affects him to this day he depicts it in his paintings and sketches the absurd odyssey through pyongyang beijing and laos covering thousands of kilometers in order to reach south korea just over the border. he was helped by the chinese mafia who smuggle him to laos where he struggled his way through the jungle. when he finally saw the church crosses above seoul it seemed unreal and freedom brought confusion a cult of personality in pop music a uniformity of commercial brands. the dominating position of religion. all strategies that seem similar to those used in north korea. in north korea there's one political ideology but in south korea there are several powerful ideologies. since i painted so many propaganda paintings i was sensitized to those things. today so movie uses a propaganda stick style to oppose the powerful and challenge to both north and south korea. exhibitions in china germany and the united states have made the artist increasingly well known. combines ideological symbols from north and south korea seeking a new language of fellowship. he turns propaganda into a melancholy utopia

colder than it looks minus 5 in general sort minus one in sapporo you'll notice only 3 in pyongyang and beijing down to 0 very quiet environment that the breeze is not moving things around very much the still plenty of cloud in the middle of this part of china it's not bringing much with it it's just preventing proper winter coming for the south to shanghai was creeping up a little bit up to 30 degrees hong kong has gone down to 20 but we're in the sunshine here this breeze that does develop thunderstorms significant rain possibly on the vietnamese coast to the south of that big a shower or down through borneo northern sumatra but not as far south as you might expect as i've been saying for ages so for java it looks like a fairly fine continuation. al-jazeera world meets 2 arabs. left the middle east but for successful careers in other parts of the world. the lebanese kind of call the just turned on to them in brazil. and iraq to buy any of the norwegian of the industry. unusual journeys leading to unexpected places. the doctor and the will move on al-jazeera. are resigned to take a look at the

monday tokyo includes the heaviest affair the south dry behind frosty start sunny day in pyongyang is and beijing has 2 examples in mainland china the same is true but not the same extent south of rouhani and we're talking about the teens or more for the most places and this year higher up a bit right and a bit of cloud but monday's a sunny day and shanghai is forecast to be up to 10 hong kong at 21 humidity quite like. from the al-jazeera london total cost center team special guest in conversation i am here because of colonialism unprompted it's funny interrupted there's a sense of white man's burden still having some legitimacy in terms of spreading knowledge and technology pretty. preparations for something more new mentally horrific slavery studio script on al-jazeera. and watching al-jazeera remind us of our top stories this hour iraq's cabinet has met to discuss the prime minister's resignation. his intent to quit on friday following weeks of antigovernment protests that often turn violent. rebels in the eastern democratic republic of congo have killed another 13 people it happened in crick

seems quite likely your heart i will leave behind much more of a chill max when temps from pyongyang and 0 in beijing plus 7 now that is a winter feel to the sas of course the cold hasn't got this far still talking about just sub 20 in shanghai and subsidy in hong kong still rain you'll notice in this part of china it's gone away by thursday the temps start to come down again 16 in shanghai and places in hong kong was no she miti this rain on the coast of vietnam and in the philippines a potential tropical development with the rain is thankfully now near indonesia. story 1400 years in the making. a story of succession lead to. the story of dispute the vision of. the caliph episode. just. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories for you right now at least 4 people have been killed in exchanges of fire over the israel gaza border following me assassination of a palestinian islamic jihad commander overnight israeli airstrikes have also had apartment buildings and hamas facility in gaza israeli military says around 50 rockets have been fired from gaza prompting the closure of schools. hong kong po

pyongyang fired 2 rockets after stalled denuclearization talks with the us china has accused arnold trump of sinister intentions after the president signed a hong kong human rights bill that could help protect protests of beijing has threatened to respond. armed groups have carried out new attacks in eastern democratic republic of congo 19 people were killed outside the city of beni in a raid while 3 people were killed in separate attacks in be a cutter the violence comes as residents protest against what they see as inaction by un peacekeepers tasked with protecting them. recovery efforts in kenya have been stretched beyond their limits by devastating flooding and landslides in west pocket people have been left to dig in the mud themselves searching for the remains of their missing relatives. rescue workers in albania racing to find survivors from choose days powerful earthquake fault is a choice be a still a major killer and african nations are struggling with the highest infection rates thousands of experts will meet in rwanda to exchange ideas and work out how to confront one of the world's most serious health challenges special coverage on al-jazeera. liz vang. the. m. z one. just. in august the world wat