with north korea.e is the opinion of the former special representative of the united states, kurt walker. the fact that russia has depended on ammunition supplies from north korea for the past year is not new. so now it is just a reflection of the fact that such relations between countries exist, and it is beneficial for the kimian that putin has come to him, and this gives him more status. russia has also hinted that it may provide some assistance to north korea. of course, this violates un sanctions, but i don't think that russia is worried, so it can to provide some missile technology or some other assistance to north korea, but it is amazing that russia has to do this because putin is trying to portray his country as a superpower, great and powerful, but at the same time they cannot produce the weapons necessary for their own war , but if you look at their dependence on other countries, on north korea, they need artillery shells, from iran drones with which they attack the ukrainians, from china th

korea. it's jenny, some analysts are calling russia's increase military cooperation with north korea. a threat like no other. would you agree? i'm not, i'm not sure i'd agree like no other but it's definitely concerning. and the the extent to which they may cooperate, i think is, is still unknown. and it's something that we may get some clarity on from the summit itself, whether they go back to that sort of mutual defense arrangement that they had during the soviet era. or if they, if they, if they still keep, you know, cooperation going. but i have more limited level. um, so you know, i, i wouldn't over state what their cooperation would be or even the sustainability of it over time. but in the meantime, it does pause, mutual benefits to both actors that does push them into a room that makes it a more for middle forest, especially for the north koreans than what we've seen in the past. and we have some problems with our live stream until now, but i'm being told that the stream is now up and

kim da—sol is a film journalist for the korea herald.o get her take on the entertainment industry's challenges here. moviegoers before pandemic, they want to go to the theatre to watch the film. but now, because they have netflix at home, they are not bothered to walk to the theatre, actually. but on the other hand, because the actors and the directors who had nojobs at all during pandemic, they are shifting towards platforms like netflix. so netflix is becoming a new breakthrough for the directors and actors to make income. netflix is investing over $2 billion into the korean film and tv industry. it's eager to produce hits that can be a success not just here in south korea but around the globe. streaming is seen by many as radically changing the film industry here. film—makers like director lee claim that it's pushing up costs and stifling creative risk taking. director lee is one of the most unique voices in the korean film industry. his most recent film was killing romance, an unusual hybrid, a musical comedy. it performed poorly at

korea. let me tell you one thing, see the west. in the context of north korea, there is a one-sided narrative, constantly the images published from north korea. in the western media, it seems that this country is a primitive country all kinds of technology and all kinds of facilities of this western narrative, but this trip showed the new narrative of north korea in the international system and putin announced that after 24 years of developing the infrastructure of korea , they see it as surprising who will complete the basic infrastructure. in korea, especially in the field of railway transit, construction, architecture, technology entered. it has been russia for years. who has stepped in and supported korea against north korea? you know that the west does not mention that the north korean people have been under american sanctions for more than four decades. it is very important that westerners always have a one-sided narrative in the discussion of human rights and create judicial terrorism

to korea when it was g country.mation sharing, joint research projects, management of intellectual rights as well -- intellectual property rights as well affects how they have developed over time -- it affects how they have developed over time. as mentioned many times in previous summits, but only the bilateral dialogue has been the forum to talk about issues, but we have also watched the next generation in emerging critical technology dialogue reading all the joint statements from the summit including the trilateral summit last year, a good portion of the homework that each party should make progress■7 area of critical and emerging technology. it is possible to deny that it is at the heart economic security as well. my quick observation of the recent partnerships in the dialogue beten the u.s. and its partner countries. the objectives of a more strategic cpe agenda rely on three areas. the first one includes the protection of technology, discussing controls, inbound and outbound investment screening issues. but als

and korea. korea and u.s.r's partner through its bilateral agreement since 1992se 1999 and once again recently last year, if you recall what it was meaning to do, it was originally an agreement aiming for an understanding for free exchange of talents and focusing on the opportunity for technology assistance from the u.s. to korea when it was country. but the currently amended version contains more specific provisions, including information sharing, joint research projects, management of intellectual rights as well -- intellectual property rights as well. affects how they have developed over time -- it affects how they have developed over time. as mentioned many times in previous summits, but only the bilateral dialogue has been the forum to talk about issues, but we have also watched the next generation in emerging critical technology dialogue between the two countries. reading all the joint statements from the summit including the trilateral summit last year, a good portion of the homework that each party sho

