moving. and young people clearly have the submissions that. is 77 percent of every weekend on d w o. 000-0000. o o. this is the doctors use they sure are coming up today north korea's nuclear weapons program in focus. the u.s. and south korea say they want to resolve north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile issues but with. another comment followed by another high profile resignation. picks creative chief resigns after making derogatory comments about a comedian he's the 2nd official to resign from offensive comments towards women.

welcome to news asia that you can join us north korea has accused the united states of adopting a new tech theory towards it with rhetoric about complete denuclearization the country's 1st vice foreign minister we said that was the reason it would ignore any overtures from the u.s. or the negotiations statement comes as u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin met their opposite numbers encircled and discussed north korea's nuclear weapons program they can also called for china to use its economic leverage do with the country to quote convince north korea to pursue do you need to. be speaking to an expert in seoul about the visit but 1st this report. south korea's president meets the u.s.

secretary of state and the pentagon chief during that asian tour. the diplomats are the 1st members of the new u.s. administration to make foreign visits this stop and so has a clear focus postering a united front against nuclear armed north korea we are committed to the denuclearization of north korea reducing the broader threat that if you're a peoples of the united states our allies and improving the lives of all koreans including the people of north korea the high profile visit comes as the north says it will ignore any u.s. attempts at dialogue on state media casey and aid officials blamed washington's reported push to intensify sanctions and recent u.s. south korea to redrill says those hit a nerve in north korea from tinga leaders influential sister kim your junk to one the u.s. new administration against further provocations if it wants to quote sleep in peace

for the next 4 years. one country that could possibly change pyongyang stenz china washington says the north's closest ally has a critical role to play. because it has an interest. a clear self-interest and helping to pursue the denuclearization of. the b.t.r. kerry because it is a source of instability it's a source of off a danger and obviously a threat. to our thoughts our partners partners like south korea agree the ties between china and the us haven't been agreeable for some time. for the u.s. faced with increasing challenges in the pacific reaffirming alliances at a time of uncertainty seem to be even more indispensable. and for more on this visit i'm joined by dr young chick bhang he's a research fellow at the young institute for north korean studies and joins me from

seoul professor pong secretaries blinken and austin began their asia tour in japan determined to shore up u.s. alliances in the region what did south korea want from their visit and didn't get it or south korean government have 2 major goals to share in this to cluster meaning which is a 1st time in 5 years with the united states one is the u.s. promise to precipitate a process to transfer the one time operational control the 2nd one is to give south korean government kind of a breathing spell or a leadership role to engage north korea including some kind of partial relief of chronicling sanctions on north korea but south korean government did not care instead south korean government get some support from the united states in terms of . including not include anything that would be considered too provocative rather to

china and north korea 2 words are missing in the joint statement between south korea and the united states compared to the joint statement signed by japan and the united states which are the word china and the word completely nucleation no nos korea. and that is something that i did want to speak to you about especially on the issue of complete the need today's edition now the joint statement to did refer to the north korea nuclear missile and ballistic program but secondly blinken in the lead up to the meeting the 2 cluster meeting kept talking about denuclearization of north korea whether the south koreans have been using the freezing denuclearization of the korean peninsula i'm just wondering if you think this is a significant difference and it potentially indicates a difference of opinion between the americans and south koreans actually.

very question was raised by one of the reporters during the press conference after the 2 plus the meeting and the foreign minister of south korea mr chairman you don't try to explain that based up under 991 you know agreement basic agreement signed between the 2 governments of the north korean south korea that the term denuclearization on the korean peninsula is equivalent to that the nucleation on north korea because south korea maintains no nuclear weapons at all but that does not really satisfy the united states size so secretary plink can. put sure that is outside yet all visual time of the 2 plus the meeting or there are signs the wording of the joint statement to pinpoint the word that we want complete the nuclear genially nation of north korea now whatever the wording the american

side as you correctly point out remains consistent in its demand that north korea abandon its nuclear weapons completely complete do nuclearization while north korea isn't hearing any of it given these differences and the reality of north korea's nuclear arsenal do you think it is time to potentially drop the demand for complete denuclearization. well that's the only human so disturbed by the south korean government who prefers to be far more pragmatic in terms of engaging with north korea the argument is that the more pressure the united states and other countries put on north korea alone more strongly or test knows could regime remain to its own nuclear warheads or an interval of time is our so we have to relax the existing coming sanctions and demand of complete unverifiable incompletion on north korea which it has clearly got as a basically unconditional surrender which is now set to build to the king john

regime of north korea but united states he says that it is time for pressure and in the joint statement to south korea and they know so great that he is very important to continuously carry out all that you just economic sanctions especially the united nations security council resolutions on north korea we have about a minute left professor what i wonder what the majority of you insult could hear is how do south koreans view american involvement over the north korean nuclear issue well the current. security situation he specially for the past 4 years hard during the trumpet administration had been quite welcomed by south korea public because south korea doesn't want to be sandwiched between you know hostile north korea and aggressive united states and south korean public doesn't want to be sandwiched bt in the middle of the china u.s.

