especially korea. you know, anyone who will have a north korea issue will know this is 1 of the more difficult intricate problems facing the united states. it's going to require a sophisticated approach. one that realizes the vital importance of north korea is much as we want to cooperate with allies like north korea and japan. i agree with the professor, hoping channels of diplomacy with truck to practitioners korean americans, military families and others who been looking at this issue for decades to see what they think. what is the u.s. government missing? what are its blind spots? that was the time to figure all that out. and really get the best information possible to 3 countries. i think to frank's earlier point about sanctions and an over going to talk about that more, 1 thing i want to highlight is that quincy institute recently sent a letter with 54 organizations to president biden to make public the result of a review that's currently ongoing in terms of sanctions and their impact on covid re

do we have a sense of that by the administration's approach to north korea and to the 2 koreas . you know we are still hearing that there they are wrapping up their policy review but you know so we'll have to wait but according to what we've heard publicly from president biden and secretary of state blinken you know i think the contours or the main principles are already out there and they really are that the biden ministration is definitely open to diplomacy but they're also interested in types of pressure tools to to try to you know to to elicit north certain behaviors that the international community wants to see to perhaps even the right to impose some costs on some penalties and some by aleisha as that north korea might have conducted everyone's always wondering this but should we expect to see more missiles fired by pyongyang any time soon. you know i think so because north korea always has a military imperative to continue testing they need to test as much as they can to try to perfect their technology now there's also a political element to this too you know some of their

korea. the young kim thank you so much for joining us thank you for having me. india is reporting daily records of new covert cases on thursday it topped more than 126000 with my russia state an epicenter of this new 2nd wave of the pandemic i.c.u. beds are quickly filling up health officials are worried and in some places clinics face vaccine shortages. rolled up and ready for a 2nd shot prime minister narendra modi among a growing number of indians to be fully vaccinated against the corona virus that india has now surpassed the us says the world's fastest vaccinating country with more than 3000000 shots been administered each day and yet the virus is outpacing vaccinations in the country is now well in the midst of a severe 2nd wave the new mutant variant is spreading fast. views. dispiriting bird you just you might in work of what it is you to some to visit grandma are being served and what they presume is there this surge is going to play in the coming. weeks or months even. to try to st

korea. can thank you so much for joining us thank you for having me. india is reporting daily records of new covert cases on thursday it topped more than 126000 with my russia state an epicenter of this new 2nd wave of the pandemic i.c.u. beds are quickly filling up health officials are worried and in some places clinics face vaccine shortages. rolled up and ready for a 2nd shot prime minister narendra modi among a growing number of indians to be fully vaccinated against the corona virus. india has now surpassed the us as the world's fastest vaccinating country with more than $3000000.00 shots being administered each day and yet the virus is outpacing vaccinations in the country is now well in the midst of a severe 2nd wave the new new variant is spreading fast. views. dispiriting bird you just you might in were that it was what did this you to send this exam are being served and what babies are made there this is going to do in don't suppose in the coming. weeks or months even. to try to st

korea. young kim thank you so much for joining us thank you for having me. india is reporting daily records of new covert cases on thursday it topped more than 126000 with my russia state an epicenter of this new 2nd wave of the pandemic i.c.u. beds are quickly filling up health officials are worried and in some places clinics face vaccine shortages. rolled up and ready for a 2nd shot prime minister narendra modi among a growing number of indians to be fully vaccinated against the corona virus. india has now surpassed the u.s. as the world's fastest vaccinating country with more than $3000000.00 shots be ministered each day and yet the virus is outpacing vaccinations in the country is now well in the midst of a severe 2nd wave when you need invariant is spreading fast. views. dispiriting but you just imagine we're both very much what it is you to some visitor i'm not being served and what they presume is there is services going doing don't suppose in the coming. weeks or months even. to try