can north korea, perhaps at our request, become a bigger irritant for the west.orth korea engage in new nuclear activity, satellite activity, make our enemies twitch somehow. well, that's it, that is, actually, about the sanctions, this is very important, remember, remember that both china and the ussr were actually those countries that, well, together with everyone and a little in the first ranks, sanctions were introduced against north korea, but now let's see how it all changed, well, russian propagandists practiced their love for... north korea, its leader so much that they tried, well, to jump out of their pants, and directly, let's say, not everyone succeeded, some were embarrassed, like, for example, solovyov, he tried and it didn't work, he wanted to start ether in korean, but realized that i don't know the language, but it happens like this, i studied english and italian all my life, and it turned out, that it was necessary to learn korean and some of the variants or farsi or arabic, well nothing. it's scary, but it's okay, what are my years, i'll still

south korea, which in general are the coolest.hoto with the largest manufacturers, that’s cool, and now the context, the context is changing very much today, the fact is that architecture international relations, it depends on how the united arab emirates behaved now, how saudi arabia will behave, in relation to what, in relation to the us dollar and beyond, will they allow payments from china, for example, in their national currency, this is the national currency, in fact, today it is . 7-98 million population of vietnam, and vietnam is not only coffee, and vietnam is not only beaches, and not only vietnam is divided into northern and southern, these are quite serious technologies that are being developed there, this is an industry that follows in quite good and correct course, but with whom are they going now, these are really two vietnams, southern and northern, as it once was or vice versa, when the elections took place in vietnam, how the americans reacted, we very much regret the choice we made vietnamese people, they may re

korea, japan, u.s■%.nd it says i think officially it is first actually working stop organ institution trite lateral coordination. i think late 1990s and early 2000's live it trilateral policy but that is mostly on those tcurrent issues. but this time the three countriesie as they developed a trilateral coordination mechanism, they talk about mechanisms to t coordinate among the three countries. that is i think in one sense the trilateral corporation into the much deeper and much more substantive level. were as korea, the trilateral corporations is on and off corporation among the three countries. sometimes there isjaps good as it should be. and we had the problem with the trilateral cooperations. sometimes korea and japan have some issues between the two countries that also caused some problems to the trilateral cooperation. this korea, japan, japan, china trilateral summit meeting happened in almost 46 years. it is what we regarded as china's reluctance from the and then they later unmoved to china's res

empowering the republic of korea. u.s.liance in the nexus of security and economy in recent years, we've seen a noticeable surge in volatility, uncertainty, and even chaos across the globe. this is a sign a sign that the world order, as we know it is experiencing a dramatic increase in entropy. now, the question is, why is this growing phenomenon? the answer lies primarily in the rise of formidable revisionist powers, such as china, russia, iran and north korea. those stories are also being shaped by a surge in the radical technological advancements, particularly in the realm of communication and cyberspace. such the way for unexplained initial increase in thef misinformation, disinformation and divergent narratives. yet, following these shifts in the geopolitical climate, the moves to disrupt to change is the convergence of what is being texlrmed as illiberal regimes. these nations share a certain attributes and authority on arctic territorial governance, anti-western stance, and are challenging to the established interna

north korea, and again, that's what they say.that the russian federation is already leaving the sanctions regime? how will the organization of the united nations react to this, the main demands, the fears of the united states in this plane. if russia is leaving the sanctions regime, it means not only... so you know, i can tell you this, all those conversations that were before, there are shells from china over there, or how they constantly dream about what the chinese will send them their military, well, well, it actually sounds very strange when a country that is, well, i don't know, five times the size of north korea, is waiting for them to send troops from there, well, it's kind of very strange, actually, more here, here , here, here is the story with the release of sanctions, this one is more resonant, has more resonance in the world, because it really completely destroys the entire structure and, well, the security system of the un, and it is even more reminiscent of how it used to work. well, nazi germany, which also essent

russia is an ally, it is a partner of north korea.hat we are here together with the president has arrived, will arrive. more precisely, we expect an impressive delegation to arrive, this is the minister of foreign affairs, and the minister of defense, and the first deputy prime minister and sectoral vice-premiers and ministers, there will also be several governors who will fly here, this is, of course, the governor, the governor of primorye, the region , which borders north korea, in general, it is obvious that they will talk about the full range of cooperation, from defense to cross-border and tourism, because there will be people here... who they will also discuss the development of the railway network , north korea is opening up to russia, we know that it’s already quite easy to get here, for example, tourists, having flown in from vladivostok and bought a ticket, can take a walk around pyongyang, enjoy all these sights, as well as go skiing, we know that russia cooperates with north korea in the field of transportation, we have a

