they need to work with seoul. is a gap, as i think you imply in your question, and we do have a government in seoul, a president and his last term who very much wants to leave a legacy of achieving some progress with north korea, so i think there will be a need for seoul and washington to really consult closely about the way forward and to have an approach that does include pressure as well as engagement as well as attention to some of the broader issues like humanitarian and human rights issues. haidi: ambassador stevens -- ambassador, what about the relationship with beijing? do you expect a better relationship if we get a more, i guess, at least, a calming of tensions between beijing and washington? kathleen: it will be difficult given that u.s.-china relations are in a very stressed and difficult situation. i see the rhetoric. -- i see the rhetoric becoming more normal and normalized. i think biden has made clear he wants to find some areas where he can work with beijing. north korea would seem to be one. i th

a year ago in south korea chinese visitors throng the capital seoul many of them vying got masks from pharmacies like this one with fears growing about a new virus spreading back home this year no crowds even the pharmacy has closed a detailed study by seoul city has shown just how much life has been transformed as visitors have stayed away and residents change the way they shop and work with around a 3rd less visitors to downtown areas this city like so many others moving away from in person activities towards more of a remote online existence to what we imagine to be happening has now been proved through the data and it can help us make more responsive to concrete policies in malaysia kuala lumpur's chinatown district is also suffering but traders here. they're all working with an online retailer to help shift the stocks of traditional new year clothing the recording goods i'm going to boil you will nobody wants new clothes this after the holiday but online we're hoping to get at least some cells east asian neighbors mocking the start of a lunar new year and adapting to a new realit

of the northwest pacific colder air tucking in behind tokyo around 9 degrees celsius not too bad in seoul 16 celsius him still getting up into double figures in beijing much of china now looking dry and fine for sas they make the most of it there is more unsettled weather on the way basing coast down to around 4 degrees with outbreaks of snow coming through could cause a little bit of disruption and then widespread rain that is easing over towards the yellow sea to central and southwestern parts of chart of the southeast will gradually see somewhat of weather as we go on through the weekend we've got some wet weather coming into the philippines over the next few days as per usual the seasonal rains or the way of sunshine then showers but the showers then nevertheless heavier showers will be once again across a good part of indonesia where we do have those flooding concerns particularly into java as we go on through sunday and hopefully wetter weather will make its way a little further eastwards not too much in the way of wet weather across south asia at present is slightly fine and dry bu

like this man who's been living in hiding in seoul since he fled the north. while growing up in the ninety's he witnessed how north korea developed increasingly capitalist structures before his escape he was responsible for exports likely the office's most profitable business fearing reprisals from the regime he likewise does not wish to be recognized. in. his home you have my position and a rank within the organization was management employee. but when they knew. i was in charge of foreign trade or. whether departments that did trade with europe. sure a lot of them in fact muds. hamburg germany until a few years ago the north korean state insurance company k n i c had a branch in an innocuous looking apartment block in the city. from here 6 north korean officials made deals with major european insurers. or home. office 39 has a department for foreign insurance policies this department conducts insurance fraud you. for example they used to reinsure russian m 18 helicopters that were nearing the end of their operational lives. already sumi. in concrete terms t

last year, i went to its capital city seoul to find out about a very ancient and booming tradition ofut the importance of fortune—telling in south korea. dozens of cafes offer a look into the future through tarot cards, palm and face reading, and saju, an ancient form of divination which uses the cosmic energy of your time and date of birth to predict your luck. you were born in summertime, 0k. please be patient. but after next year could be much better, from 2022 to here, 2029. it's a golden time. golden time for me — i like the sound of that. yes, it's very nice. so do you get lots of young people coming in? yes, mostly we have young customers. young people come for — about relationships, they want to know boyfriends, what he thinks, what they think, and about their career. because saju is not some energy, it decides your destiny. wow. thank you so much. speaks korean. saju has become a form of entertainment for koreans but the pressure of modern lives and competition for education and jobs also compel many koreans to seek reassurance in traditional clairvoyance. most of them take i

