servicemen and women in south korea is that on june the 25th, 1950 north korea invaded south korea.n't have a peace treaty in place, just an armistice. south korea is an academic powerhouse, absolutely right. the sacrifice would be great, developing nuclear weapons. that would be borderline insanity. of course, this is a very emotional reaction. these people in the north are blackmailing us, we are the world's 10th largest economy. why not have our own their weapons? i disagree that south korea is the only non-nuclear power in the region. japan is not a nuclear power. south korea also relies on nuclear power and has the capability to develop nuclear weapons in about 12 months. and remember, article nine of the japanese constitution outlaws the resolution of international disputes through armed conflict. so the price to pay would be great. south korea is not going nuclear. south korea and south koreans will be reassured by this state visit by president yoon to the white house and the united states that the alliance is strong, that the united states continues to be committed to extend

the objective of the north korea government. >> north korea government is trying to put a pistol to uncle sam's head. >> going forward, i believe that they could exceed my capacity. >> americans need to understand that korean war to understand korea today. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. >> korea today is a very important to the united states. bret: korean war cost 37 thousand american lives, 800 thousand chinese soldiers, and as many as 4 million koreans died in a brutal conflict that lasted three years. and changed the course of history. >> we flattened north korea. to this day, this plays into minds of all koreans in the north. bret: brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. >> fact that communist forces have invaded korea is a warning. >> this was the start of the cold war. bret: today 30,000 american troops remain in korea standing vigil at one of the world's most heavily fortified borders. >> because of everything left the way it was 80 years ago. >> north korean side did miscalculate once in a real big way. we got the korean war out of that. that doesn't mean t

for rocket, the missile never made any near south korea.- any near south korea.ime at which _ any near south korea. for the time at which the _ any near south korea. for the time at which the people - any near south korea. for the time at which the people of. time at which the people of seoul believe they were under threat, —— is it clear what people in the city are expected to do and how they are expected to do and how they are expected to respond to such an alert and to respond to such an alert and to the sirens?— to the sirens? there is about a 20 minute _ to the sirens? there is about a 20 minute period _ to the sirens? there is about a 20 minute period between - to the sirens? there is about a 20 minute period between the| 20 minute period between the air raid sirens going off and us receiving the message to say it had been a mistake and at this time there was a lot of confusion and people were unclear what to do and that's because people here have lived with the threat of north korea for 70 years, so many people here have become desensitised and are so used

finally, though, the north crossed the line and invaded south korea. 1950, in an attempt to korea under the control the south koreans were weak, unprepared. they had been occupied. the japanese for 30, 50 years, and america saw this movement as a part of communist effort to turn the cold war from a war of words, a war of guns, and the need was felt the need was to show them that we could do. and truman managed to get the united nations agree to this. and he sent troops to protect the south once the south had been protected, they had truman and macarthur and a few others decided to go ahead to face the job. so they moved north north korea, which upset the chinese, and eventually the chinese moved in. and in joined the north koreans to push back. and so the war ends almost exactly the same spot it began the debacle in line runs almost parallel to the dividing between the two countries. nobody the land. nobody wanted any people. nobody wanted any resource. all they did was decide to stop fighting. of course, they never had a peace treaty. there's still still war, clinton said in one of his

and i was born in north korea. the very, very first thing that i learned from my schoolteachers were how horrible american --. by the way, that was same word, american pastors, same words. even in my book, it was like there are four or make ambassadors. you can't two of them. how american masters left to kill. and we don't have internet in those cave. we don't even know what that is. so the only idea of america that i could understand from my teachers were this screw posters. we're american monsters. they were cold blooded reptile. they were like pulling teeth out of our women eating our children, torturing our people. and my school teachers were telling me, you are so lucky because you have our dear leader, ding dong, protecting us from these horrible americans. that's why we had we were so lucky that we had nothing to envy in this work. and now i to america. and the first time i was looking at americans first of all before, even i was thinking about propaganda. i was thinking why everybody looked the same here. e

, according to south korea.apan issued a warning to residents, and later said there was no danger of the rocket hitting its territory. but in south korea, sirens were heard , and citizens in the capital seoul got told to get ready to evacuate , only to then get told the evacuation order had been sent in error. i'm joined now by our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie. you must have gotten up very early this morning.— you must have gotten up very early this morning. yes, so we were all walking _ early this morning. yes, so we were all walking this _ early this morning. yes, so we were all walking this morning. were all walking this morning at about 6:30am and so with the sound of the air raid siren which is not common. we had a message is to prepare for the regulation and we heard that the north according to the south korean military had launched a vehicle. we think it's a spy satellite that north korea said he would lodge in the coming days. within 30 minutes, residents in seoul had another announcement that the

