general van cleat fortified the city of seoul, determined not to lose it again. be met by a storm of fire. they lost tens of thousands, but still they came on. and then suddenly, they faltered. broke. they started pulling back pursued by our armor. again the communists had run afoul of two things. the immense fire power of the 8th army and the principles of logistics. they were simply unable to supply a large force for a sustained offensive. june 2, 1951, again, we crossed the 38th parallel. a badly battered enemy withdrawing before us. soviet u.n. delegate jacob mullic frankly proposed truce talks suggesting that perhaps a cease-fire could be discussed. on july 10th, primary truce talk was openeds in the red-held city of kasong. they were to drag on two long years while the blood-shed continued. the lines of the fighting front became virtually stabilized. after 12 days, the talks in kasong were deadlocked over the issue of a cease-fire align. then the communist broke off the talks. in the fall, they were resumed at panmoonjong. the fighting continued. materiels

in a week of heavy fighting, our forces drove 20 miles inland to seoul.an 10,000 north koren troops were dug in. waiting in every street corner with orders to fight to the death. northward past the 38th parallel. first busan fell. psychological warfare played an important part. for loudspeaker messages. and safe conduct passes for north korean troops. often entire unit stack their weapons and waited for the arrival of un forces. our army units pushed on for the yellow river korea's northernmost boundary. but there were signs of potential trouble ahead some of the prisoners taken from the north or the uniform of the communist chinese army november found elements of the 10th corps on the frozen banks of the river. while they ate their thanksgiving dinner, they could look across the river and see communist china. victory seemed assured. there was talk of war's end by christmas. on the other side, chinese armies were amassing. new wars were about to begin. late in november, the chinese filled army attacked, splitting u.n. forces and holding them back. what pr

the general fortified the city of seoul, determinative lose it again.on in, waves met by a storm of fire. they lost tens of thousands. still the came on. suddenly, they faltered, broke, and start pulling back, pursued by our. armor again the communists had run afoul of two things. the men's power of the army and the principles of the joysticks. they were simply unable to supply a sustained offensive or large force. june 2nd, 1951, again we crossed the 38th parallel. a badly battered enemy withdrawing for us. soviet un delegate, jacob, frankly proposed trust, talks suggesting that a cease-fire could be discussed. underlie tent, preliminary truce talks were opened in the red held city of -- they were to drag on for too long years, while the bloodshed continued. it the light at the fighting front became virtually stabilized. john after 12 days, the talks in case song we're deadlocked over an issue of a cease-fire line. then the communists broke off the talks. in the fall they were resumed. the fighting continued. material were expended daily and nightly in

in a week of henavy fighting, or forces drove 20 miles inland fromto inc seoul.e than 10,000 north korean troops were dug in and waiting at every street corner with orders to fight to the death. the united nations' offensive role rolled back the communist forces, sweeping northward past the 38th parallel. first cason fell. then wasson on the east coast. then pyongyang, the north korean capital itself. psychological warfare played an important part. loud speaker messages and safe conduct passes for north korean troops inviting them to surrender met with striking success. often entire units stacked their weapons and awaited the arrival of u.n. forces. our army units pushed on through the uha river, korean's northernmost boundary. but there were signs of potential trouble ahead. some of the prisoners taken in the north wore the quilted uniform of the communist chinese army. november found elements of the 10th corps on the frozen banks of the river. while they ate their thanksgiving daner, they could look across the river and see communist china. victory seemed assur

what should seoul be tnking about as this unfos here in waington?so, i think it-- for seoul, all the allies puts them alln awkward positions because they're-- they're not able to fully interact wh a transition team that's fully stood up and will be able to hit the ground running in january. and so, yes, we see, you know, the foreign minister coming over, there are a lot of ruling party members that are comg over, but you know,ithout that ascertament as denis said, it makes it awkward for all u.s. allies and partner who want to get to work you know, with the n teamnd it's doing a disservice not just to u.s. domestic policy and national security, it' doing is disservice to all of our allie and partners. >> thanks, victor. ay, back to mr. mcdonough, denis, round two, coming back to the buffet again as is the course of this show. we can't get enough. so, let's go a little deeper on policy. you sat as key decision maker in the wes wing for eight years. can you justun us through two really interesting elements here that people i've heard pele ask about, o

