north korea is changing rapidly. poly or fast fast as a favorite phrase in both north and south korea. north koreans tastes are changing as are their hopes for the future. perhaps one day our image of north korea will change 2. 100. fighting against an army of 500000. and the kashmir conflict the indian military maintains an overwhelming presence. but the anger of the local residents is rising. more and more young people and become radicalized. in india the wrath of kashmir. in 30 minutes on w. in that volume or that's hard and in the end is a me you're not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers we're alliance and. what's your story ready ready. i mean when i was in women especially of victims of violence. take part and send us your story we are trying in all ways to understand this new culture. not a visitor nothing yet you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. this is the doubling news live from building a growin

north korea's par. the newspapers don't publish restaurant reviews yet but given the number of restaurants barbecue joints and snack bars cropping up everywhere around the country that's probably not too far off. 6 is the north korean obsession with food a remnant of the arduous march the famine that ravaged the country between 1009 142000 causing somewhere between half a 1000000 and a 1000000 deaths. back then even the word restaurant was considered taboo. came into power he promised the north koreans they would never face such deprivation again. now food has become a sign of success an important part of the culture almost as much as in south korea . we come across a 2800 press release from the official north korean news agency. it reads from the 2nd to the 4th of april the 23rd cooking festival took place at the pyongyang noodle house marking the day of the sun the birthday of president kim il sung. if there's anything north koreans excel at it's. each time military experts around the world scrutinize

are let's bring in frank smith now he is in south korea's capital seoul frank south korea has reported a increase in new infections we're hearing where exactly are those infections coming from well most of those infections are coming from the southern city of daegu in the province of goings on that's where that shinji that cold had a series of meetings in early february and patient number 31 really spread the virus to hundreds of people there also as you mentioned we're seeing an increase in the number of arrivals coming into south korea's incheon airport bringing some more cases into the country but again most of the cases are surrounding debut in that so central area of the country i mean this is exactly what the south korean government and fact many countries in the region were worried about the more you make you contain the original outbreak you flatten the curve and then all of a sudden you start to see these new hotspots sparking up again right. that's right we saw this with a call center here in the south korean capital seoul people are getting a little bit complacent and they'r

here, because you heard so much about south korea. the media kept -- south korea, south korea. we have a great relationship with president moon in south korea. when i hear so much about south korea -- so in eight days, in eight days we do more testing than they did in eight weeks.

spans prime minister shinzo says all visitors from china and south korea will have to undergo 2 weeks of quarantine 2 to corona virus fears coming into effect in 3 days south korea immediately responded calling the measure extremely regrettable its foreign ministry wants the measure to be revoked and his call for a meeting with japanese diplomats local common new. visitors from both countries will be strengthened and the be required to be quarantined for 2 weeks of the location designated by the quarantine director to be asked to refrain from using public transportation in the country. on a pride joins us now from seoul so rob this isn't going over fairy well where you are. absolutely a real sense of anger here at this move by japan seemed to come out of the blue people here are saying look there was absolutely no consultation about this before this decision was taken we know that south korea has a very complicated relationship with japan most of last year the 2 countries were locked in a diplomatic spat of that spilled over into a trade dispute and both countries have been making mov

there is a real sense of indignation here in south korea really taken by surprise it seems as though this measure was put in place according to the south koreans with any consultation the relationship between south korea and japan is complicated at the best of times and in our city lurks below the surface and it doesn't take much for it to be exposed and there's a real sense here that this is japan in particular shinzo abi the japanese prime minister playing politics here they governments in japan has come under a lot of criticism about the way it's handled the outbreak of the coronavirus in japan itself there's been questions about the summer olympics going ahead or maybe being delayed and the feeling here is this is a pure deflection by the japanese imposing this ban there's $100.00 countries now that have some sort of travel restriction against south korea increasingly this country starts to feel a bit like an international pariah but there is a grudging acceptance here in south korea that countries have put in place these bans especially the developing countries because they simp