, into korea. there are many and varied aspects of this, but if i summarize , please, the trip to vietnam is also very important, now that the russian president has arrived, russia is going to enter vietnam should implement 3 major projects, one is a program to create a nuclear technology center in vietnam, which the americans are very sensitive about, and this is preventing its implementation, and the second is the opening of the alan jay gas project and the reconstruction of vietnam's electric power plant. this is extremely worrying for the united states that russia its sphere of influence in vietnam and asia pacific is getting stronger. this is where the vietnamese sides are now putting the americans under threat and pressure, but the security agreement with vietnam is going to be strengthened . he was involved in the war with america being present and supporting vietnam and then working in vietnam in two dimensions, an economic dimension and a military dimension to strengthen vietnam. russia's

, you have these south korea, south korea.this debate, they would write a script for him, well, it’s clear there, probably the number of the question will be shown, that’s what you’re answering to this , so he can win the debate, this is a really interesting question, of course, but judging by the latest two months, let’s say, biden still doesn’t even have those who support him... something is getting worse and worse, and many people are already noticing this, they are noticing it when state leaders talk about it, it’s already coming out, apparently surface when they even communicate without cameras. did someone actually say something? well , publicly, did any of the leaders say anything? they talk differently, they talk about the fact that he is a he, when they say that he is in good shape, this means exactly the opposite. they shout a firm handshake, and shout about what’s there snow maiden, and biden will say, i’m tired, i ’m leaving, by the way, what, what, by the way, they most likely may have snow white in her new image

does not have nuclear weapons, unlike north korea, and that's why if north korea starts building. nucleares with nuclear missiles on board, it will absolutely be a situation where south korea will be in great danger, i will just remind you that south korea is not helping us in ukraine because they think they have to because they have a lot of economic interests in china, in russia, they have to balance between china, russia, the united states, and europe in order to develop further and become a great power, i think that if they continue to take such a position a little longer, then they may not become any great power, because north korea will simply destroy them , and a big role in this, i am sure, is also played by the united states, which cannot convince its ally, which in principle is very dependent on the united states in terms of military strategy, cannot convince south korea with its enormous capabilities defense-industrial of the complex, it is one of the most developed defense-industrial complexes in the world, could not help the country with tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, mi

second, north korea's economy, uh... is completely militarized, and north korea produces a very significant amount of weapons, and third, north korea's weapons, they are compatible with most of the russian weapons, because they were built on soviet, soviet models, and they can use, russia can use north korean weapons in their own in their systems, and last fall we heard from south korean intelligence that... north korea was supplying russia already about 1 million guns. oleksiy, how is this visit commented on in the white house? yes, in fact, we heard from the white house that this visit is a potential expansion of military cooperation and a danger for both korea and ukraine. i suggest listening to a quote from the white house. i am not surprised that putin went to north korea after his own. the so-called elections, it looks like an attempt to flirt, we are not concerned about this trip, what really concerns us is the steady deepening of relations between these countries, not only because of the influence that it will have on the ukrainian people, because we know that north korean ballistic

japan, taiwan and the republic of korea.ng our eyes to russia, the country appears to be on course for major standoff with the west. it challenges the post world war through security arrangement in europe while simultaneously raising questions about its political ambitions, it's chain use invasi of ukraine is the most acute threat to the in the un carter as u.s. secretaryb of state antony blinken rightfully condemn. hence the european leadership designation of russia as the primary threat to global order specifically war against ukraine and ties with china has struck a cord worldwide. in the face of the daunting challenges, we must ourselves what do we do next, how should the global west address within the international system to safeguard global peace and stability. unfolding phenomena can be defined of influence in the u.s.-led globalt chinese-led regimes. there is not one-on-one game like tennis, complex team sport where everyone plays a unique role and contributes to the over team strategy. team global west must lean in

