public because south korea doesn't want to be sandwiched between you know hostile north korea and aggressive united states and south korean public doesn't want to be sandwiched bt in the middle of the china u.s. rival the order of competition so south korean public wants to have a was to keep their right stretching balance between the great powers and they integrate relations we'll say young should born from the young institute for north korean studies pleasure talking to you and thank you so much for joining us you're very welcome. and later today secretary blinken will be in alaska where he and national security advisor jake sullivan need to join us foreign minister whiny and communist party foden affairs chief yang jiechi it's the 1st high profile meeting between the 2 sides since joe biden became u.s. president but ahead of the meeting chinese ambassador to the united states so we 10 k. summed up the chinese you off us diplomatic engagement in the in depends if it were you know it. i think most countries in the world including some american allies in asia actually have several

south korea alliance is more important than ever. absolutely this just as it was in japan is seen as offering a chance to reset if you like to resort to line says with traditional allies in this part of the world and the defense secretary lloyd austin making that point in his opening session with his south korean counterpart saying that the alliance between south korea and united states is as important as ever in facing off and he's put it the unprecedented challenges posed by both north korea and china now is the china part of that that actually poses a bit of a problem here in south korea because of course of the calling out of china as an adversary as they go again they did in japan it is far more complicated for south korea in their relationship with beijing which is far more nuanced south korea relies upon china far more for trade wants to avoid whenever possible ahead on clash with beijing so in his corresponding remarks the south korean defense minister so uk did talk about the importance of the alliance between south korea an

defense secretary spoke about the importance of the alliance with south korea at their 1st meeting with his counterpart wednesday saying that it was very important in countering what he called the unprecedented challenges posed by both north korea and china now it's the china part of that which is somewhat problematic here in south korea which has a far more complicated relationship with its mighty neighbor china it is much more reliant on china in terms of trade it tries to avoid any head on clashes but once again we have this u.s. mission talking in terms of china as a potential adversary so for south korea they have tried to avoid any direct confrontation and in fact the defense minister for south korea in his remarks talking about the importance of the relationship with the u.s. in deterring north korea no mention of china at all what the south koreans and the u.s. can agree on is the cost sharing agreement the cost of hosting u.s. troops in south korea after months and even years of disagreement under the trumpet ministration donald trump demanding that south korea along with other

so numb south korea. it's good to have you with you have to have you with us rather the real adrian for the going to hear in doha the headlines of al-jazeera brazil's president jaya boss hour is going to the supreme court to try to overturn several states locked down restrictions he wants shops and businesses to reopen the spite a surge in covert buying teen related deaths a new month long lockdown has been imposed on the french capital as intensive care units near capacity people rushed to leave the city before it came into force packing into city trains and jamming roads the paris lockdown covers a 3rd of france's population a place to protest as a been killed overnight in myanmar severe protests continue across the country just by listening to use of violence by the military jumped 20 chang has the latest from bangkok. they were out protesting again from the early morning in shan state in chin state up in the north in sangin in menlo and back in yangon in town way and tutted districts we understand in

secretaries of state and defense are in south korea on the. second stop of the asia tour and lincoln and lloyd austin upholstering alliances in the region on the 1st foreign trip since taking office in japan on tuesday play criticized what they called china's coercion and aggression in asia north korea's nuclear ambitions are expected to be the top issue in seoul rock mcbride.

south korea alliance is more important than ever. absolutely this these meetings get underway north korea will dominate discussions obviously but also it is a chance of for the united states to revive relationships with its traditional allies in this part of the world to reconnect with them as a way of saying this is america we are back on the world stage in these what is an increasingly important part of the world so those meetings are getting underway this wednesday evening continuing through into thursday it's also a chance when it comes to defense issues to get through a lot of very important housekeeping stuff here in south korea there is a deal to be side this is the cost sharing agreement for the hosting of u.s. troops here some $28000.00 on the south korean part of the peninsula south korea contributes a lot towards that but of course this was the subject of a bitter dispute with the trump of ministration going over a period of months and years they could not reach an agreement donald trump as with many other u.s. allies wante