anger over its decision to impose coronavirus travel restrictions on visitors from china and south korea also we'll visit the ghosts of libya's ponds to explore the ancient connections to today's conflict. my way i hope people in syria said lub provence are describing a tense count in the more sleep rebel held area after a cease fire to affect turkey which backs opposition forces brokered the deal with russia that's our idea the syrian government or president richard tayyip erdogan and blood amir peretz agreed the deal during hours of talks in moscow on thursday they said they'll establish a 12 kilometer wide security corridor along it lives emma for highway that connects the government stronghold of latakia with syria's largest city of aleppo know the syrian army's offensive or to retake it lopez pushed nearly a 1000000 civilians towards turkey's border and threatens a direct confrontation between turkey. and russia now has seen of course you know who is in the turkish city of her time not far from the syrian border and she joins me know cinema. has been struck and for no it appears to

in south korea step into the breach to tackle one of the world's highest case loads the photos. and their motivations to put themselves at risk. we work in a field. now putting in an extra shift and another call is simply a part of our job description. behind prison walls with time on their hands how these inmates are pitching in to help taiwan's battle against the corner virus. that these kids would rather not be. made up of also from the philippines is drug. i'm british welcome to be the. it's good to have you with us south korea has the 4th largest number of people in the world affected by the cone of otters but it also has one of the lowest death rates which more than 7000 $700.00 this is the number of dead is around 60 people a death rate point 77 percent as compared to a global average of 3.4 percent each of that has been a 3 pronged approach involving open information. participation and widespread testing but at the heart of this response is south korea's medical walk as the frontline medical those walking in hospitals testing center has medical facilities even ambulances

this is due to other news asia coming up the coronavirus frontline of medics in south korea step into the breach to tackle one of the world's highest caseload the photo. and their motivations to put themselves at risk. to my new york we work in a field defined east timor are now so putting in an extra shift count another cold is simply a part of our job description. behind prison walls with time on their hands how these inmates are pitching in to help taiwan's battle against a kohen of virus. that these kids would rather not be a part of made up of olson's from the philippines as drugs war. i'm british 70 welcome to beat up good news asia it's good to have you with us south korea has the full 2 largest number of people in the world affected by the. but it also has one of the lowest death rates with more than 7700 this is the number of dead is around 60 people a death rate point 77 percent as compared to a global. 3.4 percent each of that has been a 3 pronged approach involving open information public participation and widespread testing but at the heart of this response is south korea

one e-commerce firm in south korea said it was struggling to keep pace with demand as shoppers. desert the streets and move on line. in the past we used to go out with a truck half full but these days there's so much to deliver there are packages left over after filling the truck completely elsewhere the retreat of whole communities into isolation continues in bethlehem palestinian officials have closed the church of the nativity weeks before the easter season that draws tens of thousands of visitors and worshippers to the traditional birthplace of christ italian schools didn't open on thursday and won't for some time to come similar scenes in india iran france and japan in all around 300000000 students in more than 20 countries face weeks of disruption desperate measures in water feel to many like desperate times when the. when this emergency is over we will look back and i am convinced that we will be proud of how an entire country has faced this with courage and determination for now though this emergency is just getting started jonah how al-jazeera and the u.s. senate has ap

the five countries are china, south korea, italy, iran, and japan. people who arrive from these countries are urged to stay home for 14 days and monitor their health. the japanese consulate in the city says it will confirm whether any japananese national areubjeject to the request. u.s. authorities say there are about 100ases confirmed in the country. a dozen of them have died. officials in china said on thursday that the virus had killed more than 3,000 people on the mainland. over 80,000 have been infected. nhk calculates that outside mainland china and japan, more than 16,000 people have been infected in dozens of countries and territories. the death toll exceeds 300. >>> five european members of the u.n. security council are condemning north korea's recent missile test, saying they undermine regional security and stability. germany, britain, france and two other european countries released a joint statement after a closed-door meeting on thursday. the statement says north korea's missile launches are provocative and violate u.n. resolutions. it a

