DAY BREAK 06:00 Coming up on this Tuesday edition of Day Break,... Russia invites U.S. President Barack Obama to attend Victory Day celebrations in Moscow next May.... this as sources say North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is likely to attend the event. Korea′s finance minister Choi Kyung-hwan calls for labor market reform to reduce the nation′s relatively high youth unemployment rate. Plus,... Chinese President Xi Jinping′s anti-corruption drive kicks into high gear as a top advisor to former Chinese leader Hu Jintao is placed under investigation for "suspected serious disciplinary violation." Day Break begins now. Hello.... and thanks for joining us. To our viewers around the world, it′s 6 a.m. on Tuesday, December twenty-third here in Seoul. I′m Mark Broome... and you′re tuned into Day Break. Title: UN Security Council adopts N. Korea′s human rights issue as official agenda New this morning... in a highly symbolic move- The UN Security Council has adopted North Korea′s human rights record as an official agenda item. This is the first time ever that the top UN body... has touched upon North Korea′s human rights issues. The council suggests that Pyongyang be referred to the International Criminal Court for its alleged crimes against humanity. The decision to add this item on the council′s agenda... could serve as a prelude to punitive measures in the future... and increase pressure on Pyongyang to treat its people better. Monday′s council decision follows a stinging report, which included interviews by defectors and witnesses presented to the UN on the humanitarian conditions in North Korea, including violations in the country′s political prison camps. Title: N. Korea′s defense commission threatens U.S. over blame for Sony hack attack North Korea has lashed out at the United States and accused the Obama administration of being behind the satirical film "The Interview," which depicts the fictional assassination of Kim Jong-un. The latest comments are an escalation in the row over the hacking of Sony Pictures, which the FBI blamed on Pyongyang last week. Shin Se-min has more. North Korea isn′t just denying a hand in the cyber attack on Sony Picturesthey are threatening to retaliate for the mere suggestion that they were involved. In a statement posted Sunday,... Pyongyang′s National Defense Commission said it "fully stands in confrontation with Washington in all war spaces including the one on the web." The statement even threatens to "blow up" the White House, the Pentagon and all of the U.S. mainland if President Barack Obama retaliates over the last month′s Sony cyber hack. As for who was responsible for carrying out the attack on Sony, which set off a series of events that led to the theatrical release of "The Interview" being canceled, the North Korean regime said they had "clear evidence" that the Obama administration was involved in making the film.

• published: 23 Dec 2014
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