beautiful view of the gwanan suspension bridge - one of the most magnificent and largest in all of south koreaouth korean engineering marvel connects the two districts of busan, nam and the last hyundai, by the way , known in korea to everyone for its best beaches in the country. so the sea gates of south korea are good in many ways and open to anyone and everyone and for those who crave fun and entertainment and for those who seek peace and solitude. another name for the netherlands is holland during the time of peter i, who fell in love with this country so much. it was called the republic of the united provinces. or by the chief of them holland in the kingdom. today , only two of the twelve provinces, south and north holland, are named that way. the city of maastrith is the administrative center of the southern province. limburg to the south. they leaned in from the netherlands our correspondent dmitry chuvalov. on the banks of the meuse river to the west of it, almost immediately outside the city, the territory begins belgium, and 30 kilometers to the east lie the lands of germany, a strat

and south korea fire, besides into the sea, a day off to north korea did the same. is this an indication of a hardening of positions against phil again. and a deepening of ties between australia and indonesia. climate change is front and center. as australia's new prime minister visits his counterpart in indonesia. ah, i british benji, welcome to d, w. news asia that you could join us. the u. s. and south korean military's have together launched each ballistic missiles into the sea. on monday, a response to north korean launches a day earlier. it's the 2nd time in recent months that the us and its allies, south korea have jointly responded to similar moves from north korea. many see it as representing a hardening of cyril's approach to pyongyang. ah, a fiery early morning display that took all of 10 minutes it's effects were meant to extend well into the future. the launches of 7 south korean missiles and one american missile in a live fire exercise, a tit for tat reply to north korea's launching of 8 missiles a day. earlier. the response came as south korea and its

the response came as south korea and its hawkish new president mark's memorial day commemorations. you and soc you'll saying more than ever, global powers must work to contain north korea. for connie ha, north korea's nuclear missile threats are getting sophisticated. 8 fired various ballistic missiles yesterday. it's programs are reaching the level that threaten not only the pace of the korean peninsula, but also northeast asia and the world's view. fannin sure now you to will you send me that the world has almost grown accustomed to seeing this type of weapons demonstration from north korea. indeed, in 2022 alone. north korea has launched 18 rounds of missile tests, including intercontinental ballistic missiles. military intelligence suggests president kim jung own as pushing for north korea's 1st nuclear test in nearly 5 years. that doesn't work well, does the height the north korea has repeatedly launched ballistic missiles, including new icbm at a high frequency. since the beginning of this year though, that was on the call, the series of north korean actions threatened the pea

s. president joe biden wrapped up a trip to south korea and japan. when bitin reaffirmed the u. s. commitment to defending both allies and kim reaffirmed his desire from north korea to become a nuclear power. and gentlemen offer more from sol as reuters senior correspondent, josh smith, josh joined us in south, couldn't beside launches in response to north korea. does this somehow symbolize the new south korean policy towards it's no the neighbor it is certainly a return in some ways to a new old policy. one that we last saw insignificant levels back in 2017, during the days of the fire and security threats between can go in and former us president donald trump. this is not the 1st time they've done the joint rules this year. they also rolled out joint missile drills late last month when north korea tested an icbm day after us has been. joe biden left the region after his 1st talks in the region. but as you mentioned, south korean president unit, so q has promised to make this more of a regular occurrence in response to, to north korean missile launches. and given that north kore

south korea's news agency suggests it could be typhoid or another. it puts a burden on north korea's health care system. thousands of presumptive covid-19 cases each day. last month, kim was urging to respond rapidly to the health emergency. ♪ >>> the tokyo district court ordered the firm to pay for compensation. it claims to have lost 5,000 customers a month since the rating system was changed three years ago. following that change, deducted points for all restaurant chains. they have no choice but to accept any changes the site makes to its rating system. he ruled the defendant had abused its bargaining >>> the recognition of same-sex partner is a big relief. >> officials will start accepting applications on october 11th. the certificate will allow couples to access services that were not available to them before. they'll not be married since japan do not recognize same-sex marriage. >>> small tour boats have resumed service in hokkaido northern japan, two months after a vessel sank in the region. boat operators had refrained from sightseeing tours