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she joins us now from seoul. so, paula, what is the military's likely next move? as they watch and worn the generals they will be held accountable for their actions? >> reporter: rosemary, the greatest concern now is that there could be more of a crackdown from the military, and you showed that video where you see and can hear rounds of we don't know if it was live fire or rubber bullets being used to disperse the crowd. you can see protesters fleeing the area. water cannon also being used. we're starting to see an increase really in the amount of force the military is willing to use to disperse protestors. that's clearly the biggest concern at this point. at the same time as that you are seeing the military shutting down the internet for eight hours overnight from sunday into monday. the internet was almost completely shut down. obviously the concern is the people won't be able to communicate with each other. they won't be able to show the outside world what is happening and then also you have the government and general changing the penal code, which does appear

it would not take nuclear weapons to destroy seoul. there are conventional -- everybody in the business, so to speak, believes that they have so many conventional weapons targeted on seoul that in a day, you know, the city would be flattened. >> so much money and effort goes into these various countries having nuclear weapons or the potential. it's a mexican standoff. >> yes. . >> if you don't have it, you're weak. if you have it you're stronger. >> people pay attention to you. ask yourself the question, why does north korea want to spend all this money on nuclear weapons? why? because they have our attention. they are the bad guys and they have this perfect deterrent situation. they have south korea they can swat like a fly, and we cannot -- without taking a chance having south korea destroyed. you know, bomb north korea. why doesn't china do something? well, china doesn't want to see regime change collapse. and worst of all, they talk about china doesn't want refugees streaming across the border, that's the number two issue. they don

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now where efforts are being made to rein in the number of covert 1000 cases among its pet population seoul is offering free testing for any animals owned by people themselves infected with the coronavirus the effort to test and quarantine pets comes just weeks after a kitten in seoul became south korea's 1st confirmed case of an animal with covert 19. this is no ordinary trip to the veterinarian health care workers made a house call to test this dog for the corona virus. after some coaxing the animal emerged from its cannell for a series of swabs. as of monday house pets can be tested free of charge if they meet their requirements. for those. dogs and cats that came into contact with the confirmed patient can apply for testing that if it's determined that there are symptoms you can contact the animal department and a team of health care workers will visit your home to collect the sample from 2 to get into. pets who test positive must remain in isolation for 14 days at home. around the world other animals including zoo gorillas and mink have tested positive for cove at 19. the officials her

shape the cold outbreak would suggest snow throughout the korean peninsula including quite possibly in seoul on tuesday gets even colder ones down to minus 5 this looks like a return of winter with a cold going down through shanghai but by the end of the week lol gone the temperatures in seoul back up to about plus 9. to make a change. change a life for the path of a country challenge the accepted truth you want to create something you push to break you continue remolded overturn the status quo and fight injustice all month the day. will. witness personal documentaries like alter of deception on al-jazeera. the all. amount to top stories here now jazeera security forces in myanmar have opened fire on protesters in the city of mandalay as part of a wider crackdown on the 10s of thousands of people who demonstrated against the military coup. a series of explosions in the iraqi city of erbil has killed one person and injured several of those 3 blasts were heard with smoke seen at the perimeter of the airport where u.s. forces are based. the global effort to vaccinate people in less developed co

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temperatures getting up to 23 celsius in tokyo so some very good spring like weather is warm enough in seoul and in beijing with highs of around 12 degrees celsius but there's a little more wintry as we go on into where choose day single figures once again for seoul and for pacing and notice some snow just coming back into that western side of honshu pushing up into hokkaido bay a little cooler in tokyo but still not too bad here at around 17 celsius with plenty of sunshine sheltered by the mountains plenty of sunshine so it's a central parts of india but a little more cloud towards the south a member see some showers just coming into under but they're pushing across into they want to shower stretching all the way across actually into kerala and into kind of talk i will see some showers to just drive in the way across from lanka but some pleasant sunshine in between further north just notice a little disturbance pushing across the far north of pakistan with some rain sleet and snow coming through here that snow stretch across the far north of in the mixing things up a little sea temperatures

