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but of course the fact that north -- south korea and the u.s. both offering through their presidents aid and assistance to north korea is very unlikely north korea would accept it. that means kim jong un would have to admit to his people he's unable to give them what he needs and has to go to countries he declared to be enemies in order to get that help. but we'll and have already seen a different response to north korea from the president. even though he's saying that the door is open to dialogue, if north korea reaches certain conditions or if it looks as though it's on the way to denuclearization, which few experts believe it will be. otherwise, it does appear he will have a more hawkish approach. he's very much in favor of boosting the defenses of south korea and of course doing that with the help of the united states. to his point as well, talking about president biden wanting this to be more than a security alliance, that's exactly what we heard from south korea president while he was a contract in the presidential election. saying he wante

and south korea have in place. and so that would be quite a striking demonstration of the threat that north korea still poed poses to this region even as the world is sort of focused elsewhere in ukraine, that would be as clearest sign as any that north korea's nuclear him a businesses have not faded, that it wants to thrust itself back into the collective global consciousness after sort of a period of quiet for the last several years. so the president knows that is a possibility going forward. but as you said, that has never happened while a president is in asia. it has happened -- you know, when i was covering president obama, there was an underground nuclear test shortly after the president departed a conference in laos, north koreans had threatened it shortly before. so it is not necessarily unheard of that they would use these kind of visits for that sort of test. but certainly that is something that the president is thinking a lot about. and just to note, i think that we also saw there on the tarmac the u.s. c

i don't think it is possible for south korea to be balanced with the two with south korea, it is how much we do cooperate. china has repeatedly mentioned its redline, which is military issues. if korea wants to deploy this into south korean territory, there will be chinese economic confusion again. this is something that south korea and the united states has to discuss more and determine the best pathways of policy toward china i think, inside north korea, for two or 3 years, north korea provided the foreign policy direion, to bevery hostile towards the united states, and be ready for any possible, preemptive nuclear usage. domestically, to struggle to solve this, north korean people are doing this themselves. maybe these directives can change in the pathways can change. if we want that to be changed, there should be some critical junctures. the current covid-19 situation in north korea repeated situation. this is a big opportunity for south korea to deal with north korea. >> staying with north korea, the country reported 260,000 cases of fever, bringing the total number of suspected

korea and to china. he said in this press conference but there has been no response. south korean's president has offered vaccines, masks, testing kits, which we know are few and far between in north korea. again, there has been no response to that. it is one thing to be hearing what the two leaders are saying when it comes to the north korean leader kim jong un. but unfortunately, at this point, it appears as though kim jong un has no interest in talking. he only has an interest in pushing towards his goals that he has given, the five-year wish list of what he wants to have weapons wise, and obviously he's now dealing with a covid outbreak, and these very public offers of help according to many experts is simply something north korea would not feel comfortable accepting. kim jong un would not have to admit to his own people for example that he is unable to supply what they need but then two countries which he has described as enemies may well be able to come in and help, so certainly there's a suggestion that something more behind closed doors could be offered but at this

south korean president yoon seok-youl. high on the agenda are provocations by north korea. ngyang may conduct a missile launch while mr. biden is in the region. if that were to happen, the president and his south korean counterpart have made plans over how they would jointly respond. >>> turning to other news now. concerning developments in the global spread of the monkey pox virus. according to the world health organization, there are at least 80 confirmed cases of the disease and 50 suspected cases worldwide. on friday sweden and germany reported their first cases. officials in new york city say one patient is being treated as presumptive positive for monkey pox. the w.h.o. says the outbreak was reported around 11 countries so far are atypical as they're occurring in areas are where we the disease isn't normally found. >>> now going to the latest updates on covid-19 and some troubling news from the white house covid czar, dr. ashish jha believes covid cases are being substantially undercounted, of course, due to those home tests that everyone is taking. that means cases co

louis reports from soul on the ground in south korea, a mixed response to u. s. president jo biden's visit. these demonstrators welcomed him, seen this as an opportunity to present a united front against north korea that follows reports leader kim jong and maybe about to conduct a 7th nuclear weapons test. but here, activists concerned about an arms race, a calling for peace. when the 2 precedents met at a summit on saturday, security was high on the agenda. i. i heard cory. oh, i they discussed enhancing sanctions and expanding the scope of combined to military exercises. biden also said he's not opposed to meeting him, john. if he sincere both president june and president biden also said they were ready to help north korea deal with an outbreak of coated 19 o, leaving an era where the economy, security, and security is their economy. disruption in the supply chain caused by changes in the international security order is directly related to the lives of our people. but analysts say that may not be enough to bring north korea to the negotiating table. kim's, ou

