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with young people clearly have the solution that future belongs with the 77 percent. every weekend on d w you're watching d, w news, asia coming up today. how many missiles can north korea test? killing yang has been on a bit of a spree this year, and we examined why that may be the case. plus we peer into what's happening in pyongyang and kim jung, an attempt at adding glitz and glamour to the capital. and the contest between china and taiwan plays out on all fronts this time where the rubber meets the road .

ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. north korea fired yet another ballistic missile off it's eastern coast this week. that's the 13th test so far this year. that's already more than the tests conducted last year or in 2020. and among those tests included in intercontinental ballistic missiles. similar to this one, north korea displayed at a military parade last month. it's clear, kim jung and wants to show off his arsenal, south korea, japan, and the united states responded in strong terms to the latest test. threat from north korea continues to increase because they continue to test because they continue to learn because they continue to adapt their program. it would be foolish not to read it to assess that, that the threat there posing is actually increasing over time. fucking not dutch

with in unit and cook. north korea's recent remarkable development of nuclear missile related technologies is not only unacceptable for the security of japan in the region, but north korea slow of actions are not including its repeated launches of ballistic missiles. threatened the peace and security of our country region, and the national community lay absolutely unacceptable, yawning. this more fair, taller committee will know how military is maintaining a full readiness posture by tracking and monitoring related movements of it for possible additional launches? look, i'm his mom barnett babysitter, joining us as 2 young kim of the center for a new american security. a do young, i guess the 1st question is, why is north korea testing so many more missiles now? well, thanks again for having me on your show. melissa. so, you know, kim don't and has made it clear that he wants to make all these fancy buttons and

missiles that he and he ordered his people to make last year. and so they are basically trying to his country as people are trying to, you know, achieve his goals, his military goals. and so there's a clear domestic motivation for north korea to continue to test them. because a more you test, the better they get at these weapons and so failing missile tests, a failing or is actually not failure, it actually helps a country know how to refine their technology. and so i think that's a key driver now, and i think really, really does not matter what washington does or does not do at this point. i think they're really hard sets on achieving certain milestones when it comes to. there are technological advancements of the nuclear weapons. now, over the last 2 months, we've seen how much impunity a nuclear state has if it decides to be an aggressor. of course,

i'm speaking from berlin. countries feel unable centrally to join ukraine in actual battle because russia is a nuclear state. i wonder about that. can you talk about north korea as a nuclear power and what that really means for the region. so you know, this is a question, a good question that many of us are continuing to be and try to unpack and analyze and assess, you know, i don't think there are a clear cut answers yet. but i think the one hand north korea sees was happening in ukraine, a c z international response with, or the lack of a military response to russia's invasion. and so perhaps this just confirms to concern that he needs to hold on to his nuclear weapons. tighter than ever. but on the other hand, if we, you know, these comparisons are not exact or perfect,

but there is a difference between ukraine versus south korean japan being the united states. ally in treaty ally. and so, if you know, if a big power like united states has an obligation to defend and protect its allies, then there is no question that the united states would do anything it can and will to defend its allies. and so there is a bit of a difference there in terms of if we try to compare and so these are, you know, good questions. but i really think in the grand scheme of things, north korea is probably thinking that it better hang on to its weapons. not try to not give it up easily or, or even, even if it's to put a cap on its programs. i think he will try to negotiate for a much higher price chat for even just to press the pause button on his new go up is developments, right? and so next week we have a sick you'll taking office as the new president of south korea, a telephone,

little bit about him and whether the missiles have anything to do with the new president. you know, so every one is expected. i'm sure north korea as well. that was a conservative south korean administration. south korea will be tougher than the, than a progressive administration. the sense that it, they will demand tit for tat and have a more principal approach to engagement and not give away freebies just to try to butter. north korea were to try to satisfy north korea. and so that in that sense, north pier knows fully. well, that is expecting the, the upcoming unit bite in alliance to be tougher towards it and less flexible. so in that sense, you know, i would not be surprised if some of these missile activities are, you know, in preparation for north korea. gearing up for hardy hardening its own position

