NEWSLINE AT NOON 12:00 S. Korea Red Cross begins selection process for next month′s family reunions

ARIRANG NEWS 12:00 Coming up today,... five hundred South Koreans have been placed on a shortlist to take part in next month′s planned reunions of families separated by the Korean War. The final list of 100 will be finalized by early next month. In a worrying development,... satellite photos show new activity at the plutonium production facility at North Korea′s main nuclear site. Plus,... the Korean economy added far fewer jobs in August than it did the month before... due to sluggish consumption and the lingering effects of the MERS outbreak. Stay tuned for these stories and more. Hello... it′s noon on Wednesday the ninth of September... you are tuned in to our midday newscast here on Arirang TV. Thanks for joining us,... I′m Mark Broome. Title: S. Korea Red Cross begins selection process for next month′s family reunions We start with the latest on the preparations for next month′s reunions for war-separated families... South Korea′s Red Cross has randomly selected five-hundred South Koreans who have made it onto a preliminary shortlist to take part in the highly-anticipated event at North Korea′s Mount Kumgang resort. The names were picked out from roughly 66-thousand South Koreans who have registered with the government. Red Cross officials say the candidates will prioritized according to their age and health conditions,... with 100 making the final list that will be submitted to North Korea early next month. The reunions will be held from October 20th to the 26th. Title: Activity at N. Korea′s plutonium production complex at Yongbyon: 38 North Suspicious activity has been spotted in two areas of North Korea′s main nuclear site that are key to the production of plutonium for building nuclear weapons. Lee Ji-won reports. According to satellite images and analysis from U.S.-based North Korea monitoring website 38 North,... trucks loaded with cargo appear to have been going in and out of a building at the Yongbyon nuclear research center that houses a five megawatt reactor. Another image shows vehicle tracks and trucks around the Radiochemical Laboratory complex. This is where plutonium is turned into the raw material for building nuclear weapons. 38 North says it′s impossible to determine to exact reason for the activity,... but one possible explanation could be that North Korea is unloading spent fuel rods from the reactor for the purpose of producing new plutonium. It says a full core of spent fuel rods at the reactor could produce enough plutonium for up to two additional nuclear bombs. The website says the latest developments are concerning and should be monitored closely by the international community. It′s thought North Korea has collected enough plutonium-based fissile material from Yongbyon over the years to arm up to ten small nuclear bombs. Lee Ji-won, Arirang News. Title: China sends congratulatory message to N. Korea China has sent a congratulatory message to North Korea celebrating the regime′s establis