the actual number of fans in the seats at a game.

In other words, season-ticket holders who dont use their tickets either because theyre fed up with the performance of their favorite team and/or theyre fed up with athletes protesting the anthem are still being counted as being at the game.

Since 2005, the league determines game attendance as tickets distributed as opposed to fans in attendance.

The protests by NFL players reached as high as 200 this season after Trump said at a rally in late September, Wouldnt you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, Get that son of a b— off the field right now!.

The protests have been cited as one of the factors behind the leagues declining television ratings and merchandise sales, as angry fans have called for boycotts against the NFL and its sponsors.

Meanwhile, other fans who support the anthem protests have also tuned out the NFL because they believe Colin Kaepernick,.

who launched the anthem protests last season, has been blackballed by the league and its owners for his stance on racial inequality and police brutality.

Trump has called for commissioner Roger Goodell to stand up to the players, but so far, the commissioner has done nothing to inspire players to stop protesting.

When will the highly paid commissioner finally get tough and smart? Trump said in a tweet last week.

This issue is killing your league!. Trump has tweeted about the NFL four times in the last eight days.

The anthem protests havent generated much media attention in recent weeks, as the networks broadcasting the games have stopped reporting on which players have knelt prior to games.

But that hasnt stopped the presidents anger with the issue.

What do you think? Scroll down to comment below.

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Trade ministry to hold second public hearing on South Korea-U.S. FTA - Duration: 0:40.

The 2018 World Cup in Russia is still more than six months away,... but anticipation

is rising ahead of the final draw... which will take place later tonight.

The 32 teams in the tournament will be sorted into eight different groups,... and fans here

in Korea are hoping for luck to play its part... in helping them avoid a 'group of death' scenario.

Yu Joonhee reports.

The draw for the 2018 Russia World Cup... will get underway at the Kremlin in Moscow,...

at the stroke of midnight here in Korea.

It will introduce a new, simplified format... with the 32 teams being placed in four pots

according their FIFA rankings as of the end of October.

The one exception of course is Russia,... which has an automatic place in pot 1 as the

host nation.

South Korea,... as the team with the second-lowest FIFA ranking among qualified nations,... will

be in pot 4.

Much of the focus will be on which team from pot 2... will be drawn alongside South Korea...

as it includes a number of powerhouses such Spain, England, Colombia and Uruguay.

Former England striker Gary Lineker will be hosting the event,... and a number of other

famous stars will be helping with the draw,... including Diego Maradona, Laurent Blanc, Fabio

Cannavaro and Cafu just to name a few.

But despite Korean fans hoping for an easy draw... to help their odds of playing deep

into the tournament,... every group will be tough and contested fiercely.

(Korean) "All of the teams are stronger, so we'll need

to double or triple our preparations if we're to have a good chance."

Russia says that World Cup preparations are generally on-track,... and despite some delay

in the construction of venues,... authorities have promised they will be completed on time.

In the meantime, football fans around the world are holding their collective breath...

while awaiting their fate in the draw... for the planet's biggest sporting event.

Yu Joonhee, Arirang News.

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Gov't holds second public hearing on Korea-US FTA renegotiation - Duration: 2:38.

South Korea's trade ministry held its second public hearing on the free trade agreement

between South Korea and the United States this morning.

Our Kim Hyesung was there, and filed us this report from the Coex Convention Center in

Seoul.

Korea's trade ministry held a second public hearing... on the possible amendments to the

South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement on Friday.

(Korean) "After the first public hearing last month,

we held constructive meetings with representatives from the manufacturing and agricultural sector

to better reflect their opinion on the Korea-U.S. FTA."

It comes after the first hearing was disrupted by angry farmers on November 10th,... who

also protested for ㅅtwenty minutes before Friday's hearing.

(sov) "Terminate the Korea-U.S. FTA.

End the renegotiations."

FTA ,

Before the 15-member panel meeting got underway in earnest, trade experts unveiled their economic

feasibility studies.

With regards to the agricultural sector, it said agricultural imports from the U.S. increased

by an yearly average of 15 percent, or 940 million U.S. dollars,... between 2012 and

2016... compared to the 2007-to-2011 period, just before the FTA went into effect in 2012.

The report also said U.S. beef imports have surged 124 percent since the FTA took effect,...

accounting for near half of Korea's beef market as of September 2017.

Experts said Korea's agriculture sector should be exempt from the renegotiations.

As for the manufacturing sector, Korea's exports to the U.S., saw a surplus,... mostly from

the automobile sector,... while steel and petrochemical exports dropped.

(Korean) "Korea's manufacturing trade surplus is not

because of lower tariffs from the FTA, but mainly due to the U.S.'s lack of competitiveness

in its machinery and automobile exports to Korea, as evidenced by the lower technological

specialization index in those goods."

The trade ministry also added that it will not just be on the defense when it comes to

the renegotiations.

Rather, it's eager to use the opportunity to raise the issue of anti-dumping tariffs

from the Trump Administration, expand work visas for skilled laborers,... and renegotiate

terms of the services industry,... according to WTO regulations.

Public hearing has come to an end.

Now, the trade ministry will finalize its process of gathering public opinion, draft

its Korea-U.S. FTA renegotiation strategy and report it to the National Assembly this

month, all part of the domestic legal procedures to start the renegotiation process.

Kim Hyesung, Arirang News.

For more infomation >> Gov't holds second public hearing on Korea-US FTA renegotiation - Duration: 2:38.

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Trade ministry to hold second public hearing on South Korea-U.S. FTA - Duration: 0:40.

South Korea's trade ministry will hold its second public hearing later today,... on the

country's free trade agreement with the United States.

Trade officials, experts and citizens will discuss many pressing issues... that have

been raised ahead of a possible amendment to the deal.

The first meeting held earlier this month... was called off after just 30 minutes,... as

it descended into chaos... on angry objections from farmers and livestock breeders.

Amid fears an amendment will hurt Korea's agriculture and livestock industries,... the

ministry assured it will reflect the interests of all stakeholders... in its negotiations

with the Trump administration.

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Gov't holds second public hearing on Korea-US FTA renegotiation - Duration: 2:48.

The Korean government held a second public hearing Friday ahead of new negoatiations

with the United States about the two countries' free trade agreement.

At the Coex Convention Center in Seoul this morning, experts explained the effects they've

seen from the FTA.

And ordinary citizens made their voices heard too.

Our Kim Hyesung was at the venue, and filed us this report.

Korea's trade ministry held a second public hearing... on the possible amendments to the

South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement on Friday.

(Korean) "After the first public hearing last month,

we held constructive meetings with representatives from the manufacturing and agricultural sector

to better reflect their opinion on the Korea-U.S. FTA."

It comes after the first hearing was disrupted by angry farmers on November 10th,... who

also protested for twenty minutes before Friday's hearing.