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the crisis. welcome to. join us north korea has fired 2 shots range ballistic missiles into the sea. these audits 1st ballistic missile launchers are in violation of u.n. resolutions and also the 1st since joe biden became u.s. president the launches by kim jong un's regime come just a week of u.s. visits to japan and south korea where the committed to the complete deed. of the korean peninsula. that have been studied words from the region. second in the senate the new the missile launch which is the 1st time in nearly a year since march 29th poses a threat to peace and safety in japan and the region will be at

a little down hill who. i am determined to protect the lives of our people and ensure that they have a peaceful life by working closely with relevant countries such as the u.s. and south korea he will not try still dunkley spirit i'm going to concede that. and for more on this i'm joined from sold by german kim she's a correspondent at n.p.r. news a news website reporting on north korea germany welcome i think it was a question of where i'm not if north korea would test ballistic missiles now that it's hers what is the message it is sending with these launchers and to who. there i think many experts right now are wondering that they're not this is a message to washington and on i think it's not just for washington but also for internal reasons that's why our there was a very big political event and the early days of 2000 when it went and they had the

party congress and they in the size a lot unlock the base capability and it seems through these tests they are just doing what they already set out to do here and the internal message here would be that even now they are going through a lot of economic difficulties right now because of the close the border because it could be 19 and all-star back to back to times to be nothing natural catastrophe last year and capability and not you imagine this is working so they are just testing these missiles in terms of keeping up with their readiness posture in sinai . but what about the message to washington i mean so far north korea has rebuffed any attempts by the u.s. to establish contact with or it does not could i think it is pointless talking to the united states. it seems that the don't think that there is much to go at the biden administration and also drink and party congress though

they mention a lot about it and keep abilities and they showed this very long list of. weapons but not me they also hinted at the are just not really interested in the economy the united states and more are seeing not only was it not in its being. right. or president doubleton was benched as a president. because i didn't like a more principled traditional politician and he has mentioned a move on public breach of human rights couple of times it seems at least in my day to have much hope if any break there is no correlation to go she said with biden in the terms that they are so that they will think of as a sanctuary the last rejoinder also saw a high profile visitor to the region us or could your certainty blinken defense

secretary lloyd austin visiting south korea and japan and all the allies appear to commit to the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula given what we're seeing with with these tests how this goal to be achieved. it's a it's a difficult question i think. and countries japan south korea united states and or create they have all very different use and what do you think the asian is and what they are the new there is i think moving in grace and. so it really depends on how they will negotiate the end will going on a very hot topic in the past few weeks was whether or not it's utilization creepiness laurie is it still your position of north korea it seems that the japanese side and the u.s. i think think more of that the nuclear issue north north korea sort of definition or as the north korea is the reality threats like stuck korean side they are seeing

korean peninsula you condition a korean peninsula as was going to korea what is the role of china in all of this given that she jinping and the kim jong un exchanged messages of support with each other on monday. i think trans 2 roles on 1st will be about sanctions and the 2nd will be about the red lines on these weapons tests that are of yet made here in the past probably most worriers one station and it's unclear what biden's decision is regarding their own if biden will decide that they will premiere or limit their pressure policy china will have to cooperate from us when if you try you will have to cooperate listening sessions because most of the north korean strait go through china and economic pressure because china is really how helpful in the back door for china regarding the red line i think transplant list.

whether or not they will ok certainly been stressed when you asked if you remember . trying to recreate the group which a little bit because i'm sorry no. sanctions after the 6 nuclear tests will have to see which mean a stance on this right thanks very much for the german can speak to us from seoul. a focus on north korea's nuclear weapons program sometimes comes at the cost of the grave human rights violations its citizens have to face but some are able to break free like this form $1.00 j.q. one park i'm not pretty i'm led a labor camp in our country to make it to the u.k. where she's now standing for local elections. in the town of berry in the u.k. and unusual candidate is seeking to win local elections in may need a g one park

a north korean defector who arrived 60 years ago the 52 year old wants to give back to town that welcomed her with open arms. people very nice 3 tours so they give of course a lot out gift so that's why today my family's in here so i want to pay back at this and then thought gives the to my residence how life used to be so different park fled north korea with her brother in 1998 the start of a chapter full of hardship. she lost contact to her brother and became a slave in china but the birth of her son give you some comfort when my son and i hoard into here and i cried and or is the heart because i have family around . it didn't last long chinese authorities deported her back to north korea she ended up at

a labor camp separated from her child but park didn't give up she fled to china again to find her son together the flat for a time they stayed in the mongolian desert where she met her now husband i fish shifted to here yes that is my post. on this so he is now is my hers were you eventually the family got help from the un to relocate to the u.k. park is now a fully integrated citizen and hopes to get enough votes to join the local council . she'll stand as a conservative despite the party's tough stance on refugees she likes their take on family values and individual freedom i think she'll do well i'll just i've just been talking to i just said i will be voting for. parks i asked her pastor gives her strength i take it confidently because the law i already tried to.