member that north korea, although it is very isolated, it does share a border with both south korea and china, and it can be porous. so there is this great concern about north korea actually being this hotbed of yet another wave of the coronavirus. regarding impossibility of biden having a meeting, with north korean leadership, of course the trump administration really started engagement, we engagement with -- reengagement with north korea. the process of that seems less likely given that the meetings have not led to the kind of results that the united states and its allies have wanted to see. that is to say, there has been this need for north korea to denuclearize, ratchet down its military aspirations. the opposite is actually true. so, the incentive, providing vaccines, providing financial aid, none of that have worked. overtures diplomatically have not worked. so why should we expect a different result by doing the same thing? host: we expect president biden to participate in a ceremony to honor both american can and republic of korean soldiers who died in the war, but president bid

being on the same page as we say for south korea and the us to reassure the south korean public but also relationship but also look in at co—ordinating policy both vis—a—vis north korea and look for an improvement of relations between the us�*s to key allies in northeast asia, japan and south korea, that relationship has been on the rocks and very, very troubled over the past decade and the us has a role that it will seek to play in bringing south korea closer to japan. the president has also indicated his hopes of improvement in the south korea japan relationship. just briefl , japan relationship. just briefly, how _ japan relationship. just briefly, how has - japan relationship. just briefly, how has this i japan relationship. just briefly, how has this played out in regional media? well, aaain out in regional media? well, again there _ out in regional media? well, again there is _ out in regional media? well, again there is a _ out in regional media? well, again there is a lot _ out in regional media? well, again there is a lot of- again there is a lot of attention and looking forward

its members will include south korea and japan. analysts say the u. s. is reasserting itself in the region. years after former president donald trump pulled out of the trans pacific partnership trade pact. however, china sees that agreement as an attempt to marginalize it. a chinese foreign ministry spokesman criticized the u. s. on friday, saying it should do more to contribute to peace in the region. instead of creating divisions. florence louis for inside story. ah, well, let's bring in our guests into the show. now we have joining us from washington, d. c. hi, no clink. he's a former us deputy assistant secretary of defense for east asia and former military tashay at the u. s embassy in beijing. in beijing, victor gal, a chair professor at su chow university and a former chinese foreign service officer and in tokyo, comma hico to gucci. i, professor at k a university and the form of special adviser to the cabinet of prime minister sion. so ave welcome to will. i could start with high know, 1st of all, just how different is the biden pivot to asia com

/south korea relationship as a linchpin of peace, prosperity. there are heightened intention with north korea as u.s. intelligence indicates that north korea could potentially test fire an intercontinental ballistic missile and or a nuclear weapon while president biden is here in south korea or while he is in the region as he goes to japan next. that has, of course, heightened the stakes of president biden's visit, but he's not just focusing on national security. he's also looking at economic cooperation between the u.s. and its key allies in the region, and in talking about that, he actually crew on what we're seeing with the war in ukraine disrupting supply chains around the world to drive home this point further. listen. >> putin's brutal and unprovoked war in ukraine has further spotlighted the need to secure our critical supply chains so that our economy, our economic and our national security are not dependent on countries that don't share our values. >> reporter: and while president biden is talking about russia there, he's very clearly r

but certainly when it comes to north korea neither side, the u.s. or south korean intelligence agencies have pulled back from their assessment north korea is close from a missile test and potentially to a seventh underground nuclear test. now, that would change the conversation clearly between these two leaders, but it will also be very high on the agenda, how they will deal with north korea, how they could hope to bring north korea back to the negotiating table. both sides have said they're willing to talk to the lead, kim jong-un. and under the right circumstances there's been no response to that. both sides have also said they're willing to help any assistance north korea needs in its covid outbreak. it announced just over a week a ago it had a covid outbreak in pyeongyang and no response to that. >> both countries said they're willing to help with that covid outbreak. paula hancock there in seoul, appreciate it. joining me now from washington, d.c. is a senior fellow and codirector of the east asia program and director of the china program. as we wait to