in south korea, widespread testing has been the game changer. our south korea bureau chief visited the testing site in the fashionable gangnam district of seoul. >> we tested 150 testing a day. >> oh. >> and many students who come from abroad can get a free testing even though they have no symptoms. >> here thousands of test kits were made available within two weeks of the country's first case in january. south korea has tested far more people for the coronavirus than any other country u , at a per capita rate of more than 40 times of the u.s. >> the ones who got a jump start on testing are the ones successful in bending the curve. >> but while south korea may be the leading example of what to do right, it's not a direct comparison to the u.s. south korea has 51 million people spread across 38,000 square miles. compare that to the sheer size of the u.s., 330 million people and 3.8 million s miles. another major part in south korea's effort to flatten the curve, turning people's phones into a weapon of mass communication. >> the government here s

north korea has fired two short-range projectiles into the sea. that is according to the south korean defense ministry. our will ripley has reported from north korea times in recent years and he joins us live now from tokyo. good to see you, will. so when might we learn more about these two projectiles? and what signal is kim jong un trying to send right now, do you think? >> hi, rose mary. well, certainly, whenever north korea conducts a test like this, there is a message behind it. a message aimed at the internal domestic audience inside north korea and a message aimed at the rest of the world. now, these are the first launches of their kind this year. but this is something that we saw north korea do repeatedly last year. and it's also something that we know the united states is not particularly concerned about. even though south korea, certainly, is paying very close attention because a weapon with this kind of a range could target tens of millions of people in south korea. including u.s. troops who are stationed in that country. but right now,

to again i missed us here today and this is al jazeera live from dar also coming up south korea restraints the sale of mosques as a battles to control the coronavirus and china announced as a major hit on its economy. anti-government protesters return to the streets of chile's capital venting their anger over rising inequality. and a severe shortage is forcing many zimbabweans to use untreated water southern africa faces its west drought in decades. now we begin in saudi arabia where security forces have reportedly detained 2 senior members of the royal family they all crown prince mohammed bin nayef and prince of men been advises outside the younger brother of the saudi king now according to the wall street journal they've been arrested over accusations of plotting against king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin some of the reports suggest they're facing treason charges and could face life in prison and all the death penalty both could have rivaled crown prince mohammed bin for the throne when king solomon dies saudi gods of also arrested one of mohammed bin nayef brothers out of their

anger over its decision to impose coronavirus travel restrictions on visitors from china and south korea. my. i'm out of my head scene and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up it's tense but moves the calm in syria said the province after a cease fire agreed by turkey and russia takes effect syrians who flooded labor among the refugees who say they feel like political pawns stark and unwanted only in whose orders and so do visit the ghosts of libya's past and explore the ancient connections to today's conflict. my. a new political storm is brewing between south korea and japan over coronavirus quarantine measures japan's prime minister has impuls the mandatory quarantine on all visitors from south korea and china but so has protested against that calling for it to be revoked and warning it may launch cancer measures it's also protested against similar restrictions and forced by vietnam and singapore south korea has more than 6000 confirmed cases. local color new goetia cornton for visitors from both countries will be strengthened and the be required to be quantified 2 weeks o

it's good to have you with us south korea has the 4th largest number of people in the world affected by the cone of otters but it also has one of the lowest death rates with more than 7000 $700.00 this is the number of dead is around 60 people a death rate of point 77 percent as compared to a global average of 3.4 percent each of that has been a 3 pronged approach involving open information public participation and widespread testing but at the heart of this response is south korea's medical workers the frontline medical workers those working in hospitals testing centers medical facilities even i'm going to frank smyth reports from seoul. on these and what drives them to face a bios that's mostly a mystery to medical science. paramedics in south korea are answering some tough calls and battling the coronavirus for each prospective covert 19 emergency like this one they take time to put on high level protective gear and only one paramedic attends to possible patients to safeguard the team paramedic and is ready for what comes watching for the telltale symptoms of corona virus. high fe

