but many feel isolated in south korea.some north koreans have found success in turning their defector status into a career. but will south korea everfeel like home? yu hyun—joo has been living in south korea since 2004 when she fled the north. she is on her way to the set of one of the country's most popular tv shows. now on my way to meet you is a weekly show all about north korea. hyun—joo has been a guest on the show since it first launched in 2011. each week, guests tell stories about life in north korea... singing ..and sing traditional north korean songs. singing hyun—joo had a relatively good life in north korea. her mum was a canteen manager in a local factory. at the age of 29, she decided to leave north korea. hyun—joo paid a broker to take her from north korea to beijing, and then to hanoi. from there, she got a flight to south korea. kang nara is one of the biggest north korean youtube stars. she was still at school when she decided to flee the regime. nara lives in a tiny apartment in seoul with her mother and

but many feel isolated in south korea.some north koreans have found success in turning their defector status into a career. but will south korea everfeel like home? yu hyun—joo has been living in south korea since 2004 when she fled the north. she is on her way to the set of one of the country's most popular tv shows. now on my way to meet you is a weekly show all about north korea. hyun—joo has been a guest on the show since it first launched in 2011. each week, guests tell stories about life in north korea... singing ..and sing traditional north korean songs. singing hyun—joo had a relatively good life in north korea. her mum was a canteen manager in a local factory. at the age of 29, she decided to leave north korea. hyun—joo paid a broker to take her from north korea to beijing, and then to hanoi. from there, she got a flight to south korea. kang nara is one of the biggest north korean youtube stars. she was still at school when she decided to flee the regime. nara lives in a tiny apartment in seoul with her mother and

so when i was growing up in the ninety's in north korea that's when those korea's economy was collapsing and they were start providing the food and the pop and rationed to us so people had to find their ways to survive which means in gauging in black market that through brown market the people was able to get in the smuggled the black d.v.d.'s from china so i was you know i was are so lucky to be able to access this are so the information and i remember for the 1st time watching a movie take cannick and as a young girl watching titanic it would is a complete shock that i just couldn't believe why anyone in this word you know make a movie out of such a shame for a story in school idea in the learn about juliet everything there are learned in garment of was being all revolutionary and dying for the regime and suddenly you you see young movie made the arrow by this chamber story and at the end of men by for the woman and i never seen anything like that and that's her and i started to really fear that maybe in our though our side the world is not the monstrous and scary place and also maybe

at the same time, i think even north korea and south korea share a border, the u.s.involved in a potential piece stocks, there is going to be certain countries that are going at the forefront and others that would play more supporting role. david: thank you very much. that is soo kim from the rand corporation. coming up, senator chuck astley from iowa on a plan to get chuck grassley from iowa on the plan to support a new spending bill in the senate. ons is "balance of power" bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. or bloomberg first word news, we go to mark crumpton. mark: americans will soon be able to test themselves for covid-19 at home. the fda has approved the first home testing kit. officials say it is just as accurate as the one you get at the hospital or doctor's office. patients will take samples and send them to labcorp for testing. president trump will meet at the white house today with new york's governor andrew cuomo. the two halves are in recent weeks and will talk about ways to step up viru

where does north korea live right next to that country where the coronavirus originated now north korea's did not it has any cases i find it hard to believe i'm not saying he would. have contracted it obviously boris johnson did so you know do we have a smoking gun here that something is a right no because of the focus on covering 1000 which is totally appropriate and all the things that means we haven't been thinking about north korea but it north korea if the leader darrius in a context in which there's a global pandemic it's under sanctions and entering a recession is joining an economy declines that's a big deal and we might want to think about it before it happens rather than after it happens. catholics in south korea are attending mass for the 1st time since longtime measures were introduced at the start of the coronavirus pandemic let's go straight to rob mcbride in seoul for a so another sign of life returning to normal in south korea. i think people here in south korea do regard this as yet another hopeful optimistic indication it's been now nearly 2 months since the catholic chu