president joe biden is set to arrive in south korea in the coming hours. s trip comes as china and north korea increasingly flex their military muscles in the region. we'll now take you to a u.s. aircraft carrier deployed in that part of the world to show you how washington is trying to draw the line for beijing and pyongyang. blake essig has the story. >> reporter: if you ask united states seventh fleet commander carl thomas, this is what deterrence looks and sounds like. >> deterrence to date has worked. and i'm hopeful that it continues to work. but my job is to be prepared in case it doesn't. >> reporter: for the past several months, the u.s. navy carrier strike group 3 led by the uss abraham lincoln and armed with the u.s. navy's most advanced fighter wing has conducted joint drills with allies like japan and patrolled the waters of the indo-pacific. >> being out here operating as a very visible and very agile dynamic force, there is no better way to provide the deterrence that we need in this part of the region. >> reporter: this aircraft carrier brin

biden is in south korea today. but a threat from the north hangs in the background. >>> standing down in mariupol. they are ordering to stop defending the city against russian sources. the u.s. sending $40 billion in aid. >>> and oklahoma's abortion ban. the governor set to sign the most restrictive law in the nation as the country waits a historic decision from the supreme court. >>> thank you for joining us, everyone. president biden has just kicked off his first trip to asia since taking office. and he's trying to demonstrate america's commitment to allies in the region of course after months of focus on ukraine and russia's invasion there. the president's first stop is south korea, where he underscored the importance of this region and this moment. listen. >> so much, so much of the future of the world is going to be written here in the endopacific over the next several decades. we're standing at an inflection point in history where the decisions we make today will have far reaching impacts on the world we leav

but 1st, florence louis reports from sol on jo biden's, 1st stop in asia, on the ground in south korea. a mixed response to u. s. president jo biden's visit. these demonstrators welcomed him, seeing this as an opportunity to present a united front against north korea. that follows reports leader kim jong. i may be about to conduct a 7th nuclear weapons test, but here, activists concerned about an arms race, a calling for peace. when the 2 precedents met at a summit on such a security was high on the agenda, j. o, a hurry, hurry. oh, i can tell you they discussed enhancing sanctions and expanding the scope of combined to military exercises. biden also said he's not opposed to meeting him, john. good. if he sincere you both president june and president biden also said they were ready to help north korea deal with an outbreak of cove at 19 o. leaving an era where the economy, security, and security is there gonna me disruption in the supply chain caused by changes in the international security order is directory related to the lives of our people. but analysts say that may not be enough t

she pardon is going to be also provided in hinesville between south korea and us. and we will be closely monitoring on that. as i boy them don't tribal, you're going to be that you young, i had, and then there's the stiver, a threat from north korea at ga, ga, future. women need to be tackle as well. publisher and julia, i don't have we will all so soon as to believe on john, i had a building earlier. my son, the senior level working group i resume to his santa maria. i'm not sure whether i have fully answer your questions and so he, he, their handbook is, are you looking at home that i don't know how when the day are we taking tony's between korean and that american journalist, thank you for your time. i will. and it will take a question from korean journalist, just one question per journalist, please let another year to william in december. i mean children generally added on to me now going in and then i think he was previously asked, but i will not give dr. young into the till to do i've been and yoga here like of years in order to and then i'll to handle all the

on the solid south korea u. s. alliance. sally is seeing that our chloe, north korea continues to put its effort into nuclear and missile development. while ignoring the people suffering amid the spread of the corona virus in the country, it violates the relevant un security council resolution. and we strongly condemn it . we have protested north korea through diplomatic routes with robert riot has more on this now from take care. these, the 3 miss elsewhere detected just after daybreak, fired from the su 9 area. this is northwest of the capital young gang. it's the location of young young's airport flying east towards the sea that separates the korean peninsula from japan. the national security council of south korea, they convened a meeting straight afterwards as they often do. there's also been a response from the japanese. the japanese defense minister is saying that these are provocations which are completely unacceptable. this is the 17th round of missile launches so far this year. sometimes they have been

you then head south korea's president in a strongly worded statement saying that these actions by north would only strengthen the alliance between the united states and south korea and they would only further isolate north korea. really drawing on the messages in the weekend, sending the message that the united states and south korea are united, that the united states will defend south korea and that they will not tolerate these increasing escalations by north korea. david: jean mackenzie reporting. we turn next to ukraine, where weeks after russian forces were pushed back from their attempt to take the ukrainian capital, kyiv, the bodies of many russian soldiers still lie abandoned. ukraine says russia shows no interest in getting the bodies back. our eastern europe correspondent reports, and a warning, the report contains distressing images. >> in the woods around kyiv, they are still finding shallow graves, searching for the dead long after the fighting ended here. villagers called in the forensic team when the dogs began digging. at the bodies are not ukrainian, that is the hood of