s key allies in the area, japan and south korea with south korea recently announcing that it would note validating. it would be throwing out all visas that japanese citizens may have got to visit south korea. in this equation, north korea hasn't confirmed any cases of coronavirus on its territory yet. it has a notorious reputation for not being transparent. some see aide organizations like doctors without borders and the international federation of the red cross are not taking chances. they've gotten the un to give them waivers on sanctions to get emergency medical supplies to north korea anticipating if the outbreak hits on the north side of the demilitarized zone, it will be a major, major problem for a country with little resources. >> absolutely. ivan bringing us the latest from his vantage point in south korea. >>> meanwhile some women in north korea didn't let coronavirus dampen their concerns on international women's day. they treated themselves with flowers and cosmetics to mark the day. maybe they wore face masks, there have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus in north kore

you hear about like you are saying about south korea, south korea is very much reliant on the information -- and they are reliant on the vaccines that we will come up with very soon we are going to come up. it takes a period of time to get them tested and then put -- it has to be very safe. you kant give a vaccine that's going to be unsafe. it would be a disaster. so, that's where we are. and i think these people deserve all of them scientists, doctors, i think they deserve tremendous credit. i really do. >> vice president seattle area yesterday. >> he did. >> he was very complimentary of washington's response. the governor was a little complimentary of your response. >> i told mike not to be complimentary of that governor because that governor is a snake. i said if you are nice to him, he will take advantage and i would have said no. let me just tell you we have a lot of problems with the governor and the governor of washington, that's where you have many of your problems, okay? so mike may be happy with him but i'm not, okay? and he would say that naturally. and as i said last night at

south korea has more than 8000 cases of the coronavirus but so far remarkably they've managed to avoid the staggering death tolls we've seen elsewhere in the world from covert 19 the disease caused by the virus how do they do it and should other countries follow their lead joining me now to discuss this is dr jerome kim a leading american physician and research scientist based in the south korean capital of seoul where he's director general of the international vaccine institute drove kim thank you for joining me up front as the corona virus throws the entire world into unprecedented chaos south korea has been hailed as a success story as a model even for the rest of the world is that a fair description in your view so i think that every country will have its own approach you know the chinese exerted pretty draconian government control over movement of people it but then did the same thing that the koreans are doing they practice social distancing they aggressively pursued a test treat isolate and. policy they track people down if they could find them they close schools and they can al

plus south korea has been called a role model for flattening it's grown a virus perth but fears of a 2nd wave of infections are growing as a country reports an uptick in cases our correspondent reports from seoul. i'm. joining us the epicenter of the corona virus pandemic has moved to the united states but as cases rise there europe is still struggling with the highest death rates and overstrained hospitals spain is europe's 2nd worst hit country authorities there reported the highest increase in fatalities with more than $800.00 people dying in a day spain is also reporting the largest percentage of infected healthcare workers further straining the system. a burial in hazmat suits. thousands of victims of the outbreak in spain. hospital staff in madrid don't need to see the statistics to know spain does not yet have a handle on the epidemic. it has been a deadly week for the country 2nd. only to italy. doctors and nurses overwhelmed amnesty international reports that over 9000 spanish health service workers have become infected with the virus more than in any other country. even hea

al-jazeera coronavirus travel restrictions there sparking renewed tensions between japan and south korea and with 7 cases reported in bethlehem the city goes on lockdown israel is restricting people from going in or coming out also in the news it is a tense but mostly calm in syria province after a cease fire agreed by turkey and russia takes effect and will visit the legacy of libya's past exploring the ancient connections to today's conflict. and in fact karim make the long awaited return to the n.b.a. is going 23 points from the golden state warriors and its 1st game since injury left him out of action for the one line. from asia to the middle east and europe coronavirus is forcing governments to further tighten their restrictions this friday and in some places it is raising tensions between countries going to take you through all those developments this news hour but we are going to start with the global picture covered 19 as the virus is officially known as being tracked by johns hopkins university in the u.s. using figures from the world health organization this is what they say at