south korea which has 30000 u.s. troops here and china so if there was some type of instability to emerge in north korea it could likely be another area of competition great power competition between the u.s. and china frank smith reporting from seoul thank you very much. and now a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines today officials in the democratic republic of congo say at least 17 people have been killed in an attack at the virunga national park the park is known for its mountain gorillas and has frequently been threatened by militant militias and coaches so far no group claimed responsibility. dozens of inmates have rioted out of prison in argentina's capital one as iris demanding better health protection after a confirmed coronavirus this is the latest in series of prison riots in argentina. emergency services in russia are battling wildfires across siberia the blazes destroyed dozens of buildings average temperatures in siberia this year have been about 15 degrees higher than usual. now mus

-- the virus pandemic and korea.sterday's election was very unique in in termsissues posed of how people responded, in terms of, again, how the election actually was conducted. rishaad: because you have the incumbent party winning, does that mean we have the status quo when it comes to the diplomatic and trade route going on with japan at the moment, or are there any signs of there being a fall there? to predict,is hard but i think that is a safe assumption for now. i think basically, on the diplomatic front with respect to china, with respect to north korea, and with respect to more importantly, japan, the current diplomatic course or policy decisions will stay on the .urrent course that seems to be the way for the administration, at least for the time being. that seems to be the diplomatic maneuvering for the administration until the remainder of the term, which remains for two more years for his presidency. haslinda: we have seen korea being saddled with political scandals. how can president moon address the issue

itself is something of a buffer state between south korea a strong u.s. ally with u.s. troops here and china any sort of instability in north korea is going to represent another area of superpower competition between china and the united states frank smith from voting for us from cell thanks very much. here's a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world dozens of inmates have rioted at a prison in argentina's capital want to sign a is that demanding improved health measures ofter a coronavirus case was confirmed in the facility several other riots have broken out in argentinean prisons in recent days making one in my dead. officials in the democratic republic of congo say at least 17 people have been killed in an attack at the national park the park which is known for its mountain gorillas has frequently been threatened by militias and poachers so far no group has claimed responsibility. muslims around the world have begun marking the holy month of ramadan under coronavirus restrictions make his grand mosque usually packed with wo

itself is something of a buffer state between south korea a strong u.s. ally with u.s. troops here and china any sort of instability in north korea is going to represent another area of superpower competition between china and the united states frank smith from voting for us from south thanks very much. now a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines commemorations have been held to mark the 105th anniversary of the armenian genocide with traditional events canceled due to the coronavirus on manias paid tribute to the victims at home a mania calls the killings a genocide a claim supported by many countries including germany rejected by turkey. dozens of inmates have rioted at a prison in argentina's capital one of cyrus demanding improved health measures after a coronavirus case was confirmed in the facility several other riots have broken out knowledge and 20 in prisons in recent days leaving one inmate dead. well some sport and the coronavirus pandemic has hit the world of professional cycling particularly hard with major races cancelled

kim jong un's father kim jong il died it was 2 days later when you north korea announced it on their news show that we found out so they are very successful in preventing any information that they don't want out to get out. all right journalist frank smith a speaking to us there from seoul thank you frank thank you so much for joining us . are you coming up our 1900. 10 demick on south africa and don't forget you can always get the latest updates on our website at www dot com or follow us on twitter at news thank you for watching. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona. good 19 special and next on d w. 9 pm and if. at any time any place using news if you have nothing to.