where we wipe out the snow showers and replace with rain showers so the thought sets in in honshu seoul confirms that average is 5 where up to 30 or 40 to sustain sunday just cool down as the wind goes into northwest monday bernie and to left and we're still there for above average action the philippines see a named storm locally its code is wrong but ordering is what we're going to call it for international perspective and that's on its way through to the center for science probably later on in the weekend not quite make it typhoon strength in the current forecast but the 1st of the season the 1st a year windy and wet and potentially of course quite damaging. there is a change in the weather in india showers are forming very few of them but they're all the same well that keeps the air quality quite good sadly it's not reached the north quite foggy but those calls it was. but. jump into the story there is a lot going on in this and julian global community when i don't have all the misinformation i think we are more afraid than we are and where be part of the debate don't ever take anybo

korea where efforts are being stepped up to halt coronavirus cases among peoples pets the capital seoul is offering free testing for pets whose owners have tested positive a kitten has become south korea's 1st confirmed case of animal cove with 19. this is no ordinary trip to the veterinarian health care workers made a house call to test this dog for the corona virus. after some coaxing the animal emerged from its kennel of course series of swabs as of monday house pets can be tested free of charge if they meet their requirements. for those. dogs and cats that came into contact with the confirmed patient can apply for testing. if it's determined that there are symptoms you can contact the animal department and a team of health care workers will visit your home to collect the sample from to its orbit and. pets who test positive must remain in isolation for 14 days at home. around the world other animals including zucker realist and mink have tested positive for cove at 19. the officials here aren't taking any chances after months of rising cases the numbers in south korea are now on the

other local governments plan to follow in seoul footsteps to ensure these 4 legged friends are also free to roam. finally using conferences they've become the norm for wants of us during this pandemic but not everyone understands the technology in this courtroom video for example an american lawyer has a few problems on the mind of the old you have grown filter is in the office and the video settings you might want to all out there to find the number george i can hear you i think it's a filter it in there has to go out of my assistant or she's trying to fall off of. that's i'm here live that's not i'm not a cat. that's right it's not attack the day is always done the covers there's he continues online to find us on twitter either g.w. news you can follow me and print off t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody. and they're crammed into overcrowded cells under into main conditions. in russia thousands of the volley supporters have been arrested on so many big jails in and around moscow our 1st thing at the scene voluntee

south korea efforts are being stepped up to hold coronavirus cases among peoples pets the capital seoul is offering free testing for pets whose owners have tested positive and kit has become south korea's 1st confirmed case of animal coated 90. this is no ordinary trip to the veterinarian health care workers made a house call to test this dog for the corona virus. after some coaxing the animal emerged from its can of course series of swabs. as of monday house pets can be tested free of charge if they meet their requirements. because. dogs and cats that came into contact with the confirmed patient can apply for testing that will if it's determined that there are symptoms you can contact the animal department and a team of health care workers will visit your home to collect the sample wanted to check into. pets who test positive must remain in isolation for 14 days at home. around the world other animals including zucker realist and mink have tested positive for cove at 19. the officials here aren't taking any chances after months of rising cases the numbers in south korea are now on the

from a nearby elderly care home were among the 1st to get the astra zeneca vaccine at a hospital in seoul south korea started its national vaccination role. playing for the past year i've been very worried that if i got the current virus i could pass it on to the elderly residents this campaign begins exactly a year after a large outbreak in the city of daegu made south korea for a time the worst affected country after china its success in controlling the spread through innovative testing and tracing was a model for other countries to follow. but it meant there wasn't the same urgency to vaccinate soon or. of course if we had a rapid increase in confirmed cases like in europe or the united states them even if it was risky we would have to go ahead with vaccinations and it's led to claims of complacency from many medical professionals pictionary for having what we should have secured vaccines in a more aggressive way instead of being late the government says it was being prudent want to but when it comes to securing vaccines it's like a war out there largely praised around the world for it