and south korea? yeah, this was her direct response from south korea and it's usa allies to sundays launched the joint military command here in south careers as a total of 8. missiles were fired at they were fired from the east coast in gung one province. this is the province that borders with north korea. along the d, m. c. the missiles were fired into the c, a c's that separate the korean peninsula from japan. the south koreans in the u. s . said that this was a to demonstrate the capability. it says, of precision strikes it. origins of provocations, clearly indicating north korea. they're saying at condemning sunday's launch by north korea, of again, exactly the same number of ballistic missiles. 8 missiles being fired by north korea saying that the south and the u. s. will take corresponding reactions there each time or to what they call these provocations that has been reinforced by you or by units of y'all, the conservative a president of the south korean newly inaugurated here he has been speak

how does south korea look at this? south korea doing when it comes to these capital flow and negative impact that it could see? >> due to the faster place of monetary tightening, south korea's rate has risen. buoyancy has also grown. the current administration is aware of potential risks happening from higher rates. we are monitoring closely so financial and currency market volatility isn't amplified. in the bond markets, if there are bigger responses, the government will implement emergency buyback and the bank of korea should buy government bonds at the right time. >> you recently downgraded your growth forecast. tell us about what sort of challenges you for see. >> if you look at south korea, our exports are bigger than other countries, standing at 70%. external factors are indeed having a negative impact on the economy. with the supply chain disruptions, it had a negative impact on exports and investments. with the covid situation stabilizing here, we expect spending to rebound. >> let's talk more about the supply

how does south korea look at this, and what is south korea doing when it comes to capital flows, or perhapsegative impact it could see? >> due to the faster pace of global monetary policy tightening, south korea's policy rate has risen, and volatility in financial markets has also grown. the current administration is aware of potential risks from higher rates. we are monitoring it closely so that financial and currency market letter that he is not amplified. in the bond markets, if there are bigger responses, the government will implement emergency buyback, in the back of korea should purchase government bonds at the right time. shery: you have recently downgraded your growth forecast. tell us a little bit about what sort of challenges you foresee? >> if you look at south korea, our exports is bigger than other countries, at 70%, so external factors are indeed having a negative impact on the economy. with supply chain disruptions, it did have a negative impact on exports and investments. however, with the covid situation stabilizing here, we expect spending to rebound. shery: let's talk mor

added to the anticipation of this launch bringing loud -- large crowds to the beaches, facing south korea's narrow space center. they were not disappointed. quite the engineers believed they fixed the problems and that this time, they will become the first homegrown south korean rocket to put a satellite in orbit. >> i came here for the first launch. it was a disappointment. this time i am hoping for success. >> at the moment of ignition, i said wow and then the bore of the market -- the rocket made me so proud. >> we are joining the ranks of truly advanced countries. across the country's science minister was able to claim success. >> fellow koreans, the sky of the green universe has been opened wide. the government plans to increase the technical reliability and stability of the rocket from former launches by 2027. >> this launch has further accelerated the pace of rocket development on the korean peninsula. north korea says it launched its first satellite years ago. many on the list believe that was just a cover for the development of his long-range ballistic missiles. al jazeera, south k

joe biden has met leaders of south korea and japan. focused on dealing with north korea. joe biden -- president xi jinping says covid zero is the most effective policy for china. he said the lockdown defendant policy is connected to the communist party's purchases. south korea has jumped to the best place to be in the pandemic. the latest rankings scored countries and territories based on how they live with the virus. mainland china, taiwan and russia are at the bottom of the list. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. shery: china's official pmi data is out in the next hour and economist fear a return to expansion. we will get the outlook. haidi: china's president is set to leave the mainland for the first time since the pandemic began. we take a look. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: take a look at asian currencies. we saw the greenback climb on safe haven demand. central bankers speaking and that i