what should seoul be thinking about? victor: i think for all the allies it puts them all in awkward positions because they're not able to -- they're not able to fully interact with a transition team that's fully stood up and will be able to hit the ground running in january. and so, yes, we see the foreign ministry coming over, there are a lot of ruling party members that are coming over. but without that ascertainment, it makes it very awkward for all u.s. allies and partners who want to sort of get to work with the new team and so it's ing a disservice not just to domestic policy and national security, it's doing a disservice to all of our allies and partners. ark: thanks. we can't get enough. so let's go a little deeper on policy. you sat as a key decision maker in the west wing for eight years. can you just run us through two really interesting elements here that people i've heard people ask about. one, the challenges that the biden administration will face, especially foreign policy comes to mind, and how to priorit

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the majority of the new cases are within the capital seoul as well. and they are concerned that this particular wave could potentially be worse than the first two waves, and the reason for that, they say, is because there are numerous smaller outbreaks across the capital this time around. in the first and second waves, you had just a few large epicenters, which were far easier to contain and do contact tracing. there was a lot of community transition at this point. now, officials have put extra restrictions in place. we've moved up to level 2 social distancing meaning that clubs and bars are closed, that you have to wear a mask indoors. if you don't, you will be fined around $90. things like restaurants only can do take out after 9:00 p.m. they're trying to restrict social distancing somewhat. but they do warn that numbers will continue to rise in the coming days. they're hoping by early next week we could be able to see the impact of the increased restrictions playing some part. but certainly there are a lot of concerns. we have heard from the south

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you mentioned seoul.outh korea because it is in the midst of its third wave of infections and indonesia also seeing a record surge. indonesia, since the outbreak began, we got the outbreak of new cases, 6267 new cases yesterday, the most since the outbreak began. 169 new deaths reported, another record number. early on, the outbreak was pretty bad, but now we have more testing and revelation of the 16,800 so they have deaths, 534,000 plus cases. and it isis a problem spreading beyond the epicenter of jakarta into central java. the prime minister was out talking today about the need for the other governments to take this seriously. south korea is in the third wave. they are going to tighten some restrictions on so-called dangerous facilities in industries like public baths and gyms in the greater seoul area. they lifted the alert level to two out of three. outside of seoul, they've lifted it to 1.5. like in indonesia, they are concerned about it spreading beyond seoul. taiwan,o mention because taiwan has b

tokyo, 20 degrees. 15 for seoul and beijing in the upper teens.eeing moisture towards chong ki ching and taipei. across the united states there is a very expansive ridge of highs that are moving along central going all the way towards eastern united states and also it's keeping things unseasonably warm in certain places. also going to remain sunny across the northern parts all the way towards the deep south and into east. denver, 22 and sunny, similar to oklahoma, around 23 degrees. a bit of moisture and showers are expected towards florida. miami will be 28. there could be rain there. part of the rain along those parts is still basically due to a tropical depression. but it might move back into the caribbean and strengthen, it will lead to more rainfall. that's all your weather. take care. >>> thank you for staying with us on this edition of nhk "newsline." hope you'll join us again. ♪ >>> welcome to "newsline" in depth. whether it's a day trip to the hills or a leisurely beach holiday, for many of us it's been our vacation plans that have helped

joining us from seoul is kelly who is managing editor of n.k. news dot org kelly what's your report card on how president trump has handled north korea do you think the region is more or less dangerous now than 4 years ago. you know that's a really hard question to answer i think as you know at the beginning of 2017 for and sense things were starting to look pretty scary on the korean peninsula granted a lot of those tensions were ramped up by president himself you know his term has been extremely unconventional in terms of how the united states has dealt with north korea and there are people that really support summitry that he's done with north korean leader kim jong un and 202019 and there are people who say that he should have never met with the north korean leader without some kind of preconditions in the 1st place but now we know we're a little over a year or so. chop met with kim jong un and february 29th no i saw you walked out of that meeting and the chip countries have not really made any meaningful progress since so i would say it's p