public because south korea doesn't want to be sandwiched between you know hostile north korea an aggressive united states and south korean public doesn't want to be sandwiched bt in the middle of the china u.s. rivalry order of competition so south korean public wants to have a was to keep their rice trading balance between the great powers and integrate relations we'll say young should born from the young institute for north korean studies pleasure talking to you and thank you so much for joining us you're very welcome. data today secretary blinken will be in alaska where he a national security advisor jake sullivan need to china's foreign minister whiny and communist party foton affairs chief yang jiechi it's the 1st high profile meeting between the 2 sides since joe biden became u.s. president but ahead of the meeting chinese ambassador to the united states so we 10 k. summed up the chinese you off us diplomatic engagement in the in depends if it were you know it. i think most countries in the world including some american allies in asia actually have several questions in thei

japan and south korea and strengthen cooperation japan and south korea there are a number of obstacles of the moment that you have this longstanding dispute over a compensation for forced laborers for comfort women you've had some court cases in south korea that have led to a fairly harsh reaction from japan the japanese government is not particularly interested in working with south korea on closer cooperation until those issues are resolved and it just seems unlikely over the next year within the final year of president moon's term as president of south korea that you're going to really see major initiatives going forward that there's going to be that kind of energy and political capital really for for that kind of cooperation while so many of the by the administration is policies right now including the one on north korea currently under review so does that make a trip like this one a little awkward. not not necessarily i mean i think there's you know certainly after some of the turmoil in u.s. alliance relationships during the trump ministration i think there was a very important n

and south korea and how does that impact south korea's relationship with china. well i think that that component of secretary billikens travel was very interesting precisely because china was not mentioned in the public statements in contrast to the emphasis on china and japan and i think that that fact illustrates the sensitivity of south korea's balancing act between the u.s. and china. probably reflects some differences in terms of preferred instruments in approach and of course south korea also is now sitting outside the quiet even though it is a robust democracy and so that also i think. raises questions. are going to be hashed out i think over time and then of course there's the fact that this whole trip was really framed focusing on china and south korea's main security preoccupation as the threat from north korea. and we saw the north koreans essentially voicing. the possibility that it's going to be very difficult to renew a dialogue on 2 nuclearization with north korea and so that is going to be a potential irritant it's it's an x. factor that actually

of south korea they want to try to breathe new life into that process both into korean relations and with the possibility at some point of trying to get both north korea and the united states back to the negotiating table it seems they have gone out of their way the south koreans to try to curry favor with the united states having an agreement on the funding of u.s. forces who are stationed here in south korea that's something that was held up during the trumpet ministration all is a way of trying to get agreement from the united states that they can help to restart some of the dialogue but it remains to be seen if that is going to take place that will transpire when this u.s. visit comes rolling into town tomorrow wednesday here in south korea but for the moment the focus does remain on tokyo and the relationship with china kay thank you for all of that that's right mcbride in seoul now to tokyo fadi sandomir reporting for us there fadi tell us about what's expected on this trip. or this is a very important. putting much importance on it that support is the 1st. of the foreign and de

troops have resumed joint military exercises with south korea which were cancelled by president donald trump north korean leader kim jong un and trump met 3 times to discuss denuclearization the talks collapsed without a deal north korea wants the u.s. to lift sanctions and end military drills in exchange for curbing its nuclear program. all right let's bring in our guests from seoul young adjunct professor at the graduate school of national defense strategy at how dumb university. from busan also in south korea is robert kelly professor of political science and diplomacy a post on national university and in vienna is tarik rove former head of the verification and security policy coordination office at the international atomic energy agency thank you all for joining us robert let me start with you today at its core are these missile tests by north korea essentially the country trying to get by the ministrations attention basically saying hey we're still here pay attention to us yes i think so north korea traditionally holds some kind of stunned when there's a new president can south ko

and south korea? how does it impact south korea's relationship with china?> that component of secretary blinken's travel was very interesting. precisely because china was not mentioned in the public statements in contrast to the emphasis on china and japan. that fact illustrates the sensitivity of south korea's balancing act between the u.s. and china. it probably reflects some differences, in terms of preferred instruments and approach. south korea is also now sitting outside, even though it is democracy that is robust. i think it raises questions that are going to be hashed out over time. and the whole trip was really security preoccupation as thethe threat from north korea. we saw the north koreans voicing the possibility that it is going to be very difficult to renew dialogue denuclearization with north korea. that will be a potential irritant. it is an x factor that could upend the entire china focused strategy china has laid out. >> have spoken a lot about areas of disagreement between the u.s. and china. i want to speak on areas of common interest. i

