more than coming to the united states, they will want to settle in south korea. i hope that that happens with the help of our south korean government. rep. bera: the president was awfully generous with his time. he gave us a fair amount of time and interacted with us. clearly, with the elections coming up, he has some things he would like to see move faster before the end of his term. it was clear in our meetings with the president and his cabinet members that north korea -- resumption of dialogue with north korea is seen as a legacy item. we pushed back a little bit to say that we are open to the dialogue, but let's make sure we do not move too fast in that direction. that it is done in a manner that we are also getting some victories as well. let's not just give it away. we communicated the biden administration that we need to pay close attention a few months before korea goes into an election. >> there is a lot of stuff on the table that i would like to get back to. i'd like to pick up from where both of you left off, with regard to the state of the alliance be

more than coming to the united states, they will want to settle in south korea. i hope that that happens with the help of our south korean government. rep. bera: the president was awfully generous with his time. he gave us a fair amount of time and interacted with us. clearly, with the elections come up -- coming up, he has some things he would like to see move faster before the end of his term. it was clear in our meetings with the president and his cabinet members that north korea seen as a legacy item. we pushed back a little bit to say that we are open to the dialogue, but let's make sure we do not move too fast in that direction. we are also getting some victories as well. let's not just give it away. we communicated the biden administration that we need to pay close attention a few months before korea goes into an election. >> there is a lot of stuff on the table that i would like to get back to. i'd like to pick up from where both of you left off, with regard to the state of the alliance because i think we all agree that it is in a much better place than it

alliance with south korea. from the center for strategic and international studies, this is 50 minutes. >> want to well come you all to a -- welcome you all to a special platform featuring congressmenamber rah and -- ami bera and young kim. these two individuals don't need much of an introduction, but for the sake of our recording going forward, i thought it'd be useful to introduce both of them to our very large and distinguished audience. congressman ami bera has represented california's 7th congressional district in the u.s. house of representatives since 2013. he's currently member of the house foreign affairs committee where he serves as chairman of the subcommittee on asia, the pacific, central asia and non-proliferation. he is also co-chair of the congressional study group on korea. so for those of you who are not familiar, the congressional study group on korea is the new legislative exchange, former onmembers of congress who are te cohosts for our broadcast today. involving current members of congress

south korea nicely was now enough. janice don, it's been one month since the tall and sees the capital cobble and took control of the government after military success. it is now facing the challenge of creating a durable administration countries. economy is in ruins. unemployment is high, and according to the world food program, up to 14000000 people on the brink of starvation, sullivan javin is live in cobble for so santa what is the mood of people in the country that one month long? but in the last 4 weeks, what people have gotten has been telling us if there has been a welcome change of at least a lot, both security, all the checkpoints are gone. they don't have to pay brides in the street. they can talk on their mobile phone, the walking the street, and they're not scared anymore. that is one thing which they say is positive on the other side. in the last 4 weeks, their economy has gone from bad to worse. we were a few minutes ago in a central district where there were hundreds of people who been lining in front o

in the last few days, a series of missile tts have been carried out by north and south korea. t 48 hours after testina cruise missile, north korea fired two ballistic devices in the direction of japan. here is the japaneserime minister. >> the action is threatening the peace and security of our country and region. they are also violating un security council resolutions. we will strongly protest and condemn the launches. we will do our utmost to analyze the information and provide it to people swiftly and accurately. >> a few hours later, south korea conducted its own test, a planned launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine. president moon jae-in said south korea now had simply vacant deterrence to respond to north korea's provocations at any time, urging the south to continue increasing its weapons programs to overwhelm north korea's asymmetric power. here is the view of one expert. >> it's extorting every time th you have not one, but two kores testing -- koreas testing ballistic missiles on the same day. there is an arm race in this region that everyone nee to pay atten

and south korea as well. and what's really alarming is that the south korean government has not been alert to those. they had been watching the changes in the satellite imagery. they had been receiving the reports, but they haven't, haven't actually alerted the public about the development then it only came to, to, to light after the u. s. pulled out of afghanistan. is the perfect timing for north korea. see what you were mentioning a moment ago that the last nuclear test was back in 2017. so do you think that the north koreans are now on the path to conducting another one with the revelations from the ground? well, i said it's a possibility. i don't think any one of us can say for sure that it will happen in the near future. what we can only acknowledge collectively is that north korea certainly feels inpatient and wants to see response. well, we have heard until now from the us side under the bargain is industry. sion said it is, of course, open to a new dialogue with north korea without any condition, but

