going forward would be north korea. by the end of 2018 and 2019 and the new year's address in which positive words were said about diplomatic product or progress in 2018 and there was also warnings that were evident in the 2019 new year's address to the industry in the direction to steadily increase capabilities to ensure peace through force to ensure peace through force, already the he had gone as far as he was likely intending to go in 2018 and already envisioning a pivot away from diplomacy later through the year we saw a warning to the republic of korea the progress made in relations he went on to say when north and south join hands with the fellow countrymen no external sanctions and pressure can hinder our effort to open a broad avenue of national prosperity we will never tolerate interference and intervention, this began a steady stream and authoritative statement by kim later on throughout the year and lower-level propaganda and in north korea's behavior between south korea and the man with his cooperation of th

korea was no exception.urmounted the colonial rule, dictatorship, war, and poverty. not a tale of fear but one of hope could be written. during the most trying times of the war and reconstruction it was the korean war veterans who stood by our side. as struggling as we were to rise above the ashes of the war, general richard whit come was the one who reached out to firmly hold our hands. war is done by weapons and its remains undone unless it is done for the people in the country. these wars of the general before the u.s. congress inspired a standing ovation. greater quantities of supplies and grants were so approved. general whitcomb, who touched the hearts of koreans, is now resting in peace in my hometown, honored at the world's only u.n. memorial cemetery alongside his comrades who loved korea as their own. blood and sweat as well as friendship and commitment of the veterans were what gave birth to our alliance that continues to evolve connecting people together uniting values as one. american serviceman

plus we'll talk restart between the us and north korea on the nuclear zation. that's what the b 5 data ministration would like to see the news. i melissa chance, thanks for joining us. with so many regions and people facing pressure from the chinese state, whether from the weekly chipping away of civil liberties in hong kong to the mass detention other persecuted ethnic, weaker population or chinese military jets flying closer and closer to taiwan. attention to tibet can be easily lost. one of the reasons for the lack of coverage is the fact that the territory has been closed and controlled by beijing as a police state the longest. we know very little, but as our report shows, people into bed have learned the art of or wealth. double speak to bent, nicknamed the roof of the world for its rugged peaks and home to the spectacular pa til a palace. but these days, one of the most common sights and the remote territory is the chinese leaders smiling face. and is china celebrates the 70th anniversary of its control over tibet. it is broadening its political education

the american special representative for north korea made the comment during talks with south korea unification minister, the visual se now is a good time to reopen discussions about young nuclear program. earlier this month, north korean leader kim jong warned his government to be fully prepared for both dialogue and confrontation with the us. most importantly, they go to countries agree on the shared commitment to pursue complete the implementation of the credit post diplomacy dialog, sophomore, and that's cost over $2.00 corresponded, installed. rob mcbride is standing by its rob, i mean, why would the u. s. and south korea think it's a good time to talk with the north. indeed, they would be implications for such a move and an approach that's right, that this is an interesting time. and that have been some interesting developments, especially during this visit, especially with mention of possibly scrapping the working group that exists between south korea and the united states. which see, is seen as a positive sign or possibly a way forward of restarting dialogue. just to give you some backg

, that there wouldn't be any misunderstanding north korea. i hate the idea of this working group describing it as a noose around the possibility of diplomacy as so the fact that they are talking about scrapping. this is almost symbolic if you like that this belongs to the previous period of diplomacy. and then we have had interesting sounds coming out of north korea, kim jung and saying that the north korea should be ready for both as he put a dialogue, but also confrontation, which was seen at least as being a fairly optimistic. but since then, his influential sister kimmie. oh, john has given a clarification or if you like, poured cold water on that saying that people shouldn't get ahead of themselves. that if they're too much, was expected that they could indeed be disappointed. so it could well be that this is a bit of good cop bad caught by the brother and sister from north korea coming out . and that we are still seeing the possibilities at least of dialogue at some point in the future. hong kong lance, pro democracy, this paper could s

