the cost of the remote high with many success stories, ration of biodiversity, single stores may 20th on d, w. this is did up in use asia coming up to date, an unprecedented turn of events in north korea. the country declared a severe emergency for but an outbreak of only kron if the 1st time killing young has admitted to having any coven infections. why has it made the admission now? and what is the risk for the population? and a promise of greater cooperation between the you and japan, in the wake of russia invasion of ukraine, we looked at what's on the car. ah,

i'm british energy. welcome to the dublin news asia judge could join us. north korea has ordered a national lockdown to hold the spread of the only crown variant. it is the 1st time leader kim jong gunn, has admitted to having any coven 19 cases since the start of the pandemic in 2020. it is unclear. wipe, young young has decided to publicize the outbreak, but observe us fear the consequences could be devastating if infection spite a lot of control, especially as no one in north korea appears to have been vaccinated. this is a 1st for north korean leader, kim jung. never before has the acknowledged that code it is spreading in his country. few believe that young young has had no cases of. yeah, but now it's official level units. liam will go to the state media,

says alma cron has been detected among patients and a capital and that the whole country is going into a national lockdown. they framed the development in dramatic terms. there has been the biggest emergency incident in a country with a whole in our emergency quantum front that has been capped, secure. over the past 2 years. north korea closed its borders at the start of the pandemic, restricting trade. also with his main trading partner, china, within the country, young young has been keen to promote anti virus meshes with images like these provided by news agency, casey and 8 last year with his guns and our restaurant on where prioritizing sanitizing efforts in order to keep up with the disinfectant rules. additionally, we conduct systematic hygiene and contact tracing investigation and entrances where many people are coming in and out over the weekend. but there is one disease

control method pm young has refused to deploy so far. vaccination, some analysts say it's because the you and backed kovacs distribution program has international monitoring requirements and would expose the country to international scrutiny. with most of his 26000000 people believe to be unvaccinated, an outbreak could put a heavy stream on north korea's poor health care system. that might explain why it is now admitting cove it has arrived. according to some experts, they say pam young may be seeking outside 81 that it has repeatedly rejected. throughout the pandemic and journalist frank spur has been monitoring the situation from south korea. he spoke more about the challenges facing young young as cases multiplier. well, if we look at north korea is 26000000, you have 26000000 people that are not vaccinated. take into consideration also the

alma kron berry, and perhaps the most transmissible, covered $900.00 variance so far. and north korea to lap protected health care system. prior to the coven, 19 pandemic, and for decades, it's widely known that north korea is health care is critically underfunded. understaffed under sourced those 3 things taken into consideration together with the effect of almost cronan coven. 19, in the most developed countries with very robust health care systems. and in north korea, you have a situation where this could spread across the country and have devastating consequences for the north korean population. the e u and japanese leaders have agreed to strengthen their partnership in the week of

rush as envision of ukraine, european commission president, also on the line accompanied by european council president sharp. michelle held stalks the japanese prime minister from your computer in tokyo. the sides also agreed on a new digital pop to ship, which will number other things focus on improving the global supply of crucial semiconductors. later addressing a joint press conference, the leader spoke of stepping up sections against russia and greater cooperation. it osha and you. good, i'm a senior graph, osha russians, invasion of ukraine. shake the foundations of the international order, not only in europe, but also in asia. and this is absolutely unacceptable in cooperation with the g 7, including the a you, japan will implement strong sanctions against russia and strengthen support to ukraine and i was seeing what you guys finish,

i minister there for me. you're by thanking you warmly for the marble solidarity that japan showed by diverting some of it's ellen g supplies to europe. it was at a crucial time for us at the height of the european heating season. and we will not forget this. this shows the power and the solidarity of democracy's working together. and gentlemen, often talk care for more on this is meter rule. he's an associate professor at care university and specializes in international security and european politics, professor, okra, japan and the you have always been close partners. but what impact has 2 years of go over 19 and the ukraine war had on this partnership gave you credit war. he has a lot of a big impact on the e, the japan relationship,

which is the scene as a sort of a catalyst for more contact and more closer coordination between the 2. because they're what we athene now is an unprecedented level of coordination and dialogue between the 2 partners, mainly young ukraine, economic sanctions against the grain. but at the same time, in the g 7 context as will depend on the e l. d d part of g 7 pro says sunday, answer in the context of g 7. know we have seen a huge number of 4 minutes of meetings and some meetings this at a level of coordination and cooperation between japan, andi both bilaterally and will say in the context of the 7 has increased quite a lot, not permanent, a k, she that talked of their ukraine was shaking the foundation of the international order, not only in europe, but also in asia. what does it mean by that? is to what time it is, the kid has been emphasizing is the fact that the european security and the

security in, in the pacific. ah, indivisible 30 did a huge linkage between the 2. and was the t, cutty, the we, we, we need to prevent the deep did the change of status go by force, from taking place again in asia. so that is why did we, we should not say we should not allow the war in new crane as a precedent for another christ is still another invasion indian to patrick. reason . so that's why the tokyo aids very much air focusing on right now in the country is linkage between to reach the sir in the context of this install care is actually talking about beijing and the china, the sort of miss in the region. yeah, that's auto. we are leverage focusing on because dad, because of their geographical proximity, and we're 30 rising tensions in south genesee and he stared a c a so,

so that's what the token needs to address. so the, yeah, that the it's, i think it's just natural for japan to look at the linkage between the 2 regions and the linkage between russia and china and relations between the 2 countries. now speaking of linkers, japan like europe, heather betty, claus trade relationship with china. but her fod difficult bilateral relations as compared to most countries in europe. i wonder therefore, where does the e you fit into japan strategy on that front? indeed, in his china. you mean? correct. yes. the in terms of dealing with china, the china is a big neighbor and the china is really one with most important trading partners with japan. so the business community in japan is very much interested in doing continuing business with 10 of course. and that's also very much in japan's

national interest and, but at the same time, we have various, a wide range of concerns about china. and in terms of dealing with various economic problems dandy, john needs to get the other like minded countries on boards. so we very much a co operate with united states, of course, but at the same time, the ear is a like minded partner showing values and sharing various concerns about china as well. so that is why there is a growing interest in japan in walking more closely with the year. so the, in terms of ensuring new market access, for example, or the treatment of the private companies, they invest as in china and get the intellectual property rights under the thesis. so the, and also the we are increasingly interested in cooperating with americans and

european partners in terms of dealing with human rights. the susan home connie says this is study in the context of the war, new grain, those china relate. it is, is a now seen as more invisible, but the challenges are there about the challenge is increasing. so the, i think it defacto to e leaders, visit japan. i'm it doin ukraine. i think it's a great demonstration that the europeans are still very much engaged in the, in the pacific region. so the not forgetting the importance of this region. so the dot dot dot, i think was a great pass the message. so this week actually we also saw a visit by things prime minister, right? so the, so this is sort of a return of in parson diplomacy. i think it is great after after 22

years of arrive, pleasure talking to you. thank you for bringing that perspective to us. so professor, meet you too, sir. ok from k university. thank you, sir. and that's it for today, but there is more on our website and facebook and twitter account. but before we go, we just want to bring you an update on another story they've been following through this week. the escalating economic and political crisis inter lanka. presidents have been taking advantage of a brief relaxation of a curfew to buy supplies, but troops are still out in force on the streets of the capital, colombo, and other cities to prevent a repeat of the violence that erupted at the start of the week. that killed at least 8 people. believe you with some of the latest pictures and we'll see you tomorrow. bye bye. ah.

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