and south korea, as well.hat's really alarming, is that the south korean government has not been alert to this. they had been watching the changes in the satellite inventory, they had been receiving the reports, but they haven't haven't actually alerted the public about these developments, and it only came to light after the u.s. pulled out of afghanistan. this is the perfect timing for north korea. dareen: se-woong, you were mentioning a moment ago that the last nuclear test was back in 2017. so do you think that the north koreans are now on the path to conducting another one, with the revelations from the ground? >> well, i said it's a possibility. i don't think any one of us can say for sure that this will happen in the near future. what we can only acknowledge collectively is that north korea certainly feels impatient, and it wants to see response. what we have heard until now from the u.s. side under the biden administration is that it is, of course, open to a new dialogue with north korea without any con

and south korea? there could be the contact that we can discuss the hotline because they were not mentioned, but the hotlines were re established and there must be a channel between the ble. how's the n i s and also the north korean authorities visa, the re engagement with the united states. and i'm also expecting that washington has its own hotline with ongoing, with the blue house, but it's not really clear what the washington people have in mind. it is quite clear that the south korean authorities want to have re engagement going on. but think about political capital in south korea. there's not enough room, especially when there is a presidential election coming up in march. the wrong one key question as well as what role china will play in the diplomacy, obviously, given it's economic and political leverage over north korea, but with relations between us in beijing described as tends to what extent is china willing to work with us on this issue? yeah, that is a very good question because china is

this is the south korea oint, years. this is the south korea point. the _ years.point, - years. this is the south korea| point, the germany point, the cyprus point, we have had troops on the ground in cyprus since the 60s, keeping the green line the un operation, those two warring parties apart and peaceful. is that a forever war? no, it is not. it is a forever piece by piece takes time and investment and commitment, in the same time as you would not describe as police on the streets as a forever riot. people pullet policing. you call it keeping the peace. that is what it is. and our trips would not do that. they were supporting others. . . . others. this was the first test ofthe others. this was the first test of the phrase, _ others. this was the first test of the phrase, and _ others. this was the first test of the phrase, and you - others. this was the first test of the phrase, and you were l others. this was the first test i of the phrase, and you were on the select committee, of global return. how is it looking now? i don't object to the phrase, i just don't

so this is being viewed quite positively here in south korea. they say they are committed to improving relations with the north. and it is certainly a very different picture to what we were looking at just over a week ago when you recall that on the same day, within hours of each other. the millet trees of the 2 korea were in fact a test firing new types of missile. so it is certainly an improvement on that. rub mcbride, thank you for the update. rob live for sta in. so to north america, now in the us is ramping up expulsions of haitian migrants from the southern border with mexico. the department of homeland security says is conducted 12 people taishan flights since sunday. returning nearly 2000 people to hygiene washington, the special envoy to havi has resigned because of what he calls the inhumane treatment of haitian migrants by his government. in a statement daniel foot say the policy of de porting thousands of asylum seekers is counterproductive and deeply flawed. al jazeera footage is showing the mistreatment of haitians along the us bor

south korea conducted its own test of a submarine, launched ballistic missile. while the tip test can coincide with china's foreign minister visit to solve for talks with a south korean counterpart, the north nuclear ambitions on regional secures april high on the agenda. south korea is hoping that china can help bring kim john back to negotiations and end a deadlock surrounding nuclear talks about. but i do want to be of course, we all want to contribute to the peace and stability of the korean peninsula. for example, not only north korea, but also other countries are conducting military actions. so we should have all the parties make joint efforts to resume dialogue as brigade rob mcbride, who was my 1st in. so rob, firstly, tell us a bit more about south korea is own test, this submarine launch, ballistic missile. how significant is it? that's right, am i on a day of busy miss electricity on both sides of the d. m. z. a south career is climbing something of a military 1st. this is an f l b m. so that's a submarine launch ballistic missile. now, to launch a bal

council sanctions, and there is yet to be an update on if it was a ballistic missile from here in south koreal analysing this missile test, which is quite unusual at this stage and is also unusual for north korea to justify one missile, but the timing was extraordinary stop in the missile test was launched just as the un ambassador talk to this podium at the un general assembly. he accused the united states of hostile policies and said north korea demanded the end of exercises, military exercises between the united states and south korea which happen here on the peninsular. they also said that they were justified in developing a war deterrent, and testing and developing missiles, so that was the statement from the ambassadorjust as was the statement from the ambassador just as there's missile test flew. the question i often get is what is going on. we are seeing in pyongyang, it is emerging from isolation, we have had more missile tests, more statements, especially from kimjong—un's more statements, especially from kim jong—un's sister, offering perhaps even dangling the prospect in front of