how does south korea look at this and what is south korea doing when it comes to capital flows, and perhapsue to the faster pace of global monetary policy tightening, the south korean policy rate has risen and the volatility in financial markets as ground. the administration is aware of potential risks from higher rates. we are monitoring closely so that financial and currency market volatility isn't amplified. in bond markets, if there are bigger responses, the government will implement emergency buyback , and the bank of korea should buy government bonds on the right time. shery: you downgraded your growth forecast. tell us what challenges you foresee. bang: our light on export is bigger than other countries, 70%. external factors are indeed having a negative impact on the economy. and with supply chain disruptions, it could have a negative impact on experts -- exports and investments. however, with covid stabilizing here, we expect spending to rebound. shery: let's talk about supply chain disruptions and how it is affecting your exports, especially in the tech sector? bang: the supply ch

but why is this space rocket just so important to south korea? it is important because it allows it to become getting membership of what is a very exclusive club at south korea. and that becomes one of only 7 countries in the world to be able to deliver commercial satellites to lauren satellites and put them up that economically, more importantly reliably. so that's why it's important to have successful law and she is like this. so other countries have mastered this technology. the south koreans are trying to model their own version on the space. sex example in the united states of having economic rockets being able to deliver satellites at an economic unreliable way. south career is a big producer of satellites already because of its advance technology. but now that it can actually produce the rockets to put them up there that also then gives them a big commercial advantage. thank you very much for the update. rub mcbride live for us in go hung county south korea and us ban on goods imported from china's she's young region is due to come into fo

so in washington to $58.00 missiles towards the sea of south korea's east coast. it comes a day off. the north launched a barrage of short range ballistic missiles of it's eastern coastline for connie was hi johan, north korea's nuclear missile threats are getting sophisticated go. it fired various ballistic missiles yesterday. sorry. north korea's nuclear missile programs are reaching the levels that threaten not only piece of the korean peninsula, but also in northeast asia and the world warner from houses in this world mcbride and sol. this was a direct response from south korea and its usa allies to sundays launched the joint military command here in south korea. as a total of 8, missiles were fired. they were fired from the east coast in gung one province. this is the province that borders with north korea along the dmc. the missiles were fired into the sea, a seas that separate the korean peninsula from a japan. the south koreans in the u. s. said that this was a to demonstrate the capability. it says, of precision strikes it. origins of provocations, clearly

i'll 0 rob mcbride reports now from near the narrow space center of south korea, south coast. mm. with this launch, south korea has joined an exclusive international club, one of only a handful of nations, able to put satellites into all bit commercially. the 3 stage rocket called newry meaning world was carrying a one and a half ton test satellite up to 700 kilometers above the surface of the earth. a 1st attempt last october failed when the rockets 3rd stage malfunctioned that added to the anticipation of this launch, bringing large crowds to the beaches, facing south careers, narrow space center. they weren't disappointed. the engineers believed they fix the problems and that this time yury will become the 1st home grown south korean rocket to put a satellite in orbit. eat or did all them and they're good. then i, i came here for the 1st launch and it was a disappointment. when it failed, so this time i'm hoping for success till once upon at the moment of ignition, i said, wow. then the roar of the rocket made me so proud are the only fighting a call. i feel like we've joined t

i laggard is south korea.part of our focus on the prior month a program researcher at human rights watch. good to have you with us. we show you -- so you in the height of the pandemic. the pandemic prompted more homophobia in the country. tell us more about the situation right now. >> during the pandemic we saw lgbtq people demonized for the pandemic in south korea. this is part of a larger pattern where protections lag. people might be fired from their jobs or bullied at school. with cultural -- where we demeaning lgbtq people in public and saying things that diminish the community. shery: why is this the case? other parts of asia are making progress on issues related to the community. what is unique about south korea? >> i think one of the unique features of south korea is the strength of the very vocal conservative protestant minority. even things like student rights organizations that tried to protect lgbtq kids were being bullied at school. there are cultural events. you see these conservatives come on in