the american special representative for north korea made that comment during talks with south korea unification. minister both officials say now is a good time to re open discussions about young new k program. earlier this month, north korean leader kim jong warned his government to be fully prepared for both dialogue and confrontation with washington. for the u. s. special representative for north korea as dialogue is the only way for most importantly, i think 2 countries agreed on the shared commitment to pursue complete the condition of the credit post diplomacy. i dial. well run pride has worn out from sol. this is an interesting time. there have been some interesting development, especially during this visit, especially with mention of possibly scrapping the working group that exists between south korea and the united states which see is seen as a positive sign or possibly a way forward of restarting dialogue. just to give you some background, this working group was established between south korea in the united states white at the height of all of this flurry of diplomacy at the end of 201

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the new warning from nuclear north korea. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. and we start with break news in our politics lead, and one of president biden's top priorities about to die an ugly death on the floor of the u.s. senate. in the next hour the senate is set to vote to advance a sweeping election reform bill, the so-called for the people act. the bill would, among other things, make election day a public holiday, it would expand early voting to at least 15 consecutive days, it would ban partisan gerrymandering. expanding public financing of campaigns, requiring many states to overhaul their voting machines. tonight's vote is nearly guaranteed to fail because as of now zero republicans support the legislation, though we should point out, this is not a vote to pass the legislation today, it's just a vote to open debate on the act and begin amendments. are there really not ten republicans who are willing to at least discuss and debate this legislation? democratic senator jeff merkley of oregon predicted on "cnn today" that he thinks at least a few republi

that's what north korea has seen. sulfide is not, not sufficient for north korea to really come out and respond to the americans efforts to engage in dialogue. now we've reported on cove it in north korea and the country has become even more insular during the pandemic. it seems to be in a very bad place economically with even some people mentioning of a return to the hardships of the famine decade of the 1990s. how much is this a factor in driving pyongyang foreign policy? we, 1st of all, we do not believe it to be as bad as in the 90s, but suddenly is a very serious situation and facts during last week's meetings, planner meetings in north korea can, john is reported to us, put a lot of focus on the diet would situation so that's domestically where the focus lies by the government. and it's, it's indeed the fact that i could play a role and it's foreign foreign relations. there has not been any, any major engagements, basically any country and person for, for quite some time now. and this is clearly due to the corporate mentioned situation. jo, shane, thank you so much for joining us.

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during talk with south korea as unification. minister both official say now is a good time to reopen discussions about the young young nuclear program. earlier this month, north korean leader kim jong own warned his government to be fully prepared for both dialogue and confrontation with washington from mcbride has moved from south for this is an interesting time that have been some interesting development, especially during this visit, especially with mention of possibly scrapping the working group that exists between south korea and the united states which see, is seen as a positive sign or possibly a way forward of restarting dialogue. just to give you some background. this working group was established between south korea in the united states white at the height of all of this flurry of diplomacy at the end of 2018, basically to make sure the 2 allies were singing off the same him sheets that they were proposing the same thing things to north korea that there wouldn't be any misunderstanding. north korea, i hate the idea of this working group as describing it as a noose around th

if we fail to greg north korea and then you'll be growing voice for the nuclear station in south korea, then that will trigger for nuclear forces in japan. even time one will be in the pushing for that idea. get would be the really night, mary. she scenario as relations between asian neighbors become more strained. so the rhetoric between them builds in anger, giving all of them ever more reason to arm up just in case public bride al jazeera boost on south korea. you are 2020, the biggest sporting events since the start of the pandemic has finally kicked off after a year's delay 11. 50 the hosting this year's championship on it will start at the state. you live in rome, where italy was up against turkey in front of 2005. it was the goal as fast as they took control of the game after the break. and it wasn't long before it's late with 3 mil to make sure trace and support has gathered from parks all over europe to watch the nate, including in st. petersburg in russia, $57.00 games, including russia's 1st match of the tournament, which is on back today against the world's top rank team. a