his oldest security i live in the region, japan and south korea. joe biden landed in south korea, eager to reassert us influence in the asia pacific to counter china's growing political and economic strength in the region. his 1st port of call a tour of a samsung semiconductor factory with zachary is new president. you and suck you with russia's invasion of ukraine and supply chain bottlenecks. driving prices at home, sky high, the u. s. president needed a win. so he kicked off his 1st presidential visit to asia with visits to staunch allies and sole and tokyo. sorry. so much so much in the future. the world is going to be written here in the endo pacific, over the next several decades. we're standing at an inflection point in history or decisions we made today, or a far reaching impacts on the world. we leave your children tomorrow, lied and agreed to step up military drills with so and deploy more us weapons if necessary to deter north korea. while offering to san kobe 19 vaccines to pyongyang, and potentially meet kim jong earn. he was standing

>> i personally feel south korea would like to come into the quad, -- if south korea would like to comeo the quad, we should welcome it. we share democracy, we share common values of freedom of speech and everything. i think korea is the right member. it is very much suited for the quad as well. >> what should the talks today center around when it comes to dealing with south korea? there have been suggestions that japan despite not having formal diplomatic relations should be considering sending aid. >> well, i think it is a great opportunity to give some aid. as the president said, president biden said they are offering, but not getting a response. i do not know what japan has been doing. i think if the north korean site is going to receive vaccination and things like that, japan would be willing to extend it. at the same time, japan is asking for humanitarian help about those abducted people. as for humanitarian things, i think it is not one package, but we can work on each thing. >> ambassador, what do you make of prime minister fumio kishida 's diplomatic efforts so far? there was a

so the, you know, the ration of the insecure, potentially harold's a new political direction for south korea. and the new place for it in the world. instead of the previous liberal administration's relentless pursuit of dialogue with north korea over d nuclear, zation conservative view says he will take a harder line up while north curious nuclear weapon programs are a threat not only to our security and debt of northeast asia, the door to dialogue will remain open so that we can peacefully resolve this threat . faced with north korea is increased weapons testing and rhetoric. yoon has promised to restore relations with neighboring japan and maintain close the ties with traditional ally the united states. the return of a conservative administration in south korea is likely to further push nations into camps similar to the cold war. rival rays of the last century. on the one side, the united states and its ne, asian allies, japan and south korea, and all the other loosely aligned russia in china, supporting north korea. given south korea is economic dependence on china. the out going south ko

from south korea and also from the u. n. so what this potentially could mean is possibly a diplomatic opening to restart talks to restart. diplomacy with north korea, but it also presents challenges because it could mean a humanitarian crisis on the doorstep of south korea. and it could also be potentially a possibly perhaps an emergence of a more deadly outbreak of the deadly variant of the current virus. so that is also a very pressing issue that these 2 leaders will have to talk about or at florence for the moment, but he thinks did for us louis. and so, as i said, we're waiting for the 2 leaders to give a press briefing, which is to, to get underway shortly as what it does. we will dip into it here on al jazeera. i'm to give you a flavor of what's going on. right. let's rubel a 17 year old palestinian boy has been killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank. another teenager was seriously injured during the raid on a refugee camp and jeanine understood. he infections of cold for a general strike to mourn. i'm just

we have treaty alliances with south korea and japan. they are critically important, and also among the world's larges largest economies. number two is to expand existing cooperation, the administration doesn't want to admit it. in an effort to actually counter, and blunt the rise of china. this can be achieved through the meeting of the quad, which will occur in tokyo with the president, and the president will unveil a new economic initiative, the indo-pacific economic framework, which is not a traditional treaty, excuse me, economic trade agreement but it is an effort to rope others into dealing with digital infrastructure. and climate. so that's a second. and the third is to have goals that are realistic because this is a complicated region. you have a north korea that is on the verge, perhaps, of launching another ballistic missile, and you have countries that really don't want to choose, make clear choices between the united states and china. south korea is one because china is their largest trading partner. so i think the administr