command here in south korea. as a total of 8, missiles were fired, they were fired from the east coast in gang one province. this is the province the borders with north korea. along the dmc, the missiles were fired into the c, a c that separate the korean peninsula from japan. the south koreans in the us said that this was to demonstrate the capability. it says, of precision strikes it. origins of provocations, clearly indicating north korea. they're saying that condemning sundays launch by north korea, of again, exactly the same number of ballistic missiles. 8 missiles being fired by north korea saying that the south of the us will take corresponding reactions, each time to what they call these publications that has been reinforced by you, by you. and so all of the conservative president of south korean newly inaugurated here he has been speaking at a memorial day event. it's a public holiday here in south korea who's made a speech at the country's national cemetery, saying that he will respond sternly and firmly

we're seeing a pattern evolve on the part of south korea and the u.s. ay you're going to fire missiles? we are too. the salvo that came before dawn this morning was les than 24 hours after north korea's missileal launch. and both these allied militaries saying it's a sign that they can respond quickly. and it's mot the only military response. you also had the u.s. and japan conduct what they describe as a bilateral ballistic missile defense exercise on sunday which the japanese say reaffirmed their readiness to address the ballistic missileal threat. you have a new elected government in south korea. a conservative politician. yoon, who has made clear his government will respond firmly and sternly to any provocations from north korea. if you look at the pattern of launches from north korea over the last year, at least 17 -- that's more than 2020 and 2021 combined. but look longer term and you'll see that there have been other previous years where north korea fired many more missileals. there were years like 2019. i think we have another graphic we can sho

the rainy season started in south korea. the system will impact northern japan on friday and the sea of japan side on saturday. that includes ishikawa prefecture where strong earthquakes have occurred. it will be 34 in heatstroke is going to be a big problem. so refrain from outside activities during the heat of the day. and remember temperature inside vehicles can be quite high. so don't leave your pets and kids unattended inside cars. in southern argentina an avalanche kurd aoccurred and re operations took place. take a look at this footage. a woman who was injured in an tuday.che has been rescued on th operation took seven hours in the middle of a snowstorm. the womanas skiing wit anothe person in the bk country when the snowslide occurred,eaving h unable to walk and had toe ten off b stretch. she was transported to a local hospital ralate at night. the southerly winds will push down temperatures over argentina and chile. the daytime highs are going to be 12 in buenos aires. do bundle up. that's it for me. stay safe. >>>

so in washington, $58.00 missiles towards the sea of south korea's east coast. it comes a day off to the north, launched a barrage of short range ballistic missiles off its eastern coastline. who connie ha, these highly real? hm. north korea's nuclear missile threats are getting sophisticated or if fired various ballistic missiles. yesterday's, i had north korean nuclear missile programs are reaching the levels that threatened not only the peace of the korean peninsula, but also in northeast asia. and the world by thought a so i was here is rob mcbride is that robert bore, has a korea south korea's president, had to say about this? yeah, this was a pretty emphatic response, sir. from south korea, in conjunction with its usaa allies, the launching of an 8 ballistic missiles just before daybreak on monday from the east coast of south greer from my province that actually borders with north korea. along the d. m. z, the joint military command here of the u. s. and south grim forces are in a statement, has said that this was to show the capability or of precision stri

and south korea's government says it is a success.his is called the nuri and was topped with six satellites including a 1.3 ton dummy satellite to be put into orbit. since 2010, south korea has invested nearly $1.5 billion on this program using its own design and technology that officials with the korean aerospace research institute say will open the door to a range of future satellites missions and allow the country more autonomy in its space observe ation. following this launch, they plan to conduct another four by 2027. and today south korea has struggled to keep up with its asian neighbors in the space where it previously relied on russian technology to send carrier rockets in to low orbit, but as of today the past is a distant memory and south korea has a lot to be excited about. >> and before we go, are you a fan of beyonce? >> reporter: of course. of course. i have would daughters. whether it is bts or beyonce, that is all that is played in this house. >> well, this story is for you. thanks very much, blake. >>> get ready for b