poveverty among south korea's elderly population has become a serious problem.any receive little preparation due to their lack of preparation for retiremenent or delays in t social welfare systems. some 60% of them are entirely without aid. old age prevents them from getting other jobs, leaving many to gather recycleables like cardboard. around 66,000 senior citizens resort to collecting these scraps to survive. these citizens seek financial stability any way they can. this episode follows their efforts to get by in a society that has let them down. with a population of three million, south korea's third largest city is incheon. one man sets out gathering cardboard boxes on the streets. he turned 69 earlier this year. it has many competitors in collecting the recycleables. some people hide cardboard in designated spots for him to take. >> because prices are determined by the weight of the boxes, it takes a lot of work to make any amount of money. he also picks up empty glass and bottles. it should be the local government's job, but seniors are eager to pick up e

is there anything different happening in north korea?: there is nothing we can confirm on chairman kim jong—un's health, but as the national security council standing committee has said, it confirmed there is no unusual movement in north korea. that stance is still valid. next — does the fact we've not seen or heard from kimjong un mean anything? this is the last time kim jong un was pictured in the state newspaper — on april 12, attending a meeting of the politburo the day before. we know he missed high—profile events such as his grandfather kim il—sung's birth anniversary on 15 april and a 12 april session of north korea's parliament — which isn't really a parliament, but that's a different story. state media also failed to report a 14 april weapons launch — that would usually dominate coverage had kim been present. all of which may suggest something is wrong. but remember, this is a guy who back in 2014 didn't appear for a0 days, then reappeared — with a cane. and we still don't know what happened then. and listen to this from profess

plus serious questions around the health of north korea leader kim jong un. we have been been to the country a dozen times. his analysis ahead. >>> good to have you with us. governors across the united states look to get states reopened, president trump is shutting down the country to those from outside. late monday he tweeted that he will sign an executive order temporarily suspending immigration to protect americans from the coronavirus. a number of covid-19 deaths in the u.s. has nearly doubled in the past week. to more than 42,000. the nation top infectious disease expert says reopening too soon without widespread testing would be a mistake. new polls show the american public agrees. and "wall street journal" survey shows 58% of worry restrictions will be lifted too quickly. and lives will be lost. a poll puts that number at 66%. georgia is the first state to announce a major easing of closures. gym and bowling alleys. body art studios. hair and nail salons can all reopen friday. restaurants and theaters will be back in business within a week. the preside

where does north korea live right next to the country where the coronavirus originated now korea's did not it has any cases i find it hard to believe i'm not saying he would. have contracted it obviously boris johnson did so you know do we have a smoking gun here that something is a right no because of the focus on coverage 1000 which is totally appropriate and all the things that means we haven't been thinking about north korea but if north korea if a leader dog in a context in which there's a global pandemic it's under sanctions and entering a recession is joining an economy declines that's a big deal and we might want to think about it before it happens rather than after it happens 200000 people have now died from corona virus in the world health organization is warning if you get the virus once you're not necessarily protected from getting it again and without that guarantee the agency is edging against issuing so-called immunity passports as concern that by handing them out the risk of the virus spreading could increase roi chances more now from london. the u.k. is one of many cou

in south korea. and also that, in terms of japanese-american internment, the japanese-americans themselves also had accepted that history. now during the dodd kidnapping, the one single most important demand that they were making, so bring us back to kote island. so they wanted the cessation of precisely this, of the repatriation interrogation room. the reason why they were asking for the cessation of that was that they were claiming that the u.s. was forcing subjects of the dprk to essentially renounce the state's sovereign claim over them. so let's return to compound 76 in may 1952. for the three days that dodd was in the p.o.w. compound, he actually had to attend multiple meetings with the p.o.w.s. the p.o.w.s collectively formed the korean people's army and chinese volunteer prisoners of war representation association. dodd signed papers recognizing this representative organization. this active writing by dodd was central to the project of the p.o.w.s. and this is really where, actually, the p.o.