frank so most thanks so much from seoul in south korea. it's the russian hours fault that as many as $12000.00 women die every year at the hands of their partners and in a country that has recently decriminalized some forms of domestic violence abuse is often a taboo subject and that makes living with the physical scars especially difficult did abuse very rich shadow has this look at what some women are doing to cope. this is no ordinary tattoo session it's called a rebirth. that's what genia so hard calls her project she tattoos over women scars left by the abuse and domestic violence their men have inflicted on them it's a huge problem in russia you know what should we. play physical scars last forever the women are afraid someone will see them this isn't so much about covering the scars it's about helping women leads normal lives again. flowers and butterflies instead of stab wounds and slashes victoria has been here many times she was one of the 1st women is an e.s.l. hard helped in her rebirth project she shows us her 1st scar what ca

according to south korea's military it follows 2 launches earlier this month the u.s. and china have appealed to north korea to return to talks on ending its nuclear and missile programs or mcbride joins us now from seoul with more rob so the rest of the world is very much focused on the coronavirus that north korea's continuing its missile launches. that's right as far as north korea is concerned it does seem to be back to business as usual and this is the test this air of it so weapons and that was after a lull of several months the difference between this test and the previous 2 tests we've had this series does seem to be a more sophisticated weaponry on show the 1st 2 tests were from the east coast of the peninsula and it they appear to have been either rocket launches or long range artillery these launches of 2 projectiles were from the west coast they flew right over the peninsula 400 kilometers landing in the sea that separates the tenets of the from japan and it does appear that south korean military officials here at that that they were short range ballistic m

long lines in south korea as the government regulates how many mosques you can find protection against the virus. 24 hours of an easy calm as a ceasefire in syria is a good lives still hold. but so we begin in saudi arabia where crown prince mohammed bin solomon has detained some of the most high profile members of the royal family and that includes form a crown prince mohammed bin nayef as well as a prince of bin abdul aziz al saud the younger brother of the saudi king report suggests that they have both been accused of treason so many gods have also arrested one of my haven't been brothers and now likely to be under the threat of life imprisonment or possible execution both could have rivaled crown prince mohammed bin salim to throw in if king solomon dies out 0 senior correspondent jim spain's what these detentions mean for the kingdom and their impact on saudi politics. in terms of his significance it's huge because we're talking about true of the most senior members of the saudi royal family and true that up until now have not been seen as supporters of crown prince may have been

coronavirus travel restrictions spark renewed tensions between japan and south korea. with 7 cases reported in bethlehem the city goes on lock to israel with strict people from going inside coming out it's. my. almudena this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. it's 10 spot mostly calm and syria said with coldness after cease fire agreed by turkey and russia takes effect syrians who fled at labatt among refugees who say they feel like political pawns stark and unwanted so only those borders. once will visit the legacy of the be a sponsor it for the ancient connections to today's court for. my . god we're going to begin with some breaking news out of she messina there's been a blast near the u.s. embassy in the capital tunis these are some of the the latest pictures that we're getting a local radio station was a huge says at least 5 people have been injured it also says it was a suicide attacker we're going to keep across that story for you for your the very latest as soon as it comes in. now a political storm is brewing between south korea and japan over corona

well again i missed all of you teo and this is al jazeera live from tehran also coming up south korea restricts the sale of mosques as the battles to control the coronavirus and china announces a major hit that's one of them. as i suffices to take advantage of an uncertain situation in northern iraq we need the villages left alone to defend themselves. and a severe shortage is forcing many zimbabweans to use untreated water southern africa faces its western drought decades. now we begin in saudi arabia where security forces have reportedly detained 2 senior members of the royal family they are off form a crown prince mohammed bin nayef and prince ahmed been otherwise a south south that's the younger brother of the saudi king according to the wall street journal they've been arrested over accusations of processing against king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin sama reports suggest they're facing treason charges and could face life imprisonment or the death penalty both could have rivaled crown prince mohammed bin for the throne when dies saudi guards have also arrested one of moham

