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south korea's present has announced our plan to develop a stronger air defenses. your own sake, you'll want to create a special military units with south drones. it follows an incursion by north korean drones. on monday, south korea's military has apologize for failing to shoot them down. present you says the incident has highlighted. the military's lack of preparedness. eunice came, has more from sol. right. so present you insomnia. and his 1st comments on this did not means his words saying that south korea's military readiness was simply not there that the years of training left much to be desired. and he did pose that possibility of bringing up the creation of a new military drone unit that he said would have stealth capabilities and also feature cutting edge technologies and would monitoring north korea's a military facilities. but it remains to be seen whether he will have the budget to

do so. as there has been a, a pretty sizable $20000000.00 budget cut in anti drone expenditures. meanwhile, south korea also working on a drone jamming technologies, but that also is several years away from hitting the market. early i spoke to robert kelly, who is a professor of international relations at tucson at national university in south korea. he says this behavior is typical for north korea. i don't think it's too much of a surprise that the north koreans have done these kinds of things. i don't actually think that this is the 1st step towards any kind of an escalation or something like that. the north koreans have been known as for pick and prod, if you will, along the shared border. right, which is very contentious. as you might imagine, north koreans minutes are known to cross over and provoke in this manner before they do this. often it see to the real issue, i think it's the south response or rather the poor response. apparently there was a helicopter fire in the drones and missed several deer. and one of the aircraft was scrambled in response, crashed on the pilot,

apparently managed to escape into this raise the issues of a readiness. and i thought a bit concerned because healthcare has spent a pretty big chunk of its g p on, on defense closing. and on 3 percent, which is pretty high for us, ally and the goal is ultimately that's south crew. be able to defend itself without too much american assistance. this is called the transfer of operational control to south korea. we're trying to, with the americans are trying to do that. and if that's how koreans look like they can handle, i've drone incursion and that's going to sort of push that whole agenda back. so it's kind of a surprising failure. and it is surprising, isn't it? that they were car off god, they were caught by surprise. as he said, this probably has happened in the past been we've had, as our report mentioned, that the south korean parliament passing budget slashing the government's repose on ty, drawn operations by half to expect a change in policy. now as a result of this incident. yeah, probably depends how much traction this gets in the media to come. i mean, i hate to sort of think of suffering defense decision made a sort of driven by media exposure. but this is something i'm an embarrassment to

the government. it's actually quite rare to have an apology on the military on this . if it looks like this is going to be something on north rural do in the future. if this continues, then there will probably be funding for this. but like i said, we're moving away from sort of seeing hers, i guess towards aaron person's not too surprising drone technology come a lot cheaper. and what do we know about north korea's drone program? not a whole lot. it's actually one of the things that these kinds of curves is actually valuable sometimes wouldn't shoot the bound actually get back what they have with what we have gotten to date is fairly primitive, are basically sort of like homemade kind of stuff with sort of like a regular standards or a commercial camera mounted on it. so we think it's pretty primitive. my guess is the north koreans, if this is really going to probably start to welcome, we'll look on the on the international market. probably won't make them. but we have seen robert kelly over the past few months. north korea carry out an unprecedented number of miss launches, artillery exercises, m, movers. you talked about earlier about the fact that this may not necessarily be a new escalation, but isn't this a dangerous moment on the peninsula with,

with everything that's happened in the past year as far as north korea is concerned, what do you think their end game is here yeah, it is, it is somewhat, i don't want to get too carried away or about this. i think the missile launches are bigger concern. right. because it looks like the north bridge really are developing and ability to strike all over the region. not just south korean to hand more widely. i'm rather surprised that china has gotten more concerned all the launch and the drones would be useful for intelligence on north korea. really don't have those kinds of capabilities. you might imagine are created satellite and things like that. so i would imagine that the drones probably feed into that right there are looking for information by which to actually sort of use these weapons in a better manner than just hoping you're pushing a button, hoping they land on a city. but the larger concern is, yeah, as you said, sort of the many, many missile, right? and then of course they want to marry that with a nuclear weapon. there's been a big sort of hollow blue that they might do a 7 nuclear test that was supposed be this year to probably do it next year. and that's one of the real concern and the drones kind of link and all of that.

