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ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. the united states will strengthen military cooperation with south korea and has guaranteed to expand its nuclear commitment to the country, giving sol a central role in the strategic planning for the use of nuclear weapons in the event of war with north korea. president biden also pledged that any nuclear attack by pyongyang would be in the end of kim jung on regime. these very serious discussions and decisions were announced during president human secures 6 day state visit to the u. s. marking 70 years of friendship between the 2 countries. and this alliance could not have been better underscored then by the lavish dinner, the white house, through for the visiting delegation with president young, taking the stage and surprising guests with

a performance of the classic hit song. american pie. yes, when i was in going to school, it was one of my favorite song. well we weren't here, you sing it. oh good me. 6 a for one more see maybe the movie. oh, well to see how that moment and, and use have been received in south korea. we have do young kim joining us from

sole she is an adjunct senior fellow at the center for a new american security. do young president young's ratings back home? haven't been great, but he seems to have one over the americans. oh, clearly it's one over the americans. i think that song, especially the choice of that song, reportedly being one of his favorite. i think that many koreans would scratch their heads and wonder why, even though i personally think is a great song. well pivoting to the more serious matter of nuclear deterrence, when i was based in asia reporting from so one of the issues that always came up was that many south koreans struggled to trust that the u. s. whatever risk, say, san francisco, or los angeles, getting nuked in order to save soul. so is this what this new extended to terrence is about? yeah, i think that's a big part of it to try to reassure the south koreans that the united states really

has south cris back and it will come to south korea to fence at critical moments, especially in light of the north korean nuclear threat. so i, i really think that this washington declaration is a big win for the alliance. but especially for south korea looks like president, you've got everything and he wanted this time and perhaps even more so, you know, fundamentally it's the 1st time that's south korean. the united states are discussing nuclear deterrence, which sol has not been able to discuss with washington until now for decades. the topic, you know, for example, when and how would america use nuclear weapons against north korea. this was concerned by washington to be to classified and you know, it's believed it. washington thinks of this as an american, an american decision,

not a joint decision in american operation and an american execution plan. that's been the long traditional i'm thinking in washington, but they've really made significant progress. the allies, in terms of, you know, giving south korea more of a rule in a say, in relaying some of its preferences on when, how and how the united states might have to use nuclear weapons to support that decision at that time comes. and to also learn more about american decision making and how that whole, the whole nuclear enterprise works. so it sounds like this is a big deal. will this commitment be enough for ordinary south koreans? we've seen polling, and i'm sure ukraine giving up its nukes, years ago, played into a lot of this thinking. but citizens in south korea seem to prefer that the country go nuclear on its own. yes, so you know, i think this declaration will reassure south korean government officials and the

military. but for those conservative south koreans outside of governments, i know they're criticizing the declaration already for their call. they're criticizing it as falling to shorts. that soul was not able to persuade america to base american new corbin's on the korean peninsula, for example, or certain types of nuclear capable. you know what we call strategic assets on the korean peninsula. and so, you know, i think that this washington declaration actually will not quiet those voices. and fundamentally, those voices are driven by 2 basic factors. and they are south koreans watching north korea. continue to test weapons continue to advance it's nuclear weapons capability and south korean perceptions that washington is not doing enough to solve the problems. as long as the south koreans perceive it that way than voices, south korean voices for the government to develop its own nickel opens,

will naturally grow too young kim, thank you so much for joining us. ah. turning now to southern bangladesh and a desperate situation in the world's largest refugee camp. around a 1000000 were hanging muslims have been sheltering here after fleeing at state. sponsored campaign of violence in myanmar and conditions are bad in the camp surround cox's bazaar with over crowding, hunger and disease, and high crime. for most people, there's also no immediate possibility of getting out. so it's a grim picture and for some perspective on the situation, we have your hottest founder cloud. joining us in the studio, he's the representative of the un high commissioner for refugees in bangladesh. thank you for coming on the w news asia, can you give us a snapshot of the situation right now? yes, thank you. the deal here is a population of 960000 refugees who are living

