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growing fast. and young people clearly have the solution. the future belongs to the 77 percent every weekend on d w. this is did up in years, asia coming up to date, an unprecedented turn of events in north korea. the country declares a severe emergency for but an outbreak of only kron. it's the 1st time john 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 e. u and japan in the wake of russia invasion of ukraine. we looked at what's on the call

ah i british manager, welcome to the dublin news asia lodge could join us. north korea has ordered a national lockdown to halt the spread of the omicron valiant. it is the 1st time leader kim jong learn, has admitted to having any coven 19 cases. since the start of the pandemic intern to 20, it is unclear wipe, young young, has decided to publicize the outbreak of observers. fear the consequences could be devastating if infections by 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 jong on never before has he acknowledged that cove it is spreading in his country. few believe that pure young has had no cases alighted yet, but now it's official level unit 3. and when did the state media says omicron has

been detected among patients in the capitol and that the whole country is going into a national lockdown. they framed the development intra matic terms. there has been the biggest emergency incident in a country with a hole in our emergency quantum front that has been kept 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, ppo young has been keen to promote anti virus meshes with images like these provided by news agency. casey and 8 lost here. what is at our restaurant on where prioritizing sanitizing efforts in order to keep up with the disinfection rules. additionally, we conduct systematic hygiene and conduct tracing investigation and entrances where many people are coming in and out. i would regime but there is one disease control

method kim young has refused to deploy so far. vaccination, some analysts say it's because the u 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 strain 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 pure 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 gang 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 cranberry and perhaps the most transmissible covered $900.00 variant so far. and north korea to lap protected health care system. prior to the cove in 1900 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 oma cronin coded 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 you 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 storks, the japanese prime minister from new york issued in tokyo. the sides also agreed on a new digital pop the ship, which will, among 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 create a cooperation, air, oceania. oh, good, i'm a senior glass ocean rushes 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 strengthened support to ukraine and it was, she was like, 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 l n. 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 democracies working together and joining me enough and to care for more on this is mito rocha. he's an associate professor at care university and specializes and international security and the european politics, professor rocha japan and the you have always been close partners. but what impact has 2 years of covered 19 and the ukraine war had on this partnership? gave you credit war. he has a lot of a big impact on the either japan relationship,

which is the theme 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 process on their own. so in the context of g 7, now we have seen a huge number of 4 minutes of meetings. and some meetings is that sort of level of coordination and cooperation between japan, andi post bilaterally and will say in the context of the 7 has increased quite a lot. not permanent acacia. i talked of there you quinn 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 with the t cody, 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 ukraine as a precedent for another crisis. so another invasion indian, the pacific region. so that's why the tokyo is very much air focusing on right now in the country is the linkage between to reach the sir in the context of this is talkers actually talking about beijing and the china, the sort of nest in the region. yeah, that's auto. we all know which focusing on because dad, because of their geographical proximity, and we're 30 rising tensions in south genesee and east tennessee. and this is the,

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, has a very close trade relationship with china. but for 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 cooperate 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 ear. so the, in terms of ensuring new market access for example, or, 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, the said 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 assessor 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 rife, pleasure talking to you. thank you for bringing that perspective to us 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 have been following for you 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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