plus south korea has been called a role model for flattening its coronavirus curve but fears of a 2nd wave of infections are growing as the country reports an uptick in cases our correspondent reports from seoul. i'm michael thanks for joining us spain is the 2nd worst hit country in europe on friday it saw its highest one day rise in virus fatalities with more than 800 people die overall more than 72000 people have been confirmed to have covert 19 and nearly 15 percent of them are health care workers. a burial in hazmat suits. one of thousands of victims of the corona virus outbreak in spain. hospital staff in madrid don't need to see the statistics to know spain does not yet have a handle on the epidemic. it has been a deadly week for the country 2nd and daily fatalities only to italy. shortage of equipment and medical staff has left doctors and nurses overwhelmed amnesty international reports that over 9000 spanish health service workers have become infected with the virus more than any other country. even healthy staff face isolation once they return home careful not to spread the

well south korea is reporting $174.00 new coronavirus cases bringing the total number of infections to more than 6 and a half $1044.00 people have died from the virus so far of people there have been frantically buying masks. and stocks are running low and that's prompted the government to limit sales to 2 per person each week let's speak now to robert bright who joins us from seoul south korea's capital and rob people's fears it seems spreading faster than the virus itself and then there is this question of really how effective these masks are anyway absolutely there are these are fairly severe restrictions on masters must run out to south korea is going through obviously pretty severe times the way this rationing works is that everybody has an id card here and depending on what the last few digits are of your id number then you are a lot at a certain day of the week when you can go to a pharmacy and from monday you are limited to 2 masks now as we know there is various advice on when people should and shouldn't be wearing masks but if you are wearing a mask you should really be dispo

is legging other countries like south korea or italy when it comes to attest to the testing on the per capita basis and president drum was asked about that today and he was really angry and didn't really want to answer that question well d.f.e. center of the corona virus outbreak is new york we've seen in the report but there are several other areas around the country that are warning of you know very large numbers of inspections alexander how are they coping well they are in trouble they are really struggling because as you said new york is the epicenter of the coronavirus and therefore there is a lot of equipment and medical support supplies going to new york right now but states like illinois like new jersey louisiana or michigan are reporting a spike in new cases and they say some of them really criticize the federal government government for not helping enough and the problem is that there really needs help and the president president is he really under pressure a lot of pressure to deliver. chief washington correspondent and others on the phenomena thank you. well let's take a lo

and north korea it seems to be business as usual twice in the space of a week north korea has conducted short range weapons tests after a lull of 3 months some analysts say it's just part of regular winter exercises while others add that with denuclearization talks in stalemate he has nothing to lose by testing and that it sends a strong message to his own people that with much of the rest of the world grappling with the viruses spread kim is firmly in control and appearing to keep them safe rob mcbride al-jazeera sold. other news and israeli forces in the occupied west bank of used tear gas and rubber coated bullets to disperse palestinian protesters one person a 15 year old boy has been killed the activists were camping overnights on a man mountain near the city of nablus trying to fend off a legal israeli settlers were trying to use the location to establish an outpost of 100 people treated for injuries there or from neda ibrahim now in ramallah in the occupied west bank the palestinian was killed by israeli forces fire is a 15 year old his name is and how much how many and he was pa

frank so most of thanks so much for that from seoul in south korea. well the coronavirus of course continuing to make headlines around the world in all straley a toilet paper sold down after panic buying led to a nationwide run on stocks of toilet paper now one newspaper's come out with a way to relieve the sordid shortage the n.t. times in the northern city of darwin is printed several pages of perforated sheets alongside as regular news readers can cut out the extra pages and press them into service in the bathroom. all new poll here in germany shows that people are not panicking about the spread of the virus but are growing more concerned only 6 percent of germans say they are very afraid about contracting the virus while 17 percent are somewhat worried those figures are up more than 10 percent from last month however a full 3 quarters 76 percent say they're not really worried about catching the crowbars. but many in germany are making changes in their day to day behavior in response to the outbreak 75 percent say they are washing their hands more

