NEWSLINE AT NOON 12:00 Gunman in Korea kills 3 before committing suicide

NEWSLINE AT NOON 12:00 Coming up on this Friday edition of Newsline at Noon,... despite the high marks President Park Geun-hye has received in diplomacy, analysts say she faces a challenge balancing Seoul′s relations with China and the U.S., and improving ties with the North during her third year in office. Korea′s nuclear watchdog approves the extension of operations at the country′s second-oldest Wolsong-1 reactor, which was shut down two years ago after reaching its 30 year life span limit. Plus,...U.S. authorities confirm the Islamic State militant known in the media as "Jihadi John" is a Kuwaiti-born university graduate raised in London. These stories and more on Newsline at Noon. It′s noon, Friday, February 27th, here in Korea. Thanks for tuning in. Live from Seoul... I′m Eoh Jin-joo. Good to have you with us,... I′m Mark Broome. Title: Gunman in Korea kills 3 before committing suicide Another shooting has shocked the nation... Four people were killed this morning in a city south of Seoul,... just two days after another shooting in which three people were killed. The shooting this monring took place in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do province, at around 9:30. According to authorities,... the victims include married two senior citizens and a local police officer who was the first to arrive on the scene. After a standoff with police, the suspect turned the gun on himself. The gunman is the brother of the elderly man who was killed. Officials believe that a dispute over family affairs is behind the incident. We will bring you more updates as the story develops. Title: President Park to name new chief of staff Friday afternoon President Park Geun-hye will name her new chief of staff this afternoon. Her spokesperson Min Kyung-wook told reporters this morning, that the announcement will come later in the day. The president is known to have accepted her former chief of staff Kim Ki-choon′s resignation... before last week′s Lunar New Year holiday. Speculation has long brewed that Kim would step down to take responsibility for the discord within the presidential office... that followed a controversial document leak. Possible candidates to replace Kim include Korea Racing Authority Chairman Hyun Myung-kwan , former Korea International Trade Association chairman Han Duck-soo , and former Yonsei University president Jung Chang-young . Title: President Park enters 3rd year in office: foreign policy In the last of our three-part series,... looking at what′s ahead for President Park in her third year in office,... today... we are going to focus on foreign policy. Korea is enjoying improved ties with China... but has made little progress on inter-Korean relations. For a look at what went right and what went wrong in diplomacy... and the challenges that lie ahead,... here′s our Hwang Sung-hee. A stronger alliance with the United States and a budding relationship with China are two of President Park Geun-hye′s most not