south korea also hearing sent anspy planes over north korea.hatting is st he is a vegetative state after a heart procedure. we keep seeing reports that north korean leader is releasing messages. to syria, cuba and south africa, he is not camera shy, he likes to be on camera. how come there are no photos of videos of kim jong-un. they are not putting out any images of him. he likes to be on camera. >> you may recall about two years ago, we went through this before he had an operation to fix a strained or broken ankle, he does not like to appear to be in a less than perfect physical state, that may know part. but the bottom line, nobody knows, my sense he is lying low, he may have a malled o malledde. nobody knows, i think that united states come mond in korea -- command in korea is ramping up surveillance to get a hint of what is going on, so far, from my sources people i have e-mailed in korea, no one knows any better than north koreans, they are not talking. elizabeth: wow. quite a mystery, we'll have you back on about it general robert scales

where does north korea live right next to the country where the coronavirus originated now korea's did not it has any cases i find it hard to believe i'm not saying he would. have contracted it obviously boris johnson did so you know do we have a smoking gun here that something is a raw you know because of the focus on 1000 which is totally appropriate and all the things that means we haven't been thinking about north korea but if north korea if the leader dogs in a context in which there's a global pandemic it's under sanctions and entering a recession is joining an economy declines that's a big deal and we might want to think about it before it happens rather than after it happens to zimbabwe which has extended its nationwide let down because of iraq's incredible rise cases the restrictions have come at a cost raising concerns that a food crisis affecting hauffe the population will get worse as a. you know much of the most of the struggling to put food on the table these women are grateful for any kind of assistance years of drought rising inflation and now coronavirus have seen food

the "me too" movement hasn't hit north korea. particularly in favor of female leaders in particularly in north korea. a state where the military would take over would be a much worse solution. elizabeth: china would not want to reunify with north korea at this point. >> no. elizabeth: reports are coming in, u.s. has sent, unconfirmed reports that the u.s. sent five spyplanes to north korea. there is rumors about his health. there are talks that the spyplanes will eaves dropp communications. watch troop movements. south korea, sent spyplanes. unconfirmed reports. unconfirmed reports that leader of north korea is in vegetative state following a heart procedure that went wrong, due to installation after stent. we keep seeing reports that the north korean leader is releasing, messages to, to syria, cuba, south africa. general is not camera shy. he likes to go on camera. why aren't there any photos of him right now? why are there no videos of kim jong-un? the media in north korea is not putting out any images from him. he is not camer

forces in korea.informations are being sent -- shared between americans and south koreans? all those will kind of give us a sign that there is some movement going on. but, so far, as you mentioned, certainly, i have not heard any tr troop movements or unusual movements on the border. >> okay. that's a very good tip. the troops on the chinese side, when they change their posture, you know something is up. joseph yun, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> history making selloff in u.s. oil futures. the price of a barrel of u.s. crude, negative territory. the impact on the markets in a moment. these days, it's anything but business as usual. that's why working together is more important than ever. at&t is committed to keeping you connected. so you can keep your patients cared for. your customers served. your students inspired. and your employees closer than ever. our network is resilient. our people are strong. our job is to keep your business connected . it's what we've always done. it's what we'll alway

where does north korea live right next to that country where the corona virus originated now north korea's you know it has any cases i find it hard to believe i'm not saying he would. have contracted it obviously boris johnson did so you know a do we have a smoking gun here that something is a raw you know because of the focus on covered $9000.00 which is totally appropriate and all the things that means we haven't been thinking about north korea but it north korea if the leader darrius in a context in which there's a global pandemic it's under sanctions and entering a recession is joining an economy declines that's a big deal and we might want to think about that before it happens rather than after it happens. they call on a virus crisis now and the world health organization has warned there is no evidence that people who recover from call that 1000 are any until the infection several countries including the u.k. are considering issuing immunity passes to the patients have recovered but the w.h.o. says that could be risky from london really challenge house for the u.k. is one of many coun