so this is going to have a big economic impact here in south korea it is caused. a lot of indignation they believe that this is a politically motivated decision for all the japanese there is i think i think a feeling that their performance in controlling the outbreak of the coronavirus has been far from exemplary and there's lots of questions about how it would handle the kinds of outbreaks that we have seen coming from either china or south korea or thanks very much the robot right there in seoul or the united states at least 15 people have died from the virus and the number of confirmed cases is on the rise and now sitting at more than 250 among them a 21 people on board a cruise ship off the coast of san francisco also in jordan has this report. as the coast guard flew in a supply of corona virus test kits to the quarantined cruise ship grand princess passengers and crew wonder if they'll be leaving any time soon but u.s. president dahl trump said if it were up to him the 3400 passengers and crew would have to stay in quarantine if i'd rather have the people st

anger over its decision to impose coronavirus travel restrictions on visitors from china and south korea and hope violence and protests over a controversial citizenship will of left thousands homeless in india. my. hope people in syria's edward province are describing a tense calm in the largely rebel held region after a cease fire sic affects turkey that backs opposition forces brokered the deal with russia. to the syrian government's president richard so i've heard one and blood amir peretz integrate the deal during hours of talks in moscow on thursday they said there was stablish a 12 kilometer wide security corridor along edwards m 4 highway that connects the government stronghold of latakia with syria's largest city aleppo where rival forces have been fighting for control of the m 4 and m 5 highways for months now the town of seraing has been at the center of this because whoever controls it has access. 2 motorways and gains crucial military and economic advantages for the red series of this map are in government control those and green are or position territory and this is the join

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so ben it looks like korea is joining the list of countries that are whipping out the a.t.m. cards in order to proper of their respective economies obviously south korea's $1800000000.00 is actually not very far from singapore is it $13700000000.00 budgets that's meant to stimulate the economy are hong kong has also prepared one x. $15400000000.00 closer to singapore malaysia also announced a mole modest budget of 0800000000 dollars and indonesia after announcing a $700000000.00 stimulus package is threatening a 2nd one with no kid numbers just yet elsewhere in asia pacific australia is suspected to announce something in the next couple of weeks and pilot as well is going to launch some kind of stimulus budgets with no real numbers just yet and lot of money being thrown around where will that land how will it help well in the case of korea and hong kong for example a big chunk of that is going to health the health care sector and that for obvious reasons now in singapore is also doing the same and as with hong kong as well a lot of that money is going to directly to the peopl

south korea and china report another significant drop in in new cases of the virus plus so don's prime minister vos he won't be put off making political changes after surviving an attack sas in nation attacks. i am. the entity is expanding travel restrictions to the entire country knocking down 60000000 people to contain the coronavirus up break the unprecedented move follows another spike in deaths from the virus despite a strict or an teen imposed in the north of italy victoria gate and be reports on the situation across europe. it's a nice curated virus that demick already the 2nd most deadly after china has taken another dramatic turn with more than 60000000 people the country's entire population on the look down from tuesday. prime minister is that they contact says he's extending restrictions on movement after another spike in deaths from the coronavirus all public gatherings all banned and schools and universities closed until april the 3rd. there will no longer be a red zone there will no longer be a lawn and zone 2 in the country there will only be it's only a protected zone s

come the number for germany in recent weeks it appears south korea has largely reined in the disease and without closing down public life to a degree we are seeing in europe and elsewhere now how. nobody knows exactly but making use of the internet technology to share confirmed patients occasions and travel information directly with the public seems to have helped quite a lot actually. so theory a seems to be battling the coronavirus covert $900.00 effectively without implementing a complete lockdown in addition to rigorous and innovative testing for the virus online applications and social networking have been crucial to encourage ongoing public participation in the battle against the corona virus every day south korean health authorities send text messages to everyone's smartphones the advisories remind people to avoid large groups practice to meter safe distancing and regularly disinfect their homes leaving the windows open. so the green health authorities emergency alerts share the locations of new coronavirus patients people can then follow the links to detailed patient tracking