rival the order of competition so south korean public wants to have a was to keep their right stretching balance between the great powers and they integrate relations we'll say young should born from the young institute for north korean studies pleasure talking to you and thank you so much for joining us you're very welcome. and later today secretary blinken will be in alaska where he and national security advisor jake sullivan need to join us foreign minister whiny and communist party foden affairs chief yang jiechi it's the 1st high profile meeting between the 2 sides since joe biden became u.s. president but ahead of the meeting chinese ambassador to the united states so we 10 k. summed up the chinese you off us diplomatic engagement in the in depends if it were you know it. i think most countries in the world including some american allies in

asia actually have several questions in their hearts the 1st one is can the united states really play the role of a responsible stakeholder in international affairs. second is the united states really ready to return to multilateral cooperation and make its due contribution. another question is the united states really prepared to show due respect for the interests of other countries and listen to their voices. i think these problems exist in the hearts of most countries in the world including the allies of the united states however some countries do not openly say that i hope the u.s. side can understand the concerns of everyone. that i got him you know thank you.

well it certainly is a chinese concern oughtn't to model. on whether this was addressed at the u.s. john i'm eating in alaska. the creative head of the tokyo big games has resigned after he made an offensive comment about a female comedian saki compared entertain and now. to a pig during a group planning stuff members his resignation is the 2nd high profile one off the organizing committee president your sheetal morty steps down also for making sexist comments about women. we've just 4 months to go until the opening ceremony the tokyo games have once more been overshadowed by insensitive remarks made towards women this time it was creative director he rushed saki who suggested to a planning group that naomi watts or not they could perform as a quote

a limp pig later apologizing and offering his resignation what a nobby is jude to perform in the opening ceremony the entertainer has challenge body image norms in japanese media. just last month your ciro mori stepped down from his role as president of the tokyo 2020 organizing committee after he among other things claimed women talk too much the committee then set up a gender equality team and the former prime minister was replaced by athlete turned politician seiko hashimoto who now has to find a new director for the opening and closing ceremonies. i saw the headlines and was really shocked that his remarks were inappropriate and it is very regrettable that. as the committee has been emphasizing gender equality as one of its most important policies we have decided to accept sakis resignation.

ashley moto insisted the resignation would not derail olympic preparations but the tokyo games have revealed deep rooted issues surrounding gender stereotypes in japanese society. well that's it for today there's more stories on. the pleasure. of. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus update. on t w. w's talk show. strong clear positions from international perspective. every week we get to the point of

the current topic. opens controversial committed. to the point. of. when it comes to vaccinating israel is the world champion. no other country has an ocular had more of its people. life can be good once you've got the jam. a different story in the israeli occupied palestinian territories the 1st donor shipments have only just arrived from contacts. and infection rates are especially high in the poor and densely populated parts of the west bank and gaza.

like anywhere in the world there is skepticism one official says thousands of gazans have failed to turn up for their vaccine prefer to wait and see the palestinian laborers who work in israel have been getting a job as the used to your credit reports. a vaccination center at an israeli checkpoint between the west bank town of bethlehem and jerusalem here only palestinians are holding a permit to work in israel or in settlements are vaccinated by israeli authorities . as a young person and a palestinian i can take the vaccine but at the same time i think of my father and mother who didn't get it yet i'll feel better when all of my family members have been vaccinated. about from the. israel ams to vaccinate about 100000 workers who cross over from the occupied west bank to israel every day the country has faced criticism abroad and at home for not providing vaccines to more of the palestinian population. maybe not this israel's

interest is clear in order to open the economy and return to normal we need everyone who is moving around inside israeli borders to get vaccinated and safe. but in the israeli occupied west bank ordinary people are still waiting for a broader vaccination roll out in ramallah nurse each. has only a few vials to administer to her fellow medical colleagues the modernity vaccines were part of a one time delivery by israel a small amount but still seen as a relief for those having to deal closely with patients. and if. we as doctors and nurses are on the front line i hope that everybody will get vaccinated like this means that we will be protected and have the capability to move on and fight the disease. a lot of the palestinian authority has received 62000 coronavirus vaccine doses through the w

h o's kovacs program providing jobs for lower income countries in february 10000 doses of the sputnik vaccine arrived from the russian government however the palestinian authority has come under criticism for the delay in starting a wider vaccination drive. and this situation is deteriorating in palestine but also as in several countries around the world as a result of the late arrival of the vaccines the discrepancy in administering the vaccines does not bode well and bringing the end of the pandemic any closer. to. 2000 doses of the sputnik vaccines were sent from ramallah to the hamas controlled gaza strip after israel approved the transfer the blockaded territory also received about 60000 vaccine doses from the united arab emirates for a population of 2000000 and its crucial infection rates in the west bank have