, and a strong unbreakable united states republic of korea. as the general said today is the day that we mark the culmination efforts over many, many years by american and korean veterans, their families, the korean war veterans foundation, to this wall of remembrance, a reality and today is that reality. it's beautiful monument. it's a poignant reminder of the individual sacrifices of the more than 36,000 u.s. service members and the 7000, more than thousand korean troops who served together and died together in korea. their names are now engraved here on our incredible washington mall. this place, this mall is so special to to so many of you including myself. i've spent many hours, like many of you, walking the powers of this mall, staggered by the beauty of it. but also the meaning of these monuments and what it means all of us and our world. and now another generation of families, students guests from all around the world are going to visit this wall remembrance to honor the joint sacrifices of our american and korean brethren. and over th

with north korea.hat said, this spy satellite has been on kim's wishlist for two years, he wanted to develop and use it, south korea and the united states as a cheap excuse to plough ahead with his goals. i also spoke to naoko aoki, an associate political scientist at the rand corporatio. she explained what it means when it is stated that the north fired a space vehicle. this development, if it is indeed a spy satellite, is very significant because the last time they launched a vehicle into space was in 2016, and at that point we, the outside world, were worried that north korea was improving its ballistic missile capabilities and using space launch vehicles as an excuse. now, today, north korea has made considerable improvement in ballistic missile technology and now we have to worry about another thing — north korea potentially having better information—gathering technologies. it's a significant development and one north korea has been planning for a while now. have we heard any reaction yet from the

it is will be repercussions be like inside north korea?— north korea?member— north korea? it is important to remember that _ north korea? it is important to remember that although - north korea? it is important to remember that although it - north korea? it is important to| remember that although it tries north korea? it is important to i remember that although it tries to present itself as a unitary dictatorship, north korea has politics just like anywhere else, that not everyone will be happy with the senior decisions to allocate quite so much money to developing weapons like spy satellites, as opposed to other priorities in north korea. by any coincidence, the launch follows hard on the heels of the united nations's report that the food situations north korea remains terrible, a lot of people will have a very low food consumption, and the situation requires monitoring. people are getting cross, the food situation is bad, the economy is bad and here you have the regime is spending huge amounts of money on a spy spending huge amounts of money on a spy

korea.nto the united states and happened upon columbia university, she has written a fantastic book, while time remains. i have gone through this book it very important. it is apropos to what alan dershowitz was talking about, young me welcome, tell us, you got out of north korea. talk a little bit about your background. >> i was born in north korea in 1993. and when i was growing up in north korea i believed that my leader was a god who had the power to read my mind, i was brain washed to believe, that americans were called -- they never showed us the map of the world. however growing up in north korea we didn't have any food. so, i ate a lot of insects and plants, eventually, 13 years old, we had to escape to china to look for food. i crossed the frozen yellow river with my mother at 13, we got to china we were solidded as sex slaves, i was sold for over 200 dollars and my mother 65 dollars, two years of slavery, i met a christian missionary from south korea they told us to escape to freed

i have to ask about south korea _ 70 years. i have to ask about south korea as _ 70 years.and - 70 years. i have to ask about| south korea as well and there has been some interesting polling from the country that shows a majority of south koreans would support its country developing its own nuclear weapons. what do you think about that? is it that a turning of the tide in terms of the relationship between these three countries? i the relationship between these three countries?— three countries? i am not surprised _ three countries? i am not surprised by _ three countries? i am not surprised by it _ three countries? i am not surprised by it given - three countries? i am not surprised by it given the i surprised by it given the threat environment. south korea is next door to north korea which has been on this missile testing run, but beyond north korea, you look ukraine situation where vladimir putin has been sabre rattling on nuclear use, making the once unthinkable or at least for the last few decades, thinkable again. last few decades, thinkable aaain. . . . last few decad