i asked him how north korea stands to benefit from closer ties with russia. worked for north korea, a closer relationship. now with russia, i'm the one hand, but also with china brings a numerous benefits to north korea. it's so to say north korea's version of the risking strategy. balancing the very high end, the very close relations to attempt to china, to very high dependencies. you have. yeah. and so i know i know with a closer relationship with russell, this is one aspect and the 2nd aspect is for many years north korea. so the new kerry facing the, with the us as part of it survive the strength of c 2 maintained receive stability . and this apparently has no change to a new type of strategies that 6 the 2 kinds of felons and form for closer relations to restaurant in china. how is this meeting between kim and protein being viewed in south korea? eric or that south korea is certainly a very concerned. so we expect to see a strategic partner form. this is the word. so for us and of course of north korea . i don't think this will end in a military alliance, which the 2 countries hi

foreign sim cards do not work in north korea. given one north korean mobile phone with one north korean card. well, i would say, with one north korean. button on the phone, or wherever it is calling, well , in fact, in addition to all this entourage, and what this whole life actually imagines in north korea, which is probably preparing for the russians, is wondering why putin actually came there, well, he came in order to conclude an agreement, and this agreement directly, let's say, is such a hint that russia wants to leave the regime. sanctions against north korea, putin said that in principle. a new intergovernmental agreement on everything was signed, a new intergovernmental agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership was signed. i agree that this is a truly breakthrough document that reflects the desire of the two countries not to stop on the way, to raise our relations to a new qualitative level. both russia and korea conduct independent and independent. foreign policy and do not accept the language of blackmail and

and the west and south korea are also accusing. and the north, north korea of the supporting russia with a 2 artillery shells. and the estimates from these 2 countries from us in south korea, or somewhere on the $10000.00 in or is that north korea has apparently shipped so far to russia. now what does change them own hope to gain from the vitamin 15 into a ton? there is a range of issues that are interesting to, to the north korean and either i mean, 1st of all it's also a certain recognition that the russian leader is visiting joan gang at this time and bought some more practically in north korea. as of course, interested in the technology transfer, especially in 4th space program or so for it's messiah our program. and so, and i think these are the areas that they can jump on. well, we'd like to explore was looking at 14 and the interesting the, there was one issue $1.00 and $1.00 other issue on the agenda. and these are the north korean workers. and north korea is interested in sending its workers to russia. they are an importan

well, right now there is breaking news from north korea.n signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement. russia and north korea. the contract provides, attention. providing assistance in case of aggression against one of the participants. renderings, including military ones. assistance, putin also said that russia is truly news of global scale and historical importance. russia does not exclude for itself, it only said that president putin will develop military-technical cooperation with the dprk in connection with the signing of the contract. possible deliveries of f-16 and other weapons. in recent days , the russian president and a member of the delegation also live here, in general, a large complex, there are pagodas, gazebos, ponds, a beautiful place, from this beautiful place in the last minutes. like news, because many were wondering why you already listed it, it’s just literally pouring in . vladimir putin is going to north korea, can we really only talk about trade turnover, no, really there is political news that russia is

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korea, why does putin need this article to tell the kim people that if he has a conflict with south koreassia will protect him, she will come to his aid, and russia will protect him will protect, well, at least she can apply the right to the un security council, i'm sorry, she has things, real possibilities of influence, she can give him the equipment that he does not have, well, shells for shells, but planes, uh, but high technologies, drone you see, all this russia really needs from him is utilitarian soviet shells, and he needs much more from russia, because south korea has a modern army, and if putin assures him of this, then it is important for him, that is not the question here andrew will putin protect him or not, here the question is that putin wants to provoke him into a possible war, but look how beautiful the disposition looks, the war in ukraine, the war in... the middle east and they have already started talking less about ukraine, imagine that the war has started on the korean peninsula, there will be less talk about the middle east because american troops will be there. dir

ignoring north korea. so they needed the uh, the large artillery shells of which most prius sent over 2000000 shells to the russians, to fight against ukraine with and ballistic missile parts, and ballistic missiles that they've used to fire into ukraine. so russia suddenly needed a noise per year tries actually, and, and as a result, they're now passing some technology to the north grants that technology in turn, causes the united states japan and create a want to work closer together. it's going bad and the new fights for the north koreans mark montgomery there with the foundation for defense of democracies over the sports now with a group phase of the european football championships is completes in group f. turkey took on the check republic and scored a late goal to win the match and secure their passage through to the last 16. that result means that the checks are going home. however, any other match the group georgia provided the biggest surprise of the day, scoring twice to secure their spot in the k