united states and south korea carried out missile drills in response. u. s. present joe biden has just wrapped up a trip to asia during which he agreed to new measures to deter north korea. and we can now talk to journalist jen kwan in seoul, south korea, jen. these missile tests come hot on the heels of a visit to the region by you as president joe biden. 2 analysts, there were, you are see a connection. well, it's not like a direct message to the u was per se, because it has been tested right after 12 hours after he left the regent. however, it does as a message to, to the region as in south korea and the us in japan saying that, oh, don't forget, i would, we still are, we are still here and we have missiles. and when you see the missile test today, most used to be just ballistic missile. but, but the 3rd missile that was fired launched today was one was an i c n, which is immediate, which is not an immediate threats to the us personnel or personnel territory. but again, you and i got it, i'm sorry if so, if i were talking intercontinental ballistic missi

upsetting china which is south korea's main trading partner.is a difficult balance to strike given that u.s.-china tensions are rising area this is a president who wants to do things very differently. he might be about to find out he has less room to maneuver then he hopes. >> forward go tonight, we have the story of the most expensive piece of american artwork ever been sold at auction. andy warhol iconic marilyn monroe silkscreen sold for a record $195 million after four minutes of bidding. it is also the most expensive piece of 20th-century century art ever sold. the proceeds will go to a children's foundation set up by the artwork's late owners, swiss art dealers. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. tha

and south korea have conducted at live fire drills after north korea launched missiles, south korea's defense ministry release pictures, a fully armed fighter, james sat, an undisclosed location, both military say the surface to surface tests were conducted hours after us president joe biden left asia. and those drills follow north grades, firing 3 missiles, one of them, an intercontinental ballistic missile. japan and south korea detected them being fired from soon arm towards the sea of japan. the south korean government describes the miss ar test as a grave provocation. robert bride is covering the story for some tokyo please. the 3 miss elsewhere detected. just after daybreak, fired from the su 9 area. this is northwest of the capital young gang. it's the location of young young's airport flying east towards the sea that separates the korean peninsula from japan, the national security council of south korea. they convened a meeting straight afterwards as they often do. there's also been a response from the japanese. the japanese defense minister is saying that these are provocatio

today consulting with south korea's newly inaugurated president. offering aid amid a covid crisis. >> not only north korea but china as well, and we're prepared to do that immediately, we've gotten no response. >> reporter: white house official telling nbc news, the u.s. offered vaccines to north korea, like the global distribution program called covax and provide them to china to give them to north korea. the president is not ruling out meeting with kim in the future. >> with regard whether i would meet with the leader of north korea it would depend on whether he was sincere and serious. >> reporter: the president's visit here also attended to show neighboring china the u.s.'s alliances remain strong, president biden hoping his relations here will help address the supply chain challenges and inflation back at home. touring a massive samsung factory that will create 2,000 new jobs in texas. that will create critically needed semiconductors. part of an effort to relieve the shortages that have helped fuel skyrocketing prices as it relates to north ko

here in south korea. so 3 inaugurated a new president on, on may 10th you. so you'll, and he takes a hard line with north korea. he advocates, for example, preparing a pre eminent strike capability, should it look like ne, launching in this missile toward south korea. he also advocates quite strongly increasing the power of the alliance with the united states. that was the main point of their meeting. and he is also called for american strategic assets. these are american weapons bombers and ships that are capable of delivering nuclear weapons to participate in military exercises here in south korea. tablo, it's suspected that the corona virus has hit north korea's mostly on vaccinated population. pyongyang has called it a fever. i might be influencing pyongyang decisions at the moment. well, whenever north korea does something like this, you know, we don't have a good window into the decision making process. they're rather opaque in terms of journalism. people make the case that perhaps kim john is doing

so south korea has to keep many different security, and it can be interest in good balance and harmony. as the new president begins, work south careers, allies and adversaries alike are watching closely. rob mcbride al jazeera, so voters in lebanon are preparing for elections on sunday. after more than 2 years . the protest calling for new government is and how to reports. now from barrett, that is wanting change to the ballot box face and difficult challenge. these squares were emptied at protesters months ago. a battle for change, one by the political establishment. now the movement for a new lebanon that began in late 2019, has shifted its focus from the street to the ballot box. different coalitions born from the uprising are contesting the upcoming elections. many of the candidates are young and optimistic, but they know political change won't be easy to be that suffered for $31.00 option and the old friends we need. we know that you need time to change. we want to go into the fundamentals to change from inside. yeah. they're up against a sectarian base system of power sharing and

