the, the, you're watching the double you news asia coming up today in a surprise move north korea has freed a u. s. soldier who crossed into its territory. we take a closer look at the international and negotiations that lead to this outcome. plus the me, con river is under strain impacting millions of people in southeast asia, who live along is banks. how are people adapting to these changes the

my name is melissa chan. thanks for joining us. north korea has deported us army. private travis king has let him go, and the american soldier is now in us custody. keen had crossed the d. m. z into north korea in july. his motivation for doing so has never been clear. the work to a free king has required negotiations and the involvement of china and sweden. it was a swedish con boy in north korea that brought king to the border between china and north korea, where he was handed over to us officials waiting on a bridge. this outcome was never assured in the past north korea has held onto american citizens using them as leverage. and in one major case in recent years, a young american died in north korean custody. here's the us state department

commenting on how travis king was released. and i will restate, as i've said, from his podium before as, as, as we have said, we are open to diplomacy with north korea. we would welcome diplomacy with north korea. they have always rejected that we tried to reach out to them. when travis, king of 1st cross the border into north korea, we tried to reach out a number of occasions they rejected our direct approaches and ended up uh, talking to uh, sweden and sweden talked to us and help negotiate this transfer. but um, i would not see this is the sign of something break through. i think it says a one off with them being willing to return this private. joining us as yeah, on shit from rerun news in sol. thank you for coming on the program. why do you think show me and decided to free, travis, king, east? barely lucky. all things considered. americans in the past had been held for years . right. north korea decided to release a 23 year old us army,

private name travis king, just 71 days since he crossed into the recruits regina in july. and it's worth noting that tongue out it's spelled low, loan an american citizen, but also a us soldier. in less than 3 months, when cash tensions with washington are high in the past, come young would use american to either voluntarily cross over the demilitarized zone, like then or researching charles jenkins, who was one of the 1st quote for era us soldiers to cross over to the north while serving in the south as a propaganda asset, jenkins was off and showcase and leaflets and pills. and some americans, chinese, like auto, warm your lead entered for us as a tourist, came to a tragic and warm beer, a 22 year old university of virginia. a student died after being confined to north korean captivity for 17 months. he had been convicted on charges at the time of trying to feel a propaganda leaflet. once it was flown back home to the seats, he died shortly from a coma and recreate the time to night accusations by warm,

vigorous family that he had been tortured to compare to such cases, travis king has been released relatively or early. also in what has been reported to be in good health condition. although as i mentioned earlier, teen has been expelled out of time with north korea. washing intentions are high. when the north decides to let in, americans tango has often info has often been influenced by the state of relations . the north has with washington. if you recall, bruce brian lawrence had benefited from warming up ties between then us present and donald freight and conjunction. now for exam it in june 2018, was expelled only a month after. so some analysts are reading a, travis king's really believes as north korea not receiving him as a valuable intelligence assets. so how he's also a range and serviceman who, supposedly i know real value in terms of your leverage for information. and the us is also not reading king's relatively sign for bees as a signal for approaching a. can you tell us more about the negotiations to free him?

for example, why has suite in been involved and what has been china's roll rate? so sweden has been considered the main interlocutor in the usa department spokesperson matthew miller think to sweeten for playing it's diplomatic role. as the protecting power for the united states in north korea. unlike washington, sweden did establish diplomatic relations with north korea since 1973. they've actively contribution to the north schematic hearing crisis by providing aid. and the us 1st learned through swedish officials earlier this month, that north korea was looking to expel king and that type of information actually help expedite negotiations. now for china, the us also did think china who helped facilitate that france it. okay. but at the same time, washington said beijing did not play a meditating mediating role, meaning that they were more involved with the technicalities. um, so um, just to put things into context very quickly. um,

is it likely that this incident is like sick? no. the us doesn't think so, but a signal that feeling young is interested in talks with the us. uh, it doesn't seem so because the united states, as that'd be early release of king were the southern release of king isn't the signal for reproach me. and ever since 2019, we have seen relations between north korea and the us pro saw and remember in october and senior in north korea for a mystery made it clear that tanya would not resume any negotiation with washington until the grades take a substantial step to and what it does cost out policies that included got it strict sanctions and military exercises with south korea and system. you can see more of that, which means that chung out isn't interested in coming back to the dialogue table. yeah. on shannon, thank you so much for joining us. my pleasure. and

ask dennis dan, over 15000000 people are struggling to put food on their plates. many of them had been dependent on the meal ration program of the united nations. but this past summer, the world food program was forced to make massive cuts in their humanitarian handouts, due to a lack of funding, leading to fears of catastrophic hunger for a family living in abject poverty. 14 people live in this month house in effect. goodman in the eastern city of delilah, but they can only afford one me to day. they are now among defend media, enough guns who would no longer to see for josh and from the word for program, which is when we received the assistance, we left it back to life. now we don't get anything. will you st females a day then it was to now we own each once a day to vote for your program needs to not only continue with the assistance but to increase its both or lower. see over the years before drought and economic