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secretary of state was here just last week visiting with counterparts in south korea and japan formulating just what the u.s. strategy will be to north korea now we heard from the comments coming out of north korea that it looked as though they would wait and see what that strategy was they wouldn't provoke the u.s. that they would wait to see how they should respond depending on what the strategy is maybe this is a change of heart by the north koreans they don't see any damage in carrying out this test now they matter in fact see some value in putting more pressure on the u.s. but it also by doing this quickly it puts pressure on the south koreans because of course south korea is desperate to try to revive some sort of diplomatic dialogue at a high level with north korea it has been looking at the delayed summer olympics in japan as giving an opportunity for that much as the what they did around the winter olympics 3 years ago but of course the testing of ballistic missiles makes that a lot harder to realize all right to live in seoul rob thank you. when north korea 1st launched an interc

well he's going to be meeting with the chinese in alaska in a day or 2 south korea and the u.s. are in a different position so korea's largest trading partner is trying so it doesn't want to antagonize china or joining necessarily in a strong containment of china and it's a different position with north korea as i mentioned it once he's building in engagement there so in south korea there is this sort of structural dissonance between the u.s. and between the south korean positions at the same time relations between south korea and the u.s. may be getting smoothed over with the biden ministration being a little bit more predictable at least than former president donald trump correspondent frank smith reporting from seoul thank you for your reporting. on ex human rights groups are sounding the alarm about germany's deportation of refugees back to places they say are unsafe on like a several other western nations germany regards pakistan as a safe country of origin to be used louisa phonic tofa net met one family from the m idea religious minority they say they face persecution and

defense secretary has spoken about the importance of the alliance with south korea at their 1st meeting with his counterpart wednesday saying that it was very important in countering what he called the unprecedented challenges posed by both north korea and china now it's the china part of that which is somewhat problematic here in south korea which has a far more complicated relationship with its mighty neighbor china it is much more reliant on china in terms of trade it tries to avoid any head on clashes but once again we have this u.s. mission talking in terms of china as a potential adversary so for 'd south korea they have tried to avoid any direct confrontation and in fact the defense minister for south korea in his remarks talking about the importance of the relationship with the u.s. in deterring north korea no mention of china at all what the south koreans and the u.s. can agree on is the cost sharing agreement the cost of hosting u.s. troops in south korea after months and even years of disagreement under the trumpet ministration donald trump demanding that south korea along wi

secretary of state and blinken arrives in south korea as washington tries to get asian allies on side in the face of growing chinese influence. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the european union's medicines regulator has urged governments not to stop using the astra zeneca corona virus vaccine while the pandemic is still going on it says the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risk of any possible side effects a number of e.u. member states suspended use of the shot earlier this week due to reports of a rare form of cerebral blood clot here in germany the move has shaken confidence in an already sluggish vaccination campaign. every adult in germany has been promised a vaccine shot before the end of september without astra zeneca that will be hard to achieve the immunization program is about to be expanded including 3 general practitioners like dr saurabh for heaney in berlin he was getting ready to give the jab to hundreds of his patients every week now he's been put on hold as. we were prepared to start vaccinating we wanted to get going early we've spoken to the med

nuclear ambitions will be high on the agenda there what south korea be hoping for from this visit that. north korea definitely will dominate discussions in this leg of the mission blinken and austin having one on one talks with their counterparts in seoul on wednesday going through to a joint session on thursday and then a communique in which we can expect north korea to dominate of course one of the main reasons for this mission to this part of the world is for the new bike the ministration to formulate its strategy towards north korea which we can expect to be some kind of policy of containment what's known as strategic patience the same kind of policy adopted by previous administrations before donald trump came came along but from the south koreans they would expect and they would want to see something far more proactive they want to try to breathe life back into the whole policy of high level dialogue between north south korea possibly leading to a resumption of talks maybe between north korea and the united states once more president mungy in of south korea he has