but it's more than that, biden wants south korea and south korea has committed itself to playing a bigger, in the region, whether that means standing up to china or speaking out in defence of taiwan or even continuing its support in ukraine. more broadly on trade, what is coming out of this trip? biden is due to launch a new trade partnership when he goes to japan later this week and that's looking really at securing these critical supply chains, particularly when it comes to semiconductors, when it comes to semiconductors, when it comes to semiconductors, when it comes to batteries, the things that are seen to key to making sure that america and its partners in asia retain or have a competitive edge against china which is becoming dominant in that field. south korea said it is willing tojoin up dominant in that field. south korea said it is willing to join up this partnership and many others are expected to follow. to australia — where polls have closed in the country's first election since 2019. it sees prime minister scott morrison go up against one of the country's longest serving pol

while in south korea, the nuclear reservation of north korea is going to be a top priority, especially given intelligence reports that we've been hearing that north korea could be planning a 7th nuclear test or launching an intercontinental ballistic missiles soon. but also very important is the issue of technology, the issue of trade and technology between the 2 countries. and it's significant that preston fight and is starting his visit in south korea with a tour of a some. so chip manufacturing plant. now analysts say he's crafted an itinerary that's also meant for a domestic audience as well. we've seen the world and the u. s. suffer from a shortage of chips and that has led to huge problems with the availability of kitchen appliances of vehicles and other goods. and that shortage has contributed to a global inflation problem. now, what the u. s. wants to do is it wants to ensure that the supply chain going forward at problems in supply chain is going to be minimized. and one way it can do that is to have these chips manufactured in the u. s. at the moment, the u. s. only produces

korea. the president began his trip by joining the south korean president, yoon seok-youl at a su semiconductor plant. the other stop is japan. but as biden makes the rounds, there is also growing concern over what north korea might do next to rattle the saber. the united states preparing for the distinct possibility that kim jong-un would conduct a missile test, an icbm, in coordination with biden's trip. wouldn't be the first time he did it. more on that in a moment. let's begin in seoul, south korea, cnn's jeremy diamond is there. tell us what the biden administration hopes to accomplish on this trip, both in south korea and japan. >> reporter: well, jim, president biden has arrived here in south korea at a moment of extraordinary tension as the potential for north korean ballistic missile tests looms large over the president's trip. we have learned according to an official familiar with the intelligence that south -- that north korea appears to be taking steps to fuel an icbm, which would be one of the final stages before a launch. really raising the stakes and the possibility that north ko

of missile that hasn't been fired since 2017, with a warning from defense officials in japan and south korea. and also in the us that we can probably expect more testing of icbm in the future at the south koreans and the u. s. military have promised greater cooperation in response to all list is now a conservative administration in south korea, including of course, maybe a more military exercises joint exercises. but those are the kinds of things that often anger north korea, prompting them to launch more. missiles now has been the evidence to support witness accounts of how out of their agenda sharing actually was shot dead according to a cnn investigation. she was killed in a targeted attack by israeli forces. the report says there was no active combat or any palestinian fighters near location to us base news channel comb through 11 videos of the scene, showing israel's military convoy from different angles before during and after she was shot. 8 witnesses, an audio and an explosive weapons expert backed up the findings. and members of the un security council, calling for an independent in

and south korea is also a country that host us a military basis. so they're looking at expanding that they're also looking at and han think sanctions against north korea, them both sides. we're also talking about cooperating to face cybersecurity threats from north korea. and they will also very keen to stress that they are not closing the door on talks with north korea. they want it to come to the negotiating table too, because the ultimate goal really is about the nuclear is asian of the korean peninsula . but it has to be said that there wasn't much of an incentive that's being offered by the us in south korea, in persuading north korea to come to the negotiating table. they also spoke about helping north korea with its cobit 19 outbreak. yes. nor craze. experiencing a very severe cove at 19 out. right. we don't really have the figures at the moment because no, chris simply doesn't have the test kits to even even be able to say how many people have been infected with cove at 19. and this is the country where the population is unvaccinated, the co

she had time to al jazeera washington, south korea and japan say north korea has find a ballistic missile over its east coast towards the theme. if it was launched from the sonata area and the north quiz, 14th known weapons, test this year, live to correspondent in so rob mcbride and rob, we're getting a few more details about this. don't john? the response from south korea? what are we hearing? that's right. the south korean military confirming that this was a ballistic missile, but where they relatively a short flight path, certainly compared with and what more recent or missile launches. they say that it reached a, an, a total altitude of 780 kilometers and flew a total distance of nearly 500 kilometers east landing in this sea that separates japan and the korean peninsula. now, south korea has a strongly condemned this launched. i, japanese prime minister has said that it's totally unacceptable. and what we don't know exactly at this stage, what type of missile this was. interestingly, it was launched from this district called soon and which is just outside the capital pyongyang from