and south korea?is is about as close as you can get to the meaning of the wort tit for tat. after eight missiles were fired by north korea sunday morning local time, less than 24 hours later, south korea and the u.s. had fired eight surface to surface missiles. all of these missiles were fired off the east coast of the korean peninsula. they went into the waters of the east coast. what was interesting about what north korea had done on the weekend, which the japan defense minstercalled unprecedented was the fact it was a large number of missiles from multiple sites. the south koreans believe there were four different locations they had fired these missiles from. within 40 minutes. so this clearly why the u.s. and south korea felt that they needed to have what they would call a show of force, sending a message to north korea. the joint chiefs of staff here in seoul said that message is that no matter how many locations pyongyang fires these missiles from, the u.s. and south korea have the ability and r

we have the strike in south korea. we have china as 0 cove strategy where the war ukraine and the sanctions on russia. it looks like the pressure on global supply chains is only growing these days. yes, this, this direct impact of course of less supply of goods and from the supply chain perspective . the main impact really means it leads to more ships and other transport equipment trucks, but officially the fips 80 percent of global trade in volume is shipping. they have to wait longer, they spend more time in port, they have to go longer distances. you mentioned crane to so to get the same grain to egypt instead of from a cry and you have to get it from brazil. yes. with a fixed capacity. so you have a fixed number of ships they need to go long distances. these editing ships that we would need are not there yet. they take time to bit so or this leads to higher freight rates which lead to higher price. and if i may just last, we published a new report. so our a simulation o estimate is at the highest shipping cost, i a

uh, china and give some pieces of japan to south korea to other allies.e most, uh in europe and here on this background. i think it's politics. maybe that is why, from my point of view, quite adequate answers are the activation of brix that we have seen. uh, in the past system, those to whom the united states and their allies want to cut off the oxygen to cut off all opportunities for development and for further prosperity. these countries are actually creating a new new globalization. new global. e interaction. and if the value of this international interaction remains a value for these countries, then they will not be able to ignore, neither japan yeah, but not the same american satellites in europe, including such large ones as germany and france, and while maintaining a more or less global international system. uh, it seems to me that the conference approach cannot work, but that's exactly why it's still american. allies in both europe and asia are the weak link in this american strategy. let the containment of china, because indeed yury vadimovich co

in south korea, the number of dogs and cats which are lost or abandoned is also increasing.orea, and some owners are simply not willing to pay the high bills when their dogs or cats become really sick. some of them just choose to abandon them on the street. so we wish to build up a world without lost or abandoned animals. some kennel clubs already used 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 will 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, always good at sniffing out a story. i did ask her not to do that. um, let's go, shall we? thank you very much for watching, we will see you soon. bye—bye. hello. a new month starts with very similar weather. after tuesday's big cloud, showers and thunderstorms, umbrellas at the ready for wednesday. the showers probably not as widespread, but there w

that's what south korea is counting on to produce green hydrogen.re, but it has to be offshore. south korea's top maritime university is working on how to make green hydrogen more affordable.— more affordable. what we envision _ more affordable. what we envision is _ more affordable. what we envision is the _ more affordable. what we envision is the use - more affordable. what we envision is the use of - envision is the use of electricity from wind and solar out at sea, to electroliser sea water to produce green hydrogen, this is what a university is working on. for now, university is working on. for now. it's — university is working on. for now. it'sjust _ university is working on. for now, it'sjust a _ university is working on. for now, it'sjust a possibility, but the plan works, offshore plate can help make this energy cheaper in the long run. pomp, pageantry and parties. burgers, booze and bunting. which of those have you stocked up on for britain's longest weekend ever? there are thousands of parties planned and we're likely to see a mini—boost