japan and south korea which is where he headed to after leaving tokyo. and for more i'm joined by jeff thinks them have their activation studies at temple university in tokyo professor concerned what was looking fall from this visit and didn't get it. well absolutely you know they are very pleased that the biting of ministration made tokyo their 1st stop overseas the symbolism cannot be overstated it is so important or japan to strengthen this alliance to show china to north korea that the allies are standing shoulder to shoulder so in austin visit here very welcome and i think that they like the tone now there are a prius strong statements made against china in relation to its core washroom destabilizing behavior in the region but japan is also trying to as a 3rd largest trading partner with japan balance these trade ties with security concerns. well that is very good question clearly japan is very worried about china's regional hedger monic ambitions on the other hand it is doing very well by the rise of china so during the private trump administration

of of peace and security in east asia but there are some outstanding issues definitely between south korea and the united states. to outstanding issues with regard to china the interests of america and its asian allies fully aligned. well you know that is definite problem in relations between so korea and the united states china is so through its largest trading partner by far and previously when the u.s. and south korean military deployed an american n.t. ballistic missile system here in south korea called fat in the center of the country china retaliated with unofficial sanctions against so korean entertainers and against so korea's tourism industry causing some serious financial losses in that industry south korea doesn't want to see that again and so getting so 3 to sign on. to participating in that containment effort to washington is going to be difficult and so can president mungy and he wants to pursue peace building and engagement with north korea so that again takes away from this sort of option of more pressure and sanctions against pyongyang that washington might advocate talkin

the korean war there was also emphasis on north korea as we expected both the united states and south korea committing themselves to the denuclearization of north korea but without going into too much details differences do remain between south korea and the u.s. on how exactly that could or should ever be achieved their words emphasis on also on restoring the relations with these 2 traditional allies in northeast asia both south korea and japan all of this mission has been about resetting the very important relationships also doing some repair work on the relationship between south korea and japan itself which is become quite frayed in recent times when it comes to china there was no actual reference to china by name in the statement that causes problems here in south korea because we are from seoul has a much closer relationship with beijing but there were references about the need to respect international law about the need to keep an open and free indo-pacific this is a veiled reference of course to their claims that china is making aggressive territorial demands in the south china and

at how south korea is bringing distinctive voices back to the big stage. brazil's president has asked the supreme court to overturn curfews and lockdowns imposed by mezz and state governors jiah balsam our says that they're acting as dictators and starving people by forcing them to stay at home during the pandemic marchetta killer of reports now from rio. the beaches in rio de janeiro seem to be a world apart far from the couvade 19 pandemic spiralling out of control throughout brazil this couple from neighboring argentina team year despite news that latin america's largest country is facing the worst health care system collapse in all of its history. in argentina the media keeps hammering the. has become the epicenter of the world pandemic that ever his dying that is all doom and gloom but we came anyway and look what we found a paradise. a paradise that will shut its doors on saturday we use mayor has just joined other cities and states imposing restrictions to try and stop infections from spreading killing 15000 in just a week intensive care units acros

show that brings together 2 great passions in south korea popular music and technology a computer is told to sing like pop star kim kwan salt who died 25 years ago it then recreates his voice to deliver a song written long after his death. to the amazement of his fans. the same technology produces the distinctive vocal range of the late freddie mercury from queen to sing in korean. stars of the past brought back to life thanks to a i when i watch the reaction from these people. yes this is the we have to go and into the future of the artificial intelligence the company developing the cutting edge software is not only recreating voices but changing existing ones mary have a little to make you younger very had a little and a woman was wired to it's one of the growing number of start up companies located in south korea's equivalent of silicon valley on the outskirts of seoul that sassenach the government wants south korea to be a pioneer in ai as part of its push towards transforming the economy with high tech innovation to korean government is implementing the digital new deal. to tran