for much of the last week, and officials fear that could rise further or bright as a reporter from seoul. on south korea's 5, tier scale for social distancing restrictions are being raised to level 2 for the sole metropolitan area which is home to around half the country's population. the spike in new cases has officials here worried you're in a cocktail. if we do not stop this change, the number of patients will rise as if a dam had broken. the new measures will mean cafes can only serve takeout in restaurant dining will end earlier each evening while they'll be tighter restrictions on class sizes in schools and numbers of spectators at sporting events, night clubs will also be closed. the last time nightclubs were closed was in the 2nd wave that happened during the summer, the 1st way within the southeastern city of daegu, at the start of the outbreak here in february. but what worries officials about this wave is how widespread it is. absolute preemptive testing in isolating were effective for the previous 2 waves as they happen around main clusters. in contrast, this time there are v

fastest internet speeds in the world is a major target for game developers as rob mcbride reports from seoul. it's one business sector that has been thriving in the pandemic and has the makers of the most popular gaming consoles rushing their latest offerings to market. globally the gaming industry was stagnant last year but the outbreak of corona virus means the industry in south korea and the rest of the world has seen big growth. from sony there's the new playstation 5. we have the power branded playstation all of the world's biggest gaming ecosystems and an established user community going head to head with microsoft's latest x. box system it's like all gaming systems here benefiting from south korea's super fast 5 g. mobile internet network enabling ever more immersive play making need in the past people had to download install and then play a game going forward we will be playing games by streaming them align the professional gaming of the sports has also grown during the pandemic helping confirm south korea's position as a world leader. there a bigger sponsorship deals and developing

behind that will temperatures at about 18 celsius to seoul. but as a system makes its way further races look, at least a 10 degree drop on at temperatures there as you go on through friday, just 8 celsius in seoul, at that stage. very heavy rain coming right in across japan, snow on the northern flank, but clearer weather does come back in behind where some sparkling sunshine. i see sunshine. meanwhile, across central and northern parts of india, some showers down towards the south once again, possibility of some localized flooding. once again, affecting parts also like a little bit saying the heaviest of the rain down towards carolus and big downpours . and that wetter weather. now starting to pull away as we go on through friday, into the open waters of the arabian sea, and that's one to watch. actually, you can see this circulation just making its way across. see a radius, a that's pushing ever towards the horn of africa. could bring some flooding right into somalia by saturday. do you feel validated in south way? is a type of performative

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people in hospital in the united states with corona virus, as the number of new cases continues to seoul, almost 62000 people are currently hospitalized with coded 19, a 1000000. people have been infected in the united states in just the last 10 days . mass protests have been taking place across peru after martin of his car was removed as president protesters fought with police outside congress in the capital lima. this current remains very popular despite the accusations of corruption that led to his impeachment. russian peacekeeping troops have been deployed to go not care about following a deal to end 6 weeks of fighting. the disputed region is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan, but is controlled by ethnic armenians. the funeral for chief palestinian negotiator, save will be held on wednesday. he died on tuesday from 19 complications served as the chief negotiator in peace talks with israel to turn off decades. those are the headlines. the news continues here, after rewind. thank you. thank you. thank my. thank hello and welcome to rewind i'm laura kyle. since we launch

you know i'm here in seoul on broadway you might see a still a lot of those places boarded up and so far it's calm but let's wait and see but personally i would guess let's say donald trump would win this race at least here in new york i would guess that more people would be going to the street than we might see some unrest but at least for now it's calm but it's definitely not good for business and most of the places i see here around me are still boarded up . calling is probably good right now considering the situation thank you very much yes that quartet there in new york for us. so based on what we just heard american voters care most about the economy with millions of americans out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic many are hoping that the next president will be able to restore jobs and get through another much needed stimulus package now who will deliver that boost. to belief among trump's supporters in florida cuban americans are reliable republican voters and many of them are especially pleased with the president's handling of the economy. i'm here at the border and