which is that the most important threat north korea now poses to south korea is a missile, one the northround military is fairly it's large, but it's fairly clapped out. and obviously the real issue is missiles. and so what happens? what do we do? and i think your report is correct. i don't know what to do either. i don't know if my friends and colleagues know either, because the korean government is just not really given us this information terribly well. there is this idea that a lot of people were talking about north korea wanting to make these tests normal. and they did say after kind of sending out that message that, you know, it won't be the last, essentially. is there any way that south korea, japan, the united states can counter that at all? yeah. so there have been discussions for a while about actually maybe shooting down one of these tests. the worry there, obviously, and there are a number of problems, right. mean it looks escalatory, right? what happens if like the missile misses? what happens if we hit the missile and it sort of falls on a north korean city and north korean

us the chance, or rather on his trip to south korea. and you're giving us some idea of, of what the atmosphere was like when old actual, to visited a historic border between south and north korea. the size of course, a very special atmosphere in this d militarized zone. as it is, it's called is a very special moment if you stand on north korean soils literally because you have to understand those barracks uh, that are set up. there are a hoff on south korean hop on north screen sortland. that is exactly where the drum and trans level standing today. it's talking about how he was removed in that situation. and there's practically 2 reasons. there's 1st of all you've already mentioned, it's of the geo political tensions, the nuclear armament on the north korean sides. that is a big concern for germany and of course, from south korea. and there is, of course, the factor of him being german. and i have to say is the drum and citizen, if you, if you stand and that's in that area, are surrounded by grim looking soldiers of feeling these milit

it's more challenging for south korea. china is south korea's number one trading partner.orea has always been hedging between u.s. and china, just walking a very fine line. it is a very big concern and the president wants more value-based from policy and work with like-minded allies. you mention russia's invasion of ukraine, the region is very complex and complicated and we have north korea and wmd's. there's every reason for south korea and japan to work together in this is a great opportunity. it is not going to be easy because domestically, this is not a popular issue. shery: which makes me think how long will this really last? we have sort of some resolution with the issue of comfort women, women constricted for sex, sex slaves, essentially. sue: that history of comfort women was concluded and when he came in, he scrapped the deal. that was the memory, the japanese thinks about this time around. we know this is an unpopular issue and we have a national assembly election in april. what happens with that election? but president yoon has at least four more years. hopefull

remember, when north korea — right.andmark meeting when the south korean president came to tokyo, that very— korean president came to tokyo, that very morning, north korea fired _ that very morning, north korea fired an— that very morning, north korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile. it wanted to punctuate that day and say, we're — punctuate that day and say, we're watching here and we are going _ we're watching here and we are going to — we're watching here and we are going to retaliate. any time north— going to retaliate. any time north korea fires intercontinental missiles there is a big — intercontinental missiles there is a big worry injapan, because _ is a big worry injapan, because some of them land in the japanese territorial waters. i think a few weeks ago. — waters. i think a few weeks ago. they— waters. i think a few weeks ago, they fired a missile and on alarm _ ago, they fired a missile and on alarm went off in northern japan — on alarm went off in northern japan it— on alarm went off in norther

a lot in neighboring japan in south korea. also coming up in tennis, a show cops us at the french open the well, the number 2 daniel met with this is out of the being out played by a brazilian or the 5 will have to look like the menu of this mckinnon. welcome to the program. now we're going to start with some breaking news because germany has ordered russia to close the full of its 5 coincidence drastically reducing russian diplomatic presence on the gym and soil, the russian embassy in berlin. kam, keep authorizing that this comes off to moscow, decided the only 350 german officials could work in russia, forcing several german consulates to close the we can get the very latest from chief political correspondent, nina hossa, who i believe is about to join us nina, they will tell us more about the german government's decision as well. yeah, i know you've mentioned it already. the german government says that russert has taken a step towards further escalation. and so they say that this is a step where they are essentially retali

— south korea? this is the difficult _ south korea? this is the difficult part _ south korea?the democratic state has lots of different views and prime minister kishida expressed his personal view about the colonial period again, this heartfelt sorrow he feels with understanding the past. south koreans themselves, many look at president yoon's reach out to japan are something that is inappropriate, they say the japanese have not repented enough on their colonial past, but others in the south korean context are welcoming greater participation and cooperation with japan to deal with the real challenges in the region. that is weapons of mass destruction proliferation on the korean peninsula and the growing challenge of china within the region, in terms of its economic coercion, its expanding of military presence within the region, and its assuring international law in the south china sea. you touched _ the south china sea. you touched on _ the south china sea. you touched on it. _ the south china sea. you touched on it. meetings. the south china sea. you touched on it. meetings b