and so, korea -- seoul, korea, and in new york city, jim anderson.ami, june dreyer, professor of political science at the university of miami and the editor of a book on taiwan. a warm welcome. june park, what is causing this shortage and why is the situation so dire? june: the pandemic that began at the end of 2019 has basically altered the business planning cycles for many industries we see in connection with the chip shortage. the most vulnerable sector in this chip shortage crisis was the automotive sector, because usually when the chips orders are sent in, the primary consideration was given to other products, such as the mobile phones or computers or any other equipment we have used in order to get connected during the pandemic, so that is why we have the shortage at the moment. anchor: june, what is the overall impact, the impact on businesses, consumers, and folks who want to get the latest smartphones? june: we may have to wait for a long time. i know my grandsons are at the age where they think they would die if they don't have the latest e

what north korea has seen, sulfide is not, not sufficient for north korea to really come out and respond to the americans efforts to engage in dialogue. now we've reported on cove it in north korea and the country has become even more insular during the pandemic. it seems to be in a very bad place economically with even some people mentioning of a return to the hardships of a famine decade of the 1990s. how much is this a factor in driving peeling young's foreign policy? we, 1st of all, we do not believe it to be as bad as in the 90s, but certainly is a very serious situation and facts during last week's meetings, planner meetings in north korea, kim john is reported to us, put a lot of focus on the dial 4 situation, so that's domestically where the focus lies by the government. and it's, it's indeed the fact that i could play a role and it's foreign, foreign relations that has not been any, any major engagements with basically any country and person for, for quite some time. now and does this is clearly due to the colored mentioned situation. jo, shane, thank you so much for joining us.

be preparing for diplomacy or conflict with north korea?ng out where things stand. >> thank you so much. i would say, you know, it's both and, not either or in the case of north korea. i do think you're looking at a sharp change in at least the surround sound between the united states and north korea. it's jarring every time you hear the president of the united states, donald trump, the former president, say he had love for kim jong-un. what on earth was that about? and so, obviously, you're not going to between an american president like biden and kim jong-un, so north koreans are bracing that on the one hand. the other approach that is different is you're going to see the biden administration much more focused, already has been, on trying to get back on the same page with the japanese and south korean allies, in terms of what the strategy is toward north korea. privately, president trump was always focused on, why are we defending south korea? why do we have so many troops there? can't we just pull out? what is the point of these exercise

korea. decades of maintaining military readiness, only divided peninsula have gradually transformed the country into an important manufacturer. so huge a little pony to reason. we've come to realize the importance of developing our own weapons for defense. and we're now able to produce weapons just as powerful as those made by other countries, which is a recent agreement with its allied. the united states now allows south korea to develop longer range missiles with heavy payloads. and it follows the unveiling of a new home grown jet fighter prototype, chargeable family. we have opened a new era of self defense and have also established a historic milestone in the advancement of the industry. it comes as south korea and most asian neighbors are looking to spend more on new weapons driven in part by china's ballooning defense spending. and its expansion is portion the region with the break away island of taiwan. once again, becoming a potential flashpoint, it means days your pacific is increas

if we fail to graze north korea and then you'll be growing voice for the nuclear station in south korea, then that will trigger for nuclear forces in japan. even time one will be in the pushing for that idea. debt would be the really night, mary. she scenario as relations between asian neighbors become more strained. so the rhetoric between them builds in anger, giving all of them ever more reason to arm up just in case public ride al jazeera boost on south korea. digital outlet, buzzfeed news, as want to put it surprise for the 1st time for its investigation into the math detention of week muslims in china. the for pot, sir, is built to last use satellite images to show that china has secretly built dozens of prison, unintended camps since 2017 and put it. the judges have also on the teenager who recorded the murder of george floyd awarding her a special citation donovan. fraser filmed his death at the hands of a police officer on her mobile phone. the footage taken in may last year, spot a public outcry, mass protests, and help secure a conviction. now deforestation of amazon rain for