towards the unit and by administrations. and so, you know, i think in the short and mid term a we've actually made some escalation of tensions going forward. but we do should, we should remember that both by administration and the upcoming, the incoming administration, both made it clear that they are open to diplomacy and dialogue. a young kim thank you so much for joining us. thanks so much. meanwhile, inside north korea, well to the best of our ability since it's so difficult to get a sense of what's happening there. but in the capital of kiln yang, kim jung on has been intent on constructing high rise apartment buildings. he wants 50000 new units and they look pretty impressive in till you take a closer look. does that apply from high rise buildings? usually a symbol of wealth and status for the rich, except in north korea,

the or anything but. here skyscrapers are getting taller and taller. with the latest even reaching 18 stories high. only the least fortunate would find themselves living on the top floors, though a north korean defact assess, has been a friend of mine lives on the 28th floor of a 40 story building. he told me that he has never used to live since he was born. because even if there's a lift, it wasn't working. you're yelling at them, don't him walk all that had in addition to that, the building self and fail to pump water to flights located so high in the sky. i'm glad when we. that's made them undesirable. no matter how passionate the public seemed to be on stay television. there cheering about the recently built new flats . pyongyang says there are altogether $10000.00 of them daily and k a. so based media says, according to their sources, those flats are not ready to live in would once normally demand, i think it's

a strategy to key for hope, even if it's in vain. hope newman, if you trust our leader, it can lead to glory together to him. i couldn't be dimmer from true young colonel yoga tale. while the state officially assigns housing to the people, experts say real estie trading has become more common under the leadership of kim jong own, giving the rich and the option to choose their homes. so where do they live? have singleton houses for core and loyal classes are in de ponton river terry's area, and it's also a place where the state run television anal sir reach and he moved in and everything is provided there wouldn't do. i'm not who's been able to help run the famous tv anchor was among a group of leads who just moved into a new house in cluster picture from state media show that leader kim jong or even came to the inauguration on every single building. here was low rise in which you

will not look on your bill. ah, well, you've made it till friday. they're raised to the finish to get the weekend started . but before we let you go, here's a racing rivalry between china and taiwan, whose cars go faster after some big talk on social media from a chinese racer. a taiwanese driver responded to the challenge. here is dw zachary li with the fast and furious m. and i want to say you're quite does toy on province even have any foss cause you're going to like you, smaller are just video by chinese influence a young early this year, claiming that taiwan has no fast cause field, public anger in taiwan there. i know they belittled us by saying that we don't have any such cause. it feels like where poor and no great order is not okay to call taiwan province. we're a country. i see your own. it sounds like you think the best and but the world is

big and your horizons are not broad enough. the video also attracted the attention of taiwanese racing driver, launches she in noticed high ones, godfather of racing, loud decided to stand out for taiwan. was easily able to nadia. this is not a light nor a war between taiwan and china. it is just racing and i'm professionally of collateral gym. so i threw down the gauntlet girl that i felt holiday. my agent in china told me not to do it because relations between taiwan and china, a tense, but young st. you not a fast cause, carla white. of course we do down to the to little kyla, each of the atlanta. we also give a chinese influence. i took up the challenge and gave leanne 2 months to prepare. the i'll spend tens of thousands of dollars and modifying a car. the rivalry mobilize nationalism here in taiwan and fed antique china sentiment. some media even dubbed it, an online war, had me a gathering of m a chair racing jarvis yearning tie. while this people had been

watching closely le rivalry between now and the chinese car raised influencer. and now now showing this approach to go out, breaking speed record is not just for prisoner achievement by nose or in a way above they being phase for taiwan. last month, leandro 400 meters in just 8.72 seconds braking young's record by more than 2 tenths of a 2nd. i was able to go there was a geno culture. i hope the quarrel between taiwan and china can stop here is that we know who the winner is, so we should stop fighting. the other will goes our library. the record and chinese systems could try to best me out. we just have a race together and be friends, all. wouldn't that a good? we'll do what an important to you to what we than than even a portal that seems unlikely since young has not recognized the record. and so this road rivalry between beijing anti pe could soon be headed for another round

. and there you go, taiwan. number one, at least for now. that does it for us. as always, you can check us out on twitter or facebook and we're also on d. w. dot com, forward slash asia have a good weekend to the point. strong opinions, clear positions, international perspective with russia now pushing for full control of southern eastern ukraine. western countries are ramping up military support. 40th is the west to becoming a partner to the conflict. find out on to the point to the point i. d, w,

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