, north korea is allowed to import 5000 per year .sts, we have land borders, 19 km, now i, now i ’ll come to this question, the railway line, everything is there, its capacity, the capacity is low, yes. there are containers and other cargo, but in general so far, this dorajin corridor is not developing, in general, and these are questions for economic diplomacy, well, as i said, the strategic question is also present there, because getting china access to the sea of ​​japan is a headache for both japan and for the united states , the last issue is also very important - this is grain trade and generally providing north korea with food, the russian federation is, of course, the world's largest producer of wheat, but we mainly sell all our wheat... to egypt, turkey, iran. and if we have a lot of wheat and few buyers, then prices fall and the market is unstable, so diversification of supplies is absolutely logical from an economic point of view, but in addition, now the russian government, our government, has a great idea for building foo

states such as north korea, also china and iran.or asia, and what happens in asia is important for us. this clearly proves what is happening in ukraine, since iran, north korea and china support and fuel russia’s aggressive war against this country, so the idea that we... it’s time to retire to head the central bank of norway from october 1 or there from the second, he naturally cannot say the most important thing that allied relations can probably be called exactly that between russia and kender; they are determined not only by common geopolitical, economic, military and other interests, but by sincere sympathy, which is based on history, on the contribution of our people in the creation, liberation of korea, but you, vyacheslav alekseevich, said that... today in the state duma they proposed, rightly proposed, to call the armed forces of ukraine, the main intelligence directorate of ukraine and the sbu terrorist organizations, so the problem is that these, of course, terrorist organizations, nato has allies with russian passports,

i mean south korea, because russia will not, or rather north korea will not simply supply russia with shells, it will ask for something in return, one could say money, but i do not rule out that it will ask for certain types of weapons, which it does not have in north korea, and this is already a risk for neighbors, primarily for south korea, for japan, and you know, suddenly... it might be a third country, this is actually china, because if you read the us press now, it is written there that china is not very happy with the rapprochement of russia and the north korea, because he also lists the risks that will happen if north korea at some point goes to a conflict with china, because after all , they don't like being constantly dependent on china, yes. ivan us, an expert at the national institute for strategic studies, and here is a detailed analysis of what putin wants to achieve in pyongyang, read in the article on our website why putin went to north korea and how it threatens ukraine. the author, a correspondent of the korean service of the bbc, juna moon, writes that moscow and py

the west and south korea. a warning that this flow of munition from north korea to russia is increasing. now as to the official relations north korea used to have a very close alliance with the soviet union. their friendship, treaty of the time, even included a close on automatic military assistance in case one of the sides was to be invaded . these relations have cooled off significantly after the collapse of the soviet union. but we are now doing the war in ukraine. we are seeing the renewal and we will be observing tomorrow just how far the 2 sides will agree to go. officially, let's pass the ball over to james james. what is north korea's ruler conjunction? hoping to get out of his deepening ties with flooding, recruiting? it's like what i think in the 1st instance, one of the really critical things is going to be legitimacy. remember, it's a fairly rare occurrence to see the head of states of another country visiting appeal young and can join, being able to receive an international leader of this magnitud

it explores what a nuclear on north korea means for south korea and the rest of the world. or maybe you're welcome to the show tonight on kit pon that he's a senior fellow in the nuclear policy program at the carnegie endowment for international peace. good, it's good to have you with us loud speakers. balloons, troops getting lost. i mean, this sounds like, like a, i guess, a cold war comedy, maybe a modern, the episode of the street 3 stooges. why is all of this happening? that's right. i mean, we are seeing the resumption of a familiar dynamic between the 2 koreas, one that in the past has led to an exchange of fire. and that remains a possibility here that this conflict could go from the realm of the psychological and the symbolic to the kinetic. and of course, the risk there is that things could get very quickly out of control. nursery, it today is more confident than it has been in a number of years. its capabilities, including its conventional capabilities, are much more advanced than they were in the past. and so the risk of a serious introductory and a clash i don'

but south korea, and that's what we're seeing now, is taking place in a context of north korea. having fundamentally revisited its approach to south korea and south korea when ask about the, the speakers, it's got these huge speakers along the border blaring music and, and k pop music on top of that up against the regime in the north. why does the leadership consider this to be a threat and the leadership in the north consider this to be a threat. i mean, i would think it would be more of a nuisance, particularly if someone was blaring k pop music into my years. or i think it's a matter of respect and an honor for the north koreans. i think, i think practically speaking, they don't necessarily see this as an effective means of turning their people against their government. but they do see it as a symbolic step by south korea to challenge their sovereignty to challenge their political control. and in essence, i think they see it as an assertion by south korea of the superior already of its political system. the north koreans, i think with this inferiority, these are the south kor