i mean, whenever south korea and china talk north korea will always be there on the agenda . china obviously exerts a huge influence over north korea, especially given north korea is continuing development of its mythos. and we got a confirmation of that with this, a testing of a new type of cruise missile over the weekend moon j. and the president of south korea has less than a year left of his presidency to run. he would daily like to restart these stall negotiations, and china is obviously very important in that. and there is an opportunity potentially in the aging winter olympics of next february. when we might see a possibility of using that event to restart negotiations much as the pill chang winter olympics in 2018 here in south korea, led to the sol ring and improving of relations with north korea. and all that summit diplomacy between the leaders of north korea, the u. s. so that would be the hope that some way china might be able to use potentially those winter olympics to as a way of restarting negotiations again with north korea. ok, robert bright. there is upstate ly form. so ro

as opposed to south korea's launch, which came from a submarine.that is capable of taking a nuclear weapon, but south korea does not have nuclear weapons. this is a first for south korea, and it will become one of only seven nations able to fire a missile from a submarine. it comes as south korea has increased its budget for defence in recent years. and they do say here in seoul that it's to counter what's happening in the north. but it also has an added meaning, because here on the peninsula, in south korea, 28,000 us troops are based, and south korea more or less relies on the united states for defence. and it's called the nuclear umbrella because the us covers this entire region as an ally, and is there in terms of defence. but south korea has shown increasing steps that it wants to stand on its own two feet, with this budget increase of 7%, it has just decided to build an aircraft carrier, it's just bought a whole bunch ofjets, so it's got brand—new military hardware. and even though this is a planned launch, having those two missile launches w

korea. the south korean military have been given us more details. after analyzing the flight path of these 2 missiles, they've been deemed to be short range, ballistic miss styles. they were fired from an inland launch site and they both travelled around 800 kilometers, apparently reaching out to toot of about 60 kilometers before a crashing into the sea that separates the korean peninsula. from japan, the launch is also confirmed by the japanese. they are extremely annoyed by this late his lord jesse heed a suit, the prime minister describing this as an outrageous behavior. and it does come as the chinese foreign minister is in a soul for talks with his counterpart here. and it's really overshadowed his visit . the south koreans are hoping that china can use its extensive influence over north korea as the, the country that really supports it and keeps that north korea going, especially a joining all of its miriana problems and crises that it is facing to use its employees to get it back to the negotiating table, but obviously with each of these mis

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we are hearing details and again this is unconfirmed at this stage but it's true, south korea state news been a missile test that only flew for a very short range indeed and it may have been a new type of missile. if so, north korea is continuing to show off its weapons development. this is its third test in as many weeks and when it comes to weapons development, pyongyang is determined to show that even while it's under strict international sanctions, it can continue to push forward its missile and ballistic weapons programme. missile and ballistic weapons programme-— missile and ballistic weapons programme. missile and ballistic weapons rouramme. . . ., ., programme. laura, thank you for that. programme. laura, thank you for that lets — programme. laura, thank you for that- lets get _ programme. laura, thank you for that. lets get some _ programme. laura, thank you for that. lets get some of _ programme. laura, thank you for that. lets get some of the - that. lets get some of the day's other news. ford motor co has announced an investment of more than $11 billion towards the production

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ah, south korea has tested a ballistic missile launch from under water. it's the 1st country without nuclear weapons to develop such a system. hours earlier, north korea 5 to short range ballistic missiles off its east coast road. mcbride has this report from so this highly provocative missile test was carried out while china's foreign minister, one year within sol for tools with his south korean counterparts with north korea high on their agenda. but of course, we all want to contribute to the peace and stability of the korean peninsula. for example, not only north korea, but also the countries are conduct the military actions. so we should have all parties make joint efforts to region dialogues. this was wangs last stop of a foreign nation tour of east asia, as china looks to counter the increasing influence of the us in the region and north korea risks angering beijing. with this latest launch, south career is hoping china will you this configurable influence over north korea to bring it back to the negotiating table with each missile lodge, but seems l

south korea says it's carried out. it's 1st on the water launched miss ar test. president moon giant watch the launch from a test side. so says it's also successfully developed other various homegrown mythos hours early in north korea, 5 to short range ballistic missiles off its east coast. they landed in the sea of japan of a test commerce, china's foreign minister has been holding talks in sol, dominated by pyongyang, nuclear ambitions and regional c.

