questions for the present a future heads filled with ideas. so get really sort of brain update. 40 to the answer to almost everything starts january 15th on d w. no. ah, this is dw news live from berlin. tensions are on the rise on the korean peninsula . south korea's military apologizes for failing to shoot down north korean drones that had crossed the border. the country's president says he will speed up plans for a specialized unit to monitor drone threads. also coming up this blizzard is the one

for the ages. certainly is the blizzard of the century, nearly 50 people dead, that governor of new york wants extreme weather conditions are far from over. with more snow on the way. ah, i'm glad out as well come to the program. south korea's military has apologized for its failure to shoot down any of the north korean drones that crossed over the border. it was the 1st such incident in 5 years and raised serious questions about souls. air defenses. in response, the country's president says he will accelerate plans to create a specialized military unit to deal with drones as tensions are increasing across the korean peninsula. on the hunts,

south korean helicopters scoured the sky, the signs of north korean drones. authorities here say 5 crossed over the border on monday with one flying close to the capital. so now the military has been forced to say, sorry, after failing to shoot them down, connectivity think up, we'll look at them on what are you day window to what our military's lack of preparedness has caused great concern year, what he couldn't talk. it was the military will thoroughly check each troops detection and strike assets against the enemy's drone provocation on global honey doesn't and actively employed detection devices at home to spot drones earlier. talk and aggressively deploy strike assets, who's ada? would all 3 pug isamena, south korea's president, yoon saki, all who has vowed to take a hard line on the north has used that moment to fast forward. his plans telling

a cabinet meeting in the military, training on readiness has been insufficient for years. a chinaman, peconic, to your we have a plan to greet military drone unit test with monitoring key military facilities in north korea who is socially dominant or j will advance the establishment of the drone unit as soon as possible. her chair, her chair, done up anguish, will also introduce state of the arts still thrown strong and bolster or surveillance capabilities. i'm she young, child ally, which media across the border emp young yang leader kim jong own, is capping the year by meeting with key members of his ruling party, where he's hailed the countries growing economic and military power. the north, his fire to record number of missiles in 2022 with his latest drone incidence, adding to growing concerns across the region. and earlier i spoke to journalist frank smith in the soul,

and i asked him what the reason incursions into south korea tells us about that advent system? well, i think it, it says that south chris air defenses are sorely lacking. they were pursuing these drones for something like 5 hours when they launched a propeller aircraft from the center of the peninsula to try to intercept these drones had actually crashed. the 2 pilots had to reject from that aircraft. so there were a lot of problems with. so 3 is pursue these, they, they shot at least some of the drones did manage to shoot any, any of them down. this is concerning here in south korea. analysts say that north korea is something like 300 to a 1000 drones. and they do represent a surveillance risk if not an attack risk based on their size. in 2017, a drone was found here in south korea that had traveled something like 200 kilometer sofa soul to photograph an anti ballistic missile. a u. s. and p

ballistic missile base here. so this type of activity from north korea should they succeed and in gaining better surveillance and information on the south side of the border. it does more to increase the time, sorry to decrease the amount of time that is. so 3 would have an imminent north korean attack and also increase the potential risk of some type of miscalculation on the korean peninsula. as we've seen through ne development of a hypersonic, missiles, cruise missiles and submarine launch, ballistic missiles, this increases the risk as a decrease is the amount of warning of, of some type of imminent attack. and that's really what these drones are, are doing here. go with his, with his increased risk, what kind of response come and i'll expect from south korea will. so the green

present an insecure has said from his campaign he came to power here in may. he said that he was going to respond to north korea with a much harder line on north korea's missile launches. falling north koreas missile launches. for example, south korea conducted its own missile launches together with the u. s. so 3 also conducted large scale military exercises with the u. s. with plans to perhaps a conductor, the largest ever military exercises to commemorate 70 years of a u. s. south korea alliance next year. so we're likely to see more large scale drills here as well as was mentioned in the report, the development of south korean drones, more south korean drones with a bigger budget jones frank smith, they're in the so for us, thank you for severe went away. them has been pummeling north america. authorities say nearly 50 people have died across the united states. new york state has been

hit especially hard emergency crews. they're still searching for survivors in cars, buried on the meters of snow. residents are being warned to stay in their homes as city paralyzed by a mega storm. buffalo new york is at the epi center of the blizzard, battering north america. people are stranded in their vehicles, in homes as snow pummels the region. the governor of new york gave a sobering assessment of this situation. we have then to a lot of wars together. and this blizzard is the one for the ages. certainly it is the blizzard of the century. and we are here to can talk about our, our class or collaborative approach to dealing with this crisis. and it is a crisis. thousands of homes are without power. and a driving ban has been issued. the governor warned that the worst is not yet over.