war broke out in korea in june of 1950 korea at the end of the fighting in 1945 was taken out of japanese control it had been in. japanese control from the early years of the 20th century as part of the japanese empire. so korea was going to get its independence. the americans and the soviets who were in manchuria northern china at that time. taking the surrender of the japanese forces there decided to draw a line across the center of korea along the 38th parallel and the soviets would take the surrender the japanese forces north of that line and the americans would take surrender south of that line. and that line in the late 1940s as the cold war heated up essentially became a kind of de facto border between north korea backed by the chinese communists who had seized china in october of 1949. north korea was under the leadership of a north korean marxist by the name of kim il sung and he established the regime that is in power in north korea today. the leader of north korea is the grandson of kim il soon. south korea was to be democratic the capital would be sold. you can see it on the m

right now, with korea does have nuclear weapons and we need to work with -- north korea does have nuclear weapons and we need to work with our allies to deter nuclear use. admitting that we need to deal with, today, we can still have the aspiration for north korea giving up its nuclear weapons, but what we do now, and i think we need to continue in the future, to work with them about how do we deal with the facts as they are now? those are not inconsistent. ms. ryan: anyone else want to jump in before we move on? we have another north korea-related question from simon, a reporter. the question is, what is your suggestion to deal with the north korea nuclear threat, how do you assess nuclear deterrence against north korea? investor, do you want to take a crack at that? >> this is a tough issue. i think there are two things you are trying to do. one is you want to reassure your allies that you take the threat seriously and that you have a strategy for dealing with that, a strategy for dealing with the north korean threat has to be an emphasis on deterrence, conventional conflict deterrence,

korea is highly integrated.it can't remove itself from the impact of changes in risk sentiment to global markets. what we have seen in recent years is capital flaws have started to move a little bit differently and korea is less affected in terms of volatility. risk on episodes partially because we have many korean investors who have positions abroad. a safe haven flow this happens. korea has quite a bit of policy space as. therefore, i think these factors provide quite a bit of comfort and korea should be able to manage. >> think you so much for joining us. imf mission chief or korea. haidi: coming up next, the fed says the u.s. economy is at inflection point. more details about how jerome powell will raise rates, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: fed chair jay powell says the u.s. economy is at an inflection point. the growth in hiring. he spoke with david rubenstein about the path to rate hikes. >> we have said we would expect to keep interest rates where they are today until three particular outcomes are ach

north korea has been absolutely _ think is going on? paranoid i has been absolutely paranoid about coronavirus, addict extraordinary measures at the outbreak to close its economic lifeline, international border with try now, shutting off trade and telling border guards to shoot on—site people who tried to cross illegally so we don't know if there have been cases of coronavirus in north korea but we do know that public events have started again, the coronavirus pandemic there seems to be broadly under control but they are very, very worried that any other cause a collapse of the health system so is not entirely a surprise that they've taken this measure.— that they've taken this measure. �* , , measure. i'm sure your contacts are better — measure. i'm sure your contacts are better than _ measure. i'm sure your contacts are better than antibodies. - measure. i'm sure your contacts are better than antibodies. i- are betterthan antibodies. i don't get is credible that they have no cases. we know very little about what's happening in north k

now as just before those negotiations resume there's been an important development on south korea says iran freed one of its oil tankers and the captain iran sees the south korean flag ship in january accusing its crew of oil pollution there's been tension between the 2 sides after south korea froze $7000000000.00 of iran's money as part of u.s. sanctions so what is the official line if there is $1.00 on this is this officially a coincidence that the ship's being released as these talks get under way. well iran never admits that this is a political reason what iran's position currently is what we're hearing is that this ship had been polluting and the prosecutor has taken a look at the case and because this ship and its crew do not have any previous breaches they're allowed them to go and it does seem to be a coincidence that this is happening whilst talks are taking place in vienna but also iran is very keen to get its hands on the $7000000000.00 that's been frozen in south korea we also understand there's a possibility that the south korean prime minister may be visiting iran so on b