finances and lenders are typically valued much lower than tech companies are correspondent and taipei seoul had so told us what this move means for the future of private tech firms in china we have to know that the ant a group is so successful and that is full of and to printers with ideas and business and services that really could make a really big impact in china and this is of course against what the chinese communist party believes in they have state control banks state controlled companies and that's very important to this country so this incident really once again just casts a shadow over the growth of the private institutions in china and chinese president xi jinping simply put that the private sector need people who listen to and follow the chinese communist party's rules. let's take a brief look at what else is going on in the business world away from the u.s. elections the bank of england increased its bond buying stimulus package by a bigger than expected 150000000000 pounds as it prepares for the economic fallout from new coronavirus ventures and the looming with afraid that th

we've already had an animated prequel, seoul station. so now, here comes the sequel.er the original outbreak, train to busan presents: peninsula finds a ragtag group returning to the plague zone in search of a truck stashed with money. the mission seems straightforward, but when our anti—heroes are ambushed, it becomes apparent that not everyone in the infected zone is undead. lacking the bullet train simplicity of its snowpiercer—style predecessor, peninsula has more of a post—apocalyptic vibe vaguely reminiscent of george miller's mad max 2 orjohn carpenter's escape from new york. there's also a touch of aliens in the form of the young sisters who've survived on their wit and who prove more than capable of holding their own against marauding hordes. as for the action, there's a video game quality to some of the car chases which diminishes the sense of threat, but the blood and tears finale is terrifically overcooked fun. not a classic then, but an entertaining distraction, something we could all do with at the moment. train to busan presents: peninsula is currently

joining us from seoul is kelly casillas managing editor of n.k. news dot org kelly what's your report card on how president trump has handled north korea do you think the region is more or less dangerous now than 4 years ago. you know that's a really hard question to answer i think as you know the beginning of 2017 for and sense things were starting to look pretty scary on the korean peninsula granted a lot of those tensions were ramped up by president himself you know his term has been extremely unconventional in terms of how the united states has dealt with north korea and there are people that really support summitry that he's done with north korean leader kim jong un and 202019 and there are people who say that he should have never met with the north korean leader without some kind of preconditions in the 1st place but now we know we're a little over a year or so. chop met with kim jong un and february 29th i know i saw you walked out of that meeting and the chip entrées have not really made any meaningful progress since so i would say it's pr

and even in congested central seoul it's a way to secure your own individual space when distancing has taken on a new importance the specially trained convict in a nightmare. is a very lucky pool asked to have this place because there is no knowing there is a very calming place a small haven to call your own bride al jazeera so. excellent. these world series celebrations will go unpunished by the fact one of the players in attendance at the coronavirus far right here with the rest of the race for just about. frank assessments american public opinion piece betrayed by social media platforms after november 1 would be because if you believe that there are corrosive to our democracy one obvious solution is to break them up informed opinion. is not going anywhere the protesters aren't going anywhere either with a revolution. in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines who is it that's really out there on the street inside story on al-jazeera. i care about how the u.s. engages with the rest of the world i cover foreign policy national security is very much a political impounds here's the

and even in congested central seoul it's a way to secure your own individual space when distancing has taken on a new importance the specially trained this can be in a nightmare. is a very lucky pool has to have this place because there is no knowing this coming place a small haven to call your own rabbit bride al-jazeera soul. it is now time to thank so much the stars. looks to bottom self some breathing space as manchester united manager has struggling same beating ever since 31 in the english premier league got a couple of goals going to some park allison grabbing a late 3rd united had lost back to. at games heading into this one despite this when neither team still down in 13th place in the late southampton have taken top spot in the premier league for the 1st ever time they move into 1st place for that so you know we have a new castle on friday the lead on goal difference ahead of liverpool liverpool man city on sunday the result is the moment very top position but only for a few moments. it's but it's nice for the fans for the players. make a picture and enjoy it for me to import