south korea is bringing distinctive voices back to the big stage. parts of france poland and ukraine a backup on lockdown on saturday as they struggle with rising numbers of coronavirus cases parisians rushed to leave the french capital before the lockdown came into force packing intercity trains and jamming roads the government says the restrictions would be as harsh as those imposed last year schools will stay open about or exercise will be allowed let's go live at a parasol just. so people in several parts of the country the capital back in lockdown today tell us more. yes people in paris and 15 regions in the country back in lockdown a 3rd lockdown in just 12 months and what that means is that people in these regions will now have to fill out the permits again every time they want to leave the house they are being encouraged to stay at home they're being encouraged to work from home shops are now shots and they joined of course the restaurants bars cultural center sports facilities that have been here since the nighttime curfew will also remain

that bodes very badly for navigating this terrain especially vis-a-vis south korea. anyone who works on the north korea issue knows that this is one of the more difficult, intricate problems facing the united states and it will require a sophisticated approach, one that recognizes the vital importance of cooperating meaningfully with beijing on a north korea as much as we want to cooperate with allies like south korea and japan. i agree with the professor that opening general diplomacy, perhaps incoordination with two practitioners, korean americans, military families, and others who have been looking at this issue for decades to see what they think. what is the u.s. government missing? what are its blind spots? now is the time to figure that out and get the best information possible from our three countries as to the next steps ahead. to frank's earlier point about sanctions, and i know we will talk about that more, one thing i want to highlight, the institute recently sent a letter with 54 other organizations to president biden to make public the results of the revi

biden administration will come up with as it formulates its new policy towards north korea and rob what about the south koreans then what will they be wanting from this new biden administration particularly when it comes to north korea. there is on the face of it is that when blink and austin come here to sell there will be the usual handshakes and smiles this is of course a very strong alliance between south korea and the united states going back now decades there will be a reaffirmation of that alliance it's as strong as ever but of course behind closed doors there will be certain tensions coming to the surface south korea does want to try to revive talks with north korea at a very high level and possibly beyond that maybe restarting as it did in the past talks between north korea and the united states but in order for it to do that it really has to have the permission of by the senior partner in this alliance especially if it comes to anything like relaxing sanctions as an olive branch to the north and there really is no indication that the united states is willing to do that it's interesting that r

south korea is in a very big dilemma — korea? south korea is in a very big dilemma at _ korea? big dilemma at the moment. . korea? south korea is in a very i big dilemma at the moment. they have a lot of things to handle, not only with north korea but also on alliance issues with the shared military cost and prisoner transfer as well. they have to be on the same page with washington about north korea. of course, the south korean president only has a year left on his term and it seems that a complete denuclearisation of north korea would be almost impossible during his term. but it seems he will still try to manage risk and the french coming out of north korea by continuing to extend the olive branch on exchanges and cooperation, et cetera. in trying to mediate between biden and north korea. if kimjong—un between biden and north korea. if kim jong—un are still unwilling to talk to biden, then it seems that kind of reachout would be fruitless, it seems. , , , seems. very briefly, those olive branches _ seems. very briefly, those olive branches and - seems. very briefly, those| ol

stressing the similarities between them and their unified approach especially to north korea but behind closed doors the south koreans will probably be pushing the united states for some leeway to try to resume or try to breathe new life back into its negotiations with north korea at a very high level and then beyond that who knows maybe a resumption of talks between north korea and the u.s. but obviously that takes the cooperation and also the permission from the senior partner and if there's any talk of relaxation of sanctions to get there then we can expect to see pushback from the u.s. . broad reporting live from seoul rob many thanks indeed tom as a professor of international economy care university and a former special advisor to the capital he joins us now live via skype from tokyo good to have you with us professor this visit by the u.s. officials is being billed as being about strengthening the u.s. japan security alliance given that the relationship between the u.s. and japan is already fairly tight what more could they do to improve it. it still is very much important because this is the 1st ever v