polling is under way in south korea's parliamentary election. handling of the coronavirus crisis. a 99—year—old army veteran has now raised more than 3.5 million for the nhs, after pledging to walk a hundred lengths of his garden before his 100th birthday at the end of this month. captain tom moore, from bedfordshire, said the nhs deserved every penny, as david silito reports. this is almost like fairyland. to think that we started off with 1000, to this sum of money. it is unbelievable, isn't it ‘s captain tom moore, a world war ii veteran who wanted to do his bit to support britain's doctors and nurses, and given he'd received a new hip from the nhs his family challenged him to a sponsored walk, 100 laps of the garden. this is lap number 70. the original plan was for £1 is a lap then e1000, and then, it has gone past a million. it is now up to the british public. you could not have expected this? no, never. never imagined anything like this. but i am so pleased. and i hope that it goes on, because the service that i got from all of these docto

in a pub or of korea has done remarkably well. the because. she purred and government i think we had no walking very very closely. people had. trust and confidence in what government has been doing in the 1st time or. a message testing. for any potential. keeper divorcing south korean government give when you know what they had forced the cases and we ask the many industries to manufacture. testing kits testing kits i think is that they are now currently acing at least around a 100000 testing kits even when you may remember that to present to the united states though even. informing the government that people are very transparent away a very transparent drain and the testing has been done at least a war then 1000 people on the day who walks through our drive through this has been able. only isolation of. a test in post of digits in the risk of a spreading like other countries south korea has also developed these all. horror now virus a softer way out and walleye an applications to help them it is essential contact tracing efforts

'm not sure that north korea would suddenly implode. to accept that north reasonably stable and will be with us for a while. it's always possible. get always possible to someone who comes in who sees gorbachev figure nd wants to move the regime ideologically a little bit. this happens when the regime, when the king passes away. that north korea doesn't really change, it's a enduring stalemate, i don't see that the north koreans are going to give up nuclear weapons. if they were going to do it, they would have done it in the ast year or two talking to donald trump. the americans didn't offer much or the weapons, if you give up your weapons and development aid, trump promised condos, none of that is real. to get their nukes, we have to a lot.hem like billions and billions and billions of aid. a consensus in the united states to make that of extreme generous offer to the north. the nuclear standoff is stable, is going to use them. rishaad: just briefly, the if he were to pass away, would that open the door with seoul and lead reunification

a milestone in south korea's fight against coronavirus one of the worst hit countries in asia reports no new local cases. hello from doha everyone i'm come all santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera the libyan warlord had a for half turn out as a ceasefire during ramadan soon after launching another attack on tripoli also a coronavirus jobs shop $1600000000.00 people she half the world's labor force could be out of work and a promotion on his 100th birthday for a british war veteran now after now. raise millions for the national health service . so the latest coronavirus developments around the world starting in south korea one of the worst hit by the pandemic in asia and for the 1st time in 2 months it has reported no new domestic infections this is since the outbreak peaked in february it means the totals that 10765 cases and 247 deaths according to johns hopkins university in britain though the number of deaths has jumped to more than 26000 after the government started to include fatalities in places like care homes for the elderly it means the u.k. now has the 2nd high

mass gatherings in south korea as people are going back to church for the 1st time in weeks. and the show must go on the ramadan payment ataman for iraqis in law. so significant splits has opened up once again in yemen southern separatists have broken a peace deal with the internationally recognized government. yes there were scenes of jubilation on the streets of aden where the southern transitional council has claimed control of the regional capital since yemen's unification in 1900 there has been geographical tension with the south arguing the union favored the north so let's take a closer look at the divisions here well after that he's began seizing major cities in 2014 southern separatists join the government forces in the saudi iraqi coalition to fight against them and the u.a.e. funded the southern fighters to help retake the port city of aden the internationally recognized. it was written store bought in 2017 amid anger against the government the southern transitional council was set up and it cool for a return to an independent south and last year battles broke out b

south korea reports just 8 new cases news its president says will give troops to other parts of the world plus. georgia braces for a rise in infections after bowing to religious pressure and allowing churches to open for orthodox easter. clearly the british government has denied reports that it wasted time and botched its response to the corona virus pandemic with prime minister boris johnson directly to blame a damning report in the sunday times newspaper says johnson ignored scientist warnings and skipped 5 emergency meetings in the run up to the crisis well this is the u.k. recorded 596 more deaths pushing the total past 16000 elsewhere in europe italy and spain have recorded their lowest daily death tolls in about a month with 433 and 410 deaths respectively but numbers keep rising across the atlantic with more than 40000 people now dead in the us the world's worst affected country meanwhile south korea which once had the worst outbreak outside china has recorded just 8 new infections or more than that shortly 1st this report from paul brennan. the accusations of complacency a misjudg