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many american and as a child in north korea, you have to.vable country. i've never been accepted in this country and columbia university, literally every professor was saying the problems that we have in today's world is because of white men. asia, that's how they mess up everything and they are the ones that i couldn't believe i was sitting in north korea's classroom in america, i couldn't believe my people were hating their own people that much. >> sean: what is your overall thought when you look at america today and you compare it with your life experience which has been horrific, sold into slavery at one point in your life, you are expecting this to be the land of the free in the home of the brave and the land of freedom and you get the exact same propaganda here. >> it's heartbreaking. i was sold as a and i crossed the desert to be free and now i thought i live in a country where i can say were i believe and have my freedom to think. i have to constantly censor my speech because columbia told us we can't talk about and i am so concerned

the big thing here is korea. postwar budget cuts, the reorganization in 1948 of the defense department has the marine corps in a sticky situation. arguably, the marine corps has been in a situation throughout its history as the smallest force, as it stands under the purview of the navy. it is always on the chopping block, and even george c marshall looked in the postwar. bank -- postwar. bank -- postward period or at least a question, why do we need a marine corps when we have the army? and the army was with the marines in the pacific theater, they are just not thought of as much in the history. they were. the question always is, why do we need the marine corps? they are very much on the chopping block here, they have to come up with -- clifton case is the commandant at the time and he has to come up with ways to show that the marines need a place in the defense industry, essentially what you have is it takes the u.s. by surprise. you have only the eighth army close, nearby in japan, and the eighth army is only f

if we fail to greg north korea and then you'll be growing voice for the nuclear station in south korea, then that will trigger for nuclear forces in japan. even time one will be in the pushing for that idea. get would be the really night, mary. she scenario as relations between asian neighbors become more strained. so the rhetoric between them builds in anger, giving all of them ever more reason to arm up just in case public bride al jazeera boost on south korea. one of hong kong, as prominent pro democracy activists has been released from prison, agnes child served more than 6 months in jail for her role and an anti government protest in 2019 to 24 year old. was convicted along with activists, joshua long, ivan lamb for an unauthorized rally, and the police headquarters both at the child, joshua long face, other charges on the aging national security. for more miss, let's speak to, i'll just here was adrian brown, who lived for us in hong kong. what more do we know about to charles early release than well, it seems that she's possibly being released because she has behaved herself whi

what could be the knock on effect for north korea? if covered $900.00 starts to spread through the country? well clearly the most obvious not going to affect would be a, a system that already mel nurses. it's people that economically mismanaged and doesn't do a good job of channeling the resources that it does have into the places where it needs to go would find its population under increasing stress not only economically but now also in terms of public health. the health care system is likely very shabby and clearly under resource and not really capable of taking care of the population you can reach him. of course, isn't going to be terribly concerned about that until the course is. a potential problem reaches the dimensions where it begins to threaten the regime. and i think clearly that's what they're afraid of. and so they, it's, this is in fact there are no virus outbreak. they want to get out their friends, the story. they want to prepare the population for measures that may be taken to try to stem out. and of course, as i said,

al jazeera boost on south korea in the u. k. thousands of people who've taken part in a demonstration in support of palestinian rights for free. right for the rally was part of the resist g 7 day of action for international justice. they marched through london towards the prime minister's official residence in downing street addresses demanding an end. what they say is, complicity in israeli war crimes in palestine or the u. k. and other g 7 countries . by godaddy crete is president of the muslim association of britain. she says, worldly does must be held accountable. i needed the g 7 countries. if this stuff pulled international law is due. and since the national law is a fundamental part of one country to feel that it can be faith, high risk due to what we think is madison you with the continued ethnic cleansing continued disposition the latest effect on obviously they've been due to 73 years waiting for those to be in and i think it's time for those needed to talk about the theda and had that had to be b as in boy is ready