counterparts there will be continuing communication, reiterating south korea's alliance to the south s. military alliance. they said they want to help prevent further conflict for chinese aircraft carriers, chinese aircraft flying into south korean air identification zone known as kadiz. they are maintaining three hotlines and who knows that additional ones, he has not hinted either way. he reiterated this, in order to emphasize south korea's alliance with the u.s. >> now let's get to vonnie quinn with the first word headlines. >> the turkish lira is plunging in reaction to the president gone' -- erdogan's ousting a third appointment in three years. the new governor pledged to deliver permanent price stability using monetary policy. the people's bank of china says it has room to add liquidity into the economy keeping leverage ratio stable. the governor said the debt to gdp level remained stable with policy in the normal range and said the financial policy framework would take climate change into account, investing in green bonds, and putting caps on high carbon assets. china move to r

between them south korea and taiwan have a near monopoly on the world's production of processing and memory chips it's a dominance in a strategic commodity that's been developing over years but now making itself felt as the world becomes increasingly technology driven but from here on out it's going to broader considerately to egypt with everything modern. it's not a semiconductor in your electric vehicle if your car's going to have a retreat it's getting old like other car makers this general motors plant outside seoul has been experiencing delays because of a global shortage of chips it's been a wakeup call for many world leaders but the investment of time and money needed to become a chip maker means south korea and taiwan will maintain their lead for years to come it's a global shortage that's been made worse by the pandemic when car factories ramped up production again late last year it coincided with a surge in demand for consumer goods also needing chips and a move towards online activities requiring greater data processing that needs yes ever more chips frank wang is the foun

hello there i must tell you this is al jazeera live from doha also coming south korea says it's banning arms exports to myanmar as the gentile is accused of torturing and prosecuting peaceful protests. some hope for yemen the u.s. says there is progress towards a cease fire but calls for more commitment from the warring sides. machines of war or innocent children the colombian government under fire after several miners are killed during a military operation. well the fight against the coronavirus is far from over that's the warning to americans from joe biden and his 1st primetime address since becoming u.s. president he's urging people to get vaccinated and to continue keeping social distancing and wearing masks alan fischer has more now from washington d.c. . from the east room in the white house joe biden's 1st national presidential address good evening my fellow americans when you know on from the global pandemic being declared the president took time to consider the human cost the growing number of deaths the families torn apart the lives left to be rebuilt we all lost something a

and how south korea is bringing distinctive voices back to life. now brazil's president is in a legal fight to keep shops and businesses open despite the country reporting a covered 1000 related death every 30 seconds john abell scenario is going to the supreme court to try to force states and cities to overturn lockdown restrictions on friday he criticized rio for closing its famous beaches saying it deprives people of vision and de all this as doctors warn that hospitals are at breaking point but. it can't just be all talk we have medication left to last for about 20 days the industry is producing more but demand is growing and if the supply chain collapses we won't have to wade into the patients and then we will have a 2nd problem besides the lack of i.c.u. beds which have already been causing deaths more people could die over the lack of medicine. as in rio de janeiro for us and explains how hospitals are coping with the high level of admissions what we've been seeing is that the hospitals are getting overcrowded but not just in rio or just not

well he's going to be meeting with the chinese and alaska in a day or 2 south korea and the u.s. are in a different position so korea's largest trading partner is trying so it doesn't want to antagonize china or joining necessarily in a strong contingent of china and it's a different position with north korea as i mentioned it once he's building in engagement there so in south korea there is this sort of structural dissonance between the u.s. and between the south korean positions at the same time relations between south korea and the u.s. may be getting smoothed over with the by the ministration being a little bit more predictable at least than former president donald trump correspondent frank smith reporting from seoul thank you for your reporting. starting today right hailing company where will treat its thousands of drivers in britain as contract employees instead of independent contractors on the decision to follows litigation and a recent loss for the company and the british supreme court the new designation will give tens of thousands of drivers access to social benefits li

and over on the stands you tell you this is out there at life and are also coming up south korea says its batting arms exports to me are not as the jointer is accused of torturing and persecution peaceful protest and. some hope for yemen the u.s. says there is progress towards a cease fire but calls for more commitment from the warring sides. on the divide amongst ivorians following the civil war and crystal action violence there we take a look at the country's long journey ahead to peace. or the fires against the current virus is far from over that's the warning to americans from joe biden in his fast primetime address since becoming u.s. president he's urging people to get vaccinated to keep social distancing and to continue to wear masks alan fisher has more now from washington d.c. . from the east room in the white house joe biden's 1st national presidential address good evening my fellow americans when you know on from the global pandemic being declared the president took time to consider the human cost the growing number of deaths the families torn apart the lives left to be reb