meanwhile, north korean leader, kim jong, who has opened a meeting of the governing work, his body is often use the event to announce major policy decision was ahead of the new year. north korea has 5 at least 90 codes and ballistic missile, so far in 2022 more than in any of a year. jail. the former south korean president lean your back has received a presidential pardons. lee was serving a 17 year prison term for bribery and embezzlement. he's one of $1300.00 inmates received a special part in the 81 year old with granted a temporary release in june because of poor health. the pardon will canceled his remaining 15 years of jail time. now the news taiwan is, is to extend compulsory military service from 4 months to one year to counter threats from china. on monday, dozens of chinese planes cross into type is a defense. so the biggest incursion in years, beijing is protesting against what it says is collusion and provocation by the

island and the united states. if use taiwan as a breakaway province flowing through, he has the details from hong kong. the latest measures announced by taiwanese president trying one is aimed at increasing the islands defense capabilities and one think tank estimates that the extra 8 months that cones conscripts will now be required to serve, could potentially add 60 to $70000.00 personnel annually to the current setting. forth by the year 2027, and that's not the only change announced on tuesday. conscripts will now undergo more intense training. they'll be more ly fire drills to learn how to handle more sophisticated weapons. the president also said the government plans to increase the overall salaries for conscripts and professional soldiers the number of years a conscript serves will also be taken into account in the governments labor retirement plan. all this is to make, serving in its defense forces more attractive. now increasing the number of months that a conscript has to serve really is not new. previously conscripts had to serve for 2 years,

but that was slowly whittle down to 4 months by previous governments. because to make the well really to appease to younger voters and also because at that time tension between taiwan and beijing had eased. now time one has been feeling the pressure from china over the years, not just militarily, but also financially and diplomatically. as china has grown from strength to strength on the global stage, as well as in the world economy, and the taiwanese government under president trying when, well, it's position is that ty, ones, future is something for taiwan. people to decide. whereas the chinese government views the island as a breakaway province and sees were unification as inevitable. so these are 2 very opposing and contrasting views and preston, ch hi. she said on tuesday afternoon that taiwan wants peace, but to avert a war it has to be prepared for war. serbia's president has raised, the military's combat readiness to its highest level. it follows weeks of

escalating tension between sylvia and kosovo. serbs in northern kosovo are blocking roads in the ethnically divided district of north metro vida around 50000 people living in the region which used to recognize of government interest. gina cosello's leaders are refusing to engage in dialogue until the barricades are removed as will trigger mccook his to why does anyone so hysterically insist on removing the bare cage because they want all serbs to be expelled from the north of kosovo. because that's the only way for them to bring the solution to this problem that i'm talking about. the albanians in pristina and part of the international community. al jazeera, elena glo search is in the arena on the serbian side of the border. when we talk about the atmosphere between serbia and of course of all, usually these days, we say it's peaceful, but with lot of tensions in the air. i'll try to explain or these days in a nearly impossible to talk with people who live in north casa,

because people are afraid to publicly express their opinion about anything. even those questions about everyday life can somehow be connected to politics and nobody wants to express a debt kind of opinion out loud in front of the camera. the fact is that these kind of situation is the 6th or in previous 5 years, or we had the same situation just the a month ago in november when drones allegedly entered the serbian aerospace from costs of or before that in september or last year, there was a situation related to serbian car plates here in cost of or and before that in may 2019 we had the same situation. our when cost of police arrested $19.00 police officers suspected of corruption and 11 of them were serbia nationalities. so we don't have much detail details about this situation now.