the pentagon spokesman went on to express full us support for south korea and japan, but it would be really difficult for the united states as president biden's envoy to the region is in the region at the moment, holding talks with the south koreans and the japanese. so the action by north korea could be seen as an attempt to put pressure on these particular talks. so it's a massive issue for the bite and administration, how it is going to play strategically in the, in the region, given the fact that on its top up its list in terms of dealing with and containing is in fact china that close neighbor off north korea so the bite and administration attempting to find a way to get some kind of negotiated, settlement there through putting pressure on to china, to exit pressure on north korea. this doesn't appear to be working at the moment in terms of what is actually happening is an increasing missile race. it would appear between the 2. korea is which is of major concern to the by did administration. yeah. and it was interesting timing as well because just an hour ago the us announced the

in fact, south korea becomes only the 7th country in the world to master that technology. but it has confirmed that he had a successful launch and the seas of the south korean coast on wednesday, it was a test that was observed by moon j in the south korean president. now interestingly, north korea has been trying to master the same technology. we've seen in the past few years, for example, kim junglin observing a missile emerging from below the waves, but it is only manage so far to launch a missile from a submerged platform, not from an actual submarine. so normally when we talk about missile development at the north koreans normally lead the way, this is one area of missile development where it seems as south korea has got the lead on its northern neighbor. this is provocative test of the short range ballistic missiles. the north korea has launched before, but the south great military confirms that these were fired earlier wednesday from an inland location of that. judging by that flight path that they flew for 800 kilometers at the maximum altitude, reached 60 kilometer

north korea may consider a summit with south korea, according to young young state news agency. it quotes kim jo, john, the sister of north korea's leader. she suggested talks could happen if neutral respect was guaranteed, but added that this was just her personal view. it was kimmy jung 2nd statement in 2 days. she earlier urge south korea to end it's hostile policy is off to south korean president noon jane called for declaration which would officially end the korean war would run the ride. joyce's live now from the south grand capital. so rob, so what more details do we know about the prospect of the north and south improving relations? that's right, this does seem to be another interesting overture from kim jo jones and does seem to indicate his sincerity by north korea to improve relations. it follows on from similar statements you made a couple of days ago. now that was in response to this call by moon j and the president of south korea to formally end the korean war with a, a signing of a piece declaration that kim a describe. that as being an admirable idea. this time sh

south korea is tested, a ballistic missile launch from under water. it's the 1st country without nuclear weapons to develop this type of system. hours earlier, north korea 5 to short range ballistic missiles, office east coast. they landed in the sea of japan. a month after the taliban seas pow afghan, astonished facing humanitarian and economic crises. high unemployment drought and food guest is pushing tens of thousands of afghans to bring back to our top story for years now. attempts to dismantle north korea is weapons and ballistic missile programs have failed. in 2018, the leaders of south and north korea signed an agreement outlining steps to de nuclear rise the peninsula pretensions persisted. a year later, donald trump became the 1st sitting us president to set foot inside in north korea and met him. junglin, their meetings were historic, but fruitless. north korea continued to launch short range, ballistic missiles. the us down played the 1st test on the jo biden's presidency in march of this year, the one that was widely seen as a challenge t

korea. and i can see there is some with south career, according to young young state news agency, me. it quotes kim, jo, john, the sister of north korea laid them fishes. she suggested rather talks could happen if mutual respect was guaranteed. but added that this is her personal view. it was kimmy jo jones, 2nd statement in just 2 days. she earlier edge south korea to end its hostile policies after president moon jay, in cold for a declaration which would officially end the korean war. rub, mcbride joins us live now from south korean capital. so hello there, rob, how likely is his 2nd statement from kim jo jones going to result in positive talks between the north and south. it is certainly an interesting development and interesting overture from kimmie. jung does seem to be part of a building effort from the north, sincerely trying to restore relations. so it has been treated seriously here in a south korea. it follows on from similar statements she made a couple of days ago. now that was in response to this call from boone j in the president of south korea when he spoke of the un and