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before japanese colonization, there was no two koreas, how did it interrogation rooms create two koreasr are negotiating and having to anticipate different kinds of powers, after the war how are they then continuing to do that, and how does that impact the social and political relations. now for for south korea but the one thing that i did realize through my research, who for the p.o.w.'s in the camp, when they were released

where does north korea live right next to the country where the coronavirus originated now north korea's you know it has many cases i find it hard to believe i'm not saying he would. have contracted it obviously boris johnson did so you know do we have a smoking gun here that something is a raw you know because of the focus on covering 1000 which is totally appropriate and all the things that means we haven't been thinking about north korea but it north korea if the leader doris in a context in which there's a global pandemic it's under sanctions and entering a recession is joining economy declines that's a big deal and we might want to think about that before it happens rather than after it happens. still ahead on al-jazeera why doc says they could be any link between corona virus tends to out and stroke seen in young patients. don extension could make a food crisis even worse since zimbabwe. had oh there's been some pretty strong winds across northern sections of the middle east you can see the area cloud this is where we have got some rain showers and to the south of there we've had s

kim jong un's father kim jong il died it was 2 days later when you north korea announced it on their new show that we found out so they are very successful in preventing any information that they don't want out to get out. all right journalist frank smith a speaking to us there from the soul of thank you thank thank you so much for joining us. now the media watchdog reporters without borders fears the coronavirus endemic could pose a threat to post press freedom around the globe the warning comes as the group publishes its annual press freedom index a list of countries ranked according to how freely their media are allowed to operate throughout the day we're speaking to international activists and journalists to find out about the situation in their countries but 1st a look at how different nations are faring. at the bottom of the table eritrea turkmenistan and north korea reporters without borders classify the lack of press freedom in those countries as very serious sudan is also in that category but last year's mass protests that led to the ousting of president omar al bashir have

you said north korea, right after the korean war, economically superior to south korea. so you think the socialism wasn't the reason behind that? and the second question is, i understand that north korea is right now using its options to imitate china's for vietnam's economic path. do you think is a viable option for them? >> so, i mean, the chinese peninsula was occupied by japan for many years, and korean peninsula was run by the chinese. it was sort of a dictatorship but it was mostly a private property kind of system. the reality was most of electricity and heavy industry that existed in korea was on the northern side. it wasn't a result of, just a result of the conditions that were present there. i would applaud north korea moving in the chinese direction. i mean, just because you can have all the freedom and the world doesn't mean some freedom is not going to help. millions, hundreds of millions of the chinese people are living dignified, comfortable, mitchard existences because the chinese government now lets them engage in trade and market, and that should be som

north korea is challenging the suggestions that they laid a is gravely ill. with joining me for more on this story is our correspondent in so frank smith frank can you tell us anything more about the health of the north korean leader. well i can testify to that directly you did mention one of the reports from reuters that said that 3 medical people from china were visiting north korea that was thursday we had earlier today though a report from hong kong satellite television their vice director was said to have tweeted in china that would be able in china that kim jong un was dead that has been not corroborated by anyone certainly not from north korea and we had earlier this week c.n.n. reporting citing an unnamed source in the u.s. government that kim jong un was gravely ill we also have another report coming out today suggesting that kim jong un was seen walking around once on sometime between april 15th and april 20th so there are some mixed reports out there of boat kim jong un's health but most interesting today though is that widely tweeted message that