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laura bicker reports from seoul.s here call them modern day slaves. migrant workers don�*t just toil night and day in these fields, they must live here too. inside his shipping container, this worker tells us he came here to provide for his family in cambodia. endurance for a salary, for money. like thousands of other legal migrant workers, he�*s tied to a contract. translation: the hardest thing for workers is - that there�*s absolutely no freedom of movement, and the workers are bound entirely to the owners. a complete master servant relationship. nearby, we find a group of young women living in similar conditions. this is their bathroom. about three people will shower, wash, cook in here. it�*s like a container facility but this is basically where they shower. so this is a bucket and water. for this room, she pays the farmer $150 a month to live here. as well of course, she works eight or nine hours a day. we are told it can be much worse for undocumented workers. but there�*s hope that south koreans are finally b

. ♪ >> korea's cpac kicks off in seoul, south korea. >> just make the statement.rea, and think about it for a little bit. ♪ >> the fourth largest economy in asia. hence the nickname, the korean miracle. the south korean president is on track to changing that. often accused of imposing marxism on korea, he shows alarming simpatico for the commonest policies of north korea. >> the threat of communism is growing. it is really a problem in so many corners of the globe. cpac south korea. i had to keep pinching myself. are we really going to go right in the middle of all that and have a cpac echo and would anybody show out -- have a cpac? and would anybody show up? >> though 500 were expected, more than 1000 koreans showed up, feeling into overflow space at the hotel. >> i am here able to learn about the people in south korea and the trials and tribulations they have that are not so different in some sense from some of the things we are seeing in the united states. >> [indiscernible] >> what america has been facing for the last couple of years is a generational change.

laura bicker, bbc news seoul.of its awards season — we�*ll tell you why this year�*s golden globe nominations are making history. this is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa�*s white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. and the anc leader, nelson mandela, is to be set free unconditionally. three, two, one. a countdown - to a critical moment. the world's most powerful rocket ignited all 27 - of its engines at once. and apart from its power, it's this recycling of the rocket, l slashing the cost of a launch, l that makes this a breakthrough in the business| of space travel. two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. one of them called it "a piece of cake". thousands of people have given the yachtswoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth a

cnn's paula hancocks joins me now live from seoul. you spoke exclusively with a high-level north korean diplomat who recently defected. tell us about it. >> reporter: that's right, michael. yes. this is a defector, who came here back in 2019, but news of it only emerged just in the last week. now, he spoke first to cnn. he did offer some words of advice for u.s. president joe biden, but he also pointed out how worried he was for the safety of his family. he told his teenage daughter he'd drive her to school. instead, he drove to the south korean embassy and claimed asylum. >> translator: i told her, come with mom and dad to find freedom. she was shocked and then said, okay. that's all she said. >> reporter: he was acting north korean ambassador to q8 until he defected in september 2019, part of the north korean elite, a privileged diplomat of a country that touts itself as a socialist paradise. it was a life ryu and his life were desperate to save their daughter from. in his first ever interview, he reveals how agonizing the decision

professorjason bechervaise, joining us from seoul, thank you so much for that.uthor and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown and the executive chairman of the cicero group, iain anderson. they have spent the last half hour, i am sure, leafing to the rest of the front pages and they will bring that to us just after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. the next few days on the weather front looking pretty quiet, really, weather—wise. there'll be some morning frost and a little bit of fog to come, some dry weather with sunshine. but as the week goes by, it probably turns a bit cloudier and certainly a lot cooler as we head towards thursday and indeed friday as well. here's the weather picture at the moment. clear skies being replaced by low cloud, mist and fog across east anglia. the midlands, central and eastern parts of wales turning pretty murky as well. got quite a bit of cloud in scotland, so that's keeping the frost at bay here for quite a few. but where we do have those clearer skies, it's going to be c

paula hancocks is monitoring these events from seoul. good to see you, paula. what is the latest on the protests and the police response so far? >> reporter: well, rosemary, it does appear the protests are i can ping up momentum. that's the third day in a row that we're seeing thousands of people coming out onto the streets and the first wave of protests monday was led by student unions. within those protests you also saw teachers, engineers, nurses also came out to protest and also monks were involved. a real cross section of society calling for those members of the nld, national league for demo democracy, the party that won the democratic election to be released. what they call the military dictatorship to step back and not be in power anymore. we have been seeing these protestors going through the streets. we have seen the last couple of days other cities as well involved. we've seen people coming out of houses and businesses to cheer them on as they're going past. sther' going back into power. what's the response from the military. we have seen some reuters