our by a minister of defense said this is not address, but it is a warning. 5 palestinians have been injured during fighting with jewish settlers and is ready forces in occupied easter will. slim 6 others were detained when settlers try to seize land in the whitey here, where area offset one. far hierarchy has more from occupied easters. well, the fighting was all about a plot of land that's just behind me. if you can see the israelis, settlers have been putting up a fence. it's a new spence and this plots of land extends all the way from this call park over here. and it will go all the way down there. you can see as the camera can just sound there, there's some trees that have been cultivated by a palestinian family that has lived for 7 years now. the palestinian family has always maintained that they signed a lease with the greek orthodox church because this plan is actually owned by the

greek orthodox church. but it's very much contested plots of land. and so one because the jewish settlers, a jewish organization has bought the lions, apparently from the church a few years ago they, they had actually bought, sorry, rather at least 2 hotels in the old city, which is further just up the road from where i am. and this plot of land comes in a way with the these 2 host tells. this has been through the court for many years. it went through to the supreme court of israel as well. and the court has ruled in favor of the the jewish settlers. 7 7 so this just gives you an idea over the pension in years, but let's say that they have access and should have access to this land. and every so often roddic why things take place, he's rove internally intelligent surveys. meanwhile,

his police have arrested the man behind to bombings in west drew last month. a 26 year old engineer was arrested several days after the attacks. one person was killed and more than 10 injured during the explosions that 2 bus stop. police say the suspect admitted to carrying out the attacks. fill ahead on al jazeera, hundreds of rowing and moving, arrive in indonesia, after making a perilous journey from bangladesh. last skyrocketing, inflation and no jobs. we meet syrian refugees struggling to survive as to keys economy, weekends. ah ah, here's your weather report for asia nice to have you along so that rain that swept through them all the eaves now starting to push out into the re b and c. otherwise across india it's apparently quite pitcher. but for punjab

states for the northwest. 95 percent of it is shrouded in fog. it's been pouring rain around. sebu city devoured that band of rain. moving closer to manila, the monsoon rains there have killed at least a dozen people as of late. pretty steady band of rain being stared into indonesia as main island of java through bali. and lombok is fall on wednesday. and after china we go for the west yangtze river valley, some snow falling, dipping down close to the pro river valley. some showers in great, lin, that's knocked back your temperature to 7 degrees quote, cover in shanghai and also got your pencil then for high of 7 on wednesday. ok off to japan right now. you know what that see effects snow back in the forecast on wednesday for northwest honshu and whole kado and for northwest honshu parts of it any way there is about a meter of snow on the ground there. so we'll add to that tale. we'll finish this further report in pockets on what weather leaves the golf comes into baluchistan province and 400 province in pakistan. it's

a similar situation almost fully covered by fog on wednesday. the the, ah. with lou.

lou, you're watching al jazeera alive from doha. reminder of our top stories south korea's president has announced a plan to develop stronger air defenses union. so your wanted to create a special military. you need to itself, drones. it follows an incursion by north korean jones. on monday, taiwan is to extend that compulsory military service from 4 months to one year to counter threats from china. on monday, dozens of chinese plains crossing to ty wants defense stone. the biggest stadium cushion in and serbia is president has raised the military's combat readiness to its highest level serves in northern kosovo, are blocking roads in the ethnically divided city of metro visa co civils leaders are refusing to engage in dialogue until the barricade solving now the death toll from one of north america's most severe winter storms in decades has res into at

least 60 or then half of those are in new york state. one of the worst affected regions in the us. some areas are buried under a meter of snow with resident stranded in their costs for up to $2.00 days meteorologist. one more snow is expected on tuesday. well see, jordan has more. ah, the u. s. is 1st major storm left behind, picturesque ice creations and opportunities to play in the snow. but as officials set on monday, this storm was and is all very dangerous. i have the very sad news to report that in addition to the 13 confirmed deaths yesterday, the re county department of health medical examiners office has confirmed an additional 12 deaths bringing the total. ready for the blizzard to 25 deaths county wide, that number is expected to go up, not just in new york state,

but across the country. as rescue crews struggle to reach both residents and drivers trapped during the blizzard, new york state was already trying to recover from a blizzard in early december. this last storm, his historic storms are no longer historic to us. that's become a way of life in our state, and that's result of climate change. as you've seen, see extreme weather events all over our country. but all of us in state and county, local government know we had to prepare for the next big one. the storm forced us airlines to cancel thousands of flights, meaning hundreds of thousands of travelers nationwide have to wait and wait to get to their destination. while in south carolina, a frozen pipe that ruptured has put that state's largest food back temporarily out of business. oh, that was underwater in all the food in her room to room with all of