for south korea and japan.sident biden's envoy is in the region at the moment, holding talks with south koreans and the japanese. the action could be seen as an attempt to put pressure on these talks. it is a massive issue for the biden administration, how it is going to play strategically in the region, given the fact on the top of its list, is containing china, the close neighbor of north korea. the biden administration attempting to find a way to get some type of negotiated settlement there through putting pressure onto china, to exercise pressure. it does not seem to be working at the moment, in terms of what is happening, a missile race between the two koreas, which is a major concern to the biden administration. barbara: it is interesting timing because an hour ago the u.s. announced a partnership with the u.k. what can you tell us and the impact it is hoping to have? mike: a very that has been announced between australia, the u.k., and the u.s., in terms of sharing advanced technology. top of the list an

there is yet to be an update on if it was a ballistic missile from here in south korea or the us. is stage. it is also unusual for north korea just to fire one missile, but the timing was extraordinary. the missile test was launched just as any un ambassador kim sung took to the podium at the un general assembly. —— kim song. he accused the united states of hostile policies and demanded the end of military exercises between united states and south korea which happen here on the peninsula. they also said that they were justified in developing a war deterrent and testing and developing missiles. that was the statement from the ambassador just as this missile test below. the question i often get is what is going on? we are seeing pyongyang emerge from isolation over the last few weeks, we have had more missile test, more statements, especially from kim jong—un pearl -- kim —— kim jong—un's says that out of all of these talks will come with huge precondition so we are talking the scratch mixing the pyongyang playbook are once again raising tensions, but also raising the possibility of

i think north korea is laying it strategically, and it knows the south korean president, the window ofclosing quickly because his presidency will end next year. haidi: when it comes to the biden administration's approach to the korea's, is it unhelpful that we don't seem to have a coherent or outwardly presented strategy? guest: this is another playbook within north korea's most -- negotiation strategy. any incoming u.s. president will have a lot of stuff to deal with. usually when it comes to issues in terms of history, north korea is dealt with on the backend, not the front end. it's usually done in the last 10 minutes of the fourth quarter in terms of securing some type of legacy for a u.s. president. as it applies to biden, he is just going into the presidency and has his hands full with afghanistan and everything else. transportation, etc.. north korea knows this, he knows how to write international players, my new show of u.s. domestic politics to maximize, it is playing a game of prisoners dilemma were multiple parties are trying to understand strategically whether they should c

north korea had warned that it would kind of if payback to south korea after it took part in those militaryed states in august, it's something that happens every year and north korea does not like his military exercises happening on the border, so it could be this is a response to that but it certainly will highlight to the biden administration and to officials here that pyongyang does have new and emerging capabilities and we heard last month from satellite images that its main nuclear plant is once again operational. so pyongyang may have been quiet but it has certainly been busy. laura bicker there. _ let's focus on the nuclear challenges in another part of the world, actually. the un's nuclear watchdog says it's reached a deal with iran to resume surveillance of some of the country's nuclear facilities. the new government in tehran will allow international monitors to service the cameras that gather data at some key locations. iran's earlier refusal to allow access brought efforts to revive the international nuclear agreement to the brink of collapse. this new deal eases tensions, but t

north korea may consider a summit with south korea, according to pyongyang state these agency. it quotes kim jong, the sister of north korea's leader. she says the talks could happen if mutual respect was guaranteed, but added that this was her personal view. it was kim jo drawings, 2nd statement in 2 days earlier, she urged south korea to end it's hostile policies after president boone j, and called for an official end to be korean war. i'll just run the bride has more from south korea capital, sol. it is certainly an interesting development and interesting overture from kim jung does seem to be part of a building effort from the north at sincerely trying to restore relations. so it has been treated seriously here in south korea. it follows on from similar statements she made a couple of days ago. now that was in response to this cold from noon jay, in the president of south korea when he spoke of the un and suggested that with a formerly end, the korean war with the signing of official peace settlement, the kimmy john said that that was an admirable idea and is now said gone f

so this has been treated as an interesting development here in south korea. they said they are studying the words carefully and it certainly is a contrast to, of course, just over a week ago, when on the same day, both the military's of the to korea were test firing new missiles. so it's certainly being seen as an improvement on that. thank you very much, rob, rob, private, that update live from. so what ladies have been told, a woman planet will also be a more violent one. the security implications of climate change report to amazing uh, view and security council during a general assembly dominated by colds for stronger environmental action. kristen salumi reports from the un from flash blood to drought and famine. the united nations warns that a reckoning is coming for climate change. the united kingdom's prime minister boris johnson came to the general assembly with a message for human kind. it's time for humanity to grow up. it's time for us to listen to the warnings of the scientists, and if you look at cove, it, if you want to see an example of the gloo