and as much as we can see, the skies right now, we know that the storm is coming back. so anyone to declare as victory says it's over, it is way to really to say president joe biden approved an emergency declaration for new york, offering the full force of the federal government to support the state. thousands of flights have been canceled across the u. s. leaving many families scrambling to find a way to get home an hour. driving back to austin 17 hours. so it was they will find a rental car. there was not many, but i was able to find one that went to start back here in the middle. i guess back in buffalo more heavy snowfall is forecast. emergency crews are racing to free. those trapped while they still can. as of last night, some of the other stories making headlines to day cause of those minorities serbs

have put up new vehicle road blocks in the north of the country. they're forced to fight international demands to remove those place earlier. tensions between serbia and kosovo have been on the rise for weeks. serbian government uses how's, of, of trampling on the rights of the serbian minority. their former iran football captain has slammed them all our regime for preventing this family members from leaving the country. alida is wife and daughter were arrested monday on board of flight. that was rerouted away from dubai. iranian officials have said, di and his family had shown support for anti government protest. her tie was president, has announced an extension of mandatory military service from 4 months to one year sighing. where said taiwan needs taiwan needs to prepare response to the growing threat from china, begging consider taiwan the break away province. and has vowed that at the aisle

will eventually come on the chinese rule. china will soon resume granting visas to mainland residents for overseas travel. authorities have also announced an end to cove. it quarantine requirements for alan passengers arriving from abroad. both changes are about to go into effect on january 8th. a growing number of ro hinge refugees are making a dangerous journey by sea to reach indonesia. on monday, the vessel carrying almost 200 people, landed in the northern archie province a day after another boat arrived. more than 700000 dro hija have fled their native country miramar. in the past 5 years as the military, their government, that wages a brutal campaign against rescued and revived after surviving a perilous journey. indonesian officials said these were hinge a migrants washed up on a beach in a wooden boat. after weeks at sea,

39 of the refugees are being treated with a medical infusion device, and most of them are dehydrated. officials are trying to determine if this is the same group who were fear dead after drifting at sea for more than a month. the migrants said, i hope indonesia will offer the chance of a better life. america, this walker, the boy. oh, it is a day earlier, another boat arrived carrying almost 60 ranger. they say they travelled not from their native country myanmar, but from as far as bangladesh in the north west. bangladesh is where more than $700000.00 range refugees have lived in

a crowded camp for more than 5 years. they fled a violent campaign by the me on my military, which said it was targeting rebel groups. human rights groups say the ra hinge are being pressured to leave the camp. a growing number are again, up routing their lives and trusting that faith to rickety boats and the rough c l. for many people, the current holiday season does not bring joy and togetherness, but loneliness, those suffering from depression, can see this symptoms worse than the belgian capital. brussels is now trying to a new approach. dow happy holidays aren't guaranteed. for many people. the city of brussels is trying to help with a pilot project, testing the effectiveness of treating depression with museum visits prescribed by a doctor. step on comp you on is one of the patients in the study. he's agreed to take us a long for this treatment session at one of the 5 participating museums. just the

idea to, to go out to go outside and meet some other people, and fingered better stir is interesting point. he's chosen the sewer museum. is the only museum that have never seen copy on says it doesn't really matter where you go as long as you get yourself out of the house. he thinks the prescription project is useful for patients like him. i forget my problem and her and her, and i see the wonders of the wonders of the world compounds therapist, dr. vansoluce, d g at bergman hospital is an enthusiastic participant in the project. one of 20 positions taking part. but i think it could be useful for everybody, but some didn't want to go because they're shy to go outside or to, to, to, to leave, or the settings or where they leaves. but, oh,

most of personal and, ah, interested half way through the pilot project. now used to she says, other patients reactions are similar to that of different company on the visual of fills in motion. positive emotion and her feels that he joined the normal community deputy brussels mayor dauphin huber, who's in charge of culture, proposed the 6 month study and arranged free entry for patients and 3 guests. she hopes it will also help museum attendance. recover in the longer run covered so that the health factor was very in a, in a bad situation because a lot of people suffering. and the culture of cultural sector was also suffering. and so here you have this question of mental health at thinking both culture and health sector together for a very innovative and in the same time, very simple projects, helping the people to feel better. visiting brussels city museum spanish tourist. maria gomez carmona says she uses art therapy as self help. when inflamed bother

are sad when of am lacking a bad mood. i usually go to the prem cmi, maria, and it helps me deputy mayor who by says she hopes once the project wraps up in march. the positive feedback she's already receiving will lead to wider adoption of this treatment to brighten spirits throughout belgium and beyond. and that's it from me, avenues team for now. my colleague william blue croft will have an update for you at the top of the hour. don't go away up next as her women in business being your own boss. so stay tuned for that crowd office. thanks d w looks back on the hearing crisis mode. the corona virus pandemic or kenya crane. the claim.