it's the best in of the west against north korea and china. korea successfully competes on the world market important key industries such as electronics, car, production, and shipyards. it's major companies like thailand's at borrowed heavily abroad in dollars when the exchange rate for thailand's currency, the one promise they are unable to repay their loans. only now at the end of november to the heads of the us administration, realize they must act the factor changing their minds is the geo political dimension. korea had to declare and solve and see the reputation of the us as a guarantor. power for south korea would suffer massively in the eyes of the world, [000:00:00;00] the in tokyo. the government urges the us treasury to hurry, a large rescue packages to be put together in which many participate. korea has already agreed to many of the i m. s. conditions everything seems ready for the deal. when finally the am, if director also applies to sol, everyone expects the korean rescue package to be ratified. what's called a suit. surprisingly, demands further concessions. the deman

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were invited and a so south korea. and that is the good message. i think for salt in the press conference just now president june, i confirmed that the crew agreed a closer cooperation when it comes, for instance, to the production of semi conductors hydrogen power, but also battery productions. so in that respect, it is definitely a success. what was interesting is that he had also said he doesn't exactly know what the listing a means. and i think there is still some discussion that you 7 to have to hold a how exactly they going to restructure that relationship with china. but that it means more investment is coming to a korea that was very clear today. all right, dw, the asia pacific bureau chief dark mattress let's take out some news from the world of sports. now, the indian b a, jimmy butler scored 27 points to give my, the miami heat. another come back when again sleep, 21, the boston celtics, miami, the heat one a 111 to 105 to put themselves to 0. ahead and eastern conference finals and with the next 2 games in

america and south korea.arlier this month kim jong-un inspected a facility that reportedly produced the spy satellite. pyongyang is saying the satellite will produce real-time information about the military acts of the country's enemies we will. continue to stay across that story and bring you reactions later in the program. but our top story at this hour, at russia's military at least three waves of aerial assault on the yucatan capital key since sunday night -- of the ukrainian capital of kyiv sunday night. much of the population is sheltering in bunkers and underground train stations. on tuesday drones also hit civilian part of the russian capital of moscow. some buildings were damaged there, but no one was seriously injured. ukraine has denied any involvement in that attack, but the russian president vladimir putin accused it of terrorist activity, saying it was an attempt to scare and provoke russia. our correspondent has more. reporter: for some, this was the moment russia's war in ukraine hit home. res

and there was alarm in the south korea and capital sol law for a satellite launch in north korea, self and emergency alerts. japan also issued a warning to residents in the south of the country. the attempt to send the satellite into little bits failed, but it could be an intelligence wind full. so south korea, which says that it has retrieved parts of the wreckage from the ocean. this is believed to be part of north korea's fuss by satellite. the projectile was found by the south korean military officer which had crushed into the sea. well, the military identified what seems to be the debris of a purported north korean space rocket in the waters west of our town. we were in the process of recovering the debris in the hours emergency side when sound due to cross south korea's capital sold. it caused confusion along with mobile phone and lots which cooled on residents to evacuate level. it was a morning, so i understand that there may be a misunderstanding with katrina salvage in in an emergency situation. however, it's not right to tell people to just evacuate without any explanation f

and of course, from south korea. and there is, of course, the factor of him being germany, and i have to say as a drum and citizen, if you, if you stand and that's in that area, are surrounded by grim looking soldiers. a feeling these military retentions knowing that the 2 countries, technically by international law still at war, you do consider yourself lucky to have overcome that division. and that is what's the message that a german chancellor assaults today had for the south korean people? he considers himself lucky to have overcome this and it shows is seeking to reduce the german economies reliance on china as is as people have made it clear and to broaden relations with other asian countries. um, is it truly to say if a trip has been successful from that point of view the well, the risk being was the big board at the g 7 in hiroshima. and that's where both leaders came from and the, the risk, the strategy a as in tate not taking investment out of china, but rather looking for other places for a further investm

south korea. some of which uh, so 3 missiles went off course one landing 700 meters from a residential area. busy another completely lost. busy in flight, so when there are these tests going on, there is again, an element of risk. the north korean missile had an abnormal flight and failed. fortunately, landing about 200 kilometers south and south west of, of south korea in the yellow sea. and all the adults korea says it launched the satellite uh which, which failed. uh, the us insists that are broken. the test was behind as well. to put a satellite into orbit, you need to use or a rock at a large rocket, especially depending on the the weight of that payload. so this is what they called dual use technology. it was just an april that north korea launched an icbm, a solid fuel icbm. it's recognized as a military application also in north korea seeking to place a surveillance and reconnaissance satellite into or but specifically for surveillance purposes of south korea. and us forces deployed in bas