soared in recent weeks in this private hospital on the outskirts of ramallah medical staff have seen a sharp influx of serious covered 1000 cases attributed to virus variants. in the. days ago the corona ward was awful empty and we were emptying that department suddenly the numbers started to increase in huge numbers started coming to the hall . but all. full restrictions were tightened once again in the west bank recently a curfew on weekends and night was already in place to curb the damage while the wait for more vaccines continues. you're a worry is a palestinian and senior analyst of the palestinian policy network. just how dry is the situation for palestinians right now the situation in the west bank and gaza is really really really dire sections are increasing every day in their thousands the

hospitals really are are full capacity and are really able to take any more patients and and so there is a lockdown in an attempt to confront this dire situation but what's even more tragic is that even though there is this lockdown and everything is closed listing and are without work there without possibility of earning money being able to pay for basic food rent there aren't any sort of social security measures in place so the situation really is a dire as it's been reported i guess makes it even more important that these vaccines get through to the palestinians what is the problem in your opinion. yeah and so whilst all health systems around the world are struggling you know palestine isn't necessarily an exception in that case what has to be remembered is that the west bank and gaza confronting the pandemic from a reality of israeli military occupation and this has completely weakened the

ability of the palestinian authorities in the west bank and gaza to respond effectively to the virus and i think it's very important that the context of of military occupation is is understood what's happened over the decades is that israel has deliberately disrupted palestinian medical capabilities meaning that they don't even meet the basic standards this includes you know tight restrictions on imports meaning that there is a constant shortage in equipment in medications in gaza for example gaza constantly operates 0 stock meaning that there's less than a month's supply and in addition to that israel places severe restrictions on palestinians so even if they cannot receive medical care within the west bengal gaza and they want to receive medical care elsewhere they really are at the mercy of the israelis regime as to whether they receive permits so this context prepared demick was already incredibly challenging and so you can see that the the added

disaster of coves it has only made that situation a 100 times worse your what about the palestinian authority taking responsibility for vaccinating its people. so the posting authority is not a representative body was created after the all clear because really as a service provider as an interim government in waiting for a palestinian state the palestinian state has never come to fruition and so it's this is it's a sort of a limbo body and they've really not been able to deal with a pandemic effectively not only because of the israeli occupation because but because they completely do not have the resources to do so they are totally out of money they are dealing with an already depleted health care system and so really what they have the strategies that they've been putting in place is on an off lockdowns and hoping that you know the vaccine will come soon and it hasn't will

to talking about resources and the vaccine we have seen this week for the shipment of callbacks vaccines how significant is that. yes over the last few days there has been this reports of this kovacs shipment coming in. but you know it's a very very small batch it's only about i think about 64000 doses and we're talking with talking about a population of 5000000 so it's really really minute we've heard more reports there are supposed to be at least another $100000.00 coming across from china but this is just really these are really take bits for a very very vulnerable population and there is a very stark reality going on that once the palestinian population isn't being vaccinated as the israeli population is now over 50 percent vaccinated

well israel backtracked on those plans to sell so it was vaccine abroad what are things looking like now what's the way ahead do you think. i think the way ahead the only way ahead is for israel to provide the vaccine to the people they occupies the palestinian people and i think the international community has to place a huge amount of pressure on israel to fulfill those obligations because at the end of the day there isn't any way a border between israel and palestine israel subsumes palestine occupies palestine there is an order and the virus doesn't recognize the border so at the very least it's in israel's own interests to vaccinate the palestinian population or a worry thank you very much for being on the show today a senior analyst at the palestinian policy network. thank you for having me. and it's that part of the show when derek williams answers your questions on the

coronavirus. how like you to catch cave in 1000 outside for example from someone running by. for me one of the most striking aspects of this pandemic is the amount of research that's gone into trying to answer seemingly simple questions like this which turn out to actually be pretty incredibly complex i mean who would have guessed even a year ago that we'd have gotten so obsessed with the highly abstract world of arrow soul distribution physics both in closed rooms and outside back to the question though we we now know that while it certainly might be possible to catch tobit 19 outdoors it's much much less likely that it is indoors in poorly ventilated spaces where people spend extended periods of time that's because unlike

outdoors aerosols accumulate in enclosed spaces and increase the chance that you might inhale enough of what an infected person has exhaled to catch the disease so though that's an amount i like to know by the way that we we still don't know with any certainty and in general the consensus seems to be that in addition to the indoors outdoors aspect of the equation the other factors that play a major role in infection are how long exposure lasts how close an infected person comes to you and the amount of time that you're around them the w.h.o. only recommends 6 in outdoor settings where physical distancing can't be maintained like crowds and not for people doing. intense physical activity that's

because pretty much all the indicators point to the conclusion that the jogger panting by you in the park just doesn't really present that big of a wrist. thanks for watching stay safe and see you again sir.

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