it is all meteorologist fe temperatures nationwide should rise during the week making it easier for the ice and snow to melt residents of the buffalo area that break and the weather can't come quickly enough. another 30 centimeters of snow is in the forecast through tuesday. rosalyn jordan l 0. across the border in canada, authorities have issued blizzard warnings in several provinces. the government says at least $140000.00 homes are without electricity, most of them in ontario and quebec. health care authorities say 52 people were hospitalized. meteorologists have worn temperatures will remain low this weekend with the wind chill factor could drop as low as minus 43 degrees celsius. if he'll be an airline, there's an ounce, it will resume commercial phase 2 mckelly in the northern to gray region from wednesday. representatives from the ethiopian government visited the rebel held area on monday. it was their 1st trip to the region since war broke out 2 years ago

. they agreed to a cease fire in november. lemme to look at them own, but getting to know we have seen the need for peace in the past 2 years enough of the def destruction and crying that happens to us with us in the us delegation officials of the service sectors. and they will work to this to a basic services as soon as possible. and they've already started since the signing of the peace agreement go along william that we will work hard for the return of the people of to grow to be a normal lives are just here, as martha web has more now, from nairobi. very positive sounding statements coming from both sides. the government said that flights commercial flights will resume from the capital capital, addis ababa c mikaela, the capital of the 2 grey region. ethiopian airlines confirms that, and it's time table, the 1st flight travel agent say that it's already fully booked. the flight meant to take off on wednesday,

and that will enable families have been separated or traded to resume their movements and start to get things back to normal. communications have been restored in some towns in the grey road to the following, a black count that's going on for most of the last 2 years. and then the state media has said that electricity has been restored the national grid to have the most part of the grey proven it certainly looks like some progress is being made on the ground waiting to see if this will hold up throughout the course of this year the flies have been broken, fighting has resumed law sci fi that was declared in south africa following by a peace deal signed here in 10 years. capital and i re b last month looked like more progress than has ever been made. today's rainy muslims silver arrived in northern indonesia telling stories of their hiring c

crossings. at least 185 people got to watch on monday and now received medical care . the refugee say they left bangladesh in november a day earlier. 50 men were also how to show on the island of tomato every time her the larger one. let us with this whole illusion. people with nope, with all the new vision i want. i want to add 2 more to the vision. with most of them are unwell, the paramedics from 3 local clinics are handling them. we're assessing which ones need further medical attention at these clinics or the hospital in the region. tanveer chandry has more from chaper, deep in bangladesh, esquire, many of the rowing a boat journey's begin, sorry, as known as shoppers. deb, this is the last stand of se, bangladesh, before he it's me and martin my left and this is enough river. this is one of the

subtle hotspot in cox's bazaar. the area is very removed, and the smuggler used the cover of late night to smuggle people towards the southeast asia by large engine boats or fishing trawlers. lot of this board you see behind me are smaller. the larger one can carry up to 7200 people, the crammed, the refugees on those with very little acute men or navigation tools. maybe sometime to have satellite phone. nearly 1000000 running a cramped into a densely packed refugee camp in cox, bazaar desperate to get out. no hope of returning to me and my nothing. and as far as the patrician goes, there is no concerted effort by the global community for them to return to me and mart. many of them are making desperate attempt to get out of this camp and look for a better life in southeast asia. now, this year alone, there's been 5 full increase in attend by the ringer effigies to had to, than the muncie taught se asia compared to last year, we spoke to law enforcement agencies here in cox's,