and also very dry conditions to the south korea. authorities issued out possibility of warnings there. could lead to the wind conditions could pick up sand and yellow sand rising and spreading across the large portion of china here. it could be dangerous. and effect your vision and cause respiratory issues. make sure you are safe at all times. it might continue into saturday. take care at all times. temperatures are quite warm. some very hot for beijing at 25. sunny skies continue across south korea. into seoul. a bit of clouds and also heavy rainfall starting to develop to the southern part of china. due to a station nar front. temperatures are warming up nicely for japan. you can see average temperatures around 18 to 19 degrees in certain parts. 18 spreading to western japan. slightly cloudy. but warming up to. for those in the united states there's cooler conditions for much of the northern part. temperatures are dropping a bit. for the great lakes. temperatures drop due to the snowy conditions and also the low pressure systems t

you would have been in war with korea. you would have been in war with north korea, that i can tell you. he expected that. that i can tell you. i, i hope he is fine. i do know how he is doing relatively speaking. we will see, you will probably be hearing in the not-too-distant future. one or two more. go ahead, please. reporter: question about the 2020 election. >> yeah. reporter: likely democratic opponent joe biden recently suggested that you were considering changing the gate of the election, you might try something like that. that is first question? >> i never even thought of changing the date of the election? why would i do that? november third. it is a good number. i look forward to that election. that was just made up propaganda. not by him, but by some of the many people working writing little statements. i see all the time statement made. statement made. per joe biden, sleepy joe. he didn't motorcycle those statements but somebody did. but they said he made it. let him know i'm not thinking about it at all. not at

kim jong un's father kim jong il died it was 2 days later when you north korea announced it on their news show that we found out so they're very successful in preventing any information that they don't want to get out. all right journalist frank smith a speaking to us there from seoul thank you frank thank you so much for joining us now virgin australia the country's 2nd largest airline has gone into voluntary administration that means that administrators have been called in to restructure the airline find potential buyers and save some of the 10000 jobs at risk coronavirus travel restrictions have made virgin debt problems worse the airline had been struggling to repay around 3000000000 u.s. dollars of debt runways packed with planes going nowhere with no one the writing has been on the wall for some time now covert 19 has claimed its 1st major casualty of the airline industry virgin australia and the chief executives face said it all. this is not just something that is inversion of strongly we know it's hurting the industry globally it is the worst i've yashin process i was saying

where does north korea live right next to the country where the corona virus originated now north korea's did not get it has any cases i find it hard to believe i'm not saying he would. have contracted it obviously course johnson did so you know a do we have a smoking gun here that something is a raw you know should we expect that something will happen tomorrow probably not but again i want to emphasize because of the focus on 1000 which is totally appropriate and all the things that means we haven't been thinking about north korea but it north korea at the leader dies in a context in which there's a global pandemic it's under sanctions and entering a recession is join an economy declines that's a big deal and we might want to think about that before it happens rather than after it happens so jim we talked out a little bit about condolence health so let me ask you what is the status of north korea's health system what sort of treatment could can john expect in a country. well i think it's mixed obviously he's going to get the best health care of anyone in that country bar none and you kno

and a test of faith in south korea people return to church for the 1st time in weeks.hello at least 2 days of dry weather since for the prospect for virtually all of east asia you see the clash for that clouds are actually going to go offshore so apart from leaving the prospect of a shower or 2 in honshu and maybe a bit of rain around shanghai just so the scientists it's a dry looking picture exception big taiwan hong kong's humidity will drop the temperature here will probably rise a bit 27 and beijing's up to 30 is a bit of rain in the fall on the walls of china but it certainly isn't the general rule it's a dry one moment and yet there's an increase in the brits of the showers throughout southeast asia creasing there coming up towards bangkok myanmar's fairly wet and humid as town here this is all what the seasonal forecast would suggest and it's being realized in this seasonal forecast heaviest showers quite possibly in the far side of thailand in india and bangladesh is the time for some 30 big nasty showers particularly in baghdad but the focus is addition agains