a year ago in south korea chinese visitors throng the capital seoul many of them buying up masks from pharmacies like this one with fears growing about a new virus spreading back home this year no crowds even the pharmacy has closed a detailed study by seoul city has shown just how much life has been transformed as visitors have stayed away and residents change the way they shop and work with around a 3rd less visitors to downtown areas this city like so many others moving away from in person activities towards more of a remote online existence to what we imagine to be happening has now been proved through the data and it can help us make more responsive concrete policies in malaysia kuala lumpur's chinatown district is also suffering but traders here are working with an online retailer to help shift their stocks of traditional new year clothing the decor lingers on or any more nobody wants new clothes after the holiday but online. we're hoping to get at least subseries east asian neighbors marking the start of a lunar new year and adapting to a new reality rob mcbride al-jazeera so.

china wants to expand its influence with this trade network in seoul to. china this promise needs partners from the rich it's good to know there's a morning who never accept money from the new superpower will become dependent on it china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th on d w. the coronavirus pandemic that has swept the world has come at the aviation industry and in particular the us largest 2 aircraft maker of us and boeing to take a look at the latest numbers also coming up china has overtaken the united states as europe's biggest trading partner just a flash in the pound or a seismic shift. in global trade we talk to our china experts. hello and welcome to date of your business i'm going to jones in berlin good to have you with us. but number of flights in european airspace has this month plunged to the lowest level since the 1st strict lock downs were imposed last spring and the outlook is dim with carriers like easy jet and ryan air expecting to fly just 10 percent of their normal schedules less flights also means less demand for new aircraft tha

a decade in office laurie the catch was recruited by then british prime minister david cameron to seoul. iraq crisis the rescue cat has since drawn the attention of international media especially during nap time the chief moussa has seen many political leaders come and go and has held his position long god and any political party leader in the united kingdom. is a reminder now of the top story we're following for you u.s. senate is has voted to acquit former president donald trump in the 2nd impingement trial the senate has voted logically along party lines we are only 7 republicans joining the democrats just not enough to get the required 2 thirds majority needed to confute convict trump. you're watching news from berlin reporter is up next here on day w. you remember this all the latest on our web site c w dot com on twitter and instagram to. do some gardening thanks for watching. it's about billions. it's about power. it's about the foundation of the new world order the silk road. to china wants to expand its influence with history network. putting brokers are sure the morning.

. >> paula hancocks bringing us up to date on this developing story from seoul there. many thanks. >>> here in the u.s. more states are loosening their covid-19 restrictions as case levels fall, but health experts are warning americans not to let down their guard. cnn explains why. >> reporter: health experts expressing cautious optimism as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the country show signs of improvement. johns hopkins university indicating daily cases falling for more than 300,000 in january to less than 100,000 now. however, there's some grave concern over the spread of variants, including 7 home grown just identified in the united states. >> i'm concerned about the variants because we're not doing enough surveillance and we don't know how widespread they are. we don't have any information if they are more contagious or deadly. we don't know if they're going to work with our vaccines. >> reporter: they warn it's too early to loosen restrictions or people let their guard down. >> we're seeing variants in florida, new york and i would be very concerned.

south korea efforts are being stepped up to hold coronavirus cases among people's pets the capital seoul is offering free testing for pets whose owners have tested positive a kit has become south korea's 1st confirmed case of animal coated 90. this is no ordinary trip to the veterinarian health care workers made a house call to test this dog for the corona virus. after some coaxing the animal emerged from its can of course series of swabs as of monday house pets can be tested free of charge if they meet their requirements. because. dogs and cats that came into contact with the confirmed patient can apply for testing that will if it's determined that there are symptoms you can contact the animal department and a team of health care workers will visit your home to collect the sample from to its agenda. pets who test positive must remain in isolation for 14 days at home. around the world other animals including zucker realist and mink have tested positive for cove at 19. the officials here aren't taking any chances after months of rising cases the numbers in south korea are now on the decli