this was north korea's 6 satellite launch attempt. and the 1st in 7 years, it was supposed to put the new clear on states for us to spice satellites into obit . be on young was quick to admit the launch had failed. but did so reggie promise to carry out another test as soon as possible. i kenyans and as a korean journalist who specializes in defense issues. and she told me more about what it was like when the evacuation and that sounded. and so it's important to note here that so this is, are usually very good by the time the getting the emergency life we get. well, why all the time and during the cold and i can be done. we used to get home about all the time, but an emergency last of this nature is actually very, very rare. and people have been living in this whole city for their entire life. i've never seen an emergency warranty triggered by north korea so far, and especially one that was labeled a war time way. so you can imagine how the entire city was just ro, even neighbor, which is the most popular search. and it crashed down f

this was north korea's 6 satellite launch attempt. and the 1st in 7 years, it was supposed to put the new, clear on states for us to spice satellites. and all that be on young was quick to admit the launch had failed, but did so, reggie promise to carry out another test as soon as possible. okay, so moving join now by john list canyon's in, in south korea's capital, sol, thanks so much for your time. could you give us a sense of what it was like when the sirens went off? and so well, the alarms went off very early in the morning, and a lot of people are gonna be confused. not knowing if they should a need it actually or not even knowing how to feel. it's important to note here that things are usually very good, but the time the getting the emergency life we get, well, why all the time. and during the connection that we use to get home about all the time, but an emergency, last of this nature is actually very, very rare. and people have been living in the whole city for their entire life. i've never seen an emergency warranty triggered

.— angered north korea.h korea. you're absolutely right. _ angered north korea. you're absolutely right. there - angered north korea. you're absolutely right. there is - angered north korea. you're| absolutely right. there is two things we need to consider. one, north korea has its own missile and nuclear programmes, and they're heading military developers but this land base airpower, if you want. within that context, the north koreans know that in order to improve, they need to take opportunities to run some tears. i need to have these opportunities around the schedule that suggests nuclear test. as it happens, at the moment there is a major south korean american exercise, which is an annual exercise. you would have expected them to announce, because thatis expected them to announce, because that is what they used to do, something around this period of time. however, and that is where the point you were making the truly important, at this particular point in time, you havejust important, at this particular

[sirens] air raid sirens sound in japan, and south korea after north korea tried. but failed to launch this space spy satellite into space. but -- >> it's time we impose our will on washington d.c., and you can do any of this if you don't win. ron desantis kicks off his 2024 presidential campaign, in iowa with some not so subtle digs at his one time ally, former president donald trump. so, a deal to avoid defaulting on tens of trillions of dollars of debt is moving forward. but the u.s. government it, is by no means out of the. what's now, in the coming, hour two u.s. house members will vote on the bill to raise the debt ceiling as well as other measures tapped on to the spending limit. well some lawmakers seemed confident they will get the vote to send the bill to the senate, the house speaker will be busy trying to wrangle the last-minute support from republicans who don't like the deal. some democrats are also angry about white house concessions. cnn's melanie zanona explains it all from washington. >> well, the house cleared a key procedural hurdle that will ge

. find aggressive war preparation plan by north korea-— north korea., it said it will try again, _ north korea. and its launch fail, it said it will try again, is _ north korea. and its launch fail, it said it will try again, is there - north korea. and its launch fail, it said it will try again, is there any l said it will try again, is there any way to take a guess on what kind of timescale they are operating on here? , , ., , ., ., here? they seem to be in a rather aggressive — here? they seem to be in a rather aggressive time — here? they seem to be in a rather aggressive time schedule, - here? they seem to be in a rather aggressive time schedule, i - here? they seem to be in a rather aggressive time schedule, i have. aggressive time schedule, i have heard there'd the next launch could be as soon as a couple of weeks normally it should be later, normally it should be later, normally they should try to assess what went wrong with in launch, i am sure they are doing that but that could take some time. i would be easierfor them to assess could take so