japan has been urging south korea to take appropriate measures. south koreans maintained their stance. a south korean court is expected to rule on another lawsuit demanding damages later this month. the japanese government says any right to claims was settled completely and finally in 1965 when japan and south korea normalized ties. in 2015, the governments of japan and south korea reached an agreement that the issue had been resolved finally and irreversibly. >>> united nations security council says north korea is continuing to modernize the missile program. it says north korea unveiled a new short-range missile in a military parade in january and confirms north korea has confirmed capacity to deliver capacity and strategic weapons. they fired two missiles into the sea of japan. they were said to likely be the same type seen in the parade. north korea is cultivating partnerships abroad to upgrade ballistic missiles. it says u.n. member states should steadily increase sanctions on the north. >>> here in japan, april 1 is the start of the business

threat, how do you assess nuclear deterrence against north korea? do you want to take a crack at that? >> this is a tough issue. i think there are two things you are trying to do. one is you want to reassure your allies that you take the threat seriously and that you have a strategy for dealing with that, . the strategy for dealing with the north korean threat has to be an emphasis on deterrence, conventional conflict deterrence, cbw, and it turns of nuclear use against allies and against the united states. at the same time, you need a strategy for engaging the north koreans, which is important for reassurance because allies worry about two things, they worry about being abandoned by the united states, that the u.s. will leave them in the lurch when something happens, but they also worry about being entrapped, that they get into a war that was not of their making or of their interest. the way to deal with that is to -- is through negotiations. i am a fan and believe that we use an incremental approach. i do think the goal of the nuclear rise asian -

japan and south korea are coming online.e the market open in tokyo and seoul, another major markets -- a number of major markets across the region including australia and new zealand in hong kong and mÉlenchon are closed for public holidays. this is bloomberg. ♪ wanna help kids get their homework done? well, an internet connection's a good start. but kids also need computers. and sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to do it. so why not hook community centers up with wifi? for kids like us, and all the amazing things we're gonna learn. over the next 10 years, comcast is committing $1 billion to reach 50 million low-income americans with the tools and resources they need to be ready for anything. i hope you're ready. 'cause we are. so many people are overweight now and asking themselves, "why can't i lose weight?" for most, the reason is insulin resistance, and they don't even know they have it. conventional starvation diets don't address insulin resistance. that's why they don't work. now there's gol

these are the two biggest cities in korea.s a big part of the economy is a big blow for president moon. there is the presidential election next march and this is seen as a bellwether test on whether his party will be able to win next year or not. he himself would not be up for election because the president does not go beyond 15 year term but if his party, the democratic party does not do well in this election, it bodes very ill for the party moving forward in the presidential election. shery: the seats were vacated because of the predecessors being accused of sexual harassment. how has this election become a women's rights issue and how has that changed the debate this time around? shihoko: of course, first and foremost in everyone's mind is the economy. economic concerns will be the thing that really motivates voters but at the same time, this has been in the #metoo movement in korea as well. the previous mayor of seoul committed suicide amid allegations of his secretary of sexual harassment. had to resign because of allegat

time to adapt to the impact of this ongoing health emergency but some nations like chile and south korea have already reallocated parts of their defense budgets to fight the pandemic the stockholm international peace research institute says just 5 countries accounted for 62 percent of all global military spending last year they are the united states china india russia and the united kingdom the u.s. is the biggest spender at $778000000000.00 that's nearly 40 percent of the. total global budget china came in 2nd with 252000000000 beijing has been increasing its spending for 26 years now while russia's military budget rose last year it spent less than it had originally planned also 12 nato member states of hit their target are spending at least 2 percent of their respective g.d.p.'s on defense but that's more to do with being nagged into it by the former u.s. president donald trump. ok let's get going let's bring in our guests today in stockholm we have now antione senior researcher with the sipri arms and military expenditure program and one of today's report's authors in singapore we hav

separating north and south korea carrying they say up to hearth a 1000000 leaflets condemning north korea and describing the leader kim jong un as a nuclear lunatic now these launches always enraged north korea who described the defectors who released these leaflets as human scum and holding the south korean government responsible for their actions in fact it was a similar releases last summer which led to north korea cutting off a communications with the south going as far as destroying a liaison office that had been set up to try to establish better relations the south korean government conscious of how north korea responds has taken measures to try to prevent these actions by these defectors going as far as passing a law last december that now makes it illegal act to release these leaflets punishable by up to 3 years in prison that in turn has been criticized by defectors who say it infringes on their rights of free speech here in south korea the south korean government says after this latest launch it will be taking appropriate action now hundreds of fishermen across south korea have