this was in response of course to that a call from moon j in the president of south korea who is desperate to try to restart talks with north korea and sees a formal declaration to the end of the korean war. as a way to do it. describing it as being pivotal for the whole korean peninsula. now he has made these calls before, but a coming with the talks being stored. he really sees this is one of these remaining opportunities to try to restart the go see ations. now, initially, it was treated with some dismissive nus by north korea with a vice foreign minister saying earlier on friday that it was up to the united states to drop its hostile post during his he put it in order for this to new, go anywhere, but then that was quickly followed up by kim jo john with her statement while being skeptical about it and accusing south career of double dealings. saying that it was potentially an admirable idea that these conditions were right then north korea, she says, might be willing to enter into a constructive discussion. so this has been treated positively by south korea, which says it is committed

korea claims to have tested a new cruise massage that's right, i mean, i think i need talks between south korea and china will inevitably turn to north korea, given beijing's continuing influence over north korea and the apparent missile launcher, the testing of this new type of cruise missile is that was claimed over the weekend is a reminder to everybody in this part of the world that north korea is missile development has continued a pace over over the years. south korea would daily like to restart these stoled negotiations. and that may be a possibility with the holding of the beijing winter olympics, which is only a few months away basically next february. now you recall of course, that was the pill chang winter olympics in 2018 here in south korea, that it acted as a catalyst to improve relations with the north that led onto was about some diplomacy between donald trump and kim jong. and the hope is that with bay james influence and maybe using the the winter olympics next february, something similar may happen with restarting the negotiations with north korea. all right, a rob bride live

what is south korea doing? they're scrambling to get the lines set up. lcoming the resumption of dialogue. now north korea is saying, okay, we'd like to talk to the south, but it needs to be based on mutual respect. yes, we insulted your president. yes, we called you all sorts of names and basically said you kowtow to the united states. but now we want to talk. there is this repeated pattern we've seen over the years where north korea almost attempts to drive a bit of a wedge in between south korea and the united states, putting south korea in a tough position because they have a military alliance with the united states. they have to engage in joint military exercises with the united states. north korea gets furious when they have said exercises even though they're doing their own exercises in the north and they cut things off, contentions ratchet up and the north tests a new weapon. you see how it goes. they'll play nice with south korea, blast the united states, blast the biden administration which they say is unchanged from the trump years. they say it

in south korea, peace and defense after north korea appears to have held a military parade.ocks in focus as we saw that regulatory scrutiny. bank of korea holding a board meeting for their monetary meeting ahead of their report to parliament. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we are in a different universe, it seems in the u.s. and europe. in the u.s., you had a commitment to purchase exactly the same amount every month. this is a clear-cut commitment. tapering means something. in europe, there is flexibility. >> the inflation situation in europe is different from the u.s.. when the covid shock came the economy was not performing well. inflation was too low. so, it is a different situation from the u.s.. >> it is aced -- a short-term blip we are seeing and hawkish ecb members, among others, are once again too short-term focused. we think the ecb at-large will -- >> hopefully there will be something vocal on this which is to be expected but given the new guidance and do outlook it will be very long time before there are positions. >> we need to watch to see if they are switching. even

and south korea are looking into the claims. although south korea does say there were at least two cruise missiles earlier in the year that have been tested by north korea and they didn't announce them. south korea said they don't announce all the cruise missiles that they see them testing. certainly it is going to be a concern. but it could be a lot worse. we knew that something was coming, given that kim jong-un, the sister of the north korean leader said last month that there would be repercussions for the u.s. and south korea, carrying out their join military drills. these are drills which pyongyang had want to be canceled. they also infuriate the north koreans and this presumably is in keeping with that of kim jong-un saying they were going to face a more serious security threat. just one point to make though. kim jong-un himself does not appear to have been there so that does lessen the significance of this if the north korea leader is not front and center. and it was also on page two of the state-run newspaper. it wasn't