and south korea. a simplify strong connection between the two asian nations doesn't exist. this alliance triangle creates a powerful detour against china. naturally, beijing don't like to see this. north korea denounced the three nations with state-run media calling their media a dangerous prelude. >> they met separately with each of the leaders but there was no summit between japan and south korea. so what does that say about how stable is alliance triangle is? >> that really underscores that political relations between two nations remain chilly. to tension to thaw ties is growing. he is looking forward to working to address tensions after japan's upcoming election. he understands that for now, they can't risk losing the support of party hardliners. the real test will be if the two leaders can overcome the past conflicts to focus on the future dozens of people in northeastern japan have been waiting over 11 years to return to their homes are being allowed to do after an evacuation order was lifted that is part of the town of the nuclear plant. a ceremony held to mark the pa

strategy, which of course has changed, given south korea's new leadership. >> reporter: paula, certainlywe are seeing from this new south korean president, he has said himself, he wants to have a stronger response to missile launches, to weapons tests, and he wants to be more firm in that response. of course, it is difficult to see exactly what kind of response there will be, as he goes forward, because when you bear in mind kim jong-un is very much in the midst of a testing cycle, he has shown absolutely no interest in negotiations, or engaging in any shape or form with the u.s., or with south korea, even though both have reached out recently, also, with the covid outbreak saying they could help with pandemic materials. at this point, it is difficult to see what that strong response will be from the south korean side, but they have certainly said, physically, that would happen. we heard from the defense minister on sunday, this was in singapore, the defense ministers meeting at the shangri-la dialogue. he said that south korea will boost its defense capabilities dramatically, to counter

and south korea fired eight missiles in response to launches made by north korea. on sunday, north korea fired eight ballistic missiles off its east coast in what's likely the country's largest single test. for more on this, nbc's janis mackey frayer joins us live from beijing. janis, so what's the latest on all of this? >> philip, good morning. u.s. forces in korea confirm that live fire drill with south korea's army firing eight missiles, one of them a u.s. army missile towards the east sea in response to north korea's latest test. now in a statement, usfk said that it was done to demonstrate the ability of combined forces to, quote, respond quickly to crisis events. but the pace of these launches, we're talking 16 missiles over a 24 hours is ramping up tension in the region. north korea fired eight missiles over the weekend from multiple locations. over 35 minutes towards the sea of japan, according to officials. what appears to be the largest single day ballistics launch yet. this is the 18th round of tests by north korea so far this year with the expectation t

and i think the most exciting group of all there, there with portugal and south korea now, south korea, a fantastic portugal, rinaldo enough said, but then they've got garner as well, and you've got to remember you're gonna and you have history of the 2010 woke up they met in the quarter finals where the game went to extra time, and in the a 120 minutes gone up, hit the ball over the line, a small g on, and it was stopped by luis, far as his hands was an obvious penalty. gonna miss that penalty. the game moved to probably to penalties should where you go. i prevailed, it is one of the most legendary moments in games in the history of the tournament and gone up. i can guarantee you there is a guy named who is forgotten about that match where they were and the harbor they went through. they're going to be out for vengeance. the last game it's your was last game of the groups. that's actually the last game of the entire group stage. i think if you add up again, me against when out on port school, a game against home and so on and south korea and then obviously the emotional gamut garner,

also coming up, south korea blasts off into the club of space faring nations. a domestically made rocket successfully launchers and places it's payload into orbit. what does that mean for the region? we don't live to sell? and germany's documentary art show covered up, but one of its works after complaints of anti semitic stereotypes. ah, i'm pablo foley, and he has welcome to the program as the war in ukraine enters its 5th month, president valid, amir zalinski is dispelling hopes of negotiations with russia any time soon in his latest video address the landscape called russia's aggression and evil. that can be contained only on the battlefield, ukrainian authority, se erasing to have people as russia steps up, it's attacks in the eastern dumbass region. they said russia's advantage and arms and equipment was making the situation very difficult. but in his nightly address on monday, savanski remained defiant. all right, well let's bring an dw corresponded nick conley, who's in key force. nick, good to see you. m so evil can only be defeated on the battlefield.