the example of korea, world war ii ends with the northern part of korea in the hands of soviet troopset representatives meet in seoul to reach agreement on unification for korea, but it becomes clear that the russians are not interested in a free united korea, but are determined to bring the entire country under communist domination. koreans north of the 38th parallel, the boundary line between free and communist held korea hearing the liberty and prosperity existing below the line, come in thousands to the new republic fleeing the autocratic communist people's republic. in june 1950 unprovoked and without warning, a ruthless bloody invasion of south korea was launched by north koreans. [ gunfire ] >> the lettering on this tank, however, is russian. the united states acts quickly to check the red aggression. subsequently the united nations issues a directive ordering the north koreans to cease their unprovoked attack. the directive is ignored. the united nations asks for additional military strength. red china enters the war, allying herself with the north koreans. military setbacks a

and if south korea doesn't go then it means i think that the games are a huge problem. and john are there still questions about whether the games should be held at all. well yes i think they were there i mean until about 2 weeks ago many places in japan were still under a state of emergency. that was just been lifted well cases of following talk you're in japan recently you know who not it's going to happen but i think it's as i said before it's a case of they come this far and they try so hard to get it off the ground so they didn't they were explore every option to get the games going even if it means no fans more broad not fans from japan just having you know maybe missing some athletes from some countries but as much as it can there will be some kind of olympics. ok john durden in seoul thank you so much for your time and to liverpool manager you're going to coopt as a side are not seeking revenge as they get ready to face real madrid in the 1st leg of the champions league quarter finals the teams go head to head for the 1st time since the 28 team final in kiev are

in the spring surgeon coronavirus cases in south korea will tell you what austerity is blaming for that increase. it's time for the perfect jan in the winter sponsored by qatar airways. now at the moment threat arabia is generally cotton finest turned phrase humid recently around the gulf states in qatar bahrain and the eastern side of society but that normally plays and probably reduce the humidity it's warming up the sun is out now on the coast of for example lebanon beirut sees a temperature rise above the average about $25.00 over the next 3 days which is very pleasing it's been rather cool sherry just recently the last the snow has gone from the sun caucasus but it's still there in afghanistan and we might see a few showers generation the high ground the mountains of western society or western yemen and that increase in the breeze in the north might well bring some yet more hazy dusty through the gulf down towards us it's like at the moment to be honest the seasonal rains in africa are on their way north with the sun so the good dog now goes out from madagascar sir tom's anea catch

it's a little like i mean south korea versus north korea south korea, you've got a wonderful democracya free market, a capitalistic system. north korea, you have a socialist dictatorship where the government tells you everything that you want to do. the more you get toward north korea, the worse things get because the average -- it's been a 70-year experiment and the average south korean makes 460 times what the average north korean makes, and that's including purchasing power the average south korean is now four inch taller than the average north korean that's socialist system does not work hasn't ever and when you raise taxes you lower productivity and it's been proven through years and years and years and country after country after country, you need freedom, you need that incentive to make great things happen and that freedom is what has made america great and i encourage people to realize how important that freedom is for america. >> tim, you're losing me with the north korean example there too many differences -- >> i'm sorry it's been a hot button for me because for the past 70

and not so bright outlook as north korea marks this year's day of the sun. i am. but 1st after 20 years in afghanistan the u.s. and nato say the time has come to end their military campaign leaders made the announcements on wednesday say after 2 decades it no longer makes sense to keep thousands of troops in the country white house correspondent kimberly harkat reports. after a generation of war in afghanistan u.s. president joe biden says it's time for american soldiers to return home we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan hoping to create ideal conditions i'm now the 4th united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan to republicans to democrats. i will pass this responsibility on to a 5th the withdrawal of u.s. forces begins may 1st and ends by september 11th the 20th anniversary of the attacks on new york's twin towers and the pentagon the u.s. invaded afghanistan in 2001 attacking al qaeda training camps where osama bin laden coordinated the attacks but biden says since then s