we should not ignore the fact that the chinese foreign - minister was visiting - south korea right whenhis week so really it is kind - of north korea for thumbing its nose at china saying we are not that concerned about you. or, perhaps pay attention i to us, you better start lifting sanctions, giving us a. settings are not looking good. tensions are high within north korea and tensions are high in we have already mentioned aukus, this security pact. china is not happy, as we have said. how can those partners then expect china to come to the rescue over north korea if it has that influence to bear when they are at odds with each other over the security pact. it is all immensely complicated. the relationship itself, just the relationship i is immensely complicated. 0n the face of it, china - is consistently saying that it would like a peaceful diplomatic solution l to the issues on the koreani peninsula and it repeats this again and again. but privately we know that tensions are quite high - between the two countries. for example, china has not given north korea i any direct vaccines. th

box with south korea now and video directly. and also abundant, forgotten, almost immediately. we're not as at the moment, they find me very interesting because the fil, new vital administration is still figuring out what to do about north korea and nuclear capability and the long range ballistic new program, while the outgoing south korean administration of president mon g and the preparing for the national election next year in south korea. so for kim john, the leader of re workers party is very important to, to demonstrate the sent the message both across the pacific and just across the demilitarized zone in the you on the korean peninsula. that's not prepared to talk, but the sake are going to be very high. the price for north korean nuclear program and ballistic missile program going to be, well not, not non negotiable, but very expensive. and the price tag is pinched the lifting of international sanctions. security assurance and perhaps diplomatic recognition of north korea because p on young is not accept that in, in the united states and also republic of 3 it uses to re

to north korea's provocations at any time", urging the south to continue increasing its weapons programmes does speak to the fact that there's an arms race in this region that everyone needs to pay attention to. and people are paying attention. china is north korea's closest ally. earlier on wednesday, china's foreign minister held talks with his south korean counterpart in seoul. here's the ministry spokesman. translation: china has always committed to maintaining peace and stability on the korean - peninsula, insisting on achieving denuclearisation and resolving issues through dialogue. - china hopes the relevant parties will adhere to the direction - of political settlement, - exercise restraint, conduct dialogues and explore effective ways to find a balanced solution _ for the concerns. of relevant parties. north korea has spent more than a year in pandemic lockdown and cut off most of its trade with china to prevent covid infections. that's left it on the brink of economic collapse. however, these tests show pyongyang is still making weaponry its top priority. here's professor delury

to counter the increasing influence of the us in the region and north korea risks angering beijing. with this latest launch, south career is hoping china will use a considerable influence over north korea to bring it back to the negotiating table with each missile lodge, but seems less likely and shows even china is control over its neighbors, isn't limited. north korea has also claimed to have tested a new type of long range cruise missile over the weekend. and it comes after a military parade through the streets of young gang last week facing an economic crisis from international sanctions. and from the pandemic combined with food shortages for damaging storms, it seems the show of military muscle is intended as much of a morale boost at home. as showing the world, it is still a force to be reckoned with. and it comes as south korea develops its own military hardware. on wednesday, at successfully testified, a ballistic missile from a submarine becoming only the 7th country and the world to master the technology. it also announced advances in high powered ballistic and supersonic cruise missiles, as both career

south korea's military set of leaves one project i was fired into the sea of japan. japanese media said the object appears to be a missile. the british government says that army truck drivers will be put on standby in case they are needed to deliver fuel to petrol station. many outlets ran dry after many days of demand, motorists feared shortage because of a lack of tankage delivery drivers. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hard tour, with me zainab badawi. there is concern over new tensions over iran's nuclear programme. tehran assists it is only developing nuclear power for civilian purposes but now israel has warned that it crosses all redlines and that it will not allow orion to acquire nuclear weapons. this follows warnings by washington and the european union that iran must allow international weapons inspectors, full access to its workshops. my guest is rafael grossi, director—general of the international atomic agency. has his inspection programme failed and squandered all hopes to a diplomatic solution to this crisis? director—general rafa

but the stimulus near me, interestingly, south korea did not dramatize the situation. and this is the right way forward to be good once we start union at condemning them the same public that sir, people in my teachers come up reduces incentives for a professional diplomatic dialogue. we can only reach a final agreement order through quite trustworthy talks and notice through some like use ations not through those vocal statements here. the last 4 digit stability with the us. we had the 1st round in july and the next one will be next week. rushing to be channel to give you their special. thank you minister. love rock which is near the near future that you know some player or un, he's having a general assembly from the new in the us constantine. yet, shank continues to be here in the us. the jail just like victor boots and so he was denied the barrow and there were reports that there might be a swarm per between the us and russia. where is the ball and who side? how realistic is that swap route and then the guns of deal with it's difficult for me to make any forecasts to