the big thing here is korea. postwar budget cuts, the reorganization in 48 of the defense department really has the marine corps in a sticky situation. and arguably, the marine corps has been in a situation throughout its history as the smallest force, as it stands under the purview of the navy, right, it is always on the chopping block. and even george c. marshall, he looked -- or at least he questioned why do we need a marine corps when we have the army? the army can -- and indeed the army was with the marines in the pacific theater. they're just not thought of as much in the history, right? but they were. so the question always is, why do we need a marine corps? now, they're very much on the chopping block here. they have to come up with -- so cage is the commandant at the time. he's got to come up with ways to show that the marines need a place in the defense industry. when korea happens, what you have is -- it takes the u.s. by surprise, right? and you have only -- the eighth army close nearby in japan. and

south korea ten continues to wa the situation.e news agency did report recently that north korea was trying to get 1.7 million doses of assstrazeneca delivered bee late may but those shipments were held up because they were unwilling to follow kocovax rul late may but those shipments were held up because they were unwilling to follow covax rules late may but those shipments were held up because they were unwilling to follow covax rules late may but those shipments were held up because they were unwilling to follow covax rules late may but those shipments were held up because they were unwilling to follow covax rulese may but those shipments were held up because they were unwilling to follow covax rules. but it could be a sign that the party officials who were fired could be the fall guys for a broader system he can failure. >> we'll continue to follow the story. will ripley, appreciate it. >>> coming up next, football is coming home. a stunning victory decades in the making at the uefa european championship. i hated sticking my fi

if we fail to graze north korea and then you'll be growing voice for the nuclear station in south korea, then that will trigger for nuclear forces in japan. even time one will be in the pushing for that idea. debt would be the really night, mary. she scenario as relations between asian neighbors become more strained. so the rhetoric between them builds in anger, giving all of them ever more reason to arm up just in case public ride al jazeera boost on south korea. one of hong kong, prominent pro democracy activists has been released from prison. agnes child serv more than 6 months in jail, for her role in an anti government protest in 2019 the 24 year old was convicted along with activists. joshua wong and ivan lamb for an unauthorized riley near police headquarters. both agnes chow and joshua wong face other charges on the bay jeans national security law. from hong kong, adrian brown explains the coming of her relief. china and hong kong are going to be discussed at the g 7 summit in cornwall. and of course, you have to remember that it's very rare for people to be released from jail o

in 2004 bank honeymoon served as south korea's foreign minister until 2006. when he declared his candidacy to replace kofi and then was the head of the united nations, the general assembly elected him as the secretary general in october that year beginning his term in january 2007. the challenges he faced were many from iran and north korea's nuclear programs, conflicts in the middle east and the threat of global warming. some of the main objectives the un achieved during bands tenure include, setting up the 2030 sustainable development goals. the paris climate change agreement and the creation of us women and entity working for women's empowerment. after 2 turns back left office and was replaced by antonio, good terrace. in 2017. but many of the issues he face still remain. so what can the united nations do to have a bigger impact and effect global change in his new book resolves united nations in a divided world ban reflects on the role of his former organization in today's multifaceted society, facing many challenges. the foremost secretary general, the un

if we failed, great north korea and then you'll be growing voice with the nuclear station in south korea, then that will trigger for nuclear forces in japan. even time one will be in the pushing for that idea. get would be the really night, mary. she, you know, scenario as relations between asian neighbors become more strained. so the rhetoric between them builds in anger, giving all of them ever more reason to arm up just in case public bride al jazeera booths and south korea. in iran, the 3rd and final presidential election debate is taking place live on state tv. the thing is people's concerns as a radians prepared to vote. next week's polls that spring and l just there is i said bake. who was in heaven. i said, what we had so far well, a lot of promises without much detail, each candidate talking about how they're going to create millions of jobs that increase the government's budget with that really giving any detail. one of the highlights though, was when the form back the central bank governor of the nuts at him at the dutch up and david list of 11 individuals to the election. fro

