trade discussions with seoul tokyo would increase taxes on south korean chemical products during the dispute why tell you how many they need to handle north korea the cooperation of japan and south korea along with the cooperation with the us is extremely important and i have said this repeatedly i think south korea has also made this decision based on a strategic point of view. robert kelly is professor of international relations at pusan national university he says that south korea seems to have made a serious concessions south korean seem to give on 2 things today the 1st is taking japan before the deadly t.-o. over export controls that were imposed earlier this year and then over the military sharing agreement it's not clear yet i don't want to sort of jump the gun it's going to be a contentious issue here in south korea but it looks like the south koreans flints and if i had to guess why it's because the south koreans are also involved at this very moment in our increasingly tough fight with the americans over burden sharing dahlan trump would like the south koreans to pay subst

increment just hours before it was set to expire japan now says it will resume trade discussions with seoul tokyo increased taxes on south korean chemical products during the dispute robert professional of international relations office on national university says north korea seems to have made a series of concessions. south koreans seem to give on 2 things today the 1st is taking japan for the dead b.t.o. over export controls that were imposed earlier this year and then over the military sharing agreement it's not clear yet i don't want to sort of jump the gun it's going to be a contentious issue here in south korea but it looks like the south koreans flints and if i had to guess why it's because the south koreans are also involved at this very moment in our increasingly tough fight with the americans over burden sharing dahlan trump would like the south koreans to pay substantially more than they have in the past for the stationing of u.s. forces in korea and i have the feeling that president moon of south korea thought that fighting a 2 front war with both the japanese and the americans at the

just hours before it was set to expire japan now says it will resume trade negotiations with seoul tokyo had increased taxes on south korean chemical products during the dispute my old company they need to handle north korea the cooperation of japan and south korea along with the cooperation with the us is extremely important as i have said this repeatedly i think south korea has also made this decision based on a strategic point of view well terry parades have given way to protest marches as lebannon barks at 76 and dependence day demonstrators are gathered in downtown beirut you can see that that's live pictures they've been calling for political and economic change our test began last month over a new taxes and a failing economy are the headlines keep it here earth crisis next. and conflicts one of the silent and forgotten casualties is often the environment. from the chemical contamination of soils and the collapse of water and food supplies to the habitat damage caused by displacement. has devastating consequences. not sunni manmade infrastructure has but also natural ecosystems are

trade discussions with seoul tokyo and increase taxes on south korean chemical products during the dispute trying because new president has named his cabinet and 2 of his brothers will hold senior positions rajapakse his brother mahinda will be prime minister and finance minister another brother his trade minister military parades have given way to protest marches lebanon marks its 76th independence day demonstrators are gathering in downtown beirut for a big march through the capital protests began there last month of a new taxes and a failing economy at home caused new police commissioner has called on dozens of protesters who are still inside a university to leave the campus the polytechnic university has been the scene of some of the worst violence in 6 months of protests and the headlines but he continues and i was here after the stream. to. the 2 state solution to still believe in the 2 state solution we listen what i said was that pakistan would never start a war i'm anti war we meet with global news makers the stories the world is their own. hi emily could be here in the stream tod

agreement just hours before it was set to expire japan now says it will resume trade discussions with seoul tokyo increased taxes on south korean chemical products during the dispute. now the old testament futuristic new electric pickup truck didn't go in time is planned during an ambitious demonstration of its glass in front of c mosque but the audience's expectations were shattered quite literally after its glass windows were put to the test inside the truck stainless steel bodies also designed to be scratch and dent resistant. let's take you through some of the headlines here now the protests of top again in chile after the defense minister dismiss concerns over the use of excessive force against demonstrators he says soldiers deployed during the state of emergency were professional and disciplined. police in colombia have used tear gas to disperse antigovernment protests is. the main square and the president has now ordered a nighttime curfew to be imposed in the trap. livia's parliament is looking to approve legislation which will pave the way for new elections for the president even more do

agreement just hours before it was to expire japan now says it will resume trade discussions with seoul tokyo increased taxes on south korean chemical products during the dispute. local elections will be held in hong kong on sunday voting that is likely to be dominated by the struggle over the territories relationship with mainland china and that's having a big impact on the economy as more businesses choose their sides repping brian has more. this election's not only a battle at the ballot box but also with the cash registers. in this polarized society months of unrest have changed how people spend. this restaurant has a so-called yellow ribbon business opposed to the government and at lunch times it's overflowing with pro-democracy customers. this chain of tea shops also publicizes its pro-democracy views giving people the chance to express them as with each visit student loan only spends his money in places that support the protest movement my friends are very aware of restaurants we go through we shall we go to yeah but yes we were very conscious about that i'm not quite sure about it in

agreement just hours before a set to expire pan now says it will resume trade discussions with seoul tokyo had increased taxes on south korean chemical products during this dispute i don't tell you how many they need to come to handle north korea the cooperation of japan and south korea along with the cooperation with the u.s. is extremely important as i have said this repeatedly i think south korea has also made this decision based on a strategic point of view. our testers have been on the streets of chile for more than a month demanding political and economic reform many of the demonstrators make their point peacefully others though are involved in violent confrontations with security forces as well as looting and arson and what american with newman has more from santiago. anger seems to be the common denominator among chilean protesters who've been on the streets for 5 weeks. but not all express that anger the same way some do it by going into the battle against riot police armed with stones sticks and even molotov cocktails they describe themselves as the front line of defense. i'm her

