ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. russia's invasion of ukraine has imposed itself on south korea's presidential election, highlighting south korea's national security challenges. the 2 lean candidates and wednesdays elections and their supporters have weighed in on the issue some suggesting the ukraine situation offers a lesson conservative, young silk, joe coles for a hard line with pyongyang. while progressive lead, james young argues for redoubled efforts at peace with north korea. south korea's international affairs will be very different depending on who wins wednesday's vote . i put on a piece in ukraine, echoes through a rally of conservative christians in sole gathering to pray for a change in south korean leadership. just ahead of the presidential election. russia's invasion of ukraine has again raised awareness of south korea's security challenges. military veteran and activists, e, guam, silk, suggest the public could learn something from the war. little care we must have a strong national defense. if we are off our guard, we could always fall into ukraine's position and

ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. we're taking a closer look at se asia today and how the russian invasion of ukraine so far away is impacting the region. and also how some countries have responded. asia has seen far fewer people take to the streets to protest the war. nothing like the hundreds of thousands who rallied across european capitals. instead. most protests have involved ukrainians and russians abroad, such as this group in bali, indonesia, indonesian president joker with dodo has decided not to join the group of nations imposing sanctions on russia. in general, the country prefers to stay neutral when it comes to conflicts, in part because the main domestic agenda is economic growth. and that means doing business with as many countries as possible. russia accounts for less than one percent of trade with indonesia, but about 16 percent of the country's military weaponry is from russia. t w's garrick matters, had the chance to speak to indonesian ambassador near us, our jaya director general for american and

ah, i melissa chan. thanks for joining us. the world is focused on the russian invasion of ukraine, but in asia, the attention is on south korea as presidential election. a consequential one that will determine the country's national security approach to it's very own threatening neighbor to the north, north korea and will determine u. s. foreign policy in the region. the winner is young. so if you're a conservative who has said that he would consider a pre emptive strike against north korea and who supports more sanctions against kim john ans regime miss angela chosen young doyle, i will build strong armed forces to deter any provocations, worship in order to protect our people safety property and sovereignty. i assure you that i will respond sternly against north korea's illegal and irrational actions according to principles. how are you? but i'll always leave a door open for dialogue with north korea and didn't your all from cushion for more . we have do young kim from the center for a new american security, joining us a d

ah, i melissa chan. thanks for joining us. we start with ukraine where some 20000 students from india had been studying many of them for their medical degrees. they too were swept up in the may, him of war. most fled to bordering countries, including poland and romania, where they have been sent home by the indian government for the last few days. however, the concern has been over 600 students still stuck in the eastern city of sumi. we understand the students have been successfully evacuated. here's their story. by d, w many are chaudhry. finally and end. do a nail biting rate. anxious relatives had been talking outside dulles international airport over the past week, waiting for their loved ones to return from wars, chicken ukraine. they will finally breathe a sigh of relief. reports indicate the last group of remaining indians. students in the eastern ukrainian city of sumi has now been evacuated from re rebates. we were last week, students looked at a hostile and so me russia border, which had come under heavy russian fir

ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. we're taking a closer look at se asia today and how the russian invasion of ukraine so far away is impacting the region. and also how some countries have responded. asia has seen far fewer people take to the streets to protest the war. nothing like the hundreds of thousands who rallied across european capitals instead, most protests have involved ukrainians and russians abroad, such as this group in bali, indonesia, indonesian president joker were dodo has decided not to join the group of nations imposing sanctions on russia. in general, the country prefers to stay neutral when it comes to conflicts, in part because the main domestic agenda is economic growth. and that means doing business with as many countries as possible. russia accounts for less than one percent of trade with indonesia, but about 16 percent of the country's military weaponry is from russia. d. w. georg matches had the chance to speak to indonesian ambassador near us, our jaya director general for american and euro

ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us with russia bombarding ukrainian cities and with evidence. hooton's army is targeting civilians. there is tremendous desire to make the horse stop and some policy makers are looking at china. aging has made early attempts to position itself as a peacemaker here, but the close relationship between chinese liter shooting, ping, and russian leader vladimir putin prompts questions about just how neutral china can be once bitter rivals, china and russia are now as close as frenemy can be the start of the winter olympics and beijing last month. so she, jim ping and vladimir putin declare a new era, a no limits partnership backing each other over stand offs and ukraine and taiwan with a promise to collaborate more against the west. china likes to present itself as an honest broker in the conflict, but following the russian invasion, beijing has largely cited with its neighbor and close security partner russia. and rather than criticize moscow, the chinese government instead blames the u. s. for causing the crisis. he bought it, we hope all parties w

ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. russia invasion of ukraine has imposed itself on south korea's presidential election, highlighting sal careers, national security challenges. the 2 lean candidates and wednesdays elections and their supporters have weighed in on the issue some suggesting ukraine situation offers a lesson conservative, young silk, joe coles for a hard line with pyongyang. while progressive lead, james young argues for redoubled efforts at peace with north korea. south korea's international affairs will be very different depending on who wins wednesday's vote . i put on my piece in ukraine, echoes through a rally of conservative christians in sole, furthering to pray for a change in south korean leadership. just ahead of the presidential election. russia's invasion of ukraine has again raised awareness of south korea's security challenges. military veteran and activist e. g wang silk, suggest the public could learn something from the war. little care we must have a strong national defense. if we are off our guard, we could always fall into ukraine's position and be

melissa chan, we'll have those stores in a whole lot more coming up in just a moment and berlin and you can help with with how many push it out in the world right now. the climate change. if any, off the story. this is life less the way from just one week. how much work can really get we still have time to go. i'm doing with his subscriber or more with with ah, ah, with sword dedicating people of iraq is devastated. and there's no end to violence. how did it come to this group? this is revealed and unprecedented story. he behaved exactly like the gums and the poison spread their own with the great documentary series iraq destruction of the nation. this week on d. w. you're watching t w news. asia coming up today as russia continues is offensive, and ukraine, many policy makers in europe and beyond our asking whether china can help as a mediator to end this conflict will take a closer look. plus people in taiwan also fear a giant neighbor to the north and see the rooster ukrainian war as a cautionary tale and a massive wake up call.

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ah, i melissa chan at thanks for joining us. the world is focused on the russian invasion of ukraine, but in asia, the attention is on south korea's presidential election. a consequential one that will determine the country's national security approach to it's very own threatening neighbor to the north, north korea, and will determine u. s. foreign policy in the region, the winner is young if you're a conservative who has said that he would consider a pre emptive strike against north korea and who supports more sanctions against kim john ans regime committee. and john were chosen young daughter, i will build strong armed forces to deter any provocations partial in order to protect our people, safety property and sovereignty. i assure you that i will respond sternly against north korea's illegal and irrational actions according to principles. huh. but i'll always leave a door open for dialogue with north korea and didn't euro from cushman for more. we have do young kim from the center for a new american security. joining us a do

ah, ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. we start with ukraine where some 20000 students from india had been studying many of them for their medical degrees. they too were swept up in the may, him of war. most fled to bordering countries, including poland and romania, where they have been sent home by the indian government for the last few days. however, the concern has been over 600 students still stuck in the eastern city of sumi. we understand the students have been successfully evacuated. here's their story. by d, w many are chaudhry. finally and end. do an meal biting wheat. anxious relatives have been thronging outside daddy's international airport over the past week, waiting for their loved ones to return from wars, chicken ukraine. they will finally breathe a sigh of relief. reports indicate the last group of remaining indian students in the eastern ukrainian city of sumi has now been evacuated from re review. last week, students dug at a hostile and so me russia border which had come under heavy russian fire uploade

ah, ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us with russia bombarding ukrainian cities and with evidence. hooton's army is targeting civilians. there is tremendous desire to make the horse stop and some policy makers are looking at china. aging has made early attempts to position itself as a peacemaker here, but the close relationship between chinese leader shooting ping and russian leader vladimir putin. prompts questions about just how neutral china can be. once bitter rivals, china and russia are now as close as frenemy can be the start of the winter olympics. and beijing last month saw she, jim ping and vladimir putin declare a new era, and no limits partnership backing each other over stand offs and ukraine and taiwan with a promise to collaborate more against the west. china likes to present itself as an honest broker in the conflict, but following the russian invasion, beijing has largely cited with its neighbour and close security partner russia. and rather than criticize moscow, the chinese government instead blames the u. s. for causing the crisis. he bought it, we hope all par