and how south korea is bringing distinctive voices back to life. brazil is confronting major barriers as it tries to come to grips with the current virus cases are surging to record levels in the wilds 2nd worst affected country and supporting a coven $1000.00 related deaths now every 30 seconds but the president continues to downplay the escalating crisis even going to court to try to force states to overturn lockdown restrictions so ableson are has criticized rio for closing its famous beaches saying it deprives people of vision in d. this as doctors warn that hospitals are at breaking point. it can't just be all talk we have medication left to last for about 20 days the industry is producing more but demand is growing and if the supply chain collapses we won't have a way to debate patients and then we will have a 2nd problem besides the lack of i.c.u. beds which is already been causing deaths more people could die over the like medicine. in rio de janeiro and explains how hospitals are coping with this high level of admissions. what we've been s

but also showing north korea's displeasure with the resumption of military exercises in south korea now these are fairly small scale exercises pretty much a computer simulation but still in the past and north korea is shown its anger by live fire drills of its own even launching missiles so it could be seen as being fairly tame and not very aggressive i think possibly of more concern longer term for the u.s. and its allies is just the complete lack of interest north korea has shown to anyone as a form of dialogue there has been repeated requests from the state department to reopen dialogue with north korea that we now learn have been simply ignored so it could well ok to the dire situation domestically within north korea at the moment where they're dealing with covert 19 asserter or it's waiting to see just what the bike had been astray sions policy will be towards north korea and i'm rob just quickly what about the south koreans then what will they be wanting from this new by administration particularly when it comes to north korea. well when blink and a loss didn't come to seoul tomor

let's turn to south korea.op contender to succeed president moon jae-in urging joe biden to give seoul a bigger role to giving up their nuclear weapons. the leader also discussed ways to address south korea's incoming equality. >> on top of the already existing policies, we have to support low income classes. we conducted four rounds of emergency relief programs, and that alleviated a lot of the income drop for lower income classes. i think this shows how that kind of welfare policy is necessary in the future. >> you just talked about your cash handout scheme. will there be more cash hands -- handouts this year? >> as long as there are difficulties that the people are facing, i have no change in stands in thinking that fiscal policy should play a role in providing support. i feel giving the support that is different in size to the difficulties that 11 through is not there. >> what exactly is your profit sharing scheme, and do you think this will solve the inequality problems in south korea? >> i would like to s

to help it push back against china or the interests of america and its allies there particularly south korea fully aligned in this regard we. know they're not exactly on the same teach sos korea's largest trading partner is china 54 and it doesn't want to and take a nice b. cheney i mean will jeopardize that trade back 201620170 great deployed american anti ballistic missile system sat terminal high altitude area defense and in place go it songs you in the middle of the peninsula. react with unofficial sanctions against south korea's a. intertainment and tourism industry and certainly 'd president moon and here in south korea doesn't want to see that kind of retaliation repeated if it was to put more pressure on beaching over issues that have is more important to washington. and this is the by the ministrations 1st cabinet level visit to the korean peninsula told us for turbulent years of the trump presidency during which trump tried to engage with north korea where do things stand now between washington and pyongyang well you know recently just a day or so ago kim jong il the ruler north ko

south korea alliance an alliance which the statement says was forged in blood on the battlefield of 70 years ago during the korean war that alliance remains as relevant as strong as ever also as expected there was quite an emphasis on north korea commitments to the denuclearization of north korea differences remain of course between the united states and south korea on how exactly to achieve that but at least they agree on the broad principle of it there was also talk about the need for trilateral cooperation between the united states and its traditional allies here japan and south korea obviously part of this mission has been about resetting and restoring these traditional relationships but also when it comes to the relationship between south korea and japan doing some repair work because of course the relationship has been frayed in recent times when it comes to china interestingly the joint communique doesn't mention china by name that is problematic here in south korea which has closer relations with beijing but interestingly the communique does talk about the need to respect inter