it'll be the first summer games north korea will miss since 1968.d games could lead to progress in deadlocked peace talks. the washington post's bureau chief forjapan and the korean peninsula told the bbc this is one of many measures north korea has taken to protect itself from the virus. north korea has been absolutely paranoid about coronavirus, and took extraordinary measures at the beginning of the outbreak to close its economic lifeline, the international border with china, shutting off trade and telling border guards to shoot on sight people who tried to cross the border illegally, so we don't know if there have been cases of coronavirus in north korea but we do know that public events have started again, the coronavirus pandemic there seems to be broadly under control but they are very, very worried that any outbreak could cause a collapse of the health system so it is not entirely a surprise that they've taken this measure. now all the sport from the bbc�*s sport centre. hello, i'm chetan pathak with your latest sports news. we start in spai

and are not so bright blue as north korea marks this year's day of the sun. for the 1st time since the start of the pandemic india has recorded more than 200000 new cases all over one seen in a 24 hour periods the outbreak there has been getting worse day by day for weeks now it's the 2nd worst affected country in the world by its also cases and the worst by daily new infections for all ages say the surge is partly being fueled by super spreader events including a major hindu religious festival as well as political rallies several states say their health systems are overwhelmed and many are reporting shortages of oxygen are rising and stadiums and waiting halls are being converted into hospitals to help ease some of the pressure well for more on this we're joined from new delhi by elizabeth piron both alarming reports there of the indian health system under strain just give us a sense of what the coronavirus situation is like an idiot right now. hello well india is very much in the throes of a 2nd wave of the corona virus and while the state of maharashtra re

take a look at south korea.getting export numbers out of south korea for the first 10 days of the month. gains of 24.8% year on year, chip exports rising 24.8%. when you average it out come of the daily average exports for the first 10 days, it is a gain of 32.6% and imports rising 14.8%. so we continue to see very strong gains for south korean exports, given the strong demand across the region. let's stay in south korea and we will be watching shares of lg and sk innovation insole at the top of the hour, the two ev nattering makers set to end the better u.s. trade dispute. su keenan has the latest. the agreement averting an import ban on sk innovation and a tough situation for president biden. su: absolutely, and besides holding up manufacture for several automakers, the dispute have become a political conundrum. as many as 6000 battery manufacturing jobs in the politically important state of georgia are at stake. also, the agreement spared president biden from making a choice between is climate agenda and inte

the way cases are going now. >> reporter: yes, i mean, north korea is essentially more her medicallyled and isolated because of the pandemic than they have ever been before. most foreign diplomats left the country and the diplomats who remain as foreigners are treated as if they have covid even though they have been in isolation for more than a year. if they are going to act that way towards foreign diplomats it's hard to imagine a scenario where they would send their athletes to tokyo which is grappling with a possible fourth wave with an even more infectious and possibly vaccine-resistant variant and put those athletes at risk of becoming infected and coming back into the north with its dilapidated health care system and absolutely no ability to help people in the event of a major pandemic. they just don't have the resources. so there is the public safety aspect of this. north korea doesn't want to expose its athletes saying that there is a global health crisis but there are also politics at play. ever since diplomacy collapsed between the former u.s. president donald trump and kim

of course our objective is a key nuclearized north korea. that remains our focus. i don't have any more about the review to read out. it's an important part of our objective to approach the denuclearization of the north korean peninsula in close coordination with our allies in the region. certainly south korea and japan are two of our important partners in the region. >> last question of the day. knowing that communities on both sides of the borders are suffering from the closing of the borders and the fact that vaccination has been going well on this side of the border, have conversations started with the trudeau government about loosening the restrictions? >> we would -- obviously conversations, and that is raised, as you know, by foreign governments including canada, certainly for the reasons you outline. we'll base any decision on the guidance and the recommendations of our health and medical experts. there's been no change that i'm aware of at this point. go ahead. >> hi, jen, thanks. i wanted to go back to the infrastructure plans, specifically the tax portio