hardship has left more than a total of, of guns, dependent on who might have been an 8. but this here at the funding short for has forced the un domestically skilled back. it's program has the cut. 10000000 people from an emergency food assistance from 13000000 to 3, leaving us only able to support one out of 5 people who go to bed hungry every night. this is not sustainable. and we saw that last year where we were able to provide assistance to 23000000 people at a verdict catastrophe. this goes beyond politics. we must focus on the people, the woman, the children of asked mr. 15 the internet about the streets, math, and that is children a 22 months old, amino had not been feeling ready. perfect arm band means she is severely mountain.

that is she needs to be hospitalized. like i'm not around a 1000000 children in this country. a fight in chronic hunger, but with the latest strong def wsb guts, around one and a half 1000000 new and expecting mothers and children be no longer receive specialized for designed to prevent malnutrition. say that the women who come here say that their husbands don't have jobs, therefore, and vulnerable and say that they can't afford to eat more than once a day. so it's all due to barbara d, w s b c. d needs $1000000000.00 this to avoid a human catastrophe. enough kind of fun, fun of guns. it seems to words have forgotten their plight. and now with the latest got from the un many feet, they have to be left alone to fight for this survivor. then they come river, that cuts through se, asia is a critical and complex ecosystem that is now under threat from human activity in

the north. china is building dams, and in the south, rising sea levels are changing the waterway. the land is sinking. soil is becoming cell t becoming selling ice from that ocean creep. making agriculture difficult. millions of people are impacted and being forced to to adapt to a new way of life. you know, we use gears. mattress reports from vietnam, paddling to his rice, viewed by boat, is something pharma. ching one cool with never have dreamed of just a few years back. he lives in the province of come out on the southern most actual forget. now. this is a good 1st catch for the from you. uh, you know, rice, you can grow shrimp of the 6 months of salt water, shrimp farming. and then 6 months of fresh water to grow rice. so that's what i do now. and it's very sustainable. like i'm water,

that's changed costs by rising sea levels which now pushed more salt water into the me come delta. his plots on our to salty to grow rice during the dry season. instead, the fields are turned into breakfast ponds for sure. and farmhouse the head of monsoon season fields are drained, awaiting rains. that will bring enough fresh water for rice cultivation. know south . oh yeah. no worries. yeah. i mean you why that the beginning. a lot of people got rich, fast football. yeah. yup. they'll go through that, but if the farming becomes too intense, the people are forced to use pesticides and other things that i have to treat the strength as they get sick too. but at this cooperative, the shrimp i'll particularly big. that is because for a few extra bus stuck to per square meter, then in conventional farming. in addition to farmers do not have to c p animals in steps, they provide a youth mixture that helps the natural growth of micro organisms on which the swim

feet. it's an idea of the drum and society for international cooperation. is that if that's the way of shipping this with a cooperative, they could sign a contract in the private sector. and through this contract, at some point the strip rights production will be certified and they'll get a premium price for you. what that means about 20 percent above the normal price size, it took 20 quotes and let them know mine price to find out who on close things out the solutions side of things to the sustainable reading problems. incomes here have already increased by around 30 percent until 2030. the company in this government hopes to double the trend price farms in the delta that you're working as a civil servant is of course more secure. the fall goes well, you make good money here. so i'm gonna put as the pond face has problems 2 or 3 times per year. you can be in real trouble. i'm calling them the income is very

unstable. his children have already declined to take over the fall. 17000000 people still live in the vehicle delta, but more and more i'm moving to the city. the forecast is that at least by the end of this century, up to 50 percent of the land here will be under volta. that's for the programs. thanks for watching and good by the time the change can be viewed, the test, the natural conclusions of the time it changed the age of enlightenment could 300 year old ideas be responsible for today's problem. and could they help us solve them? i believe our futures in our past. how significant other beginning of the done as

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a face scan instead of a passport check? vinland is now giving it a try. so welcome to our show, obviously, even beardsley in berlin, well ties between canada and india have deteriorated since prime minister adjustments rudo accused new delhi of orchestrating the assassination of a 6 separatist leader in british columbia. now the diplomatic stand off threatens to spill over into both countries, economies the free trade deal. the 2 nations were negotiating is now in jeopardy. potentially, impending, potentially harming. india is effort to attract western investments as an alternative to china. additionally, canada's higher education sector may be effected daily has no warrant indian citizens in canada about their safety. last year, indians made up almost 30 percent of the total foreign students at canadian universities. and for more of this, i'm joined by roger. this last asia pacific chief economist for s and p global

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