agreement just hours before it was set to expire japan now says it will resume trade discussions with seoul tokyo had increased taxes on south korean chemical products during the dispute i am tell you how many they need time to handle north korea the cooperation of japan south korea along with the cooperation with the u.s. is extremely important as i have said this repeatedly i think south korea has also made this decision based on a strategic point of view. russia is calling the united kingdom in a legal colonial occupier that's after the u.k. missed a deadline to return the chagos islands the united nations gave britain 6 months to give the archipelago back to. britain kept the islands after marriage has gained independence then in the 1970 s. it forced the people living there to leave so the us could build an airbase. this president is set to meet later on in the. cigarette and history after he announced his plans to introduce a ban on most of a products and although that sort of a thing business health advocates are hoping he follows through every elizondo reports in gaithersburg maryland. a

private and public partners to bring in kimchi festival all over the world, so they started with seoul, korea; tokyopan; paris, and ho chi minh city in vietnam, and they've been doing it for three years, and this september was the first year to bring it to america at the presidio in san francisco. robert: aruna, to watch it from the personal way that you kind of connected with it, grew it into a business, is it amazing to you to see kimchi getting, like, this kind of expansion? aruna: i love the energy, like, especially, i have a booth at farmers market, and so many people come from all over the world that show interest how much they love kimchi. robert: yeah, yeah. what is it that you think really, particularly, appeals to people about it? aruna: i think kimchi, you can eat at breakfast, lunch, dinner, and it enhances flavor of a food, whatever you have. robert: yeah, yeah, i can eat, like, a bowl of rice and kimchi, just, almost just by itself. you got--kimchi also got some recognition, didn't it? ellen: yes, united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization recognized kimchi as int

just hours before it was set to expire pan now says that it will resume trade discussions that seoul tokyo had increased taxes on south korean chemical products during the dispute my own time in the they need to handle north korea the cooperation of japan south korea along with the cooperation with the u.s. is extremely important i have said this repeatedly i think south korea has also made this decision based on a strategic point of view. the 2 u.s. allies have had a history of disputes which date back to the 2nd world war south korea has long been angered by what it sees as japan's failure to take responsibility for atrocities committed during world war 2 that includes forced labor and sexual slavery japan maintains that it's resolved the issue the differences widened after the fukushima nuclear plant disaster in 2011 south korea accused tokyo of failing to disclose information about radioactive water the u.s. has been pressuring the 2 countries to end their differences to push back against china's influence in the region let's bring in robert kelly who's professor of international relat

the japan times leads with the fading hopes for a key tokyo—seoul intelligence—sharing its picture storyg people visiting the daijokyu halls at the imperial palace in tokyo. it's all part of the enthronement of the new emperor. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? yes let's looks at what is trending right now. "stealing a viking hoard" doesn't sound like something from modern britain, but that's exactly what two men have been convicted of doing. they dug up three hundred coins in a field which are 1,100 years old. crucially they didn't declare them as the law requires, instead selling them to dealers. now they're facing jail. on saturday the people of bougainville will begin voting in a referendum that could see the autonomous island region become the world's newest country. bougainville is currently part of papua new guinea and is situated to the east of the mainland in the south pacific ocean. it's been a province of png since png achieved its own independence in 1975. a previous attempt to break away started a bloody separatist war in which up to 20,000 people were kille

somewhere in the united states where there would be no burden sharing and no contributions from seoul and tokyo. the trump administration has also given up on support for broad-based norms and values. it withdraw from the human rights council ceding the field to others. trump's tariffs have rocked the free trade system. this week the administration reversed the long-standing u.s. position that israeli settlements in the west bank violate international law. french president macron was criticized for his statement that nato is experianing brain death. he pointed out trump's policy on syria was undertaken with no coordination with the nato members. europe's interest in the middle east are potentially greater than washington's, refugees flood into europe, not america, and yet the trump administration blind sided the allies across the atlantic. macron believes there's an unprecedented challenge in trump. we find ourselves for the first time with an american president who does not share our idea of the european project. he notes that trump often distances himself from europe's defense even against is

the could see a softer open in seoul and tokyo.he nikkei stock average has more than doubled since shinzo abe took office. economic strategy still lacks traction. it is a busy week that session ahead with japanese trade and china's update on the docket this wednesday. as we are waiting on alibaba's final pricing on an ipo. here in hong kong as schools reopen and we await more protests, housing futures have snapped a -- today advance. volatility has slumped over the past two sessions. acrosse sliding further -- there is optimism we might see a peaceful resolution to the protests here in the city. >> let's check in on first word news. >> boris johnson and jeremy overn repeatedly clashed policy in their first televised election debate. johnson said he would massively raise government spending. jeremy corbyn said the health service would only be safer under a labour party administration. pg&e has lowered its estimate of the number of households that might need to suffer imposed power outages on wednesday. much of the san francisco area

more details about a controversial plan to settle an issue that has soured relations between seoul and tokyocountry's national assembly speaker has proposed a fund to pay consolation money to japanese suing for wartime compensation. they plan to introduce a bill to create a fund through donations. it would