south korea efforts are being stepped up to hold coronavirus cases among peoples pets the capital seoul is offering free testing for pets whose owners have tested positive and kit has become south korea's 1st confirmed case of animal coated 90. this is no ordinary trip to the veterinarian health care workers made a house call to test this dog for the corona virus. after some coaxing the animal emerged from its can of course series of swabs as of monday house pets can be tested free of charge if they meet their requirements. for those. dogs and cats that came into contact with the confirmed patient can apply for testing that will if it's determined that there are symptoms you can contact the animal department and a team of health care workers will visit your home to collect the sample from to its agenda. patsy test positive must remain in isolation for 14 days at home. around the world other animals including zucker realist and mink have tested positive for cove at 19. the officials here aren't taking any chances after months of rising cases the numbers in south korea are now on the decl

paula hancocks joining us live from seoul. many thanks.reciate it. >>> the confirmation hearing for u.s. president joe biden's pick to lead the justice department gi begins in a few hours. merrick garland had been nominated to the supreme court by president barack obama but it went nowhere because republicans refused to hold a hearing. this time democrats control the senate. here is part of his opening statement. if confirmed, i will supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the capitol on january 6th, a heinous attack that sought to disrupt a corner stone of our democracy. the peaceful transfer of power to a newly elected government. meantime, the house is pressing ahead with the president's $1.9 trillion stimulus package. the biggest hurdle, a proposed minimum wage hike that even some democrats aren't on board with. cnn's susan malveaux has this. >>> a very busy week on capitol hill as democrats say that the aid needed by millions of americans is on its way. a $1.9 trillion covid relief package. the democrats

denounces 54 member states respond in kind as tension in seoul. and before they head to warmer climes into tar munich signed off with a narrow win extending their win this league will bring you the action. a michael thank you for joining us. military who has called off internet access across the nation amid growing protests against this week's coup about a 1000 people took to the streets of new largest city of young gone on saturday to denounce the military takeover riot police blocked the streets using barricades. in water cannon many in the crowd wore red in support of a recipe for young son to cheat and her and l. deportee protesters are demanding the release. david going to bomb is a journalist who has been covering miramar for many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur. we're seeing reports of a nationwide internet blackout give us some idea about why the government would deny internet access right now the military wants them to not because this is what the demonstrators have been using to communicate we want one another where there are sti

paula hancocks is monitoring the situation from seoul. about the woman who was shot and the effect on the protest movement there. >> reporter: and this was a 25-year-old woman, and she had been shot on february 9. she was shot in the head and has been in critical condition since that point. on friday her family members confirmed that she had succumbed to her injuries and had died. now, we did have video of the protest itself, you cank can se water cannon being used and proerts ru protesters running away and a woman collapses to the ground. i spoke to the two doctors treating the protestor and they said that she never regained consciousness and that the bullet was in fact a live bullet, a real bullet. and what we had heard from police of course was that they said that they were using anti-riot procedures. but the doctor said that it was definitely a live bullet. so on this has galvanized the movement over the past ten days. she has become somewhat of a symbol of the pro democracy mich movement and now of course with her passing, that is ju

this diver hitting his head on the board and bleeding into the pool at the olympics in seoul. was hiv—positive. the stigma around the virus meant he would not speak publicly about his status for another seven years. that stigma is something others know well. this welsh rugby players waited for years before disclosing his hiv status. being told that i was going to have to live with hiv and being told i was hiv—positive was one of the most petrifying experiences of my life. i felt i was going to live a very lonely life and just gradually get weaker and weaker and paler and paler and until i basically died. since then he has helped to set up tackle hiv, a group working to change attitudes and challenge misconceptions about what it's like to live with the virus. research to conduct at last year for bosch found that more than a third of people question would not be a contact sport again someone they knew with hiv. 12% did not bring people with hiv. 12% did not bring people with hiv should play contact sports and one in 20 said they did not like mixing with people with the virus. i