japan and south korea are both trading lower. u.s. a slower start after that shock u.s. inflation print. this rising in assets is unlikely to be transitory despite some strategists say otherwise. now for a check at the fx market , this call that the fed will have to stick with its aggressive pace of timing. that is a 16 month low for the yen against the greenback. not acting as a haven currency. some analysts say we could see 130 5.15 ahead of the fed meeting. checking in on the two-year treasury yield, that has been the major trust, now searching again. traders are pricing in the possibility of a 75 basis point move. the kiwi 10-year meanwhile is above 4% for the first time since 2014. the australian cash market is closed today for a public holiday but we are pointing to a selloff at the open. paul: let's get vonnie quinn for a check of the first word headlines=. >>. >> australia's defense minister says his country needs to prioritize its relations with pacific island nations as competition with china grows. he spoke at the shangri-l

and what's been the reaction there in south korea? and i think you know, the bts quite, you know, the shipper star group in korean pop industry. but now that they already grown up, you know, the members, you know, average asia is approaching, you know, the so t, so that is quite normal process in the korean pop industry. you know, the, when the members are gone, i've been that they must start that their own business. so i think i should do this . the decoration is definitely kind of a right of passage. you know, the, the bts is already going up and then we're gonna start to our solar project. but it doesn't mean, you know, they no longer, you know, to kind of, okay, activity them is. yeah. they will do it their own, you know, and shoot a business. yeah. and alex, this break up us a raffle. the stock market because bts as management agency, had $1700000000.00, white trough a share value, been the same company that acquired the music label. for arianna grand day and justin bieber does this have a much broader impact in terms of the glob

japan and south korea have been _ countries. japan and south korea have been invited _ countries. japan and south korea have been invited and they are i have been invited and they are expected to have a discussion after the sidelines. what do you expect that to achieve? fix, the sidelines. what do you expect that to achieve?— the sidelines. what do you expect that to achieve? a couple of things. the 're that to achieve? a couple of things. they're expressing _ that to achieve? a couple of things. they're expressing solidarity - that to achieve? a couple of things. they're expressing solidarity when i they're expressing solidarity when you're up at the time of a major war, and solidarity in particular with ukraine. it's also an opportunity for nato members to say that they are interested and sherry interest in security in asia —— sharing interest. and to provide other support to each other. i don't think it means nato playing an active military role in asia at this time, but this isjust active military role in asia at this time, but this is just the first step and we'll see what hap

also coming up south korea blasts off into the club of space faring nations. a domestically made wrong and successful launches and places in payload into orbit. what does it mean for the region and germany is to offer, mentor art show covers of one of its works after complaints of anti semitic stereotypes. ah, i'm pablo folio as welcome to the program. as the war in the ukraine enters its 5th month president followed the mirror. zalinski is dispelling hopes of negotiations with russia anytime soon. in his latest video address, as an ascii called russia's aggression, an evil that can be contained only on the battlefield. ukrainian authorities say they're racing to evacuate people as russia steps up its attacks in the eastern dumbass region. they said rushes advantage and arms and equipment was making the situation very difficult. but in his nightly address, on monday, so lensky remained to find it butcher or she russia very nervous about our activity. there has been more shelling of her keith and odessa to have more brutal assaults and the don bus. this is an e

south korea's president. you and so cure, says that north korea's weapons program poses a threat to world peace. sol and washington of $58.00 missiles towards the sea of south korea's east coast. it comes a day off. the north launched a barrage of short range ballistic missiles off its eastern coastline. for connie ha, these higher johan, north korea's nuclear. a missile threats were getting sophisticated on it fired various ballistic missiles. yesterday's, i had north korea's nuclear missile programs or reaching the levels that threatened not only the peace of the korean peninsula, but also in northeast asia and the world. al jazeera rama prize reports from sol. this was a direct response from south korea and its u. s. allies to sundays launch the joint military command. here in san chris as a total of 8. missiles were fired, that they were fired from the east coast in gun one province. this is the province . the board is with north korea along the dmc. the missiles were fired into the c, a c that separate th