south korea and china but south korea is unhappy about this it's called for it to be revoked and is threatening council mission scrub mcbride reports from seoul. in the sometimes strained relations between japan and south korea the corona virus outbreak has exposed the animosity that exists below the surface south korea says it wasn't consulted before japanese prime minister shinzo abbay announced the new measures local car new visitors from both china and south korea will be required to be quarantined for 2 weeks at a location designated by the quarantine director and asked that they refrain from using public transportation in the country. that brought a swift response from seoul the japanese ambassador was summoned for an official reprimand then. we find the speed of rhetoric and the japanese government to withdraw such an excessive an unreasonable measure immediately our government will devise a proper counter measure against japan's measures. opponents in south korea accuse the japanese government of trying to deflect criticism of its handling of the coronavirus outbreak in part

we now have south korea as a level three, italy, japan and iran. there are level 3 travel advisories we would ask you to reconsider those travel plans. but in the united states, there are no travel restrictions. i want to echo what everyone said. the risk to the american public is low. we will increase substantially surveillance. similar to what we do for flu. we have multiple surveillance systems with dr. hahn and the fda getting more tests out. we will have eyes on any new evidence international to travel, we just will continue to monitor the cases. we will follow the facts, the experts, and the science to determine whether additional travel advisories or restrictions are warranted. that being said, folks, we are going to slip out. we will be back -- let me tell you, we will be back here -- if i may, we will be back here every day. get used to seeing us. we are going to bring the experts in. we will make sure to give you the best and most high-quality real-time information. the best people in the world. thank you all for being here. >> you are we

a digital box in asia and south korea that seems to have been one of the keys to keep their infection surveillance candidates are trying to help us find the current crisis. this is the news welcome to our special coverage of the global covert 19 strike today want to take a closer look at south korea comfrey was hit hard by the coronavirus but now it has seen a steep decline in new covert 19 cases compare that with the numbers in germany currently nearly 10 times as high. come the number for germany in recent weeks it appears south korea has largely reigned in the disease and without closing down public life to a degree we're seeing in europe and elsewhere how. nobody knows exactly but making use of internet technology to share confirmed patients occasions and travel information directly with the public seems to house quite a lot actually. so theory is seems to be battling the coronavirus kovac 19 effectively without implementing a complete lockdown in addition to rigorous and innovative testing for the virus online applications and social networking have been crucial to encourage ongo

or macbride has more from south korea's capital seoul. this is the 3rd test this year of it so weapons that was after a lot of several months the difference between this test and the previous 2 tests we've had this series does seem to be more sophisticated weaponry on show the 1st 2 tests were from the east coast of the peninsula and it they appear to be either rocket launchers a long range artillery these launches of 2 projectiles were from the west coast or they flew right over the peninsula 400 kilometers landing in the sea that separates the from japan and it does appear that south korean military officials here know that they were short range ballistic missiles and also they noted that the guy system appeared to have been in use so it's led people here to conclude this is part of a new more sophisticated guided weapon system that the north koreans have been developing south korea has condemned this launches saying that it is extremely inappropriate to say the least to be conducting this sort of test while the rest of the world is str

the number of new coronavirus cases continues to drop over in south korea but officials there aren't taking any risks at the border tests on new arrivals have intensified it's also coordinating with china and japan to try and limit the threats of imported cases when he has such reports. diplomatic tensions have been put aside for now as south korea china and japan pledged greater cooperation to fight coronavirus boxes of protective equipment donated by the chinese government arrived in south korea to be sent to vulnerable communities on friday the foreign ministers from the 3 countries spoke via video link you sent me you don't know what on a you do but i'm sure we all agree that we need to think about ways to prevent the spread of the corona virus as well as the need to minimize the economic and social impacts caused by the decrease of exchanges between our people due to this incident just weeks ago south korea had the highest number of coronavirus cases outside china now the situation appears to be stabilizing and the number of new cases being recorded is trending downwards but the