together with china, for the resolution on sanctions against north korea. did not fly to north korea,nd putin did not fly, we complied with the sanctions, we threw out north korean workers and so on and so forth. could north korea, perhaps at our request, become a bigger irritant to the west? can north korea engage in new nuclear activity, satellite activity, make our enemies twitch somehow, damn, well, that's it. that is, in fact, about sanctions, this is very important, remember yourself, remember that both china and the ussr were actually the countries that imposed sanctions against north korea along with everyone else, and not in the first ranks, but now let's see how it all changed. well , the russian propagandists practiced their love for north korea, its leader, so much that they tried, well... to jump out of their pants, and frankly, let's say, not everyone succeeded, some were ashamed, such as solovyov, they tried, and it didn't work, they wanted to start ether in korean, but i realized that i don't know the language, but it happens, i've been learning all my life english and

let's speak to a former cia analyst on with korea. -- on north korea. welcome to "the context." make of the bbc verify report showing some sort of wall is being built on the border? >> thanks for having me. it is unusual, and the fact that north korea has been constructing this wall for what seemed like several months, i would like to point out that the context in which this is happening -- we had the putin-kim summit a couple days ago where they side of comprehensive strategic partnership, other ways to really jab the sides of the united states and north korea, that was affecting tensions and south korea, it suggests that this is not atypical of north korea to do this. this might be north korea planning for further provocations and to fortify a military presence along the border. it is a violation of where the two countries agreed not to execute any hostilities across the dmz. rajini: what might this wall be for? >> coue vaous options. it could be to create options t monitosokorean behavior or to monitor the activities of noh koreasn wh north korean north koreans who want to es

and putin had to this situation even ... to give birth to south korea in hanoi, so i don't really see this visit as such a huge success, it's more of a reason, and another demonstration. for the fact that you can't do business with putin, since putin has actually violated all those resolutions that moscow voted for in relation to north korea. mr. igor, what real reaction, well at least a backstage one, should be if china has such visits, and we have to understand that there was a visit to both north korea and vietnam, and here... many analysts say that china didn't quite like it, and it actually upsets the balance that was between russia and china itself. what is your position here? you know, i will say right away, i am not an easterner, i am not a far easterner, and the nuances are hidden for me, so i can only say based on my experience, and it seems to me... that at least putin coordinated sydzenpin's visit and reactions, if anyone thinks that thanks to this visit it is possible to drag china to its side in the spirit of kissinger, then he is wrong, i do not think that it will in an

north korea relations by strengthening ties. also coming up the is really army approves plans for a military operation against hesper law militia, in southern lebanon. tensions between the 2 had flared since the october 7th terrorist attacks and the subsequent war in gaza. plus wildfires threaten the world's largest wetlands in brazil, el nino conditions and climate change in danger of vital global resource. the hello i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. russian president vladimir protein rather north korean leader kim jong. one has received russian president vladimir putin on his 1st state visit to the country in 24 years. those leaders are seeking to expand cooperation with 13, looking to boost defense ties as he continues his war in ukraine. north korea has already supplied russia with artillery and other ammunition. after a lavish welcoming ceremony, the russian president express his gratitude for nor 3 of support and said to leaders will sign an agreement to further bolster times, smell that 13 is in killing the i. c

and the united states, japan and south korea, whole military drills and the deepening ties as north korea most closer to china and russia. the hello and welcome to our show. obviously, been busy in berlin. we began to bolivia where an apparent military coup appears to have collapsed. soldiers pulled back from the presidential palace in the past after smashing their way into the building earlier. because of the louise are so denounced the revolt as an attempted cool, and thanks bolivians for taking to the streets to oppose it, to at least have a rest of the general who loved the assault. but he's now claiming he was following orders from the president. a little while ago, i spoke to a journalist, madeline aguilar and the bolivian capital in the pause. and i asked her about the seemingly orderly ends to the crew attempt smoke. in the recent hours in the dark, so need out was arrested and transferred to for leasing offices offices while she was being moved there. ga, something, corporations we need. yes. you bigler agency nation. that is lisa king. so order he to a date or the immediate, the