talk about this, nbc news chief white house correspondent, peter alexander, with the president in south korea. we have nbc news washington correspondent and moderator of "walk week" on pbs and director of the asia program at the wilson center and a former director for korea, japan and oceanic affairs. the president visited this samsung plant. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: well, the president is here as part of a five-day tour. he'll be in south korea for a few days before he heads off to japan and really i think in many ways this is an effort for the president to demonstrate that while much of his attention has been focused on what's taking place in eastern europe with the war in ukraine, that the u.s.'s relations with its allies here remain strong. south korea, japan and others, and a chance to buttress the rise of china right now. so as you noted, the president did make that first stop of his trip at the samsung semiconductor plant. those micro chips have been facing a shortage worldwide and the president went there not only because samsung would be building the $17 billion

in south korea, the number of dogs and cats which are lost or abandoned are also increasing.dised in south korea, and some owners are simply not willing to pay the, like, high bills when their dogs or cats become really sick. some of them choose to abandon them on the street. so, we wish to build up a world without lost or abandoned animals. some kennel clubs already use dog nose prints as a form of id, but petnow hopes its app will become mandatory in south korea to help reduce the number of dogs that are abandoned by pet owners when a big vet's bill arrives. to do that, they'll need the backing of government and a huge marketing push, so that everybody, including people who don't own a dog, knows about the app and how to use it. that was chris. he's always good at sniffing out a story, isn't he? i did ask her not to do that, i promise. listen, let's leave it there for the short version, shall we? if you'd like to see more from us, you can find it on iplayer, where the full—length version of click is waiting for you right now. thank you very much for watching. bye— bye. hell

. >>> president-elect yoon suk-yeol of south korea is apparently planning to appoint a japanese expert as the next ambassador to tokyo. south korean media identified yun duk-min as a strong candidate. he was likely to be appointed. yun is a former head of the korean national diplomatic academy, a foreign policy think tank and proficient in japanese. after studying in the united states, he received a degree from japan's keio university. an expert on security affairs, he's known for his knowledge of relations between japan and south korea. he served as an adviser during yoon's presidential campaign. he met the prime minister in april as a delegation member of the new administration. he highlighted the importance of bilateral ties in an interview with nhk on wednesday. >> translator: in recent years, the impact of relations has been significant. we need to normalize relations. south korea and japan have to work closely to resolve these issues. bilateral ties should not be unattended. >> south korea's new administration will officially commence after yoon's inauguration next tuesday. >>> n

a new circle was, was inaugurated. china is going to be a little bit more worried with south korea, possibly joining the quadrilateral security dialogue was the alliance started by japan, also involving a trillion india in the united states. but it's perhaps north korea that wants to see more attention paid to this region and perhaps some movement on the un security council sanctions and perhaps will conduct more missile tests and, and nuclear test if the u. s. doesn't, you know, offer some type of incentives to, to get back to negotiations on that. right, frank, thank you very much. that comprehensive update. frank smith in cell me a quick look at some of the news making headlines around the world. now, nobel peace prize laureate as a ramos horta has been sworn in for a 2nd time as president of team will s day. he took the oath of office in the capital dilly. he said his top priority as president is to protect young people seeking democracy. he's inauguration comes on the eve of the 20th anniversary of html s days. independence. officials in indian administered kashmir, said one worker has

this is a trip for them to shore up their alliances with japan and south korea. orth korea throughout the last year of president biden's presidency. this isn't a great situation for them, but the other thing to consider is we aren't just learning that north korea is preparing to do this from intelligence officials, it's also the national security adviser on his way to asia alongside the president saying, this is in the realm of possibility and this is something we've seen the biden administration do, get ahead of events that they think are coming so that people like us are discussing them so that when it happens the shock factor is a little bit less. but of course it is not a great thing when it comes to security officials to consider the president being in a region when a very, you know, belligerent country could be carrying out a test like this. >> as kylie points out, right, the administration sort of trying to get ahead of this. the reality is a lot is going to be made of what the message is that president biden is sending and this adds that. there was always