in seoul, the two previous years had seen fruitless meetings between the soviet and united states commanders. soviet obstruction have resulted in the permanent division of the korean people at the 38th parallel, originally established only as a temporary boundary for administrative purposes. the chief task of the you newly created united nations commission was to obtain cooperation from the soviet authorities in establishing a united independent republic. this was made impossible by soviet refusal to allow the commission to cross the 38th parallel and cooperate in any way. only in south korea were free elections possible. the united nations assisted in the creation of an independent nation based on the freely expressed will of the people. soviet obstruction had prevented the participation of all koreans in a unified republic, but a republic there was. the newly elected government continued the work of the united states military government, which had voluntarily resigned its powers. land reform, education, public safety, and other projects were the concern of the new government. the people of

most of them in and around the capital, seoul and australia has recorded no new local transmissions for the past 7 days. it's a significant milestone for the country which experienced a resurgence of the virus back in july. all right, some sports now and liverpool star mohamed salah, has tested positive for the coronavirus while on international duty with egypt. the egyptian football association confirmed the news on friday. the forward has no symptoms, but will self isolate. it's a huge blow for coach. you know, that club is liverpool's top goal scorer and could miss the club's next 2 matches of the pandemic has forced contact restrictions was again on much of europe here in germany. those restrictions are set to last, at least until the end of the month. meaning that the backbone of sports here, which are amateur clubs, have had to shut down temporarily. professional football leagues like football's bundesliga are allowed to play on, but amateur clubs fear they may be on the brink of collapse. the lights rarely go up these days in jimmy's iams like this one in cologne, where members o

south korea has announced it will tighten social distancing rules from thursday in the greater seoul area and parts of gang one province. amid a resurgence of infections, sweden is limiting public gatherings to 8 people following a surge in new cases. unlike most countries, sweden has avoided lockdowns relying on ball in terry measures. and starting thursday, new zealanders will have to wear masks on public transport in off land and on planes. nationwide. this follows several small breaks in auckland. things us president elect joe biden, has warned of fatal consequences over the trumpet ministrations continued. refusal to coordinate with his transition team on the pandemic president has so far declined to begin a formal administration handover process focusing instead on disputing his election loss. here's what biden had to say during a speech in delaware. more people a vaccine is important to your vaccinated. so how do we get the vaccine? how do we get over $300000000.00, americans vaccinated? what's the game plan? it's a huge, huge, huge undertaking to get it done. greatest need wo

most of them in and around the capital seoul, australia has recorded no new local transmissions for the past 7 days. it's a significant milestone for the country which experienced a resurgence of the virus back in july. and liverpool soccer star mohammed salon has tested positive for coated. he's in egypt where he was preparing to play for the national team. the pandemic has, of course change the look of many events this year with video conferences replacing large in person gatherings. and it's no different for the fashion industry and its runway shows. but that is not the only change to brazil's main fashion week this year. have a look for the fashion set in brazil. it's the event of the year sao paulo fashion week models, designers and buyers flock to the country's most popular city this year, though, it has a different look. the pandemic has forced designers to hold virtual fashion shows many found other creative ways, like these videos, to showcase their collections. but something else is different. diversity, a new quota means that people of color must make up at least 50 percent o

we turn now to paula hancocks live from seoul. good to see you, paula. what's being said in south korea and any reaction coming out of north korea at this time? >> well, rosemary when it comes to south korea, there was a fairly swift congratulations from president moon jae-in, also says he's going to see there's going to be no vacuum, no gaps between the two administrations when it comes to the peace process. he doesn't believe it will change radically. also when it comes to alliances. of course we have heard from president elect biden. he wrote an op-ed that he will be encouraging closer alliances, something he believes donald trump did something very different, the exact opposite in fact. but when it coms to north korea, we hasn't yet heard a response. it's not unusual. it does take pyongyang to react to whoever's won the u.s. election. but it's likely this is not the result that the leader kim jong-un wanted. had haez spent a lot of time and effort with president donald trump. they have had three historic meetings. there were countless letters which m