in 33 camps to gather clusters. to this is the largest refugees resettlement in the world, highly congested. and the large majority of these 9 160000 came in one week in august 2017. and and this formulation has been until today, entirely dependent on unit 18. and this is no longer sustainable because simply there is no longer the funding from the international community because they have other new emerging crisis to address. and also we are now 6 years into the latest largest influx. so this is so court for tracks of situation in which the support we have to decrease because their records are expected to become, as he call it more self reliant, need to be an able to access some of their daily subsistence themselves. i mean,

i remember, and the wealthy program saying that they had to cut deliveries because they were short of, of money and they were not enough donations from organizations from people. so how do you keep that money flowing again? this is the big issue today that the, our colleagues from the old food program had to cut the so called monthly foot ration from what used to be 12 $1.00 to $10.00. well, you know, for a family of 56 that's, that's a big cut. and worse, they might go for other costs because simply do up food problem does no longer have the money. so what they are trying out to do is to what we call widen the base of donors. because the dorothy is very much dependent on some traditional donors and at other donors fullstep up. but also, so what would you call them or non traditional lawns from the gulf countries from the asian cause is of course a very much leverage population in asia. and you know,

the european candidate have the promise that ukrainians use them at least in their for g. so asia also known as originally to take modest possibility. but the other thing here is that, and this is no longer a situation which can only be dependent on human 10 external support. the revenues themselves, they don't want is they want to become, as we call it more income generating self reliant. they don't want to stay dependent, then essentials, the young population, half of them are under 18. they need to have perspective in the life purpose in their life to want to just generate on came. so did they can access to a daily subsist themself in food, in health, in protection, in water and sanitation. now, in terms of looking to the future, i understand that there was a team from myanmar a few weeks ago looking at the possibility a trial sort of a repatriation process. to what extent is this possible realistic and what is the u . n's position on there? in d to has been a lot of talk. first of all, the situation be march and particularly in ra, kind state. it's just the area me,

our, our phone with c ringo originate, has not improved at all. as you say, the conditions in that part of myanmar and nowhere in miramar would say is what he call conducive to reach us. there is no proper peaceful life. a vendor, a vendor ringer left the last time 2017. many of the villages are erased, very traumatized. population ringer are stripped of their rights since 40 years. they're not considered citizens of mountain miramar, so they are so called sticklers. so and nothing of this in jamar has shown any improvement in crew on the country since the military take over 1st of february 2021 situation is only been worse. it to me if seen or say elsewhere, am, are fighting violence, et cetera. so the situation in your, my has not changed for the better at all. now that being said, if individual references wants to was record exercise the right of return. and if

they vote to have do this, this is a choice for them to make free and based on sufficient and co presley formation, then we can see that we cannot presented. however, the problem is demille my defacto muma of polities, indra kind state have an agreement also respond odessa that if such returned would be to happen that they have to sort of commitment to a t at or so they need to improve their life if, if they're ever, ringo who go back that old find a ride back, it would have access to services to livelihood. they would have freedom of movement deal to the document. does nothing of this yet? so if any small pilot of return would to happen these commitments and these guarantees need to be put in place and this is not. and also we, as you and hcr or the international actors, must be able to monitor that such event a return would be, as we call it sustainable, that the people have the right spoken that every thing then they find in your piece

for life. and it's very important, difficult for us to work in your mom because our access to potential villages for the turn is not there yet. and the have difficulty ourselves to, to move around. so it's still a lot has to be happened before. any of spiders of return might be a salad. johan assigned a class. thank you so much for joining us and does it for today's program. thank you for watching and see tomorrow with into the conflict zone with sebastian have been almost 5 months to blue chill stalemate on the battlefield of ukraine. and yet, europe and america clear that kia won't get to the fighter aircraft a long range weapon systems. what's the ground glue seen from brussels? is that one? i guess the child michelle, president of the european congress. conflict with aunt

d. w. with what secrets? why behind these walls, discover new adventures in 360 degrees. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d, w, world heritage is 360 to get the app. now we have been almost 5 months of virtual stalemate on the battlefields of ukraine and yet europe and america are clear that key f one gets the fighter aircraft and long range weapon systems. so what's the ground plan is seen from brussels? is there one? my guest is shout michelle, president of the european council. this is very clear that we do every thinking of the 2 guarantees, the little yellow sovereignty in tribute of your queen. he means the rich story of your credit b, it's tim.