and a not so bright outlook counts north korea marks the sheers day of the sun. while the u.s. secretary of state is in afghanistan this saturday yes present your by tonight is his timetable to end america's longest war he's been meeting with afghan president ashraf ghani here's a little of what they had to say. i'm here to demonstrate. going . to open. we have a partnership exchange but endures. as we've been discussing. the. president said. we have a new chapter but it's a new chapter the right to get. i was very eager to come. to a place possible also to begin the course to be. in writing that chapter. i demonstrate. the on points or. the united states has a right it's a pleasure to see you really think it was a signal to european business in the us that it's officially really tremendous for 2nd place and i say to people you know before. we believe you can use that information. to. decisions about be moving to the extremes even if we extract a redistricting there that the secretary thank you both. for coming to support. their peaceful so. i put it to you. ok well. i did so i

don't tun in south korea is just a 2 hour car drive from the border to north korea everyone here is aware of the threat from the north's missile system and it's here that one web is working with intel and south korean specialists in maritime satellite communications intel and is making the satellite antennae for the ground stations and use the terminals that can pick up and relay the signals from the satellite constellation at any point on or. the koreans were chosen due to their experience in maritime communications where the transmitter and receiver of signals are both moving the idea is to adapt that technology for internet access in self driving cars permanent connectivity will become increasingly important. steve chan and kevin other visionary minds behind intelli and the many country or is still challenge but we have all the solution now so it is a fix so far i think the best soul is more so than me as i can or should and also maintain a tractor trailer. we are developing using now but leave your base or visually seller is moving so that means all we have to. go by ship or by satell

and north korea is the 1st country to drop out of the tokyo limpid games citing coronavirus concern. so that iran says negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal on the right path all the major players are gathered for talks in vienna but american and iranian officials are not planning to meet directly with iran signed the nuclear deal back in 2015 with the so-called p 5 plus one that's made up of france the u.k. china russia the united states and germany it was designed to limit tehran's nuclear ambitions in exchange for sank. relief but it may 2018 then president donald trump withdrew the u.s. and began re imposing sanctions on iran the following year iranian president hassan rouhani told the remaining signatories that iran would reduce its commitments every 60 days until they own a part of the deal fast forward to november 2020 when the global nuclear monitors the. reported that iran's enrich uranium stockpile had reached 12 times the levels permitted and just weeks later iranian nuclear scientists motion factors id was assassinated near terror on what iran has since limited acc

separating north and south korea carrying they say up to hearth a 1000000 leaflets condemning north korea and describing the leader kim jong un as a nuclear lunatic now these launches always enraged north korea who described the defectors who released these leaflets as human scum and holding the south korean government responsible for their actions in fact it was a similar releases last summer which led to north korea cutting off a communications with the south going as far as destroying a liaison office that had been set up to try to establish better relations the south korean government conscious of how north korea responds has taken measures to try to prevent these actions by these defectors going as far as passing a law last december that now makes it illegal act to release these leaflets punishable by up to 3 years in prison that in turn has been criticized by defectors who say it infringes on their rights of free speech here in south korea the south korean government says after this latest launch it will be taking appropriate action has been widespread concern about japan's decision

reporter: this is the upbeat image north korea wants to project to the world.age on state run media that the leader presiding over projects that improve people's lives, like this housing development in pyongyang , or heavy citizens taking part in a drawing and calligraphy festival to coincide with the day of the sun, and good news features about a flourishing tea culture, thanks to the beneficence of north korea's leader. [speaking in foreign language] translator: the respected general secretary took measures to build this factory so people could have tea at any time and place. reporter: domestically, kim jong-un has had to deliver a far more somber assessment of the problems his country is facin and that his people are all too aware of. more than a year of self-imposed isolation because the pandemic has compounded the impact of ongoing international sanctions and food shortages from last year storms that ruined crops. [speaking in foreign language] translator: i asked party members and all people to wage an arduous march to relieve the people's hardships as th