james, it is north korea is most important partner it shares a long border with north korea. how does trying to view the surgeon, cooperation between russia and north korea? well, the china has previously express concern when peeling young is engaging in move bullets heil behaviors. remember, it's annoying china's interest to see an escalation on the korean peninsula because of, as you just mentioned on very long border, it shows with north korea that has been some discussion. well, so in the, in the, the, the surroundings invest me think about what the paging would be concerned about losing some degree of influence, sort of a feeling young because of russia, a deepening its ties with north korea. but we have seen a more, i'm a positive note, struck in the, the official response from china. a statement from china is for our ministry overnight saying that welcome to russia through cement and grow ties with countries that they have a traditional friendship with. james, thank you. very much east asia correspondent james traitor. sketch you up on some other stories making headlin

regime of korea is an important buffer zone to south korea. he says, you know, i think china is generally supportive of making sure. and north korea is stable, you know, china really prizes and prioritizes debility above all else. but, but, you know, at the same time, china is not, is not in favor of north korea is, you know, w, m, d and dishes. they've been very consistent also. and i'm calling for the nuclear ization, getting back to talks again and likes the russians who have generally accepted the idea that the north korean nuclear program is here to stay. so, you know, there's, there's a difference between, you know, supporting stability of the regime and stability of north korea. instability on its borders versus actually trying to strength. then the regime is right then north korea is military and w, m d capabilities thomas guy. or if i'm pronouncing that correctly, i hope so. he's asking, is there a decision by the us and their allies to interrupt shipments of weapons by rail, from north korea to russia. anything you might be aware of

so we are seeing shipments from north korea to - shipments from north korea to russia.rea is such that it in the cases where the shipments are being sent from north korea into russia, how is the united states going to intercept them? a huge problem there where we can actually go into the country. we're looking at millions of artillery rounds, were also at assistance in the form of short range ballistic missiles. but still, rushes at a point of desperation that it needs all the help that it gets and north korea of course is actually going to be able to get things in return, such as economic but more importantly and very sensitive of course, the critical technology to expand his sophisticated weapons programme. expand his sophisticated weapons programme-— expand his sophisticated weapons rouramme. i. . programme. right, ok. so you are in the camp that — programme. right, ok. so you are in the camp that the _ programme. right, ok. so you are in the camp that the russians _ programme. right, ok. so you are in the camp that the russians might - programme. right, ok. so you a

if north korea and safe korea, we will nice again, who feels themselves as 2nd rate seats as it is on this. so allow or visit the solution will be different. north korea, we'll develop it, we'll get our device relation. thanks to china. thanks to russia. thanks to all the concious, all the global cells. and this will be imagined, but the very end of them uh, what we saw in germany, germany, by the way, for one is not to be addressed if i gaze drive, so when q re re unite that and unfortunately, that is not the case. now germany is now behaving in a very, very cost. i don't mind. so the same thing will not happen in korea. that was the message i think, which boards, president clinton and present team sense. what do you think then the reception to this is going to be in the west to the new mutual assistance agreement, to level vis a. it will be very negative from the western media will try to present that this are our should be common, like north korea. there's nothing on this on going on. you leave here and you'll see that 12 is there. i say it is not in any way. legs not career, and i

is, is divided, and some countries refer to them as north korea and south korea that divided by a team that it tries are. and so there was some discussion around a piece of negotiations. the 2 companies all technically still at war, of course. uh, but i always say sports and around the gu building of gas and oil pipelines. and again, the issue over say of sanctions. this is one of the key issues for the date. the, i'll tell you that back in 2023 of course came down and visited you visited rusher again and they spoke about again the restoration of 2 months having an economic ties. and this was partly to minimize the impact of the cobit 19 palm that makes on the impact of that. they again, then they spoke about space cooperation and the kinds that's kind of reflected in the makeup of the delegation because they're all representatives from both causal, most rushes space agency, amazing of the game. they've spoken about sanctions. and this is likely to be key to, to the today, today's visit bestbuy the, to the doesn't going to be holding tools like i to sign a some kind of memorandum as we