all used to north korea, launching all sorts of things and also natalie in the morning. but just up to 6 30 am local time. everybody in the soul of metropolitan area are on the home phones got the same alert message saying, prepare for evacuation, prioritize the children, and see the as it was late that listed by the national government saying that that actually was a mistake. but the reason this outlook was issued is because of the south koreans detected that they said rocket an apparent space launch vehicle had taken off from those korea. and compared to miss out launches, which often slide east and then london, the seas between the korean peninsula and japan. the router of but this launch vehicle because it's putting a suppose it's satellite into over the over the equate to it flies south down the western coast of the korean peninsula. then down over the east china seats. hope a much busier. colorado is shipping late and so the north koreans had in full and the international maritime organization and also japan that it was making this launch. and it has not carry the

south korea's military have said that north korea has fired what it is calling a space satellite towardseard across the capital city of seoul and local authorities have warned citizens to prepare for potential evacuation. south korean authorities are now saying the evacuated border was issued incorrectly. we will continue to bring you any new lines we get on the story and reaction from the region. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. this is nine—year—old alfie, who'd hit 54.1; miles an hour at ellington airfield on his specially adapted 80 cc bike. we started on his eighth birthday, this first one at ellington, to progress to what he has done now. yes, it's an achievement. and, you know, as parents we're just so proud of him. i first started. ..it wasn't on this. it was on a little mini—model that was just an electric one. and we levelled up and just carried on levelling up until we got to this. alfie is part of a group ofjuniors setting new records. as they get older, they're allowed to use more powerful engines, and little alfie has big ambitions. get really fast and

created a situation where, you know, korea took actions and so on. and it changed the overall dynamics. and now we have a lot of things to, to be fixed. and during that time for 5 years defined, that's our relationship was very low, low point, and that's what of march about 2 months ago. you know, prison unit visit, poke you had the by that's will summit. and now heavy to see that in town is a very important step towards fixing the bilateral relationship that has been on the downside for the last 5 years. so wants change, why the flurry of diplomatic activity now the number one is inquiry or we have a different government the previous government that created a situation where a situation where things were being made difficult was done by the progress of government that has a different view about the by that the relationship with japan more hawkish view, but here can service department believes that we really need to improve the relationship. it depends for the sake of maximizing national security in dealing with north korea and china. so that belief

this was north korea's 6 satellite launch attempt. and the 1st in 7 years, it was supposed to put the new, clear on states for us to spice satellites. and all that po and young was quick to admit the launch had failed. but did so reggie promise to carry out another test. as soon as possible i came young's and as a south korean journalist who specializes in defense as she told the w more about what it was like when the evacuation alert sounded install. well, the citizens woke up in our confusion. i feel like maybe we are completely just advertise to be kind of emergency last we get the weatherbug all the time we get covered 90. why? but a emergency or any of this nature? especially one that's labeled as a more trying emergency alert. that's something that we've never seen before, even people who have been living there will like that page. and so i've never seen a number is the black box nature as we have been so used to create the latest prophecies into a missile fire. and so when they, when we woke up to this, this morning, this morni

in south korea, breaking news for you.ndustrial output for the month of april, industrial output falling 1.2%. that is more than we expected. we were anticipating a 2% contraction. april industrial outfit falling 8.9% on the year and that was worse than expected. the year expectation was 7.8% contraction and at the april cyclical leading index also falling .2 points month on month. slightly weaker than expected data out of south korea there in terms of industrial out put. shery: take a look at how u.s. futures are trading early in the asian session, muted after a mixed finish in new york. we had a rally around artificial intelligence hype with nvidia at one point topping the $1 trillion in value. that did not last long, so we have energy companies weighing on the s&p 500. it finished around 4200 level. we continue to see wti prices below the $70 a barrel level. the fiscal markers showing ample supplies. treasury yields were down across the board and this of course as we also had eco-data showing consumer confidence fell to

um, cuz she got to south korea. um, the 2 sides really seemed set to, to embark on a new journey towards more stability after 10 years of frankly, quite difficult relationship. so you mentioned the us clearly, this is in the interest of the f. washington's in the pacific strategy. i mean, how much pressure do you think has they've been from the us on these 2 countries to make sure relations improve? oh, quite a bit. and i think that pressure, uh, the united states has been quite open about, you know, trying to get its allies to gets along and to improve their relations over the last 10 years. going back to the premises, i present brock obama. uh, same thing for president donald trump, um the officials in washington dc were constantly talking about their desire for a better relations between soul and told joe, but the reality is as much as the washington is a key ally for these both countries. it has limited leeway when it comes to what it can do in the bilateral relations between soul and tokyo. so regardless of the