it's just seem to be a troubling trend that is happening literally across south korea and it is being blamed in part at least on the weather in the last week or 2 we have seen an awful lot of spring sunshine that has led to a lot more south koreans travelling which seems then to have resulted in these clusters we have a similar pattern at the end of last year back in last november there was a spell of good weather we had an awful lot of domestic travel which then seemed was being blamed for what became the 3rd wave of infection here in south korea last december so the authorities here are concerned that we could be on the verge now possibly of a 4th wave and it has to be said that we're still talking about relatively small numbers and there is still largely quite good compliance and cooperation everybody here still wears a mask but the authorities here have accepted that there is a level of fatigue after more than a year of this and that we are seeing that translated now into a certain relaxation basically people aren't taking the kinds of precautions that they once did so we're now i

challenges from china and on issues like the east china sea, the south china sea, as well as north korea, to ensure a future of a free and open indo-pacific. japan and the united states are two strong democracies in the region. and we're committed, we're committed to defending and advancing our shared values, including human rights and the rule of law. we're going to work together to prove that democracies can still compete and win in the 21st century. we can deliver for our people and the face of a rapidly changing world. so today we're announcing a new competitive and reliance partnership, core, between japan and the united states that will enhance our ability, enhance our ability to meet the pressing challenges of our time. together meet those challenges. top of our agenda is of course getting the pandemic under control and helping our friends and neighbors throughout the indo-pacific region to recover. earlier this year, we together with india and australia launched the landmark quad vaccine partnership, to expand the manufacturing of covid-19 vaccines and assist countries throughout

under korea's citizens revolution poverty levels fell social spending soared and so did public works projects but there were also nagging accusations of corruption and persecution of opponents and the media to korea is now living in belgium and places 8 years in prison for corruption if you returns home put korea is still a powerful force represented by 36 year old are else one of his former ministers. from ecuador's pacific coast to the mount. the ins and outs has been campaigning hard to reinstate and it's celebrate their citizens revolution movement he says it was betrayed by current president lineen more than all but as you know they prefer to pay the foreign debt rather than protecting ecuadorians who had to leave their corpses on the street during the pandemic because there was no money for hospitals . all over his rival more last saw faces an uphill battle he is perceived as close to the discredited current president and worse yet to the i.m.f. the bank of businessmen is a 3 time presidential hopeful and a political conservative he warns that a return of korea's party would th

challenges from china, and on issues like the east china sea, the south china sea, as well as north korea, to ensure a future of a free and open indo-pacific. japanned the united states are two strong democracies in the region and we're committed to defending and advancing our shared values, including human rights and the rule of law we're going to work together to prove that democracies can still compete and win in the 21st century. we can deliver for our people and the face of a rapidly changing world so today we're announcing a new competitive and reliance partnership core between japan the united states that will enhance our ability, enhance our ability to meet the pressing challenges of our time, together meet those challenges. top of our agendas of course is getting the pandemic under control and helping our friends and neighbors in the indo-pacific region to recover earlier with india and australia we launched the land mark quad vaccine partnership to expand the manufacturing of covid-19 vaccines and assist countries throughout the region with vaccination efforts. and we agreed to

south korea and australia.n to sophie for what to watch. >> we are keeping our eye on sk telecom. over in tokyo, watching nomura on a report that it is starting to tighten financing for some hedge fund clients. the financial conglomerate in japan all watched as the plan to spend $1.8 billion as companies expand digital services. toshiba is very much on watch. they could give shares -- >> we will get more work analysis with the chief investment strategist, stefan. of course, we have the market open in sydney, soul and tokyo -- seoul and tokyo. lots more to come, this is bloomberg. ♪ (announcer) back pain hurts, and it's frustrating. you can spend thousands on drugs, doctors, devices, and mattresses, and still not get relief. now there's aerotrainer by golo, the ergonomically correct exercise breakthrough that cradles your body so you can stretch and strengthen your core, relieve back pain, and tone your entire body. since i've been using the aerotrainer, my back pain is gone. when you're stretching your lower ba