but they said they're going door to door and making public awareness of the situation of human trafficking that cracking down heavy but they said much needs to be done and the public needs to be. 3 aware of that, this is a major problem, not just in bangladesh, but just behind me is me and my, many of the writing us from there also are attempting to leave me. and my taught southeast asia and major tragedy unfold every year because of this serious deadly journey. millions of people in turkey are struggling to make ends meet after inflation ballooned in 2022. life is particularly tough for the 3 point. 6000000 syrian refugees in the country in m cosivity reports to me stumble as people hope for a turnaround in their fortune next year. the rug spends his days in the support money in a stumble. the 29 year old hasn't been able to work since he fell and endured his west 2 years ago. he had surgery but can't afford it,

and his landlord once increases the rent. ahmed, like many other syrian refugees, is struggling as a turkish economy. we can see them on the heart. i'm very frustrated. i can't go to another country, i can't get treated here, and i can't return to a liberal to see my family accounts, enjoy simple things in life like other people. my age here, i'm a stranger. the worst thing is that i'm young, but can't work. i have to sit at home psychologically. it's very upsetting once hailed as a success story among emerging economies. her kids, inflation exceeded 85 percent this year, coupled with wising nationalism ahead of an election and mid 2023. as far as the backlash against syrian refugees, the opposition has promised to send them back. most series we have approached and some will do not want to be interviewed on camera because they're afraid of being deported. the spies deteriorating economic conditions, inter care. they don't want to return home because they say

a feature and theory out doesn't hold much promise. what it man is an exception. he spent 8 years in turkey, working all jobs, but paid poorly in 2020. he moved back to us all to realize his dream of going college, even though the diplomas are not international. recognize now, well, it works for local media organization. so my friends told me not to return to syria and start over. they said i wouldn't be able to improve myself, but here i am. any achievement in my country is better than in another country. this is more valuable to me. i hope all those syrians into kia can return home to better conditions one day, sir, as a position held areas, are also affected by the inflation across the border as they use the turkish currency. and so we're trying to make basie food items available, but 3, make only a small profit that because of the change of prices. in a year, the turkish theory has those 4 to percent of its valley against the u. s. dollar and inflation is expected to remain high in 2023 despite government promises to reduce it,

leaving syrians whether they live as refugees in turkey or have returned home to opposition health areas with limited opportunities. c, m. k, a solo al jazeera stumble. eyes been a year full of drama, an intriguing space. astronomers have made some important discoveries and it seems they are more to come in 2023 colon baker has more. in 2022 outer space grew clearer, bigger and a bit safer for the scientists studying it from earth. in a year of dramatic discoveries, astronomers captured images of the oldest known star, the fur this known planet orbiting, another sun, the black hole at the center of our galaxy. and details from the surface of our own sun. the number of people living in space grew wood. china now has a permanent home in orbit 24 years after the launch of the international space

station. but 2 missions shattered targets. the 1st literally, the half ton dart satellite slammed into a 160 meter wide asteroid called di morphis. at 6 kilometers per 2nd. it was a test of an earth saving defense system. and it worked. the shimmering debris thrown up by the impact was captured by observatories around our planet. but nothing was as spectacular as the 1st images from the james web space telescope to the edge of time itself. more than 20 years in the making. 14 years late, the world's largest space base telescope, flu, one and a half 1000000 kilometers, and looked at a point in the sky smaller than a grain of sand held at arm's length. that grain contained a myriad of stars. webs. first picture revealed the oldest and furthest objects humanize have ever seen ancient galaxies at the visible edge of the universe. now, these tiny dots of color are helping to filling the picture of how everything began

. the image provoked more questions we are looking as far back as currently humanly possible. and that is, our goal is to keep trying to study further and further back us so that we can understand better the time in cosmic history, that we've only been able to really see our eyes. webb's astronomers spotted water, carbon monoxide and gases that volcanoes release into atmospheres of planets. far beyond our son, one system orbiting a son known as trappist one, looks tantalizingly similar to our own though now we have kind of our 1st chance at studying another star system that has a bunch of small rocky planets to say, okay, how different are they? what does that mean about their potential for supporting light? and astronomers used web to make discoveries much closer to home. when i saw the 1st image of neptune with james web space telescope, i actually started to cry. i had been waiting for over 30 years to see this planet