and this re new defense pat between russia and north korea. and i think the, in general, the us is quite limited when it comes to getting in the way of this relationship due to the geo political environment that the us has now situated to call us bring to you. and because you are focused on vietnam, this is not a part of the states, but it was in the same trips that putin made to north korea. was it happy to be lovington with such a prime nation? no. in fact, we now know from retired diplomats who are well informed that noise, that the yes i tried to to the length of 2. and i think when we look at the joint statement, we can say, well, they have the, the had to grin and bear a foot and was going to go to north korea. and that would have repercussions for vietnam, but the craft of joint statement, but tried to distance yourself from the bellicose rhetoric that came out of the young on what impact did it have on put in standing though, if it, if the whole trip was designed to show the west, that putin is not isolated, to what extent did the high

as north korea, china and iran.lobal. in the west they first set fire, when sparks and smoke begin to fly in their direction, they begin to shout means to the whole world about threat and safety. nikit, but it’s unlikely that they are so afraid, but why do they shout so loudly, but they are afraid, oles, with all due respect, but i think that they are really afraid, because stoltenberg, this is just a meeting, no, of course, this is not everything just a meeting, everyone understands perfectly well that even though there will be an agreement on paper. many things will be discussed and i am sure our leaders will come to a consensus; they will be implemented behind the scenes for stoltenberg says correctly , the world is really collapsing, the western world, here this unipolar world, where there are only rules that are dictated by the americans, well , everyone else implements them, and through their satellites, in this case it’s really north korea alone, it’s one story, north korea, iran and china. and russia is not

this, south korea, the republic of korea, there is nothing to worry about, because our assistance inn relation to one of the parties who signed this document. aggression will be carried out, as far as i know, the republic of korea is not planning aggression against the korean people's democratic republic, which means there is no need to be afraid of our cooperation in this area, as for the supply of lethal weapons to the combat zone in ukraine, this would be a very big mistake, i hope that this will not happen, if this happens, then we will we will also accept accordingly. nato is discussing right now the bringing of nuclear warheads into combat readiness right now , and how russia perceives this step and how it will affect global stability and security. the strategic nuclear forces of the russian federation are always in a state of full combat readiness, so what they are doing now in western countries does not bother us much, but we are of course closely watching this. well, you can take a look, it’s all written there that in the event of martial law - this means that these powers a

here in south korea as well.— korea as well. vladimir putin has now moved _ korea as well.tin has now moved to _ korea as well. vladimir putin has now moved to vietnam, | korea as well. vladimir putin | has now moved to vietnam, a different alliance there. what are the objectives there? vladimir putin is a very welcome guest in vietnam, this is a long and established relationship and friendship, remember the top leaders in vietnam, many of them have been educated in russia, many speak the language, the soviet union had historically held vietnam and the war with the french, the us, economically, and militarily. the armed forces in vietnam are still use russian weapons. vietnam will have to do walk a fine balance because while prides itself in this bamboo diplomacy, a friend of all an enemy of banana, i think the fact that the us is not happy about this visit will be in the back of their minds. they will think we want to keep this friendship, they want to keep the relationship russia is no longer one of our biggest economic trading partners, that is the us and china, we need

here in south korea, the u. s. and and elsewhere for us and a dustin strategic partnership of the potential to destabilize the asia pacific region. certainly i think that's perhaps already happened even on, on friday here in south korea, they announce that they're going to have larger military exercises. it's multi domain military exercises including the air force uh the troops and, and navy of south korea. the us in japan, even within this month. so the repercussions of this north korea, russia, a military developing military alliance, i think is something that's going to be hard to changing and evolving, moving forward, gresh thomas, frank smith. and so, thanks so much for that or out in your upfront is due to volt and snap and actions of the end of the month unfolds show. the opposition followed by national riley cooled come out from top surveys, also show that their messages resume, doing among young voters and recently on up in elections default i took in nearly 30 percent of the you for nationally dw correspo

we've seen a north korea launching fresh build balloons across. it's across the border image in reprisal for a south korean activist here release, releasing propaganda balloons. and in recent days, in the past week or so, we've also seen an exchange of gunfire. runing shots because the south koreans say north korean soldiers have been hard at work and the demilitarized zone separating the 2 careers fortifying defenses. and at times, crossing over the the line into the south with the south firing warning shots to warn them to get back to the duel. so these are the 10s times indeed all along the frontier between the 2. great and a to thanks so much hope we will be keeping a very close eye on developments they are over the next day or so. this is rob mcbride for us, the in a south korea for more on this on a tank and is a senior fellow at the time he institute, and as a chinese political affairs specialist, he joins us now by scott from beijing. thanks very much for being with us here on out. is there a festival loaded in china that has a strong rela