and three years after parasite won the top prize at cannes, films from south korea make an impact atrasite blew up in 2019, i've seen this ballooning success of korean films. all that and more in this special cannes film festival edition of talking movies. as ijust mentioned, 2022 marks a special year for the cannes film festival because what is arguably the world's most famous and glamorous film festival is marking its 75th anniversary, and there was the hope that here, on the french riviera, as covid—19 moved more into the background, that this year, the cannes film festival would be as close as possible to normal. as cannes got under way, someone cinephiles were looking back to the old days. ..filmed on the beautiful french riviera. alfred hitchcock's19505 thriller to catch a thief, starring cary grant and grace kelly, set in and around cannes, has moments which reflect the glamour that has always partly defined the festival. diamonds. but glamour aside, at its core, the official selection of films at the festival has always displayed a commitment to serious cinema. i think the im

well, south korea has a whole range of goals that it hopes to accomplish. with this program, everything from potentially 6 g networks to launching its own satellite navigation systems. similar to keep yet as well as even potentially placing a lunar probe on the moon at some point. at the same time, there are also some military elements to launch a constellation of spy satellites, better keep an eye on, on its neighbor in north korea. for now it's pretty much on almost entirely reliant on the united states for that kind of information. and it hopes to become much more independent. there's also of course, a major commercial element to this. it helps to give a lot of the technology to his private sector and potentially launch things for other clients and expand some of the courts that way. briefly, if you could, and how important is this for south korea to join the circle of space very countries. it definitely sees itself as a major global player. and this is a big step is quick to note that it's one of 7 countries now that have this kind of homegrown technolo

but south korea, if it is successful, becomes one of only 7 countries around the world. able to launch commercial satellites or south career with its very advanced industries. high tech manufacturing is a big producer of satellites, but until now, it has had to rely on other people's rockets. to get it up there to perform a satellite, a will be a big step forward for a south career if they were able to master this, enjoying that a liter, a handful of countries. the able to do this, watching this very closely. of course is also north korea that claims it will say to south grew, i will talk you so long. it claims it's been launching satellites for a couple of decades now. although many people suspect that that is a cover for its missile development. incredible. thank you very much for that update rubbing braid lamp for us in go hung. thank you. tuesday is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. and one of the most famous places to celebrate the summer solstice is at the pre historic monument stonehenge large numbers of people gathered at the iconic stone circle in the. ok

host: in 1950, a bitter, three-year war broke out between north and south korea. ost 4 million people lost their lives. since then, the country has been divided into poverty-stricken communist north korea and western-oriented south korea. the after-effects of the war e still felt today. its almost impossible to cross from north korea to the south. those who manage to flee find themselves in a totally different world. reporter: kim tae-hoon and his family are a winning team. he has gathered his brood together. he says bowling boosts team spirit. his eldest foster son ha-ryong is 28 and has long been independent. but 10-year-old jun-sung still clings to his father. kim tae-hoon lives in seoul with 12 foster children from north korea. they all stick together and put up with a lot. tae-hoon: people say, watch out when they're around. who knows how they were raised in north korea. better close the doors and the windows. they could be dangerous. reporter: seoul, south korea. many north koreans fleeing poverty and repression in their homeland wind up here. even though the

and oh, why there's no such thing as a quiet life for south korea leaders past and present all their neighbors. ah, hello, welcome to the program. russian missiles have right down on ukraine's capital for the 1st time in weeks hitting and apartment block in cave. it came hours before leaders from the group of 7 wealthy nations began a 3 day summit in germany. they reaffirm their support for ukraine and announced more sanctions against russia. but 4 months into the war, lead as a facing multiple crises. countries around the world are hoping for concrete solutions to sol, high inflation, food shortages and hunger. as every step, vast reports now from the summit, and garnish protection. the scenic be so views of the various alps are in contrast with the urgent and grim crisis. the 7 leaders of the world's highest income countries have to tackle. just before german chancellor, olive shoals greeted his guest. russian rockets hid the ukrainian capital key if it was seen as a message from president flurry may put him to the leaders of the g 7 who want to impose more sanctions on russia. lik