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up for there gearing market opens in tokyo and seoul at the top of the hour. what are you watching?ures are hinting at losses. shares on the retreat with the s&p lower. situation in hong kong among the points of concern . softbank wants to combine its business, z holdings, with line. aim is for the merger to be done in october, 2020. the offer is still under discussion with the final deal being signed in december. keep in mind today shares are atpended and will resume 5:00 p.m. local time. paul: coming up, more unrest in hong kong. we speak to the head of hong kong police intelligence. and we have the market open in japan and south korea up next. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways. all working with a new generation of technologies powered by our gig-speed network. because beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected. to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. paul: good mor

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it's a tough environment for the defense ministries respectively in tokyo and seoul because of where their political leadership is on these things. but i think we ultimately are going to be driven together because of the prevailing security interests and security environment. i don't know where rock bottom is or how much time it could take, but i do see so much that pull us together. if you give the list of things that the rok and japan themselves would acknowledge they agree on, rules-based order, respect for human rights and human dignity, work in southeast asia on health issues, development assistance. you know, the list is quite long. so we'll play a role if we can. i mean, there's some suggestion we haven't been engaged enough at a high level. i can tell you secretary esper in both capitals spent considerable time on this, secretary pompeo has, former national security adviser bolton before he left office spent time on this. and we're open to other ways we could be a constructive party here. what typically happens is one country asks us to go straighten out the other country and

figures for the temperatures just 9 celsius there for tokyo want to see showers moving across the korean peninsula again single figures here seoul just 7 degrees celsius or mistrusting to get above freezing in beijing the temperatures will pick up here as we go on into sas day time just picking up 2 across japan it is possibility of a few flakes of snow over the high ground by sas they were lots of crisp sunshine for the most part a fair amount of sunshine to insua central and southern parts of china watery sunshine for some it has to be said that cloud perhaps thickening up enough to those western areas as we go on into saturday but into the southeast is fine and dry hong kong getting up to 25 degrees celsius want to see one sure showers drifting their way into parts of vietnam over the next day or so the usual scattering of showers there across southeast asia see want to 2 showers the philippines a turning much weather here next week. just to play tricks the damn car is all woods is parked right there all right they really out there you passed them by like big. bag of crap like they're in the car a filmmaker takes the f.b.i. t

stocks in tokyo are halting a two day advance. seoul falling as much as 2.8%.ted sanctions for anticompetitive actresses so the stock merely wiping out all of monday's gains sparked by plans to merge the line. the company issued 2.8 billion shares as part of that deal. missionaries will be allotted to the new jv. more on the deal front. mitsubishi chemicals fighting as much as 4.7% after a surprise move to buy a drug making unit. the $4.5 billion offer is priced at 2010 yen per share. so farremain untreated this morning with bids coming in at the upper limits on that offer, paul. paul: we have those reserve bank of australia minutes for you from the november meeting. .75%.sh trade at capacity is likely in the labor market for some years. we did see the unemployment rate for the month of october take up unexpectedly, the latest in a bunch of disappointing data surrounding inflation, softer retail numbers as well. that is the latest easing cycle. the rba saying it was the most appropriate approach, to hold rates in november. and the cuts could have a different ef

survey by think tank in seoul almost half of those all said they would back pyongyang even though there was an option to stay neutral only 15 percent said they would side with tokyo mess despite continuous warnings by western allies of the threat posed by north korea. north korea's to 6 test of a nuclear device and its missile launches are a threat not only to the people of south korea but to the people all across our globe it has never been more important to be working closely together given the shared threat of north korea and north korea has conducted 10 missile tests this year 2 of them involved solid fuel missiles which the north can launch with less warning we saw soldiers preparing patriot missiles to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles from north korea the most immediate threat tonight from north korea is far more conventional they could fire on south korea or the survey also comes as relations between south korea and japan are seeing another low with disputes resurfacing over longstanding controversies back in 1910 japan turned korea into its colony and fought hard against the independence movement and back then japan controlled almost every aspect of

seoul at the top of the next hour. sophie: we are headed for a cautious start in tokyo as well and sydney stocks extending wednesday's dropst korean export data not looking to spark enthusiasm. we had the yen stronger against ozzie shares this morning and gold falling over conflicting reports over progress of a trade deal, which pushed the offshore yuan pestis 100-day moving average. after u.s. stocks suffered the worst day in a month, futures are falling across the board. m&a is down .2% while treasury futures are nudging higher on the risk aversion is the 10-euro closed at a two-week low overnight. thank you. we are here in beijing. of our bloomberg colleagues are here. >> is it fun yet? it's cold. we are still making it. welcome. the focus on what he will tell us is if he is seeing fallout in the chinese economy. we will talk about hong kong and the impact it has on his client base and try to figure out exactly what the business models mean. if we will see some kind of consolidation statement, this is one of the concerns of europe, but if you also look at their client base compared to competitors in asia, it would mayb