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the pandemic but it has taken its time and starting that's a nation's problem bright has more from seoul. and staff from a nearby elderly care home were among the 1st to get the astra zeneca vaccine at a hospital in seoul south korea started its national vaccination rollout. playing for the past year i've been very worried that if i got the current virus i could pass it on to the elderly residents this campaign begins exactly a year after a large outbreak in the city of daegu made south korea for a time the worst affected country after china its success in controlling the spread through innovative testing and tracing was a model for other countries to follow. but it meant there wasn't the same urgency to vaccinate soon or. of course if we had a rapid increase in confirmed cases like in europe or the united states them even if it was risky we would have to go ahead with vaccinations and it's led to claims of complacency from many medical professionals pictionary for having what we should have secured vaccines in a more aggressive way instead of being late the government says it was being

crowd the president had spent months telling his supporters that the election had been stalling in seoul and he used this speech to incite them further to inflame them to stop the steel to stop the certification of the election results. we will never give up we will never concede it doesn't happen you do it so it was i had to use a favorite term that all of you people really came up with we will stop this deal we must stop this deal finally the president used this speech as a call to arms it was not rhetorical some of his supporters had been primed for this over many months as you'll learn days before the speech sleeve manager rascon noted there were vast reports across all major media outlets that thousands of people would be armed that they'd be filing you'll learn that capitol police and the f.b.i. reported in the days leading up to the attack that thousands in the crowd would be targeting the capitol specifically if they had arrested people with guns the night before the attack on weapons charges and this is what our commander in chief said to the crowd in the face of those warnings

the final part of my journey when i to become a target of the hindu fluffed policy in such of india seoul on al-jazeera. too often on the streets of india. are victims but a new force is at play. female police officers are combat in sexual assault and domestic abuse. but changing society is a challenge and so is life behind the badge for india. the bloodiest day protests in 18 people killed in the military crackdown the u.n. calls for international action. hello i'm daryn jordan this is. also coming up iran rejects a european office a direct talks.

their residence could not change their jobs it's only mining journalist frank smith joins me now from seoul with more on this frank how is this slave labor helping north korea's weapons program. well what north korea needs in order to protect your in the elements for its nuclear weapons programs is hard currency and how it gets this hard currency is by trade illicit trade internet in the international you know black market that does this through shipping and banks shipping companies and banks located in china and by trading these commodities especially coal generally in international waters the ships are flying flags of convenience and you know avoiding interdiction and avoiding surveillance there are united nations security council sanctions on north korea that were implemented in 2016 to try to prevent this trade but it's very very difficult to surveil ships when they turn off their satellite tracking devices and then able this illicit trade of coal to take place often between china and vietnam according again to this recent report but given how long of this has been going on i mean the u

only 200 kilometers to the southeast seoul south korea's hypermodern capital and one of the 10 most expensive cities in the world around 25000000 people live in the metro area about half the population of south korea. among them most of the 30000 people who managed to flee from north korea to start a new and hopefully anonymous life in the mega-city. her young son used to be a north korean diplomat he escaped in 1901 he went on to become deputy director of south korea's institute for national security strategy which employs north korean defectors to gather valuable information few people know more about the kim dynasty as workings. q journey to legend has it that when kim jong il came to power he renamed the finance department of the workers' party central committee it was now called office 39 because it was located on floor 3 in a row 9. nother story says that it was march 9th when kim jong il issued an order to set up such a bureau. either way to this day office 39 is the department that collects and manages the cam family's secret plans to. talk to any problem of north korean access and th

a lot of hope for packages we'll about that safe to say, shares in hyundai 4.4% in seoul.h korea, there was in talks with apple but they are not in talks with that company and shares came down back to the stimulus package, it appears that the vermont senator bernie sanders as you might expect is opposed to cutting the payments very interesting but the battle going on in the democratic party, as we know, joe manchin, who is a conservative democrat for west virginia just hinted to the idea there should be a threshold as well >> thank you >> there's news beyond parka and mittens. steve, thank you >>> next on "early today," janessa will have your weather for the week ahead >>> and roughing the passer. me tethe adorable dog who stole the show in this year's puppy bowl we start with farm-grown ingredients, slow-churned right here in the middle of the country. ♪♪ which is fitting, because we've been at the middle of tables for generations. ♪♪ that is, until someone at the end needs a little more on their biscuits. no matter where your table is, pull up a chair and bring the count