reverse twice. and if she succeeds she'll be the one writing a new chapter in the british history books. the torch relay for the talk your lympics has resumed after your long delayed 10000 runners are due to go to the top from focus to talk you're on a 2 hour through all of japan's 47 prefectures but as the olympic flame makes its way to the opening ceremony on july the 23rd organizers still face plenty of problems. the countdown has begun the olympic flame has started its journey through japan and here in focus shima the relay usually marks the moment that public excitement over the games picks up but this time around the situation is different . concerns that the olympics may lead to a rise in coronavirus cases in tokyo have seen the events popularity plummet surveys suggest a majority of people would support the games being postponed again or even canceled

the organizers hope. this day will start to trigger emotions and i must say i can say like i was in touch this morning to see the 1st pictures but still 80 percent of the people are against the games and that's result of a recent poll and i think the recent decision just last weekend that's not fans and families from payouts will be allowed inside the country will like not raise the excitement but maybe except for the games at least disk. but worries over covert the international olympic committee and its president thomas back have always insisted the games will take place this summer the organization makes most of its revenue from broadcast and sponsorship deals related to the summer and winter olympics so a cancellation would be a major hit to the i.o.c. and many sports federations officials in japan have also faced scrutiny most

recently as both the olympic creative director hiroshi society and the president of the organizing committee your mori resigned over sexist comments they had made organizers hope that these troubles and now behind them and that the torch relay can reignite japan's support for the tokyo olympics. that's a thought today we leave you with a musical but on by a hospital in indonesia medical workers dressed in full p.p.m. put on a sing along the back over 1000 patients featuring the uncle a traditional indian e.c.m. instrument backed. by. mom.

the 1st. more than a 1000 years ago europe witnesses a huge construction boom in. christianity for me established itself. both religious and secular leaders to display their power. can create the tallest biggest and most beautiful structures. stone masons

builders and architects compete with each other. this is how massive churches are created a. contest of the. stars. on t w. are excited about people's response to your technology for growth are 2. 100 so proud part of. sufi has a new korea and she is giving traditional lawsuits a run for their money would have creations and how what's up. also on arts and culture today. and the ballet version of virginia woolf's orlando

premieres in moscow our reporter was at the preview. and there's a new album from techno and house music d.j. hale and it's got an artistic twist. orlando by virginia woolf is a fantastical piece of literature that sees the hero's journey between 3 centuries and 2 genders now german perfect jansch book has reimagined the piece for the bolshoi ballet observers expect it to make waves and in a conservative society that's not known for its tolerance of the l.g.b. t.q. community books imaginative staging might also rustle feathers. her royal highness queen elizabeth the 1st played by a man but this is no campy drag queen playing for laughs in a nightclub this cross-dressing portrayal is serious and dignified it's part of german choreographer cust judge books production of virginia woolf's novel orlando

book plays around with gender identities and questions the established male and female roles in a playful manner but he's doing it in a country known for its traditional even conservative values is that a deliberate provocation. is kind of it's not a provocation at least that's not my intention rather we take a very poetic approach to having a man play a queen or that the orlando role is danced by a woman. tons of the novel tells the story of the magical transformation of orlando a young nobleman into a woman which book has cast that role with a woman who dances with such lightness and elegance that changing genders seems like the easiest thing on earth the character also lives to be more than 350 years old without aging the role are 1st an opportunity to delve into. or rich for a variety of expressive characterizations the story has

a decidedly dreamlike quality. than that on monday i didn't understand the strange novel by virginia woolf right away there was a long process of finding our way in the material the choreographer wanted me to stay natural and remember that i'm a woman even when playing a man i kept that in mind despite the challenges and those challenges weren't just inside the theatre russia is in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and has the 4th highest number of covert 1000 infections in the world the capital moscow has the highest number of deaths from covert 1000 in the country yet nearly all restrictions have been lifted bars clubs and restaurants are open as are theaters. we set out to see a month and i got sick during my 3rd week here and had to self isolate for 3 weeks in my hotel room. but now i'm immune with visitors at 4 o'clock it's a strange picture for those of us from europe but it's the decision of this country to open things up so i've made my own decision to continue keeping my distance from