north korea we have to do it to survive.hy americans, a lot of americans are choosing this path without any external force. jillian: i think it's important that people know the background of your story and how much you had to go through to come to america. can you tell me about your journey, about how you fled north korea in 2007 at the young age of 13 and what happened after fleeing north korea? >> so north korea is literally the darkest place on earth right now, in the 21st century they do not even know the existence of the internet. i escaped for a better life. i didn't know what freedom was when i was escaping. i was barely starving. when i went to china to find food, i was sold as a sexual slave at 13 for less than $300. after being a modern day slavery -- this is a thing that breaks my heart. people talk about slavery but they don't want to fight for the slavery that is happening to the current modern people and after three years in china, i literally had to walk across the desert into mongolia and after mongolia i mad

north korea is a place where the napoleon, human rights record. when you a secretary general, used to talk a lot about human rights upfront, but it's pretty clear that human rights abuses a grubbing around the world. and some of the most powerful countries on us are involved. i give you 2 examples. for example, the week people in china, permanent member of the security council responsible. what some say is genocide and syria, where human rights groups all agree that russia has joined the aside regime in abuses including targeting medical facilities. you a secretary general. how hard is it for a secretary general to confront these sort of problems when they're carried out by the most powerful countries thought of course. so abuses of human rights violators in this world. now because of the divisions, divisions among big powers, antiquity palmer members from the secret council bit 5, then not think could have been agreed upon to deal with the human rights. for example, on, in the case of syria, 6600000 syrians are now had become refugees here and th

what north korea has seen, sulfide is not, not sufficient for north korea to really come out and respond to the americans efforts to engage in dialogue. now we've reported on cove it in north korea and the country has become even more insular during the pandemic. it seems to be in a very bad place economically with even some people mentioning of a return to the hardships of a famine decade. the 1990 s. how much is this a factor in driving pyongyang foreign policy? we, 1st of all, we do not believe it to be as bad as in the ninety's, but certainly is a very serious situation. and factoring last week's meetings, planner meetings in north korea, kim john has reported to us put a lot of focus on the diet would situation. so that's domestically where the focus lies by the government. and it's, it's indeed the fact that i could play a role and it's foreign, foreign relations that has not been any, any major engagements with basically any country and person for, for quite some time now. and does this is clearly due to the colored mentioned situation gala shan, thank you so much for joining us.

even north korea is not that nuts. i was like, north korea is pretty crazy but not this crazy.ng me to think the way they wanted me to think. elizabeth: see that. she is paying a lot of money in tuition to be told how to think. really something. go ahead. >> i know. you think about what it costs to send a kid to college these days, columbia, costs about $300,000 for the whole boat for four years. i'm thinking, okay, so i'm going to work my butt off now as a parent. thankfully my parents are seven and five. they don't have cross this bridge but i'm saving already, but i will send them to top universities, ivy league universities to be taught how to think? we should be thinking our kids how to handle the things in the real world, elizabeth. how do you manage credit? how do you take out a mortgage? how do you pay it off effectively? how many understand social media and email etiquette which is so important, how do you prepare for a job interview? i could go on and on all the things we should teach our kids. but instead we're obsessing about race, obsessing about political correctn

if the americans desisted from what he called their aggressive approach towards north korea. now these comments have come at an important plenary session of the ruling workers party and chung yang, which has been going on this week which has been dealing with a number of different problems facing north korea. most notable amongst them being the current food shortage with kim young and saying that there is a tense food situation that really has to be dealt with. this follows on from devastating storms and typhoons last year, which impacted the harvest. also compounding problems that already existed because of international sanctions and also the pan demik. it is slightly unusual for a north korean leader to admit to such failings. it would normally be seen as a sign of weakness, but then came jargon, has differentiated himself from his predecessors admitting the mistakes apologizing to his people for the sufferings they are enduring. and of course, having food shortages is something which you couldn't dr. easily lie about or hide people know that in the coming months, especial