than any other company, clearing nearly 60,000 hectares of forests, an area the size of chicago or seoulations now protected by state security forces. in may this year, when a local farmer turned up at the local office of korindo to complained about the destruction of his banana plantation, the police were called. three hours later, he was dead. his daughter grieves over his body, at the health clinic where he died. police say he died of a heart attack. cctv footage seen by the bbc captures a police officer hitting him. korindo, while having no role in his death, says they gave the family $15,000 us and will pay for his two children's education up to university. his daughter says nothing will make up for the loss of her father. our team heads deeper into the heart of papua to reach another korindo concession. here also, our team found palm oil development has bitterly divided tribes and families. elizabeth left her village to work in the city. when she returned she found out her brother, now deceased, had sold their land to korindo. there is no electricity here or clear running water. th

than any other company, clearing nearly 60,000 hectares of forests, an area the size of chicago or seoulst plantations now protected by state security forces. in may this year, when a local farmer turned up at the local office of korindo to complain about the destruction of his banana plantation, the police were called. three hours later, he was dead. his daughter grieves over his body at the health clinic where he died. police say he died of a heart attack. cctv footage seen by the bbc captures a police officer hitting him. korindo, while having no role in his death, says they gave the family $15,000 us and will pay for his two children's education up to university. his daughter says nothing will make up for the loss of her father. our team heads deeper into the heart of papua to reach another korindo concession. here too, our team found palm oil development has bitterly divided tribes and families. elizabeth left her village to work in the city. when she returned she found out her brother, now deceased, had sold their land to korindo. there is no electricity here or clear running water

. >> i'm paula hancocks in seoul. cases have hit an eight months high in south korea. the vast majority of the cases in the capital seoul. officials say this could be far worse than the previous two waves as this time around there are lots of smaller outbreaks around the city making contact tracing that much harder. there have been increased social distancing rules brought in this week. officials warn numbers will still rise over the coming days, and potentially by next week, they hope these restrictions will start having an impact. >>> i'm angus watson n sydney, australia, six members of the pakistan cricket team have tested positive for covid-19, despite each player testing negative four times before leaving pakistan on monday. the team has been in managed isolation since arriving but will now not be allowed to practice while undergoing their 14 days mandatory quarantine. the positive tests have put the upcoming cricket matches in jeopardy and raised questions over the safety of hosting international sport during th

high pressure keeping things clear for beijing, seoul and even into tokyo.unny skies are expected. speaking of sunny skies, you won't see much towards the eastern part of the united states. there is a strong frontal movement there bringing cooler conditions. heavy rainfall along florida. with that frontal system there, temperatures are still going to remain fairly warm for most parts of the eastern side of the united states. new york, it will be closer to the upper teens and lower 20s. it's been into lower 20s for the last six days or so. quite warm weather persists along those parts. that's all your weather. take ce.ar >>> that's nhk "newsline" for this hour. i'm yamamoto miki in tokyo. we'll be back at the top of the hour. ♪ >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." i'm yanaka marie. today, we look at the deep impact the pandemic is having on arts and culture. exhibition and performance space have become less available. but all is not lost. we take you behind the scenes to meet people working to protect arts and culture as well as our connections to it. first, w

and by diplomacy i mean first, close diplomatic coordination th tokyo, with seoul. he made tt very clear in his telephone conversation yesterday with prime minister suga. i think he'll make an effort with beijing, as well. although that's not going to be easy. whether there can be diplomacy with north korea, you know, that really depends on kim jong-un. biden indicated he's willing to negotiate, but he's a very experienced leader. biden has been around, and he's not going to get manipulated or fooled the way that his predecessor was in singapore. >> lots to consider here, mr. russell. thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> we'll be keeping an eye on these developments and others in the transition over the coming days and weeks. >>> the united nations says more than 7,000 ethiopians fled the fighting in the northern region to neighboring sudan. the ethiopian prime minister ordered a military offensive against the ethnic forces after they allegedly attacked a government base on november 4th. at least 500 are believed to have died. the international community