the team here and being cautious about them so i don't foresee. but hiring spoke currently the director of the zurich ballet the bolshoi ballet has been able to mount an international production despite the pandemic for his part the renowned choreographer has enjoyed taking advantage of the bolshoi as an elite training ground for classical ballet by despotic on my language comes out of classical ballet so i respect the tradition of the bolshoi on all levels i mean huge admirer of this company and of this house. of mine it was a story about space and time and that appreciating the here and now is especially important that's a valuable message for these uncertain pandemic times. now to what extent is creativity the preserve of humankind in animals or computers produced art that was the question on everyone's lips when what's created by

a robot went under the virtual shama but it's not over yet sophia that's the robot's name has a special surprise for the lucky by a. oh while the last minutes of the auction of a world premiere the 1st so-called n.f.t. artwork to be created by a robot and then the hammer falls. and as yet unidentified art collector has bought the works sophia instantiation for just under $700000.00 it's a 12 2nd m.p. for file showing how the humanoid robot sophia uses a real portrait as the basis for an artwork of its own. and the piece is not finished yet the robot will now study the successful bidders face and incorporated into the evolving m.p. for file the robot sophia has just turned 5 and only recently broke out in a new role as a creative. terms were not working for undercurrent of

competition. so i think i created the only 3 films in different person complimentary i think margaret but you need a partner. in the world or so i think the machine can be creative so if she is maker david hanson described the process behind the work a collaboration between sophia and italian artist andrea been a cheeto as iterative loops of evolution here is the evolution of sophia from. emerging as an artwork herself generating artwork that then was later inspired by andrea. artwork through many iterations of art that then fueled more art resulting in this purely digital work very rich fueled by art history her own work andrea's work. and this is the.

main piece that we put on the nifty. nifty gateway where sophia's work was sold is an online marketplace where digital artists can sell their work previously it wasn't possible to be the sole owner of digital artwork but now a kind of digital certificate of ownership has been developed called n f t's or non fungible tokens also known as nifty as it's become the latest investment craze with some artwork selling for large sums of money but artist and day i was mostly interested in the collaborative possibilities of what we wanted to . make a statement in the war than even in the war of opening. and humans. you know. and you know but what was sophia's actual role in all this the robot might be able to paint but according to critics it's nowhere near as creative as it's made out to be they say it's nothing

more than a chat but with a face. ignoring the naysayers sophia the robot is looking to the future. i'm excited to her the world like her artwork i hope people like my work in order to collaborate in newark writing with. impressive in other news nomad land has clinched another award the producers guild of america has crowned it best film the road trip movie about semi retired americans living off the grid frances mcdormand and is directed by chloe zhao it already has a golden glow you. know. and it's a frontrunner for this year's best film the p.g.a. has predicted 10 of the past 13 best picture win is. items

belonging to stars including elvis presley marilyn monroe and bob dylan are being shunned online on saturday the top lots are the guitar played by procedure in the 1968 t.v. special marking his return to live music after years of making films and the gloves used by muhammad ali to train for that rumble in the jungle for decades d.j. hale has been an institution in the techno and house music scenes the german music producer whose real name is helmut gaia has headlined festivals worldwide in 2020 he founded a record label and curb aerated for the 1st time with conceptual artist you want to turn maser the pair have now released an album. it's the surprising result of a surprising collaboration times hell d.j. hell got artist you're not on misa to join him in the recording studio the sounds are by the d.j. using text fragments uttered randomly by the artist in the tradition of data is m.

u. i think it's a russian to your opponent myself so. formal art can be a. d.j. hell is a pioneer of techno and house music and the founder of the label international d.j. jacob originally from bavaria hume of to berlin a few years ago is considered a legend of the electronic dance music scene unit and nasal is one of germany's most iconic lastic artists loud strange and provocative but also extremely successful d.j. hell commissioned him to design an album cover them they ended up making an album together. it's quite well known artist quite. quite expensive not my leap you know so i said instead of paying you something we go to

the studio and do some music the result is not just the album but a fuck published in a collector's edition the project also features love songs that d.j. held wrote with the ticket to me is a 91 year old mother and manager of his collaborator. looking for new excitement for new things thanks that's not done now and compilation so. so we quote quite similar on that. thanks to the coronavirus pandemic d.j. hal has been unable to earn money with live gigs club he doesn't miss travelling around the world to play in clubs. he's been busy at home in the studio and he's

got a new plan for when clubs do open up again. i didn't tar of myself and he will perform in the future on festivals and clubs so the good thing i don't have to travel any more because he will do the performances so all i can hope for like a simple ton of bookings or or parties. australia merry turn maybe some in europe at the same night 3 shots maybe more. that would leave the 58 year old d.j. more time for future of musical experiments such as this one. finally the us kids' show sesame street has 2 new puppets of color a video posted on the show's website features an african-american father and